As expected, there were many people in the courtyard of the community, as if all the children in the community had run out. The naughty children were lighting up cannons and playing with them. When walking on the road, they would be blown up by a cannon thrown by a child. Although
It won't hurt, but the loud bang can still scare passersby to the point of almost stopping their hearts.
However, these cannons posed no threat to Liu Jiangqing at all. Even if they were blasted at his feet, he would not dodge and continue to walk on his own. He put his hands into the pockets of his down jacket, put on a scarf, and strolled through the trees filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke.
Walk along the walkway and arrive at the central square.
There were more people setting off cannons in the square, and most of them were adults. Before twelve o'clock, the ground was already covered with a thick "red carpet" of cannon debris, symbolizing the prosperity of the coming year.
On the stone table on one side, several brand-new fireworks tubes were neatly stacked, which seemed to be large fireworks cannons prepared to welcome the New Year.
Liu Jiangqing found an unoccupied wooden chair and sat down, looking at the various small flowers played by the children in the square, silently sharing the fleeting and beautiful fireworks with them. The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder, this smell
It carried a special aroma and memories of a long time ago. He suddenly thought that the last time he smelled this smell seemed to be seven years ago.
Since living independently, Liu Jiangqing has intentionally or unintentionally avoided every Chinese New Year, just treating it like an ordinary day. Most of the time, he stays at home playing games, not going out at all, until all the stores outside officially open for business.
Go out for a walk. Step out of your house on New Year's Eve and feel the atmosphere of the New Year. This is the first time in many years.
"Brother, here you go!"
Just as Liu Jiangqing was lost in the sparkling fireworks in front of her eyes, a girl with double ponytails and a pink cotton skirt held up two fireworks sticks and handed them over. Her pink face was slightly red and round from the cold.
His big eyes were full of shyness and uneasiness, but he still held up the fireworks stick, hoping that he would take it.
Liu Jiangqing was a little at a loss for a moment. She just looked at the little girl without making any response.
"Let's play with you~"
The little girl shook the fireworks stick in her hand, her eyes became even more uneasy, and the corners of her suppressed mouth drooped slightly, as if she was about to cry.
"Oh, thank you."
Liu Jiangqing quickly took the fireworks stick, but felt worried. She never smoked, so she didn't have a lighter. But if she just held it without lighting it, she seemed a little sorry for the little girl's kindness.
"My dad has a lighter, I'll get it for you!"
The cute little girl seemed to understand his difficulty, and skipped towards a man in the distance. Then she ran over happily swinging her twin ponytails, and obediently handed over a slender lighter, "Here you go!"
"Thank you, what's your name?" Liu Jiangqing took the lighter and asked the girl in her gentlest voice.
"My name is Qianqian, which means Qian with a green next to the Chinese character!" the little girl answered seriously.
"Qianqian..." Liu Jiangqing smiled lightly, raised her fireworks stick and said, "Shall we play together?"
"Well!" the little girl smiled sweetly, and as if by magic, she took out two more fireworks sticks from her pocket, stretched out her short arms and handed them over, "Brother, help me light them!"
Click~
Chi...
The blue flame of the lighter just lit the top of the fireworks stick, and the bright fireworks suddenly burst out, and then scattered dense sparks in all directions, forming a beautiful chrysanthemum shape one after another.
The silver-white light of the fireworks reveals rainbow-like colors. It seems that all colors are born from this white light, and the white light is a collection of seven colors. It is both white and colorful, and it is ever-changing. But before the eyes can distinguish it,
The color of the fireworks had disappeared into the darkness and was replaced by new fireworks.
Watching the beautiful flowers blooming from the fireworks, the little girl giggled happily and praised from time to time: "Wow, it's so beautiful. I wish I could stay."
"You can keep it." Liu Jiangqing sat on the chair, lighting up the new fireworks stick in his hand, and said seriously to the little girl, "These fireworks have been remembered in your heart, and you will wait until the next time you want to watch the fireworks.
, you can remember what it looks like.”
"Will my brother remember today's fireworks?" the little girl asked curiously.
"Yes." Liu Jiangqing nodded.
"Okay! I will also remember today's fireworks, and brother, you are my big friend!" the little girl said happily, waving the fireworks stick.
"Oh, thank you." Liu Jiangqing replied gently, but unexpectedly found that she had talked so much with a child who looked six or seven years old, and had become her big friend. It was incredible.
The fireworks gradually became smaller, and finally turned into a wisp of green smoke, emitting a faint smell of gunpowder. When Liu Jiangqing was about to light another one, the man not far away took two steps towards them and shouted
: "Qianqian, I'm home."
"Hey!" the little girl responded immediately, then hurriedly rummaged through her pocket and handed the remaining three fireworks sticks to Liu Jiangqing, "These are for you, I'm leaving!"
"Well?"
Liu Jiangqing was startled, and there were three more fireworks sticks in his hand. Holding these fireworks sticks and lighters, he watched the little girl skipping back to the man and walking towards the buildings in the West District, a flash of thought passed through his heart.
lonely.
Unconsciously, there were not as many lights in the community as before. The children in the square left one after another, and it became much quieter. The fireworks tubes that were originally stacked on the stone table were placed on the ground one by one. This is tonight
The biggest protagonists, several men, are waiting in formation, waiting for the arrival of zero o'clock.
Liu Jiangqing sat on the chair holding the fireworks sticks blankly, as if waiting for something. Suddenly, the mobile phone in his pocket began to vibrate. He took it out and saw that it was Lu Yunqian.
"Hello."
"Happy New Year, Landlady!" Lu Yunqian said loudly, and the crackling of firecrackers on her side could be heard through the mobile phone.
"Thank you, are you outside?"
"Well, I won't be setting off cannons at my house this year, but I wanted to record the New Year sounds and show them to my brother, so I came out to watch everyone setting off cannons."
"...That's it."
"Hey, landlord, are you outside too?"
"Well, I was downstairs, and I just met a little girl who looked very similar to you."
"Like me?"
"Yes, innocent and kind, like a little angel."
"Well……"
"What's wrong?"
"I really didn't expect to hear you compliment me like this on New Year's Eve, hahaha, thank you, landlord!"
"Don't think too much, you are naive, the little angel is that girl."
"Explanation is just a cover-up. I appreciate your praise! Ah... let's set off fireworks!"
Suddenly, there were several loud banging noises at intervals, and my ears were roaring at the same time. I could no longer hear or speak anything.
It's midnight, and the new year has just begun. People take this second to light up the firecrackers at hand, bid farewell to the New Year's Eve and welcome the New Year. At this moment, it seems that the whole world is caught in the roar of various salutes.