59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang.

After a few days, sporadic sounds of firecrackers began to be heard in Nanluoguxiang.

After looking around outside, Chen Li immediately hugged Chen Feng's legs.

"Big pot, I want to set off firecrackers too."

Firecrackers and fireworks are both called "flower cannons" or "firecrackers" in the old city.

Chen Jianguo buys a lot of them every year during the holidays and places them at the gate of the yard.

Chen Li was young before and couldn’t stand being frightened.

But now he is almost four years old and has become much braver. Not only is he not afraid, he has also seen other children set off fireworks.

"Well, wait until Second Uncle comes back and ask him for it."

Chen Jianguo has to take turns on duty before the Spring Festival, but he will definitely not forget to buy firecrackers.

Chen Hao said to Hu Bayi: "How much money do you have? Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a few boxes?"

Hu Bayi searched his pockets and found only ten cents.

Wang Kaixuan also took out his own change, but he was even worse off, with only two cents.

"Why are you poorer than me?" Chen Hao was speechless.

When he was in school, Chen Feng gave him a lot of money for steamed buns and noodle soup. In order to save money, he sometimes only ate two steamed buns to eat until he was half full.

By living frugally, he saved a lot of pocket money.

But he was still about 150 yuan short of the bicycle he wanted to buy.

When Chen Jianguo got off work, he came back with a lot of firecrackers, in addition to twelve fireworks.

"Uncle, why are there only so few fireworks?" Chen Hao ran over excitedly, scrambled to take the fireworks, and gave one to Chen Li.

Chen Li took the fireworks and used them as a golden hoop stick.

"Woo!"

He made strange noises and kept dancing with fireworks in his hands.

After dinner, Chen Hao, Hu Bayi, and Chen Li stood in the yard, holding fireworks towards the sky.

Chen Jianguo used matches to light the fireworks in Chen Li's hand first.

"biu!"

A ball of light shot out from the firework tube, rushed up to the sky less than ten meters high, and suddenly exploded, blooming with dazzling brilliance.

"Haha, big pot, fun!"

Chen Li laughed non-stop.

Chen Feng held her hand in time to prevent the fireworks from pointing at the roof. If the house was set on fire, it would be a big joke.

"Yeah, it's fun, but you can only hold it this way."

"biu!"

The fireworks in Chen Hao and Hu Bayi's hands were also lit.

The children from the middle yard and the back yard ran into the front yard and looked at their three friends setting off fireworks in the yard with envy.

"biu, bang!" Chen Hao held the fireworks high, raised his head, and simulated the sound, keeping it consistent with the frequency of the fireworks.

All in all, very cheesy.

Even though it was such a stupid behavior, Chen Li didn't think it was stupid. Instead, she followed her second brother and learned from him.

Even Hu Bayi, who is always smart and sensible, was holding up fireworks.

"Xiao Feng, do you want one?" Chen Jianguo said, holding a firework.

Chen Feng shook his head and said, "Second Uncle, I'm already this old, I'm not a child anymore."

Chen Jianguo laughed and said, "Men are always children!"

After saying that, he lit the fireworks in his hand.

"biu!"

"Bang!"

Today’s handheld fireworks technology is limited, with only a dozen or so blasts, and the burning speed is relatively slow, taking less than a minute or two to complete.

"The cauldron is broken."

After Chen Li finished playing the instrument, she held it up for a long time and found that it didn't make any sound. She immediately hurried to find Chen Feng to help.

"Well, it's over. It's gone now."

Chen Feng smiled and pinched his sister's face.

"Bayi, take my sword!"

Chen Hao took the firework tube and stabbed Hu Bayi.

"Hi."

Hu Bayi used a firework tube to open it.

Two boys were playing in the yard, using two firework tubes as wooden swords.

Chen Li saw it and rushed in with a firework tube.

"Ahhh!"

A random hack.

"Oh, little Lily is so amazing!"

Chen Hao pretended to be injured and kept retreating.

Hu Bayi also "fled in a panic".

"Giggle!"

The 4-year-old Dugu Qiubai couldn't stop laughing.

After the fun, the whole family made dumplings in the kitchen.

The previous dumplings had been eaten long ago. Until they were finished, Chen Hao and Chen Li would stay in the kitchen every day, wishing they could cook dumplings every day.

"Brother, these pork dumplings must be delicious."

Chen Hao looked at the pork filling and wanted to eat it.

The little girl didn’t have the chance to waste the dumpling skins this time. She could only sit next to her mother and watch everyone making dumplings.

"Xiao Hao, stop looking at the meat filling. If you keep looking, your saliva will start to flow out." Chen Jianguo wrapped several dumplings skillfully and smiled at Chen Hao.

Chen Hao sat up straight and pouted.

"Uncle, don't blame me. My elder brother just made the meat filling. If I hadn't stopped you, you would have wanted to have a few bites."

"No way! Don't talk nonsense." Chen Jianguo shamelessly denied it.

"Of course!" Chen Hao asked Hu Bayi, "Bayi, you saw it too, right?"

Hu Bayi smiled and said nothing.

Ten pounds of wild boar meat was all wrapped into dumplings.

In addition, there are dumplings with leek filling, cabbage filling, and pomfret filling.

Chen Feng also made some stewed pork head dumplings, which are best eaten steamed and taste good. If boiled, the flavor will fade.

"Are you hungry? Do you want some steamed dumplings?"

"want!"

A group of people raised their hands.

Chen Jianguo raised the highest.

"Second brother, don't mess around with them." The old man couldn't stand it anymore.

"What's wrong with making some noise during the New Year?" The old lady really likes this kind of atmosphere and wishes the family could be more lively.

"Big pot, I want to eat so much!"

Chen Li said, raising her hands.

"Haha, Lily, that's ten!" Chen Hao taught.

Put five pieces of stuffing with leeks, five pieces of stuffing with cabbage, five pieces of stuffing with pork, and five pieces of stuffing with braised pork head into the steamer.

Mix with rice cake and steam together.

"Second brother, when are you planning to get married?" When the old lady had some free time, she began to care about Chen Jianguo's marriage.

Chen Jianguo smiled awkwardly and said, "Take it easy for now."

"Why are you slow? You're almost an old man!" The old lady frowned and said, "Learn more from Zhuzi. His mouth is offensive, but he's so quick to propose. He even bought a jar of tiger bone wine from your father these days."

"Zhu Zi is so rich?" Chen Jianguo asked in surprise.

"He has no money, but his father-in-law has a lot of calligraphy and paintings." The old man said with a smile: "Every time Shazhu brings food, he always comes back with one or two good things."

"I don't know this silly boy, so he came to me for advice. I heard it's an antique and he's hiding it at home."

"I'm talking about getting married, why are you butting in?" the old lady said very dissatisfiedly.

"Ahem, isn't this Jianguo's question?" the old man said awkwardly.

The old lady was still trying to persuade Chen Jianguo to speed up when the sound of a car stopping was heard outside the door.

Huo Zhilan went home.

Zhou Qing opened the door and said to Huo Zhilan who was walking towards the courtyard, "You came at the right time. I just made some dumplings. If you are free tomorrow, you can bring them to Brother Hu."

Huo Zhilan smiled, and the guard behind her was carrying a bag of flour.

"Okay, Lao Hu called me a few days ago and said he was craving for the mutton Xiao Feng made."

Zhou Qing welcomed her in and said, "We still have more than ten kilograms of mutton at home. Brother Jun, take out half of it and give it to Zhilan."

Chen Jianjun took out the prepared dumplings and also took out a bottle of mutton hotpot base that Chen Feng had prepared.