Let's just drift through life together in this quick transmigration story.

On New Year's Eve, Xiong Bufan and Granny Qiu were keeping vigil in the courtyard. When the first firecracker exploded in the alley, the loud noise made Xiong Bufan think it was thunder. He was so frightened that he ran around the courtyard with his head in his hands and finally hid under the covers. Kongkong also ran around in the space with his head in his hands but bumped into a pillar and fainted. The two beasts' actions were perfectly synchronized.

Granny Qiu thought Xiong Bufan had suffered a shock and was afraid that he would be too scared to work for her, so she used her lightness skill to chase after him. "Bufan, don't be afraid, nothing will happen."

Unfortunately, Xiong Bufan ran too fast, and even Qiu Pozi couldn't catch up with him using her lightness skill.

Granny Qiu found Xiong Bufan shivering under the covers in the house. Thinking that he was her free labor, even though he had eaten a lot, she gently hugged him and said, "Don't be afraid, it's just a loud noise, it can't hit you."

Fireworks are beautiful, and firecrackers are meant to drive away the Nian (a mythical beast). Would you like to hear the story of the Nian?

The firecrackers stopped, and Xiong Bufan seemed to be unharmed. "Grandma, please tell me."

Granny Qiu wasn't good at telling stories either. This was the first time she had coaxed a frightened child, so she could only slowly tell the story from her memory. "A long, long time ago, there was a monster with long claws and sharp teeth. Every winter it would come down from the mountain to eat people and harm livestock and poultry. People tried many ways to drive it away, but they couldn't. People could only hide in caves in fear."

One day, a very powerful Taoist priest appeared and threw a firecracker in front of the monster... In the end, the people and the Taoist priest drove the monster away.

To commemorate the Taoist priest and to remember that period of history, people named the monster "Nian" and the days following the Taoist priest's appearance were called the New Year.

Today is Lunar New Year's Eve, everyone is going to set off firecrackers to drive away the Nian (the monster), but we won't harm anyone.

Xiong Bufan slowly raised his head, and Kongkong was no longer afraid. "Will that year still happen?"

Granny Qiu gently stroked Xiong Bufan's head. "No, as long as there are firecrackers, the New Year won't happen."

"Do you want to set off firecrackers, Bufan? Kids this age all know how to do it these days."

"want!"

Xiong Bufan lit a firecracker and excitedly ran towards Granny Qiu. The firecracker slowly rose into the air and scattered in all directions.

Kongkong also got his own firecracker and lit it in the space. The firecracker spread out in the pure white space, like a flower blooming. Kongkong jumped and bounced around the place where the firecracker exploded.

It was getting late, so Granny Qiu carried Xiong Bufan back to the house to sleep. She placed a red purse and a few hairpins by Xiong Bufan's bedside. "Bufan, may the new year bring you peace and safety, and may you work hard for me."

Xiong Bufan received a red purse early in the morning. When he opened it, he found several pieces of silver. He then clamored to go to the street to buy food.

Granny Qiu rarely picked up a needle and thread to sew something. Looking at Xiong Bufan's excited appearance, she said, "Let's go to the market on the sixth day of the new year. Right now, the people selling candied hawthorns are all at home celebrating the New Year."

"Okay, Mother-in-law."

Xiong Bufan didn't dwell on it. He sat down at the entrance of the courtyard to bask in the sun, keeping an eye on whether Niu Er went to the neighbor's house. If he did, he could rob him and then buy some good food after the New Year.

Niu Er shivered as he paid New Year's respects to his elders at home, as if something was on his mind. But he decided to offer his respects anyway.

Jiang Yu also sent New Year's gifts to the Lin family. Lin Lanxi had also regained her appearance, but she couldn't make any exaggerated expressions on her face. She could only smile or not smile with a blank face. Fortunately, she had now regained her appearance and could marry her beloved Jiang Yu after the New Year.

Everyone was happily celebrating the New Year, and even the overgrown weeds on Lin Lanzhi's grave were quite lively.

All the assassins that Madam Lin sent out disappeared without a trace, and Li Yun was still alive and well. For her daughter's happiness, Madam Lin had no choice but to spend more money to get rid of Li Yun before Jiang Yu and Lin Lanxi got married.

The New Year holiday is a rare time for assassins to rest, so the assassination of Li Yun had to be postponed again and again, which angered Madam Lin so much that she smashed another cup.

Li Yun is not easy to deal with. When Jiang Yu and Lin Lanzhi were engaged, Li Yun poisoned the engagement gifts given to the Lin family by the Jiang family. Madam Lin was afraid that if things dragged on any longer, that shameless Li Yun would use the same trick to harm her precious daughter.

Lin Lanzhi was foolish to be scammed herself, but she couldn't let her own precious daughter be cheated.

Jiang Yu went to the Lin family. The Jiang couple did not like Li Yun, so Li Yun hid in his own courtyard and did not go out to provoke them. He beckoned to his personal servant, gave him a bag of silver, whispered a few words to him, and then sent him away.

It was all that old woman and that little beggar's fault that Jiang Yu and I lost so much face back then. Lord Jiang was even severely criticized in court. Now that the festive atmosphere of the New Year has overshadowed that incident, Li Yun has no intention of letting that little beggar off the hook. What's more, Jiang Yu is interested in that little beggar.

If even the second daughter of a compiler in the Hanlin Academy could die, how could a little beggar on the street possibly survive?