Divorced woman with child travels through time

Chen Xuanyu licked his dry lips, still wanting more. He asked, "Is there anything else you want to fry? Come on, let's go together."

Chengcheng suggested, "How about we go fry some fish? Let's go to the fishpond."

Xiao Hao said, "The fishpond is deep, it won't explode."

Fifteen was a little worried and pondered, "If I fry the fish and it gets ruined, won't my godmother scold me?"

Chen Xuanyu was eager to try and excitedly rushed off, "Hey, never mind, let's go try it first, let's go fry fish, we might not even be able to fry any..."

The path to the pond had been cleared by Uncle Liu and his men, so there were no weeds blocking the way. Only some ice crystals from the melted snow remained, sparkling in the grass on both sides of the road. Even the path leading down to the pond was free of weeds, making it convenient for everyone to wash clothes on the stone slabs by the pond.

The path was narrow, only wide enough for one person to stand at a time, so the four of them stood in a row on it. Chen Xuanyu stood at the very front and lit a firecracker, then threw it down the path.

With a "plop," the firecracker fell into the water and went out without splashing a drop.

"Oh dear, what a waste..." Chen Xuanyu sighed. He lit another firecracker, held it in his hand a little longer this time, and then quickly threw it down. The firecracker exploded with a bang, splashing water all over them.

"Hey, run!" The children laughed and ran away, moving from the path to the pond. From a distance, only Chen Xuanxuan was left below, exploding.

Chen Xuanyu threw one firecracker after another, making quite a racket, but he didn't catch a single fish. The noise attracted the children. Little Bean Sprout, who clung to Chengcheng, soon gathered around and stood in a circle by the pond watching Chen Xuanyu fish by himself. Suddenly, Tie Tou, holding a cigarette, threw a firecracker into the pond, "Bang..."

While watching the children carefully to prevent them from falling into the water, the big bear also scolded him, "Don't throw them into the pond, or you won't be able to get them out later."

Iron Head obediently stopped throwing it, his little hands dirty as he carefully pinched the incense stick and curiously looked into the pond, "Brother, he can't catch any fish either? Not a single one."

"Perhaps the firecrackers are no good, or maybe there are no fish in this pond at all," said Old Bear slyly.

Several others saw it too, and Xiao Hao shouted, "Brother Xuan, don't blow it up! There are no fish in here!"

"Stop frying! There's no fish left!" Mao Mao shouted, her chubby little hands flared out like megaphones.

Chen Xuanyu remained unmoved and resolutely threw firecrackers into the pit, his clothes gradually getting wet, but he still didn't give up. "Yes, we caught fish in there last year, lots of fish."

Fifteen ran down, saying, "I'll help you blow it up."

Seeing this, Xiao Hao also went downstairs, and Chengcheng, not to be outdone, followed closely behind.

The children set off more than ten more firecrackers, but only a third of them remained, and they hadn't managed to blast a single fish.

Chengcheng suggested, "Why don't we tie them together and blow up one big one?"

Chen Xuanyu's eyes lit up. "That makes sense."

Without further ado, the children picked up their paper bags and said, "Let's go! Up there!" They lined up again and squeezed onto the edge of the pond.

Chen Xuanyu held two firecrackers in his small hands, clumsily twisted the two fuses together, then put them aside. He took two more firecrackers and twisted them again, then put them aside. As a result, the two firecrackers quickly fell apart.

Big Bear watched from the side and said, "Let me do it..." With that, he skillfully tied the three fuses of the firecrackers into a braid, and then took three more firecrackers and tied them into another braid.

A group of children looked at him with admiration. Big Bear was very proud of himself. He quickly tied about ten small strings of firecrackers together and then tied them into a large braid. That was how he made it. He handed it to Chen Xuanyu.

Chen Xuanyu happily accepted it, "Thank you, Brother Xiong."

Big Bear responded with a mixture of surprise and excitement, "Young Master, you're too kind."

Chen Xuanyu excitedly went to the shore again, and the children swarmed over to him. Chen Xuanyu shouted, "Don't come any closer, I'm going to set them off!" He then quickly lit the firecrackers, waited a moment, and hurriedly threw them into the pond before taking a few steps back.

The firecrackers went into the pond and remained silent for a few moments, surprisingly without a sound. Chen Xuanyu was somewhat surprised and curiously wanted to look ahead. Then, a deafening "Bang... bang bang bang..." rang out.

A loud bang followed, splashing water several meters high. Several children around the pond were soaked to the bone. Chen Xuanyu was startled and stepped back, bumping into Fifteen, who was just squeezing in. Fifteen swayed and also fell backward. He bumped into Chengcheng next to him. Chengcheng lost his balance and tried to grab someone next to him to steady himself, but he couldn't grab anyone. In his panic, he bumped into Maomao, who slipped and fell into the water.

Chengcheng immediately shouted, "Big Bear, come quick! Mao Mao has fallen into the water!"

Big Bear happened to be watching this side, and immediately took off his shirt, cotton shoes, and pants, and jumped into the water with a splash. Fortunately, the water wasn't too deep, and Big Bear was a good swimmer. He immediately pushed Mao Mao to the stone slab on the shore, and Chen Xuanyu and the other children also pulled him with all their might. They were quickly rescued and brought ashore. It was a close call, but he was soaking wet and shivering from the cold.

"Let's go, let's go! Quickly take him back to warm up by the fire..." Chen Xuanyu, knowing the gravity of the situation, shouted. Tie Tou immediately carried Mao Mao on his back, and the group of children hurriedly ran home. Da Xiong also climbed ashore, put on his clothes, and chased after them. No one noticed that after they left, several fish floated to the surface of the pond...

As soon as they got home, Mao Mao was stripped naked and put into the quilt on the kang (a heated brick bed) to drink ginger soup. Da Xiong did the same and recovered quickly. However, the other children were not spared a good scolding. With Chen Xuanyu leading the way in being scolded, the other children were scolded without saying a word and sat obediently without uttering a sound.

After scolding them enough, Chen Wenfang gave them a lecture, saying, "Playing with firecrackers is fine, everyone can play however they want, but remember not to do this again, pushing and shoving without any order. It's so cold, it's lucky we're close together and well-dressed, so Mao Mao is alright. If it were a child from a poor family, he might have lost half his life."

Chen Xuanyu obediently said, "I know I was wrong, Mother..." Chen Wenfang nodded and didn't say anything more. She went to check on Mao Mao and Da Xiong and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that they didn't have a fever. It was close to the New Year, so hopefully nothing serious would happen.

Juan'er, who had been trailing far behind, stuck out her tongue. She returned home and told Aunt Hu about the situation. Aunt Hu remained silent. Over the past few days, she had felt more and more that this Chen Niangzi was her Jing'er. The sense of closeness was too strong, and the feeling of blood connection made her unsure of what to do.

Chen Wenfang, on the other hand, was very happy. Her family was all around her, and she had a very comfortable New Year, just like in her previous life. She had relatives, money, children, and a very good lover that she might never have met in her previous life.

When Wang Xiaoguang heard about it, he went to the pond to take a look and unexpectedly caught a few fish, which served as an extra meal. Chen Xuanyu was very happy because he actually managed to fry some fish!