In the evening, four generations of the family ate New Year's Eve dinner at the same table.

The dishes are nothing new, just the usual chicken, duck and fish, but they are all cooked on rural earthen stoves, so they taste more delicious.

But without Jiang Qiuyi around, Chen Wen didn't have much appetite for food, so he always felt that something was missing.

From time to time, the sound of crackling firecrackers could be heard outside. After finishing the meal, Chen Wen took the task of taking Xiaoya and Xiaoyu, took the firecrackers his grandfather bought during the day, and walked to the courtyard behind.

Chen Ya, who is wearing a thick red cotton-padded jacket, looks plump. Although she is very playful, she is timid and only dares to play with small fireworks sticks. They are also called Didi Gold here. They are lit and held in the hand.

Wave it to form various beautiful shapes.

Chen Ya only played with this, but she still wanted to see other fireworks, so she hugged Chen Wen's thigh and watched eagerly.

So Chen Wen set off all kinds of fireworks for her.

Some flew up to the sky, and some were spinning on the ground. As soon as they were released, Chen Ya yelled and hid behind Chen Wen, but she still had to stick out half of her head to watch the fireworks.

Chen Yong was sitting on the balcony outside on the second floor, smiling and looking at the scene in the courtyard, chatting with Chen Jianhua.

Chen Shu took her husband to sit next to her and kept her company. From time to time, she picked up her mobile phone to take pictures of the three people in the courtyard.

Snapped!

"Ah!" The sudden sound startled Chen Ya, and she quickly got into Chen Wen's arms for comfort.

Chen Wen hugged Xiaoya and glanced aside, and saw Ding Zeyu opening the bag and playing with the cannons.

"My nephew is evil!" Xiaoya hid in Chen Wen's arms, pointed at Ding Zeyu and said with a pout.

"You are too timid." Ding Zeyu threw a few more cannons at his feet, remembering the crackling sound.

After watching Ding Zeyu playing with cannonballs and being prepared in her heart, Xiaoya was no longer so afraid. She just hummed twice in dissatisfaction: "I want to call you aunt."

"..." Ding Zeyu looked like he had eaten shit. His mother was not here, so he didn't scream.

So he turned around and walked to the river next to him. He continued playing by the river, not bothering to pay attention to his aunt who was younger than himself.

Chen Wen carried Chen Ya back to the second floor. After returning her to Chen Yong, he went downstairs to look for Ding Zeyu to prevent him from running around at night.

Then I saw him squatting on the ground doing something, and with a burst of sparks, he ran away in a flash.

What followed was a series of snaps.

This is not throwing the cannon, but rubbing the cannon. It has various names and can be lit by just rubbing it on the edge of the box. It is quite powerful.

"Don't run too far away. Come back when it's almost done. There will be plenty for you to enjoy during the Chinese New Year."

"Uncle, do you want to play? How about we go blow up the water tank?" Ding Zeyu saw several large water tanks in the backyard and pushed Chen Wen over there.

The water tank in the yard was used to pickle pickles. Since my grandma passed away, no one in the family has pickled pickles.

It's just that the water tank has been kept by grandpa and has never been thrown away.

Seeing that Ding Zeyu was looking for a beating, Chen Wen immediately grabbed the guy's back collar and pointed at a few plastic buckets nearby, "If you want to blow up, just blow up these. Don't touch the water jars, otherwise your great-grandfather will have to fight with you."

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"Oh..." Ding Zeyu stopped obediently and took a few firecrackers from the box and handed them to Chen Wen, "Uncle, are you coming? Let's see who makes the most noise."

"If I make a lot of noise, will you accompany me for a morning jog?" There was nothing to do at the moment. He would always think of Jiang Qiuyi just sitting there, so Chen Wen might as well play with his nephew for a while.

"That won't work." Ding Zeyu shook his head quickly, "Unless I make too many noises, you can help me with my homework."

If a firecracker is thrown into water immediately after being lit, it will most likely be extinguished by the water.

But if you hold it in your hand after igniting it, and then throw it into the water after a few seconds, there is a chance that it will explode before being extinguished, causing a splash of water with a bang.

Many children like to play.

Chen Wen shook the gun in his hand, looked at Ding Zeyu and laughed, "Okay, if I lose, I will help you with your homework. If you lose, you have to run in the morning."

"Is it a deal?" Ding Zeyu raised his eyebrows, became interested, and stretched out his little finger, "Pull the hook, pull the hook! Uncle, don't go back on your word. If you lose, you will do my winter vacation homework."

"Okay, if you lose, I will help you write the winter vacation homework assigned by the school." Chen Wen nodded and reached out to hook up with him, "But if you lose, you will have to run in the morning throughout the winter vacation."

It's just winter vacation homework. Chen Wen doesn't have any objection to homework. If he loses, he will do it for him, and then he can give his sister another set of winter vacation homework to make up for it.

"OK OK!" Ding Zeyu hooked up with his uncle, then pressed his thumb, and the betting contract was established!

"Just five for each person?" Chen Wen looked at the five cannons in his hand and asked.

"Five is about the same." Ding Zeyu glanced at the bucket next to him, and suddenly thought of another question, "What if we ring the same number? Is it a tie?"

Chen Wen didn't think so much before. After being reminded like this, he thought for a while, then picked up a bucket and poured the water into two other buckets that were 80% full.

"Like this." Chen Wen pointed to the two filled buckets, "Both of them are full now, one for each of us. If the number of beeps is the same, it will depend on who explodes more water."

"This is okay." Ding Zeyu touched his chin, feeling that this method was interesting, and became more interested, "Come on, come on, you first, me first?"

"You go first."

So Ding Zeyu picked the red plastic bucket on the right, took out his cannon wiper, and scratched the edge of the box hard, and tingling sparks began to flicker on the top of the cannon wiper.

However, Ding Zeyu was not in a hurry to throw it away. He waited until the sparks gradually extinguished and was about to explode before he let go of the bucket and then immediately took a few big steps back.

The gun fell into the water, and the next second, a dull bang was heard, a small splash exploded in the bucket, and the water level probably dropped a little, and you couldn't tell it unless you looked carefully.

But this was just the first one. If it exploded, it was a good start. Ding Zeyu chuckled twice, feeling that his winter vacation homework was already far away from him.

"It's your turn, uncle."

"Um."

Chen Wen didn't feel any pressure from the bet he made with his nephew, and naturally he wasn't nervous either. He lit the cannon like he did, threw it into the bucket after a few seconds, and then backed away.

boom!

There was a muffled sound and the water exploded.

I don’t know if the place where the cannon fell was closer to the edge. A lot of the water splashed by the explosion fell outside, and the water surface dropped more than Ding Zeyu.

Ding Zeyu stepped forward and took a closer look, then his expression froze.

In the next three rounds, the two people's splashes were different, but Chen Wen was always a little ahead, making Ding Zeyu's face become increasingly ugly.

When I held the fifth firecracker in my hand, I was a little afraid to light it for a while.

"If you give up now, how about I let you stop running for a few days?"

"No need." Ding Zeyu shook his head repeatedly. It didn't matter if he just missed a few days. He might as well take a gamble at the end. If his uncle's hands were shaking and the cannon didn't go off, wouldn't he win directly?

Besides, morning jogging and so on... can't we just stay in bed...

With this thought in mind, Ding Zeyu lit the last firecracker in his hand and waited silently for the sparks to become smaller. However, he was so nervous that his fingers shook like this...

The wiping gun in my hand just fell off!

grass!

Ding Zeyu subconsciously wanted to grab it back, but immediately retracted his hand.

This is bad... Ding Zeyu was secretly annoyed, but then there was a muffled sound.

Hearing the noise, he felt happy, but only a few bubbles emerged from the bucket, not even a small splash.

"..." Ding Zeyu looked at his bucket speechlessly. The water surface was higher than that of his uncle next to him. As long as his uncle fired the fifth shot, he would definitely win.

But just when he looked frustrated, he suddenly discovered that the water level in his bucket seemed to be lowering.

Chen Wen stood nearby and could see more clearly than him through the light from the balcony on the second floor next to him. He could already see that a crack had been blown open on the side of the bucket, extending from the top to the middle of the bucket.

The water inside quickly flowed out along the cracks.

"Hahahahaha!" Ding Zeyu jumped up happily, "I will win this, right? Uncle~ If you give up now, I can let you do less homework~"

Chen Wen smiled helplessly. He didn't expect this kid to be so lucky, so he lit the last firecracker in his hand, waited for a few seconds and threw it into his bucket.

Probably because he was a little more casual than before, Chen Wen didn't make a splash this time. There was a dull sound, which felt worse than Ding Zeyu's last shot.

But just when they both thought the situation was settled, the water level in Chen Wen's bucket suddenly dropped rapidly, even more dramatically than Ding Zeyu's bucket.

Ding Zeyu took a closer look and looked around his uncle's bucket. His eyes suddenly opened wide and he saw a hole that looked like it had been blown open at the bottom of the bucket...

"Fuck..."

"Uh..." Chen Wen squatted down next to Ding Zeyu, "Does this count as my victory?"

"One more game!"

"Do you think I win this round?"

"No, no, no! Two more games! Let's win two out of three!"

"Remember to go for a morning jog with me tomorrow." Chen Wen stood up, pressed his nephew's head and said.

If he is willing to follow the morning jog, Chen Wen can consider it and not use the treadmill to punish him.

"Xiao Wen! Come upstairs and play mahjong with grandpa!"

Chen Shu waved to Chen Wen from the balcony on the second floor.

Chen Wen took Ding Zeyu back to the second floor.

By this time, Xiaoya had already squatted in front of the TV to watch the TV, her sister-in-law took her niece back to the house, her father, uncle and brother-in-law were smoking on the balcony, and her mother and aunt were cleaning in the kitchen.
To be continued...