The two of them hadn't even taken a few sips of tea when they heard the sound of firecrackers behind them.
The sound wasn't loud, but it was sudden and scary.
Song Ci was startled and some water in the disposable cup spilled out. Jiang Xingzhou hurried over to help take the cup.
"Did you burn your hand?" he asked worriedly.
Song Ci wiped off the water with a tissue and shook her head, "No."
Jiang Xingzhou then breathed a sigh of relief and had time to turn around to see who was setting off the fireworks.
There were a few kids, competing to see whose firecrackers could be thrown farther and whose firecrackers could make the loudest noise. One of them was thrown over here.
Meeting Jiang Xingzhou's gaze, the little kids burst into laughter and ran away, throwing firecrackers as they ran.
Fortunately, the damage caused by the falling firecrackers is not great.
Jiang Xingzhou asked: "Do you know them?"
Song Ci looked embarrassed and a little confused: "It seems like I know him, but it also seems like I don't know him?"
Jiang Xingzhou didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Why is there such a saying?"
"Yeah," Song Ci said embarrassedly, "The child changes every day. I haven't seen him for a year and I feel like I don't recognize his face. He's taller too."
"That's normal. I won't know the kids when I go to my grandma's house the day after tomorrow. I think the only one I can talk to is my cousin." Jiang Xingzhou comforted her and handed the water back.
"Well, thank you." Song Ci took the water and took a sip.
Jiang Xingzhou suddenly noticed: "Song Song, do you want to set off a cannon?"
Song Ci opened her eyes slightly and asked curiously, "Firecrackers?"
"Um."
"But I can't." Song Ci pouted and said pitifully, "I'm afraid."
"It's nothing. It's just the kind of firecrackers that fall to the ground, the kind those kids played with just now."
Song Ci became interested: "Is it okay?"
When Jiang Xingzhou heard this, he realized that she wanted to play.
He drank the remaining water in the cup in one gulp, then pulled Song Ci in the direction the child had just left.
"Hey, hey water, Jiang Jiang, stop for a moment." The water in the Song porcelain cup had not been finished yet, and his sudden pull was really scary. Fortunately, only the bottom was left and nothing spilled out.
Jiang Xingzhou stopped and said, "Then finish your drink quickly and I'll take you to buy some."
Song Ci had just brought the cup to her mouth, but when she heard that, she put it down again and asked curiously, "Do you know where the supermarket is?"
Jiang Xingzhou blinked: "I don't know."
Song Ci: “?”
Jiang Xingzhou added: "It's enough for you to know."
Song Dynasty Porcelain: “…”
"Oh, look, you're running over here. I thought you knew where the supermarket is." She pouted and drank the rest of the water.
Jiang Xingzhou took her cup, stacked their cups together and threw them into the trash can on the side of the road.
He laughed and said, "Although I don't know where the supermarket is, I'm not stupid."
Song Ci was confused again: "?"
She didn't say he was stupid.
Jiang Xingzhou found her silly look cute, and raised his hand to scratch her upturned nose unconsciously. Feeling the slight coolness between his fingers, Jiang Xingzhou smiled and said, "There is no house at grandma's place anymore. Can I still drag you to the wheat field?"
Song Ci looked back, then raised her hands to cover his eyes in embarrassment.
"What if grandma's family runs a small shop?" She angrily said a possibility.
Jiang Xingzhou had never thought about it when she said that, so he asked, "Really?"
Song Ci was immediately happy, looked into his eyes with a smile, and happily uttered two words: "Fake."
She held Jiang Xingzhou's hand and continued to walk forward: "Let's go, I'll take you to the supermarket and buy some delicious food."
Jiang Xingzhou: "Aren't we buying firecrackers?"
"Okay, then let's buy some firecrackers." Song Ci stuck out her tongue. She would not tell him that she had just forgotten the purpose of going to the supermarket in a split second.
Jiang Xingzhou laughed happily and let Song Ci pull him to the supermarket.
After turning a corner onto the main road, there weren't many vehicles passing by, but there were a lot of children, and occasionally one or two adults, who were probably being pulled here to pay.
The sound of firecrackers could be heard one after another. Groups of children were setting off firecrackers, and some were holding sparklers.
Jiang Xingzhou said casually: "Let's buy another fairy wand."
"Hurrah."
Song Ci was quite happy as he hadn't played with a fairy wand for a long time.
Moreover, influenced by this group of carefree children, she seemed to feel the festive atmosphere of the New Year again.
Isn't that what Chinese New Year is all about? Visiting relatives with your parents, lighting firecrackers and playing with toy guns with a bunch of friends.
Song Ci still remembers that when she came here as a child, her cousins would play with toy guns there, and the ground would be covered with colorful bullets. The adults would tell them not to shoot at themselves, but no one listened.
Song Ci was assigned to pick up bullets for his brothers. After all, bullets are consumables. They are gone after firing. It would be a waste if they kept firing. The adults were afraid that they would lose their ambition because of playing with things, so they would take their New Year's money. In this way, they would have no money in their pockets, so they could not buy new ones.
But Song Ci's picking up of bullets was often slower than his brothers' shooting speed, and in the end, a group of little kids could only pick up bullets on the ground in a mess.
At that time, no one felt embarrassed. A group of people happily picked up the toys and continued to play, repeating this cycle until they were called by adults to eat.
Jiang Xingzhou heard her cheerful tone and asked, "Are you so happy?"
"Yeah, kids are really carefree."
"How could that be?" Jiang Xingzhou disagreed with her.
Song Ci looked at him curiously: "Huh?"
She didn't quite understand.
Jiang Xingzhou smiled mysteriously and pulled her over to the group of children.
"Just wait, they'll be unhappy soon."
"What are you going to do?" Song Ci swallowed nervously.
She was afraid that Jiang Xingzhou would be beaten.
Maybe the parents of these children are watching somewhere.
"Don't worry, I'm just asking a question." Jiang Xingzhou winked at her, indicating that he was OK.
"Hey, don't let go yet. Can I ask you something?"
A group of children's attention was attracted by Jiang Xingzhou.
"What?"
Jiang Xingzhou said kindly: "I just want to ask you, have you finished your winter vacation homework?"
Song Ci watched as the smiles of the children froze on their faces.
A smile doesn't disappear, it just moves.
Jiang Xingzhou stood aside and laughed as if no one was around.
If looks could kill, Jiang Xingzhou would have died eight hundred times already.
Several children threw firecrackers at his feet and ran away cursing.
Looking at the direction the children ran away, Song Ci couldn't help but laugh.
She complained about Jiang Xingzhou: "You are so childish."
Jiang Xingzhou stopped laughing and looked at Song Ci seriously: "Childish? This is a serious question. Song Ci, have you written anything today?"
Song Ci: “?”
She was wrong.
This person is not naive.
You deserve a beating.
Jiang Xingzhou, however, took the initiative and pulled her into his arms with a smile, holding her hand and preventing her from taking pictures of him.
"Okay, okay, let's go buy some firecrackers. I see a supermarket." Jiang Xingzhou pointed to the sign of the supermarket in front.
Song Ci snorted lightly, but couldn't help but hit him with her head before continuing to walk with him.
There were only a few firecrackers in a box, so Jiang Xingzhou asked for ten boxes and took the fairy wand. He asked Song Ci, "Is there anything you want to eat?"
Song Ci shook her head: "No, I'll eat soon."
"Okay, then we'll come back in the afternoon if there's anything we want to eat."
"Okay~"
After paying the bill and leaving, Jiang Xingzhou opened two boxes of firecrackers and poured one box into Song Ci's hand.
"Just throw it on the ground. Try it."
"Use a little more strength." Jiang Xingzhou added.
Song Ci turned over and threw a box of firecrackers at the feet of the two people.
Jiang Xingzhou: “?”
"If this is a grenade, you will destroy yourself."
Song Ci blinked, looked at him innocently, and commented, "It's fun."
Jiang Xingzhou: “…” Well, he didn’t listen at all.
"Here, I'll give you this box too. You can buy more later if you don't have enough." Anyway, they were still at the entrance of the supermarket.
Song Ci ran away, holding a fairy wand in one hand and throwing firecrackers in the other. She called out, "Jiang Xingzhou."
"ah?"
Crackling, bang…
The firecrackers exploded at his feet.
Jiang Xingzhou: “?”
Song Ci tilted her head: "What about now?"
"What?"
"I threw the firecrackers at your feet. Does that count as self-destruction?" Song Ci said in a sweet and innocent tone.
Jiang Xingzhou's mouth opened wide in shock, and it took him a while to react.
"What the hell, Song Song, you are murdering your husband!"
He wanted to catch Song Ci in one step, but Song Ci was prepared. He even had a firecracker in his hand. He threw it to the ground and turned around and ran away.
A series of laughs fell into Jiang Xingzhou's ears as she ran in the direction.
"Don't run, wait and see how I punish you."
As Jiang Xingzhou ran, he opened a box of firecrackers and threw them one by one at Song Ci.
Faint explosions sounded rhythmically behind him, and Song Ci waved the fairy wand in his hand as he ran.
She no longer had firecrackers in her hand.
If I had known this, I would have saved a little more.
But I'm still very happy.
After running for a while, she lost her strength due to laughing and was caught by Jiang Xingzhou.
Jiang Xingzhou pinched her cheeks, squeezed her mouth up, and asked fiercely: "Are you still running?"
"I'm not full~" Her mouth was pinched, so she couldn't speak clearly and it was difficult for her to shake her head.
Jiang Xingzhou snorted, put the firecracker into his pocket, and used his other hand to knock her on the forehead: "See if you can murder your husband again next time."
Song Ci's ears turned red, and she felt a little shy when she heard his words. There was a hint of timidity in her eyes when she looked at him.
Lianyan's eyes fell on Jiang Xingzhou's eyes, and she always felt that she was secretly flirting with her again.
He very casually and quickly kissed her on the lips before letting her go.
Song Ci exclaimed and looked around quickly.
This was a real main road, without any obstacles blocking the view. The noisy voices of children not far away and the sound of firecrackers reached their ears.
Song Ci covered her mouth and glared at him: "Still on the street."
She couldn't help but let go and poke Jiang Xingzhou, lowering her head and pouting.
Jiang Xingzhou smiled: "What's wrong with that? We're getting married soon, so what's wrong with a kiss?"
In response to his deliberate distortion of the point, Song Ci could only increase the strength of his hand and poke him twice more.
"Hmph~"
She suddenly remembered what happened in the car, so she retracted her fingers and clenched them into a fist, gently hitting Jiang Xingzhou's chest again and again.
"You are so bold. My parents were still in the car at the time, and you dared to move."
Song Ci thought of an even worse act, and immediately followed his example, pinching Jiang Xingzhou's mouth to force him to stand up.
"And threatened me."
Jiang Xingzhou had a smile in his eyes and denied it: "I didn't."
"You are right. I'm not even sleepy, but you still say I'm sleepy. You're doing it on purpose."
"I did it on purpose."
"you… ?!"
Jiang Xingzhou was so adorable by her reaction that he couldn't help but laugh out loud. He reached out and took her hand away, finally laughing out loud.
"snort!"
Song Ci hit him with a fairy wand.
It didn't hurt at all when I hit him on his down jacket.
"Go home and eat!"
Jiang Xingzhou followed with a smile: "Okay~ Let's go home for dinner~"
He took only two steps before he felt the firecrackers in his pocket and asked, "Do you still want to play with firecrackers?"
"Play!"
“Hey.”
Jiang Xingzhou handed over another box: "Do you need me to help you hold the fairy wand?"
"Need not."
Song Ci operated it with one hand and actually poured the firecrackers into his hand.
She held the box between her fingertips and handed it to Jiang Xingzhou: "The trash can is still in front, can you help me get it first."
"Okay." Jiang Xingzhou took the box.
Song Ci opened his palm, looked at the firecrackers in his hand and said, "These firecrackers are pretty good looking."
Jiang Xingzhou looked at the colorful garlic-like firecrackers and recalled the cylindrical firecrackers he used to have when he was a child. They were indeed much more beautiful.
"It looks nice," he agreed, "but it doesn't seem as loud as before."
"Yeah, but it's still fun."
As Song Ci said this, he smiled and threw another one at his feet.
"Come again?" Jiang Xingzhou jumped subconsciously and looked at Song Ci helplessly.
Song Ci looked up and smiled at him: "No, I just tried to see if it would make any noise."
Jiang Xingzhou: “… Haha.”
Song Ci threw the remaining firecrackers one by one in front of them, making noises on their way home.
When they were almost home, Song Ci said again: "Let's go to the car first and put this in the car, otherwise our parents will scold us again."
"It's okay, I'll get it. Mom likes me so much, she will definitely not say anything to me."
Song Ci turned to look at him, helpless.
She raised her hand and patted Jiang Xingzhou's cheek: "Well, it's so thick."
Jiang Xingzhou: "No way, my skin is so delicate that it can be blown away by a baby."
Song Dynasty Porcelain: “…”
She sighed and explained, "It doesn't matter whether we say it or not. The main thing is that if we take it in, it might have to be divided among the children."
Jiang Xingzhou thought about it and realized that it was indeed like that, and it didn’t matter if it wasn’t excessive.
"We'll buy it when we leave."
Song Ci: "I don't think Dad will stop the car."
Jiang Xingzhou smiled and pinched her little nose, quite helpless: "You think a lot."
Song Ci suddenly looked proud: "That is, experience."
Jiang Xingzhou couldn't help but laugh: "From now on, please ask our experienced teacher Song to guide me more."
"It's just so-so, Jiang. Let's make progress together."
"Okay, Teacher Song~"
The two of them still turned to the car.
When we got there, we were helpless: "I don't have the key, I can't open it."
Song Ci: "... Well, let's divide it up."
Jiang Xingzhou patted her head, leaned close to her and whispered to comfort her: "We'll go after dinner, I'll take you to buy it."
"real?"
"When have I ever lied to you?"