Two days after Zheng Tan came to Jiao's old house, he finally knew what Jiao Yuan was talking about and had been thinking about "New Year's Taste".
In Jiao Yuan's definition, the smell of the year is the smell of firecrackers.
boom!
After the sound, the children cheered.
Zheng Tan was lying on the roof tile of the old house, looking at a vegetable field in front of the old house, Jiao Yuan took Xiaoyouzi to watch a few children in the village set off firecrackers in the open space.
In the city, such things are strictly controlled, and they are not allowed to be placed indiscriminately, but after coming here, there are no restrictions, and you can put them as you want. These kinds of gadgets are sold in towns and village markets, and they are cheap enough. . Simple firecrackers, some older boys can even make their own.
The children are familiar with it when they play. In addition to catching rabbits, Xiaoyouzi was taken by Jiao Yuan to play with them with firecrackers. Many times Xiaoyouzi just stood by and watched. For her, this kind of thing was relatively unfamiliar. , fireworks and firecrackers and firecrackers are different, viewing and own discharge is different. Including Zheng Tan, their experience is only watching fireworks in the square. When Zheng Tan was a human before, he had bought a lot of fireworks to pick up girls, but he had never played with a wide variety of firecrackers like these children.
This can be regarded as a kind of folk entertainment that has been circulating for thousands of years. Unfortunately, the degree of danger is high, the environmental pollution is large, and the control in big cities is strictly controlled. Many children living in big cities rarely come into contact with this kind of entertainment. It's just a "gadget" in the mouth of the village children. The villagers don't care much about their children. These children have been exposed to this kind of things since they were young. They are very skilled and have many tricks to play.
Jiao Yuan obviously played with them every time he came here for Chinese New Year. Although he is now in junior high school, he is only a teenager. Play, parents also feel relieved.
"Try it with this!"
A 7-8-year-old child took out an old small aluminum pot from an unknown corner, buckled it upside down on the ground, and put a firecracker in it. Crouching down and lifting the aluminum pot, the child used the burning incense to light the fuse, then got up and ran.
Standing in the distance, Xiaoyouzi, Jiao Yuan and others covered their ears.
Zheng Tan, who was lying on the roof watching over there, also raised his paws to cover his ears. The sound of the firecrackers was too loud, and since his hearing is good now, the sound was really impactful.
boom!
The small aluminum pot was lifted high, about ten or twenty meters. It's a pity that those children are not very satisfied and say what is not powerful.
Zheng Tan looked at the aluminum pot that fell from the air, and it was all deformed.
These bear children are really brave enough.
"There are not many big ones, let's play with the small ones, save some money, or you won't have to play today." said a child about the same age as Jiao Yuan. In his hand he was holding a box full of firecrackers and the like.
Several other children also have cardboard boxes of different sizes, but the firecrackers and firecrackers inside are not as big as his.
"It's not fun to be small," an eight-year-old child muttered.
"Why isn't it fun? Look at me!"
A child looked around the surrounding vegetable gardens, asked for the burning incense, and walked to a vegetable garden not far away with a firecracker box.
Since it is still a little far away from the fields of each family, some open spaces around the house have also been reclaimed, and some people have built vegetable gardens around them with fences.
In the vegetable garden that the child ran to, the Chinese cabbage was growing just fine. During this time, the weather was good and the temperature was quite high. Moreover, this place is not as low as minus tens of degrees in the north in winter, and it will not snow in warm winters.
Looking for the best growing Chinese cabbage, the boy broke off the cabbage leaves, put a smaller firecracker in it, lit it with incense, and ran away.
Since it was a small firecracker, the children didn't run too far and didn't even cover their ears.
Zheng Tan only heard a bang, and then saw the cabbage that was growing well, the cabbage leaves were broken.
Sure enough, it's a bear boy. If the host saw this, he would probably be so angry that his chest hurts.
Knowing that this can't be done too much, the older child called the child who was still going to continue frying Chinese cabbage, and did not let him harm other people's Chinese cabbage.
It's not that my own cabbage doesn't feel distressed when it's fried, and it looks good, but if their own cabbage is fried, these children will probably slap them with sticks.
"What do you want to fry without frying cabbage? Are you still going to fry fish?"
"No, we were scolded for frying fish yesterday. You can only fry in pools and rivers that don't have fish, but not in fish ponds."
"What's the fun in frying without fish?!"
Several children were having a heated discussion over there. Zheng Tan listened with amusement. The children blew up a few fish in the fish pond yesterday, and the owner saw the big fish with their white belly turning over in the fish pond. His lungs were about to explode. Every year there is such a commotion, these bear children remember to eat and not to be beaten, and continue to bomb after being beaten.
Therefore, when the bear child encounters firecrackers, it is incredible.
Zheng Tan is thinking, there is already another way.
The goal is a water tank in the corner of a vegetable garden.
There is also running water in the village now, but most people still prefer to use well water, and every house has this kind of pottery water tank to store water. The water tank placed in the corner of the vegetable garden should have been there for a long time. The water in it is very cloudy and smells bad. It is probably used by the owner to water the flowers and vegetables.
"Hey, I suddenly thought of a story in a language book." A child said.
"I know! I know!" A little brat raised his arm and wiped his nose with his sleeve, "That's called Sima Guang's bomb!"
Zheng Tan, Jiao Yuan, and Xiaoyouzi: "..."
Very enlightened!
The level has been upgraded, even more ruthless than Sima Guang.
After frying the Chinese cabbage and frying the water tank, these bear children really can toss.
A child took out a small firecracker the size of an adult's pinky finger, covered with a layer of plastic skin and pointed at the end. I heard from these kids that it's called a "torpedo." It's waterproof, there are big and small, and the explosion power varies. They use it when they fry fish.
After lighting the "torpedo" with incense, the child choked it and threw it into the water tank. Throwing it too early is easy to extinguish, and throwing it too late has many accidents. As experienced players, they are familiar with this skill.
The others stood farther away. Although the firecracker was a small one, the water in the tank was too stinky. These kids just didn't want to be splashed with stinky water.
I don't know if it was because the water tank was too old to be blown up, or the power of the "torpedo" was too great. In short, Zheng Tan saw a hole in the water tank. The black stinky water flowed out from the hole in the water tank, and the stench was scattered.
The kid who lit the firecrackers didn't have time to run too far, and he was still splashed with water, smelling stinky, so he hurried back to scrub.
It was almost lunch time, and the firecrackers were almost finished. The bear children went back to their respective houses. After eating, they would collect some goods and continue to play.
Jiao Yuan used snacks to exchange some firecrackers and firecrackers with several children. There was no way. Even if he had pocket money, he couldn't buy firecrackers and firecrackers for a while. There were no canteens and shops nearby. It's an inconvenient place, you have to go to the market to buy things.
When exchanging firecrackers and firecrackers with these children, Jiao Yuan deliberately chose some with longer fuses. When the time comes, he will go back to play with Xiaoyouzi, but he is not worried if the fuses are short. Jiao Yuan is self-aware, although he is older than those snot-wiping kids, but in terms of experience, he can't compare to those kids.
When I returned to the old house, Jiao's mother was cooking lunch in the kitchen.
The kitchen is an old-fashioned stove with firewood, and the pot is also a large iron pot. Mr. Jiao likes to use this kind of stove. The coal stove is now used to cook braised vegetables and fried meatballs and lotus root clips, which are not used much on weekdays. It's on fire now for New Year's Eve.
Jiao Yuan pulled out a stick of incense and put it into the stove to light it.
"Why are you ordering this?" Jiao Ma frowned.
"Set off firecrackers." Jiao Yuan replied.
"Be careful not to get hurt, and don't scare the black charcoal." Jiao Ma worried.
"It's okay, Black Charcoal is not afraid at all. It has been watching us play in the morning, and it knows how to cover its ears." Jiao Yuan grinned, and after lighting the incense, he and Xiaoyouzi came to the backyard of the old house to play.
The advantage of the countryside is that the place is big and there are few restrictions.
There was a tall firewood stack in the backyard, some fir trees were planted sporadically, and the weeds and leaves on the ground had been cleaned by Mr. Jiao long ago.
There is also a water tank here, but Jiao Yuan doesn't dare to fry his own water tank. In order to buy New Year's goods, Mr. Jiao bought some fish and put them in this water tank. He marinated the fish yesterday, cleaned the water tank, and put it away. Some water was placed there, and it was not touched for a moment.
The old lady was sitting at the back door of the kitchen frying lotus root clips. She looked at the two children in the backyard from time to time. Although the children in the village often played with firecrackers, her grandson was different from the gangsters in the village. She had little exposure to firecrackers, and the old lady was worried.
Zheng Tan jumped on the firewood stack and looked down.
Jiao Yuan used a metal stick to poke a small hole in the ground, inserted a small firecracker in it, and let it stand upright so that it could be easily ignited.
When lit, the firecrackers make a "pop" sound.
These are small firecrackers and firecrackers. Jiao Yuan doesn't dare to play big ones in his own yard. The first is that it is dangerous, and it will scare the elderly. He was just having fun.
In their backyard, Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi both let go a lot, and each played with a firecracker with incense.
After playing for a while, Xiaoyouzi looked at Zheng Tan who was climbing on the firewood stack and said, "Hei Tan, do you want to play?"
Zheng Tan moved the tip of his tail, as if his paws were itchy.
"Here, Heitan, come and play too." Jiao Yuan stood on tiptoe and handed the incense in his hand to Zheng Tan.
Zheng Tan looked at the incense, turned his head, and jumped off the firewood stack.
Xiaoyouzi took out a tissue, wrapped Xiang's end, and handed it to Zheng Tan.
Or the little grapefruit is considerate.
Zheng Tan bit the incense stick wrapped in a tissue and walked to the firecrackers that had been placed.
The corners of Jiao Yuan's mouth twitched, his cat's cleanliness is really awkward.
Zheng Tan felt a little nervous when he lit the fuse. Although he was a small firecracker with little power, he had too little experience like this, so he was a little excited. When the fuse sizzled with sparks, Zheng Tan turned his head and ran away.
Snapped!
Detonated successfully.
The old lady who was sitting in the house frying lotus root clips picked up the fried lotus root clips with a slotted spoon. When she was draining the oil, she took time to look at the situation in the backyard, and just happened to see her son's precious black cat holding one. In the scene of fragrant firecrackers, my hands suddenly trembled, and a few lotus root clips in the colander fell out and fell to the ground.
The big yellow dog who was squatting beside him happily flicked his tail and hurriedly rolled the lotus root clip on the ground into his mouth, not too hot.