Siheyuan: Spring and Autumn

At this time, Liu Guangfu secretly walked to a place not far from the girls, took out a small firecracker from his trouser pocket, lit it, and quickly threw it among the girls.

"Snapped."

The sound of a cannon blast frightened the girls and they screamed. When they came to their senses, they immediately chased after Liu Guangfu and started beating him.

Liu Guangfu, whose prank was successful, did not stop but ran directly into the alley. He felt very happy and wanted to find another opportunity to scare them.

Bang Geng, who came out from home, was jealous and wanted to set off firecrackers, but his mother Qin Huairu was unwilling to give him money, so he could only watch with envy.

Boys of this age are hated by gods and ghosts.

Little Huaihua walked up to Banggeng and said in a baby voice, "Brother, I want to set off firecrackers, too. Can you buy some for me?"

When Xiao Dang heard this, he quickly said, "Brother, I want to release it too."

Banggeng shook his head and said in annoyance, "Huaihua, I want to release it too, but my mother won't give me money."

"Brother, ask grandma for it, and she will definitely give it to you."

Although Huaihua is young, she can see clearly that her brother's status in the family is not comparable to that of her and her sister, so speaking in front of grandmother will definitely have an effect.

"Our grandma and mom have been making dumplings together. I wanted to ask her for some, but I couldn't find a chance."

Huaihua said, "Sister, I told our mother that you fell down and couldn't stand up. Our mother would definitely come to see and let my brother go into the house to ask our grandmother for money."

"If I don't, my mother will definitely beat me."

Xiaodang is not stupid. If she falls down, her clothes will get dirty. She doesn't want to be beaten during the New Year.

"Do you want to set off a firecracker?"

"think."

"Then why don't you just pretend? Wait until our brother brings us the money, and then we can let him go."

Huaihua defeated the enemy with one move, and Xiaodang agreed.

The three of them took action immediately after discussing it. Xiao Huaihua ran towards home, shouting as she ran: "Mom, mom, it's bad, my sister fell and can't get up."

Behind her, Bang Geng was hiding in the dark, waiting for his chance to strike.

"What happened?"

Huaihua's voice was tender, clear, and pleasant to the ear, but the meaning of her words frightened Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu hurried out of the house, her hands were white and she didn't even have time to wipe the flour off.

"Mom, my sister fell down right at the gate and can't get up."

Qin Huairu ran towards the courtyard gate without thinking too much. In her heart, children, whether sons or daughters, are very important to her. In this regard, she has always done a good job and deserves praise.

Banggeng saw his mother running over and immediately went into the house.

"Grandma, give me two cents. I want to buy some firecrackers to play with."

"Hey, Banggeng, why are you buying firecrackers? Can't we buy candy with that money?"

"Grandma, we need to set off firecrackers during the Chinese New Year. Please give me the money, quickly."

The tone was very firm. He had long discovered that as long as he made a firm request, his grandmother would not dare to refuse.

"Okay, okay, good boy, I'll get it for you."

With that, she went into her room.

Banggeng took the money and ran away, just in time to meet Qin Huairu pushing the door in and almost knocked her down.

"You kid, you're always so impatient. You've bumped into me so many times."

"All boys are like this. Look how naughty our boy Bang Geng is. He will definitely have a bright future."

"Yes, he has a promising future. You should spoil him every day. With your support, he is not even afraid of me now. This is not a good thing."

"Tsk, are you overthinking it? No matter how naughty our Bang Geng is, can he be more naughty than that Qin Zheng? Then why is Qin Zheng so successful now? Isn't it because he was naughty when he was a child?"

"What kind of perverse logic is this? Can anyone become like Qin Zheng?"

"Anyway, our Bang Geng won't be worse than him in the future."

Jia Zhang really felt that her grandson would have a bright future, a great future. He was so smart, lively and cute, he would definitely not be bad.

Banggeng bought a string of firecrackers, untied the strings, divided the firecrackers equally among the three of them, put them in their pockets, then went home and stole a few incense sticks, lit them, and followed the kids in the yard to set them off. He also learned from Liu Guangfu how to sneak attack the girls in the yard. Seeing them screaming in fear, Banggeng felt so happy.

Just when the incense was about to burn out, Banggeng arrived at the main courtyard and saw his mother making dumplings in the kitchen. His eyes rolled and a plan came to his mind. He took out a small cannon and put it on the incense.

"Bah."

The fuse was lit, and Banggeng quickly threw the cannon into the kitchen, where it fell to the ground.

"Brother, please don't..."

Xiaodang just wanted to stop it, but it was too late.

In the kitchen, Qin Huairu was in a good mood, pushing the dumplings in the pot with a spatula.

She had no reason to be unhappy. Her monthly salary was just over 30 yuan. Even if she gave 3 yuan to her mother-in-law, she still had more than 28 yuan. For a family of five, on average, each person earned more than 5 yuan a month. The key was that the work was easy and the benefits were okay, much better than those of the front-line employees. During the lunch break, she could get five kilograms of flour and two kilograms of meat.

Thinking of this, her heart was filled with gratitude towards Qin Zheng.

Just as she was thinking about it, there was a loud "bang" sound suddenly from under her feet. The cannon exploded, and Qin Huairu jumped in fright. She raised the shovel in her hand high, and then dropped it heavily.

"puff."

There was a slight sound, followed by a series of "chi chi" sounds. The kitchen was filled with smoke and fumes. The ash from the bottom of the pot rose up and covered the entire kitchen.

The pot is leaking!

"what."

Qin Huairu screamed in shock, she couldn't see anything in front of her. She didn't dare to delay in the kitchen, and ran out of the kitchen based on her memory. Haha, her head and face were covered with cigarette ash all over her body, and her face was black, and her delicate face didn't look like it at all.

Bang Geng was so frightened that he even forgot to run away.

"Bang terrier, it's you."

Qin Huairu tried hard to open her eyes and saw the stick in front of her with his mouth wide open. She immediately knew that this was the culprit. She was so angry that she said four words, then picked up a stick from the firewood pile at the door and started fighting.

"Wow."

Banggeng cried loudly, it was so painful. The key point was that when his mother opened her mouth, two rows of white teeth suddenly appeared on her dark face. It was so scary!

Not only Banggeng cried, but Xiaodang and Huaihua also cried loudly. They had never seen such a scene before and were also very scared.

Qin Huairu's scream attracted quite a few people. Seeing her embarrassed appearance, many people burst into laughter. Her current image was really hilarious, and it was hard to hold back the laughter.

As for Jia Zhang, when she went out and saw her daughter-in-law covered in cigarette ashes, she was a little worried because she didn't know what had happened. But when she saw her grandson being beaten, she quickly stepped forward to stop them and rescued Bang Geng.

"Huai Ru, why are you making such a fuss?"

"I didn't hit him lightly because of him, the whole pot of dumplings fell into the ashes at the bottom of the pot."

After saying this, she trembled with heartache. It was rare for her to eat dumplings once a year, and they were wasted like this.