There were many people at night, and the house was particularly lively. In addition, the fireworks had just finished, so some neighbors who had not yet left went to the house to chat with grandpa Xia Shande.

Some also chatted with the uncle, father and two brothers.

"Hey, you're Brother Hui, right? Where's Brother Fei?" Xia Zekai, his second brother Xia Yunhui, and his younger brother Xia Zejiang were cleaning up the remains of fireworks on the ground, preparing to handle them intensively to avoid a second fire. There were people nearby.

He came over and shouted.

Xia Zekai and his second brother straightened up almost at the same time. Looking at the person speaking behind them, Xia Zekai recognized him at a glance. This was Xia Yunhua, his cousin in the Xia family who had not yet entered the fifth server.

The eldest brother and the second brother have been with me since they were young. After more than twenty years of ravages, many people have changed their appearance.

He didn't recognize Xia Yunhua for a while, but Xia Zekai said: "Brother, this is Brother Hua from the east."

When Xia Yunhui heard what his cousin said, he remembered it and said: "You are Yunhua, right? Oh, look at my brain. I haven't been at home for so many years and I don't come back often. I forgot about it, brother.

Sorry."

"Brother Hui, what does this mean? Now you are all hanging out outside. Not to mention that we haven't seen each other for more than 20 years, even if we haven't seen each other for several years, we have only met each other. Brother Hui, this year can be considered as spent at home..." Xia Yunhua added

It's getting hot.

Xia Yunhui stopped cleaning up the debris on the ground and said, "Yunhua, come in and have a glass of water."

"Brother Hui, it's too late today, so I won't go there. Let's wait another day. You have to leave after the new year. This time, many brothers who are working outside have come back. By then, we brothers will take some time to get together."

Let's get together." Xia Yunhua is quite good at getting things done.

He said: "This year, twenty or thirty people of our generation have come back, and it's very lively."

"Okay, I'm leaving in my second year of junior high school, let's take some time and have some drinks." Xia Yunhui said.

After Xia Yunhua left, Xia Zekai and his three brothers continued to clean up the remains of fireworks on the ground, piled all the lit paper shells together, lit a fire, and watched the pile slowly turn into ashes.

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Not yet at ease, Xia Zejiang went to his home to bring another bucket of water and poured it on the pile of ashes. Then he heard a "chi" sound, and then a cluster of white smoke rose up, and the dust mixed with the water and turned into pure black.

Okay, I can go home with peace of mind this time.

"Let's go back to sleep and go to the market tomorrow." Xia Yunhui said.

Xia Zejiang muttered: "Second brother, I can't sleep. There are several uncles at home who are talking to grandpa and uncle. They won't be able to finish things for a while."

Just like what he said, after the brothers entered the house, they kept chatting with her until about ten o'clock, and then they left. The girl and the five of them were already sleepy and went to bed.

After sending the person away, brothers Xia Yunhui and Xia Yunfei took their respective families upstairs to rest.

Xia Zejiang took Wang Yi and Cui Xiaofeng to the old house to rest.

…

One night passed, and the next morning, Xia Zekai woke up early as he did in Qicheng, and Tongtong also woke up. This little guy really seemed to be able to do anything rain or shine.

Luo Xiyun was lying in the middle and was awakened by the two men getting up. When she saw Tongtong sitting there and getting dressed, she said to her: "Tongtong, it's Chinese New Year, why are you going? You can sleep for a while."

Why don't you just go back to bed?"

"Mom, I don't want to sleep in. I'm very diligent. I want to go for a run and practice kung fu." Tongtong whispered, and she didn't stop dressing at all.

When Luo Xiyun heard what her daughter said, she touched her husband's thigh under the quilt with one hand, pinched the soft flesh and turned it half a circle. Xia Zekai grinned in pain, but did not dare to scream.

Then I heard Luo Xiyun complaining to him: "Look, it was all instigated by you."

"..." Xia Zekai felt that he was unjustly sentenced to death, how could he be the one instigated by him.

He is still wondering where Tongtong got such willpower.

Just like that, Tongtong was already dressed and crawled over from her mother: "Dad, hurry up, I'm already dressed."

Xia Zekai was also helpless. He quickly got dressed and went out with his daughter.

It was as warm as spring in the house, but the cold wind outside was biting, and the coldness penetrated directly into the body.

Xia Zekai subconsciously tightened his collar and zipped up Tongtong's clothes. He said, "Tongtong, it's too cold. You'll catch a cold easily if you sweat while running. Why don't you go back and sleep for a while."

"I don't. What's the point of sleeping? I'm going to practice kung fu with Uncle Wang." As Tongtong spoke, she raised her legs high and her toes could already reach the height of her shoulders.

She said proudly: "Dad, look, I'm awesome!"

Xia Zekai was particularly surprised: "You can even raise your legs?"

Hearing what her father said, Tongtong became even more proud. She held her head high and said, "I've been able to do it a long time ago. I know a lot. I'm better than my sister."

"That's right, your sister is incomparable to you." Xia Zekai quickly admitted this, otherwise Tongtong would still have to hold on to her.

After coming out of home, the street seemed quiet at this point. Occasionally, a few dog barks came from a certain direction, which startled Tongtong.

She hurriedly ran to her father, hugging his legs and not daring to let go.

"Dad, there is a dog!" she said.

Xia Zekai comforted her: "Tongtong, it doesn't matter, that's someone else's dog. It's tied up and can't escape."

"Really?" Tongtong asked cautiously.

"Really!" Xia Zekai nodded heavily.

Wang Yi and Cui Xiaofeng hadn't come over yet. After Xia Zekai finished speaking, he started jogging ahead.

Tongtong ran slowly behind her father, along the road in the north of the village to the east for more than two hundred meters, and then she ran to the river dam. Tongtong couldn't run after reaching this point, and she stood

She was gasping for breath. After seeing her, Xia Zekai hurried over and patted her on the back: "Dad, I'm so tired."

Are you not tired? There is a 30-degree slope here. Tongtong has never run before, and this time her physical fitness is beyond her limit.

When Tongtong stopped breathing heavily, Xia Zekai bent down and picked her up, letting her sit on his arms. The two of them looked at the place where the east was gradually lighting up. He pointed to a yellow jade belt at the end of his sight and said:

"Tongtong, look there, that's the Yellow River!"

"Dad, is that the yellow river on the ground?" She and her sister had read a lot of books and knew a lot of things, but they just hadn't seen the real thing and couldn't figure it out.

Xia Zekai nodded: "It's the freshwater river in the book you are reading."

"Wow, it turns out it's here. Dad, please take me over there and have a look." When Tongtong heard that the river in the book was right in front of her, she became really anxious and wanted to get a glimpse of the whole picture.

Xia Zekai shook his head: "Not now, we have to go home for dinner later. When we come back from the market in the afternoon, I will take you to the Yellow River to set off fireworks. Then we can watch the Yellow River, okay?"

"Okay!" Tongtong agreed happily.

Xia Zekai held Tongtong in his arms, and the two of them slowly walked back from the barrage. Before they got home, Xia Zekai saw Wang Yi and Cui Xiaofeng waiting at the intersection.

"Boss, have you gone to exercise?"

"Well, I just came back. This is in the countryside, on our own territory. There are not so many things to worry about. Just take advantage of the Chinese New Year and rest more." Xia Zekai advised them.

But the two refused to listen. Tongtong saw Wang Yi and Cui Xiaofeng, and she was very happy: "Uncle Wang, Uncle Cui, good morning."

"Good morning Tongtong!"

"Uncle Wang, I just went for a run with my father. I ran a long way, and I even saw the Yellow River!"

When she said this, she gestured with her hands to turn the pages of the book, and then said proudly: "I saw the Yellow River in the book."

"Haha, Tongtong is awesome!" Wang Yi must like it.

It was only after six o'clock at this time, and the streets in the countryside were still very quiet. In addition, during the Chinese New Year, there was no busy farm work, and most people were not getting up. Wang Yi and Tongtong began to practice the five postures of Plum Blossom Boxing as usual.

, teach her the basics.

Xia Zekai watched for a while and felt a little bored. He also wanted to practice his skills.

Tongtong started from the first position and practiced it for a few minutes. Then he closed his hands, turned 180 degrees and then moved to the second position "with the trend". Xia Zekai started practicing from there.

He had never practiced before, but he had watched it more than once.

When I was watching it, I always thought it was quite simple. I thought Tongtong might be unable to stand due to his age, skeletal underdevelopment, and weak muscles. He didn't stand for long. He felt that he would not have these problems if he practiced.

But now, as soon as he got started and followed Tongtong's trend, Xia Zekai realized that he couldn't push down at all when his front leg was pressed down and his calf was at a 90-degree angle, and his waist was not as easy as Tongtong's.

He found the right center of gravity and was able to hold his chest, straighten his back and straighten his body. His entire upper body fell forward as his front legs pressed down.

Tongtong stood next to him very relaxedly and contentedly, but Xia Zekai felt numbness in his front legs, tense muscles, and his body began to sway after standing there for less than a minute.

By the time he realized that there was nothing to hold on to, it was already too late, and he fell down and squatted down.

At this time, Tongtong was still standing there motionless, with no expression on his face.

"This..." Xia Zekai was dumbfounded. It was so difficult. How did his daughter persevere?

Wang Yi was busy leading his disciples to stand, and now he had no time to take care of Xia Zekai.

Cui Xiaofeng came over and helped Xia Zekai up: "Boss, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Xiao Cui, this posture looks very simple, why is it so difficult to stand up?" Xia Zekai complained there.

Cui Xiaofeng chuckled and said, "That's how practicing Kung Fu is. Everything looks easy, but when you get started, you realize it's not easy. Many people can't hold on and give up."

"(one_one)" Xia Zekai stared at him for a while, always feeling that he was saying that he had "high vision but low power", but he had no evidence.

Just as they were talking, the door of the house opposite opened, and a middle-aged woman wearing a floral cotton-padded jacket came out. She saw a few of them standing at the door. Wang Yi and Tongtong were standing there. She was interested.

"Zekai, what is your daughter doing?"

"Aunt, Tongtong, she's just exercising for fun." Xia Zekai said with a smile.

Who would have thought that as soon as he finished speaking, Tongtong stood up and said, "Huh, Dad, I'm practicing kung fu, not joking. You just fell on your butt and squatted, you're not as good as me!"

"-_-||"

Xia Zekai stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

The aunt opposite the door laughed, talked for a while and then went to do her own business.
To be continued...