Firecrackers were a new thing, or they were researched by themselves after Dongming Ziyu presented the explosive recipe.

Dongming Ziyu told Dong Chunlei and Jiang Hongda about the power of firecrackers, and they had organized people to pour water on the firewood stacks and thatched roofs on the evening of New Year's Eve to prevent fires.

Moreover, someone in Dongzhou's family patrols at twelve o'clock. Even if there is an accident, it can be discovered in time, and it should not be caught.

Therefore, when they heard that there was a fire, Dongming Ziyu and Shangguan Ruoli were very surprised, quickly put on their clothes and ran out.

I saw that the direction of the fire was towards the hospital room.

I don’t know what happened, but there was a buzz in Shangguan Ruoli’s head, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat, “Quick! Put out the fire!”

Dongming Ziyu and Shangguan Ruoli rushed out with buckets. There was a lot of water in the hospital, so for the convenience of water, they dug a well in the yard.

When I got closer, I saw clearly that the fire was not in the hospital or a resident's house, so I breathed a sigh of relief.

The hospital is next to the back door, and outside the back door is the back mountain. We opened some wasteland at the foot of the back mountain and planted some vegetables, beans and sweet potatoes. After harvesting, the bean straw, vegetable seedlings, etc. were piled not far from the back door.

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The firewood was the firewood, and water was poured on it. There was a lot of rain in the south of the Yangtze River, so although the fire was not small, it did not spread.

Shangguan was already putting out the fire with his three servants. Shangguan Ruoli saw that they were okay and quickly brought water to put out the fire.

Everyone was keeping vigil, and before they fell asleep, they all came soon, splashing water, burying soil, and put out the fire with all their hands.

Dongming Ziyu felt something strange, so he walked around and found broken pottery fragments around the firewood pile and in the ditch under the wall, which looked like fragments of a jar.

He picked up a piece of pottery and smelled it, "It's kerosene!"

Dong Youliang also picked up a piece and smelled it, "It is indeed kerosene!"

Shuan Zhu thrust his shovel into the ground and cursed: "Ancestor of Japan, someone is setting fire to it!"

Dalang pointed to the ditch and said, "Look, there are firecrackers in there!"

Shangguan Ruoli said: "The other party first threw kerosene cans in, and then threw firecrackers to set fire to it."

In order to prevent theft and thieves, a trench was dug under the courtyard wall, and wooden spikes were nailed into the trench. Firewood piles were piled on the edge of the trench. The cans and firecrackers thrown by the opponent were not accurate, and they fell into the trench.

Erlang led others out of the back door to chase him, but found only a few adult footprints and ran away to the back mountain.

Old Man Dong greeted him: "Come back. It's dangerous in the mountains. I won't chase you for the Chinese New Year."

Dong Chunlei wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "We have entered the mountains. There are only jade mines in the mountains. Could it be that they are people from the jade mines?"

Shangguan stroked his beard and said, "Not necessarily. We have patrols here. If he doesn't run into the mountains, he will be caught easily."

Wu Lang held Ling Yue's hand and stood behind the crowd. Hearing this, he touched the glutinous rice balls on his shoulders and said, "Go and see, where did the thief go?"

I don’t know if Tang Yuan’er heard it clearly, but with a whoosh, he jumped out of the courtyard wall.

Dongming Ziyu asked the old people, women, and children to go back, so that others could not take advantage of the situation and lead others around the courtyard wall.

The courtyard wall is high, with iron spikes nailed on it, and there are trenches on both sides, making it difficult for people to enter.

After all this tossing, no one was sleepy anymore. It would be New Year greetings soon, so they simply stopped sleeping and gathered in the living room of Old Man Dong’s house to look back on the past and look forward to the future.

As the sound of firecrackers sounded far and near, everyone went back to their homes to cook dumplings and serve them to set off firecrackers.

The custom in their hometown is to eat dumplings on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, while the custom here is to eat glutinous rice balls. So every household also buys or makes some glutinous rice balls, and each person eats two to suit the occasion.

"I wish my parents good health and happiness!" Li took the lead in sending New Year greetings to Mr. Dong and Mrs. Qian in Dongyoutian.

Dong Youliang and Mrs. Liu also knelt down and kowtowed, "Mom and dad, I wish you a happy new year! I wish you two a new year, good health and longevity!"

Dong Youyin and Mr. Sun knelt down and kowtowed, "I wish you two happy new years. I wish you happiness as good as the East Sea and longevity as long as the Southern Mountains."

Dongming Ziyu took Shangguan Ruoli and knelt down to kowtow, "Congratulations to my father and mother for the New Year! I wish them evergreen pines and cypresses and all the best!"

Old Man Dong smiled and said: "Okay, okay, you guys also... well, good luck and good luck!"

He asked Bai Yaozu for some auspicious words during the day, but by the time he used them, he had almost forgotten them.

Mrs. Qian said with a smile: "I also wish you peace and prosperity every year, and abundant financial resources... well, everything goes well!"

She also learned a lot of words from Shiro and Wuro! Look, she speaks much more smoothly than the old man.

Wulang was very frightened, Liulang couldn't speak yet, he was the youngest, and if this continued, he wouldn't have anything to say when it was his turn!

Old Man Dong and Mrs. Qian took out eight red envelopes from the dustpan on one side and gave each of their four sons and daughter-in-law a red envelope.

Dong Youtian, who is married to a daughter-in-law, smiled like a child while holding the red envelope, "Mom, dad, do you still have the new year's money?"

Mrs. Qian patted the armrest of the chair with her hand wearing a gold ring, "Take it! Our life is getting better, and I will give you a happy New Year!"

Dong Youliang said with a smile: "This is my first time getting lucky money, thank you, mother!"

The sons and daughters-in-law said together: "Thank you, Mom and Dad!"

Shangguan Ruoli squeezed the red envelope, and there should be two taels of small silver ingots inside.

They all got up and stood on both sides to make room for the juniors.

Wu Wenhui, the elder brother, said: "New Year greetings to my grandma. I wish you and your family a happy New Year and always smile!"

Erlang said: "I wish my grandpa and grandma good luck, wealth and longevity!"

Sanlang said: "I wish my grandpa and grandma a bright future and may the house be filled with gold and jade!"

Shiro said: "I wish my grandma and grandma to bring in wealth, auspiciousness in their homes, longevity in the pine trees and cranes, peace and auspiciousness, and a delicious and delicious meal..."

Wulang anxiously tugged on Shiro's clothes, and while he was stunned, he quickly said: "I wish my grandma five blessings, a long life, and smooth sailing!"

After speaking, exhale, you can count on grabbing a few good words!

Old Man Dong was speechless and said with a smile: "Okay, give me the lucky money!"

Mrs. Qian also had some words to say, "I wish the children success in their studies and great achievements!"

After saying that, each person was given a red envelope.

Sensing the crisis, several girls gathered together and murmured, then knelt down together and said in unison: "New Year's greetings to grandpa and grandma. My granddaughter wishes both elders a long life, good health, peace and prosperity. She looks up to see the joy and welcomes the spring!"

Old Man Dong smiled and said: "I wish my granddaughters will become more beautiful and become more beautiful."

Mrs. Qian smiled and said: "Give me lucky money!"

Several girls also received red envelopes and thanked them happily.

Then, the children paid New Year greetings to their parents, uncles and aunts. Then, they were so embarrassed that they didn’t even prepare any red envelopes!

In the past, the boss did not have the habit of giving lucky money to the two children. Even Dongming Ziyu and Shangguan Ruoli did not prepare any preparations, so they thought of giving the two children lucky money in private.

Mrs. Qian had already prepared the dustpan and gave them the dustpan, "I've prepared it for you all!"

So, each of the children received eight red envelopes.

Then Mrs. Qian waved her hand and said, "Let's go and say New Year's greetings!"

"Wait a minute! Wait a minute!" Mrs. Sun shouted as she ran into the house, carried the sleeping Liu Lang out, and said with a smile: "There is still Liu Lang here, Liu Lang wishes you a happy new year!"
Chapter completed!