CHAPTER 946: CHAPTER 639: LATER GENERATION THEORY

According to local customs, if the fifteenth day hasn’t passed, it’s considered that the New Year hasn’t really ended yet. It’s just the proper time for leisure days, with those who have many relatives busy visiting them, and those with fewer relatives finding close friends for casual chat or playing poker and mahjong.

As for the children, the period they look forward to most all year round is this time, with good food, fun games, and no work to do. Even a deity’s life wouldn’t be better than this.

During the gathering on New Year’s Eve and the third day of the New Year, fireworks are set off. There are always some duds that fall from above, which the kids would pick up and ignite, setting off one or two each day for a thrill.

Chuxia and Luo Xiaoqiong were strolling leisurely and suddenly noticed smoke rising up "whoosh" in front. Followed by a "bang!" sound, debris splattered onto the arms of the two, which they reflexively raised to shield their faces.

A group of children who caused the trouble saw and scattered quickly, leaving the two angry with no way to find someone to settle accounts with.

Examining the exploded pieces of paper in front, Luo Xiaoqiong frowned: "These damn kids, playing with those short-fuse firecrackers holding them by hand, aren’t they afraid of blowing their fingers off."

Every year during the New Year, there are always kids with their hands injured by firecrackers. It’s the only time all year there are firecrackers to play with, and the braver kids will hold them in their hands and light them before throwing them. If the fuse is too short and burns quickly, often it explodes before being thrown, and you can just imagine the small tender hands.

"If they knew the risk, they wouldn’t play like this..." Chuxia said, laughing, "You still have the nerve to talk about others, how many years has it been since you stopped playing like that?"

Luo Xiaoqiong just laughed embarrassedly. Indeed, she used to be quite daring, always ready to drag Chuxia into adventures right after Fat Auntie finished warning her.

Chuxia was timid and didn’t dare to play, so she just watched from the side while Luo Xiaoqiong lit and threw one after another with a joss stick. Fortunately, she listened when Fat Auntie warned her not to play near the haystack, so she never caused big trouble.

These things, Chuxia herself couldn’t remember, but Fat Auntie would repeat these stories every New Year, so she naturally knew about them.

"You’re only bringing these things as gifts?"

"Is this too little? A box of biscuits and a bag of fried treats, what more do you want?"

"You’re the future son-in-law visiting, how can you have the nerve to bring just this? Didn’t I tell you before I came back to buy more?"

"Our family usually visits with a box of biscuits; I even added a bag of fried treats this time."

"You..."

A young man and a young woman were having a quiet argument at the corner of the alley, so Chuxia and Luo Xiaoqiong quickly slowed their steps.

"Should we turn around or keep going ahead?" Luo Xiaoqiong whispered to Chuxia.

"No need to ask, we should turn around for sure." Chuxia was just about to pull Luo Xiaoqiong to turn around when she heard the young woman call out to her, "Chuxia, when did you come back?"

Chuxia had no choice but to turn back and smile at her: "I just got here today. Sister Su Qin, are you on holiday too?"

"Yeah, I’m on holiday. I’m going to visit Qihui later; could you let her know?"

"Okay." Chuxia responded, waved at her, "Sister Su Qin, you carry on, we’re heading home."

"Okay, I’ll go visit Qihui after lunch. By the way, has Jiang Wenyuan arrived too?"

"Yes, he just arrived not long ago."

"That’s great..." Su Qin looked at the young man standing aside with a displeased face, "Xinshan, why don’t we go visit Qihui now, Jiang Wenyuan is also there, you can talk with him."

Yao Xinshan looked annoyed: "Su Qin, don’t make it sound so nice. You’re just embarrassed by the things I’ve brought to your house, and you want to send me away, right?"

Taking advantage of the moment, Chuxia and Luo Xiaoqiong quickly slipped away.

"Sister Su Qin is a nice person, why did she choose such a guy?" After turning the corner, Luo Xiaoqiong couldn’t help but mutter, "Is this really a case of different strokes for different folks?"

Chuxia sighed: "When she was matchmaking, she knew all about Yao Xinshan’s issues with that Lin Chuxia, yet under those circumstances, she still agreed to get engaged with Yao Xinshan, maybe she really fell for him."

"If a woman truly marries such a man, what kind of life she’d have, you wouldn’t even need to contemplate..." Luo Xiaoqiong sighed as well, "Chuxia, I somehow feel that Sister Qihui’s situation isn’t that promising either."

"Well about that..." pausing for a moment, Chuxia then said, "That Jiang Wenyuan is still quite young and just got into college, his mindset is inevitably a bit out of touch with reality. Maybe he’ll improve in a couple of years."

Luo Xiaoqiong just rubbed her forehead speechlessly: "You are even younger than him."

"Yes, I’m younger than him, but I’m a clear-minded observer." Chuxia patted Luo Xiaoqiong, "Trust me, don’t get involved carelessly. Otherwise, it might backfire."