Siheyuan: Walking the Path of Qin Huairu

Xu Jingli raised her glass and said, "We can achieve what we have today because of our parents' earnest teachings. We have developed good study habits since we were young. Later, when the school was in chaos, mom did not relax our studies. She often said: Books are the golden house, and books are the beautiful women. Facts have proved that mom is very right. In addition, we can all get into college, which is inseparable from the hard work of our grandparents to provide us with logistical services. I offer a glass of wine to all the elders and thank you for your upbringing!"

Other children also echoed: "Thank you grandpa and grandma, dad and mom. You have worked hard."

He Daqing grinned and said, "It's not hard, it's not hard."

Han Qingqiu smiled and said, "We are happy even if you work hard."

He Yuzhu: "Of course, of course, this is our responsibility as parents, haha. Everyone, eat your food quickly, it won't taste good if it gets cold."

He Jiankun raised his glass and said, "After the Spring Festival, I will go to Nanjing to study. I know everyone doesn't want me to be too far away from home, but I am not as good at studying as my brothers and sisters, and I don't have any other special skills. I have only one advantage, that is, I am in good health and know some martial arts. Therefore, only being a soldier is suitable for me. Of course, after joining the army, I can't be with my grandparents and parents often. There is a saying that since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be achieved at the same time. In the future, my family will rely on my brothers and sisters to fulfill my filial piety for me. This glass of wine, I toast to my brothers and sisters, please take care of the elders for me. I'll drink it, you can do whatever you want."

After saying this, he tilted his head back and drank the wine in the glass. He really looked like a heroic soldier.

Shu Yan held up the wine glass and said, "Brother, you are the pride of our family for carrying a gun to defend our country. One person serving in the army brings honor to the whole family. From now on, our family will be honored military families. We will also hang a sign of honored military families on our door. When you are not at home, I will be the eldest son in the family. Don't worry, I will respect my elders and take care of my younger brothers and sisters. I will drink this glass of wine, and please watch my performance."

"Good!" Xu Huizhen took the lead in applauding and cheering, looking at the children with eyes full of love. There is a saying that your own children are like other people's wives. This saying really makes sense. The more I look at my own children, the more I like them.

Finally, when everyone had spoken, Xu Jingping also raised her glass and said, "I hope our big family will always be together and live in harmony. I hope our lives will be happier and happier! Come on, cheers."

"Cheers!" Everyone raised their glasses and clinked them together.

Xu Huizhen said, "Back then, I had no parents and was running the tavern alone. Your grandfather was far away in Baocheng, and your father and your aunt were bullied by neighbors in the courtyard. Grandma Han was also alone, isolated and suppressed because of her bad background. By chance, we got together and became a family, and then we had you children one after another. Moreover, our family's life is getting better and better, just like sesame flowers blooming higher and higher. So, a bamboo pole cannot cross the vast ocean, but many people paddle to start a large sailboat. A small sapling is weak and cannot withstand wind and rain, and a hundred miles of forest can withstand the cold of the year side by side. In short, in one word, unity is strength. Just like Jingping said just now, our family must always love each other and unite as one, so that our lives can become more and more prosperous. What do you think?"

"Good!" The whole family cheered in unison. The atmosphere of the New Year's Eve dinner was pushed to a climax.

The next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year. In the morning, He Yuzhu took the children to visit the elders from house to house to wish them a happy new year. He Yuzhu's mouth never closed as he listened to the praises of his children from relatives and friends. After returning home, he felt that the muscles on his cheeks were stiff from laughing. Alas, the children are too outstanding, but they are also a burden.

In the afternoon, Shuyao couldn't sit still, so he took the firecrackers his father bought and set them off at the door.

Holding a stick of incense in his hand, he lit the firecrackers and ran away quickly, then covered his ears and listened to the "bang bang" and "bang bang" sounds.

The sound of firecrackers attracted the neighbor Yang Sanqing. Yang Sanqing was the third child in the family, two years older than He Shuyao, and the two often played together.

Children of this generation don't have much entertainment, so setting off firecrackers is considered a form of entertainment during the Chinese New Year. Children who are naturally active like to set off firecrackers. Every Chinese New Year, there are children whose hands are injured by firecrackers, but this still cannot stop children from being obsessed with firecrackers.

Yang Sanqing was immediately interested when he saw He Shuyao setting off firecrackers. He shouted, "Shuyao, I'll go back and get some firecrackers. Let's see whose firecrackers are better."

He Shuyao: "Let's compete, who's afraid of who?"

Yang Sanqing ran home and came out with firecrackers in his hands. He put the firecrackers on the steps and asked, "Come on, who will set them off first?"

He Shuyao: "I'll go first! Let me show you how powerful the firecrackers my family bought are!" As he said that, he took out a small firecracker and lit it with incense.

As the firecrackers exploded, He Shuyao asked proudly, "How was it? Loud, wasn't it?"

Yang Sanqing was not convinced: "Hmph! Let me show you the firecrackers my dad bought, they go off with two explosions at once." As he said that, he stuck his butt out and went to light the firecrackers.

Then I heard a "bang" and the firecrackers flew into the sky, and then there was another "ka" sound, indeed two sounds.

He Shuyao was not convinced. He also had firecrackers and big fireworks at home, but his father didn't let him set them off because he was afraid that he was too young and might get into danger.

He had no choice but to run home to get help. He Shuyan was called out. Boys like to have fun. Two of them came out carrying a cardboard box to compete with Yang Sanqing.

He Shuyan took out an electric spark, placed it in the middle of the alley, and after lighting it, bright sparks gushed out, colorful and brilliant, and at the same time made a "hissing" sound, instantly drowning out Yang Sanqing's firecrackers.

Yang Sanqing went home again and called out his two brothers. At the same time, he took out the fireworks that his family had saved for the Lantern Festival.

The two families set off firecrackers one by one and became more and more excited. The laughter that came one after another, accompanied by the sound of firecrackers, echoed in the alley.

Not long after, Yang Sanqing's father discovered that all the firecrackers for the Lantern Festival had been taken out and set off. He was so angry that he picked up a fire stick and rushed out to attack the naughty monkeys, cursing, "Where are you running to, you little bastards? I'll beat you to death, you prodigal sons!"

The three Yang brothers were beaten so hard that they ran around in the alley. Seeing this, He Shuyao laughed so hard that he fell backwards.

When Yang's father came home angrily, Yang Sanqing complained, "Shuyao, it's all your fault. You forced me to set off firecrackers and made me get beaten! I won't play with you anymore." The friendship ended in an instant.

He Shuyao took out a few firecrackers from a paper box, handed them to Yang Sanqing, and said, "Forget it. Seeing how badly you were beaten, I'll give you these firecrackers to comfort your wounded heart."