I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 93. The Fire-Making Competition (Seeking first subscriptions!!!)
"Mother-in-law!"

"Hello, mother-in-law!"

"Father-in-law!"

"Greetings, Father-in-law!"

"Uncle!"

"Hello, Uncle!"

After they got off the car, their maternal grandparents and eldest uncle were already waiting outside. Xu Qingfan greeted them one by one, and the four little ones followed Xu Qingfan's example and greeted him in unison.

"Hahaha~ You can't call him Uncle Yao, you have to call him Uncle Yao." Seeing his parents and brother standing there dumbfounded and at a loss, Yao Jinping laughed loudly.

Hello, Uncle Yao!

"Xiao Fan, are all these little girls your classmates? They're all so pretty!" Grandma asked, happily grabbing Xu Qingfan's hand.

"Grandma, these are all my classmates." Xu Qingfan was about to introduce them one by one when Lin Wanning interrupted, "Hello Grandma, my name is Lin Wanning, and this is Zhang Yiyi. Yiyi has a hearing problem, so she usually communicates by writing, which may be a hassle for you. We are all Qingfan's best friends!"

Xu Qingfan: ? ? ?

[Why is my socially awkward childhood friend Ningning so brave today?]
"Oh, I'm so happy you could come! It's no trouble at all!"

"Hello, Grandma, I'm Xia Xiaoxiao."

"Grandma, my name is Xiao Ruanwen, and I'm Xu Qingfan's class monitor!"

"It's Xiaoxiao, Grandma knows you! Ah! You're the class monitor, that's amazing!" Grandma gently stroked their heads with her rough hands.

Lin Wanning pulled Zhang Yiyi's hand and stood next to Xu Qingfan, patting his chest as if to calm himself down.

"How dare you talk so much to a stranger today?" Xu Qingfan whispered in her ear.

"Qingfan's maternal grandmother is not a stranger!"

Lin Wanning naturally wouldn't tell him that the little girl had practiced her self-introduction in front of the mirror over and over again last night in order to prepare for it.
After exchanging pleasantries all the way home, a cool breeze hit them as soon as they opened the door. Without asking, they knew that their grandparents had turned on the air conditioner in advance.

"Let's eat lychees, they were just picked from the tree yesterday!" Yao Shulun took out some frozen Guiwei lychees from the refrigerator and placed them on the table.

"Thank you, Grandpa!" The little ones nodded politely.

"Father-in-law, you go ahead with your work, don't worry about us!" Xu Qingfan said with a smile.

The election will begin this afternoon, and my grandfather and the others will make one last round of visits and networking before the election begins.

"Okay, go buy some soda if you're thirsty." Yao Shulun cheerfully took out a wad of loose change from her trouser pocket, pulled out a ten-yuan note, and handed it to Xu Qingfan.

"Thank you, Father-in-law!" Xu Qingfan happily accepted it.

Although he was carrying a huge sum of over a hundred yuan, this was one of the few times his grandfather could show off in front of him, and Xu Qingfan didn't want to ruin it.

The adults quickly mobilized to campaign for votes, while Grandma was busy preparing lunch in the kitchen, leaving only a few little ones in the living room.

With no adults around, the group relaxed and began to observe the furnishings in the room.

"Brother Qingfan, what's this duck for?" Lin Wanning asked, picking up a large wooden rake from the corner.

"This is used to collect fallen leaves."

Why collect fallen leaves?

“Gather some to start a fire. Just put a handful of dry leaves in the earthen stove, and a little firewood will suffice. I’ll take you to see!” Xu Qingfan waved his hand, gesturing for the group to follow him into the kitchen.

"Are you hungry? You haven't eaten yet?" Grandma asked, puzzled, as she sat on a red stool plucking chicken feathers and saw a large group of them rush in.

“I’ll show them the earthen stove; they’ve never seen one before.”

"It's just a few broken bricks. Fanfan, be careful, those sugarcane leaves have thorns, don't hurt your hands!"

"Know it!"

Xu Qingfan peeled back the withered sugarcane leaves and used the straw underneath to demonstrate to the group how to light the stove.

"Watch carefully, first lay this straw at the bottom, then put some small twigs on top." After he finished adding them, he picked up the matchbox next to him and took out a whole match from it.

"Let me show you a finger-flicking skill!" Xu Qingfan pressed the match vertically against the side of the matchbox with his left index finger, with the side with red phosphorus touching the sandpaper.

"Hold your breath and watch carefully!" He made an 'OK' sign with his right hand, then flicked the match—awkwardly, it broke.

Xu Qingfan felt a few crows fly overhead. Lin Wanning asked in a strange voice, "Brother Qingfan, can you breathe now? Ningning can't hold her breath anymore!"

"Hahahahahaha!" A merciless laugh echoed from the kitchen.

"Ahem. That's enough, that's enough. See, the stove is lit now." Xu Qingfan awkwardly wiped his forehead, took another match from the matchbox, lit it by striking it, and threw it into the stove. The straw at the bottom immediately began to burn.

"The fire is about to go out!"

"It's alright, just blow on it and it'll catch fire again, ha-hoo~ ha-hoo~, see!" Xu Qingfan picked up an iron pipe from the ground and blew air into it, instantly causing the fire to spread several times over.

"Wow, Brother Fan, how come you can do everything!" Xiao Ruanwen wanted to make up for the loudest laugh she had just had, so she complimented him.

"Just a quick sprinkle, now the branches are on fire too, aren't they?" Xu Qingfan proudly brushed his bangs aside and pulled a partially burning dry branch from the stove to show them.

"Ok!"

“Now add some thicker branches, and the stove will be fully lit. As long as you keep adding firewood, it will burn all day without going out. Who wants to try it?” Xu Qingfan turned around and asked.

"I come!"

"Ningning is coming too!"

The four boys were in high spirits.

"Let's have a competition where each of you has a stove, and the loser will be punished!" Xu Qingfan suddenly suggested when there were four stoves in the kitchen.

"And what if you win?" Xia Xiaoxiao asked back.

"What kind of punishment?" Lin Wanning asked at the same time.

Xu Qingfan tilted his head and thought for a moment: "If you win, you can kiss me as a reward; if you lose, you can be kissed by me as punishment."

"Pfft~ Shameless!"

"Brother Fan, you really have the nerve to do that!"

"Brother Qingfan, you're cheating!"

"shameless!"

The four children, united in their indignation, condemned Xu Qingfan's shameless behavior.

"Hahaha~ Fanfan, when did you become so glib? No wonder you brought four little girls back to see your grandma!" Lai Manyao, who was originally watching her grandson play with the girls with great interest, also spoke up with a smile.

After being scolded by several people, Xu Qingfan felt a little embarrassed. He coughed strategically and then asked, "Cough cough cough, so what kind of punishment do you suggest?"

"Being kissed by Brother Qingfan is clearly a reward, Brother Qingfan, you cheated just now!" Xiao Wanning pointed at Xu Qingfan and said.

"Hahahahahaha!" Grandma couldn't hold back any longer, and she bent over, clutching her stomach, laughing non-stop.

The infectious laughter spread to everyone, and everyone except Lin Wanning, who stood there scratching his face in confusion, had smiles on their faces.

"Did Ningning say something wrong?" Seeing Lin Wanning's blank expression, everyone laughed even more unrestrainedly. Xiao Ruanwen, who had a low threshold for laughter, laughed so hard she collapsed on the ground. "Hahahaha~" The laughter eventually infected the little girl. Although she didn't know what everyone was laughing at, Lin Wanning also laughed along.

"Alright, alright, stop laughing!" Xu Qingfan helplessly pulled up Xiao Ruanwen, who was squatting on the ground laughing so hard she was convulsing.

"So what exactly are the rewards and punishments?" Xiao Ruanwen asked, suppressing her laughter.

"Seriously, the first place winner gets a small wish as a reward, and the last place winner gets to feed my mother-in-law's ducks as punishment!"

"Can I have any wish?" Xia Xiaoxiao asked.

"Of course, it has to be something I can do. If you ask me to pluck a star for you, where am I supposed to get it from?"

"Where are the ducks? Ningning wants to see the ducks!"

"Let's talk about it after the competition." Xu Qingfan chuckled and ruffled Lin Wanning's hair.

"Then let's get started!"

"Start! Start!"

"Choose your firewood first, then we'll begin," Xu Qingfan said to the others, extinguishing the dry branches he had just lit in the stove.

"Chosen!" "Ready~ Three, two, one, go!"

As soon as Xu Qingfan finished speaking, the group quickly laid straw at the bottom, placed small twigs in the middle, and then put another layer of straw on top.

"Brother Qingfan, Ningning wants the one that you can blow up!"

"Give."

"Thank you, Brother Qingfan, haha~ cough cough cough~ cough cough cough cough" The black smoke that came out of his mouth made Lin Wanning's face look like a mess. The little girl looked back at him, confused and aggrieved.

Hahahaha, you have to blow air out, not inhale!

"Brother Fan, why can't I light the straw underneath?"

"I see you added too much straw. It's completely blocked the hole. There's no air, so it definitely won't light. Don't put in so much straw."

"My branches won't light!" Xia Xiaoxiao had added straw three or four times, but the few dry branches inside still wouldn't light. Originally, she didn't want to ask the little rascal for help, but she had no choice but to speak up.

"This branch isn't even dry, you're using a dead branch!" Xu Qingfan knew what was going on with Xia Xiaoxiao just by seeing a small section of branch sticking out from the stove.

"It's on fire! It's on fire!" Xia Xiaoxiao was about to say something in her defense when Zhang Yiyi, who was sitting next to her, suddenly shouted.

"Our Yi-Yi is in first place! You guys need to keep up the good work! The last place one has to feed the ducks!" Xu Qingfan squatted down to check, and sure enough, several dry branches were on fire. He encouraged Zhang Yi-Yi by rubbing her head.

Xia Xiaoxiao's face fell, and she instantly lost all desire to continue the game.

"Yi-yi is the best!" Lin Wanning abandoned his half-dead stove and pressed his face against Zhang Yi-yi's to watch.

"Go back to the game. Don't you respect me as the referee?" Xu Qingfan gently tapped Xiao Wanning on the head.

"Ningning surrenders! It's so annoying! ┗(∧｀)┛" Lin Wanning playfully raised her hands and acted cute.

"Then I'll admit defeat too. I'll feed the ducks with Wan Ning!" Xiao Ruanwen said, putting down the matchbox in her hand.

"I'll feed the ducks." Xia Xiaoxiao clapped her hands and stood up.

"Hahaha~ You don't need to feed them, the duck pen is all dirty, let Fanfan feed them!" Grandma said at the right moment.

"Let Xu Qingfan feed him!"

"I'll listen to my mother-in-law and let Fan feed it!"

"Brother Qingfan is feeding the ducks!"

"Hey duck!"

The four children clapped their hands happily after hearing their grandmother's idea and unanimously condemned Xu Qingfan.

"I'm the referee!"

The others ignored him and left the kitchen hand in hand.

“Hey, the rice bran is over there, and there are some leftovers in the fridge, you can put those in too!” Lai Manyao said with a smile, pointing to a urea bag in the corner.

Xu Qingfan:
"So love can transfer, right?"

Around 11 o'clock, my grandfather and the others returned home, covered in sweat.

"How is your father-in-law?" Xu Qingfan, who was playing "Car and Cannon" poker in the living room, looked up and asked.

"Go play your cards, what are you doing asking questions, kid!"

Yao Shulun raised his hand and gave his daughter a flick on the forehead. "How dare you talk to my grandson like that?" He turned to Xu Qingfan with a smile and said, "Your grandfather still has some influence. Many people have agreed to vote for me this afternoon."

"dad!"

Xu Qingfan covered his mouth and chuckled. [No wonder he always likes to tap my head; it turns out he inherited that habit from here.]
"Help me wash the vegetables when you get back. You won't get into that high school!" Grandma's voice came from the kitchen.

Yao Jinping:
"Brother Fan, hurry up! I have two 8s, do you want them?" Xiao Ruanwen nudged Xu Qingfan's arm and asked.

"You have two 8s?" Xu Qingfan turned his gaze back to his hand, drew out two loose cards, a 5 and a 9, and said, "I'll add two 8s too!"

When it was Xia Xiaoxiao's turn, the little girl looked at Xu Qingfan with a puzzled expression, but having already been tricked once, she didn't dare to open the door directly: "Then I'll add an 8 too!"

"Ningning didn't get 8, Ningning passed!"

"Pass!" Zhang Yiyi tapped the table twice and said.

It was Xiao Ruanwen's turn again. She put a card face down on the table with a sly smile: "Hehe, you were fooled, weren't you? This is the real 8. I'll add another one!"

"I'll add two more!" Xu Qingfan drew two real cards and placed them face down on the deck this time.

"Hiss~" Xia Xiaoxiao gasped, "I'll add one too!"

"Why do you have so many 8s? There are already eight cards!" Lin Wanning asked, puzzled, as he counted the cards face down on the table.

“Xiaoxiao, this one definitely isn’t an 8. Ningning, you open hers!” Xu Qingfan urged.

"Hmph, Brother Qingfan, you're trying to fool me again. Ningning won't fall for it. Ningning, move on!"

"Pass!" Zhang Yiyi also said.

The pressure came on to Xiao Ruanwen once again. She laughed and said, "You guys are all dishonest. This one is actually the real 8. Add another one!"

"I don't believe it. I already have two 8s in my hand. How can you conjure up three more? I'll reveal them!" Xu Qingfan reached out and flipped over the cards that were face down on the table.

"Damn it!!!" Xiao Ruanwen actually played the 8 of diamonds this time.

"Hahaha~ Brother Qingfan is a big idiot!"

"Stupid!" Several people clapped their hands.

"You guys can't cheat like this, especially you, Xiaoxiao. You have a 3 and a 6, where's your 8?" Xu Qingfan put away the cards speechlessly.

"Hmph, I learned it from you, my 8 is here!" Xia Xiaoxiao proudly turned her plum blossom 8 over to show Xu Qingfan.

"You wait! I'm serious now."

"Three eights!"

“Add one more!”

"Ningning, go!"

"Pass!"

"I'll open!" It was Xu Qingfan's turn again, and he decisively opened his hand. Sure enough, there were four 8s neatly arranged on the table.

"Hahahaha~ Brother Fan, you're so lame, hurry up and get your cards!"

"Little rascal!"

"Brother Qingfan, you've played the most cards!"

"Three eights!"

"Pass!" ×4
Xu Qingfan put the cards he had played aside and continued, "Let's go for four 8s again!"

Xia Xiaoxiao glanced at Xu Qingfan suspiciously, "Pass!"

Once again, it passed unanimously. Xu Qingfan revealed his true colors: "Hahahaha, this time it's for real, four eights!"

"Hiss~" The four little ones quickly leaned back and looked at Xu Qingfan, trying to judge the truth from his expression.

"Pass!" ×4
"Hahahaha~ You still want to fight me? This is the real four eights!" After Xu Qingfan had used up all his loose cards, he put the real four eights face down on the table.

"I'll open!" Xia Xiaoxiao couldn't take it anymore and flipped over the cards.

"Hahaha~ Take it!"

"Three eights!"

"open!"

"I also have four eights!"

"open!"

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Because of Xu Qingfan's cunning, trust between people was completely lost, and the originally good "car and cannon" game gradually turned into "88" going where?

There will be another update tonight, and from now on, updates will be fixed at noon!
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