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"Alright, alright, grab the firecrackers, let's go outside and set them off!" Xiao Shan said directly to the two of them.

The two nodded and each took a string of 1,000 firecrackers.

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Xiao Shan also took a string of 1,000 firecrackers, and then a box of matches.

The three of them, having made all the preparations, went out together.

By this time, a number of people had already gathered in the backyard.

Some were chatting, while others were preparing to set off firecrackers.

When Xiao Shan and his two companions came out carrying firecrackers, many people gathered around.

"Xiaoshan, are you getting ready to set off firecrackers?" a neighbor asked, looking at Xiaoshan.

Xiao Shan nodded: "Yes, Uncle Zhao, he's out for a stroll!"

The three men hung firecrackers on three different large trees, took a puff of their cigarettes, lit them, and ran away quickly.

Crackling!

The sound of firecrackers instantly echoed through the courtyard.

Hearing the noise, many people from the Intermediate People's Court ran to the backyard to see what was going on.

Ten seconds later, all three strings of firecrackers were set off.

The three returned to the house, and Xiao Shan took out three strings of 100-shot prayer beads, one for each of them.

They then disassembled the entire string of firecrackers and put them into their own pockets.

Xiao Shan gave each of them a box of matches and went out again.

Liu Guangtian immediately saw his mother busy in the yard, so he said to his second aunt, "Mom, Xiaoshan, Jiefang, and I are going out to play for a while."

"Go ahead," the second aunt said without looking up.

The courtyard was quite lively, with many children running around wildly in the yard.

Upon seeing Xiao Shan and his two companions emerge, the children immediately gathered around Xiao Shan, exclaiming, "Uncle Xiao Shan, come out!"

"Okay, let's go out and set off firecrackers." Xiao Shan nodded.

The children immediately looked on with envy.

Xiao Shan took out a handful of firecrackers from his pocket and said to the children, "Come on, one for each of you. Be careful when you set them off."

Seeing the firecrackers in Xiao Shan's hand, the children immediately called him "Uncle Xiao Shan" affectionately.

After Xiao Shan finished distributing firecrackers to the children and they left the courtyard together, Liu Guangtian said to Xiao Shan, "Xiao Shan, you're being too generous! They're just kids, why bother with them?"

Xiao Shan smiled and said, "We all grew up from children. I'm not that interested in setting off firecrackers now. I'll just set off a few as a token gesture! Giving the rest to them is my way of showing care for the younger generation as an elder."

Upon hearing Xiao Shan's words, Liu Guangtian and Yan Jiefang naturally said nothing more.

However, he also admired Xiao Shan's generosity.

The three of them came out of the courtyard house, and the streets outside were even more lively, with the sound of firecrackers echoing incessantly in their ears.

Groups of children ran and played wildly on the streets, while many adults strolled around with firecrackers in their hands.

Some people light the firecracker directly in their hands, and just before it explodes, they throw it into the air so that it explodes directly in the sky.

Every adult who does this is surrounded by a group of children whose eyes are full of envy.

Upon seeing this, Liu Guangtian and Yan Jiefang couldn't sit still any longer and lit the cigarettes that Xiao Shan had given them.

Liu Guangtian held a firecracker in his hand, took a puff of his cigarette, and lit the fuse with a lighter.

Just before it explodes, it's suddenly thrown into the air.

Snapped!

An explosion rang out in the air.

Liu Guangtian felt honored amidst the envious gazes of the children, and his confidence instantly soared.

Yan Jiefang was similar.

Both of them followed the same path and garnered envious glances from many children.

Xiao Shan lit them and threw them into the air.

Although he didn't throw it as high as Liu Guangtian and Yan Jiefang, the firecrackers still exploded in the air because he threw it higher.

It also earns many envious glances from other children.

The three of them walked around the street for a while before going home to their respective mothers.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Xiao Shan got up.

After washing up, I started kneading the dough.

Then I chopped the leftover meat from yesterday into filling, cut half a cabbage, and started making dumplings.

After putting the wrapped dumplings into the pot, Xiaoshan took out firecrackers and lit them at the door.

While eating dumplings, Xiao Shan looked at the chat history in the group and checked if the group store had updated with anything useful that day.

After looking through the refreshed items, Xiao Shan casually bought two items that he might need.

As for the others, we'll just wait for the group store to refresh them directly.

After eating dumplings, Xiao Shan went to the deaf old lady's house to wish her a Happy New Year.

The deaf old lady was, after all, the oldest person in the neighborhood, and the two families lived not far apart, so she had to make the trip no matter what.

As for the others, forget about them.

The deaf old lady's door was closed, and she wasn't home.

If the deaf old lady wasn't home at that time, she would either be at Yi Zhonghai's house or He Yuzhu's house.

So Xiao Shan went to the Intermediate People's Court.

I happened to see Banggeng and a group of children setting off firecrackers in the yard.

"Bang Geng, it's the first day of the Lunar New Year, aren't you going to wish Uncle Xiao Shan a Happy New Year?" Xiao Shan said with a smile to Bang Geng. "I have White Rabbit candy here. Whoever kowtows to Uncle Xiao Shan, Uncle Xiao Shan will give them candy!"

Banggeng was overjoyed at the mention of candy: "Uncle Xiaoshan, I'm here to wish you a Happy New Year!"

Without hesitation, he knelt down and kowtowed to Xiao Shan.

Xiao Shan ruffled Bang Geng's hair into a mess, took a White Rabbit milk candy from his pocket and stuffed it into Bang Geng's hand: "What a good boy, he'll definitely be successful when he grows up."

The stick instantly garnered a group of envious glances.

Banggeng happily stuffed the candy into his pocket: "Thank you, Uncle Xiaoshan."

At this moment, Jia Zhangshi poked her head out of the house and shouted to Banggeng, "Banggeng, come home!"

Upon hearing Jia Zhangshi's words, Bang Geng's happy face immediately fell.

Xiao Shan looked at Jia Zhangshi and said, "Aunt Jia, let the children play outside! Children this young are at the age where they can express their nature, so we can't be too strict with them. Parents only need to focus on their moral education, and let the children explore freely in other areas. This will allow them to showcase their talents more effectively."

Xiao Shan said a lot, but Jia Zhangshi couldn't understand it.

All I heard Xiao Shan say was that we shouldn't be too strict with the children.

As for the advice to manage the child's moral character, Jia Zhangshi didn't listen to a word of it.

Their son is a well-behaved child, and there is absolutely no problem with his moral character.

Hearing Xiao Shan stand up for Bang Geng, and knowing it was the first day of the lunar month, Jia Zhangshi didn't say much and could only shrink back into the house.

Xiao Shan patted Bang Geng on the shoulder: "Go have fun!"

"Thank you, Uncle Xiaoshan." Banggeng looked at Xiaoshan gratefully.

The remaining children couldn't wait any longer and came over to kowtow and wish Xiaoshan a Happy New Year, waiting for him to give them milk candy.

"Xiao Shan, you're really something! All the kids in the yard listen to you now, even their parents don't listen to you as much." He Yuzhu walked out with a smile as he watched the children line up to kowtow to Xiao Shan.

After Xiao Shan finished handing out candy to the children, he smiled and said to He Yuzhu, "Brother Zhu, Happy New Year! Where's your wife?" "Happy New Year! Your wife is inside talking to the old lady!" He Yuzhu looked back at the house. "I didn't spend New Year's Eve with the old lady, so I brought her to our house to eat dumplings early this morning."

Xiao Shan gave He Yuzhu a thumbs up: "Grandma is so lucky! I was just about to go and wish her a Happy New Year, but she's not home!"

"Oh, so you picked her up! Then I have to go to your house to wish the old lady a Happy New Year."

He Yuzhu nodded: "Okay, go ahead! I'm going to buy some things; I need to visit my father-in-law's house on the second day of the Lunar New Year."

Xiao Shan arrived at He Yuzhu's door and knocked.

He Yushui opened the door.

Looking at He Yushui, Xiao Shan smiled and said, "Has little Yushui grown taller recently? She's practically a young lady now!"

"Brother Xiaoshan, what brings you here? My brother just went out!" He Yushui said to Xiaoshan with a smile.

Xiao Shan said to He Yushui, "I just saw your brother! I came to wish the old lady a Happy New Year. Here are a few White Rabbit milk candies, you can take them and have some."

As he spoke, Xiao Shan took out all the White Rabbit milk candies from his pocket and stuffed them into He Yushui's hand.

"Thank you, Brother Xiaoshan!" He Yushui said happily, looking at the milk candy in her hand.

Xiao Shan entered the house, where the deaf old lady was talking to Li Caijuan.

Seeing Xiao Shan enter, Li Caijuan stood up and said, "Xiao Shan is here! Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year, sister-in-law!" Xiao Shan said with a smile to the deaf old lady sitting down. "Grandma, I've come to wish you a Happy New Year."

The deaf old lady smiled and said, "Xiaoshan is here, what a good child! I have a red envelope here, take it."

Xiao Shan didn't stand on ceremony and accepted the red envelope handed over by the deaf old lady.

After chatting for a couple more minutes, Xiao Shan got up and left.

After Xiao Shan left, He Yushui asked with some confusion, "Grandma, why didn't Brother Xiao Shan kowtow to you when he came to wish you a Happy New Year?"

Li Caijuan and the deaf old lady were taken aback, as if they hadn't seen Xiao Shan kowtow.

Li Caijuan reluctantly offered an excuse: "Maybe the old lady forgot when she gave the red envelope! Xiaoshan isn't a stingy person; he's usually very generous!"

The old lady nodded, which was a sign that she agreed with Li Caijuan's words.

Xiao Shan definitely didn't kowtow!

It's not that I forgot, it's that I simply didn't have the concept.

After all, when he visited relatives and friends before he traveled through time, he would just go through the motions of greeting them and say hello. Who would actually kowtow?

After leaving He Yuzhu's house, Xiao Shan opened the red envelope and took a look.

There was a dime inside, just for good luck.

Stepping out of the courtyard house, Xiao Shan began to stroll around the city.

I spent a day exploring Beijing and Xiaoshan, visiting many attractions I had wanted to see before my time travel but never had the chance, thus fulfilling some of my wishes.

Xiao Shan didn't return to his courtyard house until nightfall.

Just as I arrived at the gate, I ran into Xu Damao pushing his bicycle into the yard.

Xiao Shan helped push the car.

"Brother Mao, Happy New Year! Just got back?"

Xu Damao nodded: "Yeah, I went to my parents' house! Xiaoshan, are you free tonight? Let's have a drink."

"Sure! I still have some dumplings I made this morning. I'll also stir-fry a couple of dishes, and we can have some drinks together," Xiao Shan said with a smile.

Xu Damao waved his hand: "How can I let you give me all of it? I still have a roast chicken at home, I'll cut it up and use it as a snack with my drinks."

"Brother Mao, I'll go home and get ready first," Xiao Shan said to Xu Damao when they arrived at the backyard.

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Xiao Shan returned home and heated up the leftover dumplings from the morning.

Then I went to the kitchen and cooked two side dishes.