Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 599 598 You asked your brother-in-law to quit smoking!
As we all know, Stud is a gambling game.

Ring tossing is almost like gambling.

In this world, anything that has a low threshold, is easy to enter, or even tempting to enter is basically gambling.

Some people gamble with money, some gamble with feelings, and some gamble with life. Everyone wins and loses, but generally speaking, the losses are greater than the wins.

Fengzhi was lucky enough to get a clown.

Hualian is the name used in Sijiucheng, and it is actually a Peking Opera mask.

"Congratulations, kid." The staff member took the one in Fengzhi's set and handed it over. The position was not filled.

Now Tang Zhitong understood why Jingmin said that he was "tricked by someone" after watching the movie.

In fact, after Fengzhi came to the reading room, she saw other children wearing flowery clothes, sweaters, shirts with floral collars, and pants that were cut to fit them well, while she herself was wearing a flowery cotton jacket, and the outer layer was a coat that was modified from her sister's old coat, which had turned pale. She felt a little inferior.

But this time, Fengzhi was happy, as if the painted face in her hand had brought her honor. After taking it, she thanked the staff.

Tang Zhitong saw it all and felt happy in his heart. He thought his training of his sister was not in vain as she had become polite.

The bamboo ring disappeared as soon as it was thrown away. Fengzhi held the painted face in her hand and asked someone else to come over.

Tang Zhitong kept guarding them one by one, but the prizes became fewer and fewer, and the chances of winning became smaller and smaller. Xiao Wang's sofa did not win anything either.

Although there were other activities in the reading room, such as performing talents and giving out small prizes, no one was interested.

Fengzhen and Fengzhi don't have any talents, and Jingying and Jingmin don't want to perform on stage.

Just like that, everyone reached a consensus and followed the crowd out of the reading room.

After coming out, Jingmin's eyes were glued to Fengzhi's hand, staring at the clown face and unable to move away.

Fengzhi, in fact, didn't like this thing very much. She wanted to make a lantern and planned to wait until the Lantern Festival to make it. Lanterns are made on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

"There's nothing fun to do anymore. How about we go home?" After coming out, Xiao Wang held the hands of the two older sisters, while Tang Zhitong led the two little puddings on the side.

"Brother-in-law, I want to go to Changdian." When Jingmin heard his sister say that she wanted to go home, he immediately grabbed Tang Zhitong's hand and shook it twice, acting like a spoiled child. He didn't dare to ask his elder sister for help and could only hope that his brother-in-law would agree.

"Why go to Changdian? Don't you see what time it is? There is snow on the road. You can't see the road without lights at night. How are you going to get home?" Student Xiao Wang raised his eyebrows and refused before Tang Zhitong could speak.

Jingmin wanted to retort, but Tang Zhitong pulled his hand and distracted him, "How about this, let's go home first and go to Changdian tomorrow, okay?"

Tang Zhitong was afraid that this boy's outspokenness would annoy classmate Xiao Wang again. It was New Year's Day, and he couldn't beat him or scold him, which would only add to his troubles.

After temporarily settling the conflict between the siblings, Tang Zhitong cleaned the rear wheel mudguards of several bicycles one by one and set off for home.

Zhang Guifang was a little surprised at the arrival of the two little relatives, but she showed great enthusiasm.

The dumplings prepared for the New Year were put on, the pork head was cut, the eggs fried with tomato sauce were served, and the bean curd was stewed. In addition to that, Tang Zhitong was asked to specially fry spicy sauerkraut and add large slices of meat.

The dinner was so sumptuous that the brother and sister felt embarrassed, as such a large sum was not common in their family even when there was no famine.

Tang Zhitong did two things before cooking. He cleaned the fenders of the four bicycles, otherwise they would be frozen tomorrow. He could cheat, but it would be difficult to explain to classmate Xiao Wang.

After finishing the mudguard tiles, Tang Zhitong went to the store outside and bought a few firecrackers and some fireworks.

When my sister-in-law and brother-in-law come over, although they are young, they are real relatives and we have to make sure they not only eat well but also have fun.

"Come, eat more." While eating, Zhang Guifang kept putting food into Jingying and Jingmin's bowls.

"Thank you, Auntie. I really can't eat anymore." Jingying held the bowl with a feeling of happy worry. She didn't usually see so much meat, but today she really ate it and felt uncomfortable because she was too full.

Jingmin didn't say anything, but seeing him with a bulging belly and trying hard to swallow, he knew he had eaten enough.

"Eat more vegetables and less dumplings." Zhang Guifang had no other thoughts and just wanted to give the best to her daughter-in-law's younger brothers and sisters.

"Mom, don't let me. Just eat until you are full, but don't let the food accumulate. We'll continue eating tomorrow." The child had a weak spleen and stomach, and if he really had food accumulation, he might have a fever. Tang Zhitong didn't want to cause trouble, so he blocked his mother's enthusiasm on behalf of his sister-in-law and brother-in-law.

"Okay." Zhang Guifang withdrew her hand regretfully.

In this year, the vegetables tonight have never been eaten up...

After dinner, Zhang Guifang asked Tang Zhitong to boil some hawthorn water. When she saw the appearance of her little relative, she was afraid that he might really get sick, and she would not be able to explain to her in-laws.

In addition, Zhang Guifang also saw that Jingmin liked the painted face, so she pulled Fengzhi and promised her some benefits. Fengzhi turned around and gave the painted face to Jingmin, which made Jingmin very happy. He chased cats around the room with the painted face.

"Just be quiet for a while." Student Xiao Wang was annoyed by his brother's noise and wanted to stop his behavior.

"It's okay, let him play. Some light exercise after dinner will help digestion. Jingying, Fengzhen, you two too. I bought some firecrackers and fireworks and will set them off outside. You can come into the house and drink hawthorn water later." Tang Zhitong stopped Xiao Wang again.

"Fengzhi, didn't you say that Beibei loves you the most? Just shout it out." Beibei had no way to escape from Jingmin's pursuit and finally crawled under the bed.

"It looks strange to you. I called it but it didn't come out." Fengzhi was a little embarrassed. She knew it in her heart. Could she call Beibei out by herself? Unless she had food in her hand.

"You're not lying, are you? Beibei doesn't care about you at all, right?" Jingmin asked suspiciously through his painted face.

"How can you be like this? If you keep talking nonsense...if you keep talking nonsense, give my cloak back to me!" Fengzhi felt a little embarrassed when her little thoughts were exposed.

"Yeah, yeah, I was just talking nonsense. I think Beibei definitely likes you the most." Jingmin knew the current situation. It was true that he liked Hualian and didn't want to return her, but seeing Fengzhi's expression, it seemed like she was about to cry. This was definitely not okay. A while ago at his home, he made Fengzhi cry, and his mother directly asked his second sister to hold him down and beat him up.

"Hmph, I won't argue with you." Feng Zhi then withdrew her magical powers, and the cloudy sky turned sunny. She ran to Tang Zhitong and begged, "Brother, our mother asked you to take me to buy lanterns tomorrow!"

"I know. I'll buy it for you tomorrow when we go to the temple fair." Tang Zhitong agreed happily. Now he finally understood why his sister was so happy to give the painted face to Jingmin. Fengzhi ran out happily to play with her two sisters after getting the promise. Jingmin was bored in the room and had completely forgotten his original ambition of "not playing with girls".

Today is the third day that Tang Zhitong has quit smoking. He still wants to smoke. It is a bit uncomfortable not to smoke. He always feels irritable and uncomfortable all over. But listening to the cheerful laughter outside, he feels less irritable.

Several older girls were tired from playing outside, so they came in and drank a bowl of hawthorn water and did not go out again. However, Jingmin and Fengzhi were still eager to play, so they gulped down a bowl of water and immediately went out to play again.

Due to problems with the production process, many of today's firecrackers are duds, so someone invented the way to play with the Lihua.

You can also play with the Lihua in different ways. You can put a firecracker between the two duds and then light the fuse. This is called Lihua with firecrackers.

Some people also arrange the flowers in a circle, light one, and the others will burst into brilliant light amid the fireworks.

Jingmin taught Fengzhi several methods, and the two had a lot of fun.

"You know so much!" Fengzhi praised sincerely. She had never set off firecrackers before, and it was only this year when her family's financial situation improved that they had the spare money to buy some firecrackers.

"That's just the beginning! Last year, the kids in our yard went to set off firecrackers on the stone lions in front of the square! Those stone lions were so strong that they couldn't be blown apart no matter how hard we tried." Jingmin, who was praised, couldn't suppress his smile, and his tail almost reached the sky.

"Are we allowed to set off firecrackers there?!" Although they are from the old city, the Tang family has been busy making a living and has no time to take Fengzhi out to play. Fengzhi has been to the square, but she ran there secretly with her friends and just stood under the city gate tower to admire it.

"I don't see anyone in charge and won't let us go, so we just run away." Jingmin said as a matter of course.

"You are so awesome!" Fengzhi praised again.

"Hey, I know something even more fun. Do you dare to play it?" Jingmin was very proud and planned to tell Fengzhi about a new way of playing that he had just heard today.

"What's fun?" After all, she was still young, Fengzhi couldn't resist the temptation and asked.

"Here! This!" Jingmin pulled out a small medicine bottle from his pocket, the kind that contained intramuscular penicillin, and boasted, "Someone in our yard said it was fun, and I worked really hard to get it."

It might be a bit of an exaggeration to say that it was difficult. Actually, it wasn't that difficult. It was just giving up the right to use the sled made by Tang Zhitong. But it didn't prevent Jingmin from performing in front of Fengzhi.

"Okay!" Fengzhi was eager to try after hearing that. It was meaningless to just set off firecrackers. There was no good snow in the yard. After the firecracker bombardment last night and tonight, the yard was devastated.

The two kids immediately took action and dismantled all the duds they had just collected, rubbed the gunpowder inside and squeezed it into small bottles.

That’s it, less than half a bottle.

"Let's take apart some of the ones that haven't been put in, so they can be used as fuses later." Jingmin picked up the small bottle with the help of the light in the yard, took a look at it against the light, and was not very satisfied with the amount of gunpowder inside.

"Okay!" Fengzhi didn't say anything. She was looking forward to seeing how fun it would be!

The two older sisters were discussing in the room how to arrange their time properly in the next few days so as to finish their homework while not missing the time to visit the temple fair or have fun. Tang Zhitong was listening attentively beside them.

As I listened, I felt something was wrong. There had been no sound of firecrackers in the yard for some time.

"I'll go out and take a look. I hope the two little ones didn't go down to the cellar." Tang Zhitong had heard Xiao Wang come back and repeat Feng Zhi's words. In addition to showing off that he had a cat at home, he also mentioned the cellar.

If a child is quiet, he must be acting like a monster.

When Tang Zhitong opened the door and went out, he saw the two little ones sticking their butts out in the yard, and he felt relieved. But when he walked over and saw what the two little guys were doing, he blurted out, "Hey guys, are you two going to fry fish?"

Tang Zhitong definitely couldn't allow the two little guys to set off fireworks in the glass bottle. This thing wouldn't go high if it wasn't stuffed tightly. If it was stuffed tightly, it would just be a large firecracker, and the kind with glass shards flying everywhere. It had great lethality and was once used to fry fish.

The small bottle must be confiscated. Tang Zhitong patted Fengzhi on the head and ordered, "Go back to the house!"

Fengzhi didn't dare to resist. She stuck out her tongue at Jingmin and ran away.

Jingmin scratched his head, not knowing where he went wrong.

"You come in too." Tang Zhitong had a headache. After all, he was his brother-in-law, and it would not be appropriate for him to do it himself.

After her husband spoke, Xiao Wang waited at the door for a reply. When she saw the small medicine bottle in her husband's hand, she was so angry! Jingmin not only made trouble himself, but also brought his sister-in-law with him! If her face was scratched by a piece of glass, how could she get married in the future?

"How could you take Fengzhi to play with such a dangerous thing?!" Immediately, Xiao Wang rolled up his sleeves, spoke angrily, and grabbed his stinky little brother, ready to give him a lesson in family affection.

"What's wrong? What happened? Why are you hitting the child?" Zhang Guifang was preparing to get a foot basin. When she heard the noise, she stood up in panic and tried to stop them.

"Sister! Big sister! Big sister! You made your brother-in-law quit smoking! You made your brother-in-law quit smoking!" Jingmin was horrified. Although he didn't know where he was wrong, he instinctively wanted to escape. Last time he smiled and got beaten even harder, so the spell should work this time, right?

Xiao Wang's pretty face became red with blood at a speed visible to the naked eye. She raised her hand to slap Jingmin, but she couldn't do it because Zhang Guifang held Jingmin in her arms.

Zhang Guifang's original idea was very simple. This happened in her own home. It was not right or reasonable for her to let her daughter-in-law beat her brother. Otherwise, when the child came home and told the in-laws about it, how would her in-laws look at her?
But after hearing what Jingmin said, Zhang Guifang looked at her daughter-in-law's face and thought, wow! New era, new youth, is she going to be a grandmother? !

Zhang Guifang protected Jingmin and talked to her daughter-in-law with a smile on her face: "It's Chinese New Year, Jingmin is still a child, let's talk it over nicely."

The mother-in-law was protecting her younger brother, so Xiao Wang certainly couldn't do anything, but looking at the expression on her face, he must have guessed something.

Jingmin hid in Zhang Guifang's arms, secretly poked his head out to take a look at his sister, and was overjoyed! This sentence really works! I'll use it again next time!
Tang Zhitong just watched happily beside them and didn't try to persuade them.

Student Xiao Wang gave up reluctantly but was unwilling to give up. He hid behind Tang Zhitong and gently hit him on the back. He thought to himself that he would save up some money for his naughty brother and educate him later when he returned to Chunshu Hutong!
Jingying knew what was going on, and laughed secretly with her hands covering her mouth. Seeing that Fengzhen was confused, she leaned over and whispered in her ear: "You will be an aunt next year!"

Fengzhen suddenly realized, and she covered her face with her hands and chuckled, feeling shy and happy.

Only Fengzhi didn't understand what was going on. She chased after Zhang Guifang and asked, "Mom, what's wrong?"

"Little kid, don't ask nonsense." Zhang Guifang's excuse to fool her daughter was the same as Ye Zhijuan's...

(End of this chapter)