Reborn in the red age

Chapter 78 Ma Wenhui, I am a sweet girl today
The 27th of the twelfth lunar month was the last day before the postman came to the village to deliver letters. On this day, Qingfeng Li also received a letter from home as he wished.

The letter was written by the eldest sister. In addition to talking about the recent situation at home, it was said that Li's mother had heard that many people in the Northeast would suffer from sparrow blindness in the winter. She was very worried and told Qingfeng Li not to run around in the winter.

During the New Year, you should take good care of yourself. Don’t worry about your family. There is no shortage of anything at home. There is no need to send food home. There is enough food at home.

After reading the letter from Li's mother, Li Qingfeng did not reply to his family this time. The post office stopped immediately. He had already sent one a few days ago. He should wait until after the New Year to reply to this letter.

"Brother, let's go. When are we going to make our own firecrackers and blow up cow dung?" After Qingfeng Li put away the letter, Wang Weimin also walked into the house with the black gunpowder he bought yesterday and wrapped in oil paper, urging Qingfeng Li to get out quickly. Fire off.

Looking at the excited Wang Weimin, Li Qingfeng smiled. After all, he was still a child who was not yet eighteen. He had not set off firecrackers in so many years, so he got excited when he mentioned doing so.

He took out the prepared white sugar from the bag. There was not much, just a little more than one or two. Li Qingfeng asked Wang Weimin to get some charcoal and sulfur. He crushed the charcoal and mixed it with powdered black gunpowder, white sugar and sulfur. The old newspapers I had seen were wrapped up and made into a [-] cm long cylindrical firecracker.

Wang Weimin excitedly picked up the big firecracker and weighed it in his hands: "Brother, how powerful can such a big firecracker be?"

"I don't know, just let one go and give it a try." Li Qingfeng was also very excited after taking over the big firecracker from Wang Weimin. In this era, if he dared to make such a big firecracker in future generations, he would probably be sentenced to prison. .

When Qingfeng Li was tinkering just now, all the male educated youths in the courtyard were watching from behind. Now that they saw Qingfeng Li going to set off the firecrackers, they all followed him out, wanting to see how powerful this big firecracker could be.

The village is still very lively in winter. Children are chattering outside, chasing each other, having snowball fights, setting off small whips, playing skateboards, etc. They are doing everything.

When the children saw Qingfeng Li holding such a big firecracker, they all followed Qingfeng Li excitedly, waiting to enlarge the firecracker.

As more and more people gathered behind him, Qingfeng Li felt a little guilty. This was his first time making firecrackers. It would be a big shame if it didn't go off or the effect was not satisfactory.

After burying the prepared firecrackers in the ground and everyone hiding far away, Qingfeng Li took a deep breath, lit the fuse with a lighter, and ran towards the hiding place that looked good in advance.

After waiting for a long time, the wind was calm and there was only the sound of wind whistling in the sky. Now it felt a little embarrassing.

Li Qingfeng stood up, pretended to be calm and said to Wang Weimin who was approaching him: "Well, there is no problem with the preparation of gunpowder. I guess the newspaper we used is not good and it is not sealed properly."

Wang Weimin: "."

After confirming that the firecrackers would not explode, Qingfeng Li quickly stepped forward and took the firecrackers away. He did not dare to stop to check, so he picked up the firecrackers and ran back. It was quite an embarrassing day today. Even Qingfeng Li, who was so thick-skinned, felt a little embarrassed. .

Hu Jiabao and the others were putting up window grilles on the windows. When they saw Qingfeng Li coming back with firecrackers, he stopped what he was doing and asked curiously: "Didn't you go to set off the firecrackers? Why did you bring the firecrackers back?"

"Young people, don't be so curious. I still have something to do, so you can continue to put up the window grilles." Li Qingfeng left these words and hurried back to the dormitory.

The girls who were putting up window grilles looked at Qingfeng Li who was leaving in a hurry. When the others came back and learned the specific situation, these female educated youths laughed at Qingfeng Li.

On the night of New Year's Eve, Li Qingfeng took out a bamboo pole, hung the firecrackers he bought on the wall, took out a lighter and excitedly said to the female educated youths: "This is the first time for all of us to be together. During the Chinese New Year, who will light the first firecrackers?"

Female educated youths are still a little afraid of setting off firecrackers. Look at me, look at you, but no one wants to do it.

Seeing that no one of the female educated youths was willing to come forward, Li Qingfeng handed the lighter to Ma Wenhui: "Ma Wenhui, how about you come?"

The normally carefree man showed a rare feminine attitude. He stepped back, covered his ears with his hands, and said shyly: "No, I'm afraid."

Hey, Qingfeng Li really couldn't stand the fierce girl's coquettishness. Goosebumps appeared all over his body, which was very awkward.

Now Li Qingfeng didn't dare to ask. He was afraid that Ma Wenhui would say something disgusting again. He picked up a kerosene lighter and lit it on fire. He carefully ignited the fuse. When he saw sparks coming from the fuse, he quickly stepped back to a safe position.

Soon there was the sound of crackling firecrackers behind them. All twelve educated youths stood in the courtyard and looked excitedly at the firecrackers after they were lit, with relaxed smiles on their faces.

"Hey, Qingfeng Li, where is your big firecracker? Even if it can't be set off, don't waste the gunpowder. We can set off the fireworks."

After the firecrackers burned out, Ma Wenhui, probably not satisfied, remembered that Qingfeng Li still had a lot of black powder, so she jumped to Qingfeng Li and asked him to take out the black powder.

Qingfeng Li thought the same thing, gunpowder can be used as fireworks and should not be wasted, so he quickly asked his younger brother Wang Weimin to go back to the house and take out the remaining black powder and his big firecracker to play with.

Ma Wenhui didn't dare to set off cannons, but she was very courageous to set off flowers. She found a wooden board, poured some black powder on it, took out a few lit incense sticks from the kitchen, and gave one stick to each of the female educated youths. Played with flowers.Seeing these female educated youths laughing and playing, Qingfeng Li unconsciously smiled.

Qingshan Brigade still belongs to a wealthy village. Not long after the firecrackers in the Educated Youth Courtyard went off, other people began to light them one after another.

The taste of the year came up all at once.

After returning to the house, the female educated youth went to make dumplings, while the male educated youth sat at the table chatting and waiting for them to come back.

Today's New Year's Eve dinner is very sumptuous. There are eight dishes in total, two of which are canned. In fact, there is no shortage of meat in the educated youth courtyard nowadays, but there is not enough seasoning and not enough oil. It is no longer easy to get the seasoning for six large dishes. .

The dumplings were brought out by the female educated youths after a while. They were all white flour dumplings. Although there were not many dumplings, each person could only eat ten, but everyone was very satisfied.

Taking out the liquor he bought from the commune last time, Li Qingfeng opened the bottle cap and poured some liquor into everyone's enamel jars except Hu Jiabao.

As soon as she finished pouring the wine and before she sat down, Ma Wenhui smiled and teased: "Hey, Qingfeng, why don't you pour wine for Hu Jiabao? Do you look down on our Jiabao?"

"That's right, what? Do you think our baby's dancing is not good-looking?" Zhao Haixia also jumped in and joked.

Faced with this level of ridicule, Qingfeng Li had no feeling at all. That is to say, times were different. If Qingfeng Li could still tease him back in the future.

Although it was not harmful to Qingfeng Li, the ridicule was extremely harmful to Hu Jiabao. At this time, Hu Jiabao's round face was so red that he could bleed, and his head almost dropped to the bottom of the table.

Seeing Hu Jiabao's shy look, as the target of teasing, it was not convenient for Li Qingfeng to come out to rescue her, so he winked at Zhou Yongjun who was sitting next to him and watching the fun.

After receiving Qingfeng Li's signal, Zhou Yongjun quickly jumped out to the rescue: "Don't make trouble. You all know how much Hu Jiabao drinks. Let's not let her drink today."

With Zhou Yongjun's rescue, the female educated youths stopped making noises and finally calmed down.

After he stopped, Li Qingfeng looked at Zhou Yongjun: "Brother Yongjun, it's Chinese New Year, do you think you should say something?"

"Whatever you want to talk about, we are all educated youths, and we are not big leaders. Just mention one." Zhou Yongjun picked up the enamel jar and stood up. He lifted the enamel jar forward and said loudly: "Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year"×11
There was plenty of wine today. In order to celebrate the New Year, Li Qingfeng bought six bottles of liquor and a large pot of loose wine. Although they were not good wines, they were made from grains and were much stronger than those blended by later generations.

There was laughter in the first half, but the atmosphere changed in the second half. After Lin Zhaodi said "I miss home", the atmosphere became depressed, and sobbing sounds could be heard from time to time.

To be a stranger in a foreign country alone, think of love every time during the festive season.

Infected by the atmosphere, even Qingfeng Li's eyes began to fill with a little sadness.

After all, the old educated youths had been in the countryside for a long time, and their sad moments had long passed. They spoke softly to comfort these new educated youths.

Then I started clinking glasses constantly, trying to use alcohol to numb my homesickness.

By the end of the drink, the only ones still awake on the table were Qingfeng Li, who was already a little drunk, and Hu Jiabao, who had not drank.

The two of them carried the drunk man back to their own kang, and after saying good night to each other, they each returned to their dormitories without clearing up the mess on the table.

When Qingfeng Li returned to the dormitory, he did not sleep on the kang. Instead, he took out a homemade tablet from the space with the three words Qingfeng Li clearly written on it.

When it was first carved, it looked awkward. After worshiping it a few times, hey, don’t tell me, it looks quite pleasing to the eye now. That is, there is no camera now. Otherwise, Qingfeng Li would still want to do it to himself. I took a selfie and made it into a black and white photo to pay homage to.

Arrange the incense burner and fruits. The fruits are normal fruits stored in the space, but the ones inserted in the incense burner are not incense sticks, but three peony cigarettes with filters.
Qingfeng Li paid homage in a serious manner, and after saying some words to ask Qingfeng Li to reincarnate properly, he put everything back into the space, took off his clothes and went to bed.

When I woke up the next day, it was another day full of energy.

(End of this chapter)