urban titan

The sound of fireworks and firecrackers sounded outside the house, Chen Xiaoli laughed three times, and slapped Chen Dasheng heavily on the shoulder, "Go, take out the firecrackers I bought, let's set off the firecrackers!"

"What's so fun? How about going to the party!" Chen Dasheng was a little bored. He still liked to play with these things when he was young, but as he got older, the Chinese New Year didn't have the same taste as before. In the past, his family was poor. Putting on new clothes and putting on two small firecrackers will make you feel very happy, but now that you have money, you can't get back that feeling.

"What's so interesting, the earthen cannon I bought is loud when it blows up!" Chen Xiaoli pulled Chen Dasheng outside without saying a word. The earthen cannon is a firecracker handmade by a village gunner. It is much more powerful than ordinary electro-optical cannons, and the ground can be shaken.

While being dragged outside by Chen Xiaoli, Chen Dasheng's face was full of helplessness, "Sister, if you want to make a noise, why not bring back a basket of grenades next year, you will definitely like the noise."

"Haha, you can have this."

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In the afternoon, Rongcheng, Sima Bridge.

In this city full of leisure, although the Lantern Festival has passed and most office workers have returned to work in the city, the festive atmosphere still remains, and festive red can be seen everywhere.

A white car got into an alley in a shanty town, and a young man in a white robe jumped out of the car, carrying big bags and small bags in his hand, and walked towards the depths of the alley.

"Little cat, are you home?" Walking into the Shen family's old house, Chen Dasheng yelled directly, and the dog in the yard jumped up in shock, yelling at Chen Dasheng from a distance.

Accompanied by the sound of hurried footsteps, a thin figure rushed out from the room. When he saw Chen Dasheng in the courtyard, a trace of surprise crossed Shen Mao's face, "Brother Dasheng, why are you here?"

"Happy New Year, I was delayed by something a few days ago, so I'm here now, don't be too late!" Chen Dasheng walked towards Shen Mao with a deep smile on his face.

Shen Mao grinned, and stepped forward to take the big and small bags from Chen Dasheng's hand, "Come here, what else do you bring? If you're like this, I have to prepare some lucky money for you."

"Fuck off!"

Chen Dasheng laughed and cursed. It is true that you have to give lucky money for New Year's greetings, but it is something the elders give to the younger generation. Even if you want to give it, it is not Shen Mao's turn to give it to him. This guy is just taking advantage of him. How could Chen Dasheng do that? Can't hear it.

Shen Mao smiled wickedly, and led Chen Dasheng to the house.

"Where's grandma? Why don't you see anyone?" Chen Dasheng looked around. This time he came to Shen's old house, firstly, to visit the old lady for New Year's greetings, and secondly, he wanted to ask the old lady some questions.

Shen Mao put the presents on the table and said, "She's sleeping in the house. According to her old habits, it may take a while to get up."

"Ahem, who's here?"

As soon as Shen Mao's words fell, an old voice came from the inner room. Mrs. Shen hobbled out of the room with a cane, coughing as she walked.

"Grandma is me, Dasheng!" Chen Dasheng hurried over.

"So it's your grandson, what are you doing here?" the old lady said.

Uh, why does this sound like a curse?Chen Dasheng's face trembled, "Isn't this just the New Year? I'll come and see you, and wish you New Year's greetings!"

"Happy New Year? Isn't this year already over?" the old lady said.

"I was delayed by some urgent matters a few days ago, so I'm late." I haven't seen you for so many days, and the old lady's mouth is still so tight. Chen Dasheng laughed dryly, and quickly changed the subject, "Your health seems to be not very good. ah!"

"Ahem!" The old lady coughed twice, took a few steps forward, and sat down at a nearby table fumblingly, "I won't die for a while, so I'm going to bother you. Missing something from our house?"

There are thorns in these words. What words came out of the old lady's mouth, and it always felt wrong to her ears. Chen Dasheng knew that the old lady had a weird temper. Comparing with her.

Shen Mao whispered, "The temperature dropped two days ago, grandma accidentally caught a little cold, and she coughed a bit. After taking medicine for two days, she is much better."

"Oh!" Chen Dasheng nodded, and turned to the old lady, "Grandma, you have to pay attention to your body. I brought some herbs here today. If it's okay, let the kitten stew it for you. Take care of your body."

"Excuse me." The old lady didn't lift her eyelids, and her tone couldn't tell whether it was joy or anger, but at least it wasn't thorny.

"It's okay, it should be!" Chen Dasheng was rather embarrassed.

The old lady was sitting on a chair, holding a cane in both hands, and looked at Chen Dasheng with her empty, blind eyes, "Have you eaten yet?"

"I've already eaten!" Chen Dasheng smiled, and the old lady's attitude towards herself seemed to have improved.

"Well, it's good to eat, our family doesn't have so much food to support idlers." The old lady nodded slightly, "If you have nothing to do, let's go quickly, cough cough, finally take a nap, the elderly, sleep is very important."

"Uh!"

Chen Dasheng felt as if he had been hit by an arrow again, and he couldn't understand whether the old lady really couldn't understand herself, or just pretended not to understand her, this weird temper was really elusive, to be honest Seeing that he is not pleasing to the eye, why did he mysteriously clip those pieces of paper in the Wuqi Dynasty Yuan Jue before, and gave himself the big fairy stick intentionally or unknowingly.

After much deliberation, Chen Dasheng really couldn't figure out what the old lady was doing. Embarrassed, Chen Dasheng said, "Grandma, I have something to ask you."

"Things? I don't know anything!" The old lady coughed and replied directly.

Chen Dasheng shook his face and said, "Grandma, you haven't heard what I want to ask!"

The old lady buried her head and didn't know what she was thinking. She was silent for a while, stood up unsteadily, and said to Shen Mao, "Little cat, aren't you going to school this afternoon?"

"Grandma, I'm going just now, isn't Brother Da Sheng here?" Shen Mao said.

"Aren't you going soon?"

With a very harsh tone, Shen Mao shook his body and nodded quickly, "Go right away!"

Chen Dasheng grabbed Shen Mao's arm, and asked doubtfully, "Isn't there a week before school starts? Why are you going to school?"

Hearing this, Shen Mao looked very embarrassed, peeked at the old lady, winked wildly at Chen Dasheng, and said in a low voice, "You, you understand."

"I understand? Oh..."

Chen Dasheng was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly realized that he pointed at Shen Mao and laughed badly. Seeing the flustered look of this guy, it was obvious that he had a guilty conscience and said that he was going to pick up girls. With his wretched appearance, it is impossible in all likelihood , this guy must have failed his class last semester and was busy going to school to make up the exam.

Shen Mao hurriedly gestured to Chen Dasheng to shut up, opened his mouth, and didn't know what dumb words he was talking about. He was afraid that Chen Dasheng would reveal the matter to him, so he went into the room and ran away with a book and pen in a short while He came out and left in a panic.

Looking at Shen Mao's flustered back, a smile crossed the corner of Chen Dasheng's mouth. After taking so many books, this guy seems to have failed more than one subject!

I seem to have failed a subject, and I didn't take the English test at all, and I don't know when the make-up test will be. Should I call Liu Xiaomin and pass it?

"You two, what were you talking about just now?" After Shen Mao left, the old lady interrupted Chen Dasheng's reverie.

Chen Dasheng came back to his senses, shook his head and said with a smile, "It's nothing, the little cat told me to take care of grandma."

The old lady didn't care about it, she turned around and walked to the inner room, "Come with me!"

The corner of Chen Dasheng's mouth curved slightly. He knew that the old lady had just pushed Shen Mao away, so she must have something to say to him. When the old lady spoke, he quickly raised his legs and followed in.

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The old lady's bedroom.

The bedroom is poorly lit and looks very dark. There is a bed that can be seen as old at a glance, and there are two large cabinets of yellow lacquered wood, a table, and a chair. He was wearing a yellowed portrait, and what was painted on it could only be seen to be a human figure, and the rest had almost faded. (To be continued.)