Chapter 214: Entering the Fire (Part 1)
On this day, Huang Jijiao got up and started cooking before dawn.
The dim lights in the tube building illuminate the white night.
This kind of scene can be seen everywhere in the tube-shaped building and is not uncommon.
After a while, Li Quanwang, who had just gotten up, seemed to smell a strange smell and immediately shouted, "What's burning?"
Later , he found a pressure cooker in the living room that was emitting steam. He realized that the rice was burnt, so he quickly took the pot down.
When I opened the lid of the pot, I saw that the rice was almost burnt into charcoal.
"Mom, what happened? The meal is burnt!"
Huang Jijiao laughed and said, "Pfft, ffff, ffff, what nonsense are you talking about, kid? Hurry up and get your bowls and chopsticks, it's time to eat."
Li Changjian said, "Wangzai, we are going to officially cook in the new house today. We will have this meal here. Your mother made the meal like this on purpose. This is called a rich family background, you know?"
Li Quanwang scooped up a spoonful of black rice with a rice spoon and muttered, "This family is too wealthy."
After dinner, Huang Jijiao put all the dishes and chopsticks she had just used into a red plastic bucket. Before Li Quanwang could ask any questions, she said, "According to custom, we need to take all of these to the new house to wash."
"oh."
Li Changjian dragged two huge suitcases, which contained clothes, shoes, hats, and other things that he had packed over the past few days. He put the handle of a suitcase into Li Quanwang's hand and said, "Take it. It will be hard for the three of us to go out together."
Li Quanwang curled his lips, his expression slightly disgusted: "You want to put away your old clothes too? Didn't I say that I'll take you to the mall and buy you all new clothes after I get there?"
Huang Jijiao glared at him fiercely and said, "Are you getting carried away? These clothes are still in good condition, why do you want to buy new ones? You're a spendthrift."
“…”
Li Quanwang looked at the box, which was already peeling, and said uncertainly, "Mom, if I remember correctly , this box is older than me, right? I heard you say before that this is the box for your dowry?"
“This is called inheritance.”
“…”
Li Changjian checked everything inside and out, and after confirming that there was nothing missing, he could not contain his excitement and said loudly, "Let's go, let's go to our new home."
On the way, some neighbors were surprised to see a family of three carrying large and small bags outside.
"Where are you going so early in the morning?"
"Going out for a trip?"
The old lady who had complained about Li Quanwang staying up all night online was also among them, and she spoke in a sarcastic tone: "Are you being kicked out by the landlord because you didn't pay the rent?"
Huang Jijiao was so happy that she would never have to hear the annoying voice of this old lady again. She said cheerfully, "How could that be possible? My son bought me a big villa in Bihai Longting. It got hot today, so we moved."
When these words were spoken, all the old men and women around were shocked and felt it was unbelievable.
Move from a slum to a big villa all of a sudden?
What is this operation?
“Is this true or false?”
"Living in a villa? Have you made a fortune?"
The old lady saw Huang Jijiao's smug expression and immediately felt unhappy: "Is it fake? You are the only one who wants to buy a villa?"
After all, today was a happy day for Jin Huo, and Huang Jijiao was too lazy to argue with the old lady and just turned away.
After leaving the tube-shaped building and arriving at the main road, a Foton pickup truck that Li Quanwang had ordered was already waiting at the intersection. When it saw Li Quanwang and his friends coming out, it came over to help load all the things into the car.
Arriving at the entrance of Bihai Longting Community, Li Changjian became more excited and full of energy: "You guys take these to the new home first, I still need to go out and buy some things for the fire."
Half an hour later, Li Changjian came back with a bunch of stuff and piled them all in the yard of dozens of square meters at the door.
He first filled a newly bought red plastic bucket half full of water, and then placed eight bowls and eight pairs of chopsticks in the water.
Then, he bought a rice jar, filled it with half a jar of new rice, and pasted the words "Changman" written in black on red paper on the outside of the rice jar. Lotus seeds, red dates, tea leaves, oranges, and red envelopes were placed on the rice pile.
He also bought a new trash can, a new broom, and a new trash basket, and tied them all together with a red rope and leaned it against the door.
Finally, Li Changjian used newly bought matches to light a fire in a newly bought basin and placed it in the middle of the door.
Everything was ready and it was already dawn.
"Okay, now we just have to wait for the guests to arrive. I'll go buy some firecrackers."
More than an hour later, guests arrived one after another. Every time a new wave of guests arrived, Li Changjian would set off firecrackers, and all the firecrackers brought by the guests were lit.
For a moment, crackling sounds were heard continuously, smoke was everywhere, and the whole mountain villa looked like a fairyland.
This shocking movement immediately attracted the attention of the residents of the Bi Hai Long Ting community.
Those who can live in the Bi Hai Long Ting community must undoubtedly be wealthy and superior people. The education they received and their personal ideas are clearly differentiated. The procedures that the older generation paid attention to - especially things like setting off firecrackers - have long been abandoned.
"Where did this country bumpkin come from? He actually set off firecrackers."
"Damn it, can't I sleep so early in the morning?"
"It's really uncultured to disturb others just because you're happy."
The residents around couldn't help but curse, but no one went directly to argue.
Ge Deqiu played too late last night and was sleeping soundly in his room when he was suddenly woken up by a crackling sound. With sleepy eyes, he was extremely angry and yelled, "Who is the wicked one setting off firecrackers so early in the morning?"
After going downstairs, Ge Deqiu found that he was not the only one who was woken up. Many residents next door had come downstairs and were talking indignantly.
"What kind of bumpkins are these new family? They even set off firecrackers."
"What upstart?"
"This sound seems to be coming from the villa halfway up the mountain."
"Banshan Villa? Isn't that the most expensive single-family villa in the entire Bihailongting?"
" Let's go and take a look."
On one side was the most expensive villa in Bihailongting, and on the other side was the extremely tacky fire-introduction process, which immediately aroused everyone's curiosity. So, everyone swarmed towards the Mid-mountain Villa.
Lu Yiming received the invitation from Li Quanwang very early. Early in the morning, Lu Yiming bought some gifts and came to the Bi Hai Long Ting in a grand manner, accompanied by Zhao Tiezhu and others.
Seeing the smoke and crackling sounds on the mountainside, Lu Yiming was speechless.
At this moment, he finally understood what the Taiwanese writer Li Ao wrote in his article, that is, the old mother of the defeated general who retreated to Taiwan raised chickens, ducks and pigs in a spacious and bright villa .
