"Here comes the elbow!" Mrs. Zhao was still enthusiastic when she saw Zhou Zhi: "Come here quickly and see what grandpa has written! This worm can crawl like a crab!"

"Let me take a look." Zhou Zhi took the letter from Madam Zhao. There was a bunch of wild cursive writing on it: "I'm addicted to writing. It's beautiful! Madam, this one belongs to me. I'll get a mirror to hang it up after the new year!"

Mrs. Zhao never thought of this thing as a treasure: "Just tell me what you wrote!"

Zhou Zhi read: "The tender buds of fragrant flowers have just emerged from the forest, and the price in the mausoleum is as heavy as gold. There are countless people in the imperial capital, land and sea, and I can't bear to cut even an inch of my heart."

"What is this?" Mrs. Zhao said she didn't understand at all.

"Li Shangyin's poem, I want to eat winter bamboo shoots!" Zhou Zhi folded up the letter and put it into his bag without any courtesy: "Why don't I ask Xin Yi to bring squid and ham tomorrow, ma'am, you can make them for grandpa.

Three delicacies?”

Madam Zhao patted Zhou Zhi on the shoulder: "You just want to embarrass your eldest lady!"

"Then I'll have Xin Yi send it over when it's done." Zhou Zhi said with a smile, "Not to mention that Grandpa Zhao's teeth are really strong, that's what my grandma envies the most."

"Your grandma's appetite is not bad either." Mrs. Zhao was also happy: "Grandpa Xinyi is extremely envious of her."

"Then it's agreed that I'll give out the squid when I get home tonight." Zhou Zhi said with a smile, "Goodbye, Mrs. Zhao and Xin Yi, I'll take Shu Yi home."

After saying that, someone shouted from Zhang Xinyi’s bedroom in the back room: “Aster! You’re looking at nothing and you don’t even come out to say hello?!”

At this moment, the recent head-turning music sounded: "Mountains and rivers cannot bear too much sorrow, and years cannot bear too long a wait..."

"No need to come out! Just go on watching!" Zhou Zhi knew what was playing inside. This year's big drama, "A Play on Qianlong" by Zheng Shaoqiu and Zhao Yazhi, even his own grandmother could watch.

"Then we won't come out. Brother Zhuzi, come and eat three delicacies with us tomorrow!" Zhang Ziyuan said loudly inside: "We'll see you tomorrow!"

"This child is not polite at all." Mrs. Zhao said angrily, reaching out to straighten Zhou Zhi's collar that was messed up when he took off his apron after cooking: "Don't get angry with her, she is like your brother.

of."

"Actually, what Zi Yuan said makes sense." Zhou Zhi couldn't help but be happy: "It's best to cook and eat the three delicacies of squid freshly. Then I might as well bring the ingredients over tomorrow."

After saying that, he shouted to the room: "See you tomorrow, Aster!"

"Um!"

Zhang Xinyi followed the old rules and sent Zhou Zhi and Jiang Shuyi downstairs again, through the camphor forest, and to the stone staircase.

Zhou Zhi turned to Zhang Xinyi and said, "My mother told me that you can eat at my house during this holiday. She said she didn't believe that she would keep you fat."

"Ha, Yao Ma is so funny." Zhang Xinyi couldn't help laughing: "I'm just afraid of disappointing her."

"Actually, as long as you have enough meat porridge, it will be no problem." Zhou Zhi even thought of a plan: "You and Shu Yi are both cruel people, so you really need to use the holidays to take a good rest and recuperate."

"I know, let's go. Don't be too late." Zhang Xinyi waved to Jiang Shuyi: "Goodbye Shuyi, come to my house tomorrow."

Going down the stone staircase, Jiang Shuyi walked quietly beside Zhou Zhi.

The festive atmosphere has begun to spread in the county town. There are already many firecracker stalls on the roadside. Some children who have money but cannot bear it have bought firecrackers and set them off on the roadside.

The quality of today's firecrackers is also improving. In addition to the traditional black powder with a yellow mud paste head, there is another kind of explosive sound and light effect that is better, the green mud head, the seal is with a green coating instead of the old-fashioned paper twist.

firecracker.

Because the charge contains potassium nitrate and aluminum powder as additives, this kind of gunpowder is silver-gray in color and is more difficult to ignite than traditional gunpowder. This means that the ignition point is higher than traditional gunpowder and is relatively "safer"; however, once ignited, it is more powerful than traditional gunpowder.

Traditional gunpowder is much larger and relatively more dangerous.

Young men and women like Zhou Zhi and Jiang Shuyi walking alone together are the favorite targets of the naughty children who set off firecrackers. They will not be stupid enough to throw firecrackers directly at them, but they will "ambush" them in advance and throw the firecrackers away.

Quietly, in a way that he thought was hidden, he threw it on the path of the two of them, calculated the time difference, and hoped that the two of them would land nearby when the firecrackers exploded.

Jiang Shuyi's eyesight was bad, and she had been bullied like this a lot in the past, but now it was different with Zhou Zhi. Several times Zhou Zhi ran up to him and boldly kicked back the firecrackers that were still burning with fuses to the naughty children.

, but it made the other Ewa scream in fright.

Of course, you can't rely on your quick eyes and quick feet to deny any face to the naughty children. Occasionally, you still have to let firecrackers explode near you, otherwise they will be ruined.

Another advantage of doing this is that after two times, Zhou Zhi took the initiative to hold Jiang Shuyi's hand: "Don't be afraid Shuyi, except for speaking louder, there is nothing else."

Jiang Shuyi clenched Zhou Zhi's fingers nervously, until she passed the area where firecrackers were sold on the new highway and stopped on the road, then she let go of Zhou Zhi's hand with a blushing face: "Yes... I'm sorry, Zhou Zhi.

"

"Ah? What are you sorry for?"

"There are too many people who know you. I'm afraid... I'm afraid that someone will tell Auntie if they see you."

"You really have thought too much. It's not like everyone in Jiachuan knows me and my mother." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Don't worry about that."

In fact, Jiang Shuyi has always been a little worried and uneasy: "I know that aunt likes Xueshan and also likes Xinyi; grandma likes Xinxin. I... I can't compare to Xueshan in terms of ability, I can't compare to Xinyi in terms of closeness, and I can't compare to diligence and cheerfulness.

But Xinxin, I don’t want to... be... deducted points again."

"Shu Yi, do you really think so?" Zhou Zhi's question seemed concerned, but his expression and tone had betrayed his inner joy.

"Well... what I said was all the truth..." Jiang Shuyi was actually very embarrassed and didn't dare to look up at Zhou Zhi. When she realized that Zhou Zhi's tone was wrong, she looked up and saw the happy look on his face, and suddenly felt very sad:

"Zhou Zhi...what's your expression? How could you do this?!"

"Ah? No, don't get me wrong." Zhou Zhi quickly grabbed Jiang Shuyi, and the two of them stopped on the side of the road: "Shu Yi, look at me."

Jiang Shuyi stopped obediently and looked up at Zhou Zhi.

"I am indeed a little happy, but the reason is not because you are not as good as Xueshan, Xinyi and Ye Xin."

"It's not like you said that in the hearts of my mother and grandma, you will be worse than them."

"Let me first tell you why I am happy. The reason why I am happy is because whether your idea is right or wrong, it is all because you care about me. I am happy only because of this."

"You!" Jiang Shuyi was really annoyed and ashamed. What was annoying was that Zhou Zhi made his worries about Feng Xueshan and others so straightforward. What was embarrassing was that just as Zhou Zhi said, she did care about him too much.

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