Chapter 41 (2/2)
Sitting next to him was Youzi Mama Jiao and Papa Jiao rushed over at the news
After taking a nap, Zheng Tan was etic He ate a whole bowl of food Mama Jiao had prepared
He had a big stretch after eating his food The spiritless black cat fro had been resurrected!
”Okay, coe your clothes, it ht,” Mama Jiao instructed the two children
Huh? Are they going out?
Zheng Tan looked at the four ere changing
”Mo,” Jiao Yuan said
Mama Jiao didn't immediately respond She looked towards Papa Jiao
Papa Jiao thought for a while, ”Take hi your backpack, but there will be many people at the fireworks show You must be careful”
”Okay!”
Fireworks?
Zheng Tan looked at the calendar and realized the date today was sixth On the night of the sixth, there would be firework at the central departo there to take a look
After a substantial packing, the four Jiao family member and a cat went out the door
On the way, they met many people ere also fro their fareeted each other
Papa Jiao carried Jiao Yuan's backpack, Zheng Tan peeked outside through the opening zipper There weretowards the central department store, almost everyone around them in headed to there
When they arrived, the plaza before the department stores was already filled with people Jiao Yuan tried to push forward into the crowd but was pulled back by Papa Jiao They found a place to stand
”Don't have to be too close There will be a lot of dust falling over there, and it's easy to get hurt It's not too far from here,” Papa Jiao explained
It was only seven, still half an hour till the lighting They caood view The place that Papa Jiao picked was in the inner circle When more people came, soon it would probably be blocked from the outside
Around the plaza were h platforms Accesses to these platforms were closed off and a distance away froht the fireworks
When it was alave out lasses had no degrees to it, preventing particles in the air fro into the eyes And the masks were a precaution for later when there would be too ood to the body if breathed
Papa Jiao wore the backpack on his chest, protecting the two children between him and Mama Jiao
Zheng Tan looked around through the zipper in amusement Filled with people, a much denser crowd than the previous
Suddenly, the lights in the plaza were all turned off
The voices in the plaza hushed in tiain It was the prelude to the start of lighting
After the light went out, Zheng Tan's entire head e
There were no lights and no one would have thought that so to watch the firework
Boom!
A spectacular firework bloo the scene for the event
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The thundering of bursting fireworks unceasingly sounded
Zheng Tan looked towards the sky Due to close range, the firework looked as if it blossoht above the heads of crowd Those that stood beneath looked as if they would be burnt by the falling sparks These sparks gradually snuffed out as it approached theas dust particles
Each splattering gliether, there was an irresistible beauty
It was unlike as seen on the television, and a co from afar
The blooht in the sky, bright and vivid, lu For the people that stood beneath, this brilliance seemed touchable
Zheng Tan felt all the unrest in his heart see away in the wind of the night
An unexpected feeling of enlighten dust and the sharp odors around hinored
Not far fro, a parent in fear of his own child running away, had hugged hihtly in his arms The child see his head and rubbed his eyes When he opened his eyes again and looked around, he saw that the bag in front of Papa Jiao's chest had a cat head peeping out, the cat ears evenparticles
”Dad, there's a cat—”
But the child's voice was drowned by the roars of the firework lighting His father heard only a sound
”What? Your eyes still hurt, daddy will blow at it for you”
The child pushed his father away ”There's a cat—”
”Yes, yes There is firework, there is firework! Look, it's so nificent!”
The child: ”…”
When the sound of fireworks finally stopped, the crowd began to disperse
Papa Jiao and others waited for the nearby groups to scatter before starting to walk out
The joy lingered on Jiao Yuan and Youzi's face On their way ho about which type of firework looked better
”The firefighters must be quite busy today,” Mama Jiao exclaimed
When they got hohly scrubbed it off Zheng Tan too had a long bath
After a bath with furs blown dry, he crawled into Youzi's warm blanket
Youzi wrote a journal entry before she went to sleep Just like the previous entries, she would press Zheng Tan's paws at the end, outlining his paws, and add a few more lines So, at the end ofat the end
When Youzi had turned the light off, Zheng Tan's head surfaced from the sheets He extended a paw and revealed the hidden claws
Looking at his claws in the darkness, Zheng Tan believed that he could actually do so