Chapter 137 (2/2)

The violence level had been upgraded to soine

They were ready to blow up a water tank after ruining cabbages These kids were troublemakers

A child took out a firecracker about the size of a grown-up's pinky It rapped in plastic and had a pointy end It was apparently called a torpedo and ater-proof It came in different sizes and was used by the children to blow up fish

The kid threw it into the water tank at just the right tiuish It was dangerous to throw it in too late However, this kid was very experienced

The rest of the group stood far away They didn't want to get water on them

The water tank was too old, and the torpedo ed to blow a hole in it Dirty water flowed out

The child who lit the firecracker got water on him and went home to clean up

By lunchtime, the children had used up ether again after they had replenished their supplies

Jiao Yuan had traded snacks for some firecrackers He still had pocket ood stuff You needed to go to the county fair to find more varieties of firecrackers

He picked ones that had long fuses to give to Youzi Ones with short fuses were too dangerous He knew hiht be older than the child who blew up the tank, but he was nowhere near as experienced

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The house had an old-fashi+oned stove, the kind that used firewood The cookware she used was a large iron wok Grandpa Jiao liked this kind of stuff They had a gas-lit stove too, but that was used to boil and fry stuff This old stove was only used during the holidays

Jiao Yuan was looking for incense He lit it

”What are you doing?” Mama Jiao frowned

”I need it to light firecrackers”

”Be careful and don't scare Charcoal” Mahtly worried

”It's not a proble He even knew to cover his ears” Jiao Yuan grinned then went into the backyard with Youzi

There was always plenty of space in the countryside

There was a pile of firewood in the backyard There were a few cedar trees, and Grandpa Jiao had swept the yard in the

There was a water tank here too Jiao Yuan didn't dare blow up this tank Grandpa Jiao had bought live fish Yesterday, they had marinated the fish and kept them in the bottom of the tank There was still a little bit of water left inside

Grand lotus root meatballs in the kitchen She kept an eye on the kids They lived in the city, and she didn't trust them with firecrackers

Zheng Tan watched on top of the pile of firewood

Jiao Yuan poked a hole in the ground then buried the firecracker inside

He lit it

It let out a bang

It was a se ones in his grandparent's yard They would give his grandparents a heart attack He just wanted to try them out

The two kids each had incense in hand and were lighting firecrackers

After a while, Youzi looked at Zheng Tan ”Charcoal, do you want to give it a try?”

Zheng Tan shook his tail He did

”Co Tan his incense

Zhen Tan looked at it then jumped off the haystack

Youzi took out a napkin and wrapped up one end of her incense and handed it to Zheng Tan

What a good girl

Zheng Tan held the incense in his round

Jiao Yuan's ermaphobe

The fuse lit and Zheng Tan got a bit nervous He knew this wasn't a very powerful explosive but he had never done anything like this before He was excited He turned and ran as soon as he saw a spark on the fuse

Bang!

The firecracker went off

Grandma Jiao took all the fried lotus root lanced at the kids in the yard She saw her son's precious black cat light a firecracker and dropped her meatballs

The big yellow dog who had been waiting on the side ca over and hurriedly ate thehot

[1] (Si, as a well-respected historian and politician during the Song dynasty When he was very young, he broke a water tank with a rock to save a child as trapped)