Early in the morning on New Year's Eve, Qiqi was woken up by Ningyue and Ningxue.

"Sister Qiqi, let's go pick up firecrackers and play with it! Many people set off firecrackers in the ancestral hall!"

"Well...let my sister sleep for a while..."

So Ningyue and Ningxue dragged Xika out of the quilt and carried Xika to pick up firecrackers and play with it.

Millie didn't dare to look at the firecrackers, and hid in the corner of the gate, watching Ningyue and Ningxue look for firecrackers in a piece of red paper.

Soon, the two of them found a large handful of firecrackers and piled them on the ground like a small mound.

"Sister, do you dare to light firecrackers?" Ningxue asked.

"I dare not." Ningyue said honestly.

Sika yawned and looked at them lazily. You dare not firecrackers, why do you pick up so many of them?

But the two sisters had their own tricks. They ran back home again, took out a burning incense, and dragged Li Zhongqi out.

"Brother Zhongqi, set off firecrackers for us to show you!"

Li Zhongqi had no choice but to twist a firecracker and hold the incense in his left hand. The sparks were trembling and never clicked on the lead of the firecracker.

Li Zhongqi sighed in his heart, he is so old...

When I was a child, I was not afraid of the world. This kind of red firecracker was very short and exploded at a glance. I dared to hold it with my hands to play with it. Now I don’t dare to click it anymore, for fear of slow reaction, so I didn’t throw it out and exploded my hands.

"Brother Zhongqi, hurry up!"

Ningyue and Ningxue covered their ears early, huddled in a ball, and looked at Li Zhongqi in fear and excitement.

Millie also got under Sika, like a little ostrich, leaving only her butt outside.

Xika smacked her lips and closed her ears, looking fearless and boldly waiting for Li Zhongqi to firecrackers.

Li Zhongqi swallowed his saliva and laughed: "This... Yue'er and Xue'er, are you girls, so don't play such a dangerous game anymore. Brother is afraid to scare you."

"We are not afraid! Brother Zhongqi, hurry up!"

Li Zhongqi gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, and took the initiative!

He placed the firecrackers on the ground, hung Xiang horizontally on the firecrackers' guide, and then ran away to stay with Ningyue Ningxue and Xicamilli.

"Brother Zhongqi, it's not a sound." Ning Xue said in confusion.

"This is the most advanced way of playing, called a time bomb! You can wait, it will ring in a while, cover your ears!" Li Zhongqi said seriously.

So the three of them, one cat and one rabbit were quietly waiting for the firecrackers to ring.

One minute, five minutes...

Xika was yawning, and Ningyue Ningxue was out of patience.

"Brother Zhongqi, are the firecrackers broken?"

"Uh...I'll go and have a look."

Li Zhongqi stood up and walked towards the "time bomb". At this moment, the red head of fragrant ignited the lead, and a loud bang, and the firecrackers exploded.

Li Zhongqi was startled and bounced up.

The time bomb had outstanding effect, Ningyue and Ningxue looked excited, their eyes were full of dazzling colors, and they quickly applauded.

"Brother Zhongqi! We must learn too!"

...

In the afternoon, Li Zhongqi began to post Spring Festival couplets. Qiqi volunteered to help, so Li Zhongqi handed over the arduous task of brushing paste to Qiqi.

Qiqi was brushing the paste boredly, and Xika stayed next to her. From time to time, she secretly pressed the paste with her feet and pressed it to the front of the Spring Festival couplets, leaving behind a beautiful little plum blossom, at the cost of Xika's little claws were also printed red.

Spring Festival couplets are all good words to get rid of the old and welcome the new, and pray for good fortune. There is also a word "Fu" on it. Spring Festival couplets at each location are particular, such as those posted in the kitchen, "White rice and vegetables are delicious, eggplant and red amaranth have a fragrance, horizontal bill: commonplace'.

"The little kumquat on it is stuck, I'm going to get the ladder..."

Li Zhongqi put his hands on his hips and looked at the plastic little kumquat that was out of reach.

Qiqi's eyes lit up and finally found the right thing for her to do!

"Haha, don't need a ladder, leave it to me!"

"You're here?"

Just when Li Zhongqi was confused, Qiqi picked up Xika again and held it high.

"Sika, go and help take down the little kumquat along the door."

Sika: "…"

I fell, and I wasn't here after all.

Xika twisted her waist and asked Qiqi to put it down first, then assisted for a few steps. She ran up vertically along the wall in three or two, then jumped to the edge of the door, tiptoed on the wall, stretched out her little paws and hooked it, and took off the kumquat.

"Wow, Qiqi, your Sika is so smart." Li Zhongqi couldn't help but exclaim.

Qiqi is very proud. The pride that Sika brings to save the world is not as pleasant as picking a little kumquat.

"That's right, Sika is the smartest cat in the world."

"This is indeed. I didn't expect it to look quite fat and is still so agile. It's worthy of being a cat." Li Zhongqi sighed. No ordinary cat can do that vertical walls can reach such a high height.

Sika: "Meow?"

Who is fat? I'm just fluffy?

Qiqi and Li Zhongqi were pasting couplets, and the house was busy. The Eighteen Styles in the kitchen were busy preparing the New Year’s Eve dinner. There were squeaks of cooking, and the sound of chopping chickens, ducks and geese, and the fragrance filled the air, making people saliva.

The New Year’s Eve dinner focuses on a reunion, and it doesn’t matter what time you eat. The most important thing is that everyone needs to arrive.

Uncle and aunt three stopped working yesterday and went home early this morning. They were in a traffic jam until four o'clock in the afternoon.

At five o'clock in the evening, the family reunited and started having the New Year's Eve dinner.

"Yue'er, Xue'er! Stop playing, come back to have a meal!"

The whole family washed their hands and clothes, burned incense and worshiped their ancestors together, reported on the harvest this year, and prayed for the beauty of the coming year.

After the ceremony, we sat in sequence and had a meal together.

Sicamillie was not absent. Fortunately, the little fat cat and the little rabbit attended not at the dining table, but attended next to Qiqi's legs. Small bowls were prepared in front of them, and Sica ate a lot. He would do everything he had to eat.

Millie ate vegetables and carrots. Sika did not give Millie New Year's money, so she secretly added a few fruits to Millie's bowl. She also hopes that Millie will improve her studies and grow up quickly in the new year.

There are several dishes that are essential during the Chinese New Year, including chicken, duck, geese, fish... But with the improvement of living standards, there are more and more New Year's Eve dinners now.

Xika buried her hard work, and when she was full, she would take a little slow down. She looked up and saw everyone talking and learned more good words, so she could use them later. Everyone was talking and laughing and making fun of them on the table.

"Come and have a drink together. After the New Year's Eve dinner, the adults and children at home will be one year older. Those who study will improve their studies, those who work will have a bright future, and the whole family will be healthy and everything will go well next year!"

"cheers!"

After a while, I used orange water to take a bath. I put a few slices of orange peel and burned it, which means good luck.

After changing into new clothes, I went out to have a red envelope.

Qiqi's clothes prepared for the New Year are very beautiful. They are a plaid wool coat and a knitted skirt, which is energetic and generous.

The new clothes of the two sisters Ningyue and Ningxue are exactly the same, and they are the most festive bright red. After taking a shower, their faces are blushing, like two small lanterns.

Qiqi also prepared New Year's clothes for Sika and Millie. Like Ningyue and Ningxue, they were both big red sweaters and little red hood.

Sika put on her clothes in a squishy manner. OK, it's true. She doesn't buy a bigger one, she's wearing it very tightly.

Milly had new clothes to wear, so she naturally cooed happily and ran around the room with a little Red Riding Hood.

"Come on, Qiqi, your red envelope. In the future, I will get the first place every time!"

"Hehe, thank you uncle!"

Grandpa and grandparents and third uncle also came to send red envelopes to Qiqi. Although Qiqi is now a rich woman, she is still very happy to receive the red envelopes. After all, she has grown up and no longer needs to hand over the red envelopes to Wang Huisu for safekeeping.

"Let's go, Qiqi, Yue'er and Xue'er, let's go set off fireworks!"

Li Zhongqi carried out two boxes of large fireworks. Ningyue and Ningxue liked them the most, so he hurried over to help carry the fireworks to the small square in the village.

Qiqi hugged Sicamilli and hurriedly followed. Now, many people in the small square are setting off fireworks. Many children are waving with fairy sticks, and the little boys are playing with Spider King and the like.

Li Zhongqi opened a box of fireworks, exposed the green leads, and asked Qiqi to come and set them on.

"Haha, OK!"

As Qiqi lit the lead, she quickly ran away. Soon, fireworks rushed into the night sky one by one, exploding in the sky, bursting out one colorful fireworks after another.

"Wow! So beautiful!"

Qiqi came over and hugged Sicamilli. The two little guys watched the fireworks in the sky with her, and red light shone on Qiqi's excited face.

Sika is also very happy. This is the second New Year it has been with Qiqi!

"Sica, Millie, is it good?"

“Meow!”

"Gugu!"
To be continued...