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<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" > daytime fireworks</h1>
Wangjia Town is a small town along the railway line near the county seat, and Gaojia is one of the few upstarts in the town. The Gao family is famous not because of wealth, but because of the fireworks in the Gao family compound.
On the night of the fifteenth day of the first month of each year, the Gaojia compound is illuminated, and the courtyard is crowded with people watching the liveliness, surrounded by water. In the compound of the Gao family, red firecrackers were neatly arranged on the ground in front of the three-story building into a long wall of firecrackers. The children happily pointed out which one was full of stars, which was the parachute, which was the flower that was rich and noble, which was the head of the fortune, and many fireworks that everyone could not afford and did not let go. The most conspicuous thing is an eight-meter-high pole erected in the middle of the courtyard, and eight long dragons of fiery red firecrackers hang from top to bottom, and the momentum is mighty.
At eight o'clock, the Gao family filled the balcony on the third floor with rare fruits and sat down in full costume. Immediately after that, the deafening sound of crackling firecrackers sounded, and eight fire dragons circled up from the bottom of the flagpole, which was spectacular. Villagers who did not come to the scene to watch heard the sound and put down their work and went to their windows or courtyards to watch.
Next, a variety of fireworks bloom, high and low, one after another, decorating the entire night sky with splendor. Every year, the Gao family will continue to set off for more than two hours, and the firework shells released the next day will pull out a full four-wheeled vehicle.
Where is the wealth of the Gao family, of course, the spring breeze of reform blows all over the ground, and the Gao family is so proud of the spring wind. It is said that the Gao family had a relative from Taiwan, who had no descendants, and gave the Gao family a large amount of money. The Gao family opened a beverage factory, a popsicle factory, a grocery store, a liquor wholesale department in the town, and the big business in the town was the property of the Gao family. The Gao family compound was originally a row of more than ten bungalows, and then all of them were removed and built on the spot to build three-story buildings, each floor is still more than ten, and the lower floor is a warehouse. The Gao family accumulated wealth, began to do usury business, and also hired a group of people to collect their bills, and the gang usually ate and drank in a room in the Gao family compound. Since then, people's feelings about the Gao family have changed from envy to disgust and even hatred.
This year's fireworks display in the Gao family compound came a little earlier, and in the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month, the Gao family heard someone outside the courtyard shouting: It is on fire! It's on fire! Then there was a crackling explosion downstairs, fireworks were raging, and the warehouse where the fireworks were stored in the Original Gaojia compound was on fire. The silent town was awakened, many people gathered like a high family compound, and some villagers spontaneously joined the ranks of fighting the fire with buckets and basins. The fire burned until the next morning, but fortunately the house was reinforced concrete, and it did not cause much damage except that the warehouse was blown up into a black coal kiln.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02">隐秘的角落</h1>
The owner of the Gao family was tall and tall, and his face was more ugly than smoked. He was a man of feng shui and fortune, and he felt that he had to find someone to calculate this matter. The next day, Gao Dacheng asked his family to invite Grandma Liu, who specializes in fortune telling. Grandma Liu went upstairs and downstairs in the Liu family, and turned around outside the courtyard for half a day, and finally found a hole in the wall. Grandma Liu said that she would come and invite the old immortal at night. At night, Grandma Liu laid out a tribute at the mouth of the cave, let everyone flash away, took out three sticks of high incense and lit them, fanned into the cave with a fan, and read words in her mouth. After a while, a black shadow emerged from the hole, a little longer than a cat, and flew all the way to the southwest.
Well, Grandma Liu sweated profusely and said, this is the Immortal Mansion of the Old Immortals, you set off fireworks every year to make the world fall apart, the Old Immortal Mansion is restless, please come to the Immortal Fire, give you a little lesson. Oh, and the crowd nodded. However, Grandma Liu went on to say that our tossing and turning also disturbed lao xian, and he was afraid that he would have to come back to take revenge! Can that be broken? Gao Dacheng looked at Grandma Liu anxiously. Breaking it can be broken, but today's tossing and turning has consumed my three years of strength, and I need to make offerings to restore my mana. Liu Dacheng quickly asked his wife to take out a red envelope of 666 yuan, and a basket of chicken, duck and fish meat, so he asked Grandma Liu to laugh and accept, and after the matter was completed, there was a heavy thanks. Grandma Liu said, then I will accept it for the old immortal, if you want to break, it is not difficult, the old immortal went to the great southwest, the great southwest, the water is even mountains, the old immortal wants to move the family, move far, it is difficult to move, the old immortal road less entangled. Liu Dacheng suddenly realized, Grandma Liu, where did Lao Xian move, and I went to do something? Grandma Liu shook her head and said, Didn't you just say it, the great southwest, the water is even mountain, only the lotus island is a treasure place for the old immortal to settle down. I will calculate for you the auspicious day when the old immortal crossed the river, you, prepare 1,000 copper coins in advance, and then you will go with the whole family, take a boat on Lotus Island, and sprinkle the copper coins into the river along the way after the boat opens, and then come back. Oh, okay, thank you Grandma Liu, Gao Dacheng wiped a handful of sweat from his forehead and thanked him.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03">一场虚惊</h1>
Lotus Island is a famous scenic spot along the river, and in the high season, the boats on the river shuttle back and forth, a busy scene. A few days ago, there was an accident on the river, a small boat overturned on the river, fortunately, there was a passenger ship passing by at that time, and the people who fell into the water were salvaged in time, which was a false alarm.
The richest man in Wangjia Town, Gao Dacheng, was also on this ship, and although he escaped this disaster, he was not lightly frightened.
The reason for the capsizing was that there was a fight on board, causing the passengers to squeeze to the side of the boat. The person who fought was the bare stick in the Wang family town, and the other side was Gao Dacheng. According to the rescued person, the reason for the fight was that the five single sticks had been staring at Gao Xiaolan, the eldest daughter of the Gao family, and Gao Xiaolan scolded, "Don't you have no face, stare at me blindly!" Those five immediately retorted, you don't want to face, who rarely looks at you, you don't look at me, how the fuck knows I look at you! Gao Dacheng couldn't see it, so he kicked the five-one kick when he went up, and there was also the tall and tall daughter-in-law who went together, and the brother-in-law also rushed up to beat the five together. The five suffered a loss, and when they fell to the ground, they took out a fruit knife and forced Gao Dacheng to retreat to the side of the boat, and the five pointed at Gao Dacheng and shouted, Call Grandpa, quick! Gao Dacheng said, those five, you are Grandpa! The five then said, jump down, you give Grandpa a jump, hurry up! Gao Dacheng said, those five grandfathers, don't make a fuss! Those five said, no, jump! jump! The crowd hula in horror hid on the other side of the boat. Then I heard someone shouting: Not good! The boat is about to tip over!
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="04" > the truth</h1>
Lao Liang is the only electrician in the town, and the electricity bill of every household in the town is collected by Lao Liang. Many people in the town said that Lao Liang deliberately wrote more electricity for each family every month, and then appropriated the extra electricity bills for himself. Suspicion is useless, because the meters of each house are hung in the iron box on the top of the telephone pole, and no one can get on it. To say that the only person in the town who does not pay the electricity bill is the bare stick, lao Liang went to collect the electricity bill, he said no money, you see what is valuable, you take what. The five's homes do not lock the door all year round, you say there is something to take, Lao Liang also has no way to take the five.
Compared with those five, what makes Lao Liang more sympathetic is Gao Dacheng. Lao Liang's father was originally the station manager of the town's grain station, and later the supply of grain was cancelled, and the grain station was disbanded. Lao Liang's father thought about opening a bargaining grain store by himself, which was also a light car. On the first day of opening, the tall little brother carried a pocket of white sand, deliberately bumped into the guys in the grain store, and poured a bag of white sand into the rice jar, hundreds of pounds of rice, mixed with white sand, how to pick out ah. Old Liang was in charge of electricity in the town by himself, a bit of status, and went to find Gao Dacheng theory, hoping to get face. I didn't expect Gao Dacheng to say, Old Liang, you are in the town to manage electricity, has already made a lot of benefits, let your father close the grain store, or my family's wholesale department things are sold to whom. Lao Liang said, what if I don't close it? Gao Dacheng smiled disdainfully, old Liang, you don't kick your nose in the face, your father's grain store house is too old, the wires are not very safe, in case of aging and fire, you regret it is too late! Lao Liang had no choice but to let his father close the grain store, but he always had a fire in his heart.
Lao Liang went to find Grandma Liu and stayed at Grandma Liu's house for a long time. Lao Liang went out three times, the first time 200, the second time 500, and the third time 800. The first two times Grandma Liu did not move, and the third time Grandma Liu put the money into a triangular pocket. Then he said to Lao Liang, Old Liang, I have never seen you like this, and I have not yet confessed to the truth when I do things. But as far as this matter you said, it is not worth 1500, you must have something that you did not point out, but I did not ask much, I completed the things you explained and pulled down, and what consequences occurred had nothing to do with me. Old Liang said, Grandma Liu, if you say that there will be any consequences, you can rest assured, as long as Gao Dacheng goes to you to calculate, you will tell him as I say. It's done, Grandma Liu, I'll waive your electricity bill for one year, it's interesting enough.
Chinese New Year's Eve, Lao Liang carried two pounds of pork head meat, two pig ears, a box of canned fish, a pound of spiced peanuts and rice, and five pounds of small roast into the home of the five single sticks. The five were lying on the kang, screaming with hunger, and when they saw Lao Liang come in with wine and meat, they looked puzzled.
Lao Liang said, those five brothers, the big New Year's Day, you don't have a New Year's atmosphere. My family's mouth led the child back to the mother's house, I can't go back on duty, also an old brother, come, let's drink some. After three rounds of wine, the more the two people talked, the closer they got, the five said, Brother Liang, we real people don't tell lies, eat people's mouths short, you say, what is the matter with me today? Old Liang said, those five brothers, cheerful, your brother and I let Gao Dacheng be bullied by that king and bastard. Lao Liang told the five about opening a grain store, and the five said, this is tall, it is really not a thing, and the money under that day can still be earned by himself! Lao Liang said, yes, this breath brother can't swallow. Brother looking for you, not embarrassed by you, I heard that Gao Dacheng will take his wife and children to Lotus Island for a tour in two days. You, just follow them on the boat, after 10 minutes of the boat, you will find a stubble to fight with him, take a knife to scare and frighten him, force him to the side of the boat, let him call Grandpa, let him jump down, scare him to death, of course, he will not be stupid enough to really jump down, I want to see him ugly in public. Almost, you ended, did it back, brother gave you 1,000 yuan, you also go out to have a good time, how? Those five said, just this thing, wrapped in brothers, barefoot is not afraid to wear shoes, big deal I beat him, you are at home to listen well!
Hearing the news of the overturning of the boat, Lao Liang felt a chill in his back, and even said that he did not expect it, did not expect it, fortunately, people rescued him. Later, every year, Lao Liang had to go to Lotus Island, there was a temple on the island, and every time he went, Lao Liang secretly stuffed a thousand yuan into the merit box.