On New Year's Eve, Yezi's mother prepared a table full of authentic Miao family dishes and invited Zhu Shijun and Xiao Xian for dinner. Although the two families had only known each other for a year, they felt like they had gained an extra relative. During the festive season, Zhu Shijun didn't want Xiao Xian to just have a meal with him with cold dishes and soup, so he accepted Yezi's mother's invitation.
After dinner, it was inevitable that the adults would enjoy drinks, while Xiao Xian ate until her belly was round and felt so full that it seemed to reach her throat just by sitting.
"Xiao Xian, let's go out and set off firecrackers," Yezi made a goofy face at Xiao Xian, holding a few boxes of new-style firecrackers she had never seen before, different from the string of five hundred firecrackers that San Gouzi brought over last New Year.
