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    It seems that my cousin's wish has come true, and this time the lineup of "playing as old men" is stronger than ever.  From the looks of it, my cousin's popularity is indeed very good.

    Although it is a car, its forward speed is very slow.  At the front of the Changlong convoy, there is a three-wheeled battery car, which is full of small fireworks.  The battery car has a special person responsible for placing fireworks on both sides of the road, almost every one meter.  Then, under the clearing of two rows of fireworks and the sound of booming, the "Old Man Picking up Ashes" appeared on the stage in a majestic manner.

    Although my cousin and sister-in-law were dressed up strangely by everyone, they seemed to be in a good mood, smiling and waving to the neighbors on the side of the road.  It felt like a great man parading.

    The slowly moving convoy finally came to our side.  The person in charge of smoking also distributed a pack to each of my father and me.  Originally, as our own family members, we refused to accept it.  However, the smoker said, the big boss (referring to the cousin) doesn't care about your two packs of cigarettes.  So, my father and I reluctantly accepted it.

    In fact, "playing as an old man" is just to entertain others.  But from the looks of it, the cousin and sister-in-law seemed to be happier than the crowd watching, they kept laughing heartily.

    Soon, the cousin saw my father and me.  My sister-in-law obviously felt a little uncomfortable with the blindfold on her eyes, so she lifted the blindfold and shouted to my father and me amidst the noise: "Go and have lunch at noon! Come!"

    Hearing this, I was afraid that my father would answer loudly, so I hurriedly shouted: "Got it!"

    "Go there early!" The sister-in-law reminded loudly again.

    "Got it!" I yelled and made an ok gesture.

    Seeing this, the sister-in-law continued to put on the blindfold, and returned to the one-eyed "old woman picking ashes", and then continued to entertain others and herself.

    From the looks of my cousin and sister-in-law, I can feel that they are enjoying it.

    Amidst the onlookers and laughter of the crowd, the long queue-like convoy gradually went away.  The noise dissipated, and all that was left were the muffled, black, empty fireworks tubes on both sides of the road.

    "This scene is quite spectacular. Before, there has never been such a momentum of 'playing as an old man' when getting married." The father said softly with some emotion.

    "Yes!" I also felt the same way, "I don't know about other places, but in our village, this scale is absolutely unprecedented."

    "Did you notice just now how many cars there are in total?" Father asked with some pride.

    Father's family values ??are very strong, and this grand event of his cousin as a descendant of the same clan is undoubtedly regarded by his father as the glory of the whole family.  The two major events that my father did for his wife (my wife, my father's grandma) can be regarded as the pride of his life because of the unprecedented grand scale.  However, later, with the decline of his father's career and his poor health, his father was no longer able to hold such a grand event.  Influenced by traditional concepts, my father is very face-saving.  My father really wanted to see his descendants revitalize the declining family through their own actions.  The cousin's feat undoubtedly earned enough face for the whole family and greatly satisfied his father's long-unsatisfied vanity.

    As a son, of course I can understand my father's mood at this time, so I replied cooperatively: "Dad, I didn't pay attention to counting just now. But, according to my rough visual inspection, there must be no less than ten cars."

    When the father heard the words, his eyes suddenly lit up, but then they darkened again.  "The ostentation is there, but the cost is probably indispensable."

    I can hear my father's distress.  Cousin is not only his father's half-apprentice, but also his father's nephew. The father's concern for cousin is no less than that of his own children.

    "Dad, it must be indispensable. Look at the densely packed fireworks along the road, and you don't know how much it will cost." I know this is something that cannot be concealed at all, so it is better to tell the truth.

    "It's more than that, how many people are there in the whole village! One pack per person, and it's Yuxi, but this item is estimated to cost tens of thousands." The worry in the father's tone was obvious.

    "Well, it should be." I said with some uncertainty.

    "More than a dozen cars. Each of these cars is a big waste. Think about it, if there is no benefit, then who will come?"

    "Well, it should be. It's just that I'm not very familiar with this kind of thing, and I don't know what kind of compensation these people need?" I asked with some doubts.

    "According to the past practice, as long as it is participating, it is basically one cigarette per person." Father??The tone is a bit dull.

    "What? One per person!" I couldn't help exclaiming, "This, how much does this cost! Just now, I noticed that almost every car was full of people. No, all of them,  Yes, right?" I could feel the tremor in my words.

    "There must be!" my father replied without hesitation, "and, I guess, the reward for driving will be doubled, and there should be additional red envelopes. Anyway, people burn gasoline to drive! As long as there are red envelopes, there should be no  Below three digits."

    Not only my father, but even I feel distressed.  God!  Calculated in this way, how much does my cousin have to spend for this game of "pretending to be an old man who picks up the ashes"!  Although my father didn't say it, I know that as long as I am participating today, my cousin must have a banquet.  Two meals a day is definitely not a small consumption.  According to a conservative estimate, the sum of all the expenses should be no less than one hundred thousand.  For a poor person like me, this number can definitely have an extremely severe psychological impact.

    My father and I returned home with extremely complicated emotions.  Now, I really don't know whether I should be happy and proud of my cousin, or feel sorry for my cousin.  Anyway, the consumption of 100,000 yuan in just such a short period of time is absolutely unbearable for me.

    Since my sister-in-law has already ordered it, my house will naturally not open fire today.  There is no need to cook, and there is not much to do.  Anyway, I'm idle at home, so I might as well go to my cousin's house, maybe I can be of some help.  So, in a short time, we happily went to the banquet as a whole family mobilization.

    Go straight ahead along the two rows of fireworks tubes.  As we got closer, we began to see cars parked on the side of the road one after another.  That scene was like being in a parking lot in a bustling city.  It seems that what I just said is no less than ten vehicles is an underestimation.  This time, I counted carefully, and there were nearly thirty cars of all kinds.  My dear!  It seems that my cousin has quite a few "friends"!  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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