As soon as Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang came in, they took the lead and ran to the window to lie down and look at it.

Lin Xiuqing smiled at Hong Wenle, and then scolded them, "You can't be so rude, you have to call me uncle."

The two of them immediately stood upright and said hello in unison, "Hello, uncle."

"It's okay, just let them do as they please. I still have sugar and melon seeds on the table..."

"They just came all the way and bought a lot. Their pockets are full and they have eaten enough."

Ye Chengyang said politely: "Thank you, uncle, we just finished our meal and ate a lot of snacks."

Ye Chenghu also nodded.

Hong Wenle smiled, let them do what they wanted, and asked Ye Yaodong to sit down.

"The loan has not been approved yet. I still want to wait until the loan is approved before looking for you."

"I'm also thinking that the loan hasn't been approved yet, otherwise you would definitely tell me. Today happens to be the Lantern Festival, so I took my wife and children out to watch the excitement. I thought there were too many people on the street, so I might as well come and sit here with you.

It’s also clearer from upstairs.”

"Welcome, you can come anytime. In the past few days, I have also inquired about the purchase channels for some machines..."

The two of them chatted about business slowly.

Lin Xiuqing sat and listened for a while, feeling a little bored, and wanted to take a look downstairs. Although the excitement hadn't started yet, it was interesting just to see the crowds of people downstairs.

She stood up quietly so as not to interfere with their men's conversation. She also went to the window to look at the children. They were both lying on it, with their heads poking out. She was worried that they would get too excited and fall down.

"Mom... there are too many people. It turns out there are so many people. Looking down from a high place, they are all people..." Ye Chenghu salivated in excitement.

He was short and couldn't see the front or the back. He only knew that there were many people, but he didn't know how many there were. He thought it was just like going to a normal market.

Finally, when he looked down from the top, he saw that they were all densely packed with people. He was so shocked that he couldn't make a sound just now.

I have never seen so many people in my life...

I haven’t seen as many people in the past 10 years as I do today.

Ye Chengyang is better than him, because he can see wider while sitting on his neck, but it is also limited.

The street was relatively narrow, and he only knew that there were people in front and behind him. He was now at the intersection of the two streets, and there were even more people than before.

"It's so lively, mother, when will the lanterns start? Will it be more lively..."

"Can you come again next year?"

Lin Xiuqing touched her head with one hand, looked at the large red lanterns underneath, and the dark crowd under the lanterns, and said with a smile.

"You haven't seen it this year, so you are thinking about next year? Wait until next year. Your father will have to be free. I can't bring you here by myself."

"Then when does it start?"

"I heard it's 7 o'clock. It's almost here. Please wait a little longer."

"That hasn't started yet, can we go down..."

"No, I just walked downstairs. That's good. If I go down there, I'll just watch people."

"All right."

The two brothers were lying on the window, holding their chins with their hands, looking at the crowd below with relish.

Some of the surrounding residents, as long as they were in buildings, had their heads sticking out of the upstairs windows to watch the excitement.

From where they were now, they couldn't see what the surrounding stalls were selling, but they found it interesting to see so many people walking around. It was so interesting.

Ye Yaodong feels that even if there is no excitement to watch at night, there are so many people who can watch it, and they probably think it is worth it.

Their men chatted about men's things, and their children chatted about children's things, without interfering with each other.

It wasn't until there was a commotion from the crowd below, and Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang cheered excitedly, that they all stood by the window.

"Uncle policeman is here..."

"A lot of police officers came to maintain order..."

"Is it about to start?"

"Wow, everyone has moved out of the way, it's definitely about to start..."

"What time is it?"

Ye Yaodong looked at the time and saw that there were still 20 minutes left. "It's almost time. The Lantern Festival will begin as soon as a road is cleared."

Everyone watched the commotion below with interest.

"Dad, is the traffic policeman the same as the policeman?"

"Yes, he's also a policeman."

"Then I want to be a traffic policeman when I grow up. I can ride a motorcycle and be handsome."

"If you want to be a traffic policeman, you need to get into college. You have to have good grades. It's up to you. If you don't get into college, then..." Delivering food.

You can still ride a motorcycle, you can ride it for longer, there are no academic requirements, and you can earn more.

"Ah... then... let me think about it..."

Hong Wenle smiled and said: "You can send them abroad directly, and you will be an overseas Chinese when you come back."

"Don't tell me, my second uncle's family spent a lot of money to secretly send their two grandsons to work in Japan. After more than half a year, they only got one message saying that it was safe and they had already arranged a job. They couldn't contact anyone else.

.”

It was still the Chinese New Year, and he found out after listening to his second uncle talk about it. It was also the Chinese New Year, and his second uncle got a message from Ye Yaohai.

In the past few months, I had called Ye Yaohai frequently to inquire, but I only received a message that he had arrived safely, and there was no other information.

It would take a few months to sneak across by boat, and then we would settle down and make arrangements for work. It might take less than half a year.

It is impossible to send money back these days. As for the black households, they can only wait a few years to save enough money and find an opportunity to come back. Now it is not much different from losing contact.

But this did not prevent his second uncle's family from being happy and bragging about it.

During the New Year's Day, their relatives didn't hear much about it.

All they say is that the two children are already working to earn money, several thousand a month, and they can easily earn money that we will never earn in our lives...

It's a good idea to send two children abroad. When they come back, they will be overseas Chinese and have seen the world...

Nothing happened yet, but I already felt superior.

When most of their relatives heard what they said, they were very envious, and they all inquired about the channels.

However, after being warned by the village committee, they did not dare to blatantly talk about smuggling.

Lin Xiuqing echoed, "Those two children are only seventeen or eighteen years old now. It's not that convenient to make phone calls at home, let alone abroad. It's better to keep our children close by."

"That's right. If you don't have reliable relatives who can be sent back every year, it's better to have them by your side. There's no hometown in a foreign country. Except for studying abroad. You can apply for a visa and come back openly if you study abroad. If conditions permit, you can still go out and see each other.

It is worldly, and it is also gilded. Comrade Ye Yaodong knows that this has policy tendencies."

Ye Yaodong nodded, "I know, thank you for your kindness. I don't know if these two can study. If they don't know how to study, they might be led astray. It's better to just watch them. They are still young anyway.

Let’s talk about it later.”

"Don't mention it. The Japanese are really prosperous now. It's not a bad idea to go back and make money from them and then come back and spend it."

"Ah...it's started, it's started..."

The crowd below cheered, and the two children by the window cheered as well.

It's not like I just heard the commotion but didn't see anything.

Ye Chenghu asked anxiously: "Why haven't you come yet..."

"Maybe the parade has already started. It's on the main road, so some people are cheering. It will slowly come down later. The whole town will be walked through tonight, and the road back and forth will be walked twice."

"That's great, uncle, do you have anything?"

"You'll know after you read it later. If I tell you now in advance, you won't have anything new in it later."

Ye Chengyang said excitedly: "I heard the music..."

"I heard it too..."

The sound of drumming was getting closer and closer, and everyone craned their necks in anticipation.

The people below were all looking in the same direction. The crowd was surging, and everyone wanted to stand in the front row and watch.

The police officers below spread their hands to stop the people on both sides of the road.

As the sound of gongs and drums came closer and closer, everyone also saw a young man emerging from the end of the road, holding a super big gong in one hand, running and beating to clear the way, and then stopped in a nearby open space.

At the end of the road, two lines of boys and girls, about twelve or thirteen years old, came round the corner, each carrying a lantern of different shapes.

"Ah...the lanterns are here...they are all children..."

"Look good, Dad, can we also go to the parade next year?"

"It shouldn't work, right? This kind of thing should be organized by the government."

Hong Wenle said: "Okay, if you can be rated as an advanced youth this year, I will send the children to carry lanterns during the Lantern Festival next year. It's just a matter of saying hello."
To be continued...