Fireworks were fleeting.
Wang Qian and Li Kun bought a lot of fireworks with their scholarships, but it was still not enough. They put them down one by one, and after all of them had been set off, everyone still felt like they hadn't had enough.
The fireworks were beautiful, but the money was also burning. No amount of money was enough.
They were using the light from the headlights as illumination. If they kept the lights on, the battery might run out of power, and they wouldn't be able to start a fire.
"That's it? That's it? That's it? " Snowy Lionet was disappointed as it looked at the plastic bag containing the fireworks. "I said that stingy, poor men are unreliable!"
“π！ It's all your fault! We all put one stick at a time. Only you put two sticks at a time! "Richard landed on Zhang Zian's shoulder and scolded Pi.
"Eeek." Pi shrunk its neck guiltily. Richard was having a lot of fun just now, holding a fairy stick in each hand and dancing with joy. Richard hated himself for not having two beaks. Otherwise, he could also hold two fairy sticks in his mouth and put them together. He might even be able to draw an S and a B at the same time …
However, it was fortunate that it didn't have two beaks. Just one beak alone would be unbearably noisy.
"Quack! Did you see what I wrote in the sky just now? " Richard felt that it was boring to bully Pi. After all, Pi wouldn't talk back, so it patted Zhang Zian's head with its wings and came over to tease him again.
"I didn't see it." He didn't fall for it and simply answered.
"Quack! Forget it. Let's go back since we're done! I'm going to freeze into an ice sculpture! " Normally, Richard wouldn't stop, but at this time, it was so cold that it couldn't even use its wings properly. It plunged into his hood and quickly wrapped its body with the hood.
Zhang Zian picked up the iron bucket and poured the water inside on the remains of the fireworks to prevent any remaining sparks. He then carried the empty bucket back to the car, and the other elfins followed him.
"Cold … so cold! Turn on the air conditioner! " Fina jumped into the passenger seat and tried to use its claws to open the air conditioner vent, but there was no warm air coming out.
Zhang Zian started the engine. "Wait a few more seconds …"
His eyes were fixed on a white stain with some green on the front windshield, and he stopped mid-sentence.
"Ga!" Richard suddenly had an idea and shouted indignantly, "Which blind bird actually defecated on the Tai Sui's head? Don't let me touch it, or I'll teach it a lesson! "
"Which bird will poop on a car at night?" Zhang Zian asked with a straight face.
"There are a lot! Let me teach you. Owls, night herons, bats, and so on are all birds that move at night … Speaking of which, I think I saw a night heron flying over our heads … That must be it! "Richard shook his head and looked around." Let me think, where did it go … "
It opened its eyes wide and looked around seriously, as if it could really see clearly in the dark. In fact, if it hadn't been for the car's headlights, it wouldn't have dared to take off at night.
However, it was so serious that it subverted its usual bird image. Zhang Zian was sure that the half-dried bird poop was definitely from it!
"First of all, bats are not birds. Secondly, are there night herons in Binhai City? How come I've never seen one before? "he said coldly.
Richard stared at the wilderness at night, its black eyes moving around desperately as it tried to think of an excuse to find a scapegoat. However, its neck was immediately grabbed by Zhang Zian, and before it could react, it was thrown into the tin bucket and then placed upside down in the trunk to accompany Famous.
"Ga ga! You bastard! " Richard knocked on the metal bucket with its beak and said in a muffled voice, "What evidence do you have to prove that I did it? This is illegal imprisonment, do you understand? Where's my bird rights? I'm going to sue you at the United Nations Bird Rights Conference! Then, you'll have to bear the consequences! This is an international incident, a diplomatic dispute, do you understand? "
Zhang Zian ignored its protest, closed the trunk door, and wiped off the bird poop with a wet paper towel. He then sat back in the driver's seat, started the car, and drove back to the city. Fortunately, he didn't use the windshield wipers, so the entire front windshield wouldn't have become frosted glass …
After leaving the police dog nursing home, they played for about an hour, and it was now almost eight o 'clock in the evening. Ning Lan and her classmates should have left the police dog nursing home by now, and they should be home by now.
He turned on the car's air conditioner, and the temperature in the car gradually rose. Fina's complaints gradually subsided.
"With the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze brings warmth to Tu Su …" Old Time Tea looked at the road outside, listening to the sound of firecrackers, and slowly recited.
Zhang Zian laughed, "Grandpa Tea, it's not the liveliest time yet. Wait until 12 o 'clock at night, when the firecrackers and fireworks will peak. In the past, the sound of firecrackers was so loud that you couldn't even hear the sound of TV programs …"
Zhang Zian remembered when he was a child, after eight o 'clock on New Year's Eve, the streets in the city would almost be empty, and they would stay in front of the TV with their families to watch the gala of CCTV or provincial satellite TV. However, with the development of the times, New Year's Eve was not so important anymore. From time to time, there were groups of young people on the road, enjoying the nightlife that was no different from usual.
Zhang Zian parked the car in front of the pet shop, turned off the engine, and got out of the car. He tore off the photocopier paper, opened the shutter door, and let the elfins into the shop. Then he locked the car and closed the shutter door again. He almost forgot about Richard again. He had to go back and bring in the iron bucket, or else Richard would really freeze to death outside.
The doors and windows of the shop had been closed all day. Even without the electric heater, the temperature inside was much warmer than outside.
Fina ran in first, threw two heat pads at Zhang Zian's feet, and gestured for him to put them into the cotton pads on the cat tree.
Pi quickly ran back to the second floor.
Richard, who was released from the iron bucket, flew to a higher place, and kept complaining to Zhang Zian.
Old Time Tea couldn't wait to turn on the TV. It heard that people all over the country were watching the Spring Festival Gala, and it wanted to see what the charm of the Spring Festival Gala was, and experience the modern New Year's Eve.
Famous yawned, and laid down on the edge of the recliner.
Xinghai and its kittens started a new round of hide-and-seek.
Snowy Lionet suddenly remembered the beef filling used in the dumplings in the police dog nursing home, and it grabbed Zhang Zian's pants, asking to try it.
Zhang Zian was so busy. He first put the heat pads on Fina, then went upstairs to the kitchen to boil water for tea. He also took a few pieces of raw beef brisket from the fridge to distract Snowy Lionet, and then stuffed Richard's mouth with nuts. When everything was over, he could stop and take a breath.
He poured a cup of hot tea for Old Time Tea, and one for himself, and carried it to the second floor.
Pi was already sitting in front of the desk, turned on the computer, and was entering the password to enter the author's platform.
Zhang Zian knew that although Pi had a good time today, it was spacing out a lot of times. It must be worried about the results of the novel.
Pi might not be confident, but he was confident. Since this morning, he saw many people mentioning Pi's novel in an envious tone in the online literature section of the Wang Haige Forum, so the results should not be a problem.
"Pi, how is it?" He looked at the time. It had been 20 hours since the novel was published, and the results should not change much.
"Eeek …"
Although Pi opened the platform, it didn't dare to look at it. It pointed at the screen, asking Zhang Zian to help it.
Zhang Zian couldn't help but laugh when he saw it like this. It was just like the time score for the college entrance examination. You wanted to read it to death, but because you were afraid of not reaching your expectations, sometimes you didn't even dare to check it yourself, and had to ask your parents or siblings to check it for you.
"Okay, let me see."
Zhang Zian pulled a chair, sat down, and looked at the screen confidently.
Huh?
When he saw the number of subscribers, his heart skipped a beat, and he almost spilled the tea in his hand. It was as if he had stepped on air when going down the stairs.
What happened?
Why was the result so bad? Only 1,000 people subscribed?
Zhang Zian couldn't figure it out. The result was so bad that it made him doubt his life.
"Eeek?"
Pi probably noticed his surprised expression, and became even more nervous.
However, when Zhang Zian put down the teacup and looked carefully …
"Pi, wait, 1, 2, 3 … 4?"
He counted, and it seemed that there was a zero missing? After the number 1, there were actually four zeros?
What the f * ck!
That's impossible!
Zhang Zian's first reaction was that he saw it wrong, or he counted wrong, or there was something wrong with the website's data. Anyway, it was impossible for there to be four zeros after the number 1.
He rubbed his eyes, looked again, counted again, and refreshed the platform …
It was still four zeros.
Previously, Zhang Zian thought that it would be good enough if Pi's novel had 3,000 subscribers, and that it could enter the hall of quality and be remembered by Qidian forever. But … the real result was shocking!
"Pi, I want to ask you to do something for me, and you must agree."
He looked at Pi with a serious face.
"Eeek?"
Seeing that he was so serious, Pi suddenly had a bad feeling, as if its face was pale from lack of blood pressure.
Zhang Zian took out a blank notebook and a pen from the drawer, and handed them to Pi.
"Pi, you will definitely have a lot of fans in the future, but as your first fan, can you give me an autograph?"
Pi blinked, feeling even more at a loss.
Zhang Zian finally couldn't help but laugh, and pressed Pi's shoulder hard. "Pi, congratulations! Your result is amazing! Ten thousand people subscribed to your book! Ten thousand people! Do you know? Many people may not even meet ten thousand strangers in their entire life! But now, ten thousand strangers are standing together because of your novel! "
Pi turned its head mechanically, and saw the five-digit number on the screen. It was shocked like a wooden statue.
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