The two Han families had an especially lively New Year, the children went wild.
It started with setting off firecrackers and later developed into setting wildfires, burning all the dead grass along the river, on the riverbanks, and in the ditches, leaving large fields of black ashes near the riverbanks. Such joy could only be found in the countryside; if it happened in the city, who knows how many people would call 119.
Old Han, Master Han, Old Zhang, and their in-laws were drinking, chatting, and playing mahjong, while Director Xiang, Mrs. Han, and the other ladies were cooking, taking care of the children, and chatting.
But all this had nothing to do with Han Yu. He merely used inspecting the duty schedules of the Bailong Port police office during the New Year as an excuse to go home for the New Year's Eve dinner, and then left for the Dongqi Police Station that same night.
