After the Minor New Year, the shops closed, the school went on break, and the children were left to play wildly, after all, during the New Year, adults generally wouldn't get angry.
Although Hei Dou wasn't the oldest, in the entire Budong Village, he was definitely the boss.
Every day, he would lead a group of bigger and smaller kids to play wildly everywhere.
Even Qing Dou and Can Dou didn't go back to the palace; they had long let go of their former elegance, playing with Hei Dou every day until they were dirty as mud monkeys. Yet, their spirits grew more vigorous, and unbelievably, without the many rules of the palace, these two precious kids hadn't fallen ill even once.
On the day of the Minor New Year, someone came from the palace, delivering a lot of rewards, and specially rewarded Third Uncle Grandfather a statue of an old longevity star made of Hotan Jade, because the old man would turn one hundred this year, which was truly a miracle.
