On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhou Junfeng bought a good supply of firecrackers. Zhou Haifeng took his two younger sisters outside to play by throwing them.
Zhou Junfeng, however, declined to play; he was too old to fit in with the pack of little ones.
"Haifeng, take care of Xuehua and Xuemei. Be careful when you’re playing with the firecrackers, and don't get hurt." Zhou Junfeng had suffered a hand injury from a firecracker as a child, an incident that had left his hand and half his arm numb for a long time.
Chapter 25