The game of power begins with the police officers at the local police station.

Chen Shi didn't notice Chen Xing's evasive gaze: "Brother, you don't need to buy cigarettes for the New Year anymore. Just come here to get them. There are too many; I can't finish them all."

Chen Shi entered his room, which was filled with gifts, which he had asked Zhang Hu to send back in advance.

He took out two packs of good cigarettes and handed them to Chen Xing: "Take these home and smoke."

Chen Xing accepted the cigarette with embarrassment; he hadn't bought any cigarettes for half a month.

"Xiao Shi, Mom and Dad, let's celebrate the New Year in the new house."

Wang Guihua asked, "Is the food ready?"

"Almost done. All the side dishes are ready. You guys go over there, and it'll be stir-fried in no time."

Chen Yanshi lit the incense and candles in the house, closed the door, and went with Chen Xing to the new house to celebrate the New Year.

Upon arriving at the new house, Wang Xiufen was playing with her son Chen Minghui in the living room. When she saw Chen Shi and the others come in, she quickly called out, "Xiao Shi, Mom and Dad, please sit down."

Xiao Mi was delighted to see Chen Shi arrive. She ran over and called out, "Uncle, where's my rocking horse?"

Chen Shi then remembered that he had promised to buy her a rocking horse last time, and said apologetically, "Uncle will buy you one tomorrow."

You can't lie to children.

Chen Shi laughed and said, "Uncle wouldn't lie to Xiaomi Le."

"Come here. Who told you to develop this temper? You always ask everyone for things." Wang Xiufen looked at Chen Shi: "Xiao Shi, don't buy her anything. Her bad temper needs to be taught a lesson."

Xiaomi Le nestled in Chen Shi's arms and whispered in protest, "Uncle promised to buy me a rocking horse last time."

"After all this time, you still remember what I usually ask you to do, and you forget it as soon as you turn around," Wang Xiufen scolded.

Chen Shi ignored Wang Xiufen and held Xiaomi Le, saying, "Uncle will call now, and Auntie will come to pick Uncle up the day after tomorrow. She can bring the rocking horse for Xiaomi Le."

Xiaomi danced with joy.

Chen Shi took out his phone and called Jiang Yiqiu.

"Darling," came Jiang Yiqiu's gentle voice from the phone.

"When you come to pick me up the day after tomorrow, bring a rocking horse. I promised Xiaomi Le that I would buy her a rocking horse, but I forgot about it later."

I don't know if they sell it in Toyama Town.

"Go to the supermarket and see, they should have it."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Shi played with Xiaomi.

Chen Xing started cooking in the kitchen, and Wang Xiufen looked at Chen Yanshi: "Dad, when I went to the market, I saw you bought a box of fireworks and brought them to the new house to set off."

Chen Yanshi was very unhappy. "You've moved, and you want to set off fireworks, but you can't buy them yourself?"

Wang Guihua quickly said, "I'll go get them and put them away. Xiao Shi also brought back two boxes; they were a gift from his girlfriend's family."

Wang Xiufen originally wanted to buy some, but seeing that Chen Yanshi had bought fireworks, she didn't. She decided to just take them and set them off, saving herself over two hundred yuan on fireworks.

Hearing that Chen Shi had brought back two boxes, they didn't care who delivered them or whose door they were placed in; they didn't care whose house they belonged to.

Overjoyed, she said, "Mom, I'll go with you to get them. We'll bring them all over and release them tonight."

Wang Xiufen handed her son over to Chen Yanshi to take care of, and then followed Wang Guihua to get the fireworks.

Chen Yanshi's face was not good. The other two boxes were brought back by Chen Shi. If you want to put them away, you should at least tell Chen Shi first.

Without saying a word, they just grabbed it and put it away. Anyone who didn't know better would think you bought it.

Chen Shi didn't care about any of that. Xiaomi Le took him to see her small room.

Chen Xing quickly prepared twelve dishes, their aroma filling the air, ready for the New Year's Eve dinner.

Chen Yanshi lit candles for the new house, and Wang Xiufen brought over all three boxes of fireworks, opened them all, placed them at the door, and called out, "Xiaoshi, there are two boxes of fireworks that you brought back. You light them."

The sky was darkening; it was getting dark.

Chen Shi glanced at the sky, walked over, and set off fireworks.

Fireworks exploded in the sky, colorful and vibrant. Xiaomi Le, holding her younger brother Chen Minghui's hand, giggled.

Chen Shi brought two bottles of fine wine, poured them for his father Chen Yanshi and Chen Xing, and the three of them drank together.

After downing two glasses of wine, Chen Yanshi's face was flushed, and he started talking more.

"Xiao Shi, now that you're a leader, you should still try to come back more often and interact with the villagers more."

If you do something good for the village, you should publicize it. If you don't, some villagers won't know and will think the road was built by the government and the water was supplied by the government.

Wang Guihua chimed in: "If you do a good deed, don't go around telling everyone. If you do, the nature of the deed changes, and the villagers will feel disgusted."

Everyone knows the answer: the roads and waterways were originally built under the government's supervision, and Xiao Shi is now a government leader, so he can represent the government.

Chen Yanshi retorted, "Then why didn't the government build roads and connect us to running water before? It was Xiao Shi who went to beg for it. If I didn't tell you, many villagers wouldn't even know."

Tonight is the New Year's Eve dinner, and Chen Shi cannot talk about his father. As a leader's family member, he must keep a low profile and not make a fuss.

Changing the subject, he said, "Today is Chinese New Year, we're having our New Year's Eve dinner, let's not talk about this. Dad, I'd like to toast you."

Chen Yanshi picked up his wine glass, a big smile on his face, and clinked it with Chen Shi's.

Chen Yanshi was very happy, but he couldn't hold his liquor. After a few drinks, he got drunk. Chen Shi and Chen Xing helped him to the sofa to sleep.

Wang Xiufen took a blanket and covered Chen Yanshi with it.

Wang Guihua said, "Your dad can't drink alcohol. If he drinks even a little, his face turns red and he becomes very talkative, saying everything he should and shouldn't say."

Xiao Shi, you need to talk to your dad and tell him not to drink outside.

Chen Shi nodded in agreement.

After finishing the New Year's Eve dinner, Chen Shi took out the prepared red envelopes and called out, "Xiaole, bring your younger brother over, your uncle will give you red envelopes."

Xiaomi Le blinked her big, bright eyes and asked, "What is a red envelope?"

"Red envelopes are money; you can use them to buy things."

Xiaomi Le said excitedly, "I want to buy lots and lots of things."

She pulled her younger brother Chen Minghui over, and Chen Shi handed the red envelope to Xiaomi Le: "Xiaole, what should you say when you get this red envelope?"

"Can I buy a kiddie ride with this red envelope?"

Chen Shi shook his head: "No, you should say, 'Thank you, Uncle. We should be sensible children.'"

"Thank you, Xiaomi Le"

"It's not thanking Xiaomi Le, it's thanking Uncle."

"Thank you, Uncle."

Chen Shi handed the red envelope to his little nephew, who could walk but couldn't talk yet, and was just babbling.

As soon as Wang Xiufen took the red envelope from Chen Shi and was about to tear it open, she quickly snatched it back into her hand.

Seeing this, Xiaomi quickly put away the red envelope and refused to give it to Wang Xiufen.

Wang Xiufen exclaimed, "Give the red envelope to Mom, and Mom will take you shopping tomorrow. You can buy whatever you want."

"I can find it myself," Xiaomi Le said, clutching the red envelope tightly in her hand.

"If you're a child, people won't buy anything. Only if your mother goes with you will they buy you something."

Wang Xiufen coaxed and tricked him into giving her the red envelopes. The two red envelopes were quite thick, and Wang Xiufen thought to herself that they should be more than last year's.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Chen Jianyong and Chen Jianhua, the two brothers, came to my house to play.

Later, more villagers came to play, and Chen Xing brought out cards for them to play.

Chen Shi was chatting with the villagers when he got bored, so he went up and played mahjong with a few of them. He felt he had a good run of luck and won a lot of money.

These villagers all had their own agendas; they wanted to get closer to Chen Shi and deliberately set him up at crucial moments.