Chapter 153 - 127: Have You Ever Seen a Mountain Village at 4 or 5 AM on the First Day of the Lunar New Year?

Besides the Gatling-gun-style fireworks, whose main selling point was their sheer "firepower," everyone also lit many gentler and more "dazzlingly colorful" ones.

For instance, there was the highly cost-effective "Aerial Ballet," a 0.8-inch, 107-shot, small fan-shaped combination; "Violet," a 1.2-inch, 100-shot firework hailed as the king of value; and others like "Silver Fountain," "Hall Filled with Gold and Jade," "Peacock’s Tail," "Cloud-Piercing Swift," and "Rocket to the Heavens."

One had to admit, "Hall Filled with Gold and Jade" was a fine phrase, found in many places and suitable for naming both people and things. It was all part of the "legacy" left by their ancestors.

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