鞭炮 Firecrackers

手臂夹着钱包的我跟你们讲一声‘恭喜发财，红包拿来！’

I tucked my purse under my arm and said 'Gong Xi Fa Cai, Hong Bao Na Lai! to you

某农历新年，忽然间整个市场都摆卖着红彤彤的鞭炮， 从中国进口的，是好景气的一年吧！家家户户都买一串来烧，阿嬷也想来旺一旺，买来了好几串，午夜十二点一到，‘乒乒碰碰’声响彻云霄，我们这书香之家，竟无一人敢点燃那些鞭炮，不知是哪一个出的馊主意，说把鞭炮包在报纸内然后点燃那报纸，在每个人的大笑声中我们家也响起了热闹的鞭炮声。。。

One Lunar New Year, all of a sudden the whole town was selling bright red firecrackers, imported from China, it was a good year! Every household bought some, Ah Mah wanted to join in the fun and have a prosperous year ahead, we bought several strings, at 12 midnight, 'Ping Ping Pong Pong' sound began, our scholarly family, not even one person who dares to ignite the firecrackers, I did not know who gave such an ‘good’ idea, wrapped the firecrackers in the newspapers and lit the newspapers, in our laughter the firecrackers made a happy and noisy sound . . .