Lao Lao is a folk legend, and the spread of the area is not very wide, especially in recent years, parents' education of children is no longer intimidation-based, no longer at every turn to say "If you are disobedient, the old man will come to carry you away and eat".

But even so, the old man still exists, not to mention the legend of the "Year Beast", almost no one in the country knows it, this is a folk knowledge point that will be popularized on TV every New Year.

"Nian, in fact, is a kind of spirit. "As long as someone believes, it will exist." ”

"Well, even if it exists, I haven't seen it anyway. Li Yi said with a smile.

"That's because someone set off firecrackers," Lao Dao took a sip and continued, "The Nian Beast is afraid of the sound of firecrackers, and the smell of gunpowder has the effect of warding off evil spirits, and the most important thing is that people believe that the New Year Beast will be scared away if they set off firecrackers, so the generation of the New Year Beast is fundamentally eliminated." Alas, it's just that fireworks are banned in the city now, and when the beast comes out one day, it will be troublesome......"

Nowadays, firecrackers are not allowed in the city, polluting the illusion and creating smog.

But even if it is forbidden, it is still in the city, suburbs, and rural areas to have firecrackers for the New Year.

Li Yi also set off firecrackers, just now he put a big one on the welfare home, and the nursing home only bought a small firecracker, after all, the old people are old and can't stand the loud noise. As for the old way, they are afraid of the sound of cannons, but Li Yi doesn't care.

"Okay, it's really going to be a year beast, it's still our job. Li Yi picked up the wine glass and said, "Come on, in order to subdue demons and eliminate demons, let's have a toast." ”

"I said, don't you kid have a little eye, why do you have a toast with you if you don't pour us one?" exclaimed the old man.

Li Yi smiled, hurriedly took a bottle of Moutai, ran to the edge of the flower pond outside the door and poured it, Lao Dao came out and put it away happily, took it in and shared it with the shadow and the old man.

Li Yi touched a glass with Song Yang and Yan Ming, and then opened a deck of playing cards and drank the game.

Before they knew it, it was already more than ten o'clock, and Fang Ting and the others came back, but when they came in, they saw that in addition to Fang Ting and Han Ying, there was one more Zhou Xiaoyan.

"Why are you here too?" Yan Ming said.

"Do you want to take care of it?" Zhou Xiaoyan said, and then she was about to go to Li Yi's side.

But she didn't want Fang Ting to sit next to Li Yi first, and hugged Li Yi's arm generously.

Zhou Xiaoyan was stunned, but Song Yang and Yan Ming laughed maliciously.

Li Yi was also a little confused, is it really because of the Chinese New Year, even Fang Ting can let go?

But in any case, with the company of beautiful women, the wine is even more enjoyable, and before they know it, they have killed one and a half bottles of white wine and two bottles of red wine, which is not old-fashioned, they don't know how many bottles they have drunk.

So Li Yi was already drunk, Yan Ming was still silent, but Song Yang was no longer good, and he had to hold on to the wall to go to the toilet.

"It's not good, haha. Li Yi scoffed.

"Dude, how much money is earned...... Song Yang shouted without looking back, but he went straight to the gate.

"Where are you going, the toilet is over there!" Li Yi shouted.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to aim ......," Song Yang shouted and opened the door.

"Stinky rascal, shameless!" Zhou Xiaoyan scolded.

"Oh no, come out, come out quickly......" Song Yang shouted outside the door.

"Wet your shoes?" Li Yi shouted.

"There's a monster, hurry up!" Song Yang shouted.

Listening to his voice, it didn't look like he was drunk, Li Yi frowned and stood up, but Zhou Xiaoyan ran the fastest - reporters love to watch the excitement.

"Li Yi, Li Yi, hurry up, there are really monsters...... You pull your pants on!" Zhou Xiaoyan exclaimed.

Only then did everyone put away their laughter and sped up their pace and ran out.

Li Yi jumped out of the door to see, Zhou Xiaoyan and Song Yang were all staring at the moon gate leading to the front yard, and Li Yi looked over and saw two small lanterns.

The small orange lantern is not much bigger than a fist.

Suddenly, a cannon sounded in the sky, a firework bloomed, and under the light of the streamers, Li Yi finally saw clearly what kind of small lantern it was, it was clearly a beast!

That's right, it's just a beast, not a monster, because Li Yi recognizes this thing!

This guy's body is very peculiar, the front half of the body is tall and strong, accounting for almost two-thirds of the weight of the body, but the waist is very slender, the back slopes straight down to the back legs, and he looks top-heavy.

The most special thing is the mouth, a mouth with a nose occupies almost half of the face, that is called a long, even the horse face is not exaggerated by it. Coupled with the long fangs, it is really fierce.

That's right, it's just a wild boar!

But to say that it is a wild boar, it is a little different, this guy's fur is not black, but bright red and red, and the strangest thing is that there is a bright red horn on his forehead!

The legendary year beast is a big head and a small body, could it be that the prototype is a wild boar?

Thinking about it, there is also a possibility that the Chinese New Year is winter, and food is scarce on the mountain, so don't wild boars have to go down the mountain to forage for food?

It's just that the legend says that the wild boar is not scary enough, so it added a horn and a red fur?

"Hehe, this is the Year Beast. Li Yi smiled and reassured everyone not to worry.

But the Year Beast on the other side of the Moon Gate suddenly took two steps back, and then rushed suddenly, and the iron fence of the Moon Gate was suddenly knocked away!

Li Yi was suddenly startled, you must know that the moon gate is quite strong, even if you drive to hit it, it is estimated that the car will break first, and the iron gate will not fly out.

But that year, the beast was calm, as if it had just knocked open a layer of papier-mâché windows, and walked in from the moon gate with a sigh, but the moon gate was nearly two meters high, otherwise I was afraid that it would not be able to get into the huge pig's head!

"Damn, it's going to be bad......" Li Yi changed his words, "Old Dao, what do you do with this thing?"

"Are you stupid, let it go!" exclaimed.

Li Yi slapped his head, the legends are all true, and the beast was most afraid of firecrackers that year!

But the problem is that when Li Yi unloaded the New Year's goods, he didn't set off firecrackers in the backyard, except for a few hangings in the front yard, they all went to the welfare home - children like fireworks the most.

What should I do? I can't run to the welfare home to get it? Even if I go, it's too late, not to mention that whoever drives here is drunk driving, even if it runs back and forth, it will take half an hour, who knows how many times I have to die for such a long time? As for buying some nearby? It's past eleven o'clock in the middle of the night on the Chinese New Year's Eve, where are there shops that are open to sell guns?