Chapter 25: Happy New Year
In the following days, every day, Lan Ye stayed at home with his parents and grandmother. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
In addition, meditation cultivation at night and demonic martial arts training necessary during the day are still indispensable.
The days passed quickly, and today was the Chinese New Year's Eve of the Shenlan tribe.
From ancient times to the present, Chinese New Year's Eve is the most important day of the year in the Shen Lan tribe, the last day of the year in the Shen Lan calendar, and is also known as the "Chinese New Year's Eve".
On the evening of Chinese New Year's Eve, the whole family reunites for a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, there is also the custom of staying up on Chinese New Year's Eve and giving out money to pressure the New Year, which means that the last day of the previous year on the Shen Lan calendar is observed to the first day of the next year.
Today, on Chinese New Year's Eve, Lan Ye's parents no longer go to the tribe to do business.
I got up early in the morning, and the family began to clean inside and out.
Before the Chinese New Year, the whole family mobilized to clean up and welcome the arrival of the new year.
And Lan Ye also followed behind her grandmother, pretending to wipe the glass window.
There is such a custom in the Shenlan tribe, fortunately busy for a year, in the Chinese New Year's Eve, no matter what, you must have a good rest for a day, nourish your spirit, and prepare for the coming year.
After cleaning the house, I followed my father's blueprint to go out and go to the street to buy New Year's goods and firecrackers.
Speaking of the New Year, in addition to the big and thick red envelope, what makes Lan Ye the happiest is the firecrackers.
Every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, he pesters his parents to buy firecrackers.
Then I ran around with a large group of little babies, setting off firecrackers and playing games in the streets and alleys.
It is not until the afternoon that the adults of each family will successively greet their children home, and the ritual customs that have remained unchanged for thousands of years on Chinese New Year's Eve begin.
The first is to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. On Chinese New Year's Eve, it is generally necessary to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner an hour earlier than usual.
According to the customs of the Shenlan people, a few dishes that must be eaten every year are indispensable.
Today, he is still the chef of Blueprint Bo, and before Lan Ye returned home, he found a table full of delicious food.
The big carp represents a surplus every year.
Rice cake means high every year.
Lotus root means that the road is open.
Bean sprouts mean good luck in the coming year.
The reunion fruit pinched by my grandmother symbolizes the reunion of the family.
Every time the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Blue Leaf can also make an exception to drink a little home-brewed grain wine.
The alcohol content is very low, just like ordinary low-alcohol beer.
After eating the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, it is time for the elders to give out red envelopes, and every year Blue Leaf can get a big and thick New Year's money from his grandmother and father.
This year happened to be his tenth year old, and his family wrapped a big red envelope for Blue Leaf, which was as much as a gold coin!
You must know that in the past, his red envelopes were counted in silver coins.
After sending out the red envelope, the next thing is to let go of the door cannon, and unlike in the past, this year's cannon battle was lit by blue leaves.
Holding the incense he had lit by his father, he cautiously approached the cannon and lit the fuse, then turned around and ran back to his parents.
Twenty-four cannons, looking at the fireworks that exploded in mid-air, Blueprint Bo suddenly said to his wife Mu Yifang: "Our son has grown up, so we don't have to worry about it as much as before in the future." ā
The family gathered around in the small courtyard, "Xiao Yezi, now that you are ten years old and about to grow up, I want to hear what plans and arrangements you have for the future?"
Blueprint Bo asked quietly looking at his son.
Looking at his parents' expectant eyes, Lan Ye Xiao sorted out his thoughts and replied, "With the current situation, I still decided to focus on cultivation. Although I am already at level nine, there is still a long way to go from the intermediate demon martial artist, and in the new semester, I must successfully break through the tenth level and become a real one-star demon martial artist before the alliance intermediate demon martial arts competition. ā
"The Intermediate Demon Martial Arts Competition is important, but this time you are the venue for the competition as a substitute. Your uncle and I both agree that this competition should not put too much pressure on you, and the main competition is still for the official team members to complete, and all you have to do is to learn and observe. Earnestly study their composure and steadiness in the face of the ring. Its own strength is one thing, and how to better play to the extreme is also extremely important. If you don't know how to play it, it's a pity and a failure. Moreover, you are the golden generation of our tribe, and we don't want to let the enemy discover your true strength too soon. ā
"As for the affairs of the four major families, I have not told you in detail in the past, but now that you have grown up and their heirs have also appeared by your side, I think it is necessary to explain it to you now. ā
Blueprint Bo took a sip of tea and continued, "First of all, it's your little girlfriend Hu Yue's family. The Hu family has always had a close relationship with our Lan family. The Hu family is famous for the bright dragon and phoenix hammer, so there will be two patriarchs in each generation, a man and a woman, who are two brothers and sisters. After my investigation, your Hu Yue also has an elder brother named Hu Yang, who is also in your Intermediate Demon Martial Arts Academy, and is also the captain of the official team of this Intermediate Demon Martial Arts Competition. It's just that I wonder now, their family hasn't been in touch with us for so long. ā
"Mu's relationship with us is not bad. And the Mu family has always been very low-key and modest. What they are best at is the Mu Clan's swordsmanship. And what about the Chi Clan, which is famous for its extreme magic, just like that classmate of yours, Chixiao, is the ultimate earth system. And their world-famous patriarch Crimson Dragon back then was extremely windy. Ever since the Anti-Yellow War made enemies with our Lan clan, they have always been at odds with us, and now they are the real top priority!"
"During the Anti-Yellow War, why did the Chi clan make an enmity with our Lan clan?"
Lan Ye asked curiously, "I remember that my grandfather once mentioned the person of Crimson Brown, saying that he was a lackey of the Crimson Tribe?"
"Listen to my explanation. Originally, the 'Anti-Yellow Alliance' of our four major families had a remarkable record, and they almost drove the entire army of the Red and Yellow tribes out of our Shen Lan Alliance, and at that time, our 'Anti-Yellow Alliance' was divided. I remember that day, it was our major counterattack against the Red Yellow Tribe, and all the elites of the four major families appeared on the battlefield. ā
"Just when the war entered the daylight, under the leadership of the patriarch of the Chi clan at that time, the entire Chi clan army suddenly turned its guns and merged with the Chihuang army to counterattack our other three tribes. Suddenly, we were caught off guard. After the next few major battles, the three major families were defeated in succession, and the Hu and Mu clans suffered extremely heavy casualties. Your great-grandfather and grandfather also died heroically in those battles under the siege of the masters of the Red and Yellow Tribe. And your grandfather was also seriously injured at the time. Because of the young age of our eight brothers and sisters, in order to protect the entire Lan family, your grandfather had to announce that the Lan family was temporarily separated from the 'Anti-Yellow Alliance'. ā
"Don't the other families have any objections to this?"
Regarding Grandpa's decision, Blue Leaf doesn't seem to fully agree.
Of course, the Hu clan and the Mu clan were strongly opposed at first, but you must know that the damage to their two families in that battle was also very huge, and they were all helpless to leave the battlefield one after another. With the betrayal of the Chi clan, the other three major families retreated, and soon the Crimson tribe occupied almost the entire Shen Lan tribe. And at this moment, a legendary figure appeared, and that person was the legendary 'Wind Demon'. I remember that he did everything possible to find your grandfather and heal his injuries. Then the two of them infiltrated the main camp of the Red Yellow Army. In that war, the sky was dark, and nearly a thousand cultivators in the Red Yellow Army fell under the big sword of your grandfather and the 'Wind Demon'. This also became the most important turning point in the eight-year war against the Yellow River, and since then the Red Yellow Army has collapsed. ā
"Dad, what I saw in the history books in the past, the one mentioned in the sneak attack battle was only the 'Wind Demon', but I didn't expect that my grandfather was also involved. ā
"That's because your grandfather regretted his reckless decision afterwards and insisted on breaking away from the 'Anti-Yellow Alliance'. asked the descendants to erase the information that he also participated in the sneak attack battle. So much so that most people now think that the 'Wind Demon' alone has slaughtered nearly a thousand Crimson cultivators. ā
"Well, what about the outcome of the war?"
"The result, of course, is that our Ashen Blue Tribe has won. Since that sneak attack, the Hu clan and the Mu clan have also sent large armies to support. Even the Chi clan, who had betrayed before, also made a high-profile statement that it was originally because they had strayed into the tricks of the gangsters, and because the Chihuang tribe had imprisoned the biological grandson of their great patriarch Chi Honglong, they had to betray Shen Lan and the 'Anti-Yellow Alliance' according to the enemy's plan. ā
"Is that how people believe their words?"
Lan Ye exclaimed in surprise.
"First, it is because in the rest of the war, the Chi clan not only went all out and sent all the cultivators of the family to live and die with the tribe, but also sacrificed a lot of clansmen. Second, after the Chihuang tribe announced its surrender and lost the war, the Chi, Mu and Hu clans made a series of statements to express their retreat. In order to quickly eliminate the effects of the war on the tribe, everyone began to get busy, and no one cared about the truth of the incident again. Since then, we have not been in touch with the three families. I don't know how they will be seen now, and I don't know when the meeting with their patriarch will take place......"
After saying this, Blueprint Bo fell completely silent, looking into the distance in a daze.
And Lan Ye could only stand silently by his side.
It wasn't until the neighbors began to set off firecrackers to welcome the New Year that Blueprint Bo came to his senses.
"Happy New Year, little leaf! Go back to your room and rest early, you don't have to meditate tonight. Get a good night's sleep and let's continue to work hard together in the new year!"
With that, Lan Ye returned to his room, and was just about to lie down, but after thinking about it, he got up to meditate.
After listening to his father's words, he suddenly found that his future road was getting more and more bumpy.
For the sake of the tribe and our family, keep cultivating, and you can't work hard if you don't want to!
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