After eating the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, it is the New Year's Celebration. The leftovers on the table were served off and replaced with a variety of snacks, including autumn pickled plum cakes, newly made pecan tea cakes, fragrant lard residues, fried shrimp dug up in the river, and candied melon seeds and peanuts.

Adults and children are clearly divided into two groups, Mrs. Meng circles a nest of tenant farmers to tell stories, and Chen Yuqing pulls Yang Zixi to play poker together, this poker is what she taught them to play!

Yang Zixi moved a soft couch for him, put a soft pillow on his back, put a quilt on him, and stuffed a hand stove in his arms, the warm heat made the little guy's cheeks rosy again, and his squinted eyes were almost closed.

"I'm not going to sleep tonight." Yang Zixi whispered in his ear and pinched the baby fat little face.

Mrs. Meng had already begun to tell the story of the Nian Beast. The little cubs all crawled over happily to listen. Every year, when the New Year is keep, someone tells them the story of the New Year Beast, but each time the person is different, the story described is different, and they are very interested in knowing what the villain of this year's New Year is like.

Yang Huan also got into the children's pile, she has no interest in playing cards, and prefers to use embroidery to pass the time, but whether it is the little master Yang Zixi or the third girl Chen Yuqing, they are not interested in this, Song Xiujuan, who can talk about the most on weekdays, went back to her home for the New Year, and in desperation, she had to be busy with the embroidery work in her hands, while listening to Mrs. Meng's story.

"Once upon a time, there was a fierce monster that hid deep in the mountains and forests. Those who have seen it call it Nian. The old lady described it vividly. He looks like a lion and has a single horn on his head. It is ferocious by nature and eats human flesh. ”

"It breathes fire!" Yang Huan listened with his ears pricked up. I hooked a double strand on one side, and then inserted a needle into the upper recovery port. She heard Mrs. Meng say that she missed a little, so she picked up a sentence in passing.

This annoyed Mrs. Meng, although she was old, her head was not forgetful at all! "As if you know everything!" When the old lady had finished saying this, she kept her mouth shut and was not ready to go any further. The children all tugged at her like a flattering person, and whispered soft things to her, so the old lady's heart softened again, and then she described: "Every three hundred and sixty-five days, I go to the world to try it. It eats everything it sees, birds, animals, insects, and even people! So people called this terrible night the New Year's Pass. ”

"The year will only come out when it is dark, and it will leave at dawn." Yang Huan hooked a flower, interjected again, and then she immediately shut up. But it was too late.

Mrs. Meng was furious: "I'll talk about it!" I don't need you to remind you! ”

The children were busy coaxing the old lady and asked her to continue: "So we can't sleep all night during the New Year, we have to keep the New Year's pass, and at the end of the second watch, we will go to set off firecrackers, so that the New Year beast will be scared away." A safe and peaceful year to the end, the coming year is happy and healthy. ”

Twilight narrowed her eyes and listened to the old lady's story vaguely. In the haze, he heard an ethereal song in the distance. The song is sad and erratic.

He blinked, trying to concentrate, but the scene in front of him became more and more blurry.

I won't be able to sleep tonight. He remembered Yang Zixi's words. But he couldn't get rid of the sleepiness, and his body seemed to be fluttering lightly in a daze. The surrounding scene also changed suddenly.

The bustling and crowded house turned into an empty, white wilderness. In the dark night sky, paper money fell all over the sky. Accompanied by a mournful and poignant singing, it is more and more creepy.

Twilight stared down at her hands, white jade-like fingers slender and slender, fleshless knuckles and five sunken finger sockets.

He was restored to his prime, no longer the soul that dwelt in the body of a child!

The dark robe was brimmed with gold, and the black scythe in his hand shone with a silvery-white light. The feeling he had not felt for a long time made him tilt his neck comfortably, take a deep breath, and then open his narrow eyes.

Looking into the distance with a cold gaze, a group of centaurs gradually appeared in the direction from which the song came.

The leader is dressed in white, wearing a white hat, holding a card; The other was dressed in black, wearing a black hat and dragging chains. Behind him was a team of hideous imps, floating from the sky of paper money.

"My lord came from afar, and I couldn't greet him, so please ask Haihan for our rudeness." The white-clothed 'man' was the first to float to the front and bowed in salute.

Twilight glanced at him expressionlessly, silent.

Another black-clothed speaker said, "Jizo Bodhisattva instructs us to welcome you to the Netherworld, and asks you to go with us." ”

The narrow eyes became more and more cold, and Zi Dui slightly opened her lips: "You wait for ants, and you dare to force each other?" ”

Black and white impermanence hurriedly bowed down and said: "We don't dare to persecute adults, but adults are not local gods after all, and living in the world for a long time may mess up the fortunes of the world!" ”

"What if I want to stay?" Zidui pursed her lips and said coldly.

The overwhelming sense of oppression made black and white impermanence unable to straighten his waist, and the team of imps behind him was blown into a mess.

"Big ...... Don't think I'm nobody! ”

Before the words fell, Zi Dui raised the sickle slightly and plunged the blade into the ground. The powerful energy wave vibrated away, and the team in front of him was torn to pieces with a hula!

The black and white impermanence figure flashed twice, and gradually faded away. Bai Wuchang finally threw down the sentence and said: "Adults toast and don't eat and drink, don't regret it!" ”

"Ridiculous!" Zi Du snorted coldly, waved his sleeves and flew away, the scene in front of him changed in an instant, and he opened his eyes.

It's still a crowded main house, shouting cards, storytelling, and jokes...... The smell of heat surged through the room, isolating the ice and snow from the outside.

Stretching out two small hands, still with the little paws of the cute nest, Zidui sighed regretfully.

Yang Zixi saw that he was awake, and hurriedly put down the card and walked over, she reached out and touched his forehead, and found that the little guy was sweating slightly.

"But it's too warm? Why don't you go back to the back room, change into dirty clothes, go to bed, and go to bed? ”

"Aren't you going to sleep today?" Twilight asked.

"That's superstition." Yang Zixi smiled and kissed his forehead, "I teased you just now!" If you're really sleepy, go to sleep. You're a kid, there's no need to follow us! ”

Twilight felt the warmth and warmth, and vaguely felt that Fang Cai was just a dream. He showed a rare smile, which instantly stunned Yang Zixi.

"Nope! I'm here to stay. (To be continued......)