When the second of February came, everyone was really starting to get anxious. Because this day is the folk Green Dragon Festival, which is known as the dragon raising its head.

Today was supposed to be a rainy day, but looking at the thief God, it was still a cloudless day. This made Liang Chuan, a person who was full of smog, a rare good weather, but this weather worried all the croppers, because it still didn't rain on this day.

On February 2, the new rain was sunny, and the grass sprouts were born for a while. Bai Juyi's February 2nd is the first day of new rain, and folk legend says that it will rain today, which is a beautiful legend.

The dragon girl of the Dragon Palace was affected by a poor boy by the sea, this young man's flute played quite well, and he played it on the beach every day, and even the three princesses of the Sea Dragon King were fascinated by the flute. The third lord secretly went ashore to have a private meeting with this dick, but the matter was revealed, and the third princess was locked up by the dragon lord. The dragon girl has been locked up in the sea for too long, and there is no hope of meeting. It was easy to start crying, who knew that the eyes of the third princess turned out to be sea springs, and from the second day of February, the water of the East China Sea was sprinkled to the world, and the rain did not stop.

Today, there is no one under the camphor tree, and today every household has to carry out the great cause of 'insect repellent'. After the dragon raised its head, hundreds of insects began to move, and snakes, scorpions, insects and ants began to move. Most of the houses in ancient times were civil structures, and even many of them were built up of lumps, which were easily parasitized by these insects and ants. If you accidentally get into your home and take a sting, you will have to stay in bed for a few days, or you may be life-threatening.

Today I want to sacrifice the land lord again, and the land artist of the new house bought a piece of pork and a chicken, and then picked a big grass carp in the water tank, slaughtered it and made three animals to worship the land. Some people's families have basically eaten the good wine and food they bought during the Spring Festival, and they have to buy it again today.

After worshipping the land, the artist cut a piece of red paper into the shape of scissors and pasted it on the walls, doors and windows. Li Erhua made the shape of a rooster out of cotton and hung it in the room, all of which wanted to use the pictogram to drive away snakes and scare insects and ants.

In Liang Chuan's view, these childish behaviors certainly cannot play a role in repelling insects, but he does not break them, and psychological comfort can sometimes play a more effective role than verbal persuasion.

After doing these forms of deworming work, it takes a little real effort.

Yi Niang picked some cranberries, put them in the pot and boiled, and the water in the pot boiled and turned into a potion. The basin followed these potions and sprinkled them in every room, Liang Chuan asked what this said, Yi Niang shook her head, she didn't understand, but this is the method of 'banning insects' that has been passed down from generation to generation. Liang Chuan picked up the cranberry in the pot and looked at it, this seems to be kohlrabi, can this repel insects.

The bedding on the bed should be taken out and shaken, and the bed board should be disassembled to bask in the sun. There is no sun all winter, so if you are exposed to the sun now, you can kill mites and fleas on the mattress.

In addition to the method of drying the bedding in the sun, in Liang Chuan's opinion, it is more reliable, and it is unbelievable what other methods to drive away insects, Liang Chuan just smiled and stood by and watched.

As a result, looking at it, something happened that made him furious. In the main hall of the He family's ancestral hall, many of the floor tiles have been broken, but they are just covered on the floor, and they can be lifted with one hand. After Yi Niang sprinkled the cranberry water, a huge centipede came out of the floor tiles!

Liang Chuan has seen people with strong winds and waves, but he has never seen such a powerful big worm! The centipede opened its teeth and claws, every foot moved, its body was swarthy, as if it could be used as a mirror, and many places on its head and feet were already red, reflecting a chilling luster. This giant centipede may be as long as Liang Chuan's palm, but Yi Niang fortunately didn't see it, otherwise the scream would definitely knock the roof over!

Liang Chuan's eyes were quick, his body flashed into the kitchen, picked up a pair of chopsticks, and immediately ran back to the hall. As soon as he thought that he had lived with such a big guy for so long, Liang Chuan's cold hair immediately stood up, where can you still let you run, there is such a big bomb hidden by his side, don't think about sleeping in the future.

The red-headed big centipede was sprinkled by Yi Niang's forbidden insect potion, a little annoyed, waving a few pairs of big hooks and looking for someone to prepare to vent, when he saw Liang Chuan coming, he went straight to Liang Chuan!

Seeing such a big insect coming towards him, Liang Chuan was estimated to be going to get chili water to spray it to death, and he didn't dare to borrow his courage from a close fight. But now it's different, since I practiced the axe every day, my own power control on the hand has become more accurate, and I can point wherever I want with the end of the axe handle in my hand, and there will be no mistakes, and now I have changed to chopsticks, which is easier to use.

The chopsticks clamped the body of the red-headed centipede steadily, Liang Chuan lifted it up, put it in front of him and looked at it carefully, the more he looked at it, the more hideous it became. The centipede twisted its body excitedly, trying in vain to break free from Liang Chuan's chopsticks, how dare Liang Chuan let it run, holding this big guy, like a wind under his feet, he quickly ran out of the ancestral hall and went straight to He Baozheng's house.

He Baozheng was holding a pot of incense in his hand and smoking it everywhere in the house, this choking smell of smoke was unbearable even for people, let alone the insects and ants in the cracks of these walls.

He Baozheng was startled when he saw Liang Chuan rushing towards him like a life, and was about to ask him what happened, could it be that he would have today when he saw him looking so flustered. When I looked closely, I saw that Liang Chuan was holding a big guy in his hand! The big centipede was not dead yet, and was twisting vigorously in Liang Chuan's hands.

"You hurry up and stay away from me, this thing is not a joke, if you are stung by it, your life will be gone, San Lang, you are crazy!" He Baozheng almost roared at Liang Chuan.

"Don't roar, your ears are about to be deaf by you, quick, take out those sorghum wines brewed at home, put this in a bubble, this is a big supplement!"

He Baozheng's seven orifices were almost smoking, and he roared: "Live centipede, who told you that you can soak in wine, you are not afraid of drinking to death, I am afraid!" ”

Liang Chuan immediately stopped when he heard this, and said with a wry smile: "I don't understand this, I thought that the medicine and wine thing was just throwing things into the wine, hehe. ”

He Baozheng said: "You have to find a bamboo piece of this centipede to dry it straight, and then find a snake and add some blood vines, so that you can make medicinal wine and throw it directly into the wine, which is a waste of wine!" "This kid is whatever he thinks, it's all nonsense.

Liang Chuan touched the back of his head, walked back with a sudden realization, and muttered to the centipede: "Brother, it's a pity that you have been practicing for a hundred years, if you hadn't met my uncle, I guess you would have been able to cross the catastrophe if you were given a thunderbolt, but unfortunately your luck was a little worse, and you should be careful next time you are reincarnated." ”

Liang Chuan's hand was forced, the chopsticks were clamped, and the big centipede couldn't do it when it kicked it, and then Liang Chuan tossed it for a while, and finally went to the west to see the Buddha. Liang Chuan cut a bamboo strip and inserted it into the centipede's body, straightened it and placed it on the stones in the yard to prepare it to dry.

Yi Niang didn't know that there was such a big centipede in the ancestral hall, and she hid in the kitchen after cleaning inside and out. The kitchen is second only to the bedroom, and poisonous insects are afraid of oil smoke, so people in this era will eat a kind of green onion cake called "pulling dragon scales" on this day, and the noodles they eat are called "picking dragon tails", and if they are dumplings, they are called "dragon pearls".

Yi Niang put the millet in water and soaked it for a long time, and when the millet became soft, she pounded it into a paste with a stone. The surface of the pot is coated with a layer of oil, and the millet paste is poured into the pot with a spoon, and the rice lake is evenly spread with a trowel. The thickness of rice cereal is very thin, the same as paper, under the heat of the pan, it can be fried in a while, sprinkled with some green onion or meat and egg filling, crispy and sweet, delicious and delicious.

As soon as Yi Niang's scallion cake came out of the pot, Liang Chuan couldn't wait to take one and bring it to his mouth to eat. The faint scent of green onions and the rich smell of sesame oil, as well as the faint smell of minced meat, make people appetize. The temperature of the green onion cake was very high, and Liang Chuan was so hot that he took turns coiling this green onion cake with both hands. I blew a few breaths vigorously, blew down the temperature, and then took a bite of it, the rice was fragrant, and it was not greasy, it was really a unique flavor!

Yi Niang spread out several green onion cakes, put them in a bowl, and told Liang Chuan to take them out for everyone to taste. Yang Xiu and the others were also busy cleaning their house, and they were already hungry, so they took a piece of green onion cake and slowly nibbled it.

Liang Chuan also sent a cake to He Baozheng. He Baozheng saw that Liang Chuan was coming again, so he happened to say to Liang Chuan: "San Lang, do you still have carp in that tank, borrow me one first, and I'll send it to my daughter." ”

"What kind of name is this?"

"The daughter-in-law of February 2 wants to go back to her mother-in-law's house, and her mother's family had better prepare a carp as a gift, and after living in the spring, it's time to go home, although my daughter has been living in their father-in-law's house in the first month, but it just so happens that you have a carp here, I will send it to her, and ask for good luck." He Baozheng licked his face, making Liang Chuan embarrassed to refuse, anyway, it was just a fish.

Liang Chuan is not a stingy person, although it costs a lot of money to buy a fish in the market, but it doesn't matter to him, now he is not poor enough to sell fish, why not be happy to go along with the water?

When Liang Chuan came back after delivering the cakes, Yi Niang set up a chair in the courtyard, held a pair of scissors in her hand, looked at Liang Chuan with a smile, and said, "Third brother, sit down, I'll cut your hair." ”

February 2 is the festival of shaving the head, the folk call it 'shaving the dragon's head', cutting off the excess long hair, turning the hair upside down, this is the dragon raising its head. You can't cut your hair during the first month, and as soon as the first month comes, people have to trim their hair on this auspicious day when the dragon raises its head.

It is said to be trimmed, in fact, it is to comb the ends of the frizzy hair, which of the men and women is not a long hair, and they do heavy physical work every day, and they can choke to death if they don't pour the smell!