But halfway through, Uncle Xu stopped me and said mysteriously, "Do you know why you have to keep the New Year?" Why is it called Chinese New Year's Eve? ”

I rubbed my eyes indifferently: "I don't know, but what does this have to do with me?" I'm going to sleep. ”

"That's not going to work." Uncle Xu stopped me and said secretly: "We didn't set off a few fireworks today, I'm afraid something will happen." ”

I gave him a blank look, what's going on? If you don't use it, how can you throw it away, just buy it again.

I nodded absently and yawned a few more: "Well, I know, I know!" If you want to play, we will put it tomorrow, if you don't think it's enough, then it's okay to buy it tomorrow, but tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year, I'm afraid no one on this street is at home for the holiday, and you can buy it again after the New Year, anyway, this thing is indispensable to you. ”

But Uncle Xu stopped me again and said, "Just after the widow arrived in our Zhuangzi, Lan Qi made some more food, right?" ”

I nodded and looked at him strangely, "Yes, don't you know all about that?" Why are you asking me again? ”

"Under the stove, the firewood and ashes are not cleaned, and there are still a lot of meals, right?"

This time it was my turn to wonder, what is this old man crazy tonight, I looked at him strangely, and said impatiently: "Of course, but what does it matter?" Isn't that the same true on weekdays? ”

"Just now, the widow of the king was able to enter the Zhuangzi casually, which means that the door of the Zhuangzi is not closed, right?"

"That's right! Right! Right! "I repeated it several times, what happened to this old man tonight? Isn't it superfluous to always ask something he also knows?

I was patient, forced my eyes open, and said, "Uncle, if you are not satisfied, then go first, close the windows and doors, and then clean up the firewood and ashes, you are satisfied with my idea?" ”

"No, it's too late." Uncle Xu said, looking up at the window.

He seems to have something big going on like this, I was immediately a little nervous, I remember the last time he had this expression, he still saw the appearance of Xiaoyu, if he could pinch the little monster on weekdays, he would never be like this, not only to play in his hand for a long time, but also to talk nonsense for a long time, now she looks like I am even more scared, and hurriedly asked: "What happened?" ”

The old man protected Huzi behind him, put his index finger in front of his lips, made a "shhhh

Suddenly, I saw a dark shadow flash outside the window.

"A thief?" I said.

Uncle Xu shook his head: "It's just been a long time since he was running around, and he didn't say anything for fear of scaring you." ”

"He? Do you know? ”

Uncle Xu nodded and shook his head again, what does this mean, I don't understand.

Huzi was a little sleepy, his eyes drooped, Uncle Xu's hand clicked on his eyes, so Huzi was fluttering and fell down, I was busy hugging her and asked, "Uncle, what is this?" ”

"Put him behind him first." Uncle Xu said.

Then Uncle Xu and I sat on the stool together, he poured me a cup of tea, and said, "Qiu'er, do you know the origin of the New Year's Celebration, and why is tonight called Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve Night?" ”

I shook my head, everything I had was with my husband, I know, my husband never mentioned it to me, and I didn't know it.

"What's so important here?"

Uncle Xu nodded and said to me: "In the past, people were not old, and there was no concept of year, just because of a monster called Xi." ”

"What is Yuki?" I looked at Uncle Xu in wonder, "This thing, it sounds pretty nice to hear." ”

"This is a very ferocious monster, it has very hard antennae on its head, it is tall, it looks terrible, it is very fierce, and it often comes out to harm people."

At first, he took advantage of the night, human beings did not close the door, and just sneaked in, eating firewood and ashes, and then turned into chicken, duck and fish meat, people did not care, but later, his appetite became bigger and bigger, and began to eat people, at first the people in this world did not know, but finally one day, this monster called Xi became more and more bold, he even began to rush into the crowd, pounced on a person's body, and immediately ate his body, only less than a moment of effort, a person immediately disappeared, so people, when people saw this monster, immediately scattered, and ran, but this monster, with long legs and height, people can't outrun him, and the number of people who are eaten by him for a time is countless.

Only when he was tired of eating did he stop, but this monster had to eat dozens of people at a time, and people couldn't, so they could only hide out, but this hiding out was not a way, after all, they had to eat and drink, and if they didn't come out, they would have to starve to death.

But few of the people who came out went back alive, and in desperation, people scattered and fled, living in seclusion in the mountains, some beginning, living on ships, in short, they ran as far as they could, but even so, there were still countless people who were eaten by the night.

After a long time like this, more than half of the people in this world have begun to decrease, and they finally realized that hiding is not a way, but the difference between early death and late death.

So the people united with each other to resist the invasion of the sunset, some smashed them with stones, and some stuck sharpened sticks into the body of the sunset, and even then there were still people buried in the mouth of the sunset, but after all, there were many less.

In the course of countless battles with Yu, people have learned that Xi only appears at the end of each year, and then disappears for the whole year, and no one knows where he went.

With this discovery, people can finally stop running around, but only find a cave at the end of each year, and block the entrance of the cave with a large stone to prevent the night from breaking in.

But at this time, people will be very flustered, are closed windows and lock doors, pack luggage, drive pigs and sheep, in short, there is a panic scene in this world, at that time, the end of this year is called the New Year's Pass, why is it called the New Year's Pass? As long as this hurdle passes, the year will be smooth, and you can look forward to the next year's life.

But one year was different, and suddenly a beautiful little boy came, he had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he was very likeable, and the day he came happened to be the day when people fled.

Everyone was in a panic, no one cared about him, and finally an old man saw that he didn't run, but went into the village, which was a kind reminder, children, run, if you don't run, you will come to eat you!

But when the little boy heard this, he still didn't care, not only didn't he care, but he also comforted the people and said, "You don't have to run." ”

At this time, no one could believe the strange child's words, but he shook his head and left, and the old man persuaded again: "Go quickly, little child!" Everyone has gone to hide in the mountains, and if you don't go west, they will eat you. ”

Instead of leaving, the little boy turned a blind eye to the old man's dissuasion, winked at the old man and said, "Mother-in-law, my name is Nian." ”

At this time, the old man was in the mood to listen to what he was called, urging him to leave quickly.

The little boy continued, "Mother-in-law, will you let me stay at your house for the night? ”

Seeing that the child really didn't listen to the dissuasion, the old man nodded helplessly and said, "Then you lock the door tightly, if you can't find you at night, you may be able to live."

The little boy nodded, and walked casually towards the old man's house.

On the second day, everyone finally escaped the catastrophe and returned home to celebrate each other, but suddenly found that there were some different places, the door of a house was pasted with fiery red paper, and on the ground, there were a lot of firecrackers, and there were still some at this time, crackling.

And this house is the house where the old man lives, and she walked to the front of the house very strangely, and pushed the door and shouted, "Nian, are you there?" ”

The words fell, and the little boy who came out of the room was yesterday, at this time he was still like yesterday, this night, the night did not hurt him at all, the old man was very happy, and folded his hands to thank God for blessing,

The little boy laughed and said, "This monster is afraid of red and sound, so you can do it according to my method in the future." ”

At this time, everyone believed what the little boy said, knelt down and bowed to him, and said gratefully, "Thanks to you." ”

Since then, at the end of each year, everyone will post red paper on the door, and put a lot of cannonballs, and the night has never appeared again, and in order to thank the year for the effort, everyone will see him on the day called the New Year, and because of his appearance, derived a custom, that is, door-to-door visits, also called New Year's greetings.

At first, everyone greeted the New Year because they had just gone to Chinese New Year's Eve, and everyone did not feel safe to spend the night in the room, so the first day of the new year was to walk around each other to see if they were okay, and over time it also became a way to contact relatives and friends, which also made the New Year more flavorful.

The day before the year is also called Chinese New Year's Eve.

I was still sleepy, and I listened to Uncle Xu's eloquent words, and my spirit was much better, so I applauded him: "Uncle, your storytelling level is really good." ”

Who knew that the old man glared at me and said, "This is true, how can it be as if what I said is false." ”

"Really?" I asked rhetorically: "Then my question is, where did Xi go, and where did Nian go?" ”

Uncle Xu looked at the darkness outside the window: "I heard that I ran into the mountains, but then I disappeared~"

I couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "In the mountains, it has nothing to do with us, and Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve, except for the night, how can there be?" ”

In the middle of the night, he made up ghost stories to scare people, and just now I was startled by his string of questions, thinking that something big had happened.

Then, Uncle Xu's faint voice came from my side: "But, Qiu'er, don't forget, we are now on the edge of the back mountain of Pengyang Village. ”

I immediately jumped up: "Don't scare me! ”

"Look outside!" Uncle Xu looked outside meaningfully again.

I just noticed that from the very beginning, he kept looking outside with his eyes, could there really be something outside?