Winter has come to an end unconsciously, and the footsteps of spring have quietly arrived.

In the cold winter, after the end of the defensive battle and the completion of the suspended rope bridge project, the protagonist and his legions have reduced the number of outings. But even in the nest**, keen ants can sense the climate changing.

As time goes on, the frequency of snow becomes less and less, the thickness of the snow layer on the ground decreases, and the temperature becomes warmer. All these indicate that spring is not far away, and the cold winter is about to become a thing of the past.

The main character cats are in the warm nest of "Waterfront City", where there is plenty of food and fuel, and the temperature is very pleasant. But he is still looking forward to the arrival of spring, only in spring, can he go outside to the free world activities, can continue his struggle in this world, can he suppress the loneliness that lingers all winter.

What is the solar term now? The protagonist who does not have an almanac has no way to judge, he can only roughly estimate that it is probably past the beginning of spring now, so there is a feeling that spring is approaching.

But it is not yet time to sting, because the ants have not yet begun to prepare for the nest, so the other insects should not have finished hibernation, and the eggs have not begun to hatch.

The period between the beginning of spring and the sting is the solar term of the rain, and if it is the time around the time of the rain, it is the first month. Then, the Spring Festival has already passed without the protagonist's knowledge.

The protagonist doesn't regret that he didn't have the Spring Festival, although he wants to live like a human and tries to make the ants change, but that doesn't mean he wants to spend the Spring Festival.

It was even more sad to celebrate the New Year alone, and even if he ordered the ants to celebrate together, the ants would not understand the meaning. There is no Spring Festival Gala, no fireworks, and no Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and the protagonist doesn't know when he crossed Chinese New Year's Eve.

Now, according to the season, it's the second year since the protagonist crossed.

Soon after, one day, two days or three days, a misty light rain fell in the sky.

The rain was not heavy, and it wet the ground, but the meaning was different, it was the first precipitation, not snow.

In the middle of the first month, the sky is full of water. The beginning of spring belongs to wood, but those who give birth to wood must also water, so the rain that follows spring is born. And when the east wind thaws, it disperses and becomes rain. The east wind thaws, disperses into rain, and before and after the rain solar term, everything begins to sprout, which marks the official arrival of spring.

With this light rain, the snow on the land is melting faster, and the soil is full of water from the melting snow, and both plants and animals are provided with valuable water that they did not have in the dry winter.

The solar term after the rain is a sting.

In the February Festival, everything is shocked, and the earthquake is thunder, so it is said that it is a stinging insect that is frightened and runs away. When the sting comes, the insects that are dormant in the soil in winter will be awakened by the spring thunder in the sky. At that time, the earth will be full of life again.

Therefore, when the sting is frightened, the stinging insects wake up, the weather becomes warmer, and there is gradually spring thunder. Plants also began to bloom and bud, and in ancient times, they were divided into three phases: one was the beginning of the peach; Erhoucang Geng Huangli) chirps; Three migratory eagles turned into doves. The flowers represented by the three waits are one peach blossom, two apricot blossoms, and three roses.

This day is also what the ants are looking forward to the most. Before and after the sting, as the climate warms, the ants can finally go out of the nest.

There are still more than ten days between the rain and the sting, and the protagonist will come to a short distance outside the nest almost every day to observe the changes in spring.

On the south bank of the Great River, not far from the "Waterfront City", a bare hanging branch of a shrub began to sprout yellow buds. After a few days, the buds bloom, highlighting the showy stamens. The protagonist seems to be able to smell the faint fragrance wafting from there, this is a plum tree, and it is also the first plant to bloom in spring.

After a while, the humidity in the air increased significantly. The moss on the ground began to bloom green, and the clumps were full of spores.

The protagonist who comes to the wild can smell the smiling aroma of the deep mountains from a distance, a large area of deep mountains smiling, blooming like crazy, full of flowers on the branches, drunk like a fragrance.

The magnolia flower is still in the middle of the desire to bloom, now is the time when the buds are as beautiful as the lampholder, although the flowering period is long, but once the magnolia fails, it is unbearable to fall to the ground with large petals.

Peach blossoms, pear blossoms, begonias, cherry blossoms, and apricot blossoms are the ones that the protagonist has always been unable to tell and look alike, but as long as they bear fruit, the protagonist must be the first to taste them. Thinking of those juicy and sweet fruits, the protagonist who has eaten the seeds of dried meat and grass for a winter is already in his mouth.

The flowers of the purple-leaved plum seem to have erupted overnight, and the small petals are pitiful and beautiful. After another night rain, the leaves are full and the flowers are all over the place.

This season, there are so many wild plants that the protagonist takes advantage of the good weather to come to the ground. Although the land was muddy, he did not dare to walk around, but everywhere he passed, wild peas (small nest vegetables), chrysanthemum brains, grass heads, artemisia seeds, wolfberry heads, and maran heads were everywhere. The protagonist picks a little bit back at random, as an addition to the porridge and soup, and also adds some flavor to the food Zhongchun.

The protagonist picks back too few wild vegetables to be eaten by all the ants in the "Waterfront City". But the ants also immediately ushered in a food carnival.

The day before and after the sting is the "Spring Festival" and "Chinese New Year's Eve" for the ants.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, hungry and frozen ants will let go of their bellies and eat a full meal, no longer caring about the nest's food stock, what to eat, until they can't eat or the food is at the bottom. This is the ants' Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

The next day, during the Spring Festival, the ants will rush to the wild to search for food for the new year, so as to fill the empty granary after the winter has passed.

On "Chinese New Year's Eve", the ants of "Waterfront City" feasted. Even though this year, the entire nest has a lot of food from the protagonists, so the ants don't have to survive the winter half-starved as in previous years, so many of them die this season.

However, the ants still have a strict quota for food, and the dried meat can only be eaten for three days, and the honeydew is only reserved for the kings to enjoy.

But on Chinese New Year's Eve, even the lowest-ranking worker ants can eat dried meat. Although honeydew does not have their share, the hot soup made from dried meat and grass seeds is also a good drink, grass seed porridge is still a staple food, and many dried fruits that have been treasured for a long time are moldy, but the sugar rich in them still makes everyone flock to them, and it also brings a rare sense of pleasure to the ants.

This night, everyone was trying to eat, and their stomachs were like a bottomless pit. There is no entertainment and no other activities.

This is the ants' "Chinese New Year's Eve", symbolizing the end of last year and the beginning of a new spring.