Su and Li have been busy with the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Luo Qingyan was not allowed to go in to check, Luo Congwen and others were also bored, simply told Luo Qingyan and Yuyan, Xiangzi and other younger people the story of Chinese New Year's Eve:

Luo Congwen took a sip of tea, and then began the story:

In ancient Chinese folklore, on Chinese New Year's Eve, there was a horned and four-legged, hideous, vicious beast with a fierce nature - Xi, due to the shortage of food due to heavy snow in winter, often went to the nearby villages to find food, because its body is very large, short-tempered, fierce and abnormal, bringing great disasters to the villagers.

It was the first time Luo had heard these legends, "And then? Luo Congwen glanced at Luo lightly, "Then:"

At the end of each month, people tidy up their clothes to help the old and the young, and go to the nearby bamboo forest to take refuge.

This year, while packing up and fleeing, the people of the village came across a child about seven or eight years old who collapsed on the side of the road hungry. A kind old woman woke up the child and asked him to go up the mountain to hide from the evil beast - and the clever child and the old woman followed the people of the village to the bamboo forest behind the village. Due to the cold weather in the bamboo forest in winter, everyone is so cold that they have cut down bamboo to build houses and burn fires to keep warm. The child who was rescued by the old woman asked everyone curiously: Our bamboo forest is so close to the village, aren't we afraid that we will come here at night? An old man replied to him: "When I was young, I came here with my fellow villagers to take refuge, and in the years when the snow was very heavy, I chased him because I was very hungry, but every time I saw the villagers cutting bamboo in this bamboo forest, he hurried away." The child thought for a while and told everyone: "I have a way to get rid of 'Xi' so that everyone does not have to come out and flee every month from now on." Everyone was very happy and asked what to do. This clever child told everyone: cut more bamboo knots and take them with you, and the whole village can go home tonight! It would be nice to hang a red cloth outside the door of your house, and it will not come again until tomorrow after dawn. The villagers listened to the child's words in disbelief, and the old man of the village took them back to their homes.

Soon it was night, and the villagers were afraid that no one would dare to sleep because they were afraid that the "evening" would come, so they went to the open space in the middle of the village to guard some broken bamboo knots brought back from the bamboo forest, except for hanging red cloth strips outside their own doors. In the cold weather, everyone lit a fire to keep warm, and when they were hungry, they brought out some food...... In the middle of the night, a huge roar was heard, and everyone shrank in fear. Then the clever boy suddenly stood up and said, "I'll go and bring him in, and then we will throw into the fire the broken bamboos that we have been keeping watch all night on." ”

Before the kind old woman reached out to pull it, the child had already come to the entrance of the village, and the child saw that Xi was breaking into the village and destroying a lot of things, so he shouted loudly: You come every year, so that the people can't live and work in peace and contentment, today I must give you something powerful! When Xi heard the child's cry, he followed the sound and chased after him, but he didn't dare to enter when he saw that the red cloth was hanging on the walls of the house, so he followed the child's voice and endured the hungry belly to the open space in the middle of the village. Then the child said loudly, "Folks, throw broken bamboo into the fire!" But everyone had already stood there because they were afraid, and at this moment, "Xi" picked up the child with his horn and threw it heavily on the ground. The villagers reacted to the sound of the child falling to the ground and threw bamboo knots into the fire. Since it was not long after felling, the wet bamboo knots burst one after another when they encountered the fire, and they crackled! "Xi" turned around when he heard this sound, and never came to this village again.

In order to commemorate this victory, every winter time in the future, every household will paste red paper couplets on the door, light lanterns, beat gongs and drums, and set off firecrackers; At night, an all-night vigil; The next day, they congratulated each other early in the morning. In this way, it has been passed down from generation to generation, and it has become the "New Year".

"Oh! So that's it! With Yuyan's sigh, Luo Congwen's story was finished, the time was just right, and as soon as the story was finished, Su Shi came over and said, "It's time to eat!" Everyone went to the dining room, "Sure enough, it's Chinese New Year's Eve!" Luo Qingyan said that this traveler who is used to seeing modern food can't help but sigh, these dishes are really hard dishes!

1: There must be fish, there are fish every year! A very beautiful squirrel fish, Luo Qingyan felt very hungry when he saw it! 2: After a large pig's head used in the sacrifice was made by Luo Qingyan's marinated method, the fat child is not greasy, 3: The plate duck made of the duck fed by himself, 4 A large pot of cold chicken, looking at the bright color is very delicious, 5: The indispensable braised pork, that is a must-have for every family, families who are not wealthy at home, are all waiting for this hard dish at the end of the year to satisfy their hunger, although the life of the Luo family has been much better, but the Liu family Su still wants to make this dish, 6: The legendary white jade jade soup, that is, cabbage tofu soup, They are all big fish and meat, and naturally they also need some light, 7 fish-flavored shredded meat, these dishes are all different flavors brought by Luo Qingyan. 8) Stir-fried ham with green peppers. That's really fragrant, it can't be more fragrant. 9: Not salty and not light salted eggs, 9 dishes, the legendary nine bowls, full, a table is full, Luo Qingyan doesn't know the allusion, but Luo Qingyan just knows a little, the dishes at this time can only be odd, absolutely not even, because even numbers are unlucky.

"Happy New Year!" As the patriarch of the Luo family, Luo Congwen is definitely going to do this first glass of wine, "Happy New Year," everyone raised their glasses and said happy to Luo Congwen, originally everyone didn't know what Happy New Year was, Luo Qingyan said to everyone in the morning, everyone didn't understand what it meant, after Luo Qingyan's explanation, everyone began to say to each other.

For a while, all kinds of auspicious words drifted out as if they didn't want money, what:

"Next year's gold list title!"

"The wife who will hold next year will return"

"I'll have a son next year"

"Next year will be more than rich"

"All the best for next year!"

"Happy next year!"

“……”

Everyone was very happy, and a Chinese New Year's Eve meal was eaten for two hours, from the sunset to the west of the moon.

Luo Qingyan actually had a little sleepiness, but did not dare to show it at all, Luo Qingyan knew that Chinese New Year's Eve was to keep the year, she didn't want to be called back to sleep because she was now pregnant and a little tired, and she couldn't fulfill her Chinese New Year's Eve to keep the New Year's Eve.