Sheng Guo'er's words made the villagers curious, and she said: "If you like these, I will let my mother, Sheng Shi, Xiao Tao and Zhou Rui teach everyone to do it." ”

When the villagers knew that their homes could be decorated with such a festive celebration, they were very excited, and they consulted Shen and others, and Sheng Guoer asked her mother and younger siblings to teach everyone how to make Chinese knots and red lanterns.

Ma Chunhua said: "Guo'er, you are really good, this is red, and every family is happy." ”

But Chun Tao on the side said worriedly: "If we do this, will it attract the Year Beast!" ”

When Sheng Guo'er heard this, she thought to herself, isn't the legendary year beast the most afraid of red?

Sheng Guo'er asked, "Isn't the year beast the most afraid of red?" ”

Chun Tao said: "The year beast is afraid of red? ”

Sheng Guo'er suddenly realized that in this overhead dynasty, there seems to be nothing about the fear of the Nian beast in their current legends.

Wait, is there really a year beast? Sheng Guo'er saw Chun Tao's expression, and thought to herself that if it was a legend, these people should know how to deal with it.

Ma Chunhua said with a solemn face: "Oh, you just need to stay at home and don't go out, every time the Nian Beast enters various villages, it is specially to catch children who are alone, at most we put some chickens and ducks outside, and we will hide." ”

Hearing Ma Chunhua say this, Sheng Guo'er was shocked, the daring beast really exists! And this young beast is really hateful, it actually eats children!

This is strange, I have heard about the New Year Beast since I was a child, but I thought it was a legend, but I didn't expect it to be true!

Sheng Guo'er came from a thousand years later, so she naturally knew what to do, so she gave Meng Xingzhou a look.

Meng Xingzhou realized, and the two came to a secluded place.

Meng Xingzhou asked, "What did you just say was more fun?" ”

Sheng Guo'er glanced at it and smiled mischievously: "You want to know, you are not afraid of danger?" ”

Meng Xingzhou smiled slightly and said, "There is still danger? Then I really have some curiosity, what is dangerous about you but something interesting? ”

Sheng Guo'er said, "Do you know saltpeter? ”

Meng Xingzhou nodded and said, "Of course I recognize!"

Meng Xingzhou grabbed Sheng Guo'er's sleeve and said, "Follow me!" ”

The two ran to a mountain wall, and Meng Xingzhou said, "This is what I found a few days ago, do you want some?" ”

Sheng Guo'er smiled: "It seems that our Mr. Meng knows a little bit about everything!" ”

Meng Xingzhou took out a knife and said while taking saltpeter from the mountain wall: "I don't know much about you, at least now I don't know what you want to do." ”

Sheng Guo'er said: "Firecrackers and fireworks! ”

Meng Xingzhou asked suspiciously, "What is a firecracker?" ”

Sheng Guo'er wrapped the saltpeter powder in a cloth and said, "You'll know later." ”

After that, Sheng Guo'er and Meng Xingzhou returned to Sheng Guo'er's house, Sheng Guo'er took the charcoal basket, and then Sheng Guo'er paused and showed a wicked smile.

"Mr. Meng, can you help me grind these pieces of charcoal?"

Sheng Guo'er handed over the charcoal basket, Meng Xingzhou nodded happily, took the charcoal basket, and the two of them squatted on the ground, head to head, and vigorously ground the charcoal into powder.

Seeing that Meng Xingzhou was working very hard, Sheng Guo'er suddenly rose, and his little hand with black charcoal powder slapped up, making Meng Xingzhou's face look like a little cat.

Sheng Guo'er saw him so embarrassed, and let out a laugh like a silver bell.

"What are you laughing at?" As soon as Meng Xingzhou made a move, he drew a black strip on Sheng Guo'er's face.

Sheng Guo'er was caught off guard by Meng Xingzhou, and suddenly pouted and said coquettishly: "Hmph, stingy ghost, it's really not troublesome!" ”

Meng Xingzhou said with a smile: "This is called reaping the consequences!" ”

Sheng Guo'er thought to herself, don't be complacent, I will definitely call you when the time comes to fight the New Year Beast!

As they spoke, the two of them ground the black charcoal into powder, and then Sheng Guo'er mixed saltpeter powder and black charcoal powder in a certain proportion.

Sheng Guo'er said: "Xingzhou, you go and get some red paper and paste, as well as fine thread and sesame oil." ”

Meng Xingzhou clapped his hands, got up to get his things, and after a while, everything Sheng Guo'er needed was ready.

Sheng Guo'er first wrapped the nitrate toner powder in red paper into the shape of firecrackers, then inserted a thin thread with sesame oil, wrapped it in paste, and tied it tightly.

Then, Sheng Guoer said: "Next, it is the time to witness the miracle!" ”

Sheng Guo'er brought a stick of incense, lit it, covered her ears, stood far away with Meng Xingzhou, and then stretched out her arm to light the firecracker standing in it.

Crackle boom!

I saw the firecrackers burst out in an instant, making a deafening sound, and red stamens bloomed on the snow.

Meng Xingzhou's eyes widened and asked, "How can you be such an ordnance thing?" ”

Sheng Guo'er smiled and said, "What an ordnance! This is the firecracker used for the New Year! ”

Meng Xingzhou said solemnly: "Guo'er, you are really a genius, if such items are used on the battlefield, they will definitely be much more powerful than trebuchets!" ”

Battlefields, firecrackers? Sheng Guo'er's mind suddenly flashed: "Could it be that I can still do the ordnance business?" ”

It seems that in ancient times, as long as you had knowledge, you would definitely be able to make a fortune!

Sheng Guo'er thought to herself, opening a restaurant, making milk tea, and changing my identity as a Chinese after obtaining basic funds, I can better cooperate with the government, even if I want to sell these firecrackers now, it is estimated that no one in the military camp will believe me.

Because in this world, status determines everything.

But the most important thing now is to defeat the New Year Beast and have a good year!

Sheng Guo'er said: "I'll talk about it later, I want to have a good year now!" ”

Meng Xingzhou smiled: "Use firecrackers to celebrate the New Year? ”

Sheng Guo'er looked at Meng Xingzhou and said firmly: "That's right! I'm going to get rid of ~year~ beasts! ”

What! Meng Xingzhou's eyes widened and asked, "You're not joking, are you?" You're going to get rid of the Year Beast?! ”

Sheng Guo'er nodded confidently!

The loud noise attracted the villagers, who asked what was going on, and Sheng Guo'er smiled: "It's okay, I made a firecracker, it will be useful during the New Year." Don't be afraid this year, I'm going to get rid of the New Year Beast! ”

When the villagers heard this, they were surprised at first, and then laughed.

Song Shilang said: "Guo'er, if you can get rid of the Nian Beast, then I will be a coolie for you for the rest of your life!" This year, the beast is extremely fierce, and the officers and soldiers of the official office last time have not been able to exterminate it, can you be a little girl! ”

Shen frowned and said, "Don't mess around! Don't go anywhere at home! ”

The younger brothers and sisters, including the young ladies, also discouraged Sheng Guo'er.

Sheng Guo'er seemed to have made up her mind, she smiled in her heart, you don't know how to deal with it anyway, I know. This time I'm going to get rid of the people!

Sheng Guo'er said: "Don't worry, with the help of Mr. Meng, who is both civil and military, I will definitely be able to succeed, and we have already planned it!" ”

Uncle Li said: "Don't talk nonsense, although the beast is vicious this year, as long as we put some chickens, ducks and geese outside to worship it." ”

But Sheng Guo'er said, "Uncle Li, what did the child who was taken away by it say?" ”

Speaking of this, everyone's hearts were sour, especially the daughter-in-law of the Chen family, the reason why she wanted a second child was because the eldest son was captured by the Nian beast on Chinese New Year's Eve and has not returned!

The daughter-in-law of the Chen family thought of her son and cried sadly.

Indeed, although everyone left the tribute outside, the Nian Beast still broke into the courtyard and forcibly took away some children.

Therefore, every family actually hides in the cellar during Chinese New Year's Eve.

After Sheng Guo'er learned about this, she was even more determined to get rid of last year's beast!

And getting rid of the New Year beast is the best sales advertisement for her Spring Festival supplies!

Sheng Guo'er said: "Fellow villagers, I just made a firecracker, as long as everyone listens to me and decorates the house in red, the Nian Beast will not dare to enter the house, because the Nian Beast is most afraid of red!" ”

Sheng Guo'er's words made everyone present a little incredible, Sheng Guo'er said: "Anyway, everyone stays at home and doesn't dare to come out, no matter whether my method works or not, it won't hurt everyone, if my method works, the Nian Beast will definitely not enter the courtyard, you just wait and see!" ”

Sheng Shi was the first to stand up and support his sister, because there are countless "magical" things that happened to his sister, so Sheng Shi believes in his sister's judgment very much.

The other villagers looked at each other and whispered, and after a few soft words, the eldest brother of the Chen family was the first to stand up and said, "I have long wanted to kill this year beast!" But there's no way, Guo'er, if you have a way, count me in, don't you just use red, my house is dyed cloth, there is red dye and a lot of red paper, and it will only be used when it is a happy event on weekdays. If it really works, you can take it! ”

Sheng Guo'er clapped her hands and said, "Great, Brother Chen, please prepare some more red cloths, and I need a few young and strong young men to help me beat the New Year Beast with firecrackers!" ”

Firecrackers, what are firecrackers? Everyone was a little strange, Sheng Guo'er didn't talk nonsense, and made a firecracker out of nitrate toner again, and then let everyone disperse, and then lit the firecracker.

Crackle boom! The loud noise and power made everyone present dumbfounded.

Sheng Guo'er smiled contemptuously: "Song Shilang, how is it?" ”

Song Shilang almost knelt on the ground and said, "Sister, my brother has been a cow and a horse for you all my life!" ”

At night, Sheng Guo'er asked those partners to put the firecrackers in the bamboo tube, and then ambushed in a secret place, once the year beast appeared, it ignited the firecrackers in the bamboo tube, and the firecrackers would fly along the bamboo tube to the sky, as long as it exploded, the year beast would be startled, thus disrupting its vision!

Everything is ready, Sheng Guo'er is still very excited, after all, this year beast is much more exciting than watching a certain night, this is how he used modern knowledge to get rid of the year beast thousands of years ago.

The time has come, and suddenly a strong wind hits, Sheng Guo'er's eyes widen at the moment!

There really is a young beast!

I saw that its head has long antennae, sharp teeth and sharp teeth, a body of blue fur, like a tiger and a bear, its eyes are fierce, its head is big and small, its body is more than ten feet long, and its eyes are like copper bells.

But when it was about to enter the courtyard, it suddenly showed a frightened look, and saw red Spring Festival couplets and red blessing characters pasted on the wall.

This blessing also represents the meaning of "surrender", so the face of the Nian beast is full of doubts, and then it lets out a deafening roar, which is it venting its dissatisfaction!

The beast was frantically looking for its prey, but wherever it went, it found that it was red everywhere, and it was so angry that it smoked, and at this moment, there was a sudden "whoosh" sound, followed by a thunderclap in the air!

The Nian Beast was startled, and then Sheng Guo'er shouted, "Brothers, hit me!" ”

Seeing the effect, the young people in the village raised their torches according to what Sheng Guo'er said, and threw firecrackers at the Nian Beast while hitting the Nian Beast!

The Nian Beast didn't expect that someone would know its weakness and hurriedly retreat back, but it was already too late, Sheng Guo'er and Meng Xingzhou had already planted firecrackers in the place where it retreated.

I only heard a loud crackling sound, and when the smoke and dust cleared, I saw the young beast collapse to the ground with strength, already dying.

"Victory!"

The cheers resounded in the sky, and every household heard the cheers of victory at this moment, and the old people and children ran out to see it.

When everyone really saw that the year beast had been eliminated, they all cried with joy.

Uncle Li cried excitedly and said, "We are no longer afraid of the Year Beast, it is the Year Beast that we got rid of in Dongxiang Village!" It was Sheng Guo'er from Dongxiang Village who got rid of the Year Beast! ”

For a time, Sheng Guoer became a heroine in everyone's minds, and everyone lifted her up and surrounded her in a cheer as she marched on the road of the village on the happy Chinese New Year's Eve.

Early the next morning, the Year Beast hung out in Dongxiang Village, shocking the entire Golden Dragon Mansion!

At this time, a handsome young official saw the villagers in Xifeng Village and the township who were frantically robbing Sheng Guo'er's Spring Festival supplies in the carriage, and stopped his eyes on Sheng Guo'er's body and smiled.