The 27th day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar.

There are only three days left until Chinese New Year's Eve.

There are four days left until the new year.

At such a time, people should already be together, but this year, everyone can only welcome the New Year with a smile.

It's miserable.

Since the beginning of winter this year, when the first snow fell, mankind has been plunged into a catastrophe.

Many people are buried under the heavy snow and will never get out, while many more are still struggling to survive in this new world of mutation.

It's tragic!

And for the Chinese government, this year is also a sad year.

Blood-sucking zombies who slaughtered hundreds of people, monks who suddenly popped up on the Yellow Mountain, Daomen who were about to re-flourish with the winds of the New World, and mutated creatures that were extremely aggressive and took humans as prey......

This pile of piles can make those big guys feel a headache.

But even so, they did not dare to announce such a thing directly to the people.

The Chinese people who are already in a tense mental state can't stand it, so they can only postpone it for a little longer, slowly and imperceptibly, and then announce it to the public after everyone has a number in their hearts.

An office in the capital.

The old man was still looking through the documents and reports from this period of time, and the black-rimmed glasses were loose on the bridge of his nose.

"Smack!"

When he saw a certain news, the old man slapped the table angrily and stood up with a swish, "Dongting Lake is also frozen?"

"Doesn't it mean that there are no changes in the river basin south of the Yangtze River?! Why is it that a huge Dongting Lake, just like the Yellow River, has frozen me silently?!"

If the cause is known, the problem of the Yellow River can be solved.

The subordinate thought silently, but did not say what was in his heart, just bowed his head and suffered the anger of the old man.

The old man scolded for a while, opened another report, and was shocked again, "The water level of Poyang Lake has soared abnormally? What does this mean?"

"Is it going to flood the whole area?"

"I don't know. The subordinate shook his head, he hadn't learned anything about it, "The people from the Water Conservancy Bureau have been observing. ”

"So far, the water level of Poyang Lake has skyrocketed by half, but there is no sign of the levee bursting. ”

It's like a glass full of water, and you can shake it out by touching it. The people of the Water Conservancy Bureau looked at the lake with fear, for fear that Poyang Lake would pour into the Yangtze River.

Although the Yangtze River, the longest and largest river in China, has not frozen like the Yellow River, the situation during this period is not normal, and the water level has remained very high, as if it were in the summer and autumn flood season.

It stands to reason that winter should be the dry season of the river, and now the water level of the Yangtze River is rising instead of falling, which has stimulated the nerves of the Chinese government.

Don't toss any more moths!

In such a situation, if Poyang Lake is poured into the Yangtze River, there will definitely be a flood!

What's along the Yangtze River in that section?

Jiangcheng, Yuzhang, Wuxi...... There is also Shencheng, the most important economic center in China!

If it really causes a major flood, coupled with the current heavy snow and cold weather...... The old man could not imagine how the situation would get out of control.

"Let people star, dive down if possible, and try to analyze the reason...... The army is also arranged, in case it really comes, it will be good to save people in time......"

Weakly gave the order, the old man said: "Transfer all the experts who are good at hydraulics and hydrology, and if you can, you can contribute......

This thief, my God!

Reiki revival is Reiki revival, why bother to harm ordinary people!

Especially thinking of what Yang Xi said, after this winter, the whole world will change, and the old man couldn't help but tremble.

When the spring of the New Year is over, what kind of monsters will appear?

On the Yellow Mountain, Old Ghost Yang doesn't have the mind to worry about the country and the people.

Others are worried about not even thinking about the New Year, but he is idle and bored, thinking about the Chinese New Year's Eve vigil.

Yang Xi is not a person who cares about time and time very much, as a monk, ten years and a hundred years are also in a trance in his eyes, but this year is of great significance, and I am afraid that it will be written in the history books in the future, as a turning point in the development of the world.

So Old Ghost Yang felt that at such a special time, he always had to be interesting and a witness.

It's a pity that there are several livestock in this small Taoist temple, but one by one they have caught up with the upgrading, sleeping and hibernating, leaving Yang Xi alone, quietly waiting for the old year to pass and turn to the new year.

Fortunately, he is a person who sits and lives, and he is used to being an "empty nest lonely old man" in Huangshan alone, but he just sighed at the cubs who slept soundly, and then took action by himself, according to the customs of the New Year in his memory, and stirred up firecrackers and peach charms.

The so-called peach charm is the prototype of the Spring Festival couplets.

However, it is different from the couplet, it does not need to write the auspicious words of the neat battle and paste it on the door, but to use a mahogany board to write the names of the two gods "Shendi" and "Yulei" respectively, or draw the images of the two gods on paper, hang, embellished or posted on both sides of the door, with the intention of praying for blessings and eliminating evil, driving away evil spirits and avoiding ghosts.

And the appearance of the Spring Festival couplets, it will have to wait until the time of the five dynasties and two songs.

After all, Yang Laogui still left a little bit of the style of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and was not completely assimilated by modern times, and the New Year also came according to the ancient times.

He deliberately chose two high-quality mahogany boards, dipped the pen in ink, twisted his wrist, and wrote down the names of the two gods, four big characters, in one go.

Yang Xi's writing is just like his strange and restraining character, very sharp, and there is no lack of free and easy atmosphere, it has become everyone, and it can make those calligraphy lovers break their heads and collect it.

If these people know such good words, let Yang Xi write on the wooden board, and hang it at the door in the wind and rain, so he has to beat his chest and say that he must be violent and heavenly things!

Wandering out and hanging up the peach talisman, Yang Xi didn't bother to paint portraits anymore - he didn't really believe in God, and writing his name was to follow the custom, so he didn't need to bother to paint portraits of others.

And then there's the firecrackers.

Of course, it is impossible for him to really set off fireworks on the Yellow Mountain, otherwise what if he accidentally burns his own territory?

As the saying goes, "set fire to the mountain, sit in the bottom of the prison", Old Ghost Yang doesn't want to leave a stain on his monastic career!

He just made a few old bamboos, drained them and smoked them with coals, and then threw them into the fire on the first day of the first lunar month, and then crackled them casually.

According to Liang Zongyi's "Jing Chu Years Chronicles" of the Southern Dynasty: "On the first day of the first lunar month, the rooster crows, and firecrackers and grass are fired in front of the court to ward off evil spirits. ”

The meaning is similar to the previous peach symbol.

Two days later, Yang Xi killed chickens and fish, cooked and made a fire by himself, made a very rich meal, and sat quietly in the house waiting for Chinese New Year's Eve.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the wind was very strong, and the peach charm on the blowing door crackled.

Yang Xi lit incense, first simply worshiped heaven and earth, and then missed his old man in his previous life, so he sat back at the table alone and ate Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with incense.

In the whole of China, he is the only one who is celebrating the New Year with joy, right?

After a night of wind and rain, the hens in the poultry pen took the initiative to carry forward the spirit of "women can hold up half the sky" after the big rooster fell asleep, and made a cry to announce the arrival of the new year.

Firecrackers crackled.

"It's the third year......"

Yang Xi suddenly sighed, his tone unclear.