Chapter Twenty-Seven: It's New Year

In the past few days near the Chinese New Year, Qin Chen felt that there was nothing busier than the New Year.

Cleaning, dumplings, mountain god sacrifices, writing Spring Festival couplets, Spring Festival ceremony, cough, the last one is still not to say! Spring Festival ceremony, is to give gifts to the elders of the clan, of course, the old Qin family only has such a good old man Qin, the most Lu sent a whole pound of tobacco leaves, shame!

Early in the morning of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Qin Chen was in a very good mood. Nonsense, can you be in a bad mood for the New Year. Of course, Qin Chen is because the New Year's customs here are very similar to those in China, and the slight difference is also because of the difference in the living environment, in short, Qin Chen has found the connection between this place and the earth, maybe he will be able to go back one day.

Forget it, I don't want to do it. The New Year's Festival will begin soon.

The annual festival is a unique custom of the land of a hundred countries. This custom has been brought with it since 1,000 years ago when the inhabitants began to build civilizations, and there are various results from the largest to the smallest, such as national festivals, county festivals, county festivals, town festivals, village festivals, and of course, party festivals, and courtyard festivals. With the development of this thousand years, basically as long as there is a power force, there will be a sacrifice, and I am afraid that only God knows how many sacrifices there are.

The annual festival is usually held on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and it is said that the king will issue a heavenly edict on this day, and he will also eat with the ministers, and bring a few mortals over to say what is to enjoy with the people. Of course, the village festival is not so troublesome.

Early in the morning, Qin Chen and the three of them prepared properly, put on new clothes, put on firecrackers, and joined the flow of people at the door of their homes, and walked towards the central square of the village in twos and threes.

Unlike a month ago, all the mess has been removed. A huge stage was set up on the north side of the square, densely packed with benches below, the aunts who arrived early were chatting with melon seeds, the young adults were gathering around to gamble, and the little children were running around in the square, what a happy scene!

Holding Huihui, Qin Chen and his grandfather found a place to sit down. There are children who come to Huihui to play, and Huihui refuses them with disdain.

Qin Chen was puzzled, don't they usually play together?

Huihui said with a proud face: "I'm about to be like my brother, and those children's games are no longer suitable for me." ”

Pinching Huihui's little nose, Qin Chen smiled: "Little brat, you will only be three years old next year, what are you pretending to be mature? When Huihui heard this, she hurriedly ran over and mingled with her friends. It turned out that it was all pretended just now, and it was still a child. I'm a child, but I don't have the joy of a child anymore.

"Hey, Xiao Chen. Grandpa shouted as he smoked a cigarette.

Qin Chen turned his head: "Grandpa, what's wrong." ”

"This is your first New Year in the mountain village, right?"

"yes, what's wrong?" Qin Chen remembered. I met Huihui this spring, not long after the Spring Festival. It was a little girl who didn't smile, Qin Chen softened for a while, so he stayed. Or with this is the legendary fate!

"Have a good New Year, although I don't know what kind of past you have, and I don't want to know Grandpa. But I'm a man after all, and I've eaten more salt than you've ever eaten, and you're too reserved to make this your home. Remember, you are the grandson of my Qin family in the mountain village, so you can integrate into this family well! Enjoy this New Year, I guarantee that this is definitely the most memorable New Year. After saying that, he took another puff of his cigarette.

Qin Chen seemed to understand something, since that auction, he felt that there was a membrane between himself and this family, but now this membrane has completely disappeared. Qin Chen also understood why Huihui was always a little restrained when he was with Huihui before, but now that he thinks about it, he is afraid that he will leave, right? No, my brother will always accompany Huihui.

When Qin Chen raised his head, Old Man Qin had already disappeared and was chatting with those old men.

After a while, everyone was basically here, and the New Year's festival was about to begin. Huihui also stopped playing crazy, and grandpa also returned to his place, everyone did a good job in a proper manner, which was simply different from the original scene.

After everyone was seated, the New Year's festival began. There are nearly 300 villagers sitting in the central square of the village, and everyone is whispering to each other, this is not the first time for the New Year's Festival, everyone is not so restrained.

On the stage, a few old men suddenly came up, they were the longest-lived and most prestigious people in the village, and they were several uncle-level figures in the village. At the front stood an old man with a snow-white beard, who was already seventy or eighty years old, but his complexion was obviously much better than the others. This is the village chief of the backing village. A warrior with a heavy body, a great village chief who led the mountain village to the road of prosperity and strength.

Everyone present looked at the village chief with admiration, even Grandpa and Huihui were no exception, but only Qin Chen saw something different: this village elder had reached the end of his life, and he was full of life, and he didn't live long.

It is not surprising that although a martial artist can obtain a much stronger power than ordinary people, he is still a martial artist, and his lifespan has not increased, and with the injuries he suffered from hunting demon beasts when he was young, his lifespan is shorter than that of ordinary people. The village chief can live to this age with the cultivation of the body refining realm, which is already a relatively long life. The so-called one drink and one peck, there is a fixed number. If a warrior gains a lot of strength, he may have to compensate for it with his own lifespan.

However, Qin Chen will not say it, because even if he says it, it is useless, this is the natural end of his life, and it is not that he can be returned with medicine if he is seriously injured. Legend has it that there is a magic medicine that can increase lifespan, but this is not something that a cultivator like Qin Chen can touch. Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if there is Qin Chen, he will not take it out. To put it mildly, Qin Chen was not familiar with the village chief at all, so there was no need to save him at all.

The village chief roared: "Set off firecrackers to drive away the beasts." ”

Suddenly, the sound of crackling firecrackers rang out, and it was a full half an hour! Qin Chen felt that his eardrums were about to burst, but the other villagers did not react at all, even Huihui, are the villagers all gods? Qin Chen looked carefully at Huihui's ear, only to find that there was a ball of cotton stuffed inside, and then he remembered what Huihui handed him in the morning, and quickly took it out of his pocket and stuffed it into his ear, and suddenly the entire world was quiet.

Half an hour later, the sound of firecrackers stopped. The village chief made a speech, nothing more than what this year's harvest will be and what will happen next year, and this polite speech took another half an hour. After the village chief finished speaking, it was the turn of a few elders in the village to start talking, probably because he was too old, so he finished speaking a few words. Qin Chen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, if he talked about it for such a long time, it would be dark.

Next is the performance of several strong young men in the village, what archery, lifting stones, and so on. Qin Chen and a group of villagers watched it with relish, which used to show the younger generation, but now it has completely become a performance.

After the performance, the stage was dismantled and the benches were removed. Large round tables were set up in the square, and at noon the luncheon began, and the lively moment finally came.

The villagers are staggered, so lively. Everyone sits at the same table and toasts each other, regardless of whether they are from the same family or not. The little ones ran from table to table, snatching candy in their hands.

In the afternoon, the festival ended. It is said that it is a New Year's festival, that is, everyone gets together and has fun. No matter what grievances there are this year, there is nothing in the wine glass, after all, the mountain people go into the mountains to hunt, the most important thing is cooperation, if there is any contradiction between the two sides, everyone will be finished.

Back at home, Qin Chen and his grandfather couldn't rest at all, the New Year Festival was over, but the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner still had to continue!

Chop the vegetables, put the oil, put it in the pot, stir-fry, get out of the pot, and the dish is done. It's so dangerous, I learned to cook with Sun Xiaochuan's father when I was a child, otherwise the perfect image in Huihui's heart would be shattered. No matter, if you want to be an all-powerful brother, how can you stop me Uncle Qin if you cook food or something.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the Spring Festival was pasted, watching Huihui simply become a big red cat, a basin of hot water helped him wash well, the family set off firecrackers, closed the door, and the Chinese New Year's Eve meal began.

Although there are few people, it is very warm. After some polite words about what the next year would be, the family was completely plunged into a sea of joy, Huihui was as happy as a little lark, and the whole meal was spent in laughter. May the joy last forever.

After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the long dark night came, there was no entertainment here, and such an environment did not allow it, and a kind of mahjong-like gambling was born. It can not only make people particularly relaxed, but also can eliminate fatigue, and it is the best way to solve conflicts at the gaming table.

Of course, he said so much for what he said, because this was what Grandpa said to Qin Chen and Huihui, and he also ran to carry out this relaxing activity after saying this. Damn, let the two children take care of the house, is this what a grandfather should do?

"Brother, shall we go to the countryside?" suggested the idle and bored Huihui.

Qin Chen looked helpless, "Huihui, don't make trouble, it's dark now, and it's not safe outside." ”

"No, no, Huihui is going, where is there a show, Xiaopang said it's very good-looking, go and go. "Huihui, this kid actually spoiled herself. Little fat? I don't know if the fat man is doing well? Will he be watching TV with his family on Chinese New Year's Eve today?

Qin Chen looked helpless, "Don't take it as an example." Otherwise, don't think I'll take you to the mountains in the future. "Huihui's little head is as fast as lightning.

Pulled Huihui to the gate, because of today's New Year, there is no one to guard. The friends in the village are playing here, and in the face of the invitation of the friends, Huihui said proudly, my brother is going to take me to the township to watch the play. Only the little friends with envious faces were left.

Out of the gate, seeing that there was no one around, Qin Chen put Huihui on his back and rushed towards the Mountain God Township. The trees continued along the way, Qin Chen was flying on the branches and leaves, and the moonlight shone on the two of them, deducing a different style.

Mountain God Township, don't look at the name to get very domineering, but in fact, it is very frequent. The origin of the name is due to a legend: a hundred years ago, the tide of demon beasts attacked, Chen Guo was in danger, at this critical juncture, the mountain god appeared, killed the demon beast, solved the crisis of Chen Guo, and soon returned to the mountain, the people of this township in order not to forget the great kindness of the mountain god, it was renamed the mountain god township.

For this legend, Qin Chen speculated that it was a hundred years ago when the demon beasts were in turmoil, and a strong man in the Spirit Realm took action to solve the crisis, and the people who didn't know anything about the immortal master mistakenly thought it was a mountain god, so they named it Mountain God Township. A hundred years ago, there was only that time. An immortal master of the Spirit Transformation Realm stole the child of a Demon Beast King of the Spirit Transformation Realm from the depths of the vast mountain range, and as a result, the Demon Beast King led his subordinates to kill the land of a hundred countries, and the final result was that the Immortal Master of the Spirit Transformation Realm was killed on the spot, and the Demon Beast King returned to the depths of the mountain range with his child.

However, the demon beasts are all uncontrolled, and the subordinates of the demon beast king are in chaos everywhere, and the immortal masters of the Hundred Kingdoms are surrounded and suppressed everywhere, which is why there is that legend. For that beast tide, it is recorded in the history books as "egg stealing beast tide".

So don't look at the name of Sanshen Township, it's quite mighty, but it's just an ordinary township. However, there are activities that are not available in individual townships, and every New Year, the township will stage a drama of the mountain god vs. the beast god, which is said to be very beautiful.

By the time Qin Chen and Huihui came to Shanshen Township, the play had already begun, but fortunately, it didn't take long for it to start, and Qin Chen and Huihui were relieved.

The play was staged in the main square in the middle of Yamajingo. It is said that no matter what level of the castle is, there is a large square in the center, which is said to have been handed down from the previous civilization. The large square of the Chen Kingdom is basically used to hold some kind of event, and the large square of the Great Qi Kingdom is said to be used for duels, which is also too extravagant. In the country of Chen, where martial artists are scarce, it is difficult to imagine that this kind of thing will happen.

Qin Chen asked Huihui to sit on his shoulder and watched the play.

The rest of this play is extras, with only two leading actors. One of them was wearing strange costumes, but Qin Chen keenly felt that the cultivation of the dual cultivation of the Body Refining Realm was a master in this Mountain God Township. Presumably this is the role of the mountain god.

And the "actor" who played the "beast god" also appeared, and it turned out to be a tiger, but just an ordinary beast. Qin Chen understood why this drama would be so famous.

The audience cheered and shouted in unison, "Come on, come on, come on." And the mountain god on the stage also lived up to high expectations, and after a period of "fierce" fighting, the beast god was finally destroyed. There were cheers from the audience, and even Huihui, the little girl, cheered happily.

However, Qin Chen almost wanted to doze off when he saw it, the body refining realm doubled against ordinary beasts, isn't this the same as playing. In Qin Chen's eyes, it was completely the mountain god who was teasing the beast god, and he saw that the time was almost up before he shot and killed the tiger. The poor dignified king of beasts was teased in the world of human beings, and died tragically after the worst. However, the hatred between humans and demon beasts is difficult to dissolve through the ages, and Qin Chen will not fight for a tiger.

The play was over quickly, and the audience dispersed.

As soon as Qin Chen saw that he was scattered, he and Huihui went back. No way, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, every family is busy celebrating the New Year, there is really nothing fun.

Unlike when he came, Qin Chen just walked back at the speed of ordinary people when he went back.

After a busy day, Huihui was already very tired, lying on Qin Chen's back and about to fall asleep.

"Brother. There was a confused voice coming from the back.

Qin Chen looked back at Huihui, "What's wrong." ”

"It's okay for my brother not to leave, it's okay to stay with Huihui forever. Huihui opened a pair of hazy eyes and looked at Qin Chen expectantly.

"Why do you think like this?" Qin Chen asked curiously.

"Because my brother is very magical, just like a god descended to earth, is my brother a fairy coming down to accompany Huihui?

Qin Chen felt a little funny, but also a little moved, "Silly girl, my brother will not leave, my brother will always accompany Huihui and watch Huihui grow up, forever and ever." ”

"Oh, that's good. Huihui fell asleep with peace of mind.

Feeling that there was no sound for a long time, Qin Chen looked back and saw that Huihui was already asleep. Don't worry, my brother will always be with Huihui. Qin Chen made such a promise in his heart.

There is not a single star in the sky tonight, and the bright moonlight exudes amazing magic.

Walking calmly on the road back to the village, Qin Chen was able to maintain his balance, lest he disturb the sleeping little princess.

Along the way, he was light and slowed down as much as possible, but the backer village still appeared in his sight. By the time they got back to the village gate, the children had gone home to sleep, and the gate was still wide open, but there was no guard. But the mechanism has all been opened, which is to prevent those beasts from talking to death.

Easily avoided the mechanism, Qin Chen carried Huihui back home, grandpa was still gambling and did not come back, and the candlelight had not been extinguished. Everything was so quiet and peaceful.

Come to Huihui's room. Carefully put Huihui on the bed and covered it with a quilt. After kissing him on the forehead, he left the room.

When I returned to my room, I lay on my bed and looked out the window, and the clock went forward one by one, until it was twelve o'clock at midnight.

The fireworks rose all over the sky, the black sky was decorated with colorful colors, looking out the window, Qin Chen felt a great sense of happiness, Grandpa, I understand your words, I have integrated into this family.

"Happy New Year. Qin Chen muttered.