"Chop these bamboos into sections."
Yang Cheng ordered the totem warriors to deal with the bamboos in front of them.
While the totem warriors were dealing with the bamboo, Yang Cheng explained to the puzzled crowd:
"The thing is like this, deep in the wilderness, far, far away, there lives an extremely huge ferocious beast. It is several times larger than a first-class ferocious beast, and its name is 'Nian'..."
The reason for setting off firecrackers during the New Year is to drive away the Nian beast. Yang Cheng naturally told everyone the story about the Nian beast.
Of course, he did not directly tell the story of the Nian beast on earth, but slightly adapted it and combined it with the ferocious beasts in this world.
After all, according to the Nian beast on the earth, it is at most a slightly larger beast, and it is nothing to the powerful totem warriors.
Yang Cheng has adapted the story not once or twice. Last time, he adapted the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl and told the beast-eared girls. This story is still circulated in the tribe.
Therefore, this adaptation of the story about the Nian beast is also very smooth.
When the members of the Qingque tribe heard it, the effect was surprisingly good, and they were quickly attracted by the story Yang Cheng told.
After hearing that at the turn of winter and spring, the Nian beast would come out from the depths of the wilderness, attack the tribe, destroy the houses where everyone lived, and devour the tribe's population.
A look of solemnity immediately appeared on everyone's faces.
One by one, Yan Hu and Cang Shi pulled Yang Cheng behind them, and the new tribesmen hid in the house under the protection of the totem warriors.
Seeing this, Yang Cheng couldn't laugh or cry.
Why do you have such a big reaction every time you hear a story?
Yang Cheng smiled and asked everyone to lower their guard and stop the new tribe members from running back into the house. He explained: "Don't be anxious. Listen to me. Although the Nian beast is powerful, it is not impossible to deal with it."
"Yes, we have walls, slings, and witches. You are not afraid of the Nian beast."
Hongya reacted and said seriously with a straight face.
Yan Hu said with an ugly face: "But, there is no need to say that the Nian beast is a beast with a higher level than the first-grade beast. It has rough skin and thick flesh. Our spears and slings cannot harm it. Besides, we Although the walls are strong, they are only made of earth and are not high enough. If the Nian beast really wants to attack our tribe, I'm afraid..."
Yan Hu stopped talking at this point, but everyone could understand what he meant.
If the Nian beast really wants to attack the Qingque tribe, no matter what resistance the Qingque tribe members make, it will be in vain and they will not be able to resist at all.
At this moment, everyone who had just calmed down became panicked again.
Yang Cheng was afraid that they would have the same overreaction as before, so he quickly smiled and said:
"Although the Nian beast is invulnerable and has rough skin and thick flesh, it is afraid of sound and fire. As long as we light the firecrackers, it will not dare to come."
"Firecrackers?"
Cangshi asked: "Wu, are these bamboos the firecrackers you are talking about?"
"That's right." Yang Cheng nodded and said, "Throw these firecrackers into the fire and they will make an explosion sound, which will scare the Nian beast."
With that said, Yang Cheng picked up a piece of bamboo cut by the Teng warriors from the ground and threw it into the fire.
When the dry bamboo joints touched the flames, they burned instantly. The fire splashed and the "bang bang bang bang bang" sound was heard immediately.
Everyone in the Qingque tribe had never heard such a noise before, and everyone was immediately frightened.
"Haha, don't be afraid." Yang Cheng said with a smile: "This is a firecracker. The Nian beast will not attack our tribe after hearing the sound of firecrackers."
Everyone listened to Yang Cheng's words and watched as Yang Cheng threw another piece of bamboo into the fire, and the "bang bang bang bang" sound of explosion sounded again.
Apart from the sound of violent explosions, there was no other danger.
Immediately, everyone's eyes lit up.
It seems that the witch is right. Just such a section of bamboo can make such a loud sound when burning. If more bamboo sections are thrown in, no matter what kind of ferocious beast it is, it will be scared away!
At first, everyone was a little nervous about driving away the Nian Beast.
After all, Yang Cheng previously described the Nian beast as extremely terrifying, even more terrifying than a first-grade ferocious beast. How terrifying would it be?
So in the Qingque tribe's fire, sections of bamboo were thrown in, and a large number of sparks were exploded and scattered.
The sound of "bang bang bang bang" explosions resounded continuously.
But after the bamboos were thrown away, Yang Cheng announced that the Nian beast would not come.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and danced a primitive and simple dance around the fire.
The ferocious beasts such as the mud cow and the long-nosed elephant that were kept in captivity by the Qingque tribe were still extremely frightened when faced with the fire and sound of the explosion, but when they saw the people of the Qingque tribe stopped throwing bamboos, they jumped again A simple dance.
They tilted their heads and didn't understand what these "two-legged beasts" were doing. They snorted slightly bored and walked back to their respective nests.
Their nests were much warmer than before. Yang Cheng was worried that these captive ferocious beasts would be cold in the winter, so he specially found dry branches, weeds, and some animal skins to build a new nest for them.
People's energy is limited. After working for a while, they threw firecrackers and danced.
Everyone was a little sleepy.
However, they still felt uneasy.
Although Yang Cheng said that the Nian Beast was frightened by the sound of firecrackers and did not dare to come again, the Nian Beast was after all a beast even more powerful than a first-grade beast. It was too terrifying.
Yang Cheng felt funny about this, and he even doubted whether the story he told was too realistic.
He tried hard to explain that the Nian beast would not come and asked everyone to rest.
After everyone heard what Yang Cheng said, they couldn't hold back their sleepiness, so they went to bed each other.
However, before leaving, Yang Cheng said mysteriously that he would give them a gift tomorrow morning.
Gift?
This actually made everyone a little curious.
After everyone left, Yang Cheng found Xia and asked her to follow him to the warehouse.
Xia obviously knew what Yang Cheng was going to do and followed him without hesitation.
Several other beast-eared girls also wanted to follow, but they were too sleepy to bear it, so they returned to Yang Cheng's house, lay on the bed and fell asleep.
Yang Cheng took Xia to the warehouse, of course not looking for excitement or doing anything shameful.
But to prepare new clothes for the tribesmen.
On earth, during the Chinese New Year, it is necessary to change into new clothes.
In this world, when Yang Cheng planned to celebrate the New Year, he naturally did not forget this matter.
Although time is a little rushed, the tribesmen in the Life Department have been making new clothes, and there is a lot of inventory in the warehouse. Moreover, the number of people in the Qingque tribe is not large, with only more than a hundred people. Now they only need to process ten more Just a few pieces will do.
