"The sound of firecrackers kills a year old, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu." Chen Xueyun savored this poem carefully and felt that the charm in it was deeper than he imagined.
This line of poetry was one that Jing Yu finally couldn't help but come up with. He didn't know how to memorize poetry, so he used it if he had a little bit of stock in his head. It was quite satisfying to get closer to Chen Xueyun, a scholar.
Chen Xueyun's eyes flashed: "Brother Jing, this poem is really wonderful! It's catchy and full of pictures, and it's worth learning."
"Sorry, that's all I can say." Jing Yu scratched his head in embarrassment.
"It's okay, Brother Jing. From now on, I will take you to study and try to write more poems." Chen Xueyun hugged Jing Yu's shoulders, thoughtfully.
The spirit of the new year is getting stronger, and the new year is coming soon. The whole capital is shrouded in the joy of the festival. Every household pastes blessing characters and Spring Festival couplets on their doors. Some naughty children had purchased firecrackers in advance and gathered in groups to set off firecrackers after school.
This is Jing Yu's first New Year here. He can't recall what the modern Chinese New Year is like. Are they also setting off fireworks? It is more likely that the family gathers around a round table to have a lively meal.
Of course, he remembered the red envelopes, especially the red envelopes given by Gu Danqing, which contained five hundred banknotes, and he was about to become the richest man in Dalin. But compared to Qiao Xu's various pure gold jewelry, his stack of silver notes seemed a bit insignificant.
Song Qian suggested: "Why don't we also set off firecrackers? The big beast is coming on New Year's Eve, so Dingmingsi must pay attention."
"Nian Beast? Isn't that a legendary monster?" Jing Yu put away the red envelope with a hint of fear.
"You are short-sighted! The Nian beast has existed since ancient times. It likes to eat the fireworks of the world. It often rushes into houses and harasses the people. If it hadn't been for the invention of gunpowder, it might have caused a lot of trouble. I emphasize that it will not be Gunpowder kills people because they are simply afraid of gunpowder. The Nian beast cannot be killed because it itself is formed by the gathering of popularity. In a place like the capital, it can be gathered back in just a few breaths." Song Qian stretched out his index finger and patiently explained .
Jing Yu's outlook on life was once again impacted. He felt that no matter how bizarre the world was, things in legends would never appear. Now it seems that my understanding of this world is still not deep enough.
But curiosity overcame fear, so Jing Yu quietly said to Song Qian: "Then can we catch the Nian Beast? I have never seen this guy before."
After hearing these words, Song Qian immediately took half a step back and looked at Jing Yu with a vague and uncertain look.
"What's wrong? Don't you dare?" Jing Yu asked, holding his chin.
"Okay, okay, let's go with you." Song Qian said no more. He now regretted giving Jing Yu science knowledge.
Jing Yu hasn't been able to sleep well at night recently, partly because he was excited to catch the Nian beast, and partly because there was someone sleeping next to him.
Ningqu didn't even choose a room, he just moved all his luggage into Jing Yu's bedroom and slept on his left side at night. Jing Yu liked to sleep alone, so it was uncomfortable to be squeezed in with others. It's a pity that Ningqu doesn't understand his thoughts. He only thinks that the only way to close the distance between the two is to work hard on physics. He likes to sleep with Jing Yu in his arms every night. Jing Yu is helpless when facing the two giant peaks in front of him.
Little did they know that this matter had already been known to several other people. It was Qiao Xu who discovered it at first, because he searched all the bedrooms and found Ning Qu, until he saw the loveless dead fish eyes on Jing Yu's bed and the person sleeping beside him. beauty. Then she spread the news among the small group, and now there are usually three people squatting at the door when the two of them fall asleep.
Finally, New Year's Eve, the only time Jing Yu could be interested in, came as promised.
The five people scribbled on the map of the capital and identified several sparsely populated places without fireworks and firecrackers, where the Nian beast usually hides.
Several people searched separately, and finally Jing Yu found Nian Beast behind the wall of a broken hut. At this time, it was trembling and huddled in a corner. Seeing another stranger coming, it immediately hid in another corner with a smile in the corner of its eyes. With tears.
Jing Yu couldn't believe that the little guy in front of him was the majestic Nian beast of the past. He looked a bit like a combination of a lion and a dog, with a single horn on his head, pink-purple hair all over his body, bright red skin, and big watery eyes. Looking at Jing Yu.
This made Jing Yu feel a little embarrassed, so he quickly called the remaining few people, and everyone gathered around Nian Beast, holding their chins in thought.
"Don't disturb me, I'm thinking." Song Qian said.
Suddenly Song Qian clapped his hands and said loudly: "I know! This Nian beast has shrunk in size and turned into a juvenile body because it was unable to absorb enough popularity all year round!"
"In that case, hehe." Qiao Xu came up to him with golden eyes, hugged the little Nian beast and started to pull him in, regardless of the Nian beast's resistance and whining.
Jing Yu also found it interesting: "Then take it back to Dingmingsi and raise it. I think it can be our mascot."
"Ah?" Song Qian's face was filled with black lines.
In the evening of the next day, there was a fireworks display, which was held in the square in the outer city. There was a river in the middle, where large-scale fireworks developed by the Ordnance Supervision were displayed. People from the capital city stood on both sides of the river. Some children were holding slender fireworks in their hands, which reflected on the river and blossomed into flowers.
As the countdown ended, the fireworks were lit by long fuses, and a glow flashed at the end of the river, followed by a loud crackling sound. The huge sky was filled with colorful flowers. The five people stood by the river, admiring it intently. Fireworks in the sky. Jing Yu didn't watch for long. He was very familiar with fireworks, so he planned to go shopping elsewhere, but his right hand was held by Ning Qu.
Jing Yu turned his head stiffly and saw Ningqu's white eyebrows frowning slightly, those beautiful eyes containing a thousand emotions, and two lines of clear tears, just like that day in Lin'an, with silver threads dancing in the wind.
"Remember, you've never seen a fireworks show." Jing Yu smiled sheepishly and turned back.
After the fireworks, it was time to go to the temple fair. There were still many activities in the capital, including lion dance performances on the streets and a performance that even Jing Yu had never seen before - iron flower forging. This is a novelty, Jing Yu insists on watching the whole process. Iron flowers are different from fireworks. This is a powerful blow, like a bright shooting star.
In a rare act of generosity, Jing Yu ate in a restaurant. The table was full of good wine and food, and Song Qian poured pot after pot of food into his stomach whenever he felt like it. Then he drunkenly picked up a wooden staff, danced with sword flowers, and touched the ground with one foot, his body elegant and agile. With his profound skills, he can achieve a state of seeming to be falling but not falling. Song Qian calls this "cutting off last year's injustice and welcoming good luck in the coming year."
Jing Yu stood on the terrace, holding a wine glass in his hand, looking up at the night sky, and sighed again: "It would be great if it could always be like this." (To be continued)
