The Local Lazy Man System

"Tingting, Linlin and the others will stay with us at night." Liu Qingqing said.

"Oh."

Ye Rongyao could only put on his clothes and get up. After all, it was New Year's Eve, so he couldn't sleep, and he had to watch the night.

In rural China, the custom of keeping the year old on New Year's Eve is still preserved. Some of them are also called "watching the night" and "sitting the year". Keeping the New Year's Eve starts from eating the New Year's Eve dinner and staying up all night to welcome the arrival of the New Year.

This New Year's Eve dinner should be eaten slowly, starting from the time when the lantern is on, and some people have to eat it until late at night. The custom of keeping the New Year is not only a feeling of nostalgia for the years that have passed by like water, but also a good hope for the coming New Year.

On this night of "two years old in one night, two years in five minutes", the family was reunited and gathered together happily. The whole family sits together, and there is a table full of melons and fruits for refreshments.

A large plate of apples is indispensable for the New Year's offering, which is called "Peace and Peace". In the north, some people also offer a pot of rice, which is cooked a year ago and offered for the New Year. It is called "next year rice", which means that there is leftover rice every year, but it can't be eaten all year round.

This pot of next-year rice is usually cooked with a mixture of rice and millet. The northerners say it is called "two rice rice", which is to have yellow and white. This is called "gold and silver, and the pot is full of gold and silver". .

In ancient times, keeping the year had two meanings: the elders keep the year for "farewell the old year", which means to cherish the time; the young keep the year to prolong the life of their parents.

"Night Watch" has a long history. It is said that in ancient times, there was a beast called "Nian" who would rush to the village to eat people every year in the thirties. Since the "Nian" is afraid of lights, every family will light up the lights to keep vigil on New Year's Eve to prevent the "Nian" disaster.

Therefore, on New Year's Eve, the whole family sits together to keep watch, and at night the whole family sits together to talk long and short and look forward to a prosperous year.

Farmers rely on farming for a living. The family wakes up early in the morning and stays in the dark. They work hard for a year, no matter how rich or poor they are. Looking forward to a good harvest in the coming year.

A family of young and old sits together, the old people tell stories to the children; or parents tell the family's income and expenditure in the past year, and encourage everyone to work together to strive for a good harvest in the coming year; or chat while making dumplings together; or adults sit together. Drink and plan for the coming year until dawn.

However, people's lifestyles are colorful now, and people who keep the year old are not there to chat. Everyone is watching the Spring Festival Gala in front of the TV series, or a few people play cards or play mahjong together.

"Brother Glory. Sister Qingqing, you didn't know..."

Ye Rongyao and Liu Qingqing just came out of the house,

When they met Ye Shuting and Ma Lin from her own family, Ye Shuting looked at them suspiciously and asked.

"What do children know, don't ask too much."

Ye Rongrong was thick-skinned and directly blocked Ye Shuting's words.

"People are seventeen years old after the new year, not too young."

Ye Shuting pouted and said. Everyone is a big girl now. There are many girls in the village who have not studied, and now they are engaged to people, and some have even held wedding banquets. Why does his Glory brother always treat himself as a child.

"Not yet eighteen years old. In my eyes, they are still children." Ye Rongrong said with a smile.

"Hate."

Ye Shuting said happily. It seems that Brother Glory has been rejecting him, because he thinks he is still young. Ye Shuting, who thought she had found the reason, was in a particularly good mood.

"Brother Glory, many people in the village set off fireworks, let's set off fireworks too."

Ma Lin said to Ye Rongrong. Ma Lin is a native of Beijing, and private fireworks are prohibited in the capital, so Ma Lin has never set off fireworks in person except watching others set off fireworks on TV.

It was rare for Ma Lin to set off fireworks at Ye Shuting's house, so she couldn't help but want to set off fireworks at Ye Shuting's house.

If it weren't for Ye Rongyao's agreement in the morning. They can't come over after their own family's New Year's Eve dinner, and they've already come over.

For this matter, Ye Shuting complained a lot about Ye Rongrong, saying that he had no conscience. Don't let the two of you have a New Year's Eve dinner with him.

It's just that Ye Rongyao's attitude is very strong, and the two girls have no choice but to come to Ye Rongrong's house at a time.

"Brother Glory, quickly move out the fireworks, we are going to set off fireworks." Ye Shuting urged.

"Okay, I'll move now." Ye Rongrong said with a smile.

Ye Rongyao had some money on hand this year. Plus he got the "lazy system", these are all happy events, so Ye Rongyao is very willing to buy eight big fireworks in the morning, all big fireworks with 68 sounds, each costing 170 yuan , Ye Rongyao spent thousands of dollars just to buy these fireworks.

Because the fireworks were so powerful that they could not be placed in the yard, Ye Rongyao moved six large fireworks to the open space outside the yard, leaving two fireworks, Ye Rongyao planned to stay at twelve o'clock, which was also the beginning of the new year.

There is a long history of setting off fireworks in China. It is said that in ancient times, people passed through deep mountains to sleep in the open air, and they ordered bonfires at night to cook and keep warm, and to prevent wild animals from attacking.

However, there is an animal in the mountains that is neither afraid of people nor fire, and often steals food when people are not prepared. In order to deal with this animal, people think of the method of setting firecrackers in the fire and using the crackling sound of bamboo to make them escape.

The animal mentioned here is called "Shansao". The ancients said that it can make people cold and hot, and it is a ghost that makes people suffer from cold and heat diseases.

In the early Tang Dynasty, plagues spread everywhere. A man named Li Tian put saltpeter in a bamboo tube and ignited it to make a louder noise and stronger smoke. As a result, the miasma of the mountains was dispelled and the epidemic was stopped. It is the earliest prototype of firecrackers.

Until the advent of gunpowder, people filled the bamboo tubes with saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal and burned them, producing colorful "fireworks".

"You all stand back."

Ye Rongyao held a lighter in his hand, looked at the three women standing beside him and said. After all, setting off fireworks to explode is more dangerous.

Every year during Chinese New Year, there are not a few people injured by fireworks and firecrackers. Ye Rongyao did not dare to let the three girls get so close to the fireworks and firecrackers. If they were injured, it would not be a joke.

There can be no unlucky things in the New Year's Eve.

"Brother Glory, don't order them together. After one is finished, put another." Ye Shuting said.

"I know this, you all step back, I'm going to set off fireworks." Ye Rongrong said to Ye Shuting's three daughters.

After the three girls were at a safe distance, Ye Rongyao lit fireworks, and after a while, huge flowers bloomed in the air. First, the colorful light agent burned, and then the parachutes opened and fell one by one. The fireworks overlapped, and the night sky Splendid circles, forming a variety of beautiful patterns.

"It's so beautiful, I want to take this video."

Ma Lin excitedly took out her mobile phone to record. This is the first time that Ma Lin has grown up to see the fireworks from such a close distance. (To be continued.)