Chapter 254 The Evil Nian Beast

Chinese New Year!

This was the decision Han Cheng made after returning to his room and calming down a bit.

I can get things like pottery, salt, farming, and planting by myself, so why can't I also move the "year" here?

I can't go back to the past, and I can't experience the atmosphere of the new year in later generations, so I live here.

In addition to Han Cheng's inseparable complex, holding such a festival can also subtly strengthen the ideological and cultural construction of the Qingque tribe, and enhance the cultural identity and cohesion of the entire Qingque tribe. Witch sacrifices play a big role.

After making this decision, Han Chengcheng talked to Wu about it.

At this time, the witch was looking at the pottery tablet with many moons carved on the stone.

From time to time, Shi Shi said a few words to the side, explaining the meaning of this to Wu.

Because as early as when Han Cheng was talking about the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, he had carefully shared with the people in the tribe about the year, month, and day. Wu already had an idea of ​​this in his heart.

Although it is not very clear, but combined with the 'moon' drawn by the stone, it is still very helpful. Slowly, the places that are not very clear in my heart can become clear.

Han Cheng asked Shi Shi to call the elder brother over and talk about it together.

Although he knew that the elder brother as the leader would not have any objections to this matter, Han Cheng still didn't want to bypass him. This was due respect for the person who led the Qingque tribe to survive.

"Chinese New Year?"

Wu repeated the word he had just learned from Shenzi, showing a thoughtful expression.

He didn't understand why Shenzi said this "Chinese New Year" thing so well, and he couldn't figure out why he did so.

The stone was on the side, with two dark eyes rolling around, not knowing what he was thinking.

The elder brother didn't say a word, and he also showed a thoughtful expression on his face.

It is not easy for them to understand the concept of "year" and what it represents, at least it is more difficult than Han Cheng thought.

Seeing that the three people in the tribe who are the most receptive to new things and the fastest have this kind of reaction,

Han Cheng scratched his hair involuntarily.

It is not easy to promote the year in the tribe.

What method should be used to explain the matter of 'year' to everyone?

Han Cheng was thinking in his heart in distress.

"It happened like this."

Han Cheng opened his mouth again, paused for a while, and after seeing the eyes of the three people looking over, he continued: "In a place deep in the mountains and forests, there lives a huge beast. The name of the beast is 'Nian'. '..."

After thinking about it, Han Cheng suddenly remembered how much everyone in the Qingque Tribe loved the story, so he retold the story of 'Nian Beast' that had been handed down from unknown when, and retold it a little.

The effect was surprisingly good. As soon as the lecture started, the three people in the room were completely attracted immediately.

When Han Cheng mentioned that the terrifying Nian beast would come out from the deep mountains to attack the tribe, destroy the caves, and eat the tribe's people, Wu showed a dignified and panicked look, and stood up involuntarily to block Han Cheng behind him.

In desperation, the elder brother picked up the wooden pier and blocked the door. With a pale face and gritted teeth, the little stone also stood in front of Han Cheng, and was dragged behind him by the witch.

Han Cheng was moved, but also a little dumbfounded, can he not have such a big reaction every time he hears the story?

Han Cheng took Wu Fu back to the edge of the kang and sat down, pulled the stone aside, and pulled the elder brother to let him put down the wooden pier and sit down again. The three of them said, "Nian will not come now." , it only visits the Horde on the last day of the year..."

"We have walls, we have bows and arrows, we have slings..."

The liveliest Shi came to his senses, and said with a sullen face and clenched fists.

This is what Wu and the big brother want to say.

The two of them looked at Han Cheng together, expressing the same meaning as the stone.

Han Cheng smiled in his heart, not bad, very full of fighting spirit.

On the face, he shook his head with a serious expression: "No, the skin of the year is rough and the flesh is thick. Stone spears, bows and arrows can't hurt it... Caves in stone can be knocked down. Our walls are made of soil..."

Hearing what Han Cheng said, the few people who were relatively confident at first became more flustered all of a sudden.

Han Cheng was worried that they would have the overreaction just now, so he didn't dare to pause for too long, so he continued: "But Nian is afraid of sound and fire, as long as the fire is lit and firecrackers are lit on the last night, Nian will not dare to come out... ...'

Hearing what Han Cheng said, the three of them gradually relaxed.

While thinking about the evil Nian Beast, he also thought about how to deal with it.

"Son of God, what are firecrackers?"

This is a good tool to deal with the Nian Beast, so you can't do it without asking.

When Han Cheng heard Shitou's question, he was taken aback secretly. The adaptation of the story wasn't perfect enough, so he just said the firecrackers, but he forgot that there were no bamboo figures around the tribe.

What can I do?

Seeing Shenzi's reaction, Wu and the senior brother who asked the same question vaguely felt that something was wrong. It seemed that Shenzi couldn't create something to scare the Nian beast. Something called 'Firecracker', that thing...

"Firecrackers are things that make a loud noise after burning."

Han Cheng said.

"We don't have that around here... no... but we have drums, and they're louder than firecrackers..."

At this moment, Han Chengcheng couldn't help but want to praise his wit, and he made up for such flaws.

The eyes of the three of them lit up immediately after hearing what Han Dashenzi said, yes, they have drums!

A drum made by the Son of God that sounds like thunder!

They all sounded a little scared by the voice, let alone the Nian Beast who was already afraid of the voice!

They asked again when it was the last day of the year. Han Chengcheng came to the pottery board with the moon carved on the stone, and used a piece of charcoal to circle twenty-five black moons in succession behind the last question mark carved by Heiwa this month. and blacken the last circle to tell them that this is the last day of the year.

This was actually Han Cheng's ignorance, because there were not enough moons carved on the stone, and he couldn't find the pattern from them, so he didn't know whether this month was a big moon or a small moon.

But it's okay to have a one-day error. After all, there will never be a Nian beast coming. Han Cheng just wants to use this as an excuse to attract Nian in a way that is more acceptable to the Qingque Tribe.

The highest meeting about the Chinese New Year ended here, and then Han Cheng, Wu, and the senior brothers called all the tribes together. According to the successful example not long ago, they first told the story of the evil Nian Beast, and then proposed the solution to the Nian Beast. The method, everyone naturally obeys.