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The lights in the distance are noisy, but the nearby is quiet, the snow is reflected in the dark sky, and the surrounding is the blue of dusk. Standing on the stool, Meng Huaize looks down at Wu Yue.

"What are you doing?" Wu Yue asked him.

"Paste Spring Festival couplets." Meng Huaize replied blankly.

"What are Spring Festival couplets?"

Meng Huaize still looked the same: "Some blessings for the coming year during the Chinese New Year."

Wu Yue said "Oh" and asked him, "Aren't you coming down?"

Meng Huaize blinked, and his straight eyes flickered, as if he just realized it.He frantically leaned on the back of the chair to get off the stool, but as soon as he bent down, an arm stretched out to hug his waist, and he was held down from the stool.

"Why are you still so stupid?" The wolf couldn't say anything good.

Meng Huaize grabbed his arm and stood firm, just laughing.

The wooden stool was grabbed by Wu Yue with one hand and thrown into the yard, while holding Meng Huaize with the other hand, he walked excitedly into the house.

The snow was drifting slowly, Meng Huaize was half a step behind Wu Yue, his eyes were always glued to Wu Yue's face, there was a warm smile in his eyes, like a spring day brewing under the winter snow.

After entering the room, Wu Yue let go of Meng Huaize, his eyes turned bright golden, and he said impatiently, "I'll show you something good."

He opened his hand, and in the palm of his hand was a black scale, surrounded by a faint golden circle.

Only then did Meng Huaize's eyes briefly leave Wu Yue's face, and landed on his hands, separated by a layer of golden light, the blackness from the scales still made Meng Huaize tremble in his heart, he had never seen such a thick The darkness is as if born in the eternal cold night, unable to be illuminated by light.

He asked: "What is this?"

"I found it in the depths of the dead place." Wu Yue said excitedly, "It is said that those beasts in the chaos were not exterminated, and one escaped. It was just speculation before, but I didn't expect it to be true."

"The fierce beast has been hiding for many years. Cang Ming Lingzhen has sent so many gods to run to death if there is any abnormality. It has never been found, but now it has left its own trace..." Wu Yue laughed, "The six realms, I'm afraid it's going to change."

He said "I'm afraid it is", but anyone can see that he is afraid that the world will not be chaotic.

Meng Huaize moved closer to take a closer look at the scales, but Wu Yue suddenly clasped his palms together and put them away: "This thing came from the dead, and it has too much filth, so don't get too close."

Meng Huaize thought of the faint golden light surrounding the black scales, he thought that the scales looked like that, but at this moment he suddenly realized that it was more like a golden barrier.

He asked Wu Yue: "The golden light outside the scales is yours?"

Wu Yue was hiding his treasure, and he hummed casually when he heard this.After putting the scales away, he raised his head, only to find that Meng Huaize had been looking at him with a smile.

"why are you laughing?"

"I'm happy." Meng Huaize answered rather capriciously.

Wu Yue was amused by him, and said with a smile, "Why are you happy?"

There was smoke and fire drifting over from a distance, mixed with faint laughter, Meng Huaize's voice suddenly softened: "This is the first year we have spent together."

He moved his eyes away from Wu Yue, fell on the snow falling outside the window, and said with a smile, "That's great."

Wu Yue, a little bumpkin from Jiuyi Mountain, hadn't celebrated the New Year, so he didn't know what it was. It wasn't until the firecrackers blared at night that he deeply realized the "badness" of the New Year.

In the beginning, there were only sporadic explosions, and then it seemed that the fuse was caught, Wu Yue frowned, and before he could ask what was going on, the fuse reached its end, and suddenly there was a chorus of explosions outside, and the world seemed to be Crowded by this sharp sound, there is no quiet gap to be found.

The monster's ears are already very sensitive, and these voices are even more noisy to Wu Yue's ears, but Meng Huaize doesn't understand his difficulties at all, jumps out of bed, puts on his shoes and runs into the yard.Wu Yue didn't know why, so he had to go out behind him. When the door was opened, the roar was even worse. Wu Yue, the master who didn't blink when he was about to die, couldn't help hissing, and almost reached out to cover his ears.

Meng Huaize stood in the snow, holding a bamboo pole in his hand, with a string of red things hanging from one end. He had just been ignited, and the fuse was sparking and spiking forward, and after a while, there were successive explosions. .

Amidst the extremely lively sound, Meng Huaize turned his head and smiled at Wu Yue.

"Happy New Year, Wu Yue."

For a moment, the surrounding noise and roar became a foil.

The sound of firecrackers lasted all night, Wu Yue really couldn't figure out what eccentricity people have, what fun is there in listening to this noisy noise, he was annoyed by the disturbance, obviously taller and stronger than Meng Huaize, But like a wolf cub, he buried his head in Meng Huaize's arms.

Meng Huaize covered Wu Yue's ears with both hands to help him cut off the noise, seeing his appearance was amused, so he let go of one of his hands and said with a smile, "Do you know the reason for setting off firecrackers during the Chinese New Year?"

Wu Yue raised one eye to look at him, and spoke in a somewhat muffled voice: "What?"

"There is a legend that there is a Nian beast that will attack the village every midnight on the last day of the year. This year the beast is very powerful, but it is afraid of one thing, which is the sound of firecrackers. So every New Year, every family will light firecrackers to drive away Fierce beast."

Wu Yue didn't think this was a good story, and glared at him angrily, "What do you mean!"

"I thought it was just a legend made up by people themselves, but I didn't expect it to have some truth." Meng Huaize pinched Wu Yue's angry face, and said with a smile, "Isn't it, this big monster who is only afraid of the sound of firecrackers?"

"Who's afraid!" Wu Yue said unconvinced, but quickly pulled back the two hands that Meng Huaize had moved away, and put them on his ears one by one.

The sound of firecrackers did not stop throughout the New Year's Eve. Wu Yue grabbed Meng Huaize's hands and asked him to cover his ears. The family covered the ears of this monster.

Until the fifteenth night of the first lunar month, the originally noisy firecrackers suddenly changed their appearance and turned into brilliant fireworks all over the sky.

Wu Yue has never even seen firecrackers, let alone these fireworks. He changed his restlessness of the previous ten days, sat in the courtyard and watched with great interest, and his bad impression of the human world finally improved by a little or two.

Fireworks exploded one after another in the night sky, filling the sky with bright colors, Meng Huaize looked at Wu Yue, and suddenly had a thought.

He poked Wu Yue's elbow: "Do you want to see better fireworks?"

Wu Yue turned to look at him, the brilliant colors in the night sky were reflected in his golden pupils, Meng Huaize smiled and said, "Let's go together."

Every year during the Lantern Festival, there is a grand firework show in Jinyang City. The city’s singing and dancing dramas stretch for several miles and last all night. During the five days from the [-]th to the [-]th of the first lunar month, there are no prohibitions in the city, and people can come and go for fun at any time. .But because Jinyang City is far away, Meng Huaize seldom went there in the past unless it was necessary. He had only heard about the grand occasion of the Lantern Festival, and had never experienced it himself. Such interest.

Jinyang City is more than [-] miles away from here, the sky will be completely dark, and Wu Yue has not used his demon power, so the two hold hands and head towards the night.The village, which should have been dimmed in normal times, was still bright at this time. There were red lanterns hanging in front of every house, and the lights were swaying in the night. There were fireworks flying around from time to time. Wu Yue looked up as he walked.

He watched the fireworks, and Meng Huaize watched him.

The two of them walked for more than half an hour, and the sporadic lights around them began to prosper, and the fireworks that exploded in the sky became more frequent and diverse than before. It seems that it is going to burst through the city gate and pour it into the wilderness.

The Jinyang city gate also changed from its former majesty, with thousands of colorful lights hanging to protect the city that never sleeps.Entering from the city gate, shouts and cheers come to your face, and the streets on both sides sell white sausage, chicken section, salt and black bean soup, jade plum, snow willow, bodhi leaves, tea wine, powder, and lanterns.In the center of the city stands a tall lamp mountain, which complements the lanterns and candles in Sifang streets and alleys, and the city is full of fire trees and silver flowers.

As soon as he entered the city gate, Wu Yue's eyes were glued to the bamboo frame in the peddler's hand. The bamboo frame was surrounded by small lanterns, each decorated with plum blossoms and gold rims, very delicate.The kid next to him almost had one, Meng Huaize bought one for him with a smile, and this big monster that lived for 800 years carried it all the way as happily as a kid.

Since Wu Yue came to the human world, he has been stuck in Meng Huaize's small courtyard. As far as he can see, except Chuanji Mountain, it is a small mountain village. The most prosperous place he has been to is the small market when he first became a human. He has never known the human world. It turns out that there is still such prosperity and excitement, and I am very interested in watching it all the way.

Passing through the bustling street market, until the Jinhe River, the hustle and bustle did not subside a little. The whole family, men, women, and children visiting together were much less, most of them were couples on a date, snuggling by the river, the tallest tree on the bank of the Jinhe River. The trees are already covered with red silk, and the river under the trees meanders, slowly flowing forward holding the lanterns.

This place is a little quieter than the center of the city, but the fireworks overhead are even brighter. Meng Huaize and Wu Yue found a big rock with their backs to the crowd and sat down by the river, watching the continuous fireworks in the sky side by side.

Looking at it, Meng Huaize's eyes moved from the sky to Wu Yue's body.This monster has an extremely handsome face, and under the light of the fireworks, it is more glorious than the feast in the sky.

Wu Yue looked up at the sky, still shaking the painted plum and gold lantern in his hand, and sighed: "I didn't expect the human world to be so lively."

"Why," Meng Huaize asked, "Do you like it?"

Wu Yue said: "It's okay."

This wolf is the most stubborn. If he says "it's okay", then he thinks it's pretty good.

Meng Huaize said with a smile: "Since this is the case, why don't you stay and don't leave, we will come and see it every day."

Wu Yue's gaze paused, and he turned his head to look at Meng Huaize.

At this moment, Meng Huaize moved his eyes away, looked up at the night sky, and said with a smile, "I'm just kidding, you don't think you can see it every day, after the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, it will be gone."

After he finished speaking, he stopped talking, as if his mind was completely attracted by the fireworks that day.

The small lantern in Wu Yue's hand swayed leisurely, casting a sparkle of light on the river below their feet.

The hustle and bustle of the city did not completely dissipate until late at night, but after nightfall, there were a lot fewer people on the street.Meng Huaize and Wu Yue squatted by the river for half the night. Meng Huaize was blown by the wind and sneezed several times. It wasn't until the little country bumpkin in Jiuyi Mountain had almost enjoyed watching it that he was ready to go back.

Turning from the bank of the Jinhe River, there is a small stall next to it, with all kinds of masks hanging on it, pigs, horses, cattle, sheep, gods, ghosts, ghosts and everything. Although the making is a bit crude, it is very suitable for the scene of this festival.

Meng Huaize saw the wolf mask next to him at a glance, walked over and took the mask off the shelf, and reached out to put it on for Wu Yue.

Wu Yue was very disgusted and refused to wear it: "What is this painting, it's too ugly!"

Meng Huaize said "Oh?", and looked carefully at the silly wolf mask in his hand, as if he had really considered it carefully, but the result of careful comparison was: "No, it looks exactly like you! Come on Put it on!"

Wu Yue was so angry that he hid Meng Huaize's hand but refused to let him wear it. He even took a lamb's mask off the shelf, and wanted to stick it on Meng Huaize's face.

The stall owner next to him watched the excitement for a while, and then coughed. Meng Huaize suddenly came back to his senses, and realized that he had been too presumptuous in front of people just now. He blushed in embarrassment, and quickly apologized to the stall owner, while digging out his wallet Ready to pay, by the way, he patted back the hand of the wolf cub who was about to make trouble.

The stall owner was an old man. It was late at night and the street was empty. He was not in a hurry to do business, so he put his hands in his hands and smiled very kindly: "The relationship between the two brothers is really good."

Meng Huaize paused and asked him, "How do you know that we are brothers?"

"It doesn't matter?" The old man raised his hand and pointed at Meng Huaize, "You are the elder brother," and pointed at Wu Yue, "You are the younger brother."

Meng Huaize put the money on the stall, but the smile on his face disappeared.

Wu Yue next to him snorted coldly, narrowing his eyes dangerously: "Who do you say is the younger brother?"

The old man was so frightened that he couldn't help shivering, but still a little unconvinced, he muttered softly: "Isn't this obvious..."

Wu Yue still wanted to argue, but Meng Huaize turned around and left.

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Part of the content of the Lantern Festival is referred to from "Tokyo Menghualu", which is often changed and not rigorous.