Happy New Year!

This was the decision Han Cheng made after he returned to his room and calmed down a little.

We can come up with pottery, salt, breeding and planting, so why can't we bring 'Nian' over as well?

I can’t go back to the past, and experience the atmosphere of the New Year in later generations, so I’m just celebrating it here.

In addition to Han Cheng's own complex, holding such a festival can also subtly strengthen the ideological and cultural construction of the Qingque tribe, enhance the cultural identity and cohesion of the entire Qingque tribe, and in the long run, it can even play a greater role than the witch's sacrifices.

After making this decision, Han Cheng went to find Wu to talk about this matter.

At this time, the witch was looking at a pottery plate with many moons carved on it.

Shitou would occasionally say a few words to explain the meaning of this to the witch.

Because long before Han Cheng told the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, he had carefully discussed the matters of the New Year, the month, and the day with everyone in the tribe, and the witch already had an idea of ​​this in his mind.

Although it is not very clear, it is still very helpful to combine it with the "moons" drawn on the stones. Slowly, those unclear parts of my mind can become clearer.

Han Cheng asked Shitou to call his eldest senior brother to discuss this matter together.

Although he knew that the eldest brother, as the leader, would not have any objection to this matter, Han Cheng still did not want to bypass him. This was the respect he should have for the man who led the Qingque tribe to survive so hard.

"New Year's Day?"

The witch repeated the new word he had just heard from the Son of God, looking thoughtful.

He didn't understand why the Son of God was talking about the "New Year" for no reason, and couldn't figure out why he did this.

Shitou was standing aside, his two black eyes rolling around, and no one knew what he was thinking.

The eldest brother also remained silent, and also looked thoughtful.

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

Han Cheng couldn't help scratching his hair when he saw that the three people in the tribe who were the most receptive and quickest to new things all had this reaction.

It is not easy to promote the New Year in the tribe.

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

Han Cheng was thinking in his mind in distress.

"Here's what happened."

Han Cheng spoke again, and after a brief pause, seeing that the three people were looking at him, he continued, "In the deepest part of the forest, there lives a huge beast. The name of the beast is 'Nian'..."

Han Cheng thought about it and suddenly remembered how much the people in the Qingque tribe loved stories, so he told the story of the "Nian Beast", which had been passed down from who knows when, with a slight modification.

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

When Han Cheng talked about the terrible beast Nian that would come out of the mountains to attack the tribe, destroy the caves, and eat the people of the tribe, the witch showed a look of solemn panic, and stood up involuntarily to block Han Cheng behind him.

In a hurry, the eldest brother picked up the wooden stool and stood in front of the door. Little Shitou, with a pale face, gritted his teeth and stood in front of Han Cheng, but was pulled behind him by Wu Bei.

Han Cheng was moved and a little amused. Could he not react so strongly every time he heard a story?

Han Cheng helped Wu back to sit on the edge of the kang, pulled the stone aside, and pulled the eldest brother to let him put down the wooden stool and sit down again. He said to the three people who still looked doubtful: "Nian will not come now. It will only visit the tribe on the last day of the year..."

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

Shi, the most lively one, reacted quickly, clenched his fists and said with a stern face.

This is also what Wu and the eldest senior brother want to say.

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

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

He shook his head with a serious expression: "No, Nian has thick skin and flesh. Stone spears and bows and arrows can't hurt it... The stone caves can be knocked down. Our walls are made of earth..."

After hearing what Han Cheng said, the few people who were originally quite confident suddenly became more panicked.

Han Cheng was worried that they would have the same extreme reaction as before, so he did not dare to pause for too long and continued: "But Nian is afraid of noise and fire. As long as you light firecrackers on the last night, Nian will not dare to come out..."

After hearing what Han Cheng said, the three of them gradually felt relieved.

While thinking about the evil Nian beast, I was also thinking about how to deal with it.

"Son of God, what are firecrackers?"

This is a good thing for dealing with the Nian beast, you must ask clearly about it.

When Han Cheng heard Shitou's question, he was stunned. The adaptation of this story was not perfect. He mentioned firecrackers casually but forgot that there were no bamboos around the tribe.

What should I do?

After seeing the reaction of the Son of God, the witch and the eldest brother who asked the same question vaguely felt that something was wrong. The Son of God did not seem to be able to create something to scare away the Nian beast. Something called "firecrackers", that matter...

"Firecrackers are something that makes a loud noise when it burns."

Han Cheng spoke up.

"We don't have that thing nearby... No... But we have drums, and the sound of drums is louder than that of firecrackers..."

At this moment, Han Chengdu couldn't help but want to praise his own wit. He had made up for the flaws.

When the three heard what Han Dashenzi said, their eyes suddenly lit up. Yes, they have drums!

The drum made by the Son of God that sounds like thunder when struck!

They all felt a little scared when hearing this sound, not to mention the Nian beast which was already afraid of sounds!

They asked again when would be the last day of the year. Han Chengji came to the pottery plate with the moon carved on stone, and with a piece of charcoal, he drew twenty-five black circles behind the last question mark carved by Heiwa of this month, and painted the last circle black, and told them that this was the last day of the year.

Han Cheng was actually guessing this, because there were not enough moons carved on the stones, and he could not find a pattern from them, so he did not know whether this moon was a big moon or a small moon.

However, it doesn't matter if there is a one-day error. After all, the Nian beast will not really come. Han Cheng just wants to use this as an excuse to lure Nian out in a way that is more acceptable to the Qingque tribe.

The highest meeting about the New Year ended here, and then Han Cheng, Wu, and the eldest brother gathered everyone in the tribe together. Following the successful example not long ago, they first told the story of the evil Nian beast, and then proposed ways to deal with the Nian beast. Naturally, everyone followed their instructions.