$ Chapter 672 675. The old ghost (4)

$ Chapter 672 675. The old ghost (4)

After taking the fish and turtle back, Ao Muyang roasted them with salt along with the fishing net.

The 28th and 29th of the twelfth lunar month, and then the New Year's Eve.

Ao Muyang's home was lively, Lu Zhizi was here, Heilong was brought back, Zhong Cang and his wife came, old man Ao Zhibing stayed, and Zhu Zhu and Liu Mei also stayed here.

It was more lively in the village, Zhu Zhu liked this kind of noise, and refused to go home, Yan Qingcheng had no choice but to temporarily decide that she would come to celebrate the New Year's Eve.

This has an advantage, because she has to return to the company at around 10 o'clock on the night of the 30th every year, and celebrate the New Year with the employees who stayed in the company.

Every year on this day, she usually spends the New Year with her daughter first, then coaxes her daughter to sleep, and then goes to the company. This year Zhu Zhu insisted on staying in Longtou for the New Year, so she can return to the company with peace of mind.

In the afternoon, Yan Qingcheng arrived by helicopter.

Ao Muyang went out to pick her up and saw people beating gongs and drums at the entrance of the village.

Yan Qingcheng also saw it and asked, "What are you doing?"

Ao Muyang looked at it and said, "Is it the Nian ghost? This is usually the activity on the 30th."

The word "洴" evolved from oracle bone script, which is an ancient word. It means to hold a stick and knock. The Nian ghost is also a very old tradition, which means to knock the Nian ghost and drive away the Nian ghost.

This activity occurs on the 30th day of the lunar year. On this day, the old year is about to leave and the new year is about to come. In order for thousands of families to spend the new year in peace and happiness, all the ghosts in the world must be driven away to prevent disasters from breeding.

In recent years, the activities of the Nian ghost have become very rare, because the main actors of this activity are ghosts, which cannot be played by ordinary people. According to tradition, only beggars can play them.

The country's living standards are getting higher and higher. Street beggars are rare in towns and villages. On the contrary, they are more common in cities, which is exactly the opposite of the past.

This situation is easy to understand. Begging is now a profession and needs market support. The rural market is too small. People in cities are rich and sympathetic, so beggars are doing business in cities.

This year, beggars came to Longtou Village to perform the activity of The Year of the Nian Ghost. It is probably related to the growing fame of the village. The beggars also know that the people in their village have made money , so they come to perform and make money.

There must be at least three people to perform the activity of The Year of the Nian Ghost. One is the beggar who plays the ghost, the other is the ghost catcher Zhong Kui, and the other is Zhong Kui's follower.

After the three people entered the village, they found the largest fishing house and went around each fishing house.

Because from a traditional perspective, this activity is to sweep away evil obstacles, clean up filth and pray for the host family, so the villagers are very welcome. They all took money and stayed at the door, and gave the money to the follower after Zhong Kui drove away the ghost.

These people chose the right village. Longtou Village made a lot of money this year with the tourism industry. Every household has money. People have a lot of money and are willing to spend money. At least ten yuan should be prepared, usually twenty or even fifty yuan. The three people collected a lot of money.

Wandering around the village, the three people turned to the door of Ao Muyang's house.

Ao Muyang's house is a new building. The beggars have sharp eyes and can tell who has money and who has no money at a glance. They did not go to the poor people's homes to make trouble, but specifically went to the fishing and rich people's homes to make trouble.

Zhu Zhu and others ran out to watch the fun. First, the ghost played by the beggar ran into the yard. He was ragged, covered with black rags, and his face was black with ink, which looked scary.

Behind the beggar was Zhong Kui, who had to give the Nian ghost time to hide, so he chased slowly.

Zhong Kui wore a martial arts champion hat, a string of red beard on his face, held a sword in his hand, and tied an iron chain around his waist. The followers behind him carried bags and poles, and held gongs in their hands.

Nian ghost ran in front, Zhong Kui chased behind, and the followers shouted "洴" to cooperate. At this time, Zhong Kui waved his sword to drive the ghost away.

Today's harvest was great, and Nian ghost was happy and ran with extra energy.

Seeing the new building of Ao Muyang's house, he felt even happier. What he saw was not a building, but a RMB.

He wanted to go in and perform when he pushed the door open, but when the door was opened, a fat, strong, shiny mastiff was staring at him.

A meow sounded on the wall above his head, and he looked up in surprise and saw a fat cat licking its paw with its tongue with ill intentions.

A black shadow appeared, and an eagle flew up...

Ao Muyang was afraid of scaring people, so he smiled and said, "It's okay, these cats and dogs don't bite or scratch people, don't worry."

The beggar smiled and said, "That's the best. I'm an outsider of the Beggars' Gang and haven't learned the dog-beating stick. If it really bites me, I can't stop it."

The general looked mighty, so the beggar decided to avoid it and go to the backyard.

As a result, he took a detour into the backyard and saw a huge sea snake as thick as his arm crawling out of the pool. It coiled into a snake formation and stared at him with cold eyes.

This scene was so shocking that the beggar's legs softened and he knelt down directly...

Zhong Kui walked towards him with a righteous and powerful step. He shouted in a serious manner: "Where can the Nian ghost escape! You hide and pretend to be a-uh, why are you kneeling here? Damn, what a big snake, a poisonous snake!"

Ao Muyang went over and dragged the snake king away and threw it into the pond, saying: "It's okay, it's okay, domestic snakes don't bite people."

"What kind of home is this?" The beggar was scared, "Let's go, let's go to the next one, this damn ghost dare not come in, there are cats, dogs, eagles and poisonous snakes, the ghosts will take a detour when they see it!"

Ao Muyang was speechless.

Zhong Kui also refused to go to his house. He played Zhong Kui based on his momentum and had to look very powerful, but after seeing the huge poisonous snake, he felt his legs began to tremble. How could a trembling Zhong Kui catch ghosts?

Zhu Zhu regretfully handed the prepared 100 yuan to the attendant. The attendant received a big bill. He had professional ethics and said, "How about we shout at the door?"

"Shout, shout." The beggar said in cooperation. They shouted a few words and then ran away together. Zhong Kui ran faster than a ghost...

In the evening, the yellow thorn fish and the big turtle harvested the day before came in handy for preparing the New Year's Eve dinner.

Ao Muyang had already slaughtered them and roasted them with salt. Now he cut open their stomachs again, keeping the turtle still biting the fish and the fish bones in the turtle's body, and put them in the pot together.

Put half of the water in the pot, so that after the turtle is put into the pot upright, its mouth is just at the water surface, and the yellow thorn fish on its head is not in the water. After lighting the fire, he cooked two dishes in one pot: stewed turtle and steamed yellow thorn fish.

Seeing his cooking, Yan Qingcheng gave him a thumbs up and said, "Xiao Ao, your cooking skills are really superb. This is the first time I've seen this method."

Ao Muyang said, "Don't mention you. This is the first time I've seen this method, too, haha."

He came up with this method after seeing the turtle biting the fish and the fish biting the turtle.

There were many people and many dishes, so Ao Muyang simply called Song Qiumin and Ao Xiaoniu together.

Song Qiumin was stubborn and didn't want to go to someone else's house for the New Year. Lu Zhizi called her and said, "The New Year is lively when there are many people, and it's deserted when there are few people. I won't talk about this reason. What I want to say is that the New Year is a special holiday. The lonely and deserted environment affects the child's mental health and will make his personality gradually become withdrawn..."

In this way, there are two more people in Ao Muyang's family.