118, Chapter 118 (1/2)

On the day of the Chinese New Year, Chinese people usually stay at home and don’t go out. No shops are open on the street, and even taxis are rare, which makes it look quite deserted.

Of course, if the family is reunited at this time, it certainly won’t feel deserted at all. Although Yuan Yuanyuan is alone at home now.

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Actually, this sounds quite miserable, but she didn’t feel unhappy today. If you say that she really doesn’t feel deserted, it’s unlikely, but Yuan Yuanyuan is used to being alone.

Yuan Yuanyuan stood at the door early in the morning, tore off last year’s blessing couplet, and replaced it with the couplet and blessing character that someone gave her when she went to the bank to deposit money last month, with the watermark of “China Construction Bank” underneath.

She arranged it for a long time, pressed the watermark on the blessing character with the couplet, pressed the watermark on the couplet with the banner, and folded the top and bottom of the banner. Finally, when she looked from a distance, there was no watermark at all, perfect.

Yuan Yuanyuan stood at the door and gave herself a slap, with praise and pride for her artistic talent.

The refrigerator was full of things, which was the fullest it had been since she met him.

There were leeks on the stove. Yuan Yuanyuan washed them early in the morning and put them on the iron steamer to drain.

What are leeks in winter... They are luxury goods, everyone. Yuan Yuanyuan bought them in the first three days, and they cost 12 yuan per catty, almost the same price as pork. If I buy them today, it will probably go up to 30 yuan.

Her garbage refrigerator was very small. It was the landlord's. It was probably used for more than ten years. The cooling effect was very poor. Yuan Yuanyuan hung all kinds of things that needed to be frozen, such as raw meat and frozen tofu, in plastic bags outside the window. So when she looked outside her kitchen window, she saw a bunch of unknown objects hanging.

After Yuan Yuanyuan posted the couplets, she lay on the bed. She slept soundly, as if she wanted to make up for the sleep she had this year.

It was not until about five o'clock in the evening that she was awakened by the messy noise outside. She leaned on the window and saw that a group of little monsters were gathering downstairs, chattering and chattering, as if they were going out to play together.

Yuan Yuanyuan rubbed her eyes and leaned on the window with sleepy eyes, feeling that her whole body was about to fall apart. She looked at the group of little monsters below with a smoky expression.

These little monsters were smaller than each other and looked very cute. Yuan Yuanyuan rarely saw so many little monsters gathering together. Most of them were hiding somewhere. They seemed to be discussing where to go. I don't know why I was so excited about the New Year. Compared with them, Yuan Yuanyuan was quite different.

Yuan Yuanyuan scratched her head and looked at the dark sky. Today was a cloudy day, and it would freeze people to death. There was no living person on the street, but there were many monsters on the street. She realized from the first New Year after becoming a half-demon that the monsters didn't seem to have much awareness of staying at home during the New Year.

A monster Yuan Yuanyuan knew passed by her window. He turned around and saw Yuan Yuanyuan lying on the window. He greeted her, "Hey? You haven't left yet. What are you doing at home?"

"I... don't have anything to do. I might go out for a while." Yuan Yuanyuan said.

This monster was not very familiar with Yuan Yuanyuan. He greeted her and left. Yuan Yuanyuan usually didn't say a few words to him. It was not used to seeing him suddenly talking to her. It was probably because he thought it was a bit strange for a monster like her to stay at home during the New Year.

She was afraid that there would be monsters talking to her. During the New Year, Yuan Yuanyuan still wanted to live a human life. So she turned around, drew the curtains, turned on the TV, and waited for the party while making dumplings.

It seemed that the monsters were quite lively today... Do you want to go out and take a look?

Yuan Yuanyuan was making dumplings when her cell phone suddenly rang. This sound was not the ringtone she usually used. Her cell phone was a legendary dual-SIM dual-standby knockoff phone. This card was probably the one she didn't usually use.

Not many people knew about that card. Yuan Yuanyuan wiped her hands and looked at her cell phone. It was indeed from Tang Shi.

[Tang Shi: Boss! Happy New Year! ]

Yuan Yuanyuan smiled when she saw the message. She replied, [What are you doing? ]

[Tang Shi: Looking at the gifts! So many! They are piled up like a mountain! It's right in the square in front of my house! ]

Yuan Yuanyuan asked, [You went out too? Is it fun? ]

[Tang Shi: It's fun. My dad and I were walking around the square. There are usually a lot of offerings here. Some big monsters can't see each other, so the little monsters like to write their names and pile them up here. The square is full of them. ]

[The square in front of our house? ]

[Tang Shi: Yes, that one. 】

Yuan Yuanyuan thought, oh, I didn't realize that the small square at their door had such a powerful function. It looks quite old.

She looked at the MMS that Tang Shi sent her. There were "small hills" piled up on the square, and there were little monsters everywhere. If she hadn't confirmed that it was New Year's Day, it would have looked like a lantern festival on the Lantern Festival.

Yuan Yuanyuan shook her head and threw her phone down. She finally understood where these little monsters were going. They probably went to gather together.

While the program was playing, Yuan Yuanyuan went to cook dumplings. According to her family's custom, dumplings are not put with money, but with sugar. She made ten dumplings and put a piece of sugar in one dumpling. She ate it herself and lay on the bed to browse her phone.

While brushing, she suddenly lay on the bed and felt that something was wrong.

This feeling was very confusing, but she couldn't tell what it was. To be honest, it was like she forgot to do something when she just went out.

In general, Yuan Yuanyuan forgot to bring her keys or wallet.

What did I forget... Yuan Yuanyuan thought about it for a long time but couldn't remember it. She didn't take it seriously and forgot it as soon as she turned around.

Even though it was the New Year today, the cartoonists didn't forget to update, but except for a few naked updates, it was probably all drawn in advance.

Yuan Yuanyuan turned on all the lights in the house at around 11 o'clock. The lights had to be turned on during the New Year, and the demons and ghosts were afraid of light and dared not come in. Although it always felt weird to say this, Yuan Yuanyuan still turned on the lights according to her childhood habits.

She looked at her phone. In the past two hours, she had been chatting with Jixiangyu and the others. Jixiangyu was telling them about the scenes of their family during the New Year this year.

[Group leader: There are still quite a lot of people coming this year, but not as many as last year. We had some problems at the end of this year. We had a fight with Taoist priests and many monsters died. ]

[Black and red: Didn’t you join the fight? ]

[Group leader: Why should I join the fight? I would have to kneel down if I just went up. ]

Yuan Yuanyuan and Black and red scolded Fat Cat for being a coward for a long time. They knew that this guy had said in the group that he wanted to go to Africa alone to escape. Fat Cat was not angry and let them say it openly. Yuan Yuanyuan didn’t know if all the disciples of the big family were like him, but she knew that if they were like this, then the big family would probably be destroyed.

[Group leader: Our family here still has to return the favor to the little monsters... I saw that they called several people out. I guess it was the same as last year, asking them to help with medical treatment. ]

[Black and red: There is a family here that gives gold every year... But it’s a little less. If you go too late, you won’t be able to grab it. Do the noble families in your place give away anything? If they do, you can go and take a look. 】

Yuan Yuanyuan looked at the conversation on her phone and suddenly felt that she had missed out on 100 million yuan.

These noble families were just like feudal landlords. They actually gave out something during the Chinese New Year... Although this always reminded people of the "free porridge" in TV dramas, Yuan Yuanyuan still wanted to take advantage of it.

[Quanquan: Are you all so rich? ! ! ! By the way, will a noble family give out magic books? ! ! ]

[Group leader:... What? ]

After he said that, Yuan Yuanyuan knew that she might have asked the wrong question. It is estimated that during the Chinese New Year, people usually give out things related to money, and things related to knowledge such as magic books are still quite rare.

She stuck out her tongue, said nothing more, and lay down to play dead, pretending not to see the various complaints about her lack of common sense from Fat Cat and Black and Red.

Yuan Yuanyuan lay down to look at her phone, flipping through it, and suddenly remembered something.

By the way... she herself is also a noble family, although she is the only one in her family.

Hmm... Yuan Yuanyuan hesitated for three seconds. It seems... she doesn't need to give anything to others, right? After all, she has nothing herself.

Alas... so giving and receiving gifts is really a science... whether it is human society or monster society, it is very troublesome and I don't understand it at all.

When Yuan Yuanyuan was struggling with the issue of giving and receiving gifts, Fat Cat and Black and Red finally changed the topic. The reason was that Fat Cat suddenly said, [Tonight's Monster Record might be more interesting. I think he might draw something unexpected... I don't know if it's the same as what I think. ]

[Black and Red: Unexpected things? ]

[Group leader: Yes, on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year... I think he might draw, but I don't know what it will look like. ]

[Black and Red: You said that... He might draw, but not necessarily now, isn't it a bit provocative to draw now? ]

[Circle:... What? What? What are you talking about that I don't understand? 】

【Group leader: We are talking about the first Night Parade of One Hundred Ghosts organized by the Blood Jade Demon Army. 】

【Black and Red: If he wants to draw, he probably can't avoid this. Isn't it just the right time recently? I think he might draw it, but isn't it too difficult to draw these days? 】

Yuan Yuanyuan watched the two of them talking about something she couldn't understand at all. They often did this. They would leave Yuan Yuanyuan alone while chatting. Yuan Yuanyuan had to make jokes to explain it to her.

But on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year... Was it the first Night Parade of One Hundred Ghosts organized by the Blood Jade Demon Army? They would also have a Night Parade of One Hundred Ghosts?

Yuan Yuanyuan never really understood the principle of the Night Parade of One Hundred Ghosts. When she first became a half-demon, she thought that some very powerful monsters could do it, but gradually, she got to know more about the demon world and realized that not everyone could be a big monster.

She used to think that there must be a big monster to lead this, but for an army... can there be a term like Night Parade of One Hundred Ghosts? It's still quite novel.

Every time at this time, Yuan Yuanyuan would realize that she was a novice in the world of demons. She sighed. Since Fat Cat had predicted this, she decided to watch "Monster Records" tonight in the same state as watching Conan.

At midnight, when the clock on the TV rang, Yuan Yuanyuan opened the comic and read the plot.

As soon as she opened it, Yuan Yuanyuan looked at the cover for several seconds. Today's cover... is particularly different.

This is almost as good as the New Year's picture.

The picture shows a bunch of messy monsters put together, basically all in Q version, which looks particularly festive. Yuan Yuanyuan thinks this may be the cutest picture Ji Qiu has drawn so far.

I guess this is also to cater to the festive atmosphere.

Because of this "New Year picture", Yuan Yuanyuan's nervous mood suddenly relaxed. She wanted to laugh, but she didn't expect Ji Qiu to be a little cute at this time.

With this mood, Yuan Yuanyuan opened the comic, and then the moment she opened it, her smile suddenly froze on her face.

There is a person in the picture. This person is standing at the door and quietly pasting couplets.

The couplet he pasted, the words on it look inexplicably familiar, although the texture is completely different... but the content is the same. They are all "Celebrate the festival happily, and welcome the new year with lights and decorations", and the horizontal banner is "Family happiness"...

...

Yuan Yuanyuan wanted to put the comic up instantly, but she suppressed her irritability and calmed herself down.

Calm down, calm down, what did I do today?

Put up couplets, make dumplings, eat dumplings, look at the phone...

What can I draw!

Suddenly, a huge firework exploded outside, just in front of Yuan Yuanyuan's window. I don't know who is desperate to set off a firework in the city.

Yuan Yuanyuan turned over her phone and looked at the picture on the cartoon. Her eyes turned into dead fish eyes.

The fireworks outside the window seemed to be celebrating.

The street was brightly lit, and several families across the street lit up small colored lights.

It seemed that only red was left between heaven and earth. This color was very festive. People have used this color to celebrate the New Year since a long time ago.

...

Ah, Happy New Year.