Time flies at 4:00 pm, and get off work two hours earlier than yesterday.

My colleagues left, and I was left in the entire yard.

The director walked out of the office and smiled: "I'll lock the door, go home. Post couplets and have a reunion dinner to watch the Spring Festival Gala."

I lit my head and went home, watching my grandfather take out the Eight Immortals Table from the utility room and wipe it.

My parents took out a series of dishes that were learned and sold.

After drinking and eating, the family sat happily on the sofa.

My mother brought the fruit plate, but I kept caring about what I saw in the past two days.

"There are no firecrackers this year? In the past, it was so lively to set off firecrackers in West Lake." Grandpa said and looked out the window.

"For the sake of environmental protection and reduce safety hazards. As for the news just now, Beijing dispatched 130,000 police officers and a large number of block managers to patrol and supervise the setting of fireworks and firecrackers." Mom replied with a smile.

"Isn't this better? Otherwise, the noise in the past would be annoying." Dad was holding his cell phone and replying to the company's news.

Grandpa frowned: "Firecrackers are used to fight the New Year beasts, and it is not enough not to set off firecrackers."

"Dad, you're old traditions. Who still believes in these monsters and monsters?" Dad shook his head and controlled it to CCTV.

The first sketch of the Spring Festival Gala, "Birthday Congratulations".

I suddenly realized when I heard my grandfather’s words!

The strange screams in the lake were 8:30 in Su Xiaoxiao's book.

This is talking about the New Year beast! But is this possible?

I picked up my bag: "My parents, I'll go out."

"Where are you going for the New Year?" asked my mother.

"A colleague, the director asked me to give her a couplet. Unfortunately, I forgot, I'll give it to her now. Before twelve o'clock!" I obviously told a lie, shaking the couplet written by the director in my schoolbag and rushed out of the door.

"Depending on your urgent situation, male colleagues and female colleagues?" Mom smiled happily at this time.

"Mom, don't worry!" I closed the door.

I don’t know where Su Xiaoxiao’s home lives, nor where the director lives.

But the terrifying cry was definitely not wrong, there must be something in West Lake.

During the Spring Festival, people walked into the pavilion in the middle of the West Lake one after another.

I hid in the dark and found that those were all colleagues at work.

They stepped into the pavilion and took off their coats, and pierced them into the water in red robe.

The director also staggered into the pavilion at this time, and the sword behind him vibrated.

If I read it correctly, the sword seemed to fly up spiritually.

The director walked on the sword and plunged into the water.

At this time, I don’t know if I was dazzled, but what I saw when the reflections of the ripples on the water were superimposed.

It was a picture of the underwater world, and it seemed that a huge New Year beast was breaking out of the bottom of the water.

The Nian Beast's limbs were trapped by iron chains, but at this time two iron chains had been broken.

Next to Nian Beast were the elderly colleagues, and a fierce battle was being fought under the water.

The picture flashed by, but when I still wanted to take a closer look, the water surface had turned back to calm.

It was not someone else who ran slowly by his side. Su Xiaoxiao also arrived at the scene in a wind and snow-covered clothes.

I immediately grabbed Su Xiaoxiao's clothes, and Su Xiaoxiao turned around and was startled when she saw me.

"Why are you here?" Su Xiaoxiao looked at me alertly.

I looked at Su Xiaoxiao and asked, "I'm right, I'm asking you, what are you doing? Are there monsters under the water? And you've known about it a long time ago?"

Su Xiaoxiao looked at me in surprise: "Do you know everything? Then let go and let me fight the New Year beast."

"Nian Beast?" I looked at Su Xiaoxiao in confusion.

"This year is a fierce battle. In previous years, firecrackers have been suppressed. This year, I will not let you go. Please let me go. Go home immediately and pretend you don't know anything. When I go to work tomorrow, I will tell you in detail?" Su Xiaoxiao explained.

I shook my head: "No, you're going to say it now."

"Do you know the Nian Beast?" Su Xiaoxiao looked at me helplessly.

I smiled awkwardly and shook my head: "I know a little, but I don't know if you know it."

"Do you remember what I told you about guarding each generation? You are talking about the Nian beast! The West Lake Garden Security Department is a cover. I am the only one who is really a garden major and needs another person to reduce the burden. The ancient legend is true. In ancient times, Nian beasts would attack humans every year. Later, the Nian beasts were successfully suppressed by West Lake. If they were allowed to break out of the lake, it would be bad! And I tell you that Nian beasts are everywhere. The customs in various places are different. We are mysterious organizations that guard Nian beasts are all over the country." Su Xiaoxiao wanted to leave after explaining.

"Wait, then I'm one of you, so I'm going to participate even more!" I was obviously a little excited.

"We don't plan to let you know about the Nian Beast. Besides, even if I teach you how to fight Nian Beast, you won't be able to do it. Without systematic training, human deaths will occur." Su Xiaoxiao said in confusion.

"I'm much stronger than you, right? Why can you do it or not?" I said in confusion.

Su Xiaoxiao opened the down jacket, which was covered with red clothes.

Su Xiaoxiao's two bulging pockets were filled with red beans and red dates: "The New Year beast is afraid of three things. First of all, all red things. There are red lanterns hanging at home. If you paste Spring Festival couplets and red blessings, it will be afraid. Firecrackers can drive it away so that it cannot escape. Finally, these red grains can attack it."

"Does all red things work for it?" I reacted and asked, subconsciously putting the red Spring Festival couplets I collected yesterday in my bag around my waist.

"You're just kidding, I don't have time to mess with you." Su Xiaoxiao was a little excited.

At this time, Su Xiaoxiao's red talisman swept across my eyes, and the words on the talisman were obviously written by the old man of the director.

"You can see it yourself!" Su Xiaoxiao shouted.

In the next second, even if the lake surface does not ripple, I can still see the situation at the bottom of the lake. Everyone at the bottom of the lake was restricting the Nian beast, and the Nian beast was suppressed and could not move under the pavilion in the middle of the lake.

I could see the director walking through the water with his sword, splashing grains and making him look so handsome.

But at this time I also found that there seemed to be only one iron chain that bound the New Year beast and was about to break through the water surface.

Su Xiaoxiao nodded her head: "You have seen it too, how dangerous! Stop making trouble, please let me go to Huxin Pavilion."

At this time, I pulled Su Xiaoxiao and ran out of the pavilion: "It's useless if you are a little girl."

"What are you doing? I want to save the director and the others." Su Xiaoxiao shouted.

"If you believe me, I have a better way!" I answered quickly.

"What can you do?" Su Xiaoxiao said in confusion.

The only thing that has not changed during the Chinese New Year is the enthusiasm of the aunts for square dancing.

Especially when it comes to such festival days, the two teams of aunts are competing for beauty in the square.

A group of people were dancing "Good Days", while another group of people were waving the red fans in their hands, and the red umbrella and red lantern were dancing in red dresses. "Two Butterflies".

I pointed to the square dance aunties, and Su Xiaoxiao instantly realized what I was going to do.

We walked to the leading dance positions of the two dance troupes, and Su Xiaoxiao and I turned off each other's trumpets almost at the same time.

The music stopped, and the aunts looked at us looking at us with a look of wanting to eat us.

Su Xiaoxiao and I quickly explained: "We are from the West Lake Garden Security Department."

"You can do whatever you want if you defend yourself! We are dancing here without hindering the flowers and plants."

"That's right, why do you guys pull out our songs!"

"Get out, get out!"

I hurriedly raised my phone: "No, sisters, I want to invite you to jump to the West Lake together. Let's form a circle and use our radio around the West Lake to sing for you. Isn't this the New Year? Are you dressed so festively and jumped around the West Lake and looked particularly good? I'll take a photo for you!"

Su Xiaoxiao got two U disks and went to the radio room.

The speakers on the scene were debugged, and the lyrical red song "Two Butterflies" on the left half was popular on the right half.

I stood by the West Lake and watched the square dancers danced gracefully under the music.

Su Xiaoxiao ran to my side, and we could all see a magical scene.

The New Year beast was so scared by the music on both sides and the shaking festive red color that she hid in the pavilion in the center of the lake.

When it was twelve o'clock, the Nian Beast fell into a deep sleep again.

The square dance aunties also happily ushered in the New Year's Eve.

The colleagues quickly fixed the chains again and rushed out of the water and walked out in their jackets.

No one was injured. The director looked at Su Xiaoxiao and smiled: "Who came up with the idea? It's really great. I want to promote this idea. If comrades from other places have this method, they will not be afraid of the Nian beast running out."

Su Xiaoxiao looked at me and I scratched my head awkwardly.

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(postscript)

The cultural and health activities that started in 2005 and the national fitness activities of the Beijing Olympics in 2008 provided the soil for the prevalence of square dance.

Under the joint action of official and civil forces, square dances quickly became popular with the momentum of sparks.

The scale is getting bigger and bigger, the number of people is increasing, the clothing is becoming more and more unified, and even the music is getting more and more up-to-date with the times.
Chapter completed!