In the ordinary life of Crayon Shin-chan

In kindergarten, today is the day before the beginning of spring, and it is also the day for throwing beans during Setsubun.

"Good morning, teacher."

"Good morning, kids. Today is Setsubun." Teacher Yoshinaga had just finished saying this when Shin-chan, who was lying prone, immediately jumped up: "Is it...a day for kissing?" His face blushed: "This is my first time, be gentle with me~" and he pouted.

Mingxu grabbed a piece of paper and slapped it on Xiaoxin's face: "Setsubun, that's not kissing!"

"Shin-chan, do you know what Setsubun is?" Teacher Yoshinaga has also gotten used to it, and asked Shin-chan helplessly while looking at him.

"Well, I see you don't know that the so-called Setsubun is the day before the beginning of spring." Teacher Yoshinaga said helplessly.

"Then, what is the beginning of spring?" Xiao Xin looked at the teacher with a puzzled look and continued to ask.

"To put it simply, Lichun means spring has arrived." Teacher Yoshinaga said it very simply. She also knew that if she said it too complicatedly, the children would not understand.

"Oh! Then, wait until tomorrow, will the flowers bloom and the butterflies fly around?" Little Xinyan stood up and continued to ask.

"Well~" Teacher Yoshinaga looked at Mingxu hesitantly while looking at the scenery outside.

"No, just like you won't grow up all of a sudden, Xiaoxin." Mingxu came to the teacher's rescue.

"Grown up?" Xiaoxin said, lifting up his pants and looking: "No, I haven't grown up."

"Bang!" Mingxu punched him: "Don't be an exhibitionist!" In front of Mingxu, Xiaoxin has restrained himself a lot. At least the aliens rarely show their butts, otherwise, he would never forget the Thousand Year Killing. Thinking of this, Xiaoxin's body trembled and he became quiet.

"Anyway, spring starts on February 4th, and this has been passed down from ancient times. So today is Setsubun day, and according to tradition, we have to do something today." Teacher Yoshinaga said as he opened a box, revealing the beans inside.

"Everyone, look, what is this?" Teacher Yoshinaga asked, pointing at the box.

"Box." Shin-chan answered quickly.

"What's in the box?" It can be seen that Mr. Yoshinaga is a little excited.

"Teacher, don't look down on us. Even though we are kindergarten kids, we still know about things like the Setsubun bean-scattering." Kazama stepped forward and said.

"Really? Setsubun is going to scatter beans?" Shin-chan asked Kazama.

"That's right!" Fengjian answered confidently. Mingxu looked at the two of them and knew that Xiaoxin had started to set a trap, but Fengjian was still jumping very naturally.

"So should we distribute rice cakes during the New Year?" Shin-chan spoke again.

"??? You don't know about the bean-scattering festival?" Fengjian said, looking at Mingxu suspiciously. Mingxu spread his hands, saying that he was helpless. Xiaoxin just couldn't remember this kind of thing, but he remembered the festivals with delicious food very clearly.

"Okay! I'll teach you!" Feng Jian grabbed a handful of beans from the box and said, "Watch carefully!" He scattered them toward the wall and shouted, "Devil, get out! God of Fortune, come in!" After doing this, Feng Jian looked at Xiao Xin and said, "This is how to scatter beans. Do you know it now?"

"???" When Fengjian was wondering why Shin-chan disappeared, he found that everyone's eyes were looking in the direction where he was scattering beans. He turned around and saw Shin-chan sweeping the floor with a broom: "No, Fengjian, how can you throw things in the classroom?" Shin-chan educates Fengjian while sweeping.

Mingxu didn't know for a moment whether to say that Xiaoxin was right or wrong. Logically speaking, there was nothing wrong with Xiaoxin cleaning up the garbage on the ground, but this was the custom of this festival, so it was impossible to tell the difference. Mingxu continued to spread his hands and watch the show.

"Ah!! I'm doing the Setsubun bean-scattering thing! Shin-chan, your family must have done it! Right, Mingxu!" Fengjian turned his head and looked at Mingxu, with a hint of investigation in his eyes.

"...I did." Mingxu nodded helplessly, and Fengjian nodded in satisfaction and continued to say to Xiaoxin: "After spreading the beans, you have to eat beans that are the same age as you."

"Oh! I remember now, I have eaten beans, but they were not very tasty." Xiaoxin clapped his hands suddenly as if he had suddenly realized something. It turned out that only eating could awaken his memory.

"It seems that only eating can make you remember it firmly." Teacher Yoshinaga glanced at Mingxu, and sure enough, he also looked helpless, and couldn't help but sigh.

"We also scattered beans last year." Zhengnan suddenly said.

“We have it too…” the children immediately reacted and shouted to the teacher.

"Pa, stop eating the food on the ground!" Mingxu stepped forward, picked Xiaoxin up from the ground, and brought him back to his seat.

"Teacher, why do we have to scatter beans?" Xiaoxin asked again.

"Because we want to drive out the devil in the house and invite the god of fortune in. Because the devil is afraid of beans." Teacher Yoshinaga explained.

"But we haven't seen any devil in our house." Nini asked puzzledly.

"It's the same in our family~" Zhengnan said.

"The devil won't let you see him. He'll just quietly make you sick or something like that," explained Mr. Yoshinaga.

"There is a devil in our house." Xiao Xin suddenly stood up and said sinisterly.

"You're talking nonsense!" Fengjian interrupted him immediately.

"The devil in our house came in and hit my head with his fist, forcing me to eat things I hate~" Xiao Xin said, and everyone looked at Ming Xu. Ming Xu's mouth twitched, and his eyes were a little threatening. He smiled at Xiao Xin and asked: "Xiao Xin, am I a devil?"

"No, it's not." Xiao Xin trembled and responded immediately. He forgot that Mingxu would do the same and only thought of his mother.

"Okay, kids, let's get started." Teacher Yoshinaga interrupted the farce and asked everyone to start drawing devil patterns and making masks, which was also part of the activity.

The children had all kinds of weird ideas and drew all kinds of devil faces. Xiao Xin gave up the idea of ​​making a devil under Ming Xu's gaze and honestly followed Ming Xu's pattern to draw, although it was not very good. Then the beans were distributed, and everyone started to eat the beans of the same age after throwing the beans. Unexpectedly, Xiao Xin threw a handful into his mouth, holding the paper and said, "Another handful."

"You're eating a buffet!" Mingxu slapped him on the head. Xiaoxin looked at the teacher calmly: "How much do you want to eat, teacher?"

"..."

"Eat until you're full, hehe~" Shin-chan suddenly laughed as he looked at Teacher Yoshinaga.

"It's none of your business!" Teacher Yoshinaga became angry and embarrassed. Mingxu held Xiaoxin down, and the next process went smoothly.

In the evening, everyone was waiting for Guangzhi to come back home, and Meiya had prepared beans. However, Guangzhi came back after he had finished eating with others, so there was some food left over.

"Ah! I told you to tell me in advance but you didn't!" Meiya was angry. She picked up the plate and started throwing beans at Guangzhi, as if Guangzhi was the devil. Guangzhi had no choice but to endure it.

Behind Meiya, Mingxu seemed to really see a devil throwing beans. He and Xiaoxin looked at each other and shuddered.

Setsubun passed just like that.