How did the folk custom of stealing youth turn into stealing vegetables?

Stealing lettuce is a Lantern Festival custom. On the evening of the 15th day of the first lunar month, friends go to the vegetable field to "steal vegetables". Stealing lettuce means "making money" and stealing onions means "making money". "Smart", stealing celery means "diligence", in order to get a good "luck", and the vegetables in the vegetable farmland have undoubtedly become a "hot pastry".

On February 12, just one day after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, vegetable farmer Mrs. Tao happily came to her vegetable field to dig some vegetables. Unexpectedly, the scene in front of her stunned her: a whole piece of vegetables. The vegetable field was in a mess, and some unripe vegetables were dug out in all directions. The entire vegetable field, with messy footprints and vegetables staggered here and there, showed the bustle of the previous night, which made Grandma Tao, who was nearly seventy years old, very distressed. . After working hard to grow vegetables in several fields, we never imagined that the entire vegetable field would be destroyed overnight. More than half of the vegetables such as lettuce, baby greens, and cabbage were lost, and there was not much left.

" On the night of the Lantern Festival, I invited four friends and drove to the First Ring Road, Qingfeng, Laisu and other places as the sky darkened to experience the fun of stealing youth. They drove away until midnight." Long. The husband admitted that many of his friends in his circle of friends posted photos of someone stealing sex, and some even stole a trunk full of food. Youth thieves are basically young people in their 20s. At the invitation of their friends, they go to the fields to steal a few side dishes to follow the trend and have fun.

When the reporter asked if he knew about the custom of "stealing youth", Mr. Long said that he actually did not know the meaning of "stealing youth". It is estimated that only middle-aged and elderly people would know." What on earth is "stealing youth" all about?

During the interview, it is not difficult to find that most people just use the custom as a gimmick to have fun, which is far from the real custom of stealing youths in the past. But the middle-aged and elderly people who really understand "stealing youth" have stopped "stealing youth" a long time ago.

There are many people who "steal youth": they only consider their personal experience and do not take into account the hard work of farmers. You must know that many vegetable farmers not only rely on growing vegetables to make a living, but many also use it to provide education for their children. It is immoral to blindly follow the trend and steal the food without thinking from others' perspective.