In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

At night, the lights are brightly lit.

The gong and drum team beat gongs and drums all the way, and all the people participating in the Millennium Festival followed the Mazu sedan chair in an orderly manner.

That night, no one slept. Every household set up an altar. When the sound of gongs and drums approached, everyone started to worship.

For the villagers who believe in Mazu, the Millennium Festival is a very important day. They may not even be able to come across a Centenary Festival, let alone a Millennium Festival.

So everyone behaved very piously. If the children did not worship properly and wanted to go out to play, the parents would beat them with bamboo sticks.

Li Haoran was very lucky this time. His father didn't have time to attend the Millennium Festival and left the spot for him.

Now he is the flag bearer, walking at the front of the team. I don’t know if it’s Li Duoyu’s illusion, but this little fat boy seems to have lost some weight recently.

Dandan Island sent two boats to the ancestral temple this time, and the sedan chair containing the golden statue of Mazu was placed on Li Duoyu's fishing boat.

Except for the boss and the flag bearer, the rest of the people were sitting on Li Niantian's big trawler.

That’s right, my uncle and his friends rushed back from the sea off Zhoushan fishing ground to participate in the millennium festival.

Li Duoyu also met Zhang Mingshan yesterday. To be honest, the moment he saw him, he almost didn't recognize him.

Before and after boarding the ship, I felt like a different person. I was clean and fair before boarding the ship, but after two months.

He lost a lot of weight, as if he had changed his skin, and his whole body was dark. Although it was autumn, many parts of his body were sunburned and peeled.

The biggest change is in the eyes, which used to be a bit cunning, but now have become somewhat dull.

Li Duoyu thought that when this person saw him, he would rush up to him like a mad dog and yell and curse at him.

Li Duoyu had already prepared a countermeasure, but he didn't expect him to be surprisingly calm. Although he lowered his head, he still greeted him.

"Mr. Li, OK."

Li Duoyu felt a little uncomfortable with Zhang Mingshan's change of attitude. Later, he found out after asking Chen Liang.

Zhang Mingshan was severely punished for nearly a month on the boat because he did not follow the rules, especially Li Sande, who kept thinking about punishing him in the middle of the night.

At the beginning, he was very stubborn and threatened to retaliate against them. But after being skipped for a few meals, he became well behaved.

It was not until more than ten days ago that he discovered something that completely changed his mind. When he was cleaning the boat, a huge wave happened to hit him.

He was pushed directly into the sea and was swept away by the waves. Everyone thought he was dead for sure.

But what no one expected was that the captain of the boat, who was Li Duoyu's uncle, actually risked his life and jumped out of the boat to rescue him.

Since then, Zhang Mingshan became very silent and his personality became awkward. He even took the initiative to ask when they would go out to sea next time.

But the captain of the ship severely criticized him, thinking that he was not suitable to be a crew member on the ship, and did not allow him to stay on the ship.

In the dark night.

Led by Li Duoyu's fishing boat, two fishing boats with pennant flags flew to the ancestral temple of Meizhou Island, beating gongs and drums.

By the time their fishing boat arrived, it was already dawn, and the waters off Meizhou Island were already full of fishing boats coming to the ancestral temple to burn incense.

Traffic jams are quite common, and now there is a ship jam. There are too many fishing boats on the sea and everyone wants to dock at the pier.

This directly caused congestion in the waterway, and the local coast guard even shouted through a loudspeaker.

"Those who have Mazu spirits, are organized, and are participating in activities will have priority to land on the island. Those who are not organized will go to the nearby sea area and wait first."

After Li Duoyu's fishing boat appeared, the fishing boats on the Haiphong side heard the sound of their gongs and drums.

After seeing the flag of [Dandan Island Tianhou Temple] embroidered on the boat, he immediately shouted with a loudspeaker: "The fishing boats from Dandan Island go first."

It took almost half an hour before Li Duoyu and his fleet were able to dock at the pier.

Since there was already a long queue behind, everyone got off the boat very quickly.

Old Lu from the big boss family walked in the front holding an incense burner, followed by the flag bearers and the sedan chair. The huge team appeared at the dock.

Lao Lu, who came to Meizhou Island for the first time, couldn't help showing disgust on his face after seeing the pier here.

It is even smaller than their old pier on Dandan Island, not to mention their newly built pier.

At this time, a middle-aged man at the dock also shouted with a loud speaker: "Welcome the golden statue of Mazu from the Tianhou Temple of Dandan Island back to the island."

There were many believers watching on both sides of the road. When they learned that the golden statue of Mazu from Dandan Island had arrived, many of them started to worship directly.

In recent years, the golden statue of Mazu on Dandan Island has become famous and is called "Mazu, the Goddess of Wealth" by people outside.

I don't know when this saying started to circulate.

That is, if fishermen want to make money, they must go to the Tianhou Temple on Dandan Island to worship the Goddess of Wealth, Mazu.

When the golden statue of Mazu arrived, believers on both sides of the road worshiped with great piety. Some even threw coins into the sedan chair and shouted, "Mazu, Goddess of Wealth, bless us to have a safe voyage and make a fortune."

However, there were also some more down-to-earth believers. Some of them knew Li Duoyu and directly shouted, "Boss Li, when will you expand your Minlong?"

Li Duoyu smiled.

"You should read the newspaper more often and read the information on it. If there is an expansion, it will be announced there. However, we will be picking kelp seedlings soon this year. If you plan to make this money, you can go to our island to register first."

When they heard that they had to pick up kelp seedlings, many people present changed their expressions instantly, because everyone knew that picking up kelp seedlings was indeed profitable, but it was definitely hard-earned money.

Li Duoyu took a few steps forward and unexpectedly saw a team carrying large cameras.

Reporter Lu who was holding the microphone stopped him on the spot and started interviewing him directly on the spot.

"Director Li, we meet again. I can feel that the Mazu Golden Body Spirit on your island is very popular. Can you introduce it to everyone?"

Li Duoyu smiled but didn't really smile, and directly pushed Lao Lu out: "This question should be answered by our big boss family."

Lu Xiaoyu is relatively honest. Their filming team is estimated to have arrived at Meizhou Island yesterday.

I heard that after approval from the leaders, both cameras in the station were sent to Meizhou Island.

The ninth day of September.

Even though Li Duoyu and his friends arrived very early, the island was full of people, even the big rocks on the mountain were filled with people.

It was difficult for people to walk, let alone carry the sedan chair. After walking for a distance, the flag team, gong and drum team, and maid team did not move forward.

It took Li Duoyu and his team two full hours to deliver the golden statue of Mazu to the ancestral temple.

After Li Duoyu completed his task here, he was called away by the board of directors, and Lao Lu and others were not qualified to participate in the activities of the preparatory group.

Li Duoyu followed the leaders and attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the statue of the goddess of the sea and sky. At the groundbreaking site, Li Duoyu saw a relatively small statue of the goddess of the sea and sky. Li Duoyu was very familiar with this statue and didn't know how many times he had seen it. The only thing that made him unhappy was...

It seems that in the previous life, if you wanted to go to the statue of the Goddess of the Sea and Sky, you had to pay an extra ticket.

After attending the groundbreaking ceremony of the Statue of the Goddess of the Sea and Sky, what Li Duoyu did not expect was that he was just talking at the preparatory meeting that day.

But I didn't expect that the local leaders took it seriously. In addition to the groundbreaking ceremony of the statue of the Goddess of the Sea and Sky, they also held a ceremony to establish the Mazu Folk Rescue Team.

Li Duoyu was announced on the spot as the secretary-general and head of the rescue team. Li Duoyu had previously escaped interviews.

This time he couldn't escape at all and was caught by Lu Xiaoyu and interviewed for nearly half an hour.

The climax of the day was the arrival of the Overseas Province fleet. Someone at the dock shouted, "We are coming to pay homage to our ancestors at Chaotian Temple in Beigang, Overseas Province."

As soon as they appeared, they immediately attracted everyone's attention. Unlike other places, due to some special reasons, they came directly holding the golden statue of Mazu.

When they arrived, all the video cameras and cameras started to take pictures of them, and the person in the lead was...

Li Duoyu also knew about this. After all, he had seen information about this person a lot in the Mazu Cultural Center in his previous life.

His name is Cai Fuxiong. His family has believed in Mazu for generations. He has been helping believers from overseas provinces to make pilgrimages to the ancestral temple. He can be said to be the first person to spread Mazu culture across the Taiwan Straits.

The day ended with various activities, and it was not until the next day that Mazu's procession began.

This time we only visited Meizhou Island, Dandan Island Tianhou Temple, and Beigang Chaotian Temple.

The huge team attracted countless people to watch, and everyone had a smile on their face.

Li Haoran, holding the flag, walked with a breeze, and Li Shuihua, dressed as Mazu's maid, had a knowing smile on her face.

Those who were fortunate enough to participate in this millennium parade were all very excited. Li Duoyu, who had become a spectator, laughed when he saw how happy they were.

What surprised Li Duoyu was that he actually met an acquaintance on Meizhou Island, the blind man Chen who used to tell fortunes in Tianhou Temple.

He was wearing round sunglasses, leaning on a cane, and had a child supporting him.

Li Duoyu came over and said hello, "Old Chen, you can't even see, why are you here to join in the fun?"

After hearing the voice, Blind Chen was quite surprised: "Duoyu, what a coincidence, you are here too."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "My mother said that you are very accurate in fortune-telling. If you have time, would you like me to read another fortune-telling poem for you?"

After hearing this, Blind Chen hurriedly shook his head and said mysteriously, "I calculated for you once, and I can't stay on Dandan Island any longer. If I calculate for you again, I will probably have to leave the country."

“That’s so exaggerated.”

Li Duoyu didn't know whether this man was really capable or just guessing. Seeing that he was a bit old, he said.

"You are old now, you need to take care of your health."

After Li Duoyu left, Blind Chen sighed and said to the child beside him: "In the future, you should stay away from such people."

The child seemed to understand: "Grandpa, shouldn't we tell fortunes for people like this?"

Blind Chen was silent for a while, then murmured, "Actually, I don't know either."

The three-day event ended and the ships left Meizhou Island one after another. This series of activities was considered a success.

Especially with the participation of the TV station, this event was elevated to a whole new level. It was a pity that the top leader seemed to have gone to the capital for something and did not come to participate in this event.

After the spirit of the golden statue of Mazu from Dandan Island returned, the sound of firecrackers continued to rang out on the island.

In order to celebrate, the fishermen on the island try to go out to sea less to fish during this period. According to the methods of the older generation, the clairvoyants, super hearers, and other gods are all celebrating during this period, so they have no time to bless you.

Therefore, every time this festival comes, it becomes a spontaneous "fishing ban period" for fishermen.

After being busy for a while, Li Duoyu has been lying at home to rest these days, but little Tutu is still at an age where he is still young.

As long as Li Duoyu is at home, his little mouth always says: Daddy, play with me!

Li Duoyu had no choice but to take him out for a walk. As usual, when they went out, he especially liked to ride on his head.

Because whenever he was with his father, all the dogs on the island would run away when they saw this pair of people.

After Li Duoyu took him around for a while, they went straight to the new district. Nowadays, this area is developing very rapidly.

Since large ships can only dock at the new pier, my uncle and third uncle each selected a piece of land here and plan to move their houses here next year.

Li Duoyu took a look and found that people had already started living near the new wharf, and they were from Chenjia Village.

When they saw Li Duoyu, they all greeted him enthusiastically: "Director Li, you are here for inspection. Would you like to come to our house for tea?"

"You're so polite. I'll just take the kids out for a walk."

Li Duoyu walked around and saw that the branch of Ludao Fisheries Science and Technology School was almost completed. Now they were just waiting for a good day to hold the opening ceremony.

And as the vice-president, he would probably be pushed up to speak on that day.

As for the shellfish research station built by the Institute of Fisheries on the island, it was directly renamed during this period and became the [Dandan Island Abalone Breeding Center].

The reason is that Li Duoyu's Minlong Company directly invested in the company and can now be said to be the major shareholder of the Abalone Breeding Center.

A few days ago, Li Duoyu just signed an agreement with the Abalone Breeding Center. In the early spring of next year, the breeding center will be responsible for providing abalone seedlings, and Minlong Company will be responsible for raising the abalone.

At that time, as long as the abalone production scale is up, Li Duoyu plans to start the model of raising southern abalone in the north.

After Li Duoyu took little Tutu for a walk, the boy fell asleep while being rocked by him. He didn't pee this time, but he left a lot of saliva. I don't know what delicious food he dreamed about.

During the holidays, Teacher Zhou, who hadn't played mahjong for a long time, started to feel itchy, so Li Duoyu set up the mahjong table.

When my eldest cousin Li Shuguang saw the mahjong table set up, he sat directly on the north side and said, "The north wind is good."

Zhou Xiaoying sat in the south seat. Li Duoyu wanted to sit above her, but Li Shuguang was not happy about it.

"If you deliberately let Xiaoying eat it, it would be meaningless. Go to Xiaoying's next home."

Seeing that there was still one person missing, Li Shuguang directly called his second sister-in-law Zhu Xiuhua: "Would you like to come over and play a few rounds?"

Zhu Xiuhua, who hadn't played mahjong for a long time, was itching to play, but after seeing Teacher Zhou's belly, she backed out on the spot.

"I won't fight. They have three of the fish on the table. I definitely can't beat them. I won't fight."

Li Duoyu was also stunned for a while, and then he understood what his second sister-in-law meant. It seemed that there was such a saying among the people that if pregnant women played cards, they would generally have better luck. (End of this chapter)