fisherwoman

There is also a large square pine altar table under the majestic black wood main table, which is specially made by the fishermen for offering sacrifices to the sea. He took out the homemade dishes, put them on the altar religiously, and then retreated behind the men, everything was so orderly.

With the sound of a horn, all the people standing in front of the altar knelt down in unison. The leader was naturally Lu Zhixian, behind him were Zhao Ziliang and his wife Zhao Shun, and then the old man from Longtan Village and Fishermen, Xiao Jingzhi and his two sons were also standing in the crowd with serious faces. The women and children from Longtan Village were at the back, and of course there were people from other villages who came to watch the excitement. It was very quiet all around.

Lin Xueman also knelt down with the crowd, followed their example, kowtowed three times to the altar, and then stood up, standing quietly at the side, turned her head, and saw the old man next door Ma also standing in the crowd, with a pious expression on his face.

At this time, several strong young men came out from the crowd, among them was Wang Dahai, who looked naive. They lifted the whole pig and the chickens from the altar table, and put them on the table together. A fishing boat was pushed to the seashore. The fishing boat crossed the waves and rowed a long way in the sea. Several people threw the sacrifices on the boat into the sea. The pig fell into the sea and made a huge splash.

When those young people came back, they kowtowed in front of the altar with a serious face, and then retreated to the side.

At this time, Father Zhao, Xiao Jingzhi, and several old men in the village gathered around the brazier, burning paper money in their mouths, and those yellow straw papers floated into the air with blue flames, and after a while, they fell again. Down, on the sand, the crowd tumbling and extinguished.

Another blast of horns, the main ceremony of worshiping the sea is over!

The men just got up and walked to their own fishing boats, half-kneeling and burning the paper money that had been placed there in advance. For a while, smoke lingered on the beach.

The women ran forward in a swarm, picked up their own offerings, and poured them into the sea one after another, doing their best.

Lin Xueman also walked over and poured the meat in the bowl into the sea. A layer of oily light suddenly appeared on the surface of the water, and under the sun, it suddenly became colorful.

After a while, a lot of cabbage leaves were pushed onto the beach by the waves. A few chickens took the risk and went to peck a few mouthfuls. When another round of waves hit, they jumped to the shore one after another.

Zhao Shun stood there, looking at the cabbage leaves, his face was flushed with anger, he dared to talk for a long time in the meeting that day, they all thought they had farted, and no one paid attention to them at all, looking back, those red people surrounding the boat The cloth strips have long since disappeared...

The singing on the other side of the stage has already begun, and the sound of gongs and drums is deafening again.

The crowd flocked to the stage again, ready to watch the play, the men sat on the floor one after another, and most of the women sat on the bow of the boat, noisy and lively.

Xiao Jingzhi was a teacher in the town, and he was admired by others. He was arranged in the front seat, sitting with Lu Zhixian and Zhao Shun, chatting a few words from time to time, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Zhao Ziliang took his wife to row a boat to play on the sea, and several servants of Zhao's mansion followed behind in a row.

Lin Xueman was not interested in those Yiyi babbling dramas. She walked through the crowd alone for a long time with a basket on her shoulders, but she didn't find her mother-in-law and two sister-in-laws. Could it be that they went home?

She saw that there were not many people on the other side of the seawall, and a few people were burning paper and kowtowing in front of the Dragon King Temple, so she walked over curiously.

This Dragon King Temple is built on the open space opposite the seawall. The temple wall is blue, and there are paintings of the sparkling sea and a shadow of a sail on it. It feels quiet and peaceful, and the painting is realistic and amazing.

Lin Xueman went in and took a look, and saw a huge majestic golden statue standing in the center of the temple, occupying most of the room. , Exuding a sacred breath.

Presumably the god of the sea is enshrined here!

There are two red cotton pads on the ground for people to kneel and worship.

There is also a small inner room next to the statue, which also houses some statues, and there is also light smoke lingering inside.

Lin Xueman saw that a woman next to her took out a copper plate from her bosom, put it in the money jar in front of the altar, took a stick of incense from it, lit it, put it into the incense burner devoutly, knelt on the cotton pad, kowtowed head, and backed out.

She also imitated that woman, put in a copper plate, offered incense and kowtowed, and retreated respectfully.

The tide receded slowly, and the reefs beside the seawall were slowly exposed, and the reefs were covered with maroon laver. A few women were holding baskets, quietly pulling the stones The seaweed on the table looked east to west from time to time, as if paying attention to whether anyone was coming, Lin Xueman felt ecstasy in his heart, isn't this the seaweed that Xu Yuanqi mentioned?

When she saw those people picking laver vigorously, she felt itchy for a moment, so she rolled up her sleeves, tied the hem of her clothes in a knot, and went down to pick the laver with a basket on her arm. When the women saw her, they just rushed at her With a friendly smile, they didn't say anything to each other, they just quickly picked the large pieces of seaweed, the sea water was warm, Lin Xueman quickly picked the basket full, ran home in a hurry, poured it into the basin, and hurried back .

When she came to those reefs again, the women picking seaweed had disappeared, and a strange figure sat on the seawall. When he saw her, he didn't avoid her, but stood up, walked up to her, and bowed his head. Asked softly: "Xueman, you, how are you doing these days?"

It was a young man, about the same age as her, tall and kind, with a felt hat on his head. Seeing her confused look, he took off his hat and smiled innocently: "Xueman, I am Saburo!"

"Sanlang! You, why are you here?" Lin Xueman quickly found him in his memory, he was a playmate in Linjiawa Village, the kind of childhood sweetheart.

"I, I know that you married for your sister, don't worry, I went to Longtan Village several times, but I haven't seen you, and it's not easy to come to find you." Qin Sanlang lowered his head while talking, "I know you will definitely come to sacrifice the sea today, but there are so many people, it's hard to talk to you..."

"Sanlang, thank you, I am doing well, and my family treats me very well." Lin Xueman was moved in his heart. In this strange time and strange place, there are still people who braved the severe cold and walked more than ten miles to come here. Look at her, she looked at him, and said, "My uncle and the others are alright!"

It wasn't that he cared much about Lin Youquan's family, but he couldn't help asking.

"They, they are still the same. I heard that they have been trying to find a husband's family for your sister these days, but she always looks down on her and keeps picking. But a few days ago, it seems that two people came to the village to inquire about you. Your uncle said a few words, then left, and he didn't know who those two people were, your uncle said, he was afraid they were relatives from your mother's side, so he didn't care!"

"I know, they came to look for me, but they didn't come forward to meet each other."

"Xueman, I think they are sent by your father, because a few days ago, when my uncle came back from the capital, he talked about your father, saying that he had already obtained the honor in the examination, but he was sent to the border for some reason. I just returned to the capital with my wife and daughter last month." Qin Sanlang looked at her face and whispered.

"Wife and daughter?" Lin Xueman looked at him suspiciously, "Could it be that my father is married again?"

"Well, there is a daughter who is more than ten years old."

"I see." Lin Xueman's heart was gloomy for a while, and even the last trace of hope for family affection was shattered. No wonder this father hasn't returned home for ten years, so he has already married a wife and had children outside.

Lin Xueman, in this world, if you want to be happy, you can only rely on yourself, because you have nothing!She motivated herself somewhat self-deprecatingly.

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