Golden Fishery

  Christmas Eve is a very important day. Ordinary families will get together and enjoy the joy of family reunion. Families with a larger population may even hold celebrations such as a masquerade.

  There are so many people in the fishing grounds. Qin Shiou originally wanted to have a masquerade, but later discovered that everyone actually enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere of getting together and chatting and drinking beer, rather than going crazy for fun.

  The fishermen are past the age of playing. The children like it, but they prefer to set off fireworks. Usually, they don’t have the chance to play this.

  In Newfoundland in winter, it gets dark very early. From the afternoon, gorgeous fireworks and sharp noises appear in the sky of the island.

This frightened the little beasts in the fishing grounds. They kept running and hiding. The deer and wild boars were obediently returning to the small farm. The poultry was much more stable. They gathered the panicked chickens, ducks and geese in their wings. Sleep or sleep.

  The climax of Christmas Eve is an event held in the church-Christmas Eve Mass.

  Farewell Island is a Protestant, who doesn’t pay much attention to Mass, and the Orthodox Church generally pays special attention to this. Qin Shiou didn't understand the difference between Catholicism, Orthodox Church, and Protestantism. He followed along to join in the fun. He did what everyone did.

  Dinner started at six o'clock when the sky dimmed. Wei Ni called back the children who were setting fireworks on the lawn, and everyone began to enjoy this sumptuous dinner.

  Qin Shiou waited for the children to take their seats and said, "Do you want to say something? To Miranda, Fox and Vinnie, I think you have seen it, how hard it is for them to prepare this dinner, right?"

  He is indeed very grateful to the sister-in-law and mother-in-law. Originally, their family was going back for Christmas. The eldest sister-in-law is married, so she should accompany Armand to see his parents' house for the holidays.

  But when Vinnie decided to stay at the fishery for the festival, Miranda and Fox and others also decided to stay, of course, to take care of Vinnie.

  Now the relationship of the Winnie family is almost restored. At least the two sisters, Winnie and Fox, can sit together and watch "The Big Bang Theory" and laugh together.

   Shirley, Powell, Gordon, and Michelle stood up, and kissed Miranda, Fox, and Winnie on the foreheads one by one. This is the blessing of the Son, and it is exquisite.

  Qin Shiou asked them to kiss themselves. As a result, Shirley hugged King Simba and leaned forward.

King Simba finally grew fat after he was full and dressed warmly. His little long hair was fluffy and he looked fat and fat. With a small round face ready to be cute and coquettish at any time, Shirley hugged it to Qin Shiou, and it immediately started. He puffed his cheeks and made a balloon-like expression that was cute.

  Qin Shiou squeezed his chubby cheek, and said helplessly: "I really don't understand. Is this guy a lynx or a coffee cat? Shouldn't he rely on hunting skills to eat?"

The little carrot head was lying at the feet of Winnie. Seeing that Simba was cute again, he turned his lips contemptuously. Huzi and Leopard leaned on Qin Shiou’s knees and stood up. They raised their heads and knocked Simba away, resolutely not allowing it. Successfully sell cute.

  After dinner, Qin Shiou's family went to the church in town to attend Mass. The event is divided into two, held once from 9 to 10 in the evening, and there is a big mass at midnight, which is the climax of Christmas Eve.

  When they drove to the church, it was already full of people, and several devout believers stood at the door.

  Mass was presided over by the old pastor Green. Qin Shiou sent Wei Ni in. The front row reserved a seat for the pregnant woman, and there was an empty one next to it. It was originally reserved for the bull’s wife Anna. But she obviously can't come. So Qin Shiou sat down.

Pastor Green was standing in front of the alms station. He held the Bible in one hand and gestured with the other on his chest. He said in a low voice: "...The Lord makes us happy every year in anticipation of salvation. Tonight we know. The Lord descends. Come to redeem us. Tomorrow morning we will see the glory of God. All living beings will see the rescue of our God..."

  The pastor reads one sentence and will ease it up. The followers below will follow along. Qin Shiou has a solemn face and also sneaks along to read it. Although he is not a believer, it is obviously better to respect everyone's beliefs on this occasion.

   At ten thirty, the mass ends, everyone will go home or have a chat in twos and threes, and then wait for the highlight, the midnight mass.

  It is said that the midnight mass in the Vatican can attract forty to fifty thousand devout followers to observe. There will be stage plays to show classic stories from the Bible, and the pope will pray for believers around the world.

  The midnight mass in the small town is much simpler, but there is also a stage play at the beginning, which shows the birth of **** in the stable.

The town choir in the back led the townspeople to sing a poem, "Praise our Lord and Father." Qin Shiou leaned back a little bit at this time. He can't sing, and it's a bit embarrassing to stand in front of him, but he still acts as an audience behind. That's it.

Then, when Pastor Green was in control, there should be a theme for this kind of mass. Pastor Green gave a short speech. He recounted the topic of his previous encounter with Qin Shiou at the community hospital and discussed the topic of'goodwill is God'. .

  This cannot be said in the Orthodox Church, because the Orthodox Church emphasizes the supremacy of God, and the Protestant Church does not matter. The Protestant Church emphasizes justification by faith and that everyone can be a pastor.

  After the speech, everyone continued to sing hymns and read the Bible, praying for family, friends, and brothers and sisters of every believer.

   Pastor Green specifically mentioned Qin Shiou when praying, praying for him and the fishing ground, and moved Qin Shiou.

  At midnight, the Great Mass ends, and Christmas is just around the corner. Pastor Green waved his arms and the believers in black robes rang the big bell.

  The crisp bells spread to all sides of the island, conveying forgiveness, blessings, joy, and happiness to every corner of the town.

  After returning, Qin Shiou put the children to sleep, and he, Winnie and Auerbach prepared gifts.

  The children have been playing crazy for a day, coupled with the usual routines, they have long been sleepy at this time, and they fell asleep in the bed after returning.

  Qin Shiou put the little gift he prepared into the socks beside their bed. If the gift was too big to fit in, he would put a key and the gift box was hung on the Christmas tree at the door.

  In the morning when the gifts were opened, cheers rang out one after another. Qin Shiou and Winnie gave a gift together. They gave Miranda and Fox a piece of black pearl jewelry, and Mario was a carbon fishing rod.

The things for the children are more creative. Qin Shiou and Wei Ni remembered it together. They gave Powell a rein, Shirley a light and comfortable seat, and Gordon’s. It was a sled car bottom plate, and the sled frame that was given to Michelle was naturally.

  The combination of these things is a sled car.

  Qin Shiou looked out the window regretfully, and said, “It’s a pity that it doesn’t snow at Christmas, but after the next snow, I think you’ll use them, right?”

  "But, Qin, where shall we find the reindeer? The reindeer in the fishery are too small, they can't tow the car."

  Qin Shiou looked at the bored pineapple eating the pasture, the latter raised his head vigilantly, always feeling that something bad had happened... (to be continued~^~)