Golden Fishing Village

In Ao Muyang's plan, the reefs used to build the ebb dike were mainly mined from the sea outside the village.

Longtou Village is distributed along the coastline, stretching for a long time. The coast of the village is not only a beach, but also a considerable part of it is reefs. Every day, the waves hit the table and the sound is like thunder.

There is no choice of materials for the ebb dike. In Ao Muyang's memory, some of the previous ebb dikes in the village were piled up with stones, some were a broken ship lying in the sea, and some were just a fallen tree.

This time he chose to use reefs to build the ebb dike, and by the way, he developed the reef beach, and then filled it with sand to make an artificial beach.

As a result, he invited a construction team to mine the reef, but someone stopped them halfway. The people who stopped them were the village craftsman Ao Zhiman and his grandson Ao Jinfu.

After getting the news, Ao Muyang hurried over and saw the grandfather and grandson sitting on the reef in a daze, with some excavators and stone crushers behind them.

This made him very confused: "Grandpa Man, Xiaofu, what are you doing?"

He can be said to have saved the lives of Ao Zhiman's family. He can be credited with saving Grandpa Man from the house collapsed by the snow and saving Ao Jinfu from the mouth of a poisonous snake.

It can be said that without Ao Muyang, the grandfather and grandson would have died.

Ao Zhiman is a very stubborn old man, but he is not ungrateful.

After seeing Ao Muyang, the wrinkles on his face opened a little, and he said: "Village Chief, can this reef beach be closed?"

Ao Muyang said: "Grandpa Man, why do you say that?"

Ao Zhiman looked around, then pulled him to the reef and whispered: "I'll tell you the truth, Village Chief, you have been very kind to my family, and I have nothing to hide from you..."

"This reef beach is a treasure house, and sea amber is often washed up!"

Many people don't know the name of sea amber, but when it comes to beeswax, many people know it.

People who have studied jewelry are familiar with beeswax. In terms of material, it is not a gem, but its beauty is no less than many gems with brilliant light.

Although sea amber is just a common name for beeswax, it is a name given by the locals casually, but this name itself is more in line with the identity of beeswax. In fact, beeswax is a kind of amber. There is no difference between it and amber in terms of physical and chemical composition. It is just because of its "color like honey and light like wax", it was named beeswax in ancient times.

The locals call it sea amber because people living by the sea know that beeswax was born in the ocean. This has to be said from the Eocene and Cretaceous periods 30 to 100 million years ago.

In the Eocene and Cretaceous periods, there were many coniferous plants growing on the earth: pine, cypress and maple. These trees have a lot of resin. In a certain geological period, they were strongly stimulated by the outside world and secreted a large amount of resin that fell on the ground and was buried deep underground with the changes in the geological layer. After more than 30 to 40 million years of stratum pressure and heat, these resins were petrified into amber.

After the formation of amber, it has experienced various trials such as crustal ups and downs, sun exposure, rain, and glacial river impacts over the long years. Some of it has emerged from the surface, and some has been buried underground.

Due to heavy rainfall, many of the amber exposed on the surface were washed into the sea to become sea amber, and some were washed into the lake to become lake amber, and those buried underground became mineral amber.

All these ambers can be called beeswax, but sea amber is often the purest in texture. Because of the material, seawater cannot harm them, but can purify and clean them.

The most famous sea amber production area is the Baltic Sea coast, where the output reaches 80% of the global total output. In addition, some sea amber is also produced in China, India and the Nordic coast, but the quantity and quality are far inferior to the Baltic Sea.

Sea amber is also produced on the Red Ocean coast. This is a local tourist project. Tourists look for this beautiful marine treasure on the beach.

Occasionally, beeswax will float to Longtou Village, but although it is beautiful, its value is far less than that of gemstones. Fishermen can only exchange it for some money to supplement their family expenses, but they can't make a fortune.

Ao Muyang also picked up sea amber when he was a child, but the amount was too small, and he could only pick up one or two pieces a year.

Hearing Ao Zhiman say that the waves will be pushed onto the reef by the sea amber, this is true. This thing is brought out of the sea by the constantly surging waves.

Ao Muyang shook his head and said, "Master Man, sea amber is not a valuable thing, and the output is very low. How many pieces can be produced in a year?"

"Who told you that only a few pieces are produced in a year?" Ao Zhiman interrupted him, and a meaningful smile appeared on his old face.

Ao Muyang said: "Okay, even if it has a higher yield, then what? What's the use for the development of the village? The projects I'm doing now are all for our whole village, to make all the young and old men in the village rich!"

The wrinkles on Ao Zhiman's face suddenly deepened. He stroked the rough reef with his rough palms and murmured: "Alas, I know what you mean, village chief, you are worried about the village, alas."

Ao Muyang said: "You said that sea amber is pushed up here from time to time, right? Then, if you like this thing, I will give you all the sea amber that the construction team found during the construction period. You can also come here to search by yourself, but be sure to pay attention to safety."

Ao Zhiman nodded silently. Ao Jinfu wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth and saw that his grandfather didn't speak, so he fell silent.

The matter was resolved. The construction team continued to work, and Ao Muyang began to prepare for Ao Wenchang's wedding.

As a best man, he had to wear a suit.

Because the notice was issued in a hurry, it was too late to customize a suit. He went to ask and found out that it would take at least half a month to customize a suit.

So Lu Zhizi accompanied him to the city to buy a suit and new leather shoes, and finally matched it with a narrow tie, which made him look extraordinary handsome.

Lu Zhizi also chose a cheongsam. She also received the wedding invitation from Ao Wenchang. All teachers had this invitation and were invited to attend the wedding.

Longtou Village is a closed fishing village, so many fishing customs have been preserved. This time Ao Wenchang got married according to the customs, which was completely different from Ao Qianlai's time.

Three days before the wedding, Ao Qianyao and his wife began to prepare.

The first day is called "Slaughtering Pigs for Night Dinner", as the name suggests, which means that on this day, the pigs raised for the banquet should be killed.

But this was in the past. In the past, every household raised pigs to supplement the family income. When they encountered a big event like their son's wedding, they would kill them to entertain the guests.

Now they don't have to kill the pig themselves, and the meat for the banquet is bought from the market. Ao Qianyao invited half of the village to have this meal. Although it is not as grand as the New Year's pig-killing dinner that Ao Muyang invited after he killed a wild boar, it is also very lively.

Because the wedding is to be held in the hometown, it is inevitable to build a shed and a stage, so that the neighbors are willing to come to help. This meal is also a way to thank the neighbors for their help.