Chapter 76: Poseidon Festival
"This is the gift of the sea god!" Listening to Qin Su's question, the fisherman explained to her. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
When the ancestors of Wanghai Village first arrived here, they could easily catch fish at sea.
But then when I went to sea to fish, the harvest became less and less.
Especially one year, I don't know what happened, the sea was stormy, lightning and thunder, and it lasted for a whole month.
At that time, the mountains behind Wanghai Village were not so towering, and the young and middle-aged people in the village braved the rain to go into the mountains to find something to eat.
Unfortunately, the food found was limited, and many people died in the end!
A month later, the storm finally stopped, but unfortunately there were not many people left in Wanghai Village.
What made them most desperate was that the villagers went out to sea to fish for nothing, and the mountains behind the village became towering overnight.
The mountains are steep, there is no way to go up, and the retreat road that wants to eat by the mountain is also blocked.
The ancestors of Wanghai Village also thought about moving out of here, but they couldn't get out of here no matter which direction they chose.
Just when they thought that these people would be trapped here and die one by one, a person suddenly flew from the sea.
And that person is the god of the sea.
Speaking of this, the fisherman looked pious.
Seeing that the villagers were in distress, Poseidon cast a spell to catch fish and shrimp from the sea for the villagers to eat.
Then he also left a white jade box, which could bless the villagers of Wanghai Village to go to sea once every seven days to get food for the month.
This white jade box can also maintain the vitality of the fish and shrimp caught in Wanghai Village, so that they are not so perishable.
The people of Wanghai Village regarded this box as a gift from the god of the sea.
"Originally, the fish we caught were barely enough to keep us from starving, but this time we had so much harvest that we were going to dig a pit and raise them for storage. If there had been no more lack of food, there wouldn't have been so many people starving. ”
Speaking of this, a trace of sadness appeared on the fisherwoman's face.
Qin Su nodded after hearing this, no wonder they all worked so hard to move the fish home, it turned out to be because of this.
"In the past, when we were at the Poseidon Festival, we didn't catch much food, so we couldn't do it well! But this time with such a big harvest, we will definitely be able to do it lively!" The village chief saw that the atmosphere was a little sluggish, and interjected to say something happy.
Qin Su smiled and nodded: "Well, your days will definitely get better and better!"
She guessed that the reason why Wanghai Village couldn't catch fish later was probably because of the formation on the bottom of the sea before.
Thinking about the mountains of skeletons there, the creatures in the nearby sea should have all been swallowed by the willows on the crystal palace, so they couldn't catch fish when they went out to sea.
But now it's different, the formation on the bottom of the sea has been broken, and Xiangliu has also been taken in by her, and there will be more and more creatures in the sea.
In this way, Qin Su helped the village chief's family dig a fish pond, and then helped prepare the food for the Poseidon Festival.
With so many ingredients, there's no reason why she shouldn't use them to brush up on her skills!
I haven't made the soup I learned before.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it's the evening of the next day, and the Poseidon Festival is about to begin!
In the large open space in front of the Tanah Lot Temple in the center of the village, the villagers built a high platform with dead branches, and the dead branches that built the platform were dragged back from the foot of the high mountain.
According to the fisherwoman, the offerings to the god of the sea were to be placed on a high platform, and the high platform would be set on fire.
When the sky was full of stars, the whole village gathered and stood in a circle around the high platform built of dead branches.
Qin Su saw Shangshan Ruoshui in the crowd who didn't know when he would come back, and he hid in the crowd and didn't seem to want to be discovered by the fisherwoman.
Seeing that everyone was gathered, the village chief standing on the high platform first made an impassioned speech, and then motioned to the few people holding the sacrifices to send things to the high platform.
After the offerings were arranged, the village chief led the people who gave the offerings down the high platform, and then motioned to the strongest young man in the village to go and set the high platform on fire.
The dead branches were very dry, and there was flammable hay in between, and the young man came forward with a torch and set it on fire very simply.
The fire spread little by little, and after a few minutes, all the dead branches that had built the platform were burning, and the flames almost rushed into the sky.
Seeing this scene, all the villagers of Wanghai Village knelt down, and Qin Su also knelt down at the prompting of the fisherman beside him.
The villagers kneeling on the ground made a wish sincerely, although Qin Su didn't believe this, but he was also infected by this atmosphere, and secretly made a wish in his heart.
Just as the fire was at its peak, Tanah Lot suddenly emitted a blinding white light, almost illuminating half of the sky.
In the white light, a palm-sized jade box floated up and slowly floated directly above the flames.
What is it?
"This is the gift of the sea god!" The voice of the fisherman came from beside him, and Qin Su realized that he had accidentally asked the doubts in his heart.
"It's amazing!" she exclaimed!
"It's time to get up. The fisherman stood up, saw Qin Su still kneeling on the ground, and reminded her.
"Oh, oh......" Qin Su realized that all the people around him had stood up.
After the jade box floated to the flames, it stopped there, and the fire remained unchanged at all.
"Has the gift of the sea god been kept in the sea temple, not afraid of being stolen?" Qin Su asked curiously.
When the fisherwoman heard this, she couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Who will steal this!"
Qin Su thought about it, the villagers of Wanghai Village have lived here for generations, and all the people in the village know each other.
The village is isolated from the rest of the world, and there is no living person coming!
If you want to talk about people, after so many years, there are only two people, she and Shangshan Ruoshui.
Who will steal this thing.
"Su Tang, let's go, let's go eat......" The fisherman beckoned Qin Su.
All the food is served on the beach outside the village, as they say that eating in front of Tanah Lot at the Poseidon festival is disrespectful to the god of the sea.
Qin Su took a look, and the villagers had already walked out in twos and threes.
"Have we all gone to ignore the Seagod's Gift?" Qin Su asked, looking at the jade box hanging from the flames.
"It's okay, every time the sea god's gift falls after an hour, and then the flame is extinguished, let's just take it back. The fisherman explained with a smile, and then there was an invitation: "Just this time my father asked me to put it away, let's come over together after eating!"
Qin Su was curious about this, nodded and agreed.
Although the food outside the village is all made of fish, the villagers are still very happy!
In particular, the fish soup stewed in Qinsu has been widely praised.
A group of people ate and played, and an hour passed quickly.
The fisherwoman called Qin Su to prepare to go to the Tanah Lot Temple to receive the gift of the sea god.
When the flame was just extinguished, the jade box fell steadily downward.
Just as the fisherwoman was about to pick it up, a figure suddenly sprang out of the oblique thorn and picked up the gift of the sea god before her. (To be continued.) )