Chapter 217: Sacrifice to the Sea God

As a typical fishing village near the sea, Qiyun Village is much warmer than Qingyun Town, and the salty and wet sea breeze blows in this quiet village, bringing a touch of charm to the night. Look at 1 gross 2 lines 3 Chinese net

However, at this moment, the Qiyun Village Square is brightly lit, crowded, a huge bonfire is lit, people gather around, singing and dancing, the ravages of the robbers have brought a lot of shadows to the village, at this moment the robbers are exterminated, all the villagers are putting down their hanging hearts and celebrating in the square.

At this time, dozens of tables were set up in the square, and many earthen stoves were set up, and the pots on the earthen stoves were churning at this time, and a rich aroma instantly wafted in this square.

There is also the habit of brewing large vats of wine in the village, and at this moment three large vats are dug out of the soil for people to enjoy, and the villagers of each family bring some of their ingredients to the square to cook and share with each other.

All kinds of beasts and monsters, some planted or wild vegetables, of course, seafood is also indispensable, as a fishing village, fish, shrimp and crabs, etc., there are even many sea beasts, villagers with good craftsmanship in the village, at this moment are showing their skills in front of an earthen stove, Guanyun's mother Zhou Yu, is processing wild boar meat in front of a board at the moment, her braised pork skills are recognized as good by the whole village.

The village even invited a juggling troupe and a song and dance troupe to perform hard around the campfire, and the whole village gathered here to enjoy food, wine and performances.

At this moment, Guan Yun and Zhou Liang were sitting at a table and devouring them, and even Shi Meiduo and Goudan had specially prepared two baskets of sea fish and sea crabs for them, and the two little beasts who had never eaten seafood would not come out of the big basket at this moment.

However, Zhang Xiaolong had never seen such a lively party, and he didn't care about eating the food in front of the table, but looked around and watched such a grand event.

"I said Xiaolong, you eat quickly, the sea fish in our village is the most delicious, I want you to eat it once and twice." Zhou Liang was holding a huge crab leg and gnawing on it, and from time to time he was chirping.

"Oh, I eat I eat. Hearing Zhou Liang's urging, Zhang Xiaolong stopped looking, picked up a dried fish on the table and ate it, but when he took the first bite, he was shocked.

This fried dried fish is unusually delicious, the outside is wrapped in a layer of batter, and the stomach is stuffed with spices, one bite down, the crispy skin outside can't hide the soft and glutinous meat, the smell of spices inside penetrates into the whole fish, and when you eat it, the aroma rushes directly from the root of the tongue to the heavenly spirit, so that Zhang Xiaolong can't help but praise a few times.

"Hahaha, it's delicious, the sea fish in our village is the best, and many restaurants in Qingyun Town use our fish. Guan Yun couldn't help but laugh when he saw Zhang Xiaolong, who suddenly began to gobble.

"Well, the taste is so good, the restaurants in Qingyun Town are not as delicious as here. I couldn't help but grab a few more small dried fish, and Zhang Xiaolong's bulging mouth could even stuff a crab leg.

"Eh, are robbers so hateful with you? Zhang Xiaolong feasted for a while before turning his head to Guan Yun to ask his doubts.

"Huh, what do you mean?" Guan Yun was a little stunned, of course the robbers were hateful, because of this group of robbers, they Qiyun Village didn't know how much income they had lost, but Zhang Xiaolong should have other meanings when he asked.

Zhang Xiaolong swallowed the crab leg meat in his mouth, and then said with a puzzled expression: "If you don't hate it, as for holding such a big celebration party?"

"Poof!!"

When Zhou Liang heard this, he couldn't help but squirt out the sip of comfrey dew he had just drunk, and glanced at Zhang Xiaolong, his face was full of cheap smiles, as if he was looking at a fool.

"Hahaha, that's not the case, although the robbers are hateful, but this event is not a celebration of the capture of robbers. Guan Yun on the side couldn't help laughing.

"I'll tell you, this party, it's called the sacrifice to the god of the sea, a grand event held at the end of every year in our village, and it is also a grand event that most fishing villages will have, don't you know?" Zhou Liang hurriedly grabbed the conversation, he didn't expect this Xiaolong to have such a naΓ―ve idea, and he couldn't help but laugh a few words.

"Sacrifice to the god of the sea?" Zhang Xiaolong was also very puzzled, obviously it was the first time he had heard of such a grand event.

"That's right, at the end of each year, most of our village will go to sea together to worship the gods of the sea, and this is the party before going to sea. Guan Yun also explained to Zhang Xiaolong in a timely manner.

"Seagod, is there really such a god?" Zhang Xiaolong didn't believe that any god would bless the human race.

"Why not, since there are undead, there are naturally gods, and worshipping the god of the sea is a custom that almost all fishing villages have. Zhou Liang glanced at Zhang Xiaolong, the undead all exist, so the gods should also exist.

"Don't listen to him, according to the legend handed down from ancient times, the god of the sea should exist, it should be a certain ascended human power by the sea, and the descendants slowly evolved into the current worship of the sea god in order to pray for the blessing of the ascending power. Guan Yun punched Zhou Liang, and then explained the origin of this custom to Zhang Xiaolong again.

"Oh, this is understandable, but even if they have the power of the human race to feather and ascend, then shouldn't they have entered the legendary immortal god realm, why would they still bless the fishermen on the continent?"

It is not impossible that the power of feather ascension is revered as the god of the sea, but it is a bit unrealistic to expect the power of ascending to the immortal god realm to cast spells to protect the fishermen on the seaside.

"Hahaha, you don't know this, we go out to sea to worship the god of the sea, we will sprinkle the nearby sea with herbs that will attract fish, and we will also throw a lot of bones, minced meat, plants and other favorite foods of sea fish nearby. ”

"The herbs attract schools of fish from the open sea to spawn, and the minced bones and flesh feed the hatching fish, and we don't catch fish this season, giving them a chance to thrive. ”

"In this way, there will be a lot of fish gathered in the nearby sea for us to catch in the coming year, which can be regarded as the experience summed up by the fishing village for thousands of years, and then carried out with the custom of sacrificing to the god of the sea, although the fishermen in the village are very clear that the harvest in the coming year is not blessed by the god of the sea, but their governance, but the belief left since ancient times, everyone is still very convinced. ”。

Through Guan Yun's explanation, Zhang Xiaolong had a little understanding of the custom of sacrificing to the god of the sea, and couldn't help but smile, just now he thought that it was a grand event to celebrate the removal of the robbers.

"We will go to sea tomorrow to worship the god of the sea, and then we will take you with us for a long time. Zhou Liang also smiled, there was finally something that Zhang Xiaolong didn't know, and he was not allowed to show off when the time came.