To tell the truth, Qin Shiou had seen the boat lamp, but he didn't know that it had come to banish him on the eve of peace, so he asked Shaq.

Shaq said that in the past, fishing was a high-risk job, and many people did not come back after going to sea. In this way, every year on Christmas Eve, the fishermen bring their families to put the lanterns, one is to pray for safety, and the other is to use them as guiding lights, if they die in the deep sea in the future, their souls will come back under the guidance of this lantern.

Later, with the advancement of science and technology, as the rescue work became timely, many places lost this tradition, in fact, Farewell Island has not carried out the activity of putting boat lights on the eve of peace for several years.

"I'll just say, I didn't do it last year, did I? Why did you suddenly think about this thing this year? Qin Shiou said while playing with a polished shell.

Shaq said: "I don't know very well, but it was the activity initiated by Mayor Winnie, which seems to be in conjunction with the filming of the movie. Cameron's movie has a related plot, didn't we encounter a hurricane not long after Christmas? What I inquired about is that the movie has an opening plot, that is, we put the ship's lights and pray that everything will go well, so as to pave the way for the shipwreck later. ”

Qin Shiou suddenly realized that the crew had come to say goodbye to the town, in fact, the movie stars looked glamorous, and they were also very offended when they really made the movie, it was Christmas soon, and they couldn't go home for the holidays, so they needed to come to Farewell Island for the second phase of filming.

Lighting boat lanterns is a traditional activity, and Qin Shiou also participated in the production, so it should be very interesting to go to the event together when the time comes.

There is a lot of strength in numbers, and a large pile of shells is quickly made into a small boat lamp.

The fishermen use hand grinders to polish the shells, while the teenagers glue candles to them, and the division of labor is clear. Work fast.

Shaq asked Qin Shiou to take the teenagers to stick the candles, but Qin Shiou disdained. said, "I'll polish the shells." ”

The working bull said, "Boss, don't look at this thing as simple. In fact, there is a skill, the balance of the shell is not good, and it is easy to sink when put into the water, so when polishing, you have to polish it from the outside to the inside, and the more you polish it, the lighter it is, so that the bottom of the boat is heavy enough to not easily tip over. ”

As he spoke, the bull showed him one, and after polishing it out. This shell really looks like a small boat, the edges are as thin as cicada wings, Qin Shiou looks at the sun, and then he can't see anything - please, the bull is just a fisherman, not Luban.

Qin Shiou also polished one himself, the hand grinder is not easy to control the strength, and one carelessness will cause the shell to break, he tried it several times. Four shells were destroyed, and the fifth was polished.

As a result, when it was put on the surface of the sea, the big shell had just floated up, and Qin Shiou didn't wait to be happy. A wave crashes and disappears.

"Fack!" Qin Daguan scolded hatefully, picked up a shell and continued to work silently.

Shaq persuaded, "Boss, you can stick the candles." That's a lot simpler, isn't it? ”

Qin Shiou insisted: "No, I have to learn it." I can't just run away from it because it's difficult. Right? ”

Since he showed such determination, the fishermen could not say anything, but let him polish it himself, anyway, there were some large shells picked up in the fishery.

The hard work paid off, Qin Shiou groped for half an hour by himself, and finally made it handy, and finally polished a shell in only two minutes, and it only took two minutes to polish it.

Sticking a candle to the shell, Qin Shiou confidently put it into the ocean, but another wave came, and the shell still couldn't get rid of the fate of hitting the street!

"I'm a father of Jesus, I don't believe in evil anymore." Qin Daguan was furious, gritted his teeth and went to study again.

But no matter how he polished it, even if the shell that was polished in the end was perfect, he still couldn't avoid the wind and waves.

So he had to admit defeat and tell the Shaq that he couldn't make a shell boat lamp: "I don't know what went wrong, this shell can't avoid the crashing waves, so forget it." ”

The fishermen looked at him in amazement, and Shaq asked, "Are you kidding, this is a shell, and it's not a real ship, how can it compare to the waves?" As long as it is a wave, it is higher than a shell, and the shell boat lamp we polish can't withstand the beating of the waves. ”

"Yes, our boat lights are used in Shenbao Lake, how can there be such big waves in the lake." The sea monster also said as a matter of course.

Qin Shiou: "......"

In addition to the shell boat lights, Shaq also made some special conch boat lights.

Fishermen select fist-sized conch shells and polish them so that they can float sideways on the surface of the water like a boat. Finally, fill the conch shell with wax oil, insert a wick, solidify and ignite, and it can be lit for a long time.

Qin Shiou can't learn this, this really requires experience and skills, among the fishermen, only Shaq, Sea Monster, Smoking Gun, and Zack are a few veterans who can do it well, and no one else can do it.

After experimenting a few times, he found that the shells he handled could not even maintain balance on the surface of the water, let alone floating, so he gave up the struggle and had to admit defeat this time.

The soldiers of the Black Knife and his party stayed in the fishing ground for so long, and Qin Shiou gave them a holiday in the last week, a total of ten days of paid vacation, so that they could spend time with their families at home until the beginning of the new year.

The fishery has prepared a lot of gift boxes, all of which are dried seafood, such as dried bonito, lobster meat, etc., and the soldiers can take as much as they want, Qin Shiou will let them bring back as much as they want.

Now there are a large number of people in the fishing grounds, and there are fifteen retired PLA GIs, although they may not have participated in actual combat like Black Knife and others, but after all, they have also undergone rigorous training, have records, and have vigilance, and the GIs can be on security duty when they are not there.

On the evening of December 23rd, the annual Christmas Eve came.

Qin Shiou drove, Winnie held the little melon, and the family took the teenagers happily to the bank of Shenbao Lake, where some residents and tourists had already lit the boat lights.

When night falls, the lights flicker in the dark, and tonight the sea breeze is not too much, which is just right for the boat lights in the lake.

"God forbid." Auerbach drew a cross on his chest, "Ten Christmas Eve, at most two of which have been such good weather, it seems that God has a better temper this year." ”

Countless lights danced in the breeze, flickering to make the dark winter night less gloomy, especially the boat lights that had been lowered into the lake, and the candle flame on them was even more beautiful against the surface of the lake.

Qin Shiou put down the pumpkin boat, a small boat can take two people, the teenagers took it separately, rowed the boat to the middle of the lake, and then lit the shell boat lamp and carefully put it on the lake.

Now on Shenbao Lake, the lights of a large area of water are flickering, and the boat lights float up and down with the slight waves, and the firelight not only illuminates the dark night and forms a reflection in the water, but also illuminates the lights of the floating waves. (To be continued......)