According to the folklore of Dandan Island, whether it is the 'head family' or the 'deputy head family', they can only take one turn in their lives, and they must still stay in the village.

A person like Chen Dongqing, who goes out to study, is not qualified to be elected as the head of the family, and must have the talent to do things in the village.

For most people on Dandan Island, the head family is much more powerful than a diamond that "only buys one in a lifetime".

Once the villagers have the opportunity to become the head family, everyone will be conscientious, and some people even have to do a good job of the head family by smashing pots and selling iron, and make all the activities of this session beautiful.

And Chen Bian, who threw the yin cup three times, is now depressed, not to mention how depressed he is, it is estimated that he will not be able to have a good time this year.

It stands to reason that he has no chance to be the head of the family in his life, unless the people in their village are willing to give him the opportunity to be the head of the family.

This reminds Li Duoyu of some things in his previous life, there are really many people on the Internet who don't understand why they value these "feudal superstitions" so much, and think that they are very ignorant and want to ask the gods about everything.

But this thing is not without reason, first of all, it has to do with their geographical location, their province is one of the worst places to live on the coast.

The geographical environment of eight mountains, one water and one field is destined to not be able to grow too much food.

In addition, there are many typhoons every year, and when it is exaggerated, there are several a year, whether you can eat or not, it is all God's reward or not.

In that year's sea relocation order, many people starved to death, and there were still pirates and pirates harassment all year round, so to speak, their ancestors have been living in dire straits.

But it can't be said that it is not all bad, and it is this harsh geographical environment that has made their province an indisputable place for soldiers since ancient times.

Every time there is a war and chaos, many outsiders will flee here, and they will bring not only the population, but also the faith of each place.

In a sense, their province has preserved some ancient folk culture relatively well.

Of course, these are not enough for the locals to worship the "gods", the fundamental reason is that they live too hard.

Like those who go out to sea to fish along the coast, they often go out in the morning and are fine, but they may not even find the body the next day.

And those who went to the South Seas to make money, it is possible that a whole boatload of people has disappeared.

But in order to survive, they have no choice, only to put their spirit on the gods, so as not to be tortured by reality to collapse.

For coastal fishermen, Mazu is not just a god, but a kind of faith and spiritual sustenance for them to live a better and stronger life.

In addition to Mazu, there are many similar "gods", who are often bitten by poisonous snakes in the mountains, and will believe in "waiter gong".

Afraid that the child will die young, and it will be difficult to raise, he will go to pray to Chen Jinggu, who is adjacent to the water

Many places say that poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, but they are different here, and what comes out of poor mountains and bad waters is "love to fight to win".

In the 16th century, a merchant named Chen Zhenlong, next door to Dandan Island, took risks to introduce sweet potatoes from Luzon to China, solving many problems of food and clothing.

Countless ancestors who went to Nanyang, when the motherland was in danger, returned to China to donate money and open schools.

Feudal superstition really can't be talked about, outsiders seem to be very pedantic and superstitious, and they will spend a lot of money on such illusory things.

But generally speaking, those who say this have not had a deep understanding of them, and do not understand how important these folk beliefs are to the locals.

But no matter what outsiders say or understand, it doesn't matter, the most important thing is that once you start touring or patrolling again, the entire Dandan Island, regardless of men, women and children, will be very excited and happy.

After the news spread that it was decided to "patrol security" next year, on the same day, some people of the older generation took out the gongs and drums that had been sealed for many years, and they had already begun to "bang and bang."

There are also fisherwomen who have pulled out Mazu clothes that have been hidden for nearly 20 years, and when they first wore these clothes, they were all young girls.

But when I took it out of the bottom of the box again, my face was already full of wrinkles, but after washing the clothes, I could still leave it for the child to wear.

The "big head" elected by Li Duoyu is the representative of the sacrificial activities of believers on Dandan Island throughout the year.

It is very rare for two villages to jointly hold the event, and it is possible that this is the only time it has been held.

It's hard to talk about next year, so he's a big guy with a very "identity".

But the bigger the status, the more things to do, not only to be responsible for organizing all the palace temple sacrifices in Tianhou Temple that year.

What is "Ancestor Incense", "Patrol Security", "Invite Play", etc., as well as daily incense, important gods' birthdays, New Year's sacrifices, daily cleaning and management of palaces and temples.

But Li Duoyu doesn't know how to deal with many things at all, after all, he and Xiaoying's generation have really not experienced a few temple fairs.

When I was a child, I had just learned to carry the flag, and I entered the ten years that disappeared, and the flags were confiscated.

Speaking of which, the Tianhou Temple on Dandan Island was calculated, it was not "broken", it was used as a warehouse, but it was sealed for ten years.

Wang Cannon is relatively conscientious at this point, and he did not take the lead in destroying it back then, but on the side of Shangfeng Town, many palaces and temples were all destroyed, and some even smashed the statues of gods.

However, Li Duoyu, who became the big head, was completely confused, and he didn't know what to do at all, he did whatever others told him to do.

Zhang Jinsha has completely become his microphone, and he keeps coming over to shout to him, it's time to go and worship, there is something that needs you to throw the Holy Grail, and ask Mazu what to do next.

There is no money to buy anything, he needs to pay in advance, to be honest, Li Duoyu doesn't think that this head family has much power, but feels like a tool man.

In the Tianhou Palace, the people who really do the work are Chen Yuanshan and Chen Huotan, both of whom are highly respected.

Even if Lao Li and A-Niang went over, they were still small characters, and they had to obey their orders.

The villagers of Chenjia Village are quite Ah Q spirit, and they have been saying for the past two days that the reason why Mazu chose him to be the head of the family is to make him pay for it.

Li Duoyu still agrees with this, and in the past two days, he really came to pay for it.

Once patrol security is restarted, there are really too many places to spend money.

First of all, the Tianhou Temple needs to be renovated, for example, the tiles are broken and need to be repaired, the red paint on the wall is gone, and it needs to be repainted, and the paintings on the wall must be repainted.

There are also various items needed for patrolling, including door color banners, Mazu's treasure umbrella, and portable shrines. The clairvoyance and the ears of the wind also have to be customized.

After the Chinese New Year, I have to charter a boat to invite the Mazu Divider on the island to the ancestral temple to pay homage to the ancestors, which is also a big expense.

And after going through those ten years, now the Tianhou Temple on the island is poor to death, and daily expenses are a problem, where is the money to do this.

Of course, it is impossible for Li Duoyu to pay all this money, he just temporarily advanced it first, and when the time comes, the fundraising is over.

If there is money in the accounts of the Tianhou Palace, the part of the money he advanced will be returned to him.

If it were anything else, if Li Duoyu advanced money, A-Niang Chen Huiying would definitely have an opinion, but for things related to Mazu, she would say: "It's okay, the more cushions, the more blessings." ”

Fortunately, the other two deputy leaders are also very concerned about the affairs of the Tianhou Palace, and Li Duoyu is also willing to be a wealthy boy who only pays money and does little work.

After all, there are enough things on him, and if you add the things in the Tianhou Palace, you won't be able to turn it around at all.

Twenty-nine on this day.

Lao Li came over to help replace him, Li Duoyu hurriedly ran out of the Tianhou Palace to breathe, and his eyes were red from being smoked by incense in the past two days.

I've been listening to the sound of firecrackers, and I've always had that buzzing sound in my ears until now.

Li Duoyu walked aimlessly, and walked to the dock without thinking.

Lao Jin's pork stall business is very good, there are a lot of people queuing up to buy pork, and someone directly shouted: "Lao Jin, leave me ten catties of pork ribs and five catties of pork belly." ”

"Now that the pork belly is gone, and you have to kill a pig at night, if you really want it, come over early and line up."

"Can you reserve it for me?"

"There's no way to reserve it, you can only queue up by yourself, my pigs haven't been killed yet, and everyone else is almost gone."

Seeing Li Duoyu passing by, Xiao Jin, who was helping his father sell pork, hurriedly greeted: "Brother Yu, do you want to buy meat?" ”

And Lao Jin, who was wearing an apron and holding a pig-killing knife in his hand, after seeing Li Duoyu, directly ignored the villagers who were queuing up, and ran over with a smile on his face.

"Big head, congratulations, congratulations, I left you a pig's head, and twenty catties of pork belly can be used to worship."

As soon as Lao Jin finished speaking, the villager who shouted for pork belly just now said: "Duoyu, Mazu on our island is a vegetarian, what kind of pig's head do you worship, give me that pig's head and pork belly." ”

Lao Jin glared and said: "Stinky head, what do you know, meat dishes are not for Mazu, but for clairvoyance, Shunfeng ears and shrimp soldiers and crabs." ”

A villager also explained: "Lao Jin is right, now that there are so many ships on the sea, Mazu Niangniang will definitely not be busy, and we must give the shrimp soldiers and crabs more meat, otherwise we will not have the strength to help us." ”

After hearing this, the villagers in line couldn't help but laugh.

And Li Duoyu really doesn't understand these very well: "Okay, then I'll pay the money first, put it here for you first, and I'll come over and get it later." ”

Lao Jin hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, my little gold went to work with you, and I haven't come to thank you yet." ”

Seeing that Lao Jin didn't charge money, Li Duoyu became serious on the spot: "This is not good, one yard is one yard, if you don't count the money, I don't want you to be a pig's head, I will go directly to the next village to buy it." ”

Seeing Li Duoyu's serious expression, Lao Jin frowned, and had no choice but to say: "That's okay, add twenty catties of pork belly to the pig's head, you can give me thirty-five." ”

Li Duoyu knew very well that this price would definitely be low, but he didn't want to continue to dwell on this matter, so he took thirty-five yuan to Lao Jin.

Lao Jin held a pig-killing knife in one hand, smiled, and watched him leave, originally he wanted Xiao Jin to learn to kill pigs.

But I didn't think that this kid fell in love with the village director and was called to work in the factory, and now no one on the island knows that anyone who can go to work in the Li Duo Fish Factory is very promising.

Li Duoyu then walked less than a hundred meters before coming to the dock.

There were still a lot of fishmongers on the wharf, and they all shouted loudly, and some people shouted over there with loud gongs:

"Who has cages, and fish farmers, hurry up and sell fish, the last high-priced purchase, after this batch is over, the price of seafood will be halved tonight."

"Notice again, it's twenty-nine, and the price is about to be reduced, so everyone hurry up and sell it."

In the past two days, the fishmongers have rarely united and no longer tear each other down.

After Li Duoyu came, the fishmongers on the dock said, "Oh, the big head family has come to inspect our work." ”

Li Duoyu smiled awkwardly, he was still a little uncomfortable with this new title.

Since he became the big head, everyone doesn't call him Director Li anymore, and prefers to call him the big head.

Lao Mi asked:

"Big head, don't you have a lot of seafood this year, didn't you raise a lot last year."

Li Duoyu looked helpless: "I want to too, but how can I be free this year." ”

Lao Mi said disgustedly: "I must have made a lot of money, so I look down on these small money." ”

Li Duoyu glanced at him: "How is it possible, if I have the goods in my hand, you don't want to push the price down today." ”

Lao Mi immediately said: "Then in the future, don't raise it, I can't make a dime doing business with you." ”

The other fishmongers also said: "No way, Duoyu, it's really too fine, it's really too difficult to make him money." ”

Li Duoyu smiled: "Are you praising me, or are you hurting me." ”

"Of course it's to praise you, you are the big head family, or the village director, how dare we hurt you."

After hearing this, everyone laughed, and Li Duoyu chatted with everyone briefly at the dock, but Zhao Dahai and Zhao Erniu came over.

"Brother Yu, I want to ask you something, our two brothers have made a lot of live seafood, should we sell it now, or sell it later."

Li Duoyu looked at these two people and found that these two brothers are actually quite hardworking, really hardworking, and very good at learning from him.

Li Duoyu thought about it and said: "I can't guarantee you this, if you want to gamble, then sell it later. In my experience, the price could go up big tonight. ”

"Thank you, Brother Yu, we know."

The Zhao brothers originally wanted to endure it, listen to Li Duoyu's words, and press the live fish until the last moment.

But I don't know what's going on, but the fishmonger keeps saying that the two brothers are really worried that the price of seafood will be halved tonight.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon of the twenty-ninth day, the Zhao brothers sold the seafood such as grouper, sea bream and sea bass caught during this time.

However.

After they finished selling the seafood, within a few hours, the fishmonger, who had just returned from Rongcheng, shouted directly:

"Everyone hurry up and catch fish, this year's sales are very good, the city sells seafood all night, and the price may double."

The Zhao brothers who heard this almost vomited blood, although they made a lot of money this year, and they also bought a lot of pork during the New Year, but they felt that this year was not easy.

Zhao Erniu complained: "They all told you to listen to many fishes, you don't believe it, now you are stupid." ”

Zhao Dahai hated so much that his teeth were about to crush: "Damn, in the future, I will eat when the fish tells me to eat." (End of chapter)