Chapter 472 If Duoyu Asks Me to Eat Shit, I Will Eat It Too (1/2)

According to the folk customs of Dandan Island, no matter if it is the ‘head family’ or the ‘deputy head family’, they can only take turns once in their lifetime, and they must stay in the village.

People like Chen Dongqing who have gone out to study are not qualified to be elected as the head family. They must have talents working in the village.

For most people in Dandan Island, the head family is much more powerful than the diamond that can only be bought once in a lifetime.

Once the villagers have the opportunity to become the head family, everyone will do their best. Some people even sell their pots and irons to do a good job as the head family and make all the activities of this session beautiful.

Chen Bian, who threw the Yin cup three times, is now very depressed. It is estimated that he will not be able to have a good year.

Logically speaking, he has no chance to be the head family in this life, unless the people in their village are willing to give him the opportunity to be the head 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. They think they are very ignorant and want to ask the gods for everything.

Just as Lao Jin finished speaking, the villager who had just shouted for pork belly said, "Duoyu, the Mazu of our island is a vegetarian, why do you worship pig heads? Give me the pig head and pork belly."

Seeing Li Duoyu passing by, Xiao Jin, who was helping his father sell pork, hurriedly greeted him, "Brother Yu, are you going to buy meat?"

"Big head, congratulations, congratulations, I left you a pig head and 20 kilograms of pork belly for worship."

"Big head, don't you have any seafood this year? Didn't you raise a lot last year?"

But the higher the status, the more things to do, not only to be responsible for organizing all the temple sacrificial activities of the Tianhou Palace that year.

A villager also explained, "What Lao Jin said is right. There are so many ships on the sea now, and Mazu must be too busy. We need to give more meat to the shrimp soldiers and crab generals, otherwise they will have no energy to help us."

These two days, the fishmongers have rarely united again and no longer undermine each other.

The order to move the sea back then killed many people with starvation, and there were harassment from Japanese pirates and sea bandits all year round. It can be said that their ancestors have always lived in dire straits.

"I'll notify you again, it's the 29th, the price will be reduced soon, everyone hurry up and sell."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "Are you praising me or insulting me?"

In addition to Mazu, there are many similar "gods". Those who are often bitten by poisonous snakes in the mountains will believe in "Servant Gong".

Wang Dapao is relatively conscientious in this regard. He did not take the lead in destruction back then. However, many temples in Shangfeng Town were destroyed, and some even smashed the statues of gods.

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

Li Duoyu looked helpless: "I want to, but I don't have time this year."

Li Duoyu thought for a while and said: "I can't guarantee this. If you want to take a gamble, then sell it later. According to my experience, the price may rise sharply tonight."

In the Tianhou Temple, the real people who work are Chen Yuanshan and Chen Huotan. Both of them are highly respected.

There are still many fishmongers on the dock, and they are shouting loudly. Some people are holding megaphones and shouting:

"Who has nets and fish farmers? Come and sell fish quickly. This is the last high-priced purchase. After this batch is over, the price of seafood will be halved tonight."

Lao Mi said disdainfully: "They must have made a lot of money, so they look down on these small amounts of money."

There are also those who go to Southeast Asia to make money. It is possible that the whole boat has disappeared.

There are also fishermen who have found Mazu costumes that have been hidden for nearly 20 years. When they first wore these clothes, they were still young girls.

Li Duoyu then walked forward less than 100 meters and came to the dock.

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

Fortunately, the other two deputy heads were also very concerned about the affairs of the Tianhou Palace. Li Duoyu was also willing to be a money-spending boy who only paid money and did little work. After all, he already had enough things to do. If he added the affairs of the Tianhou Palace, he would not be able to turn around at all.

But it can't be said that they are all bad. It is precisely this harsh geographical environment that has made their province a place that has been in dispute since ancient times.

Lao Mi immediately said: "Then you should not raise it in the future. Doing business with you really can't make a penny."

Lao Li came to help replace him. Li Duoyu hurriedly ran out of the Tianhou Palace to get some fresh air. He had been smoked by the incense these two days and his eyes were red.

Li Duoyu rolled his eyes at him: "How is it possible? If I have goods in my hand, you can't think of lowering the price today."

But I don't know what happened. The fishmonger kept talking about it. The two brothers were really worried that the price of seafood would be halved tonight.

But Li Duoyu didn't know how to deal with many things. After all, he and Xiaoying's generation had never experienced many temple fairs.

Countless ancestors who went to Southeast Asia returned to donate money and open schools when the motherland was in danger.

Lao Jin's pork stall business was very good, and there were many people queuing to buy pork. Someone directly shouted: "Lao Jin, leave me ten pounds of ribs and five pounds of pork belly."

However, Li Duoyu, who became the head of the family, was completely confused. He didn't know what to do at all. He just did whatever others told him to do.

When Lao Jin, who was wearing an apron and holding a butcher knife in his hand, saw Li Duoyu, he ran over with a smile on his face, ignoring the villagers queuing.

Of course, these are not enough to make the locals worship the "gods". The fundamental reason is that life is too hard.

Lao Mi asked:

But this is not without reason. First of all, it is related to their geographical location. Their province is one of the places with the worst living environment along the coast.

When I was a child, I had just learned to carry the flag, and then I entered the decade of disappearance. The flags were confiscated.

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.

Zhang Jinsha has completely become his mouthpiece, constantly coming to call him, it's time to worship, there are things that need you to throw the holy cup, and ask Mazu what to do next.

Even if Lao Li and A Niang go there, they are also juniors, and they have to follow their orders.

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

If they are afraid that their children will die prematurely and are difficult to raise, they will pray to Chen Jinggu in Linshui

Many places say that poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people, but it's different here. Poor mountains and bad waters produce "only hard work can win."

Lao Jin held the butcher knife in one hand, smiled, and watched him leave. Originally, he wanted Xiao Jin to learn to butcher pigs.

Around 4pm on the 29th, the Zhao brothers sold all the seafood they had caught during this period, including grouper, bream and sea bass.

Seeing that Lao Jin refused to accept the money, Li Duoyu immediately became serious: "This won't work. Let's put it in perspective. If you don't count the money, I don't want your pig head anymore. I'll go to the next village to buy it directly."

Li Duoyu agreed with this point. In the past two days, he really came here to pay.

"Can you reserve some for me?"

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And Li Duoyu really didn't understand this: "Okay, then I'll pay the money first and leave it here with you. I'll come and get it later."

If Li Duoyu paid for other things, her mother Chen Huiying would definitely have an opinion, but for things related to Mazu, she would say: "It's okay, the more you pay, the more blessings you will get."

Other fishmongers also said: "There's no way, Duoyu is really too smart, it's really hard to make money from him."

In addition, there will be typhoons every year, and at an exaggerated rate, there will be several in a year. Whether you can eat or not depends on whether God blesses you.

The Zhao brothers originally wanted to be patient and listen to Li Duoyu's words, and hold the live fish until the last moment.

"Of course it's a compliment to you. You are the big boss and the village director. How dare we harm you."

But when he took it out of the bottom of the box again, his face was full of wrinkles, but the clothes could still be washed and left for the children to wear.

If there is anything else that you don’t have money to buy, and you need him to pay for it first, to be honest, Li Duoyu doesn’t think this head family has much power, but feels like a tool.

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

After those ten years, the Tianhou Temple on the island is now poor as hell, and daily expenses are a problem. Where can they get money to do this.

It’s hard to say next year, so he, the head family, has a very "status".

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

Li Duoyu walked aimlessly, and unexpectedly came to the dock.

But unexpectedly, this kid got along well with the village director and was called to work in the factory. Now everyone on the island doesn’t know that those who can work in Li Duoyu’s factory are very promising.

After the Chinese New Year, they had to charter a boat to bring the Mazu spirit on the island to the ancestral temple to pay respects to the ancestors and burn incense. These were also big expenses.

When there was money in the account of the Tianhou Temple, they would return the part of the money he had paid.

On the 29th day.

Speaking of which, the Tianhou Temple on Dandan Island was considered good. It was not "broken" and used as a warehouse. It was just sealed for ten years.

I kept listening to the sound of firecrackers, and my ears are still buzzing now.

There are also various items needed for patrols, including door banners, Mazu's umbrella, and sedan chairs. The idols of Clairvoyance and Wind-Earing must also be customized.

For those who go fishing along the coast, they are often fine when they go out in the morning, but they may not even find their bodies the next day.

What "pay respects to the ancestors and burn incense", "patrol", "invite plays", etc., as well as daily incense burning, important birthdays, New Year's sacrifices, daily cleaning and management of the temple, etc.

Since he became the big boss, everyone no longer calls him Director Li, but prefers to call him the big boss.

The villagers of Chenjia Village are quite Ah Q-like. They have been saying these days that the reason why Mazu chose him to be the head of the family was to make him pay.

In the 16th century, a businessman named Chen Zhenlong, who lived next to Dandan Island, risked his life to introduce sweet potatoes from Luzon to China, solving many food and clothing problems.

However.

They sold seafood, and within a few hours, the fishmonger who had just returned from Rongcheng shouted directly:

Lao Jin glared and said, "Stinky head, what do you know? Meat dishes are not for Mazu, but for Qianliyan, Shunfenger, and Xiabing and Xiejiang."

Li Duoyu looked at the two men and found that the two brothers were actually very hardworking and very good at learning from him.

Li Duoyu knew very well that this price was definitely low, but he didn't want to continue to entangle in this matter, so he took thirty-five yuan and gave it to Lao Jin.

"You can't reserve it. You have to queue up by yourself. I haven't even finished killing the pigs yet, but others have almost grabbed them all." Seeing Li Duoyu's serious expression, Lao Jin frowned and said, "Okay, I'll give you 35 for the pig head and 20 kilograms of pork belly."

But in order to survive, they have no choice but to place their spiritual trust in the gods, so as not to be tortured to collapse by reality.

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

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 needs to be repainted, and the colorful paintings on the wall need to be repainted.

It’s really not feudal superstition. People outside think they are very pedantic and superstitious. They will spend a lot of money on such illusory things.

Of course, it’s impossible for Li Duoyu to pay all the money. He just temporarily put it in place. When the fundraising is over, it will be over.

After the news that the "An Tour" will be confirmed next year spread, the older generation took out the gongs and drums that had been sealed for many years on the same day, and they started to "dong dong chong".

"Now there is no pork belly, and we have to kill a pig tonight. If you really want it, come early to line up."

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

In a sense, their province has preserved some ancient folk culture more perfectly.

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

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

Every time there is a war, many outsiders will flee here, and they bring not only population, but also beliefs from all over the country.

After Li Duoyu arrived, the fishmongers at the dock said, "Oh, the boss is here to inspect our work."

"Brother Yu, let me ask you something. My two brothers have caught a lot of live seafood. Should we sell it now or later?"

Old Jin waved his hand and said, "No, my little Jin went to work for you, and I haven't come to thank you yet."

"Thank you, Brother Yu, we got it."

The Zhao brothers almost vomited blood when they heard this. Although they made a lot of money this year and bought a lot of pork for the New Year, they felt that this year would not be easy.

Zhao Erniu complained, "I told you to listen to Duoyu, but you didn't believe it. Now you are stupid."

Zhao Dahai hated it so much that his teeth were almost broken: "Damn it, from now on, if Duoyu tells me to eat shit, I will eat it too." (End of this chapter)