Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Old Village Chief 3
Fish farming in the river was quickly implemented thanks to the active efforts of everyone, and part of the river was turned into a fish farm. ()
There are many benefits of raising fish in this way, and the technician once said that the meat of this fish does not have the fishy smell of the fish raised in the fish pond, and it can maintain a certain degree of freshness of the river fish.
Everyone is full of hope and waits for the harvest of the fish farm, and when the harvest is made, it can be exchanged for wealth.
Although the land route here is not smooth, the fish can be transported out by water and by small boats.
Everyone is looking forward to it, including the old village chief, he has no children and no daughters, and has an old wife, who also passed away three years ago, he is now only focused on work, he hopes to do results, not for fame, not for profit, but simply want to do things for everyone.
Spring goes to autumn, and in a blink of an eye, a year has passed, and the fish farm is about to harvest.
Everyone was very excited, but at this time, someone came to pour cold water on the old village chief.
This person is an old man in the village, and his main thing is to manage the sacrifices in the village, and he has heard that he knows a lot of things about gods and ghosts, and there are many rules.
With the liberation of this place, new ideas gradually spread, and the people of the village gradually disrespected the old man, thinking that he was superstitious. However, no one said anything, after all, the people in the village still pay attention to the sacrifice of ancestors, and he still has to preside over this work.
On this day, he went to the door to find the old village chief.
"I think we should have an activity to worship the river god, after all, begging for food under the hands of the river god has to be a little expressive." He said to the old village chief.
The old village chief frowned, as a village cadre, he was very opposed to this set of working hard and wasting money, he accepted new ideas, new education, and believed that this was a bad habit that could not be tolerated.
But after all, this is the old man who presides over the sacrificial work in the village, and he still has to be respected, so the old village chief politely refused: "I think, now the village is poor, and the sacrifice is carried out by live cattle, and the live pigs are thrown into the river, and everyone can't afford it." In the future, when the village is rich, you can engage in such activities, and it is not bad to row a dragon boat or something. ”
The old man was a man who understood, and knew that this was actually a refusal, and it was impossible for this sacrificial activity to be carried out, and it was not good that others would think that he would take the opportunity to make trouble, sell his reputation, and sighed, and the old man said to the old village chief: "The river god is not satisfied, and he wants to take away human lives, and maybe the harvest will be taken back." Forget it, let's do it for yourself. ”
Such a statement made the old village chief a little angry in his heart, this was definitely the use of feudal superstition to intimidate, but the old village chief still suppressed his anger and sent the old man out of the door respectfully, no matter what, the old village chief is a person with people, he is not willing to be angry with an old man.
In fact, I don't want to comment on whether the sacrifice is a bad habit, after all, at that time, there were always people who liked to do things to the extreme, extremely, against one thing, and even denied it all.
Until now, such festivals have been encouraged, and some festivals have been used as a means to attract tourists.
What is the reason for the resurgence of this sacrifice, this is not the focus of discussion, the point is that the old village chief refused the request to sacrifice, he thinks that he is a party member, he should adhere to some principles, and the sacrifice is indeed a bit extravagant and wasteful, this poor small mountain village can not afford it.
The harvest season is getting closer and closer, no matter how determined the old village chief is, there are still some drums in his heart, just like how you don't believe in a person, when he says a word in front of him, there will still be some shadows in your heart.
On this day, the old village chief decided to go to the fishing ground for himself, and he drove his own boat, together with a few people who were busy in the fishing ground, and inspected them, one of whom was the nephew of the old village chief, and was the closest blood relative in his village.
The atmosphere of the patrol is very pleasant, after all, it is a good weather with a good wind and sunshine, after all, who is not happy to watch the fish jump out of the water from time to time?
But when we reached the very edge of the fishing grounds, suddenly the weather became gloomy and a strong wind blew.
The people of the village are experienced, and in this case, they usually come to the shore, and the wind is strong, and this kind of boat is easy to get out of control, and now it is at the very edge of the fishing ground, although there is still a certain distance from the middle of the river, but it is also dangerous.
Just when everyone was in a hurry to get to the shore, the wind suddenly increased, and it was almost out of the control of manpower, and the water surface began to be uncalm, and the fish that had jumped out of the water from time to time just now began to sink to the bottom.
"Don't panic, take your time." The old village chief rowed his own boat, and commanded everyone calmly.
This is a small village in Sichuan, due to the many mountains, no matter how strong the wind is, it is not the first time to meet here, although the wind blows in autumn is a little strange, but the old village chief shouted, everyone quickly calmed down.
One of the young descendants even jokingly shouted: "Old village chief, why don't we compete and see who rows to the shore first." ”
The old village chief was happy to agree, but he didn't want the wind to suddenly become stronger, and the water surface that was just a little uncalm just now began to churn and become very violent, which has never happened in this river.
The old village chief 'groaned' in his heart, and suddenly remembered the words of the old man in the village, to sacrifice to the river god, otherwise he had to fill it with human life!
But at this time it was too late to say anything, the old village chief had his own insistence in his heart, although he began to doubt, he was only half-convinced, but no matter what happened, he couldn't kill under his nose, he desperately resisted the impact of the wind, and shouted: "Everyone work hard to row, which one goes to the shore first, call someone to help!" ”
But it backfired, in the face of nature, manpower is ridiculous, and in less than 2 minutes, these boats were carried by the wind and the current to the middle of the river, and kept whirling in the middle of the river
What's the deal with swirling in the middle of the river? Everyone was shocked and terrified! After all, strong winds have not been done before, and the best experience is not to row around, let the wind flow with the boat, as long as the boat does not capsize, the wind will always stop.
Strictly speaking, there is only one possibility for this kind of whirlpool, and that is a huge whirlpool!
At this time, the heavy rain suddenly poured down, accompanied by thunder and lightning, as if God was angry, which made people feel even more panicked.
At this time, the old village chief had completely believed the river god's statement, because in a blink of an eye, their boat was spinning in the river for 10 minutes, and at this time, some villagers saw the violent weather, thought about the fishing ground, or their relatives who came to the fishing ground to inspect the fishery, rushed to the river, and shouted on the shore.
In a short time, the number of people piled up, and almost the whole village was dispatched, and everyone was talking about it, and some of the action factions were ready to take the rope, hoping to throw it to the people who were whirling in the middle of the river.
But is this possible? This river is not a big river, but the old village chief and his party are at least about 50 meters offshore, where can they throw it over? Swim past? It's even more impossible, how can people swim through this weather?
The house leak happened to rain overnight, and at this time, a sharp-eyed person suddenly shouted: "What is that?" ”
Only then did people notice that the water surface had begun to bubble, like boiling water, and the people who were spinning on the boat had already been a little desperate, because they had already noticed the bubbling of the water surface, could they not pay attention? Just bubbling around their ship.
'Boom' a muffled thunder struck, the water suddenly stopped bubbling, the wind stopped for a while, everything was like a magical big hand, choking the lifeblood of the storm, making it stop abruptly, and even the rain was light.
People were pleasantly surprised, well, the nervousness was only temporary, and the people on the boat were saved.
But life is like a tragicomedy, and before this brief surprise could make people breathe a sigh of relief, an even more terrifying situation arose, because less than two miles from the boat, suddenly there was a big wave, which was not the normal churning of the water, but like something huge swimming on the water.
"Let's go!" The experienced old man in the village shouted.
"I've angered the river god, the river god has come to take his life!" Suddenly, a voice erupted from the crowd, it was the old man who was sacrificing, and he knelt down as he shouted.