With the active work of everyone, fish farming in the river was quickly implemented, and part of the river became a fish farm.

There are many benefits to raising fish in this way. The technician once said that the meat of this kind of fish does not have the fishy smell of fish raised in fish ponds, and it can also maintain a certain degree of freshness of river fish.

Everyone is full of hope, waiting for the harvest of the fish farm. If you harvest, you can get wealth.

Although the land route here is not very smooth, fish can be transported out by relying on the waterway and the small boats.

Everyone is looking forward to it, including the old village chief. He has no children. He has a wife who also passed away three years ago. Now he only focuses on his work. He hopes to achieve results and not for others.

Fame is not for profit, I just want to do things for everyone.

Spring has passed and autumn has come. One year has passed in the blink of an eye, and the fish farm is about to harvest.

Everyone was very excited, but at this moment someone came to pour cold water on the old village chief.

This man is an old man in the village. His main job is to manage the village's sacrifices and so on. I heard that he knows a lot about gods and ghosts and has a lot of rules.

As the place was liberated and new ideas gradually spread, the villagers gradually began to lose respect for the old man, thinking that he was superstitious. However, no one said anything clearly. After all, the villagers still paid attention to the sacrifice of their ancestors.

He still has to take charge of this work.

On this day, he came to find the old village chief.

"I think we should hold an event to worship the River God. After all, you have to show some expression when begging for food from the River God." He said to the old village chief.

The old village chief frowned. As a village cadre, he was very opposed to this waste of money and people. He accepted new ideas and new education and believed that this was a bad habit that could not be tolerated.

But after all, this was an old man who was in charge of the village's sacrificial work, so he still had to be respected, so the old village chief politely refused: "I think, now that the village is poor, we have to throw live cows and pigs into the river for sacrificial rituals.

I can't afford it. In the future, when the village becomes rich, we can engage in such activities, such as dragon boat rowing and so on."

The old man was a sensible person and knew that what he said was actually a refusal. It was impossible to carry out this sacrificial activity. Others might think that he was taking the opportunity to cause trouble and fish for fame. He sighed and said to the old village chief:

"The River God is not satisfied and wants to take away human lives, and maybe the harvest will be taken back. Forget it, just take care of yourself."

Such a statement made the old village chief feel a little angry. This was definitely using feudal superstition to intimidate. However, the old village chief still suppressed his anger and sent the old man out of the house respectfully. No matter what, the old village chief was a person with no regard for people.

He is unwilling to get angry at an old man.

In fact, I don’t want to comment on whether worshiping is a bad habit. After all, there were always people at that time who liked to take things to the extreme and extreme. They opposed one thing and even denied it all.

Until now, in fact, such sacrificial activities have been encouraged to protect folk culture and so on. Some sacrificial rituals have even become a means of attracting tourists.

What is the reason for the resurgence of sacrifices? This is not the focus of the discussion. The point is that the old village chief rejected the request to offer sacrifices. He believed that as a party member, he should adhere to certain principles, and the sacrifices were indeed somewhat extravagant and wasteful. This poor man

Small mountain villages cannot afford it.

The harvest season is getting closer and closer. No matter how determined the old village chief is, he still feels a little nervous in his heart. Just like no matter how much you don't trust a person, when he says something in front of you in a serious way, you will still feel guilty in your heart.

Some shadows.

On this day, the old village chief decided to visit the fishing ground in person. He drove his small boat and patrolled the fishing ground together with several people who were busy at the fishing ground. One of these people was the nephew of the old village chief.

The closest blood relative in the village.

The atmosphere of the inspection was very pleasant. After all, it was a beautiful and sunny day. After all, who wouldn’t be happy to see fish jumping out of the water from time to time?

But when we patrolled to the edge of the fishing ground, the weather suddenly turned gloomy and a strong wind blew.

The people in the village are experienced. In situations like this, they usually approach the shore. When the wind is strong, this kind of small boat can easily get out of control. Now it is at the edge of the fishing ground. Although it is still a certain distance from the center of the river, it is still far away from the center of the river.

Danger.

Just when everyone was rushing to the shore, the wind suddenly increased and was almost out of human control. The water surface also began to become unstable. The fish that had jumped out of the water from time to time began to sink to the bottom.

"Don't panic, everyone, take your time." The old village chief rowed his boat and directed everyone calmly.

This is a small village in Kawachi. Due to the many mountains, the wind is not strong no matter how strong it is. We have lived here for many years and this is not the first time we have encountered this situation. Although it is a bit strange to have such wind in autumn, the old village

After a long shout, everyone calmed down quickly.

One of the young men shouted jokingly: "Old village chief, how about we compete to see who can row to the shore first?"

The old village chief happily agreed, but he didn't expect that the wind suddenly became stronger again, and the water surface, which was just a little restless, started to churn and became very violent. This was a situation that had never happened in this river.

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The old village chief's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly remembered what the old man in the village said about offering sacrifices to the river god, otherwise he would have to pay for it with human life!

But it was too late to say anything at this time. 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, he couldn't kill anyone under his nose. He tried his best to resist the strong wind.

Affected by the impact, he shouted: "Everyone row hard, whoever reaches the shore first, call for help!"

But things went against expectations. In the face of nature, manpower is ridiculous. In less than 2 minutes, these boats were brought to the middle of the river by the wind and current, and kept spinning in the middle of the river.

What's the matter with spinning in the middle of the river? Everyone was shocked and scared! After all, strong winds have never happened before. The best experience is not to paddle randomly, let the wind carry the boat, and just keep the boat from capsizing.

, the wind always stops.

Strictly speaking, there is only one possibility for this kind of swirling, and that is a huge whirlpool!

At this time, heavy rain suddenly poured down, accompanied by thunder and lightning, as if God was angry, making people feel even more panicked.

At this time, the old village chief had completely believed what the river god said, because in the blink of an eye, their boat was swirling in the river for 10 minutes. At this time, some villagers saw the violent weather and thought about the fishing ground.

Or relatives who came to inspect the fishery came to the river and shouted on the bank.

After a while, more and more people gathered, and almost everyone in the village was involved. Everyone was discussing in a hurry, and some activists were preparing to get ropes, hoping to throw them to the people swirling 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 50 meters away from the shore. How can they throw it across? Swim across it? It is even more impossible. How can people swim across it in this weather?

There was a leak in the house, but it was raining all night. At this time, a sharp-eyed person suddenly shouted: "What is that?"

Only then did people notice that the water surface began to bubble, like boiling water. The people swirling on the boat were already a little desperate, because they had noticed the bubbling on the water surface for a long time. How could they not pay attention? There were bubbles around their boat.

Bubble.

There was a muffled thunder, and the water surface suddenly stopped bubbling, and the wind stopped temporarily. It was like a magical big hand pinched the lifeline of the storm, causing it to stop abruptly, and even the rain stopped.

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People were pleasantly surprised. Well, the tension was only temporary, and the people on the boat were saved.

But life is like a tragedy and comedy. This short-lived surprise could not make people breathe a long sigh of relief. A more terrifying situation occurred, because less than two miles away from the ship, a big wave suddenly broke out.

The waves were not the normal rolling of the water, but something huge was swimming on the water.

"The dragon is gone!" shouted an experienced old man in the village.
Chapter completed!