Fisherwoman: After my divorce, I became rich by fishing at sea

Chapter 714: Worshiping Mazu on the First Day of the Lunar New Year

The next morning, just after daybreak, the usually quiet village was bustling with activity.

Fu Lao Da, who had stayed up until midnight the day before, opened the door and set off firecrackers before five o'clock. Fu Wan and others heard the sound of firecrackers from every household in the new house, so they got up early.

Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu put on their new clothes and were eager to show them off. Fu Wan had just walked them to the door of their house when the village radio started to sound.

"Fellow villagers, fellow villagers, it's time to worship Mazu on the first day of the new year. The bus to the Mazu Temple will be waiting at the village entrance at 5:10. Each household can send a representative. Remember to bring your offerings!"

The announcement rang three times before Fu Liang arrived, carrying the offerings. Ye Xiaocui hurriedly put her own offerings into the basket, then hurriedly urged Fu Wan and the others to set off.

"Hurry up, come back early to eat after the worship."

Red candles were still burning on the altar on New Year's Day. Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan had to stay at home and watch over it and were not allowed to go to the Mazu Temple.

Fu Wan and the others nodded in agreement. They had cars and didn't need to catch the bus, so they didn't go to the village entrance to squeeze.

Even so, Ye Xiaocui kept urging them to go out early. It was important to go to the Mazu Temple to burn incense early. Today was the first day of the new year, so those who were closest to the temple would definitely be the first to burn incense.

In order to prevent the seats from being full, Fu Wan and Qin An Ning both drove. Qin An Ning had never been to the Mazu Temple, so she drove behind Fu Wan. When the two cars passed by Fu Qing's house, they happened to see Fang Min and Fu Qing leaving.

Fu Wan honked the horn to signal them to get in the car.

"Happy New Year, Awan!"

As soon as she got in the car, Fu Qing greeted her sweetly.

"Happy New Year, are your offerings ready?"

Fang Min nodded. "Auntie is ready. Awan, can we follow you later?"

"no problem!"

It was also Fang Min's first time to worship Mazu, and she knew nothing about the rules.

She was also afraid that she didn't know the rules and would offend Mazu, which would cause trouble for sea transportation next year and delay Fu Wan and the others.

As the two cars passed the village entrance, they encountered villagers queuing to board the bus. Fu Wan turned her head and glanced at the back seat. Her car was already full of Fu Lao Da, Fu Qing, Fang Min, and their two children.

But there should be room for two more people in Qin Anning's car.

Sure enough, Fu Ming rolled down the window and shouted outside twice, and soon, Fu San and Fu Jian also got in the car.

"Hey, Dad, is Third Aunt about to give birth?"

Fu Wan has been so busy lately that she almost forgot Lin Qiuju's due date.

"Yes, it should be full term around this time. I thought your third uncle wouldn't go today, but I didn't expect him to go too."

This kid didn't even know how to take a bus directly from home, and instead went to squeeze into the bus with other villagers.

Fu Wan smiled when she heard this, "Aunt San hasn't given birth yet, so Uncle San must go and ask Mazu for blessings."

But she knew that her third uncle and aunt wanted a daughter.

As their car left the village, the shuttle bus behind them followed. The shuttle bus was heading directly to the Mazu Temple. This somewhat shabby shuttle bus was the only public transportation from the nearby villages to the Mazu Temple.

Of course, the time is fixed. If you go late, the car will not wait for anyone.

The shuttle bus passed through each village at a different time. Fujia Village was the last village, and when everyone arrived at the Mazu Temple, it was just past six o'clock.

Although it was early, the Mazu Temple was bustling with activity.

Many Mazu believers nearby had already arrived. When everyone got off the bus, Fu Wan was surprised to find that the old village chief Fu had also come.

"Village Chief, why are you here today?"

"Haha, I thought I could still walk, so I had to come and burn some incense for Mazu."

Fu Wan murmured to herself, wondering why he hadn't asked Fu Lao Da for a ride, considering the old village chief's habit. But then she came to her senses and thought again, maybe he was tired of Fu Lao Er's incident last night and felt too embarrassed to bother Fu Lao Da again.

That's right, although Fu Laoer was restricted from worshipping Mazu with the villagers, and Wang Zhaodi also returned to her parents' home, in fact, there was no substantial punishment for the disgusting act of Fu Laoda's mother.

If it weren't for the sake of Village Chief Fu, Boss Fu would definitely have given Boss Fu a good beating.

"Awan, what are you doing standing there? Come and get the incense!"

"Hey, here we come!"

Hearing Boss Fu's shout, Fu Wan quickly responded and then quickly squeezed into the crowd.

Representatives from nearly every household in Fujia Village were present, each holding three yellow incense sticks. According to traditional custom, the families with the best shipping record last year stood first, followed by those ranked by seniority.

When it comes to the best shipping, everyone unanimously wants Boss Fu and his men to stand in the front. But Boss Fu pulled Fu Wan, stuffed three incense sticks into her hand, and motioned her to go to the front.

Does this mean that she should light the first incense stick?

Seeing this, several of the villagers behind murmured, "No, why let Fu Wan be the first to burn incense? She is a woman!"

Fu Wan originally didn't care about whether she was the first to burn incense or not, but when she heard such discussions, she stood firm and decided to burn the first incense stick in Fujia Village today!

The few people were still not satisfied with their discussion. One of them was so brave that he even pulled the village chief to ask in a low voice. The village chief thought it was something serious, but when he heard it, he immediately glared at her and cursed in a low voice: "What's wrong with women? Erdan, you were also born by a woman, why do you still look down on women?

Take last year’s fishing trip for example. Did you catch as much as Awan did?

If there is, you go and burn the first stick of incense!"

These words made Fu Erdan shut up immediately. Compared with the harvest, Fu Wan had more than half of it, let alone all of it!

When one person got scolded, the others around him quickly fell silent. It was New Year's Day, and no one wanted to be scolded again.

In this way, Fu Wan took the lead holding the incense, followed by a large group of representatives from the village. Fu Lao Da and Fu Ming followed her like two protectors, while Qin An Ning took her two children and walked behind the villagers with Fang Min.

Village chief Fu was naturally in front of the villagers. Seeing this, Fu San squeezed in from behind and followed the village chief.

"Uncle Village Chief, I heard something happened in the village last night?"

"Oh, don't mention it, Lao San, I'm really old. Do you want to be the village chief?"

Upon hearing this, Fu San quickly shook his head, fearing that if he was too slow to refuse, this difficult task would fall on him.

"Not at all. I just want my daughter to be born soon so I can start a small business and support my family!"

He just looked down on the village chief's salary. He thought it was like he was worrying about nothing for such a small salary. He didn't have such a high level of awareness and couldn't bear the burden at all.

Village chief Fu was no exception. Fu San would reject him. He was also worried. Why were none of the young men he liked willing to be the village chief?

Fu San didn't care what the old village chief was thinking. He squeezed forward simply because he wanted to kowtow quickly and go out to find Fu Wan.

He has a seafood shipping business and wants to discuss it with her!