Early in the morning, Ao Daguo got up and got busy.

Although the Big Dragon No. 1 is not his ship, Ao Muyang trusted him and asked him to take the helm. According to the rules, he is the boss of the ship, the captain, and the person in charge of the ship.

As for the leader Ao Muyang, he is a spiritual leader. He doesn’t care about the matter on the ship, he cares about people, and how to bring people to make money.

With his son Ao Wuwei, Ao Daguo boarded the boat early and hung firecrackers.

After Ao Muyang arrived at the pier, Ao Daguo waved to him: "Longtou, come and arrange the water vividly."

Fishermen love boats more than cherish their lives, especially the owner of the ship. They should cherish the boat even more, because the boat is there, and the boat capsizes and dies. The owner of the ship has a great responsibility.

In the Red Ocean region, fishermen call boats water dragons, believing that each boat has its own soul.

In order to empower faith, fishermen will seriously create a "ship soul" in the cabin, which is what Ao Daguo calls "living water".

In the past, fishermen used wooden boats and could build them themselves. In this way, whenever the skeleton of a new boat was built, the owner of the boat would dig a small hole with a piece of wood, put copper plates, copper coins or silver dollars in it, and then enshrine them in a stable cabin. This is the water vivid.

The reason why this thing is used to make water lively is because there is a proverb in the fishermen, namely, one copper, two silver and three gold, to suppress evil and drive away disasters and be at ease. Copper, silver and gold are believed to drive away evil spirits.

In addition, Qiantan Town has a unique custom, which is that the water made is vivid and there are things or daily necessities on women, such as hair and handkerchiefs, which can be tied to copper coins and put into small holes together.

Similarly, in local customs, the things on women who have given birth also have the effect of warding off evil spirits.

The Ao Daguo has been made. After Ao Muyang got on the boat, he handed it over and said, "Longtou, you come and put the water alive."

Ao Muyang nodded. He took the small wooden blocks, then took the silver needle and steel nails to the bottom of the cabin, and nailed the small wooden blocks into the cabin with a hammer.

This is also a rule. Water must be placed closest to the water, because the boat is a water dragon, and only with water can it be effective.

Ao Muyang placed water alive. He returned to the bow of the boat and waved. Ao Daguo took off his cigarette and shouted: "Brothers, fire the cannon and notify the Dragon Prince, let us go to the sea to meet him!"

A string of firecrackers were lit, and amid the deafening sound, white smoke rose. Ao Daguo twisted the ship's key, and the engine of Dalong No. 1 roared louder.

This kind of big boat head is happy to go to sea at one time, and the fishermen in the village rushed onto the boat and waited to go to sea with the boat.

Ao Fugui and his son each brought a plate on the boat, and there was a Gaji fish on the boat. The name of this fish was very festive and was often used as a tribute to the Dragon King before the development of the new ship.

The two of them carried the Gaji fish from the bow to the stern of the boat. The fishermen in the village followed behind and prayed to the Dragon King for blessings to go to sea to gain great rewards.

The fishermen who boarded the boat all had a white rabbit made of steamed white flour on their waists. This is also a local custom called "Punish the rabbit's waist". In this custom, the white rabbit has the meaning of a good harvest.

Boxes of beer and bottles of white wine were sent to the fishing boat. At this time, those who are good at drinking can drink it. Of course, this is still a custom. Ao Muyang must first sacrifice wine to the sky, the sea and the Dragon King.

The worship activities for the new boat trip were very enthusiastic, and the few tourists in the village were attracted to the dock. Lu Zhizi was very interested in this kind of folk activities and watched it curiously at the dock.

Ao Muyang sprinkled a bottle of white wine in the air, poured a bottle of white wine into the sea water, and poured another bottle of white wine on the bow of the boat. Then he came back with three empty wine bottles and made a gesture to the people on the dock to get out of the way.

As soon as everyone moved aside, Ao Muyang threw three wine bottles one by one, smashing them one after another.

Lu Zhizi asked curiously: "What kind of custom is this?"

Ao Xiaoniu next to him introduced: "It was because of the backward navigation technology in the past. Teacher, you know that sailing was very dangerous at that time, and it was easy to cause ships to be destroyed and people to die."

"At that time, there were no mobile phones, intercoms, or radios, etc. There were very few ways to communicate. Every time a boat was in trouble, the crew could only write the name of the ship that was killed, the time of the accident, the place where the accident happened, the name, origin and other things on the paper. In short, it was to write a suicide note and roll the paper up and stuff it into an empty bottle, then seal the bottle mouth and throw it into the sea, hoping that the passing ships or flow to the coast and be discovered."

"In ancient times, bottles were very precious, and the most common ones were wine bottles, so people would put suicide notes in the wine bottles. But this kind of rescue method is unreliable. The wine bottles may be discovered when, and the ship would probably be finished at that time."

"So, the family of fishermen and sailors have always been afraid of seeing wine bottles, because seeing the bottles thrown by their relatives from the boat often means something happened to him."

"Later, this tradition came into being. When a new ship went to sea, the boss came to throw away the wine bottle, to drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters, and pray for good luck. At this time, the more broken the wine bottle, the better it would be, which indicates that the ship would always be smooth sailing after it was put into sailing, and it would be a good thing!"

Lu Zhizi suddenly realized: "So that's it, this is, well, this is a destruction! Your fisherman has so many customs!"

Ao Xiaoniu laughed and said, "There is another custom that has something to do with you. Teacher Lu, you can't get on this boat. I mean you can't get on this time."

Lu Zhizi asked strangely: "Why? Because I am a woman? Doesn't your customs here respect women very much?"

Ao Xiaoniu said: "You guessed half of it, because you are a beauty and are so beautiful. This is also a legend. Do you want to listen to it?"

Lu Zhizi waved and said, "Let me tell me."

Ao Xiaoniu said: "This is related to the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea. Do you know the Eight Immortals?"

Lu Zhizi nodded, and Ao Xiaoniu continued: "The Eight Immortals wanted to cross the sea to Penglai Immortal Island for the first time. They had no ships, so Tieguai Li turned the crutch in his hand into a brand new dragon boat."

"At that time, there were many people on the boat, which alarmed Prince Hualong in the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea. Prince Hualong flew to the Shanghai area and saw that Fairy He was beautiful and able to dance, so he snatched her away."

"The other great immortals were very reluctant, so they raised their magic weapons to kill the Dragon Palace to rescue He Xiangu. Since then, Prince Hualong has been resentful. Every time he sees a new ship going out to sea, he will go and see it. If he sees a beautiful girl on the ship, he will make trouble."

After listening to the explanation, Lu Zhizi was amused and crying: "What should I say? Should I thank this custom? Is this an official certified teacher looking beautiful?"

A child watching the fun next to him said, "Teacher Lu is fine. Not only can you not get on this boat, but Ao Xiaoniu can't get on."

Lu Zhizi asked curiously again, "Why?"

Ao Xiaoniu, who had been happy before, quickly became a gloomy expression. He looked at the big ship nostalgic and said, "Who must have the first time to take a ride? Uncle Yang will definitely take me on the boat in the future. I won't join in the fun this time."
Chapter completed!