Chapter 137

After the whole village ate vegetarian and performed the ritual for seven consecutive days, the Mazu inspection tour ceremony began on the morning of the eighth day, and the villagers gathered at the gate of the Mazu Temple early in the morning to watch the fun.

The ritual music band was invited to play music in the Mazu Temple in two shifts. After the time arrived around 9 o'clock in the morning, an old woman carefully hugged one of the two Mazu statues in front of the Mazu statue, and another middle-aged fisherwoman hugged and sent it to the sedan chair, placed it upright, and tied it with red silk.

The village chief inserted three sticks of clear incense into each of the three incense burners in front of the statue, and then signaled to the people outside the temple gate to beat the gongs to clear the way.

Walking at the very front were the gongs (big gongs) carrying the "Clear the Way" flag, and those setting off firecrackers. On the left and right sides behind were the plaques holding "Avoidance", followed closely by the young and strong men holding plaques with words such as "Peace in the Four Seasons", "Peace and Prosperity", and "Favorable Weather".

There was a ritual music band in the middle and at the end of the team. Mazu sat on a wooden sedan chair and was carried by 8 young and strong men walking in the middle. The maids following on both sides were dressed as little girls in the village, totaling eight.

Ye Huimei was also selected to be a maid, holding a flower basket in her hand, following at any time.

The children of the Ye family saw this and shouted one after another: "It's Little Aunt, it's Little Aunt."

"Little Aunt is so beautiful with powder on today~"

It was rare to have fun to watch, almost everyone in the village came out, accompanying Mazu on the inspection tour on both sides. Because it was the weekend and there was no school, it wasn't just the Ye family children. All the big and small children in the village followed behind jumping and jumping.

Ye Huimei heard the shouts of the children in the family, looked over, smiled slightly, but when she retracted her gaze, she caught a glimpse of A Guang not far away whose eyes were staring straight, her cheeks turned slightly red with embarrassment, and then she focused on following the team forward.

There were also people in the crowd discussing whether Ye Huimei had a partner yet, and talking about whether their own relatives had someone of the right age to introduce.

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The Ye family members all had upright looks, it's just that Ye Huimei was a bit tanned after a summer, but she specially applied powder today, making her skin look fair, and among the maids, she was still quite eye-catching.

A Guang listened to the discussions of others unhappily, but was helpless, everything always has to be gradual, he helplessly followed the sedan chair all the time.

Behind the team, there were also people carrying two baskets of firecrackers and whips, which were set off by special people while walking.

Accompanied by the sound of gongs, drums, and firecrackers, the inspection team walked over the uneven seaside stone road, climbed the ancient stone steps, and traveled through the fishing village avenues and paths, either going up the ridge or down the slope.

Mazu's inspection tour will walk through all the roads in the village, stop at the gate of every villager's house, and some families will place offering tables at the gate. When it reaches whose house, the head of that household will offer three sticks of incense, and only after the whole village has been visited will the honor guard walk towards the seaside.

Walking along the river bank from east to west, they walked to the beach, and then stopped in the middle of the whole beach.

The ritual music band also had to step forward to perform for Mazu, play music for a while, pray for the safety of the fishermen's production at sea, the peace of the family, and pray for the fishermen's boat to be auspicious, disasters to be sent far away, blessings to come to the door, tides to be full, and water to be prosperous.

Legend has it that Mazu's real name was Lin Mo, a descendant of the Nine-Shepherd Lin family, a prominent family in Putian, Fujian Province, born on the 23rd day of the third lunar month in the first year of Jianlong of the Song Dynasty (960 AD).

Before she was born, her parents had already given birth to five daughters, and they were very much looking forward to this child being a son, but they were very disappointed.

But on the evening before she was about to be born, the neighbors saw a meteor turn into a red light shooting from the northwest sky, crystal clear and eye-catching, illuminating the rocks on the island red.

Therefore, her parents felt that she must not be an ordinary girl, so they loved her especially, because she didn't cry from birth until the full moon, so they named her Lin Mo.

After growing up, she was determined to do good and help people all her life, refused to marry, and her parents followed her wishes. She focused on doing charity and public welfare undertakings, usually studied medicine, treated people's illnesses, and taught people to prevent epidemics and eliminate disasters.

She was gentle in temperament and enthusiastic about helping others, and her reputation spread far and wide along the coast. No matter who encountered any difficulties, they were willing to discuss with her and ask her for help, and she also enthusiastically helped the villagers who asked her for help to solve problems and avoid evil and seek good.

Lin Mo, who grew up by the sea, not only knew astronomy and meteorology but also was familiar with water. There are many reefs in the strait between Meizhou Island and the mainland, and fishing boats and merchant ships that encountered difficulties in this sea area often received Lin Mo's help, so people legend that she could cross the sea on a mat.

She could also measure good and bad luck, and would always inform the boat owners in advance whether they could sail, so it was said that she could "predict good and bad things in advance", calling her "Goddess" and "Dragon Girl".

On the 9th day of the ninth month in 987 (the fourth year of Yongxi of Emperor Taizong of Song), Lin Mo, who was only twenty-eight years old, ascended to heaven, but in fact, she died while rescuing people at sea.

But in later legends, on the day Lin Mo ascended to heaven, the masses on Meizhou Island said one after another that they saw Mazu riding the long wind and driving the auspicious clouds, soaring between the clear sky and the moon.

Since then, people sailing have often said that they often see Lin Mo dressed in red flying on the sea, rescuing people who are in distress and calling for help. Therefore, Mazu statues have gradually been widely worshipped on sea ships to pray for a safe and smooth voyage.

Because of her saving the world and helping people, and benefiting one side, she is worshipped as the "Sea God" in China's southeast coastal areas and even East Asia, and temples are built to worship her.

Today's travel worship, except for not opening a banquet, is already no less than the specifications of Mazu's birthday.

After the ritual music band performs, they only need to walk under the tide to inspect the sea surface, and Mazu's travel ceremony is considered complete, and they can directly return to the temple.

The villagers escorted and followed from beginning to end, until Mazu was seated in the Mazu Temple, an old woman carried a cup of tea, knelt and prayed, and then respectfully returned the statue to its place, and this inspection tour ceremony ended, and everyone scattered and returned home.

"Dad, pee~ pee~"

Ye Yaodong was suddenly panicked. "Wait a minute, you can't pee, if you pee, I'll beat your butt."

While speaking, he hurriedly put Ye Chengyang down from his neck, because he was small, walked slowly, and couldn't see, so Ye Yaodong directly carried him on his neck halfway.

Ye Chengyang couldn't wait, shouting anxiously: "Want to pee... pee..."

Only after his pants were pulled down a little, he couldn't hold his pee anymore, his pants were wet for the most part, and Ye Yaodong's hands were also full of his pee, but at least he didn't pee on his neck.

"Don't you know to say it earlier if you want to pee? Why are you in such a hurry? Your intestines aren't straight."

Lin Xiuqing nagged a few words on the side and took off his pants, and by the way, patted his butt twice.

The children on the side stretched out their index fingers and scraped their faces one after another, mocking him: "Shame shame~"

"Bare butt, shame shame~"

"Ye Chengyang shame shame~"

He suddenly buried his head in his dad's crotch in embarrassment, but passed through, and suddenly found that it seemed quite fun, so he stretched and stretched there...

Ye Yaodong carried him up with black lines on his head. "Going home!"

Lin Xiuqing held the eldest son and followed him, but he stopped walking again.

"Peishun, you're not leaving yet, what are you standing there for?"

"Why do you care?"

"Damn..."

Ye Yaodong still wanted to say a few words, but Lin Xiuqing pulled his hem. "Let's go back, why do you care about him."

"Didn't I just care about a friend and ask a few questions?"

She rolled her eyes, A Guang has been sending bananas and persimmons to their house every other day recently when he is idle, even though they said they had a lot, he still sent them.

Anyone with eyes could see it, it's just that it wasn't said out loud, anyway, Ye Mu was worried about it, it wasn't their turn as brothers and sisters-in-law to worry about it.

Ye Yaodong also understood, it's just that he was a bit unhappy, his little sister scolded him every other day in her previous life, and kept sending this and that to his house after scolding, after Lin Xiuqing was checked for cancer, there was no daughter to serve, and the daughter-in-law hadn't been married yet, she was the one who was busy taking care of him for a few months, and even helped pay a lot of medical expenses, of course he cared about what kind of person she married.

"Let's go back, it's very late, hurry back to eat."

Ye Yaodong glared at A Guang before turning to leave.