Chapter 277

After the village was buzzing for a few days, except for the victims who still scolded at Ye Yaohong's house every day, the people watching the fun had calmed down a lot, after all, they still had to prepare for the New Year.

A part of the victims were actually relatives, scolding was scolding, but they really couldn't do anything too excessive. Except for the villagers, there were also people fishing in troubled waters who made it look chaotic.

But the person had already been caught, scolding was of no avail, after scolding for a few days, everyone went to do what they should do, it was just that Ye's eldest cousin-in-law didn't dare to come out and walk around even after she could get out of bed, and the whole family didn't dare to go out.

Heard that the children would be beaten by their peers when they went out, every day as long as they went out, they would return with nose and face swollen, and their bodies would be covered in mud, like rolling in the mud.

Ye Yaodong was helping his wife dry sweet potato slices when he heard Ye Chenghai come back and vividly tell about the beating of the two little ones in Ye Yaohong's house.

Lin Xiuqing's action of cutting sweet potatoes paused, shook her head, "The evil created by adults has to be borne by the children."

"Otherwise, why would there be the saying that the father's debt is paid by the son?"

"Don't know how the sentence will be, heard that the detention notice has been received, even the second cousin was caught. Aunt's eyes were cried swollen, Uncle said he was going to the county to see if he could visit, a good home was tossed like this, leaving only orphans and widows."

"So it's better to work and earn money steadily, don't think east and west with such a big heart."

Lin Xiuqing squinted at him, "Hmm, well said, working steadily is very good, as long as you are willing to work, it's not too late no matter how late."

Ye Yaodong listened to the words with implication, laughed a few times, hurriedly grabbed the work, "I'll cut, I'll cut, you go wash your hands and rest for a while, stood for so long, should be waist sore, right? Ye Chenghai, help your Third Aunt go to the side and rest."

"Ah, Third Aunt can't walk by herself, still need to help? Not Grandma..."

"Looking for a beating? Do what I tell you, why so many words."

Lin Xiuqing glared at Ye Yaodong, "You have too many things!"

"Go rest, not much left."

Ye Yaodong took the knife from her hand, learned her action just now to cut slices, dry, until the whole basin of sweet potatoes was cut, he then put away the kitchen knife and cutting board.

Sweet potato slices were also a rare snack for children, everyone circled around the bamboo flat and asked when they could eat, those who couldn't wait to reach out were slapped by him.

"It's delicious when it's dry, otherwise you throw a few into the stove first, it's just right to roast when cooking at noon, to satisfy the craving, it's also very fragrant to roast."

A group of children sucked their saliva, then one after another stole sweet potatoes from home, then wrapped them in mud and stuffed them all into the stove of Ye Yaodong's house, they didn't dare to do it at home...

There were fire-breathing dragons at home, where would they dare to do seven or eight things, they wouldn't get a beating and wouldn't be able to eat, now only Third Uncle's house was safer.

Then one noon, all the children surrounded the stove and waited, asking from time to time, and ran over again after eating, staying at his house all day.

And for several consecutive days, his house was their base camp, noisy all day, and they came over again not long after being driven out, Ye Yaodong regretted it, why roast sweet potatoes for them for no reason?

Until the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, the Little New Year, everyone stayed at their own house, because there were too many things to eat for the stove sacrifice.

Ye Yaodong also rode his bicycle to town early in the morning to buy fruits, candies, and other things for the stove sacrifice, to set up ten kinds, apples, oranges, sugar cane, pomelo, candies, olives, rice cakes, board sugar, sweet potato slivers, New Year candies, and also had heavenly gold ingots, three teas and three wines, a bowl of clear water.

There was no regulation on what to use for the sacrifice, auspicious meanings were fine, eight or ten kinds were all okay.

The children were all excited, all waiting to eat after the stove sacrifice.

Food that people have eaten cannot be used for the stove sacrifice, on the Little New Year, the family will buy New Year candies, children will try every means to eat them, the stove candies used for sacrifice must be put away in advance to avoid this situation.

Whether sacrificing ancestors or gods, food that has been eaten must never be used, so as not to be counterproductive.

Although New Year's Eve is the beginning of the New Year, the Little New Year has officially kicked off the prelude to the New Year, known as "busy New Year", which is to start getting busy preparing for the New Year.

Preparing New Year goods, dusting and welcoming the new, except for some families with heavy losses, every household in the village was immersed in a busy and happy atmosphere.

After the stove sacrifice, after burning the heavenly gold ingots, the offerings were withdrawn, which was the time when the children in the family were happiest, the thing children looked forward to most all year round was the New Year.

But Ye Yaodong felt that the sea surface when it got dark was a bit different?

He looked up and felt that when the seawater washed just now, he saw "Blue Tears".

Looking closely, a blue light shadow appeared again in the washing of the waves, "Ah? It really is, Aqing~"

"Ah? What for?"

"You come out and take a look."

Lin Xiuqing wiped her hands when she heard the sound and walked out, "What's wrong, it's dark, you don't go in, still call me out, what for?"

"Call you out to watch the sea together!"

"Are you crazy? It's freezing to death, you don't go into the house and call me out to watch what sea? It's not like I haven't seen it."

She had just walked out of the front door and wanted to turn around and go in, not wanting to bother with him, but was pulled by him, "Take a look!"

"Look at wha... ah? Blue? What's going on? Why did the seawater turn blue?"

Lin Xiuqing said halfway, when she looked up, she happened to see a wave of washing, bringing up a blue wave, looking quite good?

"This is called Blue Tears, didn't expect that there was actually a red tide in the middle of winter!"

Actually, it wasn't called Blue Tears yet, the villagers all felt this was a kind of red tide, because every time this thing came out, if they went to sea, there was basically no harvest.

"Blue Tears" is a bioluminescent phenomenon, a kind of red tide, naturally distributed in the coastal areas of Fujian, Wanwan, and other places.

Its culprit is dinoflagellates or sea fireflies. Most Blue Tears appear with Noctiluca scintillans as the main representative.

This kind of Noctiluca scintillans is easy to gather locally under the action of tides, wind, and water currents, and will produce light blue fluorescence when stimulated by the outside world.

Generally, it is suitable for Noctiluca scintillans to breed in late spring and early summer. When the density of Noctiluca scintillans in seawater is high, it is easy to form "Blue Tears" visible to the naked eye.

Didn't expect that there was a rare red tide this winter, this is not a good phenomenon.

The explosive proliferation of Noctiluca scintillans often starts from January to February, showing a phenomenon of spreading from south to north. First starting from Hainan, then Guangdong will also appear, and then Fujian... gradually northward.

In the time he was talking, blue wave lines appeared one after another, and the two children at home saw that their parents were outside and ran out too.

As a result, looking at the sea level, they were instantly surprised and shouted there, "Ah, our sea turned blue, so beautiful~ Brother Ahai, Brother Ajiang... you guys come out quickly..."

The children of the two families next door were eating the withdrawn offerings, and when they heard his call, they also ran out of the house one after another, and then a series of exclamations rose and fell, and the adults in the family were also attracted and ran out.

"Ah? Is it a red tide?"

"Why did a red tide happen suddenly?"

The children were jumping happily, "So beautiful, our seawater turned into glowing."

"It's blue."

"Dad, can we go down to the beach?"

"The tide is rising, go where, it's dark."

"But so beautiful..."

"Just look at it on the shore."

Ye Yaodong touched his chin, "Fortunately it's blue, if it were red, the impact would be great."

Also fortunately, there were no aquaculture households in this era, and no one went to sea now, all resting for the New Year, the impact on everyone was not great, just didn't know when it would recede.

Lin Xiuqing also said a sentence at this time, "It's quite good-looking, but aren't red tides all red?"

"Not necessarily, it depends on which marine organism caused it, it can be any color."

"Then will there be a bunch of dead fish washed up on the beach tomorrow?"

"Just Blue Tears, Noctiluca scintillans is a non-toxic algae, it won't cause fish to die."

"That's good."

Everyone was watching and discussing at the door, red tides wouldn't happen every year, and everyone was seeing the blue one for the first time.

Several children filled their pockets with snacks, eating and watching the scenery, excited, they were also seeing "Blue Tears" for the first time.

Blown by the sea breeze until their noses were running, they still couldn't bear to go into the house, and later they were all called and scolded by their families, and they were dragged back, telling them to watch again tomorrow.

Early the next morning, one by one, their pockets were filled with New Year candies, and they couldn't wait to run into the village to share the "Blue Tears" they saw last night with their friends.

Telling it vividly, gesturing with dancing hands and feet, and describing it with their limited adjectives, causing a group of children to wow and scream, and the adults also knew about it.

By the time after dinner in the evening, more than half of the village had run to the seaside to wait.

After night fell, the Blue Tears were indeed still there, bringing out blue ripples one after another in the washing of the waves, and in the beating of the waves, the reef area also brought out blue dazzling light.

The children didn't understand the origin of this phenomenon, only felt it was really good-looking, jumping up and shouting excitedly one by one.

But the phenomenon of Blue Tears didn't last long, only maintained for three days, and when everyone came out to watch on the fourth night, it was gone, it had already receded.

Although it was good-looking, the villagers also breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it didn't affect everyone going to sea after the New Year.