Catch the sea: start with a sand shovel and take over the entire beach

Different places have different opinions. If you catch a small turtle by mistake locally, it is fine even if you bring it ashore and then release it.

But this time it was different, the hawksbill turtle was clearly over a hundred years old.

For the locals, this is a symbol of longevity and good luck. It is okay to release it casually, but it is a pity that a grand ceremony must be held.

Let everyone be blessed by spiritual objects. To put it bluntly, it is a kind of spiritual sustenance, just like worshiping Buddha.

You can call it superstition or folk custom.

Chen Dong would prepare everything that was necessary, which made Zhao Qin less worried. Zhao Anguo turned on the village loudspeaker and informed the villagers of the matter, setting the time for the release at 10:58 in the morning.

"I want to go and worship too." Chen Xue said excitedly.

"Okay, let your aunt accompany you then, but don't squeeze into the crowd."

Zhao Qin took out his cell phone and started calling his boatmen. It was not yet 8 o'clock, and Wu Bing was the farthest away among the boatmen, but it would only take an hour for him to come over.

It was not yet ten o'clock, but quite a few people had already gathered in the designated release area. All those who stayed in the village and did not go out to sea gathered on the beach for the release.

Chen Xue stood at the top of a slope, looking at the people below with distressed expressions on their faces, "There are so many people here, I'd better not go down."

After saying that, he reached out and touched his belly.

Zhao Qin smiled and said, "It's okay. The spirit turtle was rescued by our family. I don't know if others will remember our kindness, but ours will definitely remember it."

After waiting for a while, Chen Dong drove over in a leather truck and said, "Help me unload the stuff."

Zhao Qin didn't need to do anything, as almost all the boatmen in the family had arrived. They had bought quite a lot of things, including firecrackers, fireworks, and even red carpet cloth.

We started to set up the red carpet, which was more than ten meters long and stretched directly to the edge of the water. Fireworks and firecrackers could not be set off before the turtle entered the water, for fear of startling it. At this moment, everything was set up far away and would be lit later.

There are still some small things left, which I will arrange when the turtle arrives.

Zhao Anguo held a handheld loudspeaker and shouted to the crowd, "Let's behave with some manners. The red carpet is for turtles to walk on, so we can't step on it randomly.

When it arrives, everyone can go up and touch it. Let's try to go one by one, and don't crowd. I remind you again, if you have gold or silver jewelry on your hands, take it off now."

Zhao Qin stood at the top of the slope with his wife, and had no intention of going down. In fact, he also thought it was quite interesting, just like a large-scale prayer scene.

It’s a pity that Jiang Wen left and he didn’t have a camera, otherwise it would have been nice to record all of this.

Around half past ten, a tricycle covered in red and colorful ribbons drove over. Zhao Anguo arranged for someone to go forward and said, "Touch it and leave. Touching it more will do no good."

Zhao Qin looked at the crowds of people and was worried about the turtle's survival, so he polished it to make it look patina.

Fortunately, all the village cadres were present and directed the work in a relatively orderly manner.

There are always people who think that the longer they touch or the more times they touch, the more blessings they will have, so even at the right time, there is still a crowd of people surrounding the tricycle.

"Okay, now it's the auspicious time, everyone get out of the way." Zhao Anguo had no choice but to take out the loudspeaker to disperse the crowd.

Then, Zhao Anguo, Chen Dong and Lao Zhang took action and placed the turtle on the red carpet. As if it had finally smelled the sea breeze, the turtle slowly stretched its head out.

Zhao Anguo smiled and said, "Sure enough, he has some spirit and knows when to go home."

Chen Dong took something and spread it on the turtle's back: a red ribbon, two strings of copper coins, and several hundred-yuan red bills folded into the shape of a boat.

"Let's go, let's go. I wish us smooth sailing and peace." As Zhao Anguo finished speaking, the turtle really took slow steps and began to swim towards the sea.

People around took out the steel keys they had prepared earlier from their pockets and scattered them on both sides of the red carpet.

Seeing that the turtle was about to enter the water, Chen Dong took all the objects off the turtle's back. At this moment, the turtle suddenly stopped.

"Let's go home." Chen Dong urged.

The next moment, the turtle stretched its head even further, slowly turning its head to inspect something. Seeing this, some women were so excited that they knelt down on the spot.

"The spirit turtle has turned back. There will be blessings if you turn back!"

"Look at me."

"Hurry, I'm here, look at me." Everyone shouted in a hurry.

Seeing that the turtle was still looking for something, Chen Dong suddenly had an idea and pulled Zhao Ping closer, "It's looking for you, right? You saved it."

The turtle just glanced at Zhao Ping and then started looking around again.

Chen Dong scratched his head and looked around. Suddenly he saw Zhao Qin standing at the top of the slope. He shouted to everyone, "Come on, make way. Everyone, make way."

As the people behind him made way, the turtle saw Zhao Qin standing at the top of the slope and just stared at him in a daze.

"Where are you looking?"

"Oh my god, it's looking at Qin."

"Alas, why do all the good things go to the Zhao family?"

Chen Dong was overjoyed. Ah Qin was indeed very lucky.

Zhao Anguo's mouth was grinning from ear to ear. What's the point of you being close to him? He is very smart. You have to take a look at my son even if you are far away. What a blessing this is.

Zhao Ping had the most complicated feelings. He was pleased but also a little depressed. It was a good thing that Aqin was blessed, but why didn't you give him a special blessing since he was the one who saved him?

Zhao Qin also smiled and looked at the turtle, muttering, "Be more careful next time. Remember me or my boat. Just find it when you get into trouble. I'll also remember a name for you. From today on, you're called Er Zhuang."

"What did you say?" The wind was a little strong and his voice was soft, so Chen Xue beside him couldn't hear it clearly.

"I didn't say anything. I just thought it was fun."

The turtle seemed to have really felt Zhao Qin's whisper. It slowly turned its head and then swam towards the beach at a leisurely pace.

As for the fact that the turtle turning its head is a good sign, Zhao Qin doesn't believe it. He believes that all things have spirits, and this should be an expression of gratitude and attachment to the rescuer.

When the turtle completely disappeared from the sea, Chen Dong set up the incense burner again and took out the incense sticks. "Uncle Zhao, you can have some."

Zhao Anguo took the lead, lit three incense sticks, bowed to the sea and said, "May our village have good weather and good harvests, and may those who go out to sea be safe and sound."

Many men followed his words and drank together. After they were done, they inserted the incense sticks into the incense burner.

Old Tang, the gatekeeper of the village office, squatted nearby to prevent the incense burner from being kicked over and the incense sticks from going out.

"Fire the gun."

With this sound, firecrackers and fireworks in the distance were ignited almost at the same time.

At the top of the slope, Zhao Qin stretched out his hands and gently covered Chen Xue's ears. He was so smart that he chose an upwind vent where the smoke from fireworks would not reach him.

"It's a happy event, and each family has plenty of money. Let's go back and buy some good food and celebrate on our own." Zhao Anguo said, pulling Chen Dong's arm, "Let's go to Aqin's house for a drink."

She called out to Zhao Qin at the top of the slope again, and Aunt Wu became anxious, "Ah Qin, you walk back slowly with Ah Xue, I'll go home and cook first."

Zhao Qin said to the boatman at home, "I won't make any arrangements for lunch, go home and eat by yourself."

The old cat joked, "Let's go. The boss won't take care of the food today, so I will. Let's go to the seafood restaurant."

Zhao Qin laughed loudly and did not offer to pay the bill. Now Brother Mao has no pressure at all to treat everyone to a table at Seafood Hui.

On that day, the whole village really treated it as a festival. Some people thought that the firecrackers and fireworks they set off were bought by the Zhao family and were inappropriate, so they bought their own fireworks.

Call Ah He, "Call the old lady and Ah Ping, come to my house for lunch."

"I know, brother."

As for the eldest brother, there is no need to notify him, he will come over by himself.

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PS: I admit that I update slowly, I am not as diligent as before.

But I feel a little dizzy when people say I am not good at writing. This is a daily novel. To put it bluntly, it does not have a clear main plot like other novels.

Water? Where to start!