When Mingjing and her family entered the temple of the Sea Goddess, there were many offerings on the altar, so they had to be placed on the ground because there was no room for them.
After everyone finishes their worship, village chief Zhang Fan will lead the way in distributing the offerings to the villagers. Almost every family will receive a little, and the money from the incense offerings will be used to repair the temple.
As for whether it was actually used for repairs, Mingjing didn't know. Anyway, the village chief controlled everything and checked the accounts every year, so there seemed to be no problem.
Taking out incense and candles and lighting them, Mingjing, imitating Mingdahai, knelt on a palm-leaf fan, holding the incense and candles in both hands.
In my memory, there were many rules for worship. The first one was that you could not interfere with the burning of incense and candles in any way. You had to extinguish the incense by moving the candles up and down.
Before the worship, kowtow three times with incense and candles in hand, and finally insert the incense and candles into the incense burner, making sure they are upright; otherwise, it is a great disrespect to the Goddess of the Sea.
After the worship ceremony, Mingjing and her family could kneel on the prayer mats and express their wishes.
Ming Dahai, the scholar of the Mirror, bowed and silently prayed, "Goddess of the Sea, I am blessed with favorable weather and abundant harvests, and I no longer seek wealth."
"I only ask that you max out my fishing tackle shop so I can win effortlessly, and also bless my family with longevity and freedom from illness and disaster."
As soon as he finished speaking, the woman who had been kneeling for forty minutes returned and caused a ruckus at the Sea Goddess Temple.
"Goddess of the Sea, I forgot to mention earlier, please take my husband away as soon as possible, I really don't want to be beaten by him anymore."
"Please, just let him die! Goddess of the Sea, I've offered you countless sacrifices every day, why can't you grant my wish? This is not fair!"
Zhang Fan couldn't stand it anymore and ordered the villagers to drag the woman away.
This time, the woman was surprisingly strong, gripping the incense table tightly with both hands while muttering unpleasant curses.
"Let me go!" The woman, strong enough, broke free from the two men's grasp, fell onto the incense table, and knocked over the offerings.
The child behind the woman was so frightened that he cried loudly.
Just as Mingjing was about to get up, the woman grabbed the incense table leg and flipped it over, the huge table crashing down on her.
She hit her head on the table leg, and when Sun Yunmei saw this, she rushed over to protect Mingjing. But that wasn't the end of it; the woman then picked up some fruit and started smashing it around.
Mingjing was hit on the other side of her forehead by an apple, and she rolled on the ground in pain, clutching her head.
The woman was grabbed and dragged away by the villagers. Sun Yunmei looked down at her daughter in her arms and exclaimed, "Mingjing!"
Mingjing's forehead was swollen so high that it looked like she was about to grow horns. In her daze, she seemed to see the Goddess of the Sea beckoning to her.
Could it be that the Goddess of the Sea wants to have a face-to-face talk with her?
When Mingjing opened her eyes again, she was already lying on her bed at home, with her family members gathered around her.
Ming Dahai was fiddling with his mobile phone, muttering, "Does anyone know how to make a call with this thing? I only know how to answer calls."
"Mingjing is still not awake. Something's probably wrong. We need to get her to the hospital right away."
"Mom and Dad, I'm fine," Mingjing said weakly as she woke up.
Seeing that Mingjing was awake, Mingdahai and Sun Yunmei helped her up with joy. "Mingjing, how are you feeling?"
"Yunmei, go and call Gousheng over to take a look," Ming Dahai said anxiously.
A moment later, Sun Yunmei called over Gou Sheng, the village doctor, who was working at the village entrance. He briefly took Mingjing's pulse and asked him a few questions, such as whether he recognized the person in front of him.
Can you see clearly what one plus one equals?
After Mingjing answered, Gousheng nodded, "No problem, the wound isn't bleeding, she'll be fine after a rest. I'll prescribe a few more doses of medicine for her."
"Mom and Dad, don't worry, what could possibly happen to me? May the Goddess of the Sea protect me."
Hearing this, Gou Sheng laughed, "Ming Jing, it's probably because the Sea Goddess has taken a liking to you and wants to meet with you to discuss becoming her disciple. That's why this happened. You're going to be very lucky from now on."
After saying this, Gou Sheng prescribed a few doses of medicine and then left.
"Mom and Dad, what does he mean?"
Sun Yunmei breathed a sigh of relief and smiled with satisfaction. "That woman just now was the wife of Ma Zi from the village. She was a pitiful person who was abducted. Ma Zi was a drunkard who beat people, and she couldn't stand it, so she came to the Sea Goddess Temple to complain."
I just heard that woman got beaten up again when she got home; this time she probably won't be able to get out of bed.
"Now everyone outside says that you are the disciple personally chosen by the Sea Goddess, and that you will be protected by the Sea Goddess from now on. We no longer need to hide."
Mingjing never expected that getting beaten up would lead to such good fortune. From now on, it would be normal for her to find any kind of seafood, no matter how big.
Thinking about it that way, she no longer felt wronged.
Ming Dahai sighed, his heart filled with unspoken words.
In fact, some villagers said that Mingjing had done too many bad things in the past, and the Goddess of the Sea was punishing Mingjing through that woman. As a father, he naturally believed the first explanation.
"Mingjing, are you still in pain? Wood ash won't do any good, and Gousheng is just a doctor without any medical knowledge. How about we go to the big hospital in town?"
"Oh dear, Dad, what could possibly happen to her?" Mingliang glanced anxiously at the wall clock. "Mingjing, are you still going to go beachcombing?"
It's already past ten o'clock, if he doesn't go soon, Qian Jiu'er will definitely think he deliberately stood him up.
"What are you doing going to the beach at this little bit?" Ming Dahai scolded.
"Mom and Dad, I'm fine. Please cook me some food so I can have something to eat when I get back from my beachcombing trip."
Mingjing insisted on going, and Mingdahai had no choice but to let him go.
"I'll go cook, I'll make your favorite rice dumplings," Sun Yunmei said, getting up to go to the kitchen.
With bandages wrapped around his head, Mingjing changed into his beachcombing gear and prepared to set off.
"Mingyue, you go with your sister. She just got hit, so make sure nothing happens to her. Take your cell phone with you, so you can call if anything happens," Ming Dahai said, handing her the cell phone.
Mingliang was happy and carried the bucket out.
The wind was much stronger than usual at the beach tonight, and the waves were quite turbulent. Zhang Fan and Qian Jiu'er didn't go to the beach, but stood on the seawall instead.
Zhang Fan wiped away Qian Jiu'er's tears, "Silly girl, it's not like I didn't come to see you on purpose. You know there are many people in the village, and I've always been thinking about you."
Qian Jiu'er sobbed, "Don't be like this. Mingjing will be looking for me again. I've been bullied by her a lot while you were away, and her brother is bothering me all the time."
"The Ming family is just annoying. Actually, I don't really like Mingjing. It's my dad who insisted that I get close to Mingjing, saying things like Mingjing is capable."
"I think she's just a country bumpkin. She's not as pretty or gentle as you. Jiu'er, don't worry, I'll take you to live in the city after I graduate from university. Wait for me."
"Really?" Qian Jiu'er's eyes sparkled with a captivating light, her large, watery eyes making Zhang Fan's heart tremble.
"Hmm, silly girl," Zhang Fan gently tapped Qian Jiu'er's forehead with his finger.
Qian Jiu'er sobbed, "But my dad took 30,000 yuan from Mingliang, and now all of that money has been spent on my brother's schooling in the city. What am I going to do if Mingjing asks me for money?"
"I really don't want to marry Mingliang, Zhang Fan. You're the only one in my heart."
Qian Jiu'er hugged Zhang Fan, sobbing in his arms like a little kitten.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here. If there's no IOU, just insist that there isn't one, and Mingjing won't dare to do anything to you."
Zhang Fan held Qian Jiu'er in his arms, his hands constantly caressing her slender waist.
"Really? Thank you, Zhang Fan." Qian Jiu'er excitedly kissed Zhang Fan on the cheek.
Their eyes met, and amidst the dim light and the fierce sea breeze, the two young people gradually developed feelings for each other, their lips meeting.
Mingliang, standing not far away, saw this scene and dropped his tools on the ground with a thud.
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