Chapter 900

Christmas Eve is a very important day. Ordinary families will get together and enjoy the joy of family reunion. Families with a larger population even hold celebrations such as a masquerade ball.

There were enough people in the fishing ground. Qin Shiou wanted to have a masquerade party, but later found that everyone actually enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere of chatting and drinking beer together, rather than going crazy.

The fishermen are too old to play. The children like it, but they prefer to set off fireworks. They usually don't have a chance to play this.

In Newfoundland in winter, it gets dark very early. From the afternoon, gorgeous fireworks and sharp noise appear in the sky of the island.

This frightened the small animals in the fishing ground. They kept running and hiding. The deer and wild boars obediently drilled back to the small farm. The poultry were much more stable. They gathered the frightened chickens, ducks and geese in their wings. Should they sleep or sleep.

The climax of Christmas Eve is the activity held in the church - Christmas Eve mass.

Farewell island is a Protestant and doesn't pay much attention to mass. The general Orthodox Church pays special attention to it. Qin Shiou didn't quite understand the difference between Catholicism, Orthodox Church and Protestantism. He joined in the fun. He did what everyone did.

Dinner began when the sky darkened at six o'clock. Winnie called back the children who set off fireworks on the lawn and everyone began to enjoy the sumptuous dinner.

Qin Shiou waited for the children to take their seats and said, "do you want to say something? For Miranda, Fox and Winnie, I think you see how hard it is for them to prepare this dinner, right? "

He really thanked his sister-in-law and mother-in-law. Originally, their family was going back for Christmas, but his sister-in-law was married. He should accompany Armand to see his parents for the festival.

But when Winnie decided to stay in the fishing ground for the festival, Miranda and Fox also decided to stay, of course, to take care of Winnie.

Now the relationship of the Weini family is almost restored. At least Weini and fox can sit together and watch the big bang and laugh together.

Shirley, Powell, Gordon and Michelle stood up and kissed Miranda, Fox and Winnie on the forehead one by one. This is the blessing of the son and is exquisite.

Qin Shiou asked them to kiss themselves, too. As a result, Shirley came up with King Simba in her arms.

King Simba finally grew fat after eating and wearing warm clothes. He was fluffy and looked fat. He had a small round face ready to sell cute at any time. Shirley held him to Qin Shiou. He immediately puffed up his cheeks and gave a balloon expression to sell cute.

Qin Shiou pinched his little fat cheek and said helplessly, "I don't understand. Is this guy a lynx or a coffee cat? Shouldn't it rely on hunting skills? "

Little carrot was lying at Winnie's feet. When she saw Simba selling cute again, she despised her mouth. The tiger and leopard leaned on Qin Shiou's knee and stood up. They bumped Simba away with their heads up and resolutely did not allow him to sell cute successfully.

After dinner, Qin Shiou and his family went to the town church to attend the mass. The activities were divided into two times, one from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. and a mass at midnight, which was the climax of Christmas Eve.

When they drove to the church, it was already crowded with people, and several devout believers stood at the door.

The mass was presided over by the old priest green. Qin Shiou sent Weini in. A seat was reserved for pregnant women in the front row, and there was an empty one next to it. It was originally reserved for the bull's wife Anna, but she obviously couldn't come, so Qin Shiou sat down.

Pastor green stood in front of the almsgiving platform. He held the Bible in one hand and motioned on his chest with the other hand. In a low voice, he said: "... The Lord makes us happy every year because we expect salvation. Tonight we know that the Lord has come to redeem us. Tomorrow morning we will see the glory of the Lord. All living creatures should see the salvation of our God... "

The priest reads a sentence to ease up, and the following believers will read it. Qin Shiou looks solemn and reads it with Da Liu. Although he is not a believer, it is better to respect everyone's faith on this occasion.

At 10:30, the mass is over. We either go home or chat in twos and threes, and then wait for the important play, midnight mass.

It is said that the midnight mass in the Vatican can attract forty or fifty thousand devout believers to watch. At that time, there will be a stage play to perform the classic stories in the Bible, and the Pope will pray for believers all over the world.

The midnight mass in the town is much simpler, but there is also a stage play at the beginning, which shows the birth of Jesus in the stable.

The choir in the back town led the villagers to sing a poem, "praise our Lord and father". Qin Shiou leaned back at this time. He couldn't sing. He was a little embarrassed to stand in front. He'd better be an audience in the back.

Then, when pastor green was in charge, this kind of mass should have a theme. Pastor green gave a short speech. He talked about the topic he met and discussed with Qin Shiou in the community hospital, and talked about the view that "kindness is God".

This cannot be said in the Eastern Orthodox Church, because the Eastern Orthodox Church stresses the supremacy of God, and Protestantism doesn't matter. Protestantism stresses justification by faith and everyone can be a priest.

After the speech, everyone continued to sing and read the Bible, praying for family, friends and every believer brother and sister.

Pastor green specially mentioned Qin Shiou when praying for blessings, prayed for him and the fishing ground, and moved Qin Shiou.

At midnight, the mass ended, just as Christmas came, pastor green waved his arm and the believers in black rang the bell.

The crisp bell spread to all directions of the island, passing forgiveness, blessing, joy and happiness to every corner of the town.

After returning, Qin Shiou let the children sleep, and he, Weini and Auerbach prepared gifts.

The children have been playing crazy all day. Coupled with the usual work and rest rules, they are already sleepy at this time. When they go back, they lie in bed and fall into a deep sleep.

Qin Shiou put the small gifts he prepared into the socks at the head of their bed. If the gifts are too big to put in, he will put a key and hang the gift box on the Christmas tree at the door.

In the morning, when opening the gift, cheers rang one after another. Qin Shiou and Winnie gave a gift. They gave Miranda and fox a black pearl jewelry and Mario a carbon fishing rod.

The things given to the children are quite creative. Qin Shiou and Weini thought of it together. They gave Powell a reins, Shirley a light and comfortable seat, Gordon a sled chassis, and Michelle a sled frame.

These things combine to make a sledge.

Qin Shiou looked out of the window regretfully and said, "unfortunately, it doesn't snow at Christmas, but after the next snow, I think you will use them, right?"

"But, Qin, where can we find reindeer? The reindeer in the fishing ground are too small to tow the car. "

Qin Shiou looked at the boring pineapple eating grass. The latter raised his head vigilantly and always felt that something bad had happened