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At this time, Jiangnan watched the otters leave and was about to leave for Parrot Valley.

Suddenly, the otters who had returned to the other side turned back.

They did not rush to Jiangnan, but went straight to a cherry tree not far away in an orderly manner.

Jiangnan observed carefully and found that this cherry tree was thicker and the flowers were more beautiful.

Under his gaze, the otters quickly surrounded the cherry tree and formed a circle.

Then, he took out a stone from his pocket and gently placed it under the cherry tree.

It was not a pebble, but just an ordinary piece of gravel.

Plop!

After putting down the stone, Chen Haonan jumped into the lake first and returned to the other side at a very fast speed.

The rest of the otters followed, and none of them were left behind, including the cubs.

Putting stones under the cherry tree?

What is this for?

Jiangnan hadn't figured out the situation yet, and under the leadership of Chen Haonan, the otters of Hongxing came back again.

Just like before, he ran straight to the cherry tree, took out the stone from his pocket, and then jumped into the lake and returned.

This was repeated two or three times, and the cherry tree was already full of stones.

The otters were very smart. They didn't throw them away randomly, but laid them one by one and finally piled them up.

At first glance, it looked a bit like...

"Altar!"

Jiangnan almost blurted out, saying: "Are they going to..."

Before he finished speaking, Chen Haonan climbed onto the shore again.

This time, there was no stone in its pocket, but a big fish in its mouth.

The big fish had been bitten to death by it, and it handled it cleanly without splashing sticky blood.

Coming back to the cherry tree, it put the big fish in its mouth on the previously piled stones.

Seeing this scene, the audience became more and more confused.

What's going on?

The otter finally caught the fish, but didn't eat it, but put it on the stone?

Is it going to dry the fish before eating it?

But Jiangnan looked happy, and he was more and more sure of what this group of otters was going to do.

"Otter's sacrifice, referred to as Otter Festival, I didn't expect that I would encounter such a thing!!"

Jiangnan couldn't wait to speak.

"Otter Festival?"

"What the hell?"

"A small thing like an otter can also be sacrificed?"

The audience became more and more confused, and asked in barrages.

At this time, more and more otters climbed out of the heart-shaped lake.

Almost every one of them had a fish in its mouth.

Because of the limited time, some of them did not catch any fish, so they held a fish with their companions to show that they had caught it together.

Like Chen Haonan, they did not eat the fish, but came to the cherry tree with the fish in their mouths and put the big fish neatly on the stone.

In the constant repetition, they gradually put more than ten fish.

Like the stones, they still did not throw them away randomly, but placed them neatly according to size.

The scene was once very spectacular!

And full of mystery!

Finally, under the leadership of Chen Haonan, all the otters stood up on their legs, stood up, put their two front paws together, and closed their eyes in unison.

Just like human prayers.

Is it really a sacrificial prayer?

The audience in the live broadcast room opened their mouths wide, with four big words written on their faces: Unbelievable!

"Sacrifice?"

"Pray?"

"Did the island owner really get it right?"

"Otters can actually perform sacrifices and build an altar. I'm really enlightened today!"

"It's really amazing! This is the first time I've seen such a thing, and I've never heard of it before!"

"Are these otters preparing to cultivate immortality?"

The barrage of comments rolled faster and faster.

Jiangnan said slowly: "Don't be shocked, otters do offer sacrifices!"

"Because they like fishing and are playful, they often can't finish eating the fish they catch, so they have no choice but to put them neatly."

"But judging from the situation of the Hongxing otters, they should not be unable to eat all the fish, after all, they have just caught them."

"I guess they should have built their nests and then started offering sacrifices."

"In the countryside, people will offer sacrifices after the houses they build are completed."

"And in the city, after people move into their new houses, they will invite relatives and friends to dinner to celebrate the joy of moving into new houses."

"This is the case with the Hongxing otters now!"

"Otter sacrifices have existed since ancient times, and the earliest appearance in "Book of Rites·Monthly Orders": The east wind thaws, hibernating insects

When it starts to vibrate, the fish climbs onto the ice, and the otter sacrifices the fish. "

"In the Tang Dynasty, people would also raise otters to catch fish. The otters would help fishermen drive the fish into the fishermen's nets, thereby catching a large number of fish quickly."

"Before fishing, people at that time would ask otters to offer sacrifices, which was a kind of beautiful prayer."

"In addition, ancient people would also predict festivals by observing Das Matsuri."

"Otter sacrifices often appear in the first phase of the Waking of Insects, which is when it rains. Counting the days, it is indeed more than February now.

"It is said that during these few days, the otters that have been dormant all winter will start to come out and go fishing like crazy, resulting in this scene."

"In the "Book of Zhou: Shi Xun Chapter" it is written: On the day of rain, the otter sacrifices fish; the next five days, the swans come; the next five days, the grass and trees sprout."

"You can imagine how wise the ancients were!"

"In addition to otters, jackals also perform sacrifices, called jackal sacrifices for short!"

After hearing Jiang Nan's explanation, the audience finally understood.

"It turns out that the ancients were so smart that they could infer festivals by observing the behavior of animals. I didn't expect that!"

"Ancient: My name is Ancient, not stupid!"

"Don't underestimate the wisdom of our ancients. Much of what we learn is left behind by them!"

"Exactly! Can you believe that Emperor Kangxi was proficient in many languages? In addition to our domestic Chinese, Mongolian, Tibetan, etc., he also knew German. Not only that, he also knew geometry, calculus, astronomy and calendar calculations. I heard Many of the formulas we write now were translated by him!”

"Hey, dear, I suddenly want to ask, the ancients were so smart, how could the protagonists in those novels travel to ancient times and fool the ancients?"

Jiang Nan looked at the barrage and continued: "Actually, there is a rather superstitious saying about Dassai."

"Some people think that otters can catch fish, eat one or two bites of the fattest parts of the fish, and then throw them away. They repeat this process, eating, playing with fish, and throwing away the remaining fish. Later, there were too many dead fish discarded, so the otter couldn't bear it and asked for help. The Buddha bowed in obeisance and prayed, "What a sin! I wasted so much. I ask the Buddha to bless me and be merciful, to bring these fish back to life, and not to cut off the disciples' way of foraging!"

So I knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, practicing like this every day! "

"Finally, let me popularize some trivia. There is a famous poet who is related to otters. Do you know who he is?"