Southern Water Town.

The endless lake is covered with reeds, and a flat boat swims in the lake.

Chen Jiang sat on the bow of the boat in a somewhat depressed mood, with a yellow earth dog squatting beside him, staring at the lake with one person and one dog.

"Rhubarb, it's been a day, and I've caught two small fish, how can I do it?" Chen Jiang asked as he stared at the earth dog.

He had just graduated from university this year, majoring in water quality, and it was difficult to find a job himself, but his father was injured again two days ago, so he had no choice but to return to the village.

Now his father is still lying at home, and the family has no source of livelihood, so he can only row out to see if he can catch fish.

Although he grew up in the most water town, his father only let him study hard since he was a child, and he will be able to go out of the village in the future, and he has not learned the ancestral fishing skills at all.

The rhubarb next to him seemed to be able to understand human speech, and he drooped the dog's head, also looking very annoyed.

Thinking of the situation at home, Chen Jiang looked at the lake again, his eyes exuding a touch of firmness.

Father has worked hard all his life, and now it's time for him to carry the whole family!

Crash!

Suddenly, a sound of water sounded on the side of the boat, and the water splashed everywhere, and a man and a dog immediately turned their heads to look over.

Seeing a slender black shadow swimming in the water, Chen Jiang immediately showed a happy expression, this should be a big loach!

"Wang ......"

As soon as Rhubarb barked, Chen Jiang grabbed the dog's mouth and made a "shhh" gesture.

"The old loach stew is very replenishing, just to replenish Dad's body, rhubarb, you wait here and don't scream. Chen Jiang explained, and then quietly came to the stern.

Although I don't know how to fish, there are no children who have grown up in a water town who are not good at water.

Chen Jiang held his breath, **'s upper body burrowed into the lake, and squinted to see the cheerful big loach swimming.

"Good fellow, this is almost a refinement, isn't it?" he couldn't help but be surprised.

I saw that the loach was half the thickness of his arm, and he had never seen such a big loach after living in the water town for so many years.

After lurking in the water for a while, Chen Jiang suddenly leaned out, and his hands reached out like lightning, grabbing the loach.

Since he was a child, he fished and caught shrimp in the water, even though the loaches were covered in mucus, they were still firmly held by him.

Chen Jiang grabbed the loach and slowly got up, but as soon as his body poked out of the water, the loach in the water suddenly struggled violently.

"Oops,!"

Chen Jiang let out a loud cry, his body was unstable, and he fell into the lake upside down.

"Wow!"

The rhubarb on the boat barked twice at the point where he had fallen into the water, and the dog's eyes stared at the figure in the lake.

After a while, a head came out of the lake, and without bothering to wipe the water stains on his face, Chen Jiang threw the loach on the boat, punched the fish head, and directly knocked the loach unconscious.

"After so many years of catching fish, I almost planted it on you. Chen Jiang scolded, he almost let this cunning loach run away just now.

Wiping the lake water from his face, he suddenly felt a tingling pain under his feet, and hurriedly climbed into the boat to check.

I saw an index finger-length cut on the side of my right foot, and blood was gushing out.

Chen Jiang secretly said that he was unlucky, took out clean water to clean it, and stirred it in the water with his oars.

I don't know what is so sharp, don't look back and cut people again, ready to salvage it.

After turning and stirring, the oars feel like they are hitting a stone, and there is no need for any force.

Chen Jiang looked at his already soaked pants, took a deep breath, and hooked his foot to the side of the boat and dived into the water.

After a few moments, he laboriously pulled out a strange-looking stone from the water, soaked it in the water, and placed it on the boat.

I saw that it was a turtle-shaped stone, carved lifelike, and there was a stone plaque standing on the turtle's back.

"It's ...... Antiques?" said Chen Jiangne.

Since I was a child, I have heard from the people in the village that there was no water in the water town, but later there were big people who built tombs under the water, and in order to prevent tomb thieves, they led the rivers and lakes over, and there was a water town.

There are many such legends, but Chen Jiang doesn't believe in it very much, and now he can't help but be a little suspicious when he looks at this strange stone.

Could it be that the lake is washing out the burial goods or something?

A man and a dog stared at the stone turtle and studied it, and at this time, Chen Jiang found that the stone plaque on the back of the stone turtle seemed to be inserted backwards, and there were traces of dimples around it.

So, he reached out and grabbed the stone tablet and lifted it up, and sure enough, the stone tablet and the turtle were separated.

But at this moment, a sudden change abruptly appeared, and the stone turtle that had been taken away suddenly turned into a pile of powder, and collapsed in an instant like a house that had lost its beams.

"How can this be!" Chen Jiang exclaimed.

Looking at the appearance of the stone turtle, you know that it has been going on for some years, and it should be able to sell for a lot of money, and this is a big loss!

I secretly scolded myself in my heart, but I had no choice but to look at the stone card in my hand again.

The stone plaque is carved with dense lines, and the front is four big characters, but Chen Jiang does not recognize the handwriting, and the back of the stone plaque is densely packed with words, which is not recognized, and the handwriting is still very blurred.

"This stone plaque must also be an antique, and it will definitely be able to sell for some money when it comes back to the town. Chen Jiang said helplessly, so he had to carefully put away the stone tablet.

The rowing boat docked, and Chen Jiang led the rhubarb back home.

"Dad, I'm back. ”

Chen Jiang carried the big loach into the door and shouted into the house.

Hearing this, Chen Dachuan got up from the bed, looked at such a thick loach, and said with a smile: "Good luck, I caught such a big loach." ”

"Well, you lie down first, and I'll go stew it. Chen Jiang answered, put the stone tablet under the pillow, and went to the kitchen to get busy.

In the evening, a family of three gathered around the table, and Chen Jiang brought up half a pot of soup.

"Xiao Jiang, did you catch any fish today?" Chen Dachuan asked casually at the dinner table.

Chen Jiang drank the soup and shook his head helplessly, except for the loach, he didn't gain anything.

Seeing this, Chen Dachuan was not surprised, and said slowly: "It's okay, you don't do this, when I get better, you can hurry back to the city to find a job, I finally went to college, and I can't study in vain." ”

There is a college student in the family, which has always been his pride.

Chen Jiang didn't make a sound, cleaned up the table after dinner, and went to bed early.

At night, Chen Jiang found himself in an ocean, the sky was covered with thunderclouds, and a gray figure stood above a wave.

In the distance, the raging flood was like a bursting Nu River, rolling waves crashing towards the figure.

"I grant the mandate of heaven, here is the god of the river, and I will protect the creatures of the water and soil!"

Suddenly, a low voice spread through the heavens and the earth, and the figure on the head of the waves suddenly moved, only to see him turn his hands to block the surging flood.

"Please save hundreds of villagers in my water town!"

On the shore behind the figure, countless villagers knelt down, worshipping something at the moment.

The raging flood kept coming, the waves crashing against each other, and only the roar of rolling between heaven and earth remained.

I don't know how long it took, the flood water gradually receded, and the figure above the waves disappeared.