In the middle of winter, Foshan Town is more like a rural idyll, because there is no green tree like a shade of embellishment, it looks a little dilapidated, because few people come out, it also seems a little deserted. Dusk is filled with a warm atmosphere, and dinner is eaten relatively early compared to the breakfast of early risers, so you can see the curling smoke at dusk.

When I arrived in Foshan Town, it was already half past 5 p.m.

This town is indeed not very far from Xiangye City, but Qiu Yan never expected that this place would be both closed and almost isolated from the world.

The bus drove to more than 20 kilometers away from Foshan Town, it was rerouted, Qiu Yan had to get off, it was considered lucky, and stopped a cowshed car halfway, otherwise, to go so far on the mountain road, no matter how good the physical strength is, it is enough to choke, I am afraid that the road is only halfway, and it will be dark.

"Uncle, I'm in trouble, thank you." Qiu Yan jumped out of the car, raised his backpack, and walked upstream along the river according to the instructions of the uncle.

The river has very little water, but it is very clear, and the scenery of the two embankments on the bank of the river is very beautiful, and it has become more and more scarce in this mess of world polluted by industry and civilization.

Qiu Yan walked leisurely while humming the little song taught by Xiao Li was very comfortable, suddenly raised his eyebrows, and found that not far away, there was a girl standing alone in white clothes, looking sixteen or seventeen years old, the girl was sobbing on the riverbank, she stared at the river in a daze, her face was full of pain, and suddenly she moved half a step forward, as if she wanted to jump.

Qiu Yan is good at observing words and colors, and shouts incoherently. "Hey! Hey, hey, hey! You, that's you! ”

The girl turned her head, looked blankly at the strange young man in front of her, and pointed at herself with her finger in surprise, tears still stained on her long eyelashes.

Qiu Yan ran over in three steps and asked with a pant. "You, are you alright?"

The girl's face was still full of surprise, and her big black and white eyes looked at Qiu Yan without blinking.

Qiu Yan scratched her head a little at a loss and said with a dry smile. "The water here seems to be a little too shallow, and if you jump into it, you won't drown people, but you may also hit the pebbles below the river."

"Nerves." The girl's face finally had an expression, and she glared at Qiu Yan fiercely and said. "Look at me, where does it look like I'm looking for a short time? Self-righteous guys! ”

"I.."

Qiu Yan just wanted to defend herself, but the girl continued not to be outdone. "What? Not convinced? It's wrong for you, but I personally told you that I was looking for a short view? ”

"No, no!" Qiu Yan hurriedly waved his hand and shook his head reflexively.

"That's it! So why do you think I'm looking for a short-sighted view so arbitrarily? Is it true that a person standing by the river is going to jump into the river? She can't do anything else!? ”

"But, you're crying." The second monk of Qiu Yan was confused, and was completely led by her nose.

"What's wrong with crying? Can't I be blown in the eyes by the wind and sand? And you don't know if I like to cry, I prefer to cry, I cry when I'm happy, I cry when I'm unhappy, I'll cry to you now. ”

The girl was scolding, and suddenly she snorted, and a smile bloomed on her face that was already full of sadness. As if afraid to see herself smiling, she hurriedly turned her back and took a deep breath.

"Done scolding?" Qiu Yan was inexplicably scolded and dizzy, and asked cautiously.

"Far from it!"

Is there a mistake, Qiu Yan is rare to be kind and do a good deed, forget it if you don't appreciate it, and you are bitten by this little bit in front of you, it is really a hot and cold world, and people's hearts are not ancient.

The girl ignored Qiu Yan, who was alone and entangled in her heart, and picked up the basket from the ground and ran downstream of the river.

"That's right." After running a short distance, she suddenly turned around and smiled softly. "Thank you." Then he turned around and walked away with brisk steps.

Qiu Yan stood in place like an electric shock, unable to move for a long time. Looking at the figure that was gradually moving away, a figure also flashed in front of his eyes, white clothes and snow, his cheeks were staring, and the black hair tied behind his head with a big red ribbon was like a waterfall pouring down from a mountain stream on a quiet moonlit night, who was she.

Suddenly, the dark gate of memory inadvertently cracked a layer of silent cracks because of a strange girl. The toothless smile seemed to convey a thousand meanings.

Taking a deep breath, the wind seems to be licking, is it the fragrance left by her long silky hair? Perhaps, that girl is not as despicable as she imagined. Qiu Yan smiled bitterly, put the backpack on his shoulder, and continued to walk upstream along the river bank.

It didn't go far before the situation reappeared.

On the surface of the clear river, many small straw men made of straw began to drift, and those little straw men continued to rise and fall along the river, with an indescribable sense of strange vision. Qiu Yan quickened his pace, and suddenly heard a commotion not far upstream. When I walked in, it was a group of people salvaging something in the river.

Those people wore heavy isolation shoes and stepped on the cold river water, using a long bamboo pole to spy everywhere along the bank, and there was an elderly woman on the river bank who slowly followed, constantly throwing the little straw men in the bag into the river.

"Mother-in-law, what are you doing?" Qiu Yan was very curious, and asked at the exit.

The grandmother who threw the little straw man glared at Qiu Yan and didn't say much. But the young man next to him, who seemed to be of the same age, opened his mouth and spoke. "Please don't be surprised, my grandmother can't speak when she summons spirits."

"The Conjuring?" Qiu Yan was stunned for a moment, and didn't react for a while.

But the young man continued. "Hu Jian's Erni in the town disappeared a few days ago, and someone said that they had seen her come here three days ago, and suspected that she had committed suicide by jumping into the river, but her body was never found, so his family invited my grandmother to summon her spirit and make her body float."

"You can find corpses with these straw men?" Qiu Yan glanced at him suspiciously.

The young man nodded earnestly. "Yes, if she wants us to find her, the straw man will stop on top of her corpse."

When Qiu Yan heard this, he almost laughed out loud and shook his head.

The goddesses in the countryside are often like this, just like Zhang Yanfeng, the gods and gods talk about the mysterious, but they know astronomy and geography, and they can tell the reason for any strange things, and always use some obscure words to explain things that cannot be explained by science.

With such ambiguous words, it is of course due to the fact that it has been found, and it is also possible to shirk the responsibility if it is not found. According to the speed of the river and the effect of the weather, you should first go to the place where the girl finally appeared, and grope to start looking downstream, but in this world, there are often many ignorant people.