The stream at the foot of the mountain is shallow, clear, clean, and the shallowest point is no more than the knee, and the deepest part is not higher than the shoulder. There were many long, big stones on the sides. The sun was shining, the breeze was warm, and the brook was singing.

For the children in the mountains, summer is the most abundant season and the most wonderful season.

Seven or eight little boys between the ages of six and seven and fifteen or sixteen sat on the edge of the creek with small fish and shrimp in clinker bags, or crabs and larger grass carp in grass vines.

"Brother Xiaoshan, a group of people have come to the town, and it seems that they are going to explore the cave where the monkey jumped off the cliff in the past two days. Fortunately, we only went in a few dozen meters last time, and I heard my uncle say that they had been more than 100 meters deep before, and they saw glowing things inside, flickering east and west, big and small, accompanied by baby-like crying sounds. Ever since I heard this, I've had nightmares hoping that someone would find out what it was. It was a boy of twelve or thirteen years old who spoke.

"Xiao Jiang is right, my uncle also told me that they went together."

The little boy on the left, who was only seven or eight years old, also interjected: "My dad said there were ghosts there and told me not to go to that place." ”

"Xiao Dongzi, that's your dad scaring the child, how can there be a ghost in this shijie, do you say it, Brother Xiaoshan?"

Everyone looked together at the sitting in the middle of the boulder, about fifteen or six years old, neither fat nor thin, with a small flat head; Looking down, a pair of big eyes under the two thick eyebrows, a straight nose and a wide mouth, a fair complexion, wearing a red vest, blue shorts, and bare feet; In his left hand he was screwing a large fish and a few crabs, and in his right hand there were many very small bird eggs in a plastic bag.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Xiaoshan had some sadness in his eyes, and said in a calm tone: "Xiao Dongzi, whether this shijie has a ghost or not, I don't know, anyway, my parents have been dead for more than two years, and they haven't come to see me." However, that place is too steep, so it's really better not to go there. ”

After saying that, he stood up, glanced at the sky, and said, "Okay, let's all go home, and we will have to herd cattle in the afternoon." ”

"Brother Xiaoshan, you don't study anymore, aren't you going to go out to work?"

Xiaoshan turned his head and smiled, and said, "If I don't go to work, what will I do?" Every day, I catch fish and shrimp with you little kids, and dig out bird eggs? I told your brother that I would go to them next month. ”

A group of people were making a fuss, and soon climbed up the hill, and at a glance, there were large fields, and the fields were full of busy laborers. Later, a small mountain village is surrounded by thousands of flowers, with pink and snow-white peach blossoms and plum blossoms adorning the branches, clusters and trees, like red glow falling, colorful rain, breeze blowing down, fragrant and refreshing.

Swarms of small bees "buzzed" and flew around among the flowers, and occasionally butterflies flew over, one would fly in the air, and the other would land on the flowers.

This is a veritable small mountain village, called Rising Water Creek, with only about 20 households. The smoke curled up from the ridge of the roof, rising straight up from the roof, rising and rising very casually to one side, and gradually, turning into a faint wisp, zuihou disappeared into the air high above the treetops.

"Xiaoshan, let's go into the house and eat before going back."

"Aunt Xiexie, I won't bother, I'll go back and cook fish to eat."

"Alas...... You kid...... Are you afraid of the fish that the third aunt is hard to eat? haha。 ”

"Third aunt, look at what you said, I'm going to spend time with my parents today."

Xiaoshan, whose full name is Zhou Xiaoshan, moved to this small mountain village more than ten years ago, and belonged to an outsider's household, and built a few wooden houses on the edge of the woods two or three miles behind the village. In the first few years, due to the lack of arable land, the harvest of the wasteland reclaimed by the two was not enough, so they could only rely on part-time jobs here and there to support their families.

As more and more villages go out to work, there are more and more fertile fields left unused. Zhou Xiaoshan's parents contracted it, and because both husband and wife had some martial arts foundation, coupled with hardships, the family's life gradually became richer.

But just two years ago, Zhou Xiaoshan was in junior high school in the town, and his parents committed suicide without warning, leaving him helpless when he was less than 14 years old. Fortunately, the husband and wife are warm to people on weekdays, and with the help of the villagers, Zhou Xiaoshan finished junior high school.

Originally, with Zhou Xiaoshan's grades, there was no problem in taking the key high schools in the county, and there were also subsidies, but the daily expenses were not settled, so there was no choice but to give up this dream.

An old earth dog wagged its tail and scurried over and licked Zhou Xiaoshan's feet.

How can it be said that the children of the poor are in charge early, watching Zhou Xiaoshan make a fish and a few crabs quickly, can make many beauties blush and heartbeat. If you look at his long eyelashes, the concentration of cooking, and the kind of eyes in his eyes, foodies are probably eager to make a promise.

A 21-inch old color TV and a dilapidated VCD are frozen in the prelude to an important action in an aiqing action movie.

Zhou Xiaoshan, who was concentrating on cooking, immediately turned around and said angrily: "Do you know that today is a special day? It's my brother's birthday, okay? Can you give some force? Alas...... Forget it, even if you strike, the next action brother can go through it in your mind. ”

"Last time, I heard from my classmates that Mr. Muto left, and Mr. Kurai was good, but I've only seen two or three of them, and I failed!" While flipping the pot, he stared at the jammed picture fiercely, and was indignant.

With a few dishes, I arrived at the grave of my parents in the back mountain, and I didn't say anything, just chewed slowly and ate silently.

Zhou Xiaoshan knelt in front of the grave, and said in a choked voice: "Father and mother, I was forced by you to learn Shaolin Tan Leg and Taizu Changquan at the age of five, and I was not allowed to show it in front of outsiders, and I still had to insist on practicing every day." And the Go and the brush characters, I really don't know what the meaning is, and I don't want to know. You ruthlessly left me to commit suicide, and you didn't say why, to be honest, I hate you a lot! I'll go out to work next month, and I'm not going to come back. ”

"Oh, Dad, let me tell you something, I've watched the aiqing action movies you hid, and I still want to look at it today, but it's a pity that it's stuck, I don't know if you still have it? I also read those letters that had already turned yellow together, and I regretted that you didn't do anything to those aunts, and I learned a profound lesson from them. Okay, that's it, I'm leaving! ”

"It's a long night, I don't want to sleep, and today is my birthday, what should I do? I can't watch aiqing action movies, alas...... "Zhou Xiaoshan, who was walking in the forest, was bored, humming an out-of-tune tune."

"Why don't you go...... Alas, Widow Liu went into the city again, and at this time, under normal circumstances, only the fat of the eldest sister of the Zhang family would be wiped. Belch? Why don't you go to the cave where the monkey jumps off the cliff? I am bound to go with them on weekdays, Xiao Jiang said it so magically, don't go to see the martial arts I have practiced for so many years in vain. ”

Zhou Xiaoshan was a person who had made up his mind and would do what he said, so he quickly ran home, picked up a flashlight, red candles, and a cow rope, and ran towards the monkey jumping off the cliff.

The monkey jumps off the cliff, behind the village, there are more than two miles of mountain road from the small village, and the terrain is steep.

Walking from the small mountain village, there are two paths, one leads to the middle of the mountain, which is where the villagers used to carry water; One leads to the base of the mountain.

From the front, the monkey jumps over the cliff on three cliffs, all about 100 meters high, forming a small canyon in the middle, flowing out of several stone crevices in the middle of the mountain, a natural small waterfall.

Zhou Xiaoshan took the road to the foot of the mountain, because he was going to a cave on another cliff.

All the way to the stream, with the mountain, the stream is sometimes wide, sometimes narrow, sometimes slow, sometimes urgent, and the sound of the stream also changes its tone from time to time. About a kilometer into the canyon is the place where the hill has to be climbed.

The mountain is quite high, abrupt and gloomy, and very imposing. A small, rugged stone path weaves through the boulders, very steep, leading up to the entrance of the cave.

The entrance to the cave is small, and it takes half a cat to enter the cave, and entering the cave is a different sight. The front section is very spacious, as if you have reached a large hall, surrounded by stone walls, with a high stone roof on the head, where a thousand or eight hundred people gather for a meeting, and it must not feel crowded.

Streams of tiny spring water flow out from the stone cracks, in the center of the collection to flow out, this is the outer hole, about 30 meters long, Zhou Xiaoshan often came here in the past two years to catch snakes to the town to exchange money.

There have been a few attempts to go deep before, and at one time because most of them came with partners; And because you have to go deeper, you give up every time. Xiao Jiang's words today aroused his interest in adventure, and at the same time, there was an inexplicable excitement in his heart that was pulling him.

Walking through the cave lobby, there is only one entrance that is slightly larger than the dog cave, and the eyes are getting darker and darker, and people can only squat down and move forward, and they can still feel that the rocks on the left and right and above seem to be squeezing over. After about fifteen or sixteen meters, we arrived at the inner hole.

The inner hole was pitch black, and the body could also stand upright, and Zhou Xiaoshan turned on the flashlight, and could only see a small place. If you look around at the flashlight, there are many strange stones, stone stalactites and stalagmites can be seen everywhere, the shape and shape are varied, and the colors are different, even if it is not better than doing anything, it is also worth watching.

A few meters in front of him, on the right stone wall, there was another sloping entrance, and the wind of convection could be felt. Zhou Xiao's lynx continued to enter, steeper and steeper, until they came to a relatively spacious corner, which was the deepest place they had ever been before.

If you want to go any further, you need to use a rope to do so. Because his bull rope was only about ten meters long, Zhou Xiaoshan carefully observed it with a flashlight, estimated his strength, and decided to descend more than ten meters.