Witch Country Chapter 116: The Drifting Child (I)
"Boom—"
The river tumbled, making a restless sound, and the current was much more rapid than before.
"Be careful! Don't fall!"
"I'll be careful, don't worry!"
An He's shouts came from behind, An Qing looked back and answered. After that, he continued to sit on the stones next to the river and play with the stones of various shapes, picking up two pieces from time to time and throwing them into the rushing river.
Because she didn't want to stay with her father, An Qing came to the river to play by herself, and didn't want to listen to those boring physical analysis and various training methods there.
"Boring, so boring......"
An Qing looked at the crowd behind her, sighed a little depressedly, sat on the stone, put her hands on her cheeks, and watched the churning of the river.
The white waves slapped on the undulating water surface one after another, and bursts of sound came to An Qing's ears, like another special music, An Qing squinted her eyes with some enjoyment, lying on her arm, drowsy.
"River, river, river, river......"
An Qing murmured softly, looking at the boundless river in front of her, remembering the words that her mother had said to herself:
Township, the only access to the outside world is this river.
Only men have always been born in the township, except for himself, who is the first exception. All the women enter the village from this river.
"What was it like to live in the same place?"
An Qing was a little curious about what kind of place her mother used to live in, and whether it would be like in the countryside, whether there were flowers blooming everywhere, whether there were pebbled paths, and whether there was such a big river that could not be seen......
"Mom said that there will be people floating in the river, why haven't I seen it?" An Qing pulled aside all the stones of different shapes at her feet, revealing the fine sand that was hidden underneath, and An Qing stretched out a finger and drew criss-crossing lines on it.
But the lines that looked chaotic seemed to have some special regularity, and the fine sand slowly raised as An Qing's fingers kept swiping, as if something was constantly squirming underneath.
An Qing thought it was interesting, this was the spell drawing method that her mother had given her before, which could make some small objects move according to her own wishes, and the quicksand at this time flowed like that big river with An Qing's fingers.
After trying it all over the way, An Qing pursed her mouth, feeling bored, "Next time, let Mom give me more spells." ”
"Why doesn't anyone float in the river?"
The river was still flowing tirelessly, and the waves were rolling and ringing, but nothing else could be seen except the white spray. Throwing those pebbles into the river didn't stir up the slightest movement, but was swallowed up by the raging current.
The tide is rising.
The river slowly flooded the shore.
An Qing looked at the river that was slowly rising in front of her, and was about to get up and walk away, but when she glanced at it, she found something strange in the white waves, "Huh, why is there a small black spot there?"
An Qing looked intently and confirmed that she was not mistaken, there was indeed a small black dot in the distant waves that continued to rise and fall with the waves.
Looking at the back, the crowd around them was still there, as if they didn't notice the movement of the river.
An Qing stood up, patted her clothes on a little fine sand, stepped on her legs, and quietly walked towards the upper reaches of the river.
The ground has a slight slope and is slightly upward. As Mother had said, the river flowed from top to bottom. The mouth of the river at the top leads to the outside world.
That black dot is likely to be someone from the outside world entering.
An Qing pressed the excitement in her heart, and hurriedly jumped up and ran towards the slope, her eyes staring straight at the black spot in the river, not daring to relax in the slightest, as if in the blink of an eye, the mysterious black spot would disappear.
"Why is it still there. An Qing was puzzled, and she kept walking towards the slope, but the black dot seemed to be fixed in that place, although it would fluctuate with the waves, but the position did not move in the slightest.
It looks like it's still a few hundred meters away.
An Qing turned her head to look again, and there was still a dense crowd of people surrounding it, blocked by those crowds, and she couldn't see An He's figure. There was also a small half of the crowd, the boys and men who had been instructed by An He, and then walked to the side to start training, at this time they were also extremely focused on training, and they didn't notice the movement on their side at all.
"I'll go on my own. ”
An Qing muttered quietly and continued to run in the direction of the black dot, and the rumbling sound of the river beside her became more and more obvious, shaking in An Qing's ears.
And An Qing is constantly approaching the black spot.
After a while, An Qing finally arrived at her destination.
The stone under his feet is very different from the stone where he sits, unlike the stone below, which has a variety of sizes, shapes, and colors. The stones above are the size of An Qing's head, all of them are black or gray, and the surface is rough, different from the smooth of the pebbles below.
"Why are these stones like this?"
An Qing looked at the stones under her feet and said, after a few glances, she ignored it and focused on the black spots in the river again.
Through the churning white waves, An Qing squinted and walked over, and the black dot gradually became clear in her vision, "A piece of black cloth?"
In the middle of the river, there is a black cloth.
It seems to be wrapped in something, bulging.
The turbulent water rushed down, stirring the black cloth continuously, but it did not flow down the water at all, as if there was an invisible wall blocking it, so that the black cloth would always remain there.
An Qing laughed excitedly, pulled up her trouser legs, walked towards the river, and said, "I'm coming." ”
"It seems that pulling the hem of the trousers is useless......"
Looking at the turbulent river in front of her, An Qing felt that her preparations were all useless, "This water should be higher than me......"
If you go down by yourself, I'm afraid you'll be drowned in the head.
Looking at the constantly churning black cloth, An Qing was a little hesitant.
The sound of the river churning exploded in her ears like thunder, and An Qing hesitantly walked to the river, raised her little feet, and was about to reach into the rushing river.
"What do you want to do?"
A cold voice came from behind him, which made An Qing suddenly startled, and with an "ah", an unstable figure fell into the river.
The body crashed into the water, stirring up no more, no less, no bigger, no small, just the right scale, An Qing felt as if her body had fallen into a piece of ice for ten thousand years, and her entire limbs suddenly lost consciousness.
The turbulent water did not stop because of this strange situation, and still ran forward impatiently.
A big hand grabbed An Qing's arm, An He looked helpless, looked at An Qing angrily and funny, and said, "Didn't you say that you would be careful?
As he spoke, he raised his arm to pull An Qing out of the river.
"It's not that you suddenly scared me!" An Qing said complainingly, patting An He's arm with her little hand and saying, "Don't pull me up first." ”
"Aren't you cold?" An He asked suspiciously, a thin layer of snow and frost already formed on An Qing's face.
An Qing shook her head, feeling the warmth coming from her body, feeling very curious, "It was very cold when it fell down just now, but now it feels warm and comfortable." ”
"You ......"
An He looked at An Qing's happy smile, it didn't look like he was lying, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised, "My daughter is really a genius......
"Huh?" An Qing heard An He's sigh, blinked her innocent water spirit big eyes, pointed to the black cloth in the center of the river and said, "Let go of me first, I'm going to get that thing." ”
"Grab something? You come up for me first. An He stood up, pulled An Qing out of the river, took him into his arms, stroked his still somewhat cold face, and said distressed and scared: "I didn't look at you for a while, and I ran here for me, if something happens to you, I won't be beaten to death by your mother......"
"I want that!" An Qing still didn't calm the thoughts in her heart, pointing to the black dots, her eyes full of longing.
An He followed An Qing's fingers and looked at it, and the black cloth that was constantly churning by the waves came into view, first stunned, and then laughed, "Is that kid here again?"
"Ahh
Seeing that he seemed to know what that black cloth was, An Qing immediately pinched An He's ear and asked curiously, "What child, what child?!"
"Just a child. An He was pained and happy, looked at An Qing's big sparkling eyes, rubbed his ears and said, "The last time this child came over was three years ago. I thought I wouldn't see him again. ”
An Qing's face was full of doubts.
An He put An Qing down and said with a smile: "Dad go and bring him over, and wait here obediently." ”
"Well, good. An Qing immediately nodded wildly like a chicken pecking rice, and stood with her hands on her chest, looking forward to it.
I finally met someone who floated in the river.
Listening to my mother, it seems that all the girls are floating here.
Is it a sister or a sister?
Dad said that the last time I came here was three years ago, in that case, wouldn't it be bigger than me?
An Qing kept thinking about it in her little brain.
An He had already swam into the river at this time, and with both hands in his hands, he took the black cloth into his arms, and then dived into the water again.
An Qing looked at the tumbling river, and hadn't seen An He's head open for a long time, and shouted a little crampedly, "Dad?"
"Boom—"
Only the rumbling sound of the river reverberated in my ears.
An Qing looked down, those men were training their children, no one noticed the movement here, shouted loudly a few times, and the crowd still did not react.
"Can't you hear me?" An Qing saw that the crowd did not react at all, looked back and forth on both sides, gritted her teeth, and was about to jump into the river, but there was a sudden movement on the surface of the river.
An Qing saw the head poking out of the river clearly, and then she put her mind at ease, squatted down, and stretched out her hand to step forward.
An He's nose was a little sour, not because he was in the cold water, but because of the delicate little hands that stretched out in front of him, and the innocent and cute little face.
Raising a daughter for a thousand days will eventually pay off!
An He laughed happily and reached up to hold An Qing's little hand.
The little hand retracted sharply.
An He was stunned, his body was almost carried down by the turbulent water, and he looked at An Qing with great doubt.
An Qing was also at a loss.
"What are you doing?"
Ahn: "Huh?"
"I want that black cloth. An Qing pointed to the black cloth that was taken into her arms.
Ahn Ha's face immediately darkened.
Biological.
Not angry.
Endure.