The sun and the moon shuttle, time flies, the fishing life in the river is not very comfortable, Jiang Bai's family is not very poor, a two-story small bamboo building, built by the mountain and water, the yard is not very big, but there is a pool for raising fish, there is a vegetable field behind, the two of them fish and shrimp in the river during the day, grandma is at home to take care of housework, tending to the vegetable garden, and the small days are also worry-free.

On this day, Jiang Bai and Abba rowed a boat in the river to catch fish for a day, the harvest was very rich, in the evening, the family finished dinner, the diligent Jiang Bai took a basin of dirty clothes to be washed and came to the riverside, this day happened to be fifteen, and it was a good weather without wind, no clouds, no waves.

Jiang Bai held the laundry tub, just arrived at the riverside, a bright moon has been from the east of the river, quietly rising, hanging high, Jiang Bai took the dirty clothes, came to the riverside often wash clothes, sat on the reef, looked at the moon on the edge of the sky for a while, unconsciously wondered, this round moon, why is there a piece missing, I can't help but think of an old saying, people have good and bad luck, the moon is cloudy and sunny, she was stunned for a while, began to wash clothes in the river, washed and washed, the moon rose into the sky, silver light sprinkled on the river, just like day, Jiang Bai, who lowered her head to wash her clothes, was concentrating on washing, and suddenly felt that something bit her foot soaked in water, Jiang Bai stood up suddenly, wanting to see what it was, but unexpectedly, she just stood up, but saw a huge black cauldron floating not far from her.

Jiang Bai looked closely, under the moonlight, in the big river, the black and swarthy thing floated around, getting closer and closer to Jiang Bai, Jiang Bai was a little nervous, and he didn't want to leave, the river was surprisingly calm, the river water was like a water tank at home, it was so calm and waveless, there was not even a trace of ripples, it was closer, closer, closer to the place where it was within reach, this time Jiang Bai saw it clearly, it turned out that what floated over was a giant clam much larger than his boat, Jiang Bai, who often fished in the river, was the first time to see such a big mussel, Unconsciously excited, he put down the clothes he was washing and quietly dived into the water, wanting to catch the giant clam alive.

Jiang Bai held her breath, approached the big mussel little by little in the river, and saw the side of the mussel, she opened her eyes, but saw that the big mussel had opened two mussel shells, facing the moonlight, absorbing the moonlight on her back, and after a while, she saw a flash of light from the inside of the mussel shell, and the light did not last long, that is, it had just left the water, and after a while, the light suddenly shot into the sky.

The stars and the moon in the sky, the light on the river is shining, the moonlight, even the stars, this scene shocked Jiang Bai's heart, she couldn't bear to catch the big mussel, but quietly surfaced, little by little to the side of the big mussel, she forgot to wash clothes, and forgot herself, so she floated with the big mussel, gradually, the big mussel rose and sank with the moon, seeing that the sky was about to dawn, the big mussel gradually sank into the water, Jiang Bai saw that the big mussel had sunk into the water, just about to paddle back to the shore, suddenly a wave surged around him, As the water ripples expanded little by little, the giant clam that had sunk into the water floated up again, Jiang Bai was so puzzled, she stared at the giant clam with good eyes, but unexpectedly, the big clam opened and closed and spoke; "Thank you, little girl, for helping me become his soul."

Jiang Bai, who was surprised, saw that the giant clam was talking to him, and immediately asked; 'Who are you?' ’

The big clam replied; "I'm a mussel girl."

Jiang Bai said; "Hello Bengniang, why do you want to thank me?" ”

The giant clam said; "Tonight is the night of the fifteenth full moon, in the full moon in the sky, I open my armor and look up, take the moon essence into a soul, at this time I can neither move nor go, because if I can't absorb the essence of the moonlight at that time, my five hundred years of cultivation will come to naught, and the night pearl in my belly will lose its luster and become an ordinary bead, and I won't speak, I don't know when it will be until there will be this moon shining all night, and there will be the essence of the moon for me to absorb, and if you want to arrest me at that time, If you want to hurt me, it is even easier, and my 500 years of hard work in this great river, from summer to cold, are they all in vain? ”

Jiang Bai listened to Da Bengniang's narration and said with a smile; 'Beng Niangniang, I didn't think about it that much, at first I wanted to catch you, but then I saw the light from your body echoing the moonlight, I couldn't bear to catch you anymore, what is there to thank you for. ’

Beng Niangniang said; 'Little girl, you have a good heart, you must have a good reward, you say, what you want, I will answer you.' ’

Jiang Bai said; I don't want anything, I just want to see you when I want you. I'm just going to talk to you when I'm fine. ’

Beng Niangniang said; I'll tell you, as long as it's quiet in the dead of night, when there is no wind or waves on the river, and there is a moon in the sky, I will come out to shine and shine and nursery, and then you can swim to me and we can talk." ’

At this time, the crowing of a rooster came from the other side of the river, and Beng Niangniang hurriedly said; 'Little girl, it's time for me to go, just remember what I said.' ’

Seeing that Beng Niangniang sank into the water and disappeared, Miss Jiang Bai swam back to the shore, and after going ashore, he washed his clothes and returned home, while his parents were still asleep.

It's a moonlit night again, there is no wind and no waves on the river, in the dead of night, Jiang Bai swam from the shore to the river, and after a while, Beng Niangniang appeared, this time he didn't open the carapace, but asked Jiang Bai; What's your name, little girl?

Jiang Bai replied; 'My name is Jiang Bai, the river of the great river, the white of the day. ’

Beng Niangniang said; 'Good name,'

Then he asked Jiang Bai again; 'Little girl, are you tired of swimming in the river?' ’

Jiang Bai said; 'I don't feel tired when I play on the riverside, but I can't bear to swim into the river, and I can't bear it when I encounter wind and waves. ’

Beng Niangniang said; 'Little girl, shall I teach you how to dive?' ’

Jiang Bai asked; 'How far can you guarantee me to dive out in one go?' ’

Beng Niangniang said; "What I taught you is the method of ventilation in the river, as long as you learn it, you can swim in the river casually." ’

When Jiang Bai heard this, he immediately said happily; That's great, I've thanked Bengniang first. ’

Beng Niangniang opened her big mouth, hehe, she said; "Thank you, thank you, we are fate. ’

After speaking, Jiang Bai began to learn the method of breathing in the river with Beng Niangniang, that night, he took a breath and could swim nearly a mile away, when they were about to break up, Beng Niangniang instructed Jiang Bai to come and study with her at night, Jiang Bai studied with Beng Niangniang for half a month, at this time she was already able to breathe freely in the calm river water, but she was still a little out of breath when she encountered strong winds and waves.

On the sixteenth day, it was a dark night of the moon, Beng Niangniang was teaching Jiang Bai how to tread the skills of treading the waves like flat ground, suddenly, there was a faint sound of wind and thunder, at first, Beng Niangniang did not care, but when the sound of wind and thunder passed, a lightning bolt crossed the sky, in the lightning, faintly revealed a Lei Gong face, seeing this face, Beng Niangniang hurriedly said that it was not good.

After Beng Niangniang finished speaking, she immediately sank into the river, Jiang Bai hurriedly followed and dived into the water, at this time, a thunderbolt in mid-air hit the water, and a water column dozens of feet high immediately rose on the water surface, and the river water was hit as if it was boiling a pot, rolling around.

Jiang Bai didn't know what was going on, she was about to take this opportunity to try her diving skills, and saw that she was like a giant mussel, exhaling for a long time, and her body kept following Beng Niangniang towards the bottom of the river, at this moment, Beng Niangniang swam to the bottom of her body, holding her to swim deeper, at first, Jiang Bai thought that Beng Niangniang was afraid that she was not strong enough and couldn't swim anywhere, so she held her away, but at this moment, another thunder sounded in the sky above them, and this thunder seemed to hit them, The earthquake made the bottom of the river below them tremble, and Beng Niangniang's body began to tremble, Jiang Bai felt that something was abnormal, so Jiang Bai pressed his body tightly against Beng Niangniang's tortoise shell, as if she and Beng Niangniang were one.

Strange to say, just when Jiang Bai's body and Bengniang's body were close together, the thunder in the sky immediately stopped hitting them.

The rumbling thunder gradually went away, Beng Niangniang took Jiang Bai to the edge of the isolated island in the heart of the river, shook a few times, it was obvious that she wanted Jiang Bai to float up first, Jiang Bai had to do so, she twisted her body, for a moment, from the river to the water, looked around, the sky was still gloomy, but the east was a little bright, Jiang Bai gradually swam from the water to the edge of the island, stood up and turned to look at the river behind, the water surface was very calm, there was no change, Jiang Bai was puzzled and walked from the river to the shore, just landed, She was surprised to find a woman sitting on a flat big stone on the shore, the sky had just brightened, Jiang Bai could not see the woman's face clearly, so she walked a few steps quickly, came to the big stone where the woman was sitting, and when she walked over, she saw the lady smiling at her, this smile made her feel very familiar, she looked closely, and saw the woman sitting on the stone, with red lips and white teeth, long hair combed behind her, face like a crescent moon, eyes like stars, white goose egg face, flashing a pair of big watery eyes.

Jiang Bai was stunned, such a beautiful and quiet woman came from there, she couldn't help but step forward and ask; "Hello woman, how did you get to this isolated island?"

Listening to Jiang Bai's inquiry, the woman on the stone did not answer, but turned her face to her, and looked at her with a smile, kind, kind, and amiable, as if she had seen it somewhere, and couldn't remember it for a while, Jiang Bai was very anxious, and hurriedly said again; "Woman, how did you come to this lonely island alone, either because of a boat accident or some danger?"

After Jiang Bai said this, she hurriedly stepped forward again, and stepped on the square rock with one foot, and she was just about to sit down next to the woman, but she heard the woman open her lips, purse her lips and smile, and then said; "Little girl, don't you know me?"

Hearing the woman's question, Jiang Bai was very surprised, and she hurriedly asked; "Woman, where have we met?"

The woman was not busy answering her, but stretched out her hand to signal Jiang Bai to sit beside her, and Jiang Bai was very obedient, and immediately sat down beside the lady, and at this time, the woman put her mouth to Jiang Bai's ear and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear; "Little girl, haven't you guessed who I am, do you think of anyone who would sit alone on the edge of the river?"