Grandma's gesture of rushing over with a cane, as if she were an enemy, startled me.

Afraid that my mother would be hurt, I quickly protected her behind me.

"Grandma, grandma, what are you doing?"

I grabbed my grandmother's hand and snatched the cane from my hand.

"This is my mother, what are you doing? She's not dead, she's finally back, and you still have to kill her!? ”

Seeing me like this, my grandmother stopped, glared at me, and said very angrily: "Your mother has been in the water for a few days, do you think you can come back alive?" ”

This is true, but my mother is now alive in front of me, and I can't help but believe it.

I was stunned for a moment, and then found another reason: "Maybe she would have gone ashore a long time ago, but she got lost, and she didn't find her way back in those days." ”

"I don't believe it!" Grandma shouted.

She also tried to get around me and beat my mother with a cane.

But after all, she is old, and I am taller, and with my protection, the crutches cane can't hurt my mother at all.

My mother didn't care about my grandmother's crutches, she was still the same as before, silly, laughing vigorously, and kept saying that sentence in her mouth.

"The river god points the troops, points to the fifth watch, the fifth watch rooster crows, and my soldiers arrive."

When my grandmother heard what she said, her face became even more ugly, and she shouted at me, "Ping'an, have you heard your mother say before?" Now she sings and screams, and she is not ashamed to wear clothes, she is definitely not your mother, I will get out of the way, see that I don't kill her. ”

"Okay, grandma, don't make trouble!"

I jerked my hand and shoved my grandmother to a stagger.

"My mother didn't die, do you really want to beat her to death in front of me? In that case, I'm her son, so you can kill me first. ”

Grandma was silent, slowly put down her crutches, and looked at me and sighed.

And this time. But my mother turned around and walked back, ignoring me and my grandmother, and kept muttering that sentence in her mouth.

"Mother! Mother! I shouted and ran after her.

She seemed to notice that I was chasing her from behind, and she ran too, and it was so fast that I couldn't catch up at all.

I ran out of the village after my mother, and I didn't stop all the way.

I'm a little tired, she hasn't stopped yet, she runs all the way, that state is very abnormal, I also think there is a problem.

But at that time, there was no other way but to chase after him, and he couldn't find anyone anymore.

In this way, I chased all the way to the Wenshui River.

When I came to the Wenshui River Bridge, which is the place where my mother fell into the water a few days ago, I felt inexplicably uneasy, and began to shout in the back again.

"Mother, mother, where are you going?"

My mother ran to the bridge over the Wenshui River, stopped in one place, and then looked back at me and sang loudly.

"The river god points the troops, points to the fifth watch, the fifth watch rooster crows, my soldiers have arrived!"

As soon as the words fell, the man turned and jumped into the water.

"Mother..."

I ran wildly, but there was no one in sight, only the rushing river.

It was all like a dream, and now that I woke up, my mother was gone, and it was in the same place, and she appeared in front of me for so long, and jumped down where she had fallen, and returned to square one.

I was sad when a flashlight shone on my face.

"Who's there?"

Then, two people walked over.

"Oh, what kind of baby are you, isn't it dangerous to be near the water at night?"

The other pulled me up and asked, "What are you doing here?" What are you crying about? ”

At night, the humidity on the Wenshui River Bridge is very heavy, the temperature is relatively low, and there is danger. They dragged me down and away from the river before they looked at me again.

One of them recognized me.

"Aren't you the baby who went into the water here to save your mother a few days ago?"

Our family's reputation is not very good, but after the day I went into the water to save my mother, many people's impression of me has changed, and they all think that I am a filial child.

"You're from Nanling Village, aren't you, what are you doing here at night? Your mother is gone when she jumps, don't think about it. ”

"Let's go home."

I shook my head, breathed a sigh of relief, and pulled the two of them along.

"Please, save my mother, my mother jumped down just now."

"Your mother fell into the river a few days ago, you baby, don't be too sad and confused." One of them said something and said to his companion, "You watch him here, I'll go and call Qiangzi over, don't do anything this big night, let him send the child back." ”

"Okay, let's go."

They all thought that my mother had gone to bed early, and that the body had not been found, and that they did not believe that my mother had just jumped off. I was also pressed by him, and there was no way to go into the water.

After a while, a group of people came over with flashlights.

"Chen Ping'an?"

The voice was a little familiar, I looked up, the light was very dazzling, so I couldn't open my eyes a little, but I could still see from the outline that it was Mr. Liu in front of me.

I seemed to see it, hugged his legs, and shouted: "Mr. Liu, save my mother, my mother jumped into the water just now, she didn't die, I saw her." ”

Mr. Liu replied: "Baby, what nonsense are you talking about, does your grandma know about coming here at night?" Hurry up and go home. ”

"I'm not going home, I'm looking for my mother!"

My behavior was very excessive, and they all thought I was confused, so they forcibly dragged me away and went to Mr. Liu's house to settle down first.

A few people pushed me to a chair and sat down, and poured me a cup of hot water, which was nice to me.

I can also figure it out that no one will believe my mother coming back alive, and my only hope is Mr. Liu, and only she can help me.

"Mr. Liu, my mother is really not dead, she came back tonight, and my grandmother also saw it."

Mr. Liu frowned and asked, "Then where is she now?" ”

"I ran to the same place where I fell into the water before and jumped down."

"It's... And what about your grandma? ”

"At home." After I finished speaking, I saw Mr. Liu's appearance and knew that he didn't believe my words, so I took out what my mother gave me.

"Look, my mother gave it to me, and she's really back."

A turtle shell, the size of a palm, black and swarthy, there is nothing surprising, this kind of turtle shell is often picked up by the Wenshui River, and no one takes it seriously.

Mr. Liu took it and looked at it, but his face became ugly.

"Qiangzi, quickly, go to the front hall and bring the ancient book on the ancestral table."

Liu Qiang was beside him and asked, "Master, what are you doing with the ancient books of your ancestors?" ”

"Don't ask, get it quickly."

"Yes."

About two minutes later, Liu Qiang came back with a tattered book in his hand.

During this time, Mr. Liu kept his head down, groping and looking at the turtle shell in his hand, and I didn't respond to his questions, and the whole person was stupid.

Mr. Liu held the ancient book, his hands trembled slightly, rummaged for a while, stopped on a page, and then compared the turtle shell in his hand.

He also whispered softly: "The river god points the soldiers, points to the fifth watch, the fifth watch rooster crows, and my soldiers arrive." ”

What he said was exactly the same as what my mother said, except that Mr. Liu read it out and my mother sang it.

I didn't think much about it, and immediately said, "Yes, yes, what my mother gave me, I also said this, and I was singing it vigorously." ”

"What?!"

Mr. Liu's body was shocked, the turtle shell and the book in his hand fell to the ground, and he seemed to have no bones, almost scratching from the chair to the ground.

"Master?"

"Mr. Liu!"

“……”

The people around were flustered for a while, and they didn't know what was going on, so they all looked at Mr. Liu curiously.

Mr. Liu is old and not in good health, looking at him, it seems that he has not come up in one breath, and his face is purple and red. I'm afraid that he won't be able to come up in this breath, and then my sin will be great.

"Mr. Liu, what's wrong with you, is there any problem?"

After a while, Mr. Liu took a sip of water, relieved the strength, and the discoloration on his face faded.

"Qiangzi, take everyone out, I have something to say with Chen Ping'an."

Liu Qiang didn't dare to ask more, nodded and responded, "Yes, master." ”

The people present were very curious and wanted to know what was going on, but Mr. Liu sent a message to drive people away, and no one forced him to stay.

Soon, there were just the two of us left in the house.

I looked at Mr. Liu and asked in a deep voice, "Mr. Liu, is there anything wrong with this turtle shell?" ”

He stood up tremblingly and in horror as he put his hands on the handle of the chair, shook his head and replied, "This is not a turtle shell. ”

"What's that?"

"I've lived all my life, I've been by the Yellow River all my life, and my master, I've only heard of it. I didn't expect that when I was dying, I would have the fate to see it. ”

"The king of Hades decreed, and the soul of the three watches arrived; The river god ordered troops, and the fifth watch died. ”