My father died a few days before I was born, and my mother went crazy after giving birth to me.

It all started with the famine more than ten years ago.

That year, there was a great drought here, the crops were not harvested, there was famine everywhere, even the bark and wild grass on the mountains were eaten, and I heard that people were dying of hunger.

At that time, my mother happened to be pregnant with me, afraid that she would not be able to keep up with her nutrition and give birth to me, so my father went to the Wenshui River with someone to beg for a living and add some food to the family.

The Wenshui River is a tributary of the Yellow River, which runs through our entire township from east to west, and has a large flow of water, and many people in nearby villages rely on it for their livelihood.

Relying on a dilapidated boat, my dad was able to bring back a few small fish every day at first. The strange thing is that later, the Wenshui River did not raise people, not to mention fish in the water, even a small shrimp is difficult to see.

However, in the middle of the night, my father actually carried back a wet female corpse.

It is said that the female corpse was fished up by him from the Wenshui River, and he didn't know what the ghost had lost, so he actually moved his mind.

That night, the smell of meat wafted from my house, and the whole village could smell it, and everyone gathered at my door according to the smell.

During the famine years when the wild grass could not be eaten, there were no living creatures in the mountains, and there were no fish and shrimp in the river, so the origin of this meaty aroma is naturally intriguing.

Soon, my grandmother rushed over from the old house, kicked open the door of my house, and then threatened the villagers at the door with a stick in her hand, saying that anyone who dared to enter would suffocate him with a stick.

Everyone in the village knows that the old wife of the Chen family is not easy to mess with, she was a fierce woman when she was young, and she couldn't hold her head up for the rest of her life, and she dared to kill her in a fight, so no one dared to provoke her.

Everyone was curious, but because of grandma's fierceness, they didn't dare to break in and touch their heads.

No one knew what my grandmother saw when she went in, except that she had a big fight with my father, scolded them for doing evil, and beat my father with a stick.

In fact, someone saw my father come back with a corpse on his back that night, and the corpse never appeared again, so everyone knows the origin of the meat fragrance.

Since then, the news of my family's cannibalism has spread in the village.

Maybe there is really retribution.

A few days before I was born, my father drowned in the Wenshui River. The corpse collector salvaged for three whole days, but did not find the body, only a piece of clothing that my father was wearing.

The corpse collector told my grandmother about the situation and asked her what she meant, but my grandmother wiped her eyes, shook her head and said: No more fishing!

In this way, my father's body was not fished out, and only a well-dressed mound was erected.

In our place, it's not a good death!

Later, when my mother gave birth to me, she had a difficult birth and hemorrhage, and we almost died together. Fortunately, my grandmother knew how to deliver the baby, and I don't know what method was used to save me, but my mother became a madman.

Moreover, on the night I was born, my grandmother was missing a finger on her right hand, and when I asked her how she hurt it, she kept shaking her head and couldn't find the broken finger.

When I went to the village doctor to bandage her, the village doctor found that her fingers seemed to have been bitten off, and the marks of her teeth were clearly visible.

Many people speculated that my grandmother's finger was eaten by my mother.

The gossip about my family has never stopped, and I have often been treated differently because of these things since I was a child.

However, my grandmother treated me very well and always protected me. I grew up with her and didn't feel like I lacked love. She also named me "Ping'an", hoping that my life would be safe and sound.

As for her crazy mother to me, she can't say good or bad, she usually has a very indifferent attitude, but she is willing to stutter for her, and let her live in a side room, if anyone dares to bully my mother, she will also stand up for her.

Sometimes when others persuade my grandmother to send my mother away, she will say the same.

"After all, it's a safe mother, and the baby can't be without a mother."

In my impression, my mother is crazy all day long, except for crying and laughing, she doesn't know anyone, she can't speak, and she only mutters a sentence in her mouth.

"I want to eat meat! I want to eat meat! ”

At that time, I simply thought that she really wanted to eat meat, so I secretly left her the meat in the bowl that I was reluctant to eat. But she chewed it and spit it it out, her face full of disgust, as if she had eaten something unpalatable.

Because of this incident, I cried a lot, ignored her for a long time, and finally it was my grandmother who coaxed me with two pieces of White Rabbit toffee, which made me forget the grievances in my heart.

As the days passed, I grew up day by day.

When I was eighteen years old, I was going to high school in town, and there was no dormitory at the school, so my grandmother bought me a second-hand bicycle for me to use as a substitute.

But she also has one condition.

I had to walk from the road to and from school, and I couldn't take a shortcut to the bridge over the Wenshui River, and when I asked her why, she said that the road in the Wenshui River was not repaired, and there were many potholes, and it was easy to break the bicycle.

Grandma took me alone, life is not very easy, she is also old, her health is not very good, I don't know how long she saved this bicycle to save.

The children of the poor are in charge of the family early, I know that my family is special, and I know that my grandmother is not easy, so although I think the conditions she proposed are a little strange, I don't think much about it, and nod my head and agree.

That day, after school, I cleaned up and pedaled my bicycle to the fork in the Wenshui River Road and the highway, and saw the little fat son of the same village, Xiaoguo, rushing towards me in a hurry.

He also shouted loudly: "Chen Ping'an, Chen Ping'an, your crazy mother jumped into the river just now, on the Wenshui Bridge, go and have a look." ”

Crazy girl, has always been the laughing stock of my classmates laughing at me, and I didn't like her at the time, but when I suddenly heard the news that she jumped into the river, my heart still sank suddenly.

Ignoring the conditions that he had promised his grandmother, he pedaled his bicycle and rushed over as fast as he could.

Last year, there was a big flood in the river, flooded a lot of crops, and the countryside people were superstitious, thinking that this was to anger the river god, so this year the town raised money to hire a construction team to build a river temple by the Wenshui River, and also deliberately spent a lot of money to buy a river god statue from other places, and many people went to see the excitement.

It may be that my mother ran to join in the fun, so she accidentally fell into the water.

Fortunately, it is not the flood season, and the water flow is not urgent, so if you rescue it in time, there should be no danger to your life.

However, when I rushed over, there were so many people standing on the river bridge, and none of them went to save my mother.

"Mother! Mother! ”

I ran over and watched the excitement make way for me.

Uncle Li, a craftsman from our village, happened to be there, and he grabbed me: "Ping'an, your mother jumped down, such a big water, I'm afraid there is nowhere to find it, you hurry back and tell your milk." ”

I cried and asked, "Why didn't you save my mother?" ”

Uncle Li was speechless and shook his head.

At this time, I don't know which fast-mouthed girl opened her mouth and shouted: "This is retribution, your mother has done a sin, and she deserves to die in the river." ”

Someone else chimed in: "That's right, maybe this is the manifestation of the river god." Can't be saved! Otherwise, the river god will be angry, and the gods in our temple will not be able to be placed! ”

"Fuck your shit!" I glared and burst into a foul mouth.

No one around spoke anymore, but their attitude was very obvious, no matter what, they would not go into the water to save my mother.

"If you don't save it, I'll save it myself!"

With that, I threw my bag on the ground, turned around and jumped into the river.

I grew up by the Wenshui River, so I naturally know how to water, but the water is not good, so frizzy jumping into the water to save my mother, I am also in danger, but I don't regret it.

The water was cold, and the sight was not good, and I could barely see clearly.

I had no experience in salvage, and I didn't know how to save people underwater, so I just groped with my two hands when I was diving, and I couldn't hold it back, so I swam up to change my breath.

I repeated this several times, and it was already dark, it was pitch black underwater, I couldn't see anything, and my body couldn't support it.

At this time, my hand felt an arm under the water.

"Found it!"

I was overjoyed, and I held back the breath in my mouth, and with all my strength, I dragged that arm upstream.

At that time, it was completely supported by his mind, and he didn't know where the strength came from, so he dragged a person up in the darkness. After coming out of the water, my vision was blurry due to lack of oxygen.

Soon, the people on the shore pulled us up, and I collapsed to the ground, panting for breath.

"Ping'an, who is this you fished up? Why isn't it your mother? I don't know which one shouted.

"What?!" I sat up jerked up and looked at the person lying on the ground next to me.

Although it was very dark, at such a close distance, I could tell at a glance that this was indeed not my mother.

A red satin dress, embroidered with a dragon and phoenix auspicious pattern, surrounded by gold ribbons, and a red hijab wrapped around the head, like a bride's dress. And judging from her clothing, it is not what is popular now, such as the ancient caftan clothes.

The strangest thing was that I dragged her out of the water, and the hijab was not washed away by the river.

"It's not my mother, so who is this? What about my mother? As I spoke, I ripped off her hijab.

What I didn't expect was that there was a delicate and beautiful face under the hijab, with a few red makeup painted on her cheeks, just like singing, and she looked like she was eighteen or nineteen years old, with a ruddy complexion, a calm demeanor, and her eyes closed as if she was asleep.

The people around also craned their necks curiously to look at her, and then they all shook their heads, saying that they didn't know this woman, and that they had never seen such a beautiful woman in the town.

Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted: "Mr. Liu is here, let everyone let him go, please take a look at the old man." ”

I have also heard of Mr. Liu's name, he is the most famous corpse collector on the Wenshui River, he has a great ability, he can fish up the corpse that others dare not fish, although he has washed his hands with a gold plate, but his reputation is still very high.

The two of them came over with Mr. Liu, he looked down, his body shook violently, he rolled his eyes, and almost fainted.

"It's... This is the sacrificial corpse that my master didn't catch back then, you... How did you get this baby? ”