Mahulu is a Tohoku dialect meaning sewer, and it is said that it is a Japanese foreign language.

I always thought that falling into a horse gourd would only be used as a joke in film and television dramas. I didn't expect to be lucky enough to be the protagonist! Although it has always been a dream of mine to be a comedian, the moment I stepped on the air under my own feet, I just wanted to scold:

"Which grandson lost the manhole cover?!"

Actually, you can't blame me for this. On that day, I don't know which way the gods crossed the catastrophe in our city, and the rain was like the scene of the Songkran Festival, and the city was full of sea, and the roads and teeth were flooded.

At about eight o'clock in the evening, after a thunderstorm, the entire neighborhood where the company is located went without power. So I hurried home with the joy that I didn't have to continue to work overtime.

But rank, think about it, it's raining heavily; The whole neighborhood is without power; There are no street lights; The phone is lit up; The land is full of water; I can't see anything.

Can you blame me for this?

In fact, I was quite calm when I first fell in, and I quickly opened my arms and tried to prop my hands on the well.

But I don't know what grabbed my ankle and pulled it down, and it was quite strong. I felt like I was being dragged in all of a sudden.

The water was poured into the mouth and nose with a clatter, choking! Pain in the mouth and nose! I can't cough when I want to, and then I choke on water.

Then there was the suffocation, which was so unpleasant that I struggled desperately, but many of my body movements did little to survive, just a meaningless instinctive reaction.

After tossing for most of the day, my eyes were dark, and I didn't know anything.

When I opened my eyes again, I saw the yellow tip. There was another ghost floating beside him, about seven or eight meters. He looks relatively thin and has a long face. Dressed in Qing Dynasty dress, a big braid was thrown from the back of the neck.

I only heard Huang Jian say:

"Lao Li, you haven't called me over for a long time."

The "Qing Dynasty ghost" named Lao Li replied:

"yes, it's been more than ten years."

"Well, you too, aren't you just catching a stand-in? It's been more than ten years, why did you get one! ”

The Qing Dynasty ghost sighed:

"You can't blame me, this river has been sealed, the road has been built, and it has become an underground river, and no one has ever hit it here."

Huang Jian turned his head to look at me, and that look made me get goosebumps.

"Well, isn't this one? Look, it's quite young. ”

When I heard them say this, my heart chuckled again.

- Finished calf! I was caught as a "stand-in" by this thin ghost called "Lao Li"!

I heard that the ghost drowned in the well in the river belongs to the horizontal death, and cannot enter the reincarnation of the underworld, and the soul will be tortured in the cold water for many years until it finds a "substitute".

For a long time, I thought that these things were made up by the old people who were afraid that it would be dangerous for children to go down to the river to play, and today's situation is ......

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but struggle, only to find that my body was completely disobedient and couldn't scream. The next kung fu, which had been practiced at the age of four or five, lost its effect after being frightened......

There is a common name to describe this condition - scared to pee.

"Forget it, you let him go, I don't want a stand-in!"

I was already desperate, but I suddenly heard the phrase "Qing Dynasty ghost" pop up, which couldn't help but make me see the hope of life.

"What? You're here again? I said Lao Li, how many times has this been? You don't want him to be a stand-in, what are you pulling him down? ”

Listening to the fat man say this, I really want to kick his feet, what are you doing with other people, can't you exercise? Can't you get injured by mistake?

"Qing Dynasty ghosts" sighed:

"It's an instinctive reaction, no one has come for so many years, and the position where he fell was too comfortable, and I pulled him off as soon as I raised my hand. Now that you regret it, you better let him go. ”

When Huang Jian heard this, his expression was obviously a little displeased:

"I said Lao Li, what kind of good place is this? You stay here, not to mention being attacked by cold water all the time, and you will be drowning once a day. You see, the hour is coming soon, isn't it? ”

The dead fat man is really a crow's mouth, as soon as he finished speaking, the expression of the "Qing Dynasty ghost" began to be a little wrong, his hands grabbed his neck, his face turned red, his legs kicked desperately, and his whole body writhed. The mouth opens and closes, as if breathing heavily.

This scene reminded me of the feeling I had just fallen into the gourd, which caused me extreme discomfort.

Seven or eight minutes passed, and the "Qing Dynasty ghost" twitched twice fiercely and stopped moving. In the darkness, I could only barely see the outline of his body, hunched and motionless, floating there, like a floating corpse in the river.

It seems that he was "drowned" again.

Watching the replay of your own death is a very special experience. The thought that I have to come for him and let him "enjoy" this taste once a day, and what kind of "cold water" I have to suffer, really makes me shudder.

Suddenly, the "Qing Dynasty ghost" was shocked, straightened his waist with a breath, and took a deep breath, as if he had been reborn after death and took his first breath.

After a long time, he exhaled this heavy breath of anger, and said in a weak voice:

"Alright".

The fat man went over and patted him on the shoulder:

"Look, it's here again, isn't it? To say that it has been more than a hundred years, I suffer this sin every day. Counting the previous Li Zheng, you have let go of eighty stand-ins, right? Listen to me once, take this and reincarnate quickly. ”

It seems that the "Qing Dynasty ghost" has released more than one stand-in for me, this water ghost is really righteous! It's a man! But to say that I am now valiantly dedicating myself to the land is indeed an overestimation of my consciousness.

"Qing Dynasty ghosts" shook their heads:

"I'm used to it...... This river is almost gone, he is my stand-in, when will I be freed? ”

I blushed when I said this, the "Qing Dynasty ghost" in front of me had just suffered from drowning, and he actually thought about me, which was really admirable.

Huang Jian sighed:

"Lao Li, the two of us have been friends for more than 100 years. You have a good heart and do no harm. But this stand-in may be your last chance. You let him go...... Dude, I'm ...... I can't see it. ”

The "Qing Dynasty ghost" sighed, glanced at me, turned around, and seemed to have made a great determination:

"Take it away, take it away......"

I looked at his back and felt a sense of sadness in my heart.

Huang Jian saw him so insistent, and also sighed:

"Alas! In that case, then I'll take him back first. ”

As he spoke, he pulled out a string from his trouser pocket and looked like a headphone cable. Hanging around my neck, he grabbed the other end.

I felt relieved – I was finally able to move! In an instant, the words choked in his throat blurted out:

"Thank you, Lao Li."

Hearing me speak, it scared these two ghosts as if they had seen people.

The two ghosts glanced at each other and said in unison

"That's not right!"

Then they turned their heads together to look at me, and spoke in unison.

"How can you speak?"

"What's wrong with being able to speak?"

My face was full of confusion.

The two ghosts looked at each other again. Huang Jian leaned over again and looked at me carefully, as if to make sure I was conscious.

"That's not right, he should still be in the soul leaving period? Lao Li, did you pull this kid down today? ”

"It's... Oh, yes. Lao Li replied.

Listening to Huang Jian mention the period of leaving the soul, I remembered a legend I heard from my grandmother when I was a child.

When a person dies, the soul will leave the body. When I just left this "container" where I had lived for many years, my soul was scattered, so the "ghost" at this time was unconscious.

Generally, it takes three to seven days for the soul to recondense and regain consciousness, which is called the soul leaving period.

Because the "ghosts" are confused and confused during the soul leaving period, it is convenient to do things, so the little ghosts who hook the soul will use this time to hook the soul to the underworld.

Therefore, in many places, when people die, they have to be mortuated for three to seven days, and there must be family members to keep the soul to protect the soul from evil spirits during the period of leaving the soul, so that they can go down to the underworld smoothly.

People like me who have just "died" should not be conscious at this time, and they should be at their mercy.

But no, I was conscious and had a few words with them.

Huang Jian frowned, tilted his head and muttered to himself

"What's going on?"

I said in my heart that you don't know, how can I know? I saw that he lowered his head and thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with any clue:

"Forget it, Lao Li, I'll send him back first, and I'll talk about other things later."

After saying that, he pulled me into the darkness. Don't look at the little rope hanging around my neck, it was quite strong, and as soon as his hand was strong, I followed it half-floating and half-walking.

Looking back at Lao Li, there was a helpless smile on his face.

Today's catastrophe is not dead, thanks to Lao Li's mercy, let me go. Seeing his figure gradually disappear into the darkness, I secretly said in my heart: Thank you, great kindness, another day.