Finally, we came to Li He's hospital room.

Although Li He and I are both from Laomiao Village, we are not familiar with each other, so we can only be regarded as acquaintances! On both sides of the Yellow River, there are many people who eat Yellow River rice, except for "handlebars" like Chen Laosan, more of them make a living from fishing.

Li He's family has been a fisherman for three generations, and he also has a house in the village, but he lives on a boat for at least 200 days a year for 365 days. This is very similar to Chen Laosan.

Walking into his hospital room, he saw Li He lying on the bed with dull eyes, and his daughter sitting next to him.

"What's wrong with Uncle Li?"

I politely asked her daughter.

"Oh! The doctor said that he was just frightened, and he just had to rest for two days! ”

His daughter replied.

Li He's daughter is still familiar to me, she just got married last year and married in the next village.

"Uncle Li, this is Captain Zhang Kailong of the special case team of our District Public Security Bureau, and he investigated the previous cases in the village."

Li Hemu's squeaky eyes glanced at several of us, first at me, then at Zhang Kailong, and finally fixed on Chen Laosan's body.

"You...... You also eat Yellow River rice? ”

Li He's voice was hoarse and trembling.

Chen Laosan didn't seem surprised by Li He's question, but just nodded slightly.

"I'm afraid the Yellow River is going to be angry! I'm afraid I'll eat this bite to the end! ”

Li He continued, with a hint of helplessness in his voice.

At this time, I noticed that Li He and Chen Laosan's appearance is very similar, both are dark and thin, with small eyes and short hair, probably this is a person who has been living on the Yellow River all year round, with a unique appearance! Insiders can see it at a glance.

"Hello, I'm Zhang Kailong, I want to ask you about catching that strange fish!"

As soon as Zhang Kailong's words came out, Li He's face changed, and he hurriedly shouted: "That's not a fish!" That's not a fish! That's the son of the Dragon King of the Yellow River, you ...... Did you put it back in the river? Hurry up! Otherwise, the Yellow River will be angry......"

Li He said this quickly and hoarsely, probably this is what he meant.

"This fish head is a little strange, why did it become the son of the dragon king?"

I then asked.

"You're Xiao Zhen, right?"

"That's right! I am Chen Xiaozhen! ”

"Oh! I heard that you learned Taoism from the master and saved the lives of our whole village, maybe...... Maybe I should talk to you about ......"

Li He's words were extremely incoherent, and I didn't seem to understand it, but I still nodded and let him continue to speak.

It turned out that the river had receded very quickly in the past few days (perhaps related to the fact that we had blown up the hole), the water was still again, and it happened to be autumn, which was the best time for fishing. Although he also heard the broadcast of the village branch, after all, the temptation was here, and the people were bold and bold, so Li He decided to fight a good fight.

Yesterday he slept all afternoon, and as soon as it was dark, he sailed his boat to the middle of the river, where he judged from experience that the river was more than five or six meters deep, and that there must be big fish. You must know that in normal times, it must be at least eight or nine meters here, and it is difficult to go down to the end with a net, and you will not be able to catch big fish and precious fish.

The layman does not know, there are more than 20 kinds of fish in the Yellow River, the general crucian carp, carp and silver carp are not very valuable, even if you catch more, but also change the food and clothing, more expensive than these kinds of fish are the Yellow River saury, if it was fifty years ago, the Yellow River saury is still very common, but in the past ten years, with the upgrading of fishing equipment, this fish is almost all caught.

The fish that are more expensive than the Yellow River saury are yellow eels and koi fish, the current price is at least a few hundred yuan per catty, and the most valuable is the Yellow River golden eel called the "Yellow River Water Snake" mentioned before, and there is a more precious one, called the golden arowana, I just heard the name.

Li He has been catching fish all his life, and he thinks he knows the waters of the Yellow River in this area well, but after a few nets, the things he caught almost scared him to death.

The first net was cast, and after waiting for four or five minutes, it was estimated that the net had reached the bottom, and then it was slowly put away.

When he lifted the net, he felt heavy, and Li He was happy in his heart! Heart: There is a door!

Anyone who has ever cast a net to catch fish knows that something of the same weight will be much lighter when put in the water, and if you feel that everything that is lifted in the water is heavy, it must have some weight.

At that time, Li He was full of joy and pulled the net, carefully lifted it to the board of the boat to take a look, and was so frightened that the whole person took several steps back again and again, and almost fell into the river.

It wasn't a fish he caught, but a baby covered in dark red.

The child was no more than seven or eight months old, with a huge head, eyes closed, and hands clenched into fists.

This section of the Yellow River is wider, and this is the middle of the Yellow River, how can there be a dead baby? After Li He's fright passed, his curiosity suddenly rose. It stands to reason that if your child dies, you should find a place to bury it! Whose parents were so ruthless that they threw their flesh and bones into the river, and besides, they were still in such deep water.

After all, Li He is a perennial boat player, and when he sees that he is just a dead child, he is not afraid.

He thought at the time: Maybe it's a child born out of wedlock, and he can't see the light, or maybe a rich son and a lover have a young life, and after they die, let people dispose of it. The man who helped with the dead baby was lazy and threw it into the river.

Thinking about it like this, my heart was clear, and I quickly took it off and poked it into the river with my oars.

Then he pulled out the second net, and when he lifted it a few minutes later, it was still heavy.

Now he was not as happy as he was just now, and his heart was also fifteen buckets of water—seven up and eight down.

It can't be so evil, right? After catching fish all his life, he has encountered all kinds of strange things, and he has also pulled up a lot of dead corpses, and even broken corpses, but now that I think about it, there is something wrong with the dead baby that was pulled up just now, in addition to the redness all over the body, the expression is also weird, as if the corners of the mouth are slightly raised, and it is clearly a sneering expression.

Thinking of this, he immediately chuckled in his heart, and quickly persuaded himself: Don't scare yourself, maybe you have been soaking in water for too long, your skin has changed color, and your facial features have changed shape.

This second network can't still be a dead baby, right?

Soon the net was pulled up, and after just one glance, Li He was dumbfounded, it turned out to be a dead baby again.

The dead baby was pale and looked like he was seven or eight months old, with the same huge head and his hands clenched into fists.

This time Li He was a little bolder, although this matter was extremely evil, but he also knew that there was no danger, and to put it bluntly, it was just the corpse of a baby. He carefully removed the dead baby from the net and carefully shone a flashlight on the child's face.

In this photo, Li He, who had just calmed down, was frightened, and under the illumination of the light, he clearly saw that the dead baby's mouth was upturned, as if it was a sneering expression.