Chapter 54: The Fish
Originally, we planned to use Chen Xiaotong's corpse as bait to wipe out Tang Tianyi, but we didn't expect the plan to fail.
I hurriedly shouted at Xiaogao, "What about Chen Xiaotong? ”
Xiao Gao looked confused, and his mouth moved, as if he wanted to say something, but he still didn't say it.
I thought to myself, Xiao Gao's soul is incomplete, he is just a walking corpse, and I guess I can't ask her anything.
What to do now, I can't help but worry.
The ugly old woman, seeing that we were soaking wet, invited us to go to her house to bake the fire and dry our clothes, so that we could have something to eat.
I felt a little hungry at this time, but I could still eat.
A breeze blew, and the old driver and I shivered, and we had to find a place to warm up first.
So he took Xiao Gao and got on the old woman's boat again.
The old woman's boat passed by the reservoir and rowed past the location of the monster just now.
It was then that I muttered to myself, what kind of sacredness was this old woman, and she could easily disperse those water monsters.
When the boat stopped, she realized that she was living in this lighthouse.
And the faint light coming from the lighthouse was the old woman's charcoal stove.
The entire interior of the lighthouse is extremely small, and the first thing that catches the eye is three large water tanks.
This indoor space is embarrassing enough, and I can't help but wonder how many water tanks can be placed.
I looked at the tank again, and saw that there were still some complicated textures on it.
The old woman saw my doubts and said, "I'm old and it's not convenient to get water, so I'll save more water to drink each time." ”
I looked up again, and saw that the frame was extremely high, as if it had been extended to the top of the tower, and I could only see the pitch black overhead, but vaguely I seemed to see a glimmer of light, could it be that I saw the stars outside?
The old driver and I took off our coats and sat around the fire, which was how warm we felt.
The old woman stooped down and trembled as she walked, and she brought in a black iron porcelain cauldron from outside and set it on the stove.
It turned out that she was the caretaker of this reservoir, her real surname was Li, and this position belonged to her son in the early years, but it was just an accident, her son unfortunately drowned in the reservoir, so she took over this position.
She has been guarding the reservoir for more than 10 years.
I think she is a lonely old man, and she is quite pitiful.
After greeting each other for a while, they couldn't help but ask, "How did you get rid of those water monsters?" ”
Mrs. Li told us that there was nothing difficult about it, that the water monster was afraid of the sound of metal, and she was knocking on the iron boat with an iron rod, and as soon as the metal sound vibrate, they were scared away.
"Is it really that easy? You see the sound of your banging was very rhythmic, huh? I wondered.
Mrs. Li didn't respond to me, and when I asked again, she refused to say a word.
I still don't give up, "Have you heard of Tang Tian?" ”
When Mrs. Li heard this name, the corners of her mouth suddenly twitched, and her divine eyes deliberately avoided me.
"Nope." Mrs. Li only said this one word stiffly.
She said she didn't know her, but I was sure she knew something.
It's just that she insisted on not saying it, and I couldn't help it.
It didn't take long for a rich smell of meat to come out of the pot, which tasted a little like fish and some like beef, and it smelled so good that I couldn't help but be hungry.
"What kind of meat is this?" I asked, smelling the scent.
"Fish." Mrs. Li popped out of her mouth with a word.
She served a bowl to each of us, but the bowl was so black that it was not a fish at all. It's just that the taste is so delicious, I didn't care about it, and gobbled it up.
The old driver didn't want to eat it, but he couldn't figure out what kind of meat it was, but when he saw that I had eaten it, he also pinched his nose and took a bite.
Suddenly, an extremely satisfied expression.
At that moment, I made a bowl like a whirlwind, and I was still unsatisfied, so I got up and served a bowl myself.
And Xiao Gao didn't eat a bite, so it is estimated that zombies don't eat cooked food.
The old lady saw that Xiao Gao didn't eat, she seemed a little anxious, and the old voice was full of concern, "Girl, it's better to eat some." ”
After listening to this, Xiao Gao just raised her head slightly, and her movements were still a little stiff.
I was worried that she would be recognized by the old woman as a zombie, so I hurriedly played a round, "This girl is a vegetarian. ”
"That's right." Mrs. Li had a disappointed expression, "But this fish is really delicious, little girl." ”
I'm afraid of sweeping away Mrs. Li's kindness, after all, people specially entertained us, so I said to Xiao Gao in a commanding tone, "Eat some." ”
Xiao Gao got his life, so he ate it.
Mrs. Li nodded with satisfaction.
"But what kind of fish is this, why is it so fragrant?" I looked at Mrs. Li and asked.
"This is the bacus, a specialty of our reservoir." Mrs. Li let out a hoarse and deep voice, and her distorted face looked extremely strange in the dim light.
At this moment, I stood up and saw circles of sparkling waves on the surface of the lake outside the tower, and the light trembled as if the eyes of a group of water monsters were flickering.
There was another cold wind blowing on the lake, and I felt a chill running through my back.
"Fish?" It's the first time I've heard of it.
The old driver drove for a long time, but he was well-informed, and after hearing that it was a fish, he spit out all the meat he was chewing in his mouth, "This is a fish?!" ”
"What's wrong?" I was stunned for a moment, and my scalp was tingling. Seeing the old driver's appearance, he didn't dare to eat anymore.
"There is a technique in this world, which is to stuff a very small piranha into the two ear holes of a living person, fill the ear holes with special water, seal them, and imprison the whole person in a water tank."
The old driver observed the old woman's expression as he spoke, and saw that she was just smiling slightly, and the old Long Zhong's face did not have any waves, which made it impossible to guess what she was thinking.
The old driver continued, "Those fish eat the flesh of living people, burrow into their ears and swim deep into the ear canal, break through the eardrum and enter the cerebral marrow, and suck the human brain, and then the living people are already dead, and the fish begin to eat the flesh of the blistered corpse, and it will not be long before only the bones are eaten." ”
"In the end, this fish can grow to dozens of catties each. The meat is extremely delicious, and this is the fish. ”
After listening to the old driver, I felt nauseous, and after a while, I felt that my lips began to become scorched, and my face was flushed, and I put my two hands on my chest and gasped violently.
I looked at the old driver again, and saw that he was the same.
Only Xiao Gao didn't react, it seems that the zombie is immune.
Suddenly, I felt my mouth and tongue dry again, like a hard shell growing on it. There was a sharp pain in the inside of his head, and suddenly he felt that his body was cold.
I was busy picking at my throat with my hand and forcing myself to vomit the fish.
Could it be that we are poisoned?