【324】Go out and play
When Shang Yan was a child, the summer vacation was always outside, and at that time, children didn't understand the fun of computers, and they couldn't download games or surf the Internet, and there were no games on mobile phones that could stick to people all the time.
As a result, Shang Yan would go to his grandfather's house in the countryside every year to play, which is the old house where he lives now.
There is a small water cave near the town of Winterwood, and the surrounding area of the water cave is built with stone bricks by the townspeople to prevent wild animals from entering.
This water cave was used by the townspeople as a place to draw water when there was no electricity or running water in Dongmu Town.
There is an old-fashioned pumping machine near the cave and the shore, which is specially used to draw water from the reservoir.
But in recent years, as the town of Winterwood has grown better and better, the pump and water cave have been abandoned, and no one uses them anymore.
At the beginning, the children in Dongmu Town liked to come to play next to the water cave, and the children who knew how to play in the water played in the water, and those who did not know the water fished and caught lobsters and tadpoles next to the water cave, which was also quite interesting.
But after an unfortunate accident where a child drowned, the adults in the town forbade any more children to play near the cave.
It is said that two children did not return home in the evening, and the parents of the children were a little anxious and looked around with neighbors and relatives.
In the end, it was very unfortunate that people found two bodies floating on the water, long dead, in the cave, which were the two missing children.
No one knows what happened here, why the two children drowned together, but since then, the cave has been fenced off and the only entrance has been fitted with a large locked iron door.
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"Ah, no, I'm going to get sick like this." Shang Yan stretched, and then stood up from his chair.
At least I haven't been out for more than 20 days, and during this time, Shang Yan and Wen Pao also inquired about their respective college entrance examination results, one with 512 points and the other with 296 points, although the gap is relatively large, but neither of them has much so-called.
Shang Yan has never been so depraved since he went to school, and he stayed at home to play games for more than 20 days, and finally, after feeling the pain in his shoulders and waist, Shang Yan learned from the pain and made a temporary decision.
"Wen Pao, we can't stay at home anymore, let's go out to play today."
"Huh?" Wen Pao ran from his room in disbelief, "Go out to play?" Where are you going? ”
"I've been in elementary school since elementary school, and every summer vacation I will come to Dongmu Town to play, and we will go to the neighborhood to walk, the mountains, the river, and sports, and if you sit down, you will really be wasted." Shang Yan said.
"Okay, I don't have an opinion, I've been in Dongmu Town for so long, and I haven't visited this town yet." Wen Pao nodded.
"Do you want to hang out?" Shang Qingqiao, who was sitting on the bed, put down his phone and asked.
"Well, you change your clothes, you haven't been out in many days."
As the renovation gradually came to an end, the renovation progress in the cemetery was almost over, and the decoration waste had not been removed.
The decoration team didn't come today, Shang Yan planned to take Liao Jin out for a walk, after Tie Stiff became the guardian of the cemetery, Shang Yan also got him a suit that could go out without revealing his identity, a black suit, because Tie Jian would not sweat, so he didn't have to worry about sweating in this big summer, so basically the clothes worn by Tie Jian did not need to be changed.
Explaining that Iron Man and Gray Ginseng Jing were in charge of the house, Shang Yan, Wen Pao, Shang Qingqiao, and Liao Jin left the cemetery, planning to go for a casual walk around Dongmu Town.
Since Liao Jin has lived in the cemetery for so long, in addition to every outing, he has never gone out to move freely, and he can't help but feel emotional.
"Qingyang Mountain in Dongmu Town, I used to go into the mountains with a few friends to catch the Zhizhi and Unicorn Fairy, some wild fruits that are only available in summer taste very good, that is, people with poor physique are easy to eat diarrhea, and there is a plant, its buds can be picked directly from the flowers, you can directly take a sip of the buds with your mouth, and you will absorb very sweet juice."
Shang Yan introduced the interesting places of Dongmu Town to Wen Pao and them as he walked, and soon, they came to the first place that Shang Yan took to visit.
A building outside of Winterwood, a water cave.
A water cave is a hole in the land, except that it is full of water and deep underneath.
"Let's go inside, I haven't been to this place for a long time, since that unfortunate thing happened." Shang Yan took the lead in demonstrating and climbed inside along the already rusty iron gate.
Shang Qingqiao's movements were very light, obviously slower than Shang Yan's, but he landed one step earlier than Shang Yan, Liao Jin and Wen Pao then entered, and arrived on the side of the wall one after another.
Looking at the clear and not turbid water in the reservoir, Shang Yan couldn't help but sigh: "I haven't been here for a long time, but the water here is still so clean." ”
"It feels like a pond, is there anything interesting here?" Wen Pao asked.
"Fishing, if we can catch fish, we can go to the mountains to make traps and catch wild animals to play." Shang Yan said excitedly.
"Ugh." Wen Pao didn't have Shang Yan's experience, so he naturally couldn't know what he was talking about, so he had to scratch his head and watch Shang Yan demonstrate.
I saw Shang Yan take out a small box and a few white fishing lines from the small bag he was carrying, and the rusty fish hooks were stored in the small box.
After distributing a fishing line with a fishing hook to the three of Wen Pao, Shang Yan explained: "The soil next to the cave can dig earthworms, you can tie the fishing line to the ring at the end of the hook, and then use the earthworm to string the hook to throw it into the cave to fish." ”
"Oh!" Shang Qingqiao, Wen Pao, and Liao Jin all made a sound of sudden realization, and then they scattered and planned to act.
But at this time, Shang Yan grabbed Shang Qingqiao's arm: "I can help you find your earthworms, don't do such things as digging when you wear a skirt, otherwise I will be in trouble if I get dirty." ”
"Hmm." Shang Qingqiao pouted dissatisfied, obviously she was quite interested in this matter, and she wanted to try it herself.
Soon everyone easily dug up their own earthworms, probably because no one has been to this place for a long time, the earthworms near the water cave are surprisingly fat, each one is one finger thick, and the long one is scary, and the squirming in the hand is even more weird like a horror movie scene.
"The hook must be skewered, otherwise it will be easy for earthworms to get rid of it in the water." Shang Yan handed the fish hook that had been strung to Shang Qingqiao and said.
Wen Pao and Liao Jin nodded, and Gu both finished the fish hooks in their respective hands.
As the hook was slowly lowered into the water, and the earthworm and the hook sank into the water together, everyone stood on the shore and waited quietly.
"There used to be lobsters in this cave, and I would often tie the pits or pieces of meat with a rope and put them into the water to attract the lobsters to catch them and then drag them up."
Wen Pao sighed with emotion: "I'm really envious, when I was a child, there was no one at home, my parents also worked outside during the winter and summer vacations, so I asked my grandmother for money every day, and then went to the arcade hall, electronic hall, billiards room and some gangsters, and at night, I went to the square to rollerblaze and skateboard to pick up girls, and I had nothing to do to make a cigarette and smoke, or take my girlfriend to a place where no one was nearby to touch a few and kiss them." ”
Shang Yan looked at Liao Jin: "What about your childhood?" ”
Liao Jin looked up at the sky, although his expression did not change, he could hear his emotion from his voice.
"I am an orphan picked up by the master from outside, the master taught me to read and write since I was a child, so that I became a disciple of Maoshan, my childhood is not as colorful as yours, except for learning Maoshan techniques and going down the mountain to subdue demons and eliminate ghosts, there is nothing wonderful enough to be worth talking about."
Wen Pao looked envious: "Brother Liao, your childhood can be called wonderful, except for orphans, my childhood is in front of your childhood, the realm is not a little bit worse, by the way, when did you start to subdue demons and eliminate ghosts?" ”
"Hmm...... When I was about 15 years old, I remember that it was a woman who was hanged by a ghost, lost her senses, and was about to hang herself on a tree next to the road in the wild, and when I saw it, I immediately stepped forward to save her. ”
Wen Pao was speechless: "You can exorcise ghosts at the age of 15, I was still smoking and fighting at the age of 15, hey, I was too fascinated by girls' bodies, and I ran to open a room when I had nothing to do all day, so that later because of intemperance, my body was almost wasted." ”
Shang Yan: (͡°ʚ͡°) squint
Liao Jin: (•́ὤ•̀) I'm sour
Under Wen Pao's reminder, which he didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Shang Yan and Liao Jin suddenly remembered a very important thing.
The two of them...... All are still virgins......
Gan! Wen Pao, you're showing off, aren't you? Definitely showing off, right?
"Huh? Shang Yan Shang Yan, my rope is so heavy, did you catch something? Shang Qingqiao didn't listen to the conversation of the three people at all, but stared at the water intently.
When he felt that the rope in his hand had obvious weight, Shang Qingqiao immediately grabbed the corner of Shang Yan's clothes and said anxiously.
"Huh? Did you catch it so quickly? Shang Yan hurriedly gave Shang Qingqiao his rope, and then helped her lift her rope.
Soon, a grass carp appeared in Shang Yan's sight, and the grass carp that had been pierced by the hook kept struggling in the water.
But in terms of strength, where can he beat Shang Yan, there is no room for struggle, and the grass carp was pulled out of the water in an instant.
Even after leaving the water, its body and tail were still fluttering vigorously, and a large number of water droplets were splashed everywhere.
Shang Yan warned Shang Qingqiao: "Remember, you can't eat raw things, even fish, you are not allowed to use your mouth on this fish, do you know?" ”
Shang Qingqiao nodded reluctantly: "Okay." ”