Grandpa and I didn't have any big surprises, everyone knew that, but how did he do this?

The old village chief turned a deaf ear to our words, and said to himself: "I saw that Kai was so ruthless that day, I was going to kneel at the door of Kai's house, so that Kai would regret it for the rest of my life, but I didn't expect that Yingzi would climb up from the water in the middle of the night. ”

I was surprised: "You didn't say that that day, didn't you catch it?"

Grandpa slapped me and signaled me not to speak, and the old village chief sighed: "I'm also forced to be helpless, I didn't believe that Yingzi was alive when she first appeared, but people just stood there alive, and I couldn't believe it, but who knew that she would change the next day."

During the day, she was fine, working and chatting or something, just wouldn't let me open the door, at first I thought she hadn't been that strong, embarrassed to see people, so she didn't take it seriously, but at night she began to become abnormal, crying and laughing, and said that I was not her father, locked in the house and sang a little song, I was worried that something would happen to her, so I hid out the window and looked, guess what I saw, big-headed ghost! ”

My grandfather and I glanced at each other, the big-headed ghost that the old village chief said must be a dead body drowned in the water, Yingzi is a human during the day and a demon at night, but how the old village chief became such a ghost still didn't say.

The old village chief swallowed his spit and continued: "At that time, I was frightened, and I was going to come to find help to see, but I don't know when there was an old woman in the yard, who arrested me and locked me in the house, and kept feeding me soup, the soup was fishy and smelly, I didn't want to at first, but after being poured once, I couldn't leave, I wanted to die without drinking a meal, my body and bones were all harmed by the soup!" ”

I looked at the appearance of the old village chief and got goosebumps all over my body, what was the soup he was drinking, and what was the use?

Grandpa squinted his eyes at this time and didn't know what he was thinking, and the old village chief suddenly widened his eyes and said, "By the way, I heard them say that the Yellow River is going to dry up, is it true?" ”

Grandpa said, "No, what's wrong?" ”

"The river can't be dry, they said that when the river dries up, the dead people in the river will come ashore, and when the time comes, Sanchawan will die, and the thing in Yingzi's stomach will be born!"

Grandpa's face became more and more ugly, and he looked at the old village chief and said, "How did you escape, aren't they at home?" ”

The old village chief said: "No, they seem to have been waiting for someone, that person has come back, they went out to look for it, I just sneaked out, white old ghost, I want to save Wanzi, let's ......"

Before the old village chief's words were finished, the grandfather patted his thigh and said that it was bad, and the second baby hurriedly went to the village to chase his father, and when he arrived at the entrance of the village, he would come back immediately!

I saw something bad on my grandfather's face, and hurriedly ran out of the door to the entrance of the village, but when I came to the entrance of the village, I didn't find my father's shadow.

At that time, my heart was half cold, and it could be seen from my grandfather's reaction that Yingzi and the ghost lady must have gone to find my father, but now that my father is gone, will something have happened.

I didn't dare to pause and immediately ran home again, but halfway through the run, I saw the door of the old village chief's house open from a distance, and a thin shadow dragged a black shadow into the door, the black shadow struggled desperately on the ground, listening to the voice turned out to be the old village chief, and the person dragging him was the ghost mother-in-law!

The ghost mother-in-law was still dressed that night, grabbing the old village chief, who was much older than her, and dragging her into the house like a chicken, and before closing the door, her head suddenly turned to me, and the wrinkles on her face were huddled together, showing a strange smile.

I looked at her with red eyes, and my heart was sure that my father had been blackened by her, and I gritted my teeth and was about to rush over, but at this time, I was pulled by a hand behind me, and I turned my head, it was my grandfather.

Grandpa didn't know what he had experienced, he didn't have to leave half a pillar of incense, his face was pale, he was panting heavily, the hand holding my neck was trembling slightly, and a little bit of bright red blood soaked through the cuffs and dripped down.

I hurriedly held my grandfather, and before I could speak, my grandfather said in a weak voice, "Go back quickly, my father is fine." ”

When I lifted my grandfather's sleeve and looked at the scratches on my arms like beasts, my heart sank, and I said, "Has the ghost woman been here?" ”

Grandpa didn't speak, but waited for me to finish bandaging his wound and said, "It's time to ask the Yellow River King what is going on." ”

I was shocked and said, "You're going to do it now?" ”

Grandpa nodded, "If it weren't for my father's fast running, it is estimated that the fate here would be the same as Lao Liutou, not for the blind date in the village, just for the incense of our Bai family, I also have to ask about it!" ”

I looked around the house and found that my father had not come back yet, so I wanted to ask my father what he was doing, but my grandfather stood up, looked out the door, and said slowly: "What is the problem, when I finish asking the king of the Yellow River, I will know everything." ”

Grandpa's ghost boat that once caught the corpse for the Qing government has been upside down in the yard for many years, grandpa cherishes it, every once in a while will give the boat some tung oil, and then pour river water on it, grandpa said, this boat is born for the Yellow River, can not let it forget its mission.

Under the care of grandpa, this ghost ship is still sturdy, tightly seamed, and strong like a piece of fir wood.

In my memory, the last time I went out on the boat with my grandfather was almost ten years ago, when there was still a big black dog at home, every time before going out of the boat, the big black dog would jump on the bow of the boat, and bark twice towards the Yellow River, and my grandfather stood tall on the boat, shouting the figure of the Yellow River, which is still fresh in my memory.

After a few decades, the grandfather crossed the river again, not for others, but for his own children and grandchildren.

My grandfather and I were pulled by the reins to the river, and the moment it splashed into the water, I saw a wave in my grandfather's eyes, a fluctuation full of countless complex emotions.

I remember that it was the sixteenth day of the lunar calendar, and the moon was big and round, hanging in the sky like a big silver plate, and the entire Yellow River was faintly white.

Grandpa stood at the bow of the boat and looked at me and said, "Are you ready?" ”

I nodded and couldn't speak, I didn't know whether I was nervous or excited, but I saw my grandfather shouting: "Go to the wind!" ”

The ghost boat slowly moved forward in the tumbling river, without mechanical power and sails, all relying on the grandfather alone to support the penny in the river, as time passed, the scenery on the shore became more and more blurred, grandpa stood alone in the bow of the boat, in the moonlight, looking at the eyes and heart surging a kind of inexplicable feelings, many years later, looking back, reluctant.

When the boat reached the center of the river, Grandpa stopped and stood there looking around.

The river basin in this area is very wide, and there is nothing to see around but the river, as if I am in the middle of a vast ocean, and I am a little curious about what my grandfather is looking at, but when my eyes meet his, my heart trembles.

Grandpa's eyes that had always been cloudy became unusually bright at this moment, like stars in the night sky, and his eyes were like baking, scanning the entire surface of the river.

I couldn't help but be shocked, could grandpa really see through the river and see what's at the bottom of the river?

Seeing that my grandfather was staring at the river intently, I didn't dare to take a breath for fear of disturbing him, and after a while, my grandfather nodded and said, "This is it." ”

I moved my mouth and didn't know what to say, grandpa took out a white candle from his arms, lit it and handed it to me, his expression was unprecedentedly serious, "Second baby, protect this fire for the master, the fire will not be extinguished, the master will not die." ”

After finishing speaking, he paused, "If the fire is extinguished, I will go back and beg the middle-aged man, begging him to save the life of his father, there is only so much that the master can do, and everything else will be left to life." ”

I took the candle in my hand, looked at my grandfather, my eyes moistened all of a sudden, and I choked up and said, "Grandpa......"

Grandpa touched my head with a doting face and said, "It's all the master who spoils me, and the man cries his nose at every turn, and he is not allowed to cry his nose again in the future." ”

I nodded, and my grandfather gave me a deep look and jumped into the Yellow River.

The river fell into calm after a splash, and in the middle of the vast Yellow River, I sat on the ghost boat, shielding the flame on the candle with my hand, watching the candle melt little by little, and there was still no movement on the river.

When the candle was halfway burned, I began to get nervous in my heart, why hasn't grandpa come out yet, it's been so long, no matter how good the water is, people have drowned, grandpa is so old, it is impossible to hold on for so long.

But after thinking about it, grandpa said that the fire will not be extinguished, he will not die, grandpa has supernatural powers, and he will definitely be fine.

At this moment, a faint singing voice suddenly rose on the surface of the river, the voice was ethereal, mournful and sad, like a folk tune from a very early period, which penetrated into the ears from all directions, and the mood was inexplicably lost.

Just as I was immersed in the singing, a heart-piercing pain on my ten fingers made me wake up immediately, open my eyes, the first thing that came into sight was the hand I had held tightly before, I don't know when it was released, the candle was unstable in the hand and fell to one side, at this time it had been out of the control of the palm and slipped in the air, the flame crossed the fingers, and it was about to fall to the ground in the blink of an eye.

I only felt that the hairs were about to explode, and my eyes instinctively grabbed it, and the candle was re-grasped in my hand at the moment it fell to the ground, but now it has been burned to the bottom, and I even hold the wax with fire in my hand, plus the strong wind is so close, the flame "swishs", and I can't see it.

My brain buzzed, and before all the reactions could be made, the flames that were close to transparency miraculously grew larger again, and my stimulated heart almost stopped beating, wiped the sweat from my head, and looked at the river again, but there was no movement except the river, and the song disappeared out of thin air.

"It must be Yingzi who is making trouble!"

I scolded secretly, but looking at the candle that was about to burn out, my heart was hung up again, my eyes fell on the place where my grandfather disappeared, and I desperately prayed in my heart that my grandfather would come up quickly, and it would be too late if he didn't appear again!

At this moment, a human head emerged from the water, and I was startled and took two steps back with the candle, but when I saw the face of the head, I didn't know whether I wanted to cry or laugh, and I was mixed with joy and sorrow, and my grandfather came out.

Grandpa floated on the water gasping for breath and watched me grin and blossom, but the smile didn't last a second before he suddenly froze.

At the same time, I heard a "whoosh" behind me, and the candle was blown out.