The matter of the ghost has passed for the time being. I also went home because there were still classes to be held at school. Although I am in class, my heart has always run to the clouds, and I always look forward to catching ghosts with my grandfather again. What I didn't expect was that my wish came true soon, and I didn't have time to go to my grandfather's house, but my grandfather came to our house in person. Don't mention my excitement. It turned out that someone was looking for my grandfather to hunt ghosts, and that person was from our village, so my grandfather came to live in our house for a period of time for convenience.

The person who came to my grandfather was my "dad of the same year" mountain daddy. He is called "Dad of the same year" because his son was born on the same day, the same month, the same year, and I do, and it is rare for such a coincidence to happen in such a palm-sized place in Changshan Village, so the two families feel more intimate than others. This is also the custom of the people in our area here, and it is beyond reproach. Although I didn't want to, I had to obey and call him "Daddy of the same year".

Why did the mountain daddy look for grandpa? It all started last year - the mountain daddy's son hadn't been dragged away by the water ghost at that time.

It was last year's summer vacation, and Shan Dad's son Bingbing was swimming in the lotus pond with a few playmates from the same village. Along with these children were the old buffalo that the mountain father had raised for five years. Father Shan has long wanted to change to a young and strong buffalo, after all, the family's few acres of land cannot be wasted. No one wanted the old cow, so the mountain father wanted to kill the old buffalo and sell meat to make some money for a small buffalo, but the mountain father had not tied the old buffalo with a plastic rope, and the old buffalo's eyes were full of tears, and the big ones fell down, and it knew in advance that the person who had been its master for five years was going to kill it. When the mountain father saw the tears of his old partner who was plowing the field, he couldn't bear to kill it. Daddy's woman persuaded him several times, and Daddy said: "Use it for a few more years, although the cultivation is a little slower, but after so many years, I have feelings." ”

The old buffalo is spiritual, and when the son of the mountain father wants to go into the water, the old buffalo refuses to go down to the pond with a strong nose. If it were in normal times, the old buffalo would definitely run in front of the soldiers and go into the water, soak their dark mouths in the water and "tear and tear" to drink enough. The soldier called his companion to pull the old buffalo together, and the reins pulled the old buffalo's nose out of the blood, but the old buffalo was still disobedient, and the ox's hooves hit the ground hard, knocking off a large piece of mud on the lotus pond embankment.

"If you don't drink, you won't drink!" The soldier angrily threw off the reins, threw the cow on the shore, and jumped into the water with a group of playful friends in various flying poses.

Yanyan is a girl, not swimming in the pond in the village like a wild boy, muttering and scaring them: "I heard the fourth grandmother say that the eyes of the cow can see the ghost, you should be careful to drag the water ghost away as a stand-in." ”

The soldier said mischievously: "If you want to drag it, you will drag you, you are good-looking, drag it down to be the daughter-in-law of the water ghost, haha!" Several other partners heard Yanyan mention the water ghost, and they were too timid to go into the water, and when they heard what the soldiers said, they laughed and jumped into the water with confidence.

The boys all jumped into the lotus pond, and the cheerful laughter and fighting suddenly cooled the hot summer.

While the boys were having fun, Yanyan, who was watching from the shore, suddenly pointed to the other side of the lotus pond and shouted: "There is something moving in the lotus over there!" ”

On the south side of the lotus pond is the cement steps for laundry, rippling blue waves, but on the north side is a dense lotus leaf pavilion. The north and south banks are separated by no more than 50 meters. The boys all looked towards the north of the lotus pond in the direction pointed by Yanyan, and the lotus leaves and lotus flowers with long poles shook violently, as if a big fish was shuttling rapidly underwater, and in a hurry hit the lotus leaf rod immersed in the water, causing the sound of "braking".

Several timid children immediately climbed ashore and screamed in fright. The soldier and a few other slightly older children stood in the water, staring straight at the lotus leaf.

The water on the lotus leaf side was stirred by something, and it was quiet for a while. Everyone stared at the place where the water rippled, and they didn't dare to breathe loudly. After waiting for a while, seeing that there was no movement, the soldiers laughed: "What are you afraid of?" It's a big fish. ”

In order to show that they were not afraid in front of their partners, the other older children also laughed and chimed in, "Yes, it's a big fish." Let's go catch the big fish! This proposal was echoed by a few people, and the rest of the children still did not dare to enter the water again.

Yan Yan said timidly: "I think you should come up, I see long black hair, I'm afraid it's not a fish." ”

The soldiers ridiculed Yan Yan for being timid: "Do you still see long black hair?" There is no such thing with long hair in the water! I was stunned and dazzled. As he spoke, he paddled with his hands spread out and swam towards the middle of the pond. Three or two older children swam along.

Yanyan said: "I'm afraid it's a water ghost." I've heard adults say that water ghosts have long hair. The water ghost has no strength on the shore, and its strength in the water is greater than that of an ox, and three or four adults are not its opponents! ”

Yan Yan's words were not finished, and sure enough, the sound of "whooshing" water sounded on the lotus leaf side again. A black thing swam out of the cover of lotus leaves, towards the soldiers and their side, what shape under the water is not clear, the surface of the water floats long black hair like algae, as if a woman is diving!