After that, the little pond was finally calm and no longer stirred.

Due to the fact that the stone pillar was nailed into the bottom of the water in its entirety, and because of its age, people here gradually forgot the specific location of the champion pool. There are fewer and fewer people who know this legend.

I was shocked. Goster had imprisoned the water zombies here, and he knew the legend for sure. Goster imprisons the water zombie on three stone pillars, and matches them with three chains of "heaven, earth and man", perhaps borrowing some mysterious power from the stone pillars. And the fact that water zombies can survive underwater for so long should also be related to the mysterious power of the stone pillars.

This mysterious underwater power reminds me of another story I once heard my grandfather tell me. That's what Grandpa himself experienced when he was a child.

Grandpa's biological mother died very early, and the grandma I met after I was born was actually my grandfather's stepmother, and she was my father's successor. (Grandma means grandmother in the north, and in us it is called great-grandmother and maternal great-grandmother.) ）

When grandpa was young, grandma was not very good to grandpa. Grandma likes to eat fish and shrimp, and often asks grandpa to go to the old river to catch fish and shrimp for her to eat. But when she ate fish and shrimp, she didn't give it to her grandfather. These are the things my mother told me about the past. Grandpa may have told Mom, but never said it to me.

Once my grandfather went out to fish and shrimp in the old river again, and it happened to be the high water period at that time. The old river was blocked by a dam, very deep on one side and knee-shallow on the other. Grandpa has fished many times on this side of the shallow water, and the fish and shrimp have basically been fished out. Therefore, my grandfather fished in shallow water for an afternoon, and the fish and shrimp he picked up were not enough to fill a rice bowl.

Grandpa was worried that he would be scolded by his grandmother for having too few fish and shrimp, so he decided to go to the deep water area to try and try to catch a full bowl of fish and shrimp before dusk.

The water on the deeper side was already flush with the dam, as if one more person could make the water overflow the dam.

Grandpa first stood on the dam to catch fish. Fishing tools are made of fishing nets and bamboo poles. The nets are only half the size of a dining table and are secured with bamboo slices on all sides. A bamboo pole is tied to a piece of bamboo and is shaped like a rake's head. Grandpa held the bamboo pole in his hand, stretched the net as far as possible, and then quickly retracted it. The shallow water has very little space for fish to move, so this method of fishing is very effective. This is not the case in deep waters, where they have too much space to move around and can easily avoid being caught by fishing nets.

Grandpa tried several times, but only caught a few fingernail-sized fish.

Just as he was worried, a palm-sized red carp swam to his feet. Although this carp is not big, if it can be caught, at least it will not be scolded when it returns. Grandpa was overjoyed. He knew that he would not be able to catch this fish with the old-fashioned fishing method, so he hurriedly took off the bamboo pole from the fishing net, and threw himself directly at the fish with the fishing net, intending to directly cover the red carp.

At this time, he didn't care if his body would get wet, whether he would choke on water if he threw himself like this, and whether it would be dangerous.

After entering the water with a pop, Grandpa's eyes did not close. He was afraid that he would still not be able to catch the carp this time, so he opened his eyes and adjusted the direction of the pursuit with the fishing net at any time.

The carp was very clever and saw someone pounce on it, and hurriedly struggled to sink it.

Grandpa chased after it and sank to the bottom.

When the carp was already at the bottom of the water, Grandpa followed him to the bottom. He told his mother that he didn't think about how deep the water was, how long he could hold his breath, and that he just wanted to catch the carp.

As a result, he ran into a "water zombie".

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