Ding Jiazhu is embarrassed enough, but Ding Xiaocong is not much stronger at this time.

After hanging up the phone, Ding Xiaocong breathed a sigh of relief, felt that his eyes were a little sticky, and rubbed them, but he rubbed out a lump of eye, and then he remembered that he hadn't washed his face since he got up in the morning. Not only that, but last night because I was too tired, I fell asleep on the bed and didn't even take a shower.

You know, it's the height of summer, and when I sniff, I smell rancid.

Ding Xiaocong is not a child who loves cleanliness very much, but he has never been so sloppy, he immediately turned around, did not go to the village chief's house, but went straight to the pond in the east of the village, he wanted to take a bath.

After this morning's incident, no one could see by the pond, and the big guys didn't dare to approach easily, Ding Xiaocong was happy.

The pond is a living water, and the water is clear and shallow from a small dam that flows into the pond from the top of the mountain, and the water here is clear and shallow, making it ideal for bathing. Ding Xiaocong ran to the small dam, looked left and right to see that there was no one, and hurriedly stripped naked and jumped down.

Dog days, at noon, are so hot that people's bodies are oily, and it is too comfortable to soak in the spring water.

But now is not the time to enjoy, after all, he is a 15-year-old half-year-old, and he is a city kid, and he is not used to bathing in the wild.

Since he didn't bring a change of clothes, the first thing he did after entering the water, he quickly soaked his clothes in the water and rubbed them vigorously, ready to dry them on the spot. The dam is just a few stone piers, the top is very clean, it is hot by the sun, and the summer clothes are thin, and they will be steamed and dried after a while.

Ding Xiaocong didn't do much housework at home, his movements seemed very clumsy and hard, it didn't look like he was washing, but like a pull, pulling and pulling someone on the top of his head to speak, his voice was a little hoarse, "Do you want soap?" ”

Ding Xiaocong's courage is definitely big, but Leng Buding was still taken aback, and after looking up and seeing who was coming, he didn't say a word, and quickly squatted into the water.

It was no one else, it was Rue Xiang who had been "rectified" by herself!

Rue Xiang's face was red, and she didn't know if she was sunburned or shy, she turned her face to look at the black locust tree on the side, and handed over a piece of soap in her right hand.

Ding Xiaocong looked around weakly, calmed down a little, took the soap with a smile, and asked casually: "You have had an accident here, aren't you afraid?" ”

"I'm not afraid during the day, and besides, I can't go down to the pond, so I have to go upstream to wash my clothes, and only this road can be crossed." Rue Xiang was obviously more nervous than Ding Xiaocong, her voice was a little stumped, her eyes kept staring at the bag that Ding Xiaocong was hanging on the branch, Xiaolan was poking her head out of the bag, looking at her curiously.

Ding Xiaocong noticed that Rue Xiang was holding a wooden basin in her left hand, leaning on her waist, and the basin was full of washed and wrung out clothes, it turned out that she went upstream to wash clothes.

Hearing that this is the only way to go upstream, Ding Xiaocong secretly complained, thinking that he had chosen a good place to be secluded, but he didn't expect it to be a "thoroughfare". At that moment, he didn't dare to delay, so he rubbed every piece of clothing with soap, hurriedly handed it back to others, and said with a smile: "I...... Washed up. ”

Rue Xiang took the soap and didn't say anything, turned around and walked away with the wooden basin.

Afraid of being seen again, Ding Xiaocong didn't dare to delay, and immediately groped to put on his wet clothes, climbed up the stone pier with a body of water, and prepared to go to Village Chief Guo's house for lunch. Anyway, people are also hot, and when you wear it and walk back, it is estimated that it can almost be steamed dry......

As soon as he climbed the stone pier, Ding Xiaocong thought of something and was stunned.

He stood on the stone pier, looked at the pond in front of him, looked down at the lower and lower outlets, and then looked back at the upstream waterway, lost in thought.

After a while, a woman carrying a rice basket came over, saw him standing on the stone pier in a daze, and said with a smile: "Master shallot, what are you looking at here?" ”

Ding Xiaocong was shocked to realize that he was in the way of others, so he hurriedly jumped to the side, tied the cloth bag to his body, and said "sorry" repeatedly.

"Auntie, have you ever had a water ghost here before?" When passing by, Ding Xiaocong asked.

The woman shook her head, "Our village has good mountains and water, good people, and there has never been anything evil before. ”

"Oh." Ding Xiaocong nodded and began to think again.

Suddenly, his gaze fell on the rice basket carried by the woman, which was half a basket of washed rice, plump, snow-white, and dripping with water.

"There it is!" Ding Xiaocong was inspired, suddenly opened his mind, and shouted out in a lost voice.

If there is really a water ghost, then this thing belongs to the real evil, with Ding Xiaocong's mana to deal with it, it is far from enough, he was ignorant before, and there was no plan formed in his mind, and now he finally has a feasible plan.

But before that, he needed to check on another thing.

Ding Xiaocong, who finally had a score in his heart, did not immediately return to the village chief's house, but crossed the dam and began to flow up the stream towards the mountain.

The pond outside the village is not large, and if nothing had happened before, the contents of the water must have recently migrated along the waterway from elsewhere.

He had taken a closer look just now, and it was not far downstream that it flowed into the Tsing Yi River, and it could not have come from there. The river has not dried up for thousands of years, and there are many big fish and water beasts with spirituality in it, and this thing can still splash in the pond, and it is an appetizer in the river, and there is no living space at all.

Since it can't be downstream, it must come from upstream, Ding Xiaocong is going to see what the reason is that this "water monster" gave up its habitat and came to the edge of the village inhabited by humans.

The stream is not large, only a few steps wide, and it is easy to jump over it by stepping on the stones in the water, but it is not difficult to walk.

After walking for a while, there was a bend in front of them, and several village women were washing clothes and rice by the water, pulling each other to do their homework, and after seeing Ding Xiaocong, they all greeted him.

Ding Xiaocong didn't know any of them, and after playing a few haha, he bypassed the Gulf Stream and entered the mountains in front.

Walking all the way up the stream, the cool air hit the face, and I couldn't feel the summer heat at all, Ding Xiaocong walked quite comfortably. He grew up in the city, never came to the countryside, let alone such a mountain village, and after feeling the warmth and simplicity here, he still liked it.

The scenery along the way was excellent, the air was fresh and pleasant, he forgot to be hungry, and walked for more than two hours before he knew it.

After walking through three mountains, the stream broke, and in front of it was a dripping waterfall, and when I looked up, the source of the water was in a cave.

Ding Xiaocong tightened his clothes, tied the bag carefully, and began to climb in the direction of the cave from the side. In addition to the sound of water, there was also the sound of birds and cicadas, accompanied by the sound of his own heavy breathing.

The rock wall here is not steep, and the waterfall is not high, only a dozen meters, but the rock is very cold, cold, and covered with slippery moss, so you need to be extra careful. Ding Xiaocong slipped several times, and broke out in a cold sweat down his spine, but fortunately, there was no danger along the way, and he was about to arrive.

Finally finished climbing the last section, Ding Xiaocong hurriedly reached out and grabbed the hole with his hand, and with a force upward, his head poked up.

As soon as his gaze opened, he saw a triangular head appear in front of him, staring at him coldly, and the black letter in his mouth was endless, and it was actually a snake!