The red light revealed from the inside and outside of this fireball was like a silver crescent moon gushing out of wonderful brilliance. Sometimes it looks like it's smiling, sometimes it's like sobbing.

The closer the little girl got, the warmer her body felt.

At this time, the little girl was thinking: If you can have a bowl of hot soy milk to drink at such a warm time, how happy it is.

So, the little girl leaned forward to the watermelon. Clenched his fists with his hands and closed his eyes and begged, "Sister, I know you can hear me." But I still have one thing I want to get rid of you. I have a dry mouth and a very dry throat right now, can I give a bowl of soup or a cup of soy milk? ”

After the words fell, the golden fireball that radiated outwards was extinguished in a short moment. It's back to the way it was before, and the green, black graphics are emerging again.

The little girl reached out and touched the leather of the ball, and the ball said, "Little sister, you need to find a sharp knife and a water glass." I'll give you a cup of hot soy milk. ”

The little girl did not hesitate, stood up and ran to the shore to look for something. But on this empty wharf, except for the yellow sand, is the rock. Not to mention a knife, you can't find a nail that drills wood.

She walked over to a rock and found a clear glass bottle pressed underneath it. The glass bottle was the size of a thumb, but it felt black in the hand, heavier than a scale, heavier than steel.

It looked like a wishing bottle, and when I opened the cap, there was a small white note inside. The paper strips were rolled into a string, and three small aquatic plants were wrapped around it, and the paper felt slightly moist.

When I opened it again, there were three rows of blackened ink on the note, which read: "Heaven is panicking, there is a night crying man in my house." The passer-by gentleman read it again, and slept until dawn. ”

The little girl glared at it, and was so angry that she threw the note out decisively. But the strange thing is that this note is like a layer of glue on it, and she can't shake it off, so it clings tightly to her palm.

The little girl was furious and ripped off the piece of paper in her palm. Pulling hard, when I pulled it down, it was almost a piece of the belt meat, and the palms of my hands were full of blood, and the palms and backs of my palms were dyed red.

The little girl was in so much pain that she sat on the yellow sand with her buttocks, and her body collapsed halfway. But the glass bottle was still in her hand, not that she hadn't let go, but the bottle seemed to be stained with the disgusting glue like the note.

The yellow sand beneath him was soft and fine, as if there were no stone slabs buried underneath. When she fell, she dented her entire lower body.

The first thing I felt was that I had a lot of difficulty breathing, I felt a tightness in my chest, and I felt like something was stuck in my throat.

Although the little girl tried desperately to get up, she kept sinking, just like falling into a soft quagmire in a desert swamp.

At this time, it began to rain heavily again. Thunder buzzed. The rain drenched her hair completely. The surrounding yellow sand was soaked and began to harden slowly. The color also began to turn black, like a cement block.

At this moment, the little girl's body did not continue to sink down, but it could not go up, and it froze halfway down, and she could not move left and right.

When he looked at the sparrow-sized glass bottle in his hand again, the white note in the bottle began to solidify. A very hard white solid is formed, which is like a nail, strong and indestructible.

The girl was the only one who could move her hands, and almost all of them were covered by yellow sand from her chest downwards. In a hurry, she immediately took out the white note that was frozen by the air, and after taking it in her hand, a white light emitted from the note.

The little girl's eyes could not be opened at once, and her face was flushed red, as if swallowed by radiation.

Soon, she felt a huge force under her body pushing her body, as if she had become a god, and pushed it into the air. When the little girl opened her eyes down, she found that she was more than 3,000 feet away from the ground.

There was a glittering light above her head, shining on her brow. From the light, an old man in yellow with a cane suddenly walked out, wearing a robe and looking like an Arhat.

The old man walked through the air and moved towards her. He came up to him and smiled slightly.

The little girl looked at the unfamiliar face and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The old man in yellow smiled again and replied, "I can't hide it, in fact, I am an immortal, whether you believe it or not." This time I came down to earth to redeem you. ”

"Redeem me? What do you mean? ”

The old man in yellow smiled again and replied: "To tell you the truth, you are currently in a great calamity, if you spend it, you can enjoy glory and wealth for the rest of your life." But if you can't get by, you're going to die an ugly death. ”

"What calamity?" The girl asked curiously.

The old man in yellow took off his robe and put it on his shoulder. Pointing downward, he said, "Look, there is a giant bird's egg on the riverbank, and this egg contains a thousand-year-old female corpse, and once you release her, she will kill you." ”

"The old man went down to earth this time to remind you, so as not to be deceived."

"Words, the old man is finished, how to act, that's your business. Remember, you must not mess around. ”

After the old man in yellow finished speaking, he turned around and walked into the light. Soon, his entire body was gone.

At the same time, the little girl's entire body was slowly descending, all the way down to the yellow sand. The light in front of me began to turn white.

The line of sight turned dark, the jungle on the left and right became chaotic and dark, and the yellow sand beneath his feet became solid. Walking on it is like stepping on a cement slab, and the soles of your shoes bring a burst of soreness and desolation.

And the green ball from before was still sitting on the edge of the rock, not moving.

The little girl walked over step by step, looking at the shining ball not far away. There is a faint feeling of numbness and crispiness in my heart. One step ahead. The ball said, "Come on, sister, insert the white paper ball in your hand from my scalp and pierce this layer of skin, and a lot of soy milk will flow out of it." ”

The little girl was about to walk up, but she thought of what the old man in yellow had said to her before. I had to go halfway and stop again.

Nagua said: "Little sister, don't be afraid, if my sister really wants to harm you, why save you?" You've been drowning in the water for a long time. ”

Hearing the woman in Guali say this, the little girl slowly came back to her senses. Think: That's right, if you really want to harm yourself, there is no need to save yourself ashore, since you save it, it is equivalent to owing a life, no matter what, it is a matter of course.

Thinking of this, the little girl was convinced of the woman's words. walked directly to the green melon, picked it up, held it in his arms, and said, "I'm really sorry just now, I should believe you." ”

The woman was not talking. The little girl stabbed the hard white paper ball in her hand directly into the melon skin. Punched out a big hole. The cave soon overflowed with a few drops of white liquid, which smelled quite fragrant, probably soy milk.

The little girl clutched the note in her hand again and continued to poke it at the melon skin. Three or four bird-sized holes were poked out in a row. A lot of white soy milk quickly flowed out of the cave, and it was still hot to the touch.

But the little girl didn't have a cup to pick it up, so she had to fill it from the small glass bottle before. The bottle itself is not very large, and it can't fit a little bit. There was no way, so she had to put the whole green melon seed on her head and drink it with a clatter.

After drinking for a few minutes and filling my stomach, the soy milk is still flowing out of the melon, and I can't stop it.

"Okay, okay, that's enough, you don't need so much." The little girl's mouth was full of milk stains, wiped it, and said.

At this time, the soy milk seeping out of the watermelon stopped flowing, and the heat slowly dissipated from the top layer of the green melon.

The little girl held the green melon in her hand and looked at the few little Confuciuss that broke out of it. There were several more smells coming out of it, and this one was quite unpleasant, like the smell of onions.

It made her eyes feel a little hot, a feeling she had never encountered before.

At this moment, the green melon spoke: "Sister! Do you have any other wishes? You can say it, and I can help you realize any wish, as long as you can say it. ”

When the little girl heard this, she burst into tears and said urgently, "Really? Can you say yes to any request? I want to make my face look good, can you do it? ”

"Yes, yes, little sister, as long as you kneel down and beg me, I can promise you anything."

"Don't say it's a wish, it's two, three, four, I can fulfill your request for free, provided you kneel down and beg me."

The sound that came out of the green melon was almost every word very clear. Tell her clearly that she will be responsive.

The little girl was so moved by these three or two sentences for a while that she didn't know what to say, but nodded again and again, and put the green melon on the ground. Kneeling on his knees, knocking his head several times,

Beg: "Thank you, thank you!" Can you help me become more beautiful? ”

The green melon said, "Of course you can, how beautiful do you want to be?" 'Snow White? 'Or' the 'Beautiful Queen?' 'Say it all!' ”

"It's okay, it's okay, as long as it's beautiful!" The little girl kowtowed repeatedly, and the skin on her head and heart was worn by the sand.

"Okay, now you have the ball in your hand, and you keep thinking that you are the most beautiful. After rolling a few laps on your face, after three seconds you open your eyes, try it? ”

When the little girl heard this, she got up and took the green melon in front of her without thinking about it. Mosachi repeated the five words "I am the most beautiful", and after three seconds she opened her eyes.

I was surprised to find that the green melon skin in front of me looked like a mirror. I can take a picture of her whole face. And the appearance is still very clear.

The puffy blisters on the face before were gone, and they were white and tender from the door of the head to the bottom of the lips. High nose tip, pink lips. A round smiling face and bright eyes. Looks like a beautiful queen.

The little girl was immediately excited, she probably never thought that she would become so beautiful. Vanity, a powerful vanity that sustained her whole mind, seemed to become more and more lively.

The green melon said, "How is it?" Do you have any other wishes that need to be fulfilled? Tell your sister, and she can help you. ”

The little girl replied excitedly: "It's okay, I owe you a lot, is there anything you need my help with?" ”

"Hey!" The green melon sighed suddenly.

"What's wrong with you?"

"To tell you the truth, my sister does have a hard time. Need your help, it's just a small favor, would you like to help my sister? ”

The little girl nodded and said, "Yes, you can say whatever you want, even if I can't help, I will definitely do my best." ”

"Really?"

Then the sister said it bluntly. Again, you'll need to find a knife and cut the melon in half, so I can get out of it. In this, I feel so sleepy. ”

"Mmmm, you wait, I'll figure it out." The little girl immediately agreed, and climbed the steep hill from under the bridge to the bridge.

There are a few shops at the end of the bridge, which look like a hardware store. But the doors were not opened, only the street lamps on the bridge were shining. I can't see the intersection in the distance.

So the little girl went to the door of the shop, and there were flower pots on either side. She stretched out her hand and kept knocking on the iron door, asking, "Is there anyone?" Is anyone in there? ”

There was no answer from the shop, and the little girl lifted her head and looked up. Only to find out that it was a flower shop. It's like selling flowers inside. There happened to be a supermarket next to it, and the supermarket was also quiet.

The little girl's personality is rather rude, and she goes up and holds the door with one foot. The sound of her kicking the door could be heard all over the street, and the sound was like thunder. It felt like the house was about to be kicked down.

The door hasn't been kicked yet. The gray roll-iron door was suddenly pulled open by two hands inside. I saw two feet, wearing cloth shoes, and the skin was full of bones.

Until the iron door was completely opened, a thin old woman appeared under the door.

The first time the little girl saw her, she quickly recognized her and said, "Ah, old mother, it turned out to be you?" Are you selling flowers here? ”

The old woman covered her mouth with her hands and coughed twice, lowered her voice and said, "Yes, don't you remember?" I gave you that bowl of noodles. ”

The little girl said, "Remember, remember, the bowl of noodles you gave me saved my life, and I was about to starve to death." ”

"Little girl, is there anything wrong with you?" The old woman asked vaguely.

"I want a knife, any knife, do you have one?" The little girl replied.

"Knives? That's not a good thing, what are you doing here? The old woman turned her gaze to the girl's belly, and saw that she was holding it tightly in her hand. It was a green ball.

The little girl just handed the ball in her hand to her eyes and said, "This is this green melon, I will cut it." ”

When the old woman saw this scene, she was stupid. Immediately he went crazy and fetched a broom from somewhere in the corner. He went up and struck the green melon with a broom.

The little girl didn't react for a while, and her hand didn't hold it steady. Accidentally fell off the ground. The ball rolled round and fell to the ground.

The old woman dropped her racket on the ground and stomped on it again. Although it was not broken, only a few cracks were cracked. She took her broom and slammed it towards the top of the ball.

The nervous muttering in his mouth: "You mourning star, get out of this gate for me." ”

The little girl immediately covered her head and turned around, and when she went up, she tried to snatch the watermelon that had fallen to the ground, "No, old woman, this melon is mine!" ”

But the old woman didn't listen at all, and kicked the green melon twice and into the ditch.

The little girl jumped into the ditch and took the green melon back into her arms. The old woman was about to go up and step on it, but it was too late. I took the broom back, glared at the girl, turned and walked into the flower shop.

The little girl was already covered with dirty mud, and crawled out of the ditch with a green melon in her hand. Seeing that the old woman had already entered the flower shop and was about to pull down the iron door, she immediately rushed up.

"Wait a minute, old woman, I haven't gone in yet?"

The old woman was so angry that she turned around and smashed the broom on her head, pointed at her nose and scolded: "Don't come in with the mourning star, it will dirty my shop, and I still have to do business." ”

The little girl stepped forward, pointed to her green melon, shook it, and said, "Look, this green melon is not a mourning star, it can still speak!" ”

The old woman twitched her body, her eyes blinked, her hands covered her face, and she replied in disgust: "Ouch, take it away!" Take it, I don't want to see this thing. ”

The little girl patted the watermelon in her hand vigorously, shook it, and said, "Huh? What's the matter, this watermelon was still fine just now, why didn't you suddenly speak? ”

The old woman immediately ran into the flower shop, and ran out again in less than ten seconds. When he came out, he held a sharp fruit knife in his hand and threw it directly at the girl's feet.

"Grab a knife and leave with that thing, don't come back."

The little girl picked up the knife from the ground and thanked the old woman. He turned and ran towards the bridge in front of him. The old woman shook her head helplessly when she saw her leaving, and walked back to the store and closed the iron door.

The little girl quickly ran to the bridge, and there was a garden on the edge of the bridge, and in the garden there was a stone table. There were bits and pieces of junk food on the stone table, as well as some children's toys.

There must have been a few children playing here, but you couldn't see where they were.

The little girl came to the stone table and patted the dust on the stone bench. He sat down on the stone bench and put the green melon on the stone table. Staring at the melon, he said, "Sister, I'll let you out now, are you optimistic?" ”

But the green melon didn't say a word, and the more he looked upside down on the stone table, the more he looked like a human face.

The little girl immediately picked up the fruit knife in her hand, and the edge was upward, just as she was cutting down. The green melon made a sound, "Wait a minute! Sister, you can't cut it down directly, you have to find a piece of white paper to wrap it, and insert three sticks of incense on it. ”

"Why?" The little girl asked curiously.

"You just do what your sister says, there are only benefits and no harms."

"But where can I help you find white paper and incense? It's late at night, and a lot of shops aren't open. ”

"Hey, isn't that easy? There are so many white papers and incense in the cemetery, you can get them wherever you go. ”

"Huh? Graveyard? Where? ”

"You put the ball on the ground, and my sister will take you to find it! All right? ”

Hearing this, the little girl didn't think much about it. He just nodded his head slightly, stretched out his hands and put the watermelon on the ground, and put it steady. The ball rolled on its own, from the garden to the road, like a child kicking it.

The little girl followed all the way. The ball rolled to the top of the bridge and rolled all the way down the bridge to the end of the bridge. As she continued to roll forward, she reached the alley of the little girl's house before.

When the little girl was halfway there, she noticed that something was wrong, so she immediately greeted her and said, "Where is this going?" ”

The green melon did not speak, and continued to roll deeper into the alley until it rolled under the iron door of the house, and then stopped.

The little girl stood in front of the iron gate, and when she looked up, she saw that it was her own house. He looked down at the green melon and stopped talking.

Soon, the iron door suddenly opened on its own, and it didn't look like it was blown by the wind, let alone pulled by hand. When the iron door opened, a cold wind came to the face, and when it blew on the face, it was as if the skin had been pierced by tiny silver needles.

From the outside of the house, a few purple orchids can be seen blooming on the wall. It smells pungent.

The little girl looked back at the green melon under her feet and asked, "Isn't this my own home?" Where is the graveyard you are talking about? ”

"It's in the courtyard inside, sister, you go in, take a closer look, there are flowers, grasses and monuments everywhere around, and there are seven or eight graves in it."

The little girl didn't quite believe what the green melon said, so she went into the house to find out more. At this time, I was surprised to find that the gardens on both sides of the previous suddenly turned into stone monuments.

The grave was covered with clusters of blooming purple orchids. There are many fruit plates in front of the stele, and there is a lot of white paper underneath, which is the kind of wrapping shell burned for the dead. An earthen bowl was filled with three incense sticks, and it was still burning.

The little girl screamed, and the ball rolled in with her.

"What is this? Wasn't this a garden before? When did it become a cemetery? ”

"This is a cemetery, you've been living in a cemetery before, have you forgotten yourself?"

The little girl rubbed her eyes and continued to look at the tombstone. There was a black-and-white photograph on it, scratched, but it could be seen to be a woman, with hair, a nose, ears, and a wrinkled forehead that seemed to be smiling.

The green melon rolled all the way to the tombstone, overturning the plates of fruit. He said, "Sister, come on, put the three incense sticks on my 'head' and wrap them in paper." ”

"Nope! You lied to me, it turns out that you have been lying to me all along. The little girl immediately came to her senses, and tried to run out of the iron gate.

(To be continued)