Chapter 19: The Disappearing Fish
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On the way back, I instructed the two of them to bring emergency medical supplies, water and dry food tomorrow.
Because tomorrow we are going to spend a day in the mountains. Just in case, I told them to tell their families that we were going out tomorrow and wouldn't be home for the night if it was too late. Actually, I was worried that I would be scolded by my mother if I went back too late, so I came up with such a trick.
At this time, we were sitting in Feibao's car.
"Fat Bao, do you have more than that SOS saber?" I asked.
"It's called the SOG320 Fighting Sabre!" Fat Bao said and took out the saber from his waist, "I only bought two!" ā
At this point, I was sitting in the passenger seat. I took the fighting saber and looked at it closely. The saber is thirty or forty centimeters long and dark green in color. The blade looks thin, but it is heavy to pick up, and it seems that it is made of special materials, so it should be a good knife.
"Not enough!" I said, "There are three of us!" Hurry up and get some more! ā
"Do you think you can buy it if you want to? This is a military knife, and it is American, and it is not sold in the market. The underground black market is also rarely available. At that time, I happened to pass by and saw it before I bought it. This is very expensive, two handfuls cost more than 5,000 dollars. ā
"What!" I hit the body with the blade of the knife, "This thing costs more than 10,000 yuan a piece?" It's better to grab it! ā
"Wrong! It's better than grabbing! Fei Bao said.
"Those profiteers like to cheat you rich people!"
"You get what you pay for, and you don't get a penny. It's really good stuff. ā
"It doesn't matter if it's a good thing, it doesn't need my money anyway!"
"Cut!" Fat Bao gave me a disgruntled look.
"What do you want a knife for?" Hotaru in the back row said, "Let's just go to the Longgu Temple to have a look." ā
"Ke Shao, do you really believe the one-eyed old man's words, do you think that there will really be mountain ghosts in Longtou Mountain?" Fei Bao said.
"The image and walking style of the mountain ghost depicted by the old man are very similar to the humanoid monster you depicted capturing Amin, I don't know if it's the same thing! But it's worth investigating! I said, "I'm also very concerned that someone started tracking down the 'Nine Palace Prisoner Cow' seventeen years ago. They are under the banner of the national archaeological team, which should be organized by the state! ā
"Brother Jinke, do you think it will have anything to do with the people in the Research Bureau?" Hotaru asked.
"It has something to do with the Research Bureau, but it has little to do with the people we've been in contact with in the Research Bureau." I said, "Because we saw a man and a woman who were about the same age as me, and they were in kindergarten 17 years ago." ā
"The old man said that there were forty or fifty people in the team, and none of them could make it out! Brother Jinke, what do you think? ā
"That's what worries me the most!" I said, "Ruled out the possibility that they were burned to death by the wildfires." But even if they encounter a mudslide and thousands of police officers and people spend more than a month searching, it is impossible not to find a single clue. This is also too mysterious. That's why I think it's important to have a weapon for self-defense. ā
"But even if I am given a knife, I will not use it!" Hotaru smiled and said, "I'll follow you, you can protect me!" ā
"Keep a hand in everything, this is my consistent style of doing things!" I said, "I'm just in case." ā
"Brother Jinke is so thoughtful!" Hotaru said.
I just wanted to be proud, but Fei Bao said first, "Don't be fluttering, it's almost time to Xiaoying's house, what else to prepare." ā
"There's nothing else. But be sure to bring your own portion of food, water, and medical supplies. You can't think that if someone else brings it, you don't have to bring it yourself! I looked at Fat Bao closely.
"Are you talking about me?"
"It's obvious!" I said, "It's also to survive on our own in case everyone gets separated." Food and water could be brought a little more. But in moderation, because we have to climb the mountain, we can't carry too much weight. ā
"How can there be so much to prevent!" Fei Bao said dissatisfied.
I stared blankly ahead, sighed, and said, "I just don't want anything to happen anymore!" ā
For a moment, it was quiet in the car. Everyone remembered Armin again.
Breaking the silence was Hotaru-chan's tender and cute voice, who smiled and said, "We'll be fine!" We will definitely find the murderer of my brother! We must do our best! ā
Hotaru's tolerance and encouragement have always been the driving force behind me and Fat Treasure in our trackdown.
Then we went home.
The next morning, Fei Bao came to pick me up early in the morning. He brought both combat sabers with him and handed me one of them. There is a strap on the scabbard for easy fastening around the waist.
Then we went to pick up Hotaru. To make it easier to climb the mountain, we each carried a backpack on our backs.
We soon came to the foot of Longtou Mountain, this time we did not go to Longtou Mountain Forest Park, but went directly to the one-eyed old man yesterday. The car could not drive into the village. We parked our car on the side of the road and walked along the path.
It wasn't seven o'clock yet, but it was summer, so it was already dawn. Actually, there are no paths here, but the grass is relatively low. It is estimated that the one-eyed old man rarely goes out. Beyond the grass was a field with all kinds of crops, presumably planted by the one-eyed old man. We shuttled through the fields and soon came to the house of the one-eyed old man.
I saw that the door of the house was wide open, but there was no one inside. So we searched the neighborhood and finally found him by one of the fish ponds. He was cutting grass next to the fish pond to feed the fish.
We said hello to him, and he motioned for us to wait here, and he went back to pack up and set off with us.
Soon, the one-eyed old man came over with a jug of water and a woodcutter.
"Let's go!" The one-eyed old man said.
"Old man, what are you doing with a knife?" "Didn't you just say to send us to a nearby mountain?" ā
"It's been a long time since there. Although there are not as many trees as there used to be, and the road is made of concrete, there should be some vines and weeds, and I took a knife to open the way. ā
"Then let's go!" I say.
The one-eyed old man led us to Wollong Slope, the same road we came from yesterday. The road is about a kilometer away, and it is not easy to walk, so you have to keep removing the weeds on both sides when walking. We walked all the way to the slope of Wolong and found that all the fish there were gone. We stopped.
"Where's yesterday's fish?" Fei Bao asked.
"It should have been eaten by a mountain ghost."
"What? Don't scare me, old man. ā
We all looked at the one-eyed old man in amazement.
"I remember this is the place where I found the fish yesterday!" I say.
The one-eyed old man laughed and said, "Scare you! Yesterday after you left, I put the fish in Wolong Lake. Ha! Ha! ā
"Your boss's!" Fat Bao said dissatisfiedly, "Don't you see a little sister here?" You're scaring her! ā
"I'm not afraid!" Hotaru said, "I saw that the old uncle said that sentence very calmly just now, so I know he is joking with us!" ā
"Look at you! A little sister is smarter than you! Ha! Ha! Ha! "The one-eyed old man is laughing at me and Fat Treasure again.
I was looking for yesterday's fish, and I didn't look at the one-eyed old man's expression. Otherwise I wouldn't have been scared. The one-eyed old man is really cheap, he was still murderous when I saw him yesterday, and now he likes to scare us with jokes when he gets acquainted. It seems that this old man has not communicated with outsiders for too long, and he is too lonely.
"I'm scared of such a little thing, how can I save your victimized friends!" The one-eyed old man said.
At this time, I remembered that yesterday, in order to deceive the one-eyed old man's information, I lied to him that the 'Nine Palace Prisoner Cow' was about Ah Ming's life and death. Fat Bao and I both felt that it would not have any bad effect if we deceived the one-eyed old man, but Hotaru kept saying that we should not deceive the old man. Now Hotaru is looking at me and Fat Bao dissatisfied.
Pretending to be crazy and stupid Fat Bao is the best, Fat Bao pretended not to see Xiao Hotaru, he kept urging the one-eyed old man and said, "Let's go!" It's not early, and if you can't come back before the night, it's miserable to meet a mountain ghost! ā
"Have you learned to be scared now?" The one-eyed old man said.
"That's right! That's right! I'm so scared, can I go no! Fat Bao's expression was fake, and his purpose was just that he didn't want to see the dissatisfied Hotaru again.
The one-eyed old man continued on his way. Although Wolong Slope is not big, the grass grows to be about the height of a person, so we move slowly.
We finally got out of Wolong Slope and walked to the front square, and then we walked through the square and walked on the road on the right side of Wolong Lake. I saw a ripple in the lake from time to time, and it was probably the carp that the one-eyed old man had put down was swimming.
"I'm really curious, do those so-called mountain ghosts really come out to eat fish?" Fei Bao said.
"Of course!" The one-eyed old man said, "I put the fish in Wolong Lake every month, and by the next month all the fish here are gone." ā
"Will it be eaten by wild beasts?" I say.
"What beast can catch fish in the lake?" The one-eyed old man asked rhetorically.
"Bear! I've seen baby bears in Animal World follow their mothers out to catch fish! Hotaru said. Her answer made us laugh and cry, bears were originally very scary animals in the forest, but when Hotaru said it, I thought it was cute! I'm almost speechless.
"There are no little bears and big bears in Longtou Mountain!" The old man said.
"Isn't that going to be fished out?" I say.
"There are fat fish here every month, and I know that I will catch them!" Fei Bao said.
"No one usually comes here!" The one-eyed old man said.
"Old man, are you old and confused! Come and steal your fish and tell you when to come? Fei Bao said.
"The stinky little ghost really doesn't know how thick the sky is!"
"Although I don't believe much in mountain ghosts!" Hotaru said, "But I believe the old man is not lying, maybe there are really some wild beasts moving on the mountain." ā
"Little sister, since you think there is something dangerous on the mountain, why do you want to go!"
"For my brother!"
"Can you tell me what's going on?"
"It's better that you don't know about this!" I say.
The one-eyed old man suddenly stopped. By this time we had already walked halfway along Wolong Lake, and we stopped next to the abandoned house we saw yesterday. At this time, I saw that the one-eyed old man's face changed, and he became very flustered.
"Grandpa, what's wrong?" Hotaru stepped forward and asked.
"Last night...... The mountain ghost really came last night! The one-eyed old man looked at the abandoned houses on his right in a panic.
"Old man, do you want to use the same trick a second time?" Fat Bao said, "You're really a fool for us!" ā
I stared at the one-eyed old man tightly, his panicked expression was not like pretending, if he could really pretend to be this kind of expression, he would be the next Oscar winner.