Chapter 5 Handprints

When I got the book, I was full of expectations for it through my grandfather's story, but when I opened it, I was disappointed. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info not only the whole book is broken, but most of the text on it I can't understand, and the most important thing is that there are no pictures, even if I still read my comic book is more interesting.

Don't look at me as a rural person, my family's discipline of me is a set, what kind of child is making trouble outside all day, they don't let me play with him, whose child is stupid in school, and doesn't let me play with this. I always say yes on the surface, but in private, the relationship between the friends of the whole village is very good. Since I am a little older than my peers in the village and have a lot of ideas, I am also the child king of our village. I usually discuss where to go and what to do.

To the east of our village there was a remote place called the riverside, where there were no houses, and most of them were reeds, cotton, and so on, and there were a few puddles in them, and the adults always didn't tell us to go to play there, but it was an important den.

There are a few people in the village who have a relationship with me called Zhang Yixuan, nicknamed "Big Head" (in fact, the head is not big), a naughty one is called Li Minghai, we call him Dahai, and a slightly younger but more playful one is called Wang Kang, who is a little short, we all call him "Milk Kang", usually if there is any movement in the village, it is probably our fault.

One Friday afternoon, it was hot, and we didn't go home immediately after school to take a bath along the river. The pond along the river is so deep that ordinary people really don't dare to swim in it. Milk Kang was one year younger than us and the three of us went over first.

"Let's go, what time does Milk Kang get out of school?"

"It's about an hour or so, and I told him to come to us after school."

"Hey, big head, will your mother talk about you when you go back late?"

"It's okay, just say do your homework at school."

Before we knew it, we had reached our destination. Everyone skillfully took off their clothes, and the three of us threw them together. The three of us were slippery, and there was usually no one here at this time, so we didn't feel ashamed at all, and plopped and jumped into the water. We all swim, the water is so cool, and the fatigue of the day is gone. Come on, let's compete to see who can swim to the willow leaf in front of us first. The sea drew attention. OK, I'm not going to lose to you, I was instantly interested. Big head, you come to be the referee, the big head swam forward first, and when he made a starting gesture, the sea and I immediately took a deep breath and stabbed a fierce son. When the sea sticks its head out, it is already two meters ahead of me, and it is worthy of the sea, which is born in the water, and I am chasing after him.

This kid in the sea really has two hits, and he usually can't see it when he plays in the water, but he's very fast, it seems that I just said something ahead. Seeing that I was about to reach the big head, the sea somehow pierced into it again, I was afraid that I was going to lose, so I didn't dare to slack off, and insisted on swimming to the end of the road, only to hear the big head say that the journey won. Hey, didn't the sea always swim in front of me, why did I win, could it be that he pierced too deep into his head, but I didn't see where he came out. Holy, the sea? The sea is coming out and the game is over. I yelled loudly for fear that he would suffocate in the water.

"I'm here"

The two of us looked at the voice, and saw the sea on the shore holding a few willow branches with both hands, "Yes, you are quite far away this time, admire, count you as a winner." ”

"Let's go...... Just now, I didn't go down to it" It can be seen that the sea has been physically exhausted, and it is not at all like his usual style.

"It wasn't you who pierced it, who else could it be, big head, you say."

"Yes, I can see it clearly, it's you, it's not a shame to set off, you win, what are you doing holding the roots, how to drip, afraid of drowning?" The big head scoffed.

The sea is much better now, it's back in the water, no, I mean I just got into it, but it wasn't me who I was going to get into, I looked like I was being dragged down by something. Fart, we don't know about this puddle, it's very clean down there, and there are no branches and weeds under the water. I get a headache when I listen to the braggadocio of the sea. If you don't believe it, my leg still hurts, so I'll go ashore first. When the sea saw that I didn't believe it, I went ashore first. Then let's all go, I gestured to the big head and went ashore together.

After going ashore, I didn't rush back to get dressed. The sea sat down and began to examine his legs, "Damn, you guys come and see." "Big Head and I immediately looked over, and saw that there was a purple bruise on the left calf of the sea, which was obviously like a child's hand, although it was not very clear, but it did look like a handprint. Do you believe it, I said that something was dragging me, but you still don't believe it. Believe it, but the sea, you shouldn't be dragged by the water monkeys. Don't scare me, if I could still run up to the water monkey, I shouldn't be so unlucky, when I'm underwater, it's a bit like a hand, but when I struggle, he let go, it shouldn't be. Again, we were confused for a while, but what is certain is that the sea has indeed been caught by something unclean.

Speaking of water monkeys, it is not a kind of monkey, in our water monkey represents the water ghost, listening to the adults, some people die in the water, the water presses its spirit and they can't be reincarnated, there is only one way, that is, to find a replacement for the dead ghost. Water ghosts are good at change, always make some tempting things to confuse people's eyes, when people are close to the water, they will drag them into the water, and after drowning people, they can be reincarnated, and the drowning person will become water ghosts and then look for the next target to help them reincarnate. Everyone sees a different scene, some old men pass by and see a very beautiful woman in the water waving to themselves, maybe children passing by will see a toy such as a balloon in the water. These are all traps set by water ghosts to lure people, and if you encounter them, don't go ahead. I remember once my aunt had just come back from farm work in the field, washing the hammer in a river, and when she turned around to take something, she suddenly saw the hammer floating in the water, the important thing is that the hammer was iron and did not sink, but floated on the surface of the water and gradually drifted to the middle of the water. Because the adults often tell us about the water monkeys, we haven't really encountered them, and we all think that the adults are making it up in order to prevent children from going to the river, but I know it in my heart, after all, there is a record in the Qingwu order, but for the sake of secrecy, I didn't mention it to anyone.

"Does the sea hurt?" The big head asked more concernedly. "Fortunately, it doesn't hurt much, but I didn't have the strength at the beginning, but fortunately, I'm stronger, no matter what kind of water monkey he sees an old man beat one." The sea is more reckless. When he really met the water ghost, he must have run away early, and we all know him.

"Let's go, get dressed, go home." I picked up the sea and prepared to get dressed and go back, but why hasn't Nankang come back yet, the big head asked me curiously. Hey, yes, it's been more than two hours since school ended, and this grandson won't be punished by the teacher. I said it casually, because usually the results of milk health are really not good, and the teacher often troubles him. But no, today is Friday, and the teachers in our school will not return late on Friday, and it is past seven o'clock. "Oh, don't worry about him, it's okay if he was slaughtered by the teacher, if he would have gone back to the village to see if I didn't clean him up when I went back." After I finished speaking, the sea and the big head didn't think much about it.

Just as everyone walked to the shore where we went into the water, they were not only surprised, but where did our clothes go?