Chapter 44: The River Styx

I gently closed the door and snuck out of the house with the stones. We were very playful at that age, and we didn't know what was right and what was wrong, and we just knew how to do what we wanted. The stone told me that there was a river not far from the village, and there was a stagnant pool by the river, and there were many fish in the pool, and he passed by there today after school and saw a lot of fish coming out of the water to breathe, and the waterhole was not big, so it should be easy to catch.

I know it's the River Styx, but I don't know where it got its name! I only know that few people usually approach the river, the river is dark all year round, and if it rains, you can even smell the fishy smell coming from the river. That night I sneaked to the Styx with the stone on my back, it was the first time I approached the Styx at night, there was no moon that night, the sky was gray, and we grew in the mountain village all year round, our eyesight was very good, even without moonlight, we could still see some things clearly.

When I got to the Styx, I said to the stone, "Stone, you boy is so bold that you should call me to such a place." If my parents knew, it would be worth it! ”

Shi smiled and said to me: "Don't worry, if you don't say it, I won't say it, who will know!" I promise I won't let you come in vain, just wait and watch the show, and I'll catch a big fish for you later! ”

I smiled wryly and said nothing, and followed the stone in the direction of the waterhole he said. Along the way, I turned my head from time to time to look at the River Styx, the river slowly flowed from east to west, in the night, the River Styx was like a giant python lurking in the mountains, and after watching it for a long time, people had a sense of fear from the heart! We hadn't been walking for a long time, only to hear the stone exclaim: "Ah! Here it is, look, there it is! ”

Startled by the sudden cry of the stone, I hurried back to reality from my thoughts, and by this time the stone had already run away. As if he had discovered a new world, he ran to the edge of the backwater, crouched down and sent the broken net tied with a bamboo pole into it. The stone was stirred hard in it for a long time, and finally the net was scooped up, but nothing was caught! He said to me a little discouraged, "It doesn't make sense! When I got out of school today, I saw a lot of fish, but I couldn't catch any of them! ”

I crouched down and saw that the water in the pool was also pitch black, just like the water in the River Styx. I thought for a while and said to the stone: "I think this pool must be very deep, it is useless for you to salvage like this, otherwise, let's go back first, tomorrow is Friday, and I will come with you again if there is no class the day after tomorrow, it will be easy to salvage during the day."

After hearing this, the stone felt that it made sense, so he reluctantly said to me: "Okay, what a strange thing, do you say that these fish also sleep at night?"

I shook my head and said to him, "You have to sleep at night, and of course the fish have to sleep too!"

The stone was visibly upset, and he kicked it down with all his might. I only heard a "bang", the stone fell into the pool, splashing a ball of water, the splash on my arm, it felt a little warm, I didn't care, smiled bitterly, and followed the stone back. In a trance, I seemed to hear another "coo" sound from the pool, I hurriedly looked back, but I saw nothing, the water in the pool was like waves on the sea lapping on the shore, and the River Styx began to be restless, and the water surface fluctuated back and forth, as if it was about to turn up the stormy waves. At first, I was startled, thinking that there was a monster coming up in the river, and I was about to pull the stone and run quickly, when I felt the coolness coming from my body, and I suddenly realized that it was the wind!

Seeing that autumn was about to begin, and the stone and I were both dressed thinly, the wind suddenly blew, and the wind was getting stronger, so the stone and I had to trot all the way back to the village. We hurriedly said goodbye, made an appointment to go to the waterhole the next morning, and when we got home, fortunately, my parents had not returned, so I took off my shoes and got into the bed. As I was about to fall asleep, I suddenly heard a sigh that sounded like a woman, and it sounded like it was in my room!

I sat up quickly, pricked up my ears to listen, and after a long time, the sound did not come again. I'm already in a cold sweat, the sigh just now is too scary, I'm the only one in the room, where is the sigh! The more I thought about it, the more scared I became, thinking that there could be no ghosts! I usually listen to the old men in the village tell ghost stories, I am very timid, and I am afraid of the dark, I was a little scared at home alone, and suddenly I felt like there was one more person in the house, and the hairs on my whole body stood up!

I quickly rolled over and got out of bed, opened the door and ran out into the yard. Looking at our three tiled houses, the room was pitch black, and the door was like the wide open mouth of a giant beast, I was terrified, so I ran out of the yard in a puff of smoke. I wanted to go to my parents, but I don't know where they went, and there was no one in the village at night, and I was very scared alone, so I thought of Shishi, Shi's house is not far from my house, I think he shouldn't have slept at this time, most of them are hiding in the bed and reading martial arts novels.

So I hurried to Shi's house, and when I arrived at his door, their old yellow dog barked vigorously, and I didn't dare to go in, so I stood at the door and waited. After a while, Shi came out wearing a pair of tattered cloth shoes, and when he saw that it was me, he was obviously a little surprised, he walked out and asked me, "Xiaotian, aren't you sleeping?"

As soon as I saw the stone, I immediately became less frightened, and I said to him, "I just heard a strange noise!"

Stone smiled and asked me, "Strange sounds?" Did you kid have a nightmare, did you hear something? ”

"Stone, who are you talking to?" There was the sound of rocks fucking in the room.

Shi hurriedly replied, "Mom, it's Xiaotian, he's here to borrow a pencil."

There was no movement in the room, and I said to the stone, "Trust me, I'm not scaring you, I really heard some strange noises!"

"Come on, you, aren't you kid not afraid of heaven and earth, don't tell me that you saw a ghost!" The stone didn't seem to believe my words.

I got a little excited, and said to him seriously, "Stone, I'm really damned!" I shouldn't have gone to the Styx with you, I felt something was wrong at the waterhole, but I didn't think about it at the time. Now think about it, why as soon as we got there, the wind suddenly started, and as soon as we left, the wind stopped again! ”

Still with a mocking expression, the stone said to me, "It's going to be windy, can you take care of it?" Don't think about it, hurry up and wash and sleep, or you won't be able to get up again tomorrow morning! ”

I didn't believe it, so I had no choice but to go home, but fortunately, my parents also came back at this time. I lay in bed and didn't sleep well all night, and the next day, before dawn, I got up and wanted to ask Shi to go to morning class with him, but when I arrived at his house, I suddenly couldn't hear the barking of their old yellow dog. When the stone woke up, the old yellow dog was dead in the yard with two large holes in his neck.

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