This line of clear footprints suddenly made me feel that the "dream" just now seemed real and false, and I didn't think about anything, and rushed out of the house barefoot.

The moment I rushed out, my eyes were fixed on the floor of the courtyard, and the footprints were still clear, extending from my room, straight through the courtyard, and then through the courtyard gate. My feeling was so strong that I felt that these footprints were left by my grandfather.

I chased the footprints like crazy, shouting loudly. It was late at night, and the village was quiet, with the occasional dog barking. The footprints on the ground are like chiseled marks, and they become very conspicuous targets. I ran all the way, and the footprints never stopped, and next to the footprints were water stains that had not yet dried, and it looked as if the owner of the footprints had just crawled out of the water.

I ran out of the village, and at last followed the footprints to the riverbank, and I don't know if my eyes were overlooked, but when I looked up, I saw a lonely shadow standing on the riverbank.

"Master!" I shouted desperately, and ran towards the shadow, but in a blink of an eye, the shadow was gone.

All I could see was a murky river and a row of footprints on the shore that had not yet been washed away. The mood at that time is difficult to describe in words, so that now that I think back now, I can't help but feel sad, a child less than twenty years old, looking alone at the river that seems to have no end.

At that time, I was still young, and I was usually used to being cared for by my grandfather, so I lost my backbone when I encountered something. I stood by the river and thought for a long time, and the only way I could think of was to wait until dawn and sail to find it. In my opinion, nothing is more important than grandpa, I am looking for it, I must find it.

I didn't know where to look for it, and I didn't know how long I was going to look for it, but I made up my mind that I was going to go back and pack some things, and then keep watch on the river beach until dawn, and then set sail immediately. I didn't want to alarm anyone, the living conditions at that time were very bad, the people in the village usually run for their own lives, one by one tired and donkeys, I didn't like to ask for people by nature, I thought at that time, there are many things I can do, but a Yellow River, even if I go all over the river, I have to find my grandfather.

But before I could walk back to the village, I heard a very unusual movement in the distance, and the whole village seemed to have exploded, and chickens and dogs jumped. Most of the villagers were awakened by these noises, and began to turn on the lights, and I stood stunned at the entrance of the village for a few minutes, when many black shadows suddenly burst out from all corners of the village, and rushed towards me together. I was startled by the situation, but in a blink of an eye, I could see clearly through the moonlight above my head, and all the black shadows were the chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs in the village.

The leader is a big fat pig of at least more than 200 catties, humming and chirping, shaking a fat body, running very fast, I estimate, almost all the poultry and livestock raised by the whole village have run out. I hurriedly made a way out, and the big fat pig with countless "companions" ran out of the village without stopping, running along the road leading to the river beach at the entrance of the village.

This kind of thing is not normal in the first place, and it happened in the middle of the night, which made me feel more and more surprised. After the chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs ran over, the villagers who were awakened also ran out with lights. In that year, everyone had a hard time, there was no extra spare money, the old man was sick, the pregnant woman gave birth, all relied on these poultry and livestock to nourish the body, if you are lucky, the family is safe for a year, then at the end of the year, the fat pig is slaughtered, you can sell a sum of money, and have a good New Year. So as soon as the pig ran, the villagers panicked and chased after it.

Running at the front was Hu Laosan in the village, that is, the owner of the big fat pig, I saw that his face was green, and he chased after him like a hot wheel under his feet, and scolded in his mouth: "You turtle grandson!" Stop! Hold it! "

The people in the village were chasing the cattle to the river beach, I didn't want to join in the fun, but the lonely figure on the river beach before made me feel at ease, after thinking about it, I decisively turned around and followed the people in the village, and ran back to the river beach.

In order to recover the lost livestock, everyone rushed to the vicinity of the river beach in a short time. The black pressure on a group of poultry and livestock all gathered on the bank of the river, looking at the boiling water, may be frightened.

"Turtle Sun!" Hu Laosan ran out of breath with a group of people, and saw his own big fat pig in the livestock and poultry at a glance, and he spat casually: "Catch you and slaughter your grandson immediately!" "

Hu Laosan looked at the fat pig that was about to run into the river, as if he saw a stack of colorful banknotes about to fly away from his eyes, he didn't care about panting, and immediately ran over with people quickly. The big fat pig looked back, snorted twice, and then plunged into the river in front of him, followed by the big and small chickens and ducks fluttering their wings and jumping into the river together, Hu Laosan was in a hurry, rushed forward with an arrow, and pounced forward when he ran to the river, and caught the pig's tail.

It's hard to say how strong the fat pig is more than 200 pounds, but Hu Laosan is obviously not an opponent, the pig is already very abnormal, dragging Hu Laosan to continue to go into the water. Only those who live by the river know how dangerous this river is, and everyone stopped together, wanting to call Hu Laosan back.

It can't be said that Hu Laosan is greedy, that pig was raised by him with hard work, and he will definitely be unwilling to sell it for money. I stood at the back of the crowd and watched Hu Laosan die and not let go, and was finally taken into the river by the fat pig in one go. But at this time, everyone did not despair, after all, they were people who grew up by the river, and the water was very good, they thought that Hu Laosan would not be able to drag back the fat pig, and he would swim back after a while.

At this moment, the moonlight overhead was suddenly blocked by a black and oppressive dark cloud, and the sky was full of stars just now, and in a blink of an eye, it was as gloomy as the bottom of the pot. The edge of the dark clouds swirled back and forth with lightning, crackling, and in a few breaths before and after, a thick lightning bolt slashed straight down from the clouds, deafening, and instantly seemed to illuminate the dark river.

"I'm a mother" Some people were frightened by this unprecedented thunder, and couldn't help but take a few steps back, covering their ears and squatting down. I didn't feel scared, but the moment the lightning streaked across the river, my eyes froze.

I seemed to see the stone coffin, floating silently in the river.

But before I could see clearly, the lightning flashed, and a second blast followed and slashed down from the clouds. This time I saw it more clearly, and the thunder seemed to be heading for the coffin in the river.

This is really a terrifying and spectacular scene, after the second thunder, the continuous thunder explosion, I don't know if it is a coincidence or an accident, all the thunder is concentrated at one point, the target is the stone coffin in the river.

After that, the thunder in the sky almost made me unable to open my eyes, and the rumbling sound was incessant, although there was still some distance from the thunder, but in such clouds and thunder and lightning, any person was as small as a grain of sand. My legs gradually began to weaken, and although I wanted to continue to observe the stone coffin floating on the surface of the river in the river, I involuntarily shrank back.

The thunder rang for a few more minutes, and the heavy lead cloud that hung overhead dissipated silently, and the river returned to calm. I rubbed my eyes eagerly and rushed to the river in one go. However, the stone coffin was gone, along with the chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs that jumped into the water before, all disappeared without a trace.

The crowd that was shocked by the thunder began to stir at this time, they stood up together, and hurriedly ran to the river, naturally, these people didn't know about the stone coffin at all, all they cared about was Hu Laosan, and those poultry and livestock.

The people in the village stood by the river and looked at it for a while, and they all began to sigh, although they couldn't see anything, but some things didn't need to be proven, the river just now was almost covered by bombing and thunder, in that case, Hu Laosan could still survive? An older villager in the crowd sighed secretly, saying that he would go back and inform Hu Laosan's family to prepare for the future, but he would definitely not be able to find it back, so he could only repair a well-dressed mound.

My feelings are quite complicated, and I vaguely feel that all these things that happened today seem to be related to the stone coffin in the river.

Then I followed the people of the village back, and then packed up two small bags of my small belongings, and sat cross-legged on the bed. I'm not going to sleep, I'm still two or three hours before dawn, just get through it. Not long after I sat down, there was a faint cry from the window, which should be Hu Laosan's wife and children crying. The man is the pillar of the family, and once Hu Laosan dies, the family will also collapse. I felt sympathetic, but I couldn't help much, and when I thought about it, I felt that I was too lenient.

I always have a feeling that grandpa's affairs will never be easier than Hu Laosan's death in the water.

The crying outside the window lasted for a while, and it was probably persuaded that the rest of the villagers went back to catch up on sleep, except for some helpers. I thought to myself, I planned a search route, I have been cruising the river with my grandfather for so many years, and I am very familiar with the terrain of this area, according to my plan, this area will take about five or six days to completely search.

To be honest, my mind is a little messy, and it's all messy, so I keep wandering my mind and keep reminding myself not to panic. I stayed up like this for two hours, and the sky was about to dawn.

Bang bang

A knock on the door woke me up from my thoughts, at this time, few people would knock on the door, but I didn't think about it so much at the time, and ran out to open the courtyard door.

The moment I opened the courtyard door, all the hairs on my body stood up with excitement, my eyes didn't seem to move, and I stammered at the person who knocked on the door, unable to say a word.

Hu Laosan! The person standing outside the door turned out to be Hu Laosan!

"Third uncle, you, you" I am very familiar with Hu Laosan, but at this moment, I was completely frightened by him, and I retreated step by step, and my forehead was instantly filled with cold sweat.

"The pig didn't come back." Hu Laosan was covered in water, as if he had just come out of the river, he lowered his head, smashed his mouth, and said, "I have two words to tell you." "

As soon as he said this, my panic immediately decreased a lot, because Hu Laosan in front of me was a living person, and he could say and move. I let out a long sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from my forehead, and said, "Third uncle, what happened in the river just now?" "

Hu Laosan raised his head and said that it was nothing, but he was frightened by thunder and didn't dare to move. His gaze was a little glazed, and a little straight, like a drunken man, looking straight at me.

Looking at Hu Laosan, the heart I had just put down suddenly rose to my throat again, and an extreme panic instantly accelerated my heartbeat more than doubled. Because I saw that Hu Laosan's ears, nose, and mouth were all sand.

Anyone who grew up by the river knows very well that no one has nothing to spare to take a sip of sand. There is only one kind of person with sand in his mouth, and that is the dead man who has been fished up from the river.