Chapter 15: The Mysterious Copper Chest
Led by Uncle Qian, our group came directly to the living room of the Qian family's old house. It may be that he still remembers the environment of the Qian family's old mansion vividly, so he is familiar with finding the road.
When we came to the door of the main hall of the old house, we were all surprised that the door was not locked like the front door, but two doors were wide open. I guess it was because the evacuation was too hasty and didn't have time to lock the door. But it's not strange to think about it, even if you don't have a home, why lock the door?
Just thinking like this, I saw Uncle Qian push the door in, and Duoduo followed.
There are two tasks this time: one is to find the body of Mr. Qian who was not evacuated back then. Even if you can't find it, it's good to find some traces of what he left behind; The second is to find a record of Mr. Qian's deeds during his lifetime. According to Uncle Qian's recollections, Mr. Qian had a notebook, which may have been a record of his lifetime.
In Uncle Qian's memory, it was a book full of mystery. Uncle Qian was beaten by Mr. Qian for peeking at this book, and he has never seen this book since. One is because he has lingering palpitations about his painful experience, and the other is that maybe Mr. Qian has hidden the book more secretly.
Until Uncle Qian became an adult, he never saw a book like that again. And, as he grew older, Uncle Qian may have lost interest in that thing as well. In addition, his time is limited, and when he gets busy, he has no time to pursue these things about the old sesame seeds.
A few of us kept swimming into the depths of the house, and we didn't know where we had arrived. Gradually, I lost my way. But we didn't feel scared, because under Uncle Qian's leadership, we wouldn't get lost.
Turning around and turning, we searched room after room. But. But nothing was found. What should have appeared and what should not have appeared has appeared one after another. However, there is no one thing like the two things we are looking for. At most, some ordinary household items, or some shabby daily necessities.
What's even more bizarre is that these things seem to be in perfect shape, but they are vulnerable. As soon as our hands touched. They will immediately turn to ashes. Probably because of the long immersion in the water, these things are not affected by any external forces. However, once it is subjected to a slight impact, it will fall apart.
Judging from the furnishings of these daily necessities and furniture, Mr. Qian should have been an extremely particular person during his lifetime. Even if Uncle Qian doesn't describe it too much, we can see some truths.
Among the five of us, there are people who don't know sign language. Therefore, before we went into the water, Uncle Qian specially prepared waterproof pens and ringers. Just in case, a few of us can communicate in guò writing. Ringing is used in case of emergency. Reminders and summoning companions. Of course, we can use sign language as much as possible. Because sign language is still much faster than writing. Moreover, the process of writing is complicated and slow.
Just as a few of us were splitting up to search, we heard a ringing bell. Since it was underwater, the sound of the ringing changed somewhat and slowly. But a few of us heard it anyway, so we hurriedly looked back. Originally. It's Duoduo who is calling us.
Since there was something wrong, everyone hurriedly swam over.
When a few of us arrived. Duoduo compares us to each other. However, none of the other four of us understood what she meant. Because Duoduo looked flustered, when he expressed sign language, it was a little messy. So, I don't know if it's because she can't express it properly, or if our understanding is really limited. In a word. I just couldn't understand what she meant.
Duoduo saw that we really couldn't understand, so he wrote a few words on the small straight board that surprised us all: Grandpa is nearby!
Although these words are not much, they really make us all feel panicked! People who have been dead for so many years are all around us at the moment, what does this make people think? It is certainly impossible to speak of a living person. Then it can only be a ghost!
Seeing that a few people were frightened, Uncle Qian hurriedly smiled, and then shook his head and said that it was impossible, don't scare yourself. Then, he pointed to his watch, saying that time is urgent, let's hurry up and find something. The group dispersed, and then searched for what they were looking for.
Just five minutes later, there was another ringing sound behind us.
I looked back and just wanted to see Duoduo and what did I find? But I found out that it was Uncle Qian who rattled the bell!
Qian Cheng and the old ghost almost turned around together, and the person who saw the rattle was Uncle Qian, and the eyes of the three of us met. Then he looked at each other and swam to Uncle Qian.
Uncle Qian told us with a gesture: Something has been found! This is what we are looking for!
I looked in the direction he was pointing, and it turned out to be a rather mysterious-looking copper chest. The box looked extremely heavy and antique, and it should have been many years old. I took a closer look at where Uncle Qian dragged out the box and saw that it was under the bed. It seems that Uncle Qian is very familiar with the habits of Old Man Qian during his lifetime. If it were for us people, it would be difficult to find it even if we were looking for a long time.
Uncle Qian gestured to us again, motioning for a few of us to carry the copper box to the surface of the water.
I couldn't help but have doubts in my heart, so I wrote with a waterproof pen: Are you sure that this copper box is inside?
Uncle Qian wrote, "Definitely, there is nothing else. ”
As soon as he said this, too, except for this copper box, everything else in this house was already broken. If anything, it can only be in this copper box.
I wrote again: "What about the old man Qian? ”
"Next time, there's no time, the water pressure is getting stronger!" Uncle Qian wrote that in order to save time, he erased the words he had just written and wrote: "It's raining outside!" ”
After he said this, we took a look at the hydrometer. Indeed, the water pressure is now nearly twice as high as it was just now. Looking at this shì, it must be raining or rising tide outside. Moreover, the amount of water is still very large.
The psychological effect of people's feelings will account for a large part. As soon as I knew that the water pressure had changed, I immediately felt stuffy and uncomfortable in my chest! When I looked up and just wanted to beckon everyone to speed up my movements, I froze all of a sudden!
Behind Uncle Qian, a skinny figure appeared......
I don't know who it was, but it wasn't any of the five of us! Could it be that there is a sixth man who has gone into the water with us? (To be continued......)