I was born in a small village with beautiful mountains and rivers.

The village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, there is a deep pool under the mountain, and the water on the edge of the pool is shallow, which is a good place to spend summer.

Where there is water, people drown, and although I am only eight years old, I have seen it a few times, and I am more sad than afraid.

However, this summer something strange happened by the pond that I had never seen before.

On this day, I was playing under the tree in front of my house, and the village chief Wu Da ran over in a panic, "Old man Fang, someone died in the pool." ”

It was only early in the morning, and my grandfather rubbed the droppings in the corners of his eyes and yawned, "Someone dies in the pool every year......"

Wu Da swallowed, "Master, that person is standing in the water." ”

As soon as I heard it, I was interested, and people who have lived near the water for many years know a common sense.

The density of people and water is about the same, and you can't find it just after falling into the water, and after three or four days, your body is full of gas, and it will automatically float up.

The posture of the corpse is "male and female".

Because of the soak for many days, sometimes it is so swollen that it is difficult to distinguish between genders, and you can know men and women just by looking at the dead face up or down.

The male corpse faces downward, and the female corpse faces the sky.

Just ask someone to pick it up and bury it.

But the corpse that can still stand after death, let alone seen or heard, driven by curiosity, I ran to the water's edge.

Before I arrived, I saw people surrounded by the pool, so that I couldn't see the pool.

I forced myself between the legs of the adults to the edge of the pool—

I only saw a large handful of black hair floating on the water, and I couldn't see my body.

The water rushed to the shore in waves, and the hair moved with it, as if the person had not died, and it was disgusting.

It can only be seen that the dead man's hair is thick, but the hair is not long, and it is impossible to distinguish between men and women.

"How could such a strange thing happen? I've never seen anything this big. An old lady said in a lively tone.

Everyone was talking, waiting for who would come out and claim the body.

This thing is like having wings, and it has long been flown all over the village, but not a single family has come out to say that their family has lost the population.

There was a commotion among the villagers, and I looked back and saw that Uncle Tieshan was coming.

He is nicknamed "Black Streak in the Waves" and has excellent water properties.

Whoever has a child drowning and the main expensive thing falls into the pool, he is invited to fish.

It's a pity that I haven't gotten a wife because I'm poor.

Everyone got out of the way, Tie Shan stood in front of the water, took off his shirt, and his sturdy body, which had been farming for many years, was shining in the sun.

"Son, you can't go!! No one has said who has a small population. If it's a foreigner, you don't care about it. “

Tie Shanniang sat on the ground, pulling Tie Shan's trouser legs to prevent him from going into the water.

Before Brother Tieshan could speak, a large group of old men and old ladies opened their mouths one after another, unanimously blocking him.

"Yes, Shan'er, the floating corpse monster standing is dead, don't fish."

"What are you afraid of!! I invited Master Fang here. As Wu Da shouted, everyone craned their necks to look back.

My grandfather smoked a cigarette pouch and put on a gown, and followed Wu Da in the direction of the waterhole.

Everyone got out of the way again, and Grandpa swaggered to the water's edge.

Grandpa walked to the water's edge and stood side by side with Iron Mountain, and the water corpse stood in the deep water, shaking to the left and the right for a while.

It's like walking in front of two people. Weird, no.

"Uncle Fang, no matter who it is, you can't see people die in the water. I'm going to have to let him go into the ground. Iron Mountain looked at the water worriedly.

Everyone whispered behind them, saying that Uncle Tieshan was handsome and kind-hearted, and whoever he could get into was blessed.

Grandpa glanced at Tie Shan deeply, whispered a few words in his ear, and Tie Shan turned around and squeezed out of the crowd and walked away without looking back.

Everyone didn't know what was going on, grandpa knocked on the tree next to him with a cigarette pouch and pot that never left his hand, "Pay attention, it's dark past seven o'clock to watch your children and livestock, don't go out." ”

"What's going on?" The old lady who watched the excitement said a lot.

"How many people do you have?"

"Six? What's wrong? ”

"I'll prepare six coffins for your house tonight." My grandfather sometimes made coffins for people, but not for all dead people, and the price was still expensive.

The girl was directly furious, grinning and about to pounce on and beat my grandfather, "Old immortal, curse my family to death in the blue sky!" ”

Grandpa rolled his eyes, "I'll curse you to die, so spiritual, I'll see if you curse one." The conceit of life and death when going out by yourself at night. ”

He roared loudly, and everyone fell silent.

Seeing that he had no intention of leaving, everyone did not disperse and waited to see a good show.

Grandpa stared at the corpse in the water for a while, and didn't look back, "Wait a while, I said close my eyes and close them, I said open them and open them again." If you dare not close up, I don't care if you are unlucky and come to me. ”

I don't care so much, my eyes are squinting, I'm going to be unlucky anyway, and grandpa won't ignore me.

He took out from his coat pocket a piece of hemp rope as thick as his little finger, yellow-brown with black and red threads.

"What's this?" I grabbed the rough rope and asked Grandpa.

"If you really want to know, just watch." Grandpa pulled the rope out of my hand and threw it into the water.

An astonishing scene appeared-

The rope floated in the water, and after a short while, it suddenly came alive and swam like a snake towards the corpse.

After touching the corpse, he plunged directly into the water, and the rope on the shore became shorter and shorter. When the rope was gone, Grandpa tied the end firmly to the tree.

And the corpse slowly emerged from the water with a snow-white forehead, as if someone had held it up.

"This is a rope rubbed with red thread, hemp, and black dog hair, which is very spiritual to yin qi and can catch yin."

"Ah, it's a foreigner." I pointed to the water and exclaimed, this woman was a strange face, wearing no clothes, her eyes were full of rage, and she was staring at the shore.

Short hair dripping down the scalp.

What's even more strange is that she didn't rot, except that her skin was too pale, and she was no different from a living person.

She went all the way up, up to her waist and stopped.

The body is slender, the skin is very white, and it is skinny and skinny.

When I turned around, I saw a large number of villagers closing their eyes and not daring to open them.

"Now everybody listens to me, turns around, and opens their eyes. The young people stayed, and the old people could go back. ”

Everyone didn't see it lively, and muttered a few words in dissatisfaction, but no one looked back.

Grandpa asked Wu Da to search the whole village with the young people who were left behind.

On the cliffs, in the wells, in the wastelands where no one planted them—see if there are any of the girl's clothes, and if there is any blood.

The strange thing is that everyone searched every corner and every cliff where people could stand, but they found no clothes and no traces of blood.

Wu Da had a lot of eyes and asked people to inquire everywhere, but no one said that he had seen strangers from other places come and go.

There are so many roads in the village, and strange faces and villagers who can't hide from good things.

Wu Da told his grandfather the final result, and he waved the cigarette gun in his hand to let the tired young people go home.

When everyone dispersed, Grandpa said to Wu Da, "You arrange for someone to take care of the pond, someone comes to fish for the body, and you can't let him go into the water." Grab the man who fished the corpse and call me. ”

"Why?" Wu Da asked puzzledly, "I understand that the body must be related to this woman's death, why don't you let him go into the water?" ”

Grandpa shook his head, "It's not a dead corpse, it's a drowned ghost, and there are stones falling under the corpse that can float up, have you ever seen it?" “

"No matter how good the water is, if you dare to fish this corpse, you won't be able to live."

Wu Da nodded again and again, but I could tell from his expression that he was skeptical.

It is no wonder that the water in the depths of the waterhole is dark green, and it is impossible to see under the water.

I didn't even see her feet, how did Grandpa know she had stones on her feet?

"It's okay to say during the day, it's not good to ask others at night, you bring a pure black dog without a trace of stray hair, watch it for yourself." Grandpa led me home.

"When the black-haired dog barks, you take a peach branch and splash the corpse with water, and she can't come up as soon as the morning dawns. It's best to catch a corpse digger. ”

At night, everything is as usual, except that it is not so lively outside, there is no noise of children, and even dogs do not bark.

I jumped on my grandfather's bed and hugged my grandfather's arm before falling asleep.

In the middle of the night, my grandfather and I were woken up by the sound of banging on the door, and the dust on the door panel was shaken straight down.

Grandpa opened the door dissatisfied, Wu Da was sweating, "Old man." The body is gone. ”

"Did the dog bark?"

"No, no. The dog died. “

Grandpa waved his hand calmly, "It's useless for you to come to me, I didn't steal the corpse." I've done what I can. ”

"Then I'm ......"

"Go home and sleep for a while, and we'll talk about it tomorrow morning."

Grandpa was very calm, "You came to me now, I can't swim, and you still let me go into the water to find it?" Besides, where can a corpse run? ”

Wu Da also calmed down and said embarrassedly, "I'm a little scared, did the ghost kill the dog?" ”

Grandpa looked at him like a fool, "What are you doing with dogs?" Dogs don't hurt anyone. Tell you to watch, you're good, sleep by yourself and call the dog to watch, why am I looking for you? The dog didn't bark because he saw an acquaintance, and the man drugged the dog, so the dog died. “

Wu Da blushed and blurted out, "How do you know I'm asleep." He thumped himself on the head and left my house in discouragement.

"Grandpa, who drugged the dog? Why didn't the man get the body out? ”

Grandpa sat on the bed and snorted, "People are sometimes better than animals." "He lay down.

I'm at a loss for what this is called.

Early the next morning, the door of my house was smashed again, and it was Wu Da, who stood in front of my door, panting, "The corpse, come out." ”

Grandpa was folding the quilt in the house and promised, "That's good." “

"What's good? The face floats down in the water, and it is a male corpse. "Wu Da walked into my house with one foot, pulled his grandfather and walked out.

The edge of the pond was the same as the first day, surrounded by a crowd of people watching the excitement, and this time some people were crying by the pool.

My heart sank, this time it was the people of our village who died.