Chapter 53: Stand-ins
I was busy trying my snort, but fortunately there was still heat, so I took out his wine gourd, and forcefully opened his mouth to pour the wine in, Qiao San was already in good health. I coughed when I choked on the wine, and I opened my eyes. I saw him staring around in a daze, and suddenly as if he remembered something, he jumped up and trembled.
I hurriedly asked, "Third Uncle Qiao, what's wrong with you?"
But seeing Qiao San looking at me in horror, he asked, "You...... You are...... Is it a human or a ghost?"
It seemed that Qiao Sanzhun was very frightened, and I hurriedly replied: "Third Uncle Qiao, I am Mei Cai, the daughter of Mei Er, a dim sum shop behind Yanyu Pavilion, and I also went to your stall to buy pork skin!"
Qiao San was still skeptical: "Really?"
I nodded and said, "Yes!" I am the believer of the Dragon God, I am worried that you will be caught by the water ghost, so I came to take a look, I don't want to see Uncle Qiao lying in the water, unconscious, so I poured wine to wake you up! β
Qiao San heard. Fang stumbled and said, "Ghost ...... The ghost is out......"
My heart tightened, and I hurriedly asked, "What?"
That Qiao San suddenly knelt in front of me with weak knees, and said tremblingly: "You have to ask the Dragon God to save us......
I hurriedly helped him up, but he was too heavy to move, so I hurriedly asked, "Third Uncle Qiao, what's wrong?"
Qiao San's teeth rattled and said, "Water ghost...... It's a water ghost......"
Sure enough, this Rouge River is undoubtedly dangerous.
I hurriedly asked, "Uncle Qiao, have you seen a water ghost?" What does the water ghost look like? β
Qiao San shuddered and said, "Indeedγγγγγ Indeed, it is a dry hand. β
I asked, "But I scratched your ankle?" β
Qiao San nodded: "It's exactly the same as what the guy from the grain and rice shop said." Scare.... I'm scared to death. β
I helped Qiao San sit down, Qiao San's legs were weak, and he finally fell into the thatch.
I poured another sip of wine on Qiao San. Qiao San drank a few big breaths, and the top of his face was slightly bloody.
I saw that Qiao San was better, so I asked, "Third Uncle Qiao, you speak slowly." β
Qiao San sighed and said, "I was also confused for a while, so I was bold, so I came over to this reed to take a turn to see if there was really a water ghost, I didn't want to γγγγγγ Then he swallowed his saliva, poured another sip of wine, and said, "We entered this reed, and there was no one around, but we were a little cautious." When we slowly moved forward, we only heard the sound of splashing water in the river outside the reeds. I had the courage to look into the river, but I saw that the water was wrinkled, but there was nothing, we were just a water bird, and we were about to leave, and we couldn't ...... cold" Qiao San took a breath: "The cold has been wrinkled, and the cyan hand stretched out from the water and grabbed my ankle......"
As he spoke, he pulled up his wet trouser legs, and saw that there were indeed five shocking bruises on the thick ankles of the small bowl.
I couldn't help but be surprised, so I asked, "I think that hand must have dragged you into the water?"
Qiao San nodded: "Isn't it!" We usually rely on the strength of the handle to eat, ask ourselves if we stand still, a few people will not move us, the ghost hand seems to have a thousand pounds of strength, and we are dragged down like chickens into the water, although we are panicked. I also remembered that I brought a butcher knife, but when I pulled it on the ghost's hand, I was so soft that I didn't even have any strength, and I couldn't even hold the knife, and I watched the knife fall from my hand, and then we dragged it into the water, and after a big sip, I was dazed, and I only said that I was dead. As he spoke, Qiao San's eyes filled with tears, and he said: "We have never believed in evil in our lives, and we have broken in this piece this time, we love to fight for face the most in our lives, and we are still boasting about Haikou, now, how can we go to see the villagers' fathers and elders......"
I hurriedly persuaded: "Third Uncle Qiao, you dare to go alone into this haunted reed, you have already been brave enough to know people, although the water ghost was not caught, it is not easy to save your life, the villagers and elders will only admire, and no one will look down on you because of this!"
Qiao San looked at me: "Really?"
I nodded hurriedly: "Who doesn't praise you for talking and counting, you are a good man!"
Qiao San was embarrassed: "Let's look like a shameful ......"
I smiled and said, "Don't worry, Third Uncle Qiao, Mei Cai will never say it, in exchange, you don't tell my father and mother to see Mei Cai here!"
Qiao San nodded hurriedly: "That's not easy to say!"
I helped Qiao San up, in fact, Qiao San's physique, I couldn't help him up, but he had recovered eighty percent of his strength, most of which he stood up by himself, so he went out along the path when I came, and walked past the place where the old man in black was fishing, and the old man was gone.
I remembered that the old man said that he had seen Qiao San, so I asked casually: "When Uncle Qiao San came here, when he saw the old man in black, he also wondered why there were people fishing here?"
Qiao San touched the back of his head: "What old man?" Let's fight in this reed, except for you, but no one has ever seen it. β
I was stunned.
Qiao San looked at me like this and asked, "What kind of old man are you talking about, isn't it wrong?"
I forced a smile and said, "Isn't it! It must be a black stone, in a hurry, and it looks like a fishing man. β
Qiao San also smiled, but I was cold, others couldn't see the old man, this is to say, isn't that old man a human?
Qiao San returned to the crowd, and he hugged the people and called him a hero, but when he saw that Qiao San didn't say much, his face turned the color of pig liver, and the few people who bet on it were also worthy of a promise, and wanted to give the ten taels of silver to Qiao San, but Qiao San shook his head and said that he didn't want anything.
People hurriedly asked if they could see the water ghost, Qiao San had no choice but to nod, and the people were all exclaimed, and asked Qiao San if he had caught it? Qiao San shook his head again. There was a good thing to ask about the appearance of the water ghost, and Qiao San replied that it was the same as what the grain store manager said.
People also wanted to pull Qiao San to drink, so as to ask about the water ghost, but Qiao San waved his hand, walked away, and left the words, only to quit drinking in this life, and taught the second monk in the audience to be confused.
I don't know how long it will take for Qiao San to recover from that shock.
I carefully calculated in my heart, that old Boguo is very human, no wonder he had an accident in the Rouge River, and when it was sparsely populated, he fished alone with a fishing rod without a hook every day.
He said that he was a local, but he had no relatives or friends, he was lonely every day, he didn't say much, and he was as cold as ice, and he must have an inside story.
I decided to go to the reeds tomorrow to find out to the old man.
I came to the reeds according to the hours of these days, and the old man came again, still walking in the past, alone in front of the river.
I stepped forward boldly and asked straight to the point: "Uncle, yesterday, you said that you saw Qiao San who sold pork, and Qiao San was almost dragged down by the water ghost."
The old man said lightly: "Didn't the old man tell you, the luck of selling pork is good." Winter per pond rowing.
I squatted beside the old man, his eyes were bright and frightening, I hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Uncle, how do you know that the time to sell pork is good?"
The old man said: "The old man likes the art of matchmaking, look at the meat seller, the eyebrow bones are high, the life expectancy is plump, not like a short-lived person." Yintang has some red light, and it is the time of luck. β
I cleared my throat and bold, and said, "You saw Qiao San who killed pigs, but Qiao San didn't see you." Who are you? β
"Hmph." The old man said disdainfully: "You girl, not only is you very bold, but you are also very wide."
My heart jumped violently, full of ominous premonitions, this old man, the more he looked at it, the stranger it became, and the mysteries around his body made me more and more suspicious, this water ghost dragged people, and the old man was inseparable, my eyes fell on the old man's hand holding a fishing rod, the old man even at this age, the hand, is also slender and wrinkled.
The old man looked back at me and said, "The old man is scared of you?" That day, the old man sat in the reeds, and the reeds blew by the wind, which covered the dry bones of the old man, and the meat seller went straight to the eyes, only looking for the water ghost, but he never saw the old man, and he didn't know. β
Yes! Yes, this makes sense, although Qiao San said that he had two copper bells and big eyes, he was panicked, and the old man was sitting hidden, and when I came for the first time, didn't I see it!
It turned out that I misunderstood the old man, and I really am, frizzy, don't blame Longjing for always calling me a stupid roe deer.
As soon as I was relieved, I sat down next to the old man again, and said with a smile: "Uncle, it really scares people to death."
The old man said in a sullen voice: "Isn't it, do you think the old man is the water ghost?"
I smiled embarrassedly and said, "It's Mei Cai who is reckless!" Don't be surprised, old man! β
The old man didn't answer.
Thinking that the old man was lonely, and he was still sitting in this reedy swing from time to time, I said: "If the old man wants to kill time, there is a big stone mill at the west end of the street, and there is only an old man gathered together to talk about the world
The old man also went to take advantage of the excitement, how can it be more comfortable than the wet and cold here.
The old man said coldly: "The old man just likes to stay by this river. If anyone loves to be lively, let them come to me. β
I laughed and said, "Uncle said that he was joking, now that the haunted thing is confirmed, who dares to come!"
Zhuan Nian asked: "Since the old man is a local, which street does his family live in?" The next time I make a seasonal meal at home, the old man has only one in his house, it must not be very good to eat, I will send you some to taste? β
The old man said, "You have a heart." But I didn't mention where this house was, so I didn't want to ask again, so I had to politely refuse.
The old man was silent, so I had to be bored to see if there were any fish in the river, and if there were, they would not be caught horizontally or vertically.
Just thinking about it, the old man waved his hand, and there was a big carp that seemed to weigh two catties to bite the bald fishing line, and he didn't let go, and picked it up for the old man!
I couldn't close my mouth in shock, in this world, is there really such a thing as a willing person taking the bait?
The old man stretched out his hand and untied the fish and threw it into the fish basket.
The old man clearly said that he would not eat fish, and I thought he would release it. However, the fish that bite the bald line is rare, and it is not surprising to bring it back as a souvenir, I looked at the fish basket, but I couldn't help but be stunned, under the fish basket, there was actually a red embroidered shoe.
A sentence from my mother suddenly flashed in my head: "The ghost claw couldn't bear it, so he didn't let go, and forced the maid's embroidered shoes to shrink back into the water."
I suddenly sweated in my palms and smoked in my throat, this old man, isn't itγγγγγγγγ
I kept an eye on it, pretended not to see, and retracted my head.
The old man still looks unfazed. This old man, isn't it really the water ghost who dragged people into the water to find a substitute? Now the embroidered shoes have revealed the truth of this matter.
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