My name is Qin Manjiang and I am 30 years old this Chinese New Year's Eve. The Qin of the Qin and Han dynasties, the falling moon shakes the river full of rivers and trees. Actually, I'm not too happy with this name, and I vaguely remember that it seemed to be given by my father at random with a pat on the head.

However, after so many years of using the name, I have also become accustomed to it. My hometown is called Xiajiang Village, which belongs to a small remote village around Fucheng.

Listening to my father, in the upper reaches of Xiajiang Village, there used to be a Shangjiang Village, and when I heard this name, I knew that I didn't pay attention to the name.

Now Shangjiang Village is gone, it is said that the river overflowed the shore in the past, and Shangjiang Village was washed away, and then the river receded, leaving only a mess, it stands to reason that the terrain of Shangjiang Village is quite high, not to be flooded, but it is still flooded.

After so many years, Shangjiang Village is still in ruins, no one goes there anymore, and the buildings are no longer rebuilt.

After all, no one knows when the river will rise again. The survivors and descendants of Shangjiang Village, except for those whose families ran to the city with a little money, basically settled in Xiajiang Village.

That's where I am. But everyone in the village hardly talked about them, and although they all lived in the same village, they didn't have much contact with the original people of Xiajiang Village.

I'm 30 years old this year, but from when I was a child until I grew up, to go to the city to study, and then return to my hometown, I have been working in the countryside for a while, and I still haven't been able to know anyone whose ancestors are from Shangjiang Village, maybe I don't know?

But now that I think about it, I want to slap myself. Why do you have to find someone from Shangjiang Village in Xiajiang Village?

If it hadn't come to me out of nowhere, I probably wouldn't have encountered such a thing. I'm crazy...... I can't even figure out what I'm thinking today.

I thought, after work, go around the village, go from house to house! You always meet people from Shangjiang Village, right?

I really had a whim, I have lived in Xiajiang Village for so many years, and I haven't even met a single person from Shangjiang Village, don't they go out?

People just can't be blind to curiosity. When curiosity comes out, everything changes...... It was as if something I shouldn't have been aware of suddenly became noticed, and everything became abnormal...... I work at the hospital in the town, and it was almost six o'clock in the evening after work, and when I rode my bicycle back to the village, the sky was going to be dark, and the dusk and lights were intertwined.

It was already seven o'clock when I returned to the village, and I carefully glanced at the wolf dog at the entrance of the village, the dog had a strong sense of territory, but Uncle Wang was at the entrance of the village, and as long as people came and went in and out of the village every day, they could hear the dog barking.

Today, it was an accident that this big black-backed wolf dog was just lying on the ground, without raising his head, and without looking at me.

I took a look in the courtyard of Uncle Wang's house, and Uncle Wang's house was brightly lit, and all the doors and windows were open, but no one could see inside, only a few strips of white cloth hung on the windows, which were blown by the wind and floated up strangely.

I'm looking at it, why can't anyone in Uncle Wang's house see it? With his old door-slamming urine, there is no one at home, let alone the lights, and the electric switches have to be pulled down.

This kind of situation where there is no one at home with the lights on is impossible to appear in Uncle Wang's house. It can't be an accident, right?

I hurriedly got off my bicycle and said kindly to the big wolf dog guarding the yard, "Don't bite me, I'll go see your master." "I don't know if it understands or not, anyway, in the end, it didn't look up at me, just continued to sleep on its stomach.

I was brave enough to step into the yard, and suddenly it seemed as if someone was watching me? I immediately looked up at the open door.

The wind blew the white cloth tied to the doorframe. Floating and floating, a gray-white face appeared between a pile of white cloth.

“……”

"Uncle Wang?" I shouted. The person standing at the gate stood in the shadows, and he couldn't see it very clearly, but the face that flashed by just now and emerged from the gap in the white cloth was Uncle Wang.

I saw him slowly raise his hand and wave it at me. I shuddered, and the dark night sky sounded at the right time

"Boom". It's a strong wind, and it's thundering, and it's going to rain heavily tonight.

"Uncle Wang! You're okay, I'll go first! I breathed a sigh of relief, even though I felt a little uncomfortable, and my exposed skin felt cold as if it had touched a slippery ice cube.

It must be because it's raining fast. I turned and left the yard, and said to the less competent one today

The "doorman" said hello: "I'm leaving, remember not to call me next time I see you." The big black-backed wolfdog still didn't look up.

Could it be that this dog fell asleep today? I was a little confused, but I didn't pay attention to it. Hop on your bike and ride to your home by the river.

Along the way, the wind became stronger and stronger, and I couldn't even open my eyes, the trees beside the road swished, and the fallen leaves and dust flew into the sky together, and even the bicycle pedaled hard under the strong wind.

He also said that he would wander around the village tonight to find someone who used to go to Jiang Village

"Immigrants" talk about it, depending on the weather conditions, I am afraid that it is difficult to even go out at night. I rode as hard as I could, but I couldn't ride.

From time to time, a thunderclap sounded in the sky. Just now, it was still a moment of twilight, and it was so fast that it was so dark, and even the weather became so fast.

As a last resort, I got out of the car and had to push my bike against the wind. Speaking of which, the village was so quiet today, very quiet, except for the rustle of the wind and the leaves, and the occasional sound of doors and windows being blown against the walls by the wind, there was no human voice and dog barking.

I pushed my bike, half-squinted, and raised a hand to block the wind and dust, which was weird...... It just happened to be blowing from the direction of home.

It was like preventing me from going home. I lowered my head, gritted my teeth and pushed the cart forward, I still don't believe in this evil, is there an eye of the wind at home?

No, I can't really walk, and the wind blowing in front of me is like a wall, blocking me to death.

I stopped and looked up, and the sky was now dark at dusk, and thunder was born in the dark and low rain clouds, and the electric light occasionally outlined the outlines of the black clouds, and the air gradually became a little damp.

It's really going to rain heavily. My heart was beating faster and faster, and from the moment I entered the village, an inexplicable uneasiness and strangeness swirled around my heart, and I felt my throat tighten and my breathing became unsmooth.

The lights in the village were on, but no one was in sight. Although it is very windy, it is right for people not to go out, but it is not uncommon for similar things to happen, and the uncles and aunts in the village like to shout everywhere in this weather, collect clothes, close windows, and so on.

But why...... There was no voice from anyone today, except for Uncle Wang before, and there was no one who saw that my panic could not be suppressed, and my eyes were looking around, turning quickly.

And at this moment, the invisible wall of wind that had been blocking me suddenly disappeared at this moment!

I immediately looked ahead, this road was the direction of home, and on both sides were weeds and trees that had been blown around, and in the darkness of the lake in front of me, there was a faint crack!

Darkness, a crack has opened! I'm not mistaken?! I pinched my face. Something even weirder happened...... Out of the cracked black crevice, a humanoid silhouette of a mold lake came out.

Step by step, he slowly came out of the darkness and stood in front of me, his face illuminated by the scattered lights of the villagers' houses by the roadside.

Under the strong wind, his clothes and hair were flying wildly. But this face ...... This face! He was visibly taken aback when he saw me.

"Who are you?"

"Who are you?" Two voices appeared in my mouth and his mouth at the same time.

"I'm Qin Manjiang."

The wind of "Qin Manjiang ......" still does not stop, and the black clouds hang low, pregnant with thunder. There was a dead silence between me and him.