Three or four people came running, and they didn't know how to comfort Li Xiaoniu.

"It's dangerous in the water, pull him up!" said the old man, as if he knew something!

Hearing his words, the three of them ran into the water and escorted Li Xiaoniu ashore. Li Xiaoniu struggled fiercely, but there were three opponents who had been on the ground all year round and had great strength.

"I didn't expect that after ten years, this thing will start to make trouble again!" Li Xiaoniu was carried ashore, and the older man did not relax, but muttered solemnly.

Li Xiaoniu was carried home by several people, and the news of Li Heizhu's accident quickly spread.

Many villagers rushed to his house and helped him build a mourning hall and make a mound for his clothes.

Li Xiaoniu wore linen and filial piety, kneeling to welcome people who came to offer incense.

"Mourning!"

Iron Man also came, with a complicated expression and didn't know how to comfort him.

Li Xiaoniu was heartbroken, knelt on the ground and lowered his head, ignoring her.

"Second uncle is here!" I don't know who shouted.

The second uncle, one of the two most authoritative people in the village, and the other is the village head.

A white-haired, long-bearded watchman walked slowly with a walking stick, the village chief followed him, and the people in the mourning hall retreated to both sides to make way for them.

"Hey, the ducks in the village have disappeared inexplicably. I should have thought earlier, it must have been that thing again!" the second uncle sighed as he stood in front of the mourning hall.

"Second uncle, what do you say, I want to avenge my father!" Li Xiaoniu wiped his tears, looked hateful, stood up and asked.

"Revenge, revenge, do you know what it is, it's a water ghost, are you its opponent, you want your family to be destroyed!" the second uncle was very angry when he heard his words, and poked him in the chest and said.

"Water ghosts?"

The faces of the people in the mourning hall changed, remembering that ten years ago, the same scene had appeared ten years ago.

"I~"

Li Xiaoniu's fists clenched, he wanted revenge, but when he thought of the water ghost, he was powerless.

"Why do you make a living by catching fish in our village, and the water ghost appears again, how is it good?" The villagers discussed a lot, and they were not even extinguished for a long time.

The water ghost is in the lake, and the fish are going to go into the water, and who dares to go into the water if this happens, this is to cut off their way of life.

"For the sake of the present day, there is only one sacrifice again. The last time a virgin was sacrificed, why did our water village be safe for ten years. At this time, the village chief spoke.

It's okay not to speak, but it's amazing when you open your mouth.

Quiet, the mourning hall fell silent, no one dared to speak, sacrifice? sacrifice whom? sacrifice whose daughter? whose daughter is not the meat of their own heart?

"That's all I can do!"

The second uncle sighed and nodded, he couldn't think of any other way than sacrifice.

"I don't agree! Why are so many people still afraid that it won't work!"

Tiehu stood up at this time and said loudly, he moved into the village eight years ago, and he didn't know what happened ten years ago, he didn't believe that there was such a thing as a water ghost, and the water monster was about the same.

"Nonsense, the water ghosts come and go without a trace in the water, it is useful if there are many people, don't anger the water ghosts at that time, and the whole village will suffer. The best, the safest way is to sacrifice the virgin!" the village chief spoke again, thinking that sacrifice was the best way to go.

"I don't agree with it either! Who to sacrifice, you? or you? Or to your daughter?"

Li Xiaoniu had a calm face, pointed at the villagers, and almost said it with a roar.

The villagers were pale and shy when he pointed out that they were still thinking about sacrificing their daughter.

"Besides, killing is to pay for one's life, what is the difference between sacrifice and murder!"

Li Xiaoniu's loud voice was full of confidence. He didn't want to sacrifice anyone, he wanted revenge, as Iron Tiger said, there was nothing terrible about how many of them were powerful.

On this day, there was no discussion of whether or not to sacrifice or not.

Tie Hu and Li Xiaoniu insisted on not sacrificing, and the sacrifice would increase the fireworks of the water ghosts, and they would be more unscrupulous.

The village chief insisted on sacrificing, saying that sacrifice was the only way, and that ten years ago he had sacrificed a virgin, and that ten years of peace in the village was the best list.

The villagers are not perverted, what the village chief said alone does not count, and what Tiehu and Li Xiaoniu said does not count.

The villagers left faster, leaving Li Xiaoniu alone to kneel in front of the mourning hall.

Tetsuo originally planned to stay, but was forcibly pulled away by his father. Tie Hu didn't look at him differently because of his few words, not that he didn't look down on Li Xiaoniu.

And this guy is too lazy and doesn't know how to work, his daughter is married to him, he is worried that it is a problem whether he can eat enough, he doesn't want to see his daughter suffer.

The old Li family at the head of the village

"Lao Li, there is no surplus food at home, so you can't go into the water, how can it be good?" In the room, Aunt Li sat down against the table and said with a sad face.

And Lao Li Que sat on the threshold with a cigarette gun and frowned and smoked vigorously, they (she) had just come back from Li Xiaoniu's house, and since they heard that they couldn't go into the water, the two of them had not stretched their brows.

Their family is among the poorest in the village, with dilapidated tables and straw-covered roofs that leak on rainy days.

"Hey, I'll see it tomorrow!"

Lao Li sighed, 'Knock knock' the ash from the cigarette gun on the threshold, and stood up, his original old body looked even older.

Water is the basis of their survival, but the water ghosts are haunting, and the sky does not obey people's wishes!

The next day

Early in the morning, Li Lao still came, holding a bundle of fishing nets to the lake, this is forced, if you don't go into the water, the family will run out of food.

He approached the lake step by step, emaciated and haggard, with some deep wrinkles on his neck. There are brown spots on the cheeks, which are benign skin cancers caused by the sun's rays reflecting off the water.

The brown spots spread from the sides of his face, and his hands used ropes to pull large fish, leaving deep scars.

But none of these scars are new. They are as old as eroded places in deserts where there are no fish to hunt.

Everything about him seemed ancient, except for the eyes, which were as blue as a lake, and they were pleasant and unwilling to admit defeat, and even water ghosts could not stop him from going into the water.

There is a row of small boats parked by the lake, which is where the village parks its boats. There are no big boats, not a small boat. Villagers fish to supplement their families and rarely sell them.

Lao Li threw the fishing net into one of the small boats and looked at the calm lake.

In the morning, the light veil shrouded in the lake is turquoise, and white mist wafts above the lake. Add a bit of mystery, as if a beautiful big girl is veiled and doesn't let others see herself.

The white water vapor and the humidity are tightly attached to the shallow water plants, and next to the shallow water, there are several water ducks hidden in the grass, wandering happily as in the past.

Who would have thought that in such a beautiful lake, there are bloodthirsty demons hidden in the lake where people are raised.

The breeze blew a few strands of the old man's hair, and his eyes were a little moist, and he slowly pushed the boat into the water.