An original little story every night to accompany you through those sleepless nights...... I'm a ghostly madman, are you ready? Start another story of ours - "The Drowned"!

What I want to tell you today is another story of a vain evil ghost looking for a substitute.

I remember Lao Qu When I was in elementary school, there was a school rule that was written like this: It is strictly forbidden to go to the big eye well, reservoir, fish pond, and sand pit to take a bath~!

I believe that few children go to these places mentioned above now, but when we are young, especially in summer, these places are our feng shui treasures to cool off the heat.

With our family conditions at the time, we had never heard of a swimming pool or a water amusement park, let alone a place to play.

As long as the place is big enough and the water resources are sufficient, that is our swimming pool, the children who grow up by the water are generally very good, just like fish, they can not stand it after leaving the water for a long time, and when they see the water, they want to go in and take a "fierce son" to take a dip.

Of course, there are also those who love to play but the water is not very good, just find a broken tire, this is the swimming ring, you can also have fun sitting on it, in case the tire is flat, you can only consider yourself unlucky!

At that time, every child who lived by the river knew that it was dangerous to go to those places to bathe, and their own adults had told them countless times not to go to those places, but a few people still drowned in them every year.

There are many sand quarries in Zhang Xiaokai's hometown, and after the square sand is hollowed out, there are sand pits of different sizes left on the riverbed.

People who live nearby also make full use of the resources, diverting water from the sand pit to their own fields to water the ground, washing clothes by the sand pit, and of course, those who dare not listen to their parents' advice to come here to bathe and swim.

In recent days, there has been little rain, and the crops in the fields look wilted due to the lack of timely irrigation.

These bunkers on the riverbed, which still hold some water, have become treasures for the villagers, and some people have even fought over the limited water resources.

Looking at the villagers who were beating their heads and bleeding, Zhang Xiaokai slanted his cigarette roll with a gloating expression on his face, and muttered in his mouth: "These stupid people, they know how to rob, and they won't use their brains!"

In the evening, after dinner, most of the people had rested, and Zhang Xiaokai picked up the shovel and walked leisurely towards his field.

His family's field is in a good location, close to the riverbed, not too dry, look at the ditches dug in the ground, Xiao Kai used a shovel to open a gap here, and there is another one, and soon all the ditches are connected to his own field.

Xiao Kai sat leisurely on the big stone on the ridge, smoking a cigarette leisurely and nibbling on the tortillas brought from home.

Suddenly, he saw a child appear in front of him, the little guy was seven or eight years old, naked wearing only a pair of shorts, his whole body was dirty, as if he had just been fished out of the sludge, and he was clasping his nose and eyes and looking at the corn tortilla in Xiao Kai's hand without blinking.

"Look at your virtue, dirty and not garbage, wipe it clean for you, come and accompany Lao Tzu to pour the ground and eat cakes!" Xiao Kai threw a towel around his neck to the little boy in front of him.

The little boy was also unceremoniously wiped the towel on his face, again and again, and he didn't stop for more than ten minutes.

Xiao Kai looked a little impatient, and scolded with a smile: "The rabbit cub is still wiping, and if you wipe it again, you will be bald!" After speaking, he stepped forward, snatched the towel from the little boy's hand, and rudely helped him wipe the stains on his face.

The little boy's two nostrils kept flowing out of the sludge, so that Xiao Kai couldn't wipe it clean, and then the same sludge flowed out of the little boy's ears, mouth and eyes, and the sticky towels and Xiao Kai's hands were all there.

"Damn!" Xiao Kai scolded, threw down the towel and ran away, Xiao Kai often listened to the stories of the old people in the village when he was a child, including the story of a child drowning into a water ghost, this kind of ghost who died in vain cannot be directly reincarnated, you must find a stand-in to replace yourself, and the way to find a stand-in is also strange, which makes people unguardable!

Xiao Kai ran to the house in one breath, and his wife saw him panting like this, and jokingly said, "What's wrong with you?

Xiao Kai wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, took a sip of tea, and then gasped and said: "This time you really said it right, Lao Tzu really met a ghost!" Xiao Kai told his wife what had happened just now, and his wife was also shocked when she heard it, and told Xiao Kai that if she went again tomorrow, remember to bring some incense, candles, paper money, and worship those lonely ghosts, so as not to get into trouble.

With a terrible experience just now, Zhang Xiaokai slept very unsteadily this night, always had nightmares, and when he woke up, he forgot all the things in the dream, only remembering that he seemed to have gone to a very cold place, where it was dark and dark, and it was very wet and muddy, it felt like being in the underwater sludge!

Because he didn't sleep well at night, Xiao Kai was also very unenergetic when he woke up during the day, worried that the little ghost he met last night would find trouble for himself, and after breakfast, Xiao Kai came to the river with incense, candles, and paper money.

It's not too early to say that this time is not early, but there is no one else nearby, Xiao Kai lit incense candles and paper money by the river, that is, by his own field.

The paper money burned out, Xiao Kai saw that the shovels and towels he didn't come and took away last night were still thrown on the big stones on the ridge, Xiao Kai picked up the things, and when he was about to go home, a young man came from a distance and stopped in front of Xiao Kai.

"It's better in your twenties, Zhang Xiaokai, you finally remembered to come and see me!" Xiao Kai looked at the people in front of him and was very puzzled, and said secretly: "I know who you are!"

"I'm Wendong, have you forgotten?"

"Wendong?" Xiao Kai muttered the name in his mouth, and fell into childhood memories~!

"Dongzi, Dongzi, you see it's so hot, why don't we go take a bath!"

"No, my mom said those bunkers are too dangerous, so I don't think I'd better go."

"What are you afraid of, I'm good at water, even if you fall, I can pull you up with just one hand!"

"Okay then, but don't leave me alone if something happens!"

"I was so naïve at the time that I actually believed your words, but what I didn't expect was that you watched me sink into the mud and refused to pull me."

"I couldn't help it, if I had saved you, we might all have died there"

"Then you just leave me alone! Do you know how painful I am down there after so many years! Let you feel it today."

"Husband, what's wrong with you? Are you having nightmares again?" Hearing Xiao Kai's exclamation, his wife, who was sleeping next to him, asked.

"It's okay, it's okay, let's sleep" Xiao Kai put his arm around his wife, a weird smile appeared on his face, and he thought: "Zhang Xiaokai, your wife's skin is so slippery......!"