Chapter 142

Because it was the last bus, it took only about 20 minutes from Zhonghai International Airport to Yangcheng Lake. There were not many people in the small carriage, so that Nanmao could not bear to drill under Tang an's T-shirt.

Yangcheng Lake is also a scenic spot. Now it is the fishing season. In addition to the workers fishing for crabs, there are also diners and tourists eating in the surrounding scenic spots and restaurants.

Tang an and Nanmao came here not only to taste the authentic Yangcheng Lake hairy crab, but also to find the legendary dog head man.

"Let's go to the store to eat crabs first, and ask if there is a legend of the dog headed man." Tang an ate a bowl of ramen and some meatballs at noon, and then worked hard all afternoon. Now he is naturally a little hungry.

As for the legend of the dog headed man, Tang an didn't take it seriously. He just came to play.

Nanmao looked at Yangcheng Lake in the night. There were little water colors against the lights on the lake. Large and small fishing boats either landed or swayed. A distant island was dormant in the middle of the lake.

Yangcheng Lake is not a small lake. The destination for ordinary people to visit is the Yangcheng Lake Peninsula tourist resort known as half lake water, half garden, half food and half shopping. The place where Tang an and Nanmao get off is not a commercial resort, but more like the original Yangcheng Lake farmhouse.

I can't go back tonight. At that time, I can only go to the resort to find a hotel. The early bus tomorrow should have time to go to school. Tang an looked at her mobile phone and took Nanmao to the store to eat.

"We don't go to the shop to eat crabs, we have to catch them by ourselves!" Nanmao broke away from Tang an's hand, but she was serious.

"How to catch? Jump into the water to find crabs?" Tang an knows this common sense. "Do you know how to catch crabs? Put the crab basket into the lake a week in advance. When the autumn wind rises and the crab feet itch, you will climb in along the basket and then salvage the crab basket. Do you think catching crabs is the same as catching fish?"

"Fool, don't you have a crab basket? Let's just look for a crab basket." Nanmao waved his hand and said without mind.

"Isn't that someone else's!" Tang an believes that there must be wild hairy crabs in such a large Yangcheng Lake, but Tang an doesn't want him to steal the crab baskets of farmers or those put by others.

"This lake is occupied by me, so all the crabs here are mine." Nanmao shouted, pointing to Yangcheng Lake.

Why not learn from President Zhang who contracted the fish pond? And this is not a fish pond. This is Yangcheng Lake. Is such a big Yangcheng Lake like a cemetery and a small courtyard of Tang an's family? If you say occupation, you will occupy it!

"Our plan is to first find someone to inquire about the legend of the dog head man. However, we land on the island, eat crabs on the island for the night, and wait for the dog head man to appear." Nanmao said seriously, "I doubt that the dog head man is a dog spirit with self understanding and transformation ability. Because it is self understanding, there is no way to completely change, so the dog head man will appear."

Tang an rubbed his eyebrows and hated the writers of stall literature. He was more worried that Nanmao would have a whim when he saw those strange news and strange talk on the Internet.

At this time, sang Mengmeng called. When she came home and saw that Tang an and Nanmao were not there, she called to ask.

Tang an only said that she didn't necessarily come back tonight and asked sang Mengmeng to solve the dinner by herself. She didn't tell sang Mengmeng that she was in Yangcheng Lake... Otherwise, sang Mengmeng might think Nanmao is neuropathy, and it's also neuropathy to accompany Nanmao.

Tang an never thought that his life actually included looking for a dog headed man. When he hung up, Tang an couldn't help sighing.

Nanmao has gone to a nearby supermarket. Since he doesn't intend to eat Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs in the surrounding restaurants, of course, he doesn't go to the hotel to inquire. Nanmao bought a box of milk in the supermarket and drank it. Then he pointed to the seasoning area and asked Tang an to prepare the seasoning for crabs in the evening.

"Do you really want to make your own crabs?" I'm not ready for camping. How can I do it empty handed! Tang an looked at the seasoning area and felt that in addition to seasoning, there were a lot of other things to prepare.

"We're here to eat crabs and find dog headed people!" Nanmao stressed impatiently. How many times have we asked, wordy!

Tang an picked up some spices and dishes and chopsticks, and then checked out at the cashier.

"Do you need anything else?" the cashier was a little girl of less than 20, with a red acne on her face. He looked at Tang an and smiled.

It's her age, and she's still a girl. Tang an is very embarrassed. How can you ask such a thing?

Nanmao doesn't like to talk to low-level human females, so she stands next to Tang an's T-shirt while drinking milk.

"Excuse me... Is there a legend of a dog headed man in Yangcheng Lake?" Tang an finally asked, trying to ask casually to make others feel that he didn't believe it, but was a little interested after hearing it.

"I haven't heard of this. I'm not local." the little girl smiled and shook her head.

So Tang an quickly checked out and left the supermarket.

"No, you hear me, I haven't heard of this," Tang an said to Nanmao.

"She said she wasn't a native. The hidden meaning is that she hasn't heard of it, which doesn't mean that others haven't heard of it." Nanmao pointed to an old man squatting nearby to clean up the crab basket, "This man should be a native, and old enough, but not old enough to remember things clearly. If he heard about things 20 years ago, he will remember... The female human you asked just now, she was not born when the dog head appeared."

Looking for the old man to inquire about these things was not so embarrassed when facing his peers, so Tang an went over, squatted down and said to the old man, "Sir, is the crab harvest good this year?"

The old man's beard was a little white, but his bones were still very strong. He was wearing a big underpants and was happy with the lake wind. When the old man heard Tang an's question, he nodded and said with a smile, "this year is a bumper harvest. It's estimated that there will be 3000 tons of Yangcheng Lake."

"That's good." Tang an said, "you've been raising crabs in Yangcheng Lake for decades."

"Yes... The crabs in the past were all state-owned factories. They were fat. Unlike now, they were getting smaller and smaller. The water in Yangcheng Lake was not as good as before." the old man said with some emotion.

"But in the past, the Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs were eaten by the rich, and now the common people can afford to eat them." Tang an then said to the old man.

The old man patted the crab basket and nodded, "that's true. Why, young man, are you here to travel or to eat crabs?"

"Oh, we came to play... I heard that dog headed people once appeared in Yangcheng Lake. Is there such a thing?" Tang an asked.

The old man took a slightly unexpected look at Tang an, then put down the crab basket, worshipped Yangcheng Lake and said, "of course I've heard of it, and I've seen it with my own eyes."

The ears of Nanmao's tiger hat moved and hurriedly ran over to listen with Tang an.

"You've seen it with your own eyes. What's it like?" Tang an's eyes jumped. The stall literature was not completely fabricated. It seems that this legend has indeed spread in Yangcheng Lake.

The old man worshipped Yangcheng Lake again and said in a low voice, "young man, it's not a dog head man. It's the lake God of Yangcheng Lake. It's the roaring dog that Erlang Zhenjun sat down!"

Tang an had to pretend to be very interested and asked, "Sir, what was the situation when you saw the lake God?"

The old man picked up his pipe and knocked some cut tobacco. Tang an quickly picked up the lighter on the ground and lit it for him. The old man knocked a cigarette and said leisurely: "That was more than 20 years ago. My second sister was just born and my mother-in-law was sitting at home for a month. I went to the lake alone to collect the crab basket. The autumn wind felt chilly. As soon as I mentioned the crab basket, I thought I had some good goods, but I couldn't pull it up... It seemed that there was something competing with me. Guess what?"

"It's the dog headed man!" Nanmao said immediately.

Nanmao actually took the initiative to talk to humans. It seems that she is really interested. Tang an also nodded, indicating that she guessed so.

"Yes, it's the lake God!" the old man said slightly angrily, "but it's not the lake God who competes with me. Where will the lake God compete with me? At that time, it was another water ghost who competed with me. Have you heard of the water ghost?"

Nanmao hasn't heard of it. Tang an knows it. This is listening to the old man's ghost story that frightens children!

"Water ghosts are also called water monkeys in some places. They are water monsters like people but covered with hair, aren't they?" Tang an hasn't seen those strange stories.

"Yes... It was the water monkey. I was young and strong at that time. When I pulled it up, I was shocked to see the black eyes and white teeth. However, the crab basket was full of crabs. I was reluctant to let the water monkey spoil it, so I pulled it up!" the old man said, tut tut sighed, "I'm old now. I'm afraid I don't have the courage to meet water monkeys again."

"Later!" Nanmao urged. The water monkey may be an unknown spirit in the water!

To tell a story, one should ask nearby, otherwise where can it go on? The old man shook his cigarette gun with satisfaction, "After all, the water monkey is a water ghost. I have great strength in the water. I was pulled into the water by it accidentally. I regretted it at that time. I just fished the crab when it was gone. Once a person fell into the water, where is the opponent of the water monkey? I'm afraid it will be eaten by it. When I was a child, I heard that the water monkey in Yangcheng Lake eats people. I didn't expect to be eaten I only think about my mother-in-law and my second sister when I was young. What can I do? "

"Auspicious people have their own faces. You don't always look like a sufferer. You must be fine!" Tang an is a qualified supporter.

"That's... Isn't I good now?" the old man laughed. "At that time, when I was about to be dragged into the water by the water monkey, the lake God came over on the huge wave and shouted: Evil animals, dare to harm people. Today is your death!"

"The lake God killed the water monkey and saved you?" Tang an asked.

"The lake God opened his mouth and burned the water monkey to ashes!" the old man put down his cigarette gun and worshipped the lake. "After the lake God saved me, he walked on the waves again... Since then, I have never encountered anything on the water. The crab basket is always the most full in my family. Everyone says that the lake God blessed me and will live a long life in the future."

"That's... Long life." Tang an turned his head and looked at Nanmao. After listening to the story, this is a story!

"What does the lake God look like? Do you see clearly?" Nanmao said unhappily. Who wants to listen to you? Nanmao only cares about the dog head.

"I didn't see it very clearly at that time, but the lake God was huge, more than two feet high. With a wave of his hand, he straightened my boat, but the lake God did have a head like a dog, and his body and limbs were about the same as people..." the old man thought carefully, "by the way, there was a tail. When his tail was swept, Yangcheng Lake was a huge wave!"

"The old man, have you ever seen this lake God again, or heard of where it appeared?" Tang an then asked.

The old man shook his head and said proudly, "where is the lake God that people can see casually? A few years ago, Yangcheng Lake was haunted by water ghosts, and the lake God didn't answer. No one else has the opportunity to see the lake God except me. Every year during the new year's Festival, I row a boat to the island to worship the lake God. Occasionally, the lake God will give me a dream, indicating natural and man-made disasters."

"That island?" Nanmao said, pointing to the small island completely hidden in the darkness in the middle of Yangcheng Lake.

The old man nodded and asked with great interest, "Why are you asking about this? Do you also want to see the lake God? I didn't say that the lake God doesn't want to see. If you are sincere and live near Yangcheng Lake for decades, you may still have a chance. Sincerity is spirit!"

"Thank you. Let's just ask and be curious." Tang an said with a smile. He knew he couldn't ask more... Or that's all the story made up by the old man.

Tang an and Nanmao walk away. After walking some way, Nanmao stands by Yangcheng Lake and looks at the island in the distance.

Tang an is also looking at the island, which is the place where the legendary Lake God will come and where the old man will worship.

Like many places, Yangcheng Lake does have a ceremony to open the lake to catch crabs, but perhaps the old man will believe in the legend of the lake God... A dog headed man who is three feet tall is almost ten meters tall, twice as high as the five meters mentioned in the stall magazine.

"Don't you really believe it?" Tang an said helplessly, looking at the serious look of the king Nanmao. It seems that the old man is basically the source of the legend of the dog headed man, but the old man also said that he was the only one to see it, and he had an amazing dream, and was involved in the water ghost, This is a story that most children with elders at home will have heard.

"Vague memory, exaggerated words, lies caused by the need to be worshipped and envied are the factors that must be considered in human rumors." Nanmao's look is serious, but his tone is very calm. It doesn't turn over Yangcheng Lake to look for the dog headed man as Tang an worried.

"Just know." Tang an thinks so. People inevitably want to be noticed, respected and respected. It is normal to derive lies from some facts or coincidences.

What's more, what the old man said is obviously a fairy story. People who are a little younger will not believe what Erlang Zhenjun and Xiaotian dog are saying.

"One thing that I think needs to be considered is that when he talks about dog headed people, that kind of piety is not pretended. He believes what he says." Nanmao helped his tiger hat, "I can think he did meet the dog headed man, and then the dog headed man used some magic tricks to make him think he was encountering a water ghost and was saved by some lake God."

"Do you still think dog headed people exist?" Tang an sighed and said for a long time. It turned out that the old man's story further confirmed Nanmao's conjecture.

"Of course, the old human male mentioned Xiaotian dog. According to my research on the mythical image of human beings on earth, I think Xiaotian dog and Erlang God are actually two forms of dog spirit family. The Xiaotian dog seen by human is only his dog form, and Erlang God is his human form." Nanmao stretched out his hand and pointed to the island in the middle of the lake, "In the ancient times of human civilization on earth, this dog spirit family appeared, leaving the legend of Erlang God. Now the dog head man we are looking for may also have something to do with Erlang God."

Tang an took a breath with her mouth open and bowed her hands in admiration. She is worthy of being the king of Nanmao. This association is really unusual and even gives people a very believable feeling.

"Let's go to the island first, then eat crabs on the island and look for clues about the dog headed man." Nanmao waved his hand and took away the plastic bag Tang an was carrying.