Chapter 9

"Well, what's going on with the water ghost business? Have you found anything?"

"A body was found in the river yesterday. But it's deep. "

The old man frowned and said, "then get the body out. Maybe we can find out the reason for the water devil. Do it yourself. "

As soon as I hear this, I don't care about me. This water devil is not my own business, "old man. Are you leaving me alone to investigate this matter? "

The old man reached out and patted me on the head and said softly, "I taught you. Now it's time for you to exercise. If I'm gone, what can you do? You can't rely on me all your life. "

The old man has a good time. Carrying a pot with a cigarette bag on his back, he walked out of the shop and didn't know who to look for. Business is good these days. But also ended up in a leisure. I sat on the chair at the door, thinking about the water ghost.

We need to go into the water some time to get the body out. Maybe we can catch the water devil. After dinner in the evening, I went to xiaoyanhe. By this time, it was dark and night fell on the village.

It's chilly here. I took off my clothes and went into the river. Bit by bit, I dived into the bottom of the river. I found the big stone. Last time I saw the hand pressing behind the big stone, I grabbed the hand and pulled it hard. The body seems to be stuck.

I climbed up the bank, took out a hemp rope from my backpack, jumped into the river and tied the rope tightly to the body's arm.

"Brother Sheng, what are you doing?" I climbed up from the river. Fang Fang was holding a bamboo basket in her hand. "Brother Sheng, why did you go down again? Aren't you afraid of ghosts?"

"I'm here to catch the water devil." I tied the other end of the rope to a big rock and sat aside for a rest. "Why are you here? Why don't you come home at night and stay here?"

"I came to see you. Uncle Liu said you were here. I'll bring you something to eat. It's my cake." Listen to this girl so say, my stomach is really a little hungry, swimming and diving is the most physical.

"Brother Sheng, have you been helping in the coffin shop these years? I think you are different from before." I took a piece of sweet scented osmanthus cake and put it into my mouth. I said in a soft voice, "it's different. Go back early. It's windy here. Don't catch cold."

"I'm not cold. I'll talk with you here."

"I don't have time to talk to you." I got up and grabbed the rope. I tried to grab it up. The body was heavy enough. I pulled the rope off and didn't pull the body up. Tired, I sat on the ground for a few breaths, there is no way, can only go back to think of a way.

"Goo Goo Goo!"

"Brother Sheng, what kind of voice is that? It sounds so scary." Fangfang is like a frightened rabbit, holding my arm, I found that this girl took my arm as soon as she looked for a chance.

"Night owls call rice seedlings. When you were a child, you hid in your brother's arms when you heard this cry, and you cried in fright."

Fangfang said with a scared face: "let's go. It's strange here. I'm really scared."

I whispered, "there's nothing to be afraid of, just night owls."

As soon as I heard this, I felt that I had said something wrong. A dark wind came out of the woods. I tightened my tight clothes and had a cold war.

Although it's cold in the mountains, there's no such cold wind. Moreover, it's a hot summer season. Suddenly there's such a overcast wind. I feel a little uneasy in this place.

"The rope moved..." I looked down and saw that the hemp rope swayed twice, just like fishing. When the fishing rod swayed, there was a fish to be hooked.

I leaned down and grabbed the rope. I did feel something was going up and an arm was coming out of the water.

"Help me pull the rope, pull up the body!" The body was like a dead pig. It took us a long time to pull it up from the river.

I didn't have time to think about it. I took out a sack from my bag, put the body in, tied it with a rope, and carried it up.

"Come on, let's go back!" I took Fangfang to go home, through the woods, in front of me is a desolate rice field. Fangfang tightly took my arm and looked at the corpse on my back. She was so scared that she turned pale.

I carried the body back to the coffin shop. When the old man saw me coming back, he came out of the room.

"Yes, I've got the body back in two days."

"The body has been swollen in the water for some time." I carried the body to the morgue in the backyard and untied the sack.

The old man looked down at the corpse, his face became heavy, and he said in a voice: "that little river is actually a corpse raising place. Although the corpse is swollen, it is well preserved."

"Old man, what's the name of this corpse? I can't see it." This is a female corpse. The clothes she wears are very similar to ours. She should be from our village.

"Water ghosts usually fall into the water and die by accident, because the corpse has been hidden at the bottom of the river, so the resentment is in the river. If you want to reincarnate, you can only rely on looking for a substitute."

I said softly, "what about this corpse? Is it burned or buried?"

The old man lit the pot, took a puff, and gently spat out a puff of smoke ring.

"Something's wrong. This body and the head are not together." I listened to what the old man said and looked at it carefully. There was a very humble wound on the woman's neck. The old man's cigarette showed the edge of the knife.

"Old man, how could such a strange thing happen?"

"It seems that this matter is really not so simple. Don't burn the corpse. Let's put it in the coffin for the night." I put the body into a coffin, placed a censer, inserted a few sticks of incense, and then closed the shop.

I took a look at Fangfang and said softly, "it's late. I'll take you back."

"Brother Sheng, I want to live with you." Fang Fang's face turned red, Nan Nan said.

"Let's go... I'll take you back, or your parents will be worried." Fangfang took my arm and we were walking on the path in the village. Fangfang stopped suddenly, lowered her head and played with her hands.

"What's the matter with you... Why don't you go?"

"Brother Sheng, I..." Fangfang lowered her head and threw herself into my arms. "I like you... I want to be your girlfriend."

"Ah? What did you say... "

"Oh... I said I like you and want to be your girlfriend." Fangfang's voice is getting smaller and smaller, and her little face is red as if she can drip blood.

"That... I'm friends with your brother, and I've always taken care of you as my sister. There's no other meaning."

Fangfang eyes a red, sobbing said: "but... But last night... I don't care, anyway, I want to be your girlfriend."

"I'm married. Do you see the throne in my family? That's my daughter-in-law's throne."

"But she's dead. I can take care of you instead of her." What's wrong with this girl today? She's abnormal.

"I repeat, I've always treated you like a sister, and I don't think it's too much."

"I don't care... I'm going to be with you. I'm here to find you." Fangfang said, then she threw herself into my arms and gave me a kiss on the face. "Once when I was a child, I fell into the river and almost drowned. You saved me. I wanted to marry you when I grew up."

"That was when you were a child. Now that you grow up, you will meet the boy you like." I turned to think about it, and then gently advised: "this matter will be discussed in a few days, now I want to catch the water ghost to avenge your cousin, and wait until the matter is solved, OK?"

"Well... If I help you find the water ghost, you will marry me!" Fangfang said and tiptoed to kiss my mouth, her lips are very soft, fragrant tongue pried open my mouth, my body suddenly feel like burning.

My hands subconsciously hugged her, breathing began to become rapid up.

My brain is blank. I didn't expect that some people like me. Fangfang and I fell into the next bud rice field, rolling body, put her under the body.

Her skin as white as snow, her hands tightly around my neck, I wantonly kiss her cheek, hands keep swimming in her body.

"Brother Sheng... I really like you. I want to be your daughter-in-law."

"Pa!" I don't know who gave me a spoon in the back and woke me up. I stood up quickly and calmed down. What am I doing? She is the sister of Sanbao!

Fang Fang's face flushed and gasped at me. "What's the matter, brother Sheng? Don't you like me?"

"It's getting late. I'll take you home first."

"I will let you marry me!" Fangfang said, turned around and ran out of the bud rice, I stood there alone silly, back to God when Fangfang this girl also don't know where to go, this midnight if what happened can do ah.

I didn't see her after a round, so I had to go home first. I went to the incense table and put on a few sticks of incense. A wisp of smoke floated out of the holy place.

"Let's see... Whose lipstick is it, or cherry mouth!" I quickly wiped off the lipstick on my face with my hand. After a moment ago, I was a little upset.

I lay on the bed and couldn't sleep. Tang Yufeng lay beside me. "What's the matter, my husband's face is so ugly?"

"I'm not in the mood to chat with you. Go back and have a rest."

"It's really boring. I was in a good mood today, and you have stirred me up." With that, Tang Yuchen turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared.

The next morning, I washed and came to the shop. The old man just came out of the house and opened the door of the shop.

I walked over and asked softly, "Why are you so early today, or am I getting up late?"

"There are people dead in the village again. Follow me to have a look."

"Ah? Dead again? " I followed the old man to the rice field at the entrance of the village. I didn't know why. I felt a little uneasy and felt like something was going to happen.

The head of the village and some villagers gathered around bamidi, looking for something with their heads down.

When the village head saw me and the old man, he came over quickly: "old man Liu, you've come here. Fangfang is missing."

"Fangfang is missing?" I feel a kind of bad luck

Last night Fangfang didn't go home for a night, and the family were all crazy.

"Everybody help to look for it, don't let anything happen!" The old man looked at me and said in a deep voice, "did you send Fangfang home last night? Did anything happen on the way?"

"No..." I don't know how anxious I was. I found Fangfang here last night. Looking for a morning also did not find Fangfang, the villagers have their own home.

The old man and I went back to the shop, I made a pot of tea, some absent-minded sitting in a chair, the kind of uneasiness in my heart is more and more intense.