The mountain village at night is very quiet, the streets are dark, and the villagers have already rested early.
At this time, the rain has lightened a lot.
Another villager's house in Changxi Village.
Brothers Li Kangliang and Li Kangping were drinking at home. To be honest, the faceless body that was salvaged this morning really made them feel a little creepy.
The dead are not to be feared,
Every summer someone drowns.
But it was the first time in my life to encounter a corpse with a strange appearance, so the brothers Li Kangliang and Li Kangping were drinking together to strengthen their courage.
Didn't the old ancestors have a saying, called Jiu Zhuang cowardly.
Li Kangliang and Li Kangping were exactly the two who did not listen to the dissuasion of the elders in the village this morning, and secretly salvaged the faceless body by punting a boat. They are brothers.
Li Kangliang is the eldest brother,
Li Kangping is the second child.
After drinking more than a dozen bottles of beer, Li Kangliang suddenly felt the urge to urinate. He felt a pain in his abdomen.
He ran out in a hurry, it was dark outside, and the night in the countryside got dark early, and there was no one to be seen at night. At this time, Li Kangliang, whose nerves were paralyzed by alcohol, didn't think too much, just untied his belt and opened it on the spot. Faucet.
This release of water was a rush, and when Li Kangliang shuddered, he was about to put on his trouser belt and prepare to go back, when suddenly, there was the sound of rushing water in the quiet mountain village with no one around.
Li Kangliang was puzzled
Taking advantage of the strength of the wine, Li Kangliang did not turn his head away immediately, but turned his head to look for the direction of the sound of water, and muttered with alcohol in his mouth: "The sound of water sounds like a bucket is being used to dig well water." Voice, who doesn't sleep at night and still draws water?"
Wow.
There was the clear sound of splashing water again. The countryside was quiet at night, and the sound of water was especially clear around the open space. Li Kangliang, whose nerves were paralyzed by alcohol, began to search for it.
Soon, he finally found the direction of the sound of water, which came from the well in front of Mr. Zheng's house, diagonally opposite his house. In the dim night, a dark figure could be vaguely seen, standing by the well and bending over to draw water, and then pouring the water in the bucket into the water tank beside the vegetable field.
It is not uncommon to put a water tank next to the vegetable field, which is usually used to collect rainwater and water the vegetable field.
"who?"
"Is it old man Zheng?"
"You don't sleep at night, what kind of evil wind is used to fetch water into the water tank? And you don't even want to turn on the lights. If you fetch water in the dark, you won't be afraid of falling into the well and drowning like Zhao Gang a few days ago."
Li Kangliang staggered and shouted, his mouth full of alcohol.
But the dark figure beside the well didn't say a word, and was still fetching water over and over again, pouring water into the water tank.
"Hey, old man Zheng, why don't you talk?"
Li Kangliang staggered away smelling of alcohol, wanting to care about the other party so that no one else in the village would fall into the well. But when he got closer, Li Kangliang felt that something was wrong. He remembered that old man Zheng was a little hunchbacked, but the person who fetched water by the well didn't have a hunchback.
"You are not old man Zheng!"
"who are you!"
"Second brother, come quickly, old man Zheng's house is in trouble!"
Li Kangliang's last words were to call Li Kangping to come and help. Li Kangliang didn't wait for Li Kangping to come to help, and rushed forward alone under the stimulation of alcohol, not knowing how to be afraid.
But the figure by the well turned a deaf ear to it, as if he didn't hear it, and continued to repeat the actions of fetching water and pouring water into the tank like a machine. Even if Li Kangliang approached, the figure neither spoke nor ran away. Walking, just kept repeating the movements in his hands, as if he didn't see Li Kangliang.
"Hey! I'm talking to you. Who are you... old, second child? How could it be you! Why did you appear here!" Li Kangliang grabbed the black shadow by the shoulder and was about to question him when he saw this It turned out to be Li Kangping, the second younger brother who was drinking with him in the house just now.
Li Kangliang was awakened by the alcohol.
"Second brother, we are drinking, why did you come here to fill the water tank of Mr. Zheng's house? Did you get drunk from drinking too much, and you became confused after drinking?"
As Li Kangliang said, he was about to drag his younger brother home.
Unexpectedly, Li Kangliang couldn't pull it no matter what, Li Kangping was still holding the tin bucket of well water in his hand, and had been standing by the well all the time. Instead, he asked an inexplicable question: "Brother, what is the relationship between you and me?" Like? If you still recognize me as my brother, you can help me see if this water tank is filled with water."
Seeing that Li Kangping refused to leave, Li Kangliang, who was completely sober, felt more and more that what happened tonight was weird and shabby, and he was concerned about his younger brother. Li Kangliang just glanced at the water tank casually, and did not see the water level clearly in the dark night. , I hurriedly said that the water in the tank is full, can I go home with my brother this time
After finishing speaking, he took Li Kangping's hand and was about to walk home.
However!
Li Kangping suddenly didn't know where the strength came from, he broke free from Li Kangliang's hand, and then shouted with despair in his eyes: "Brother, you killed me this time!"
As soon as the words fell, Li Kangping threw away the tin bucket in his hand. With a thud, he jumped directly into the water tank. An adult who was 1.75 meters twisted his body into a strange posture and sank completely into the bottom of the water tank. .
"Second, what are you doing, you are crazy! Come out quickly, don't scare me!" Li Kangliang's eyes were red with anxiety, and he was about to reach into the water tank to save someone.
…
On the other side of Changxi Village,
Wang Youcai's home.
Suddenly, Fang Zheng seemed to sense something, and his originally calm and gentle aura suddenly changed. He rushed to the window and looked towards a certain direction of Changxi Village under the thick night.
Just at this moment, there was a knock on the door, it was the instructor.
As soon as Fangzheng opened the door, he saw Hu Sisi, who was unconscious, entered Fangzheng's room. Fangzheng looked at Hu Sisi in surprise and asked what was going on. Now, you help me take care of her first, I will save the villagers, I believe you have also sensed that there is a cunning century-old ghost hiding in Changxi Village."
The head coach's eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the wall, his eyes were sharp, and he looked towards a direction in the void... that direction was exactly the direction that Fang Zheng stood in front of the window and looked at.
"I'll leave it to you here, take good care of her for me, and don't let Wang Youcai on the first floor have an accident, or she won't be able to save her for the rest of her life..."
"I'll leave it to you here!"
After the instructor had finished speaking, the person jumped out of the window from the third floor, and quickly disappeared into the vast night, rushing to rescue him.
Fangzheng looked at Hu Sisi, who was stuffed into his arms by the head of the teacher, and suddenly felt a toothache.
It seems that his plan to concentrate on being a salted fish is about to fail.
because,
Just after the head coach left for a while, there was movement at the gate on the first floor.
"You are talented...you are talented...I am grandpa..."
"Open the door..."
The old man called out his name.
(end of this chapter)