After hearing Fang Tian's words, I was moved inexplicably. I wanted to say thank you, but I felt that it was unnecessary. To thank Fang Tian, Fang Tian would definitely be angry again.
We talked for a while, Fang Tian took the people and walked southward. I stood there and looked around for a long time, until they were gone without a trace, then I turned around and turned back.
After taking the medicine formulated by Baiku, I got better quickly. Now, except for a little tired body, other symptoms have alleviated and disappeared. I found a place on the river beach again, got a small broken boat, went down the river at dawn every day, and took the boat at sunset, and started the day-to-day life of the past.
This kind of day is very boring, and the mood now is completely different from the past. I used to take corpse fishing as a craft to feed the family, but at this moment, I accepted the master’s request. If I can’t find the three-eyed floating corpse, I don’t know when I will end this wandering around. day.
As the weather turned colder, the amount of water in the river decreased, and the corpse hunters gradually became deserted. Sometimes when passing by Yizhuang Xi Temple near the river beach, three or two corpse scavengers can be seen sitting by the river and chatting. I also know in my heart that I want to find a floating corpse in this vast river, especially a very weird floating corpse. It's no more than looking for a needle in a haystack. This kind of search is endless. Apart from wandering in the river every day, I will Can't think of another way.
After going back and forth, I have been wandering alone for a month, and the weather is getting colder and colder. When the other corpse collectors are out of business, I am still busy every day.
This day is the first of October in the lunar calendar, and among the folks, the first of October is also to be sacrificed to ancestors and to sweep their graves. Moreover, every day after dark, every family will shut their doors and turn off the lights, and no one will be outside. In some places, there is a custom of putting river lanterns.
The custom of lighting river lanterns has a long history. Because the river overflows every year, there are endless people who die from floods. Some people are superstitious, thinking that these people who died in the water may turn into unjust souls and disturb the restlessness on both sides of the river. The river lantern drifts downstream along the river, and it is said that it can lead away the unjust souls in the water. Therefore, the river lantern is also called the spirit lantern.
As corpse collectors, we deal with floating corpses every day, so there is no such taboo. When the sun was about to set, I saw about dozens of river lanterns floating up from the upper reaches. When I was a child, people in the village would go to the rivers near the village to put river lights every year. Seeing these river lights, they couldn't help but think of their hometown.
I can't remember how long I haven't been back to the small village where I was born and raised. Although the small village is small and poor, it is the first stable home for me in the world.
When I think of this, I think of many people and many things, even though I am still young, I can't help but sigh.
"Big brother… "
I was sitting on the bank, watching the river lights slowly drifting by in front of me, and suddenly I heard someone calling me behind me. Looking back, there was a little girl who was about five or six years old standing behind, wearing a small jacket of floral homespun, with a blushing face.
"What's the matter?" When I saw this little girl, I thought she was a little girl in the country, nothing special.
"Big brother, someone fell into the water over there." The little girl pointed backward.
I looked in the direction of her fingers, maybe too far away, I didn't see anything. I just wanted to ask questions again, but suddenly I felt something was wrong.
Today is October 1st, to the sun
When it was about to fall, the adults in the family went to the river to set a river lantern, and they all hurried home. There was no one around, how could this five or six-year-old girl ran to the river alone.
I couldn't help but became suspicious. I had suffered such a loss too many times before. So, I swallowed the words I was about to ask, turned and walked towards the river beach.
"Big brother, big brother..." The little girl hurriedly chased me when she saw that I ignored her, and shouted from behind: "Someone fell into the river over there, don't you care?"
I sneered secretly. The little girl seemed to be trying to lead me down the river. The more she said that, the more suspicious I was in my heart.
I walked quickly, and in a moment, the little girl couldn't keep up. Nevertheless, I still have a sense of crisis. The little girl just came to me here. Was it accidental or deliberate? I lived near this section of the river for more than a month, and it has been very peaceful, and no accidents happened. I usually try to minimize contact with people, but the sudden appearance of the little girl made me feel uneasy.
I don't even want to go back to my temporary residence, lest there be any trouble. My body has been restored to the same level as before, but I really don’t want to have branches out of the way, holding the idea that more is worse than less, I didn’t go to my residence, and went around in a circle. I walked and watched and saw that there was indeed no one behind me. , I slowed down.
The sky is already very dark. If you don't go back to your residence, there will be no place to live. It is estimated that you will have to sleep in the wild this night. I thought for a while, remembering that there was a small forest over there, so I wandered over. The grove is not big. In this weather, the leaves have fallen, and there is a thick layer of fallen leaves on the ground, lying on it softly.
At the beginning, I was very alert and looked around from time to time. However, the grove was remote and almost no one stepped in, let alone now. After staying in this way for more than an hour, without incident, I gradually felt a little sleepy.
I took a nap in a daze. I didn't dare to sleep too much. After a while, I heard a creak.
Although the noise was small, it awakened me all at once. As soon as my eyes opened, the clicking sound came to my ears again. This kind of sound was obviously the sound of being stepped on by dry leaves on the ground. I quietly stood up and looked in the direction where the sound came from.
The sound came from the woods. There were fallen leaves everywhere in the woods, which accumulated thickly over the years. I opened my eyes and looked over meticulously. Soon, I saw a slowly moving figure in the forest.
Someone here!
I was taken aback, but didn't dare to make any extra moves. The figure didn't know if it had spotted me, and walked slowly through the woods just like that.
I watched it carefully, I was fully absorbed, and I couldn't help but slowly withdrew the dagger from my waist. Most of the leaves in the woods fell, and the moonlight sparsely penetrated in. That person probably didn't notice me for a while, just walked in another direction, and I gradually relaxed a little, but still watched intently.
The distance between each other was relatively close, and I held my breath for fear that this person would be alarmed. After this person walked two more steps, he happened to come to a ray of moonlight shining through the cracks in the branches.
With the reflection of the moonlight, I suddenly saw this man's face. At this moment, my heart seems to have suddenly set off a monstrous wave
Lan.
Although, I only saw a profile face, but I can't mistake it, this person walking slowly through the woods turned out to be Dad!
I have lived by my father's side for more than ten years, getting along day and night, inseparable, how could I admit him wrong. My head was empty, and I threw everything aside, got up from where I was, and yelled.
"father!"
Dad must have heard my voice. He was taken aback and turned to look here. I saw him, and he saw me. The moment he saw me, Dad's expression suddenly became tense, and without a word, he turned and left.
"Father! What's wrong with you!" I thought to myself, there must be something strange here. Because a few years ago, I thought that Dad fell into the water and died while saving people. Later, I saw his body in the river. But at the time, I thought it was a bit weird. A few years later, Dad's body is still well preserved, and there is no sign of corruption at all.
Now that I saw Dad crookedly in Xiaolinzi, I feel that he, like my master, was forced to die for various reasons.
Why did he swindle to death? What is he avoiding? At this moment, my empty brain gave birth to countless questions. For these questions, I definitely can't think of the answers myself, only let Dad explain to me.
I chased him, calling him while chasing, but Dad didn't answer or stop. He ran faster and faster in the woods, as if he was afraid of seeing me and he didn't want to talk to me.
I was anxious, and the more I chased, the more irritable I became. Is there anyone in this world who is more intimate than a father and son? When Dad saw me, he fled like a monster.
"Father! Stop first! Stop first..." I yelled from behind: "What's the matter, tell me if there is a problem, let's carry it together! Father, I'm not a kid anymore... What's the matter? It's something, I'm holding on with you!"
But no matter what I said, Dad always refused to answer. I only knew about this small forest before, but I never came in, but Dad was very familiar with the terrain here. After running for a while, I gradually couldn't keep up with him.
My heart is cruel, even if I break both legs today, I have to catch up with him and ask for clarity.
With this idea in mind, I was completely free from it, flying through the woods. Dad ran ahead for a while, and it seemed that he was also desperately escaping.
Two people were chasing one after another. After a while, when they reached the depths of the forest, I saw a burning campfire not far away.
The bonfire is not too big, but in the middle of the night, the fire is very dazzling. I saw the burning campfire all at once, and I also saw a few people sitting by the campfire.
I didn't even think that in the depths of the woods, there were still people resting around the campfire.
Dad was still running. He obviously ran towards the campfire. I had made up my mind to catch up with him anyway. So, my footsteps kept going, and I continued to catch up.
When he was about to run to the campfire, Dad finally slowed down. As soon as he slowed down, I hurried to catch up.
Soon, I also ran to the campfire. Dad stood by the campfire, stopped running, and slowly looked back at me.
The few people sitting around the bonfire didn't seem to expect that it was already midnight, and some people would follow into the depths of the woods, turning their heads and looking at me together.
At this moment, I just felt my whole body hairy, and there was an unspeakable feeling in my heart.
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