I have been staring at the movement of the water. When the faint light faded to almost no trace, I naturally saw the floating corpse on the water.
The water in the river bend is relatively dirty, and the floating corpses are up and down in the water, looming. When that little light falls on the floating corpse, I just think this may be the last chance. If you don’t do anything, the floating corpse will float along the water. The secret of the ball , It will sink forever.
I have fear and indignation in my heart. By now, I have fully understood that the villagers who got into the balls are all innocent. Their only fault is that they saw these balls, so they could hardly escape bad luck. I don't know what the ball does, but things are right in front of me. The villagers got into the ball and the ball was submerged in the water. Can they still live
A few innocent lives disappeared like this. The conscience behind this incident may be black.
I want to hold the floating corpse first, and then slowly look for clues. When the old cat got into the ball, the light that emerged from the ball was unusual. Now that the light fell on the floating corpse, I wanted to see what was going on.
I was very careful. Although I was filled with righteous indignation, I still paid attention to the surrounding movement. Except for the sound of wind and running water, the surroundings were quiet. I raised my hand and untied a rope from my waist.
There is a noose in front of the rope. This is the easiest and most effective method for corpse scavengers to deal with floating corpses. Almost all corpse scavengers have practiced rope throwing corpses. I grabbed the noose and tossed it. After the noose fell into the water, it turned over with the current, impartially, and it was just placed on the right ankle of the floating corpse.
I pulled it casually, and the noose tightened. The rope sheathed the ankles of the floating corpse, and it was impossible for the floating corpse to break free. I immediately pulled the rope vigorously, trying to pull the floating corpse up in the river.
This floating corpse looked ordinary, but it was very heavy. I exhausted all my strength, but I couldn't move it. At this moment, I caught a glimpse of this floating corpse under the water with two arms.
My head suddenly grew bigger, and it is not uncommon for the corpse scavenger to encounter some weird things. Because there are many kinds of floating corpses, they cannot be generalized. However, it was the first time I saw floating corpses swimming like water.
I was a little frightened, the only thing I could do was to pull the rope in my hand vigorously. This time, I tried my best and dragged, the floating corpse involuntarily turned over in the water and turned face up.
At the instant of a finger, my eyes were dull, and the moonlight above my head shone down and reflected on the face of the floating corpse. I couldn't believe my eyes. I just felt like my body was frozen. I couldn't even move a finger. Standing in place blankly.
The face of the floating corpse was so familiar, so familiar that it was printed on my bones, no matter when it arrived, no matter where it went, I couldn't forget it.
That's Dad, it must be.
I only stayed there for a while, and immediately jumped up from where I was, and rushed to the river beach frantically. I stepped into the shallow water and swam through it desperately. At this moment, I no longer had the slightest fear, I just wanted to swim next to the floating corpse.
The floating corpse was moving, perhaps knowing that I was swimming in full force, the floating corpse's arms and legs shook at the same time, and the body slid forward against the surface of the water. Obviously, the water was very good. At this time, I finally saw clearly, this is definitely not a floating corpse, it’s clear
Is a living person.
Dad is not dead, Dad is still alive.
My head didn't know why, and countless thoughts flashed like wild flowers. I really seemed crazy, desperately grabbing the rope in the water and wrapping it around my arm forcefully.
"Father! What are you doing! Father!" I yelled. In my opinion, apart from the master, Dad is the person who cares about me the most in this world, but I can't figure it out at all. Dad is still alive, but Pretending to be dead for so long, pretending to be a floating corpse, swimming in the big river.
what is this
Maybe it was my heart-piercing yell that disturbed his mind, or maybe I wrapped the rope around my arm so that he couldn't swim anymore. After I shouted out, Dad really stopped his hands and feet, floated quietly on the water, turned his head slowly, and glanced at me.
At this glance, I saw his gaze, a familiar gaze. Just like the gaze that I can see every day for the first ten years of my life, it remains unchanged.
"Father! Tell me! Why is this!" My eyes were sour, and I couldn't tell whether it was river water or tears on my face for a while. At this moment, if you think about it with your heels, you can imagine that the nine balls and the nine villagers who got into the balls definitely have something to do with Dad.
Could it be that... he was the one who let the nine villagers get into the ball
I didn’t even dare to think about it, because in my mind, Dad was an upright and kind-hearted person despite his inaction. Since I was very young, Dad told me more than once. He said, A person may live a lifetime, perhaps mediocre, or rich and wealthy, that is all fate, but no matter where he lives, he can never lose his conscience.
What he said, I kept every word in my heart, and never forgot. When I grew up, I was doing my best to do what he taught me back then, but I really didn't expect that the father who kept calling me Xiangshan would harm all these nine lives
Dad might know that this time the father and son meet, I will follow him anyway. Even if he swims away, I can't give up, and I will definitely pursue it with all my strength. Therefore, Dad didn't move anymore, and slowly turned around in the water, stepped on the water, and was separated from me by a distance of ten feet, watching me silently.
With my eyes facing each other, I seemed to have a thousand words to say, but I couldn't say a word.
"Thirteen." After a while, Dad said, "Go ashore first. If you have any words, let's talk ashore."
I don't worry, lest my father will disappear when I turn around. Without letting go of the rope in my hand, I swam to the shore first, holding on to the rope tightly. Dad also swam over, and the two went up to the river bank.
I was soaked in water all over, and when the wind blew me ashore, I suddenly felt bitterly cold. Dad was still the same as before. Seeing me shivering, his expression was distressed.
"Thirteen, go over there, find a place, burn the fire to dry the clothes first."
I grabbed Dad's arm and held it tightly, and then the father and son walked westward for a while. To the west, there is a small river ditch that has dried up for many years. The two of us picked up some dead branches and fallen leaves and lit a fire under the river ditch.
I was baking the soaked clothes and staring at Dad without blinking. The father and son did not speak for a long time
.
Many things may be different from what I thought. In my opinion, there must be endless words for father and son to reunite after a long absence. But at this moment, my father at this moment, it's like two strangers, silent to each other.
"Thirteen." Dad was silent for a long time, and then spoke again. When he spoke, his tone was low, and there seemed to be a trace of unspeakable bitterness: "How are you in these few years?"
"Fortunately, I originally followed the master, and later, the master also..." I also felt that my heart seemed to be soaked in a lot of bitter water, and it was miserable: "Father, if it was before, you thought I was young and didn't understand anything. , Tell me what is your problem, and I can’t understand it, so I don’t say much. But now, I’ve grown up, and I’ve been outside for so long. If I should listen to it, I can hear it. Understand, the truth should be understood, I will understand, Dad, I don't want to be kept in the dark all the time, I want to know, why?"
"Thirteen, you said these things, in fact, you still haven't grown up." Dad shook his head and said, "If you really grow up, you will know. There are many things that you should never ask when you shouldn't ask."
I was speechless, but the thought that had been tumbling in my heart for a long, long time before seemed to be confirmed again at this moment.
I feel that I took this path not by accident, but by necessity. Because before I walked on this road, someone had already paved the road and led me to the intersection. They only need a light push and I will walk up on my own.
I can admit my fate, but I don't want to confess my fate in a silly way, just like the words of the common people, you can die, but you can't be a fool.
"Father, tell me, I can take on everything."
"what do you wish to ask?"
When Dad really asked me to ask, I was stunned again, because a full stomach is a problem, but I can't remember where to ask. I hesitated for a long time before asking, "Father, you are clearly still alive, but why haven't you gone home in the past few years? Why don't you look for me? Why are you pretending to be a floating corpse?"
I remember that I saw Dad before, because the situation was so rushed, I didn't have time to catch up with him. I wanted to find him afterwards, but it was extremely difficult.
"I have to go. I can't stay at that home." Dad shook his head and said, "I can only walk far."
"Then why do you want to install a floating corpse in the river?"
"I..." Dad paused, then looked up at me, and said: "Thirteen, if I said, I'm pretending to be a floating corpse in the river, all for you, do you believe it?"
"I believe it." I agreed without thinking, because I know that no matter how many things Dad hides from me, but I can at least be sure that he will not harm me. If he really has any problems, it is also for My good troubles.
But I really want to know what is going on.
"If you believe it, that's fine. You just need to know that everything I do is for your own good and for you to live longer. That's enough."
"But, Dad! I don't want to be so confused! I want to know the truth! The truth!"
Dad looked at me as if I was really anxious. He lowered his head and thought about it for a long time. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said: "Thirteen, if you really want to know, then come with me and I will take you. Go somewhere."
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