The master had been looking for the Longwangtan River for a long time. The overturned ferry boat was gone, the passengers on the boat were gone, and the three-eyed floating corpse disappeared without a trace. In desperation, the master could only give up.
After the master's search was over, he asked Qingluo carefully. According to Qingluo's account, the master after repeated scrutiny, finally concluded that after Qingluo was taken away by the three-eyed floating corpse, it was not a dream. The huge cave lit with many lights that she saw was the place where Patriarch Guo Tong hid the treasure. .
Many people have searched for the treasure place of the three-eyed floating corpse, but no one has been able to find it. If the master's scrutiny is accurate, then Qingluo may really be the only person who has been there.
What's even stranger is that Qing Luo dreamed that the three-eyed floating corpse had stuffed her with something, and when she woke up, she had an extra piece of silver pancake in her hand. This piece of silver pancake looks like a reward. But no one can tell, what did Qingluo do for the three-eyed floating corpse, why did the three-eyed floating corpse pay Qingluo
"Since then, you haven't seen the three-eyed floating corpse again?"
"No, I don't want to see it either." Qing Luo shook her head gently: "After that time, I had a long nightmare. I never want to see it again in my life... I saw the three-eyed floating corpse..."
"Why are you so stupid? A lot of people are looking for the three-eyed floating corpse. If you find the three-eyed floating corpse, you may find the treasure. That should be so interesting."
"I don't want to be interesting, I just want to... I just want to live peacefully."
"Forget it, I can't go with someone who has no ambitions like you."
Cheongna and I walked and talked. When the sky was shining, we sat down and rested for a while. The weather is hot and tight, but fortunately, there is a hint of coolness when walking by the river. It was not until the afternoon of the same day that we arrived at the place where the Four Sheep Boats were hidden.
I looked at the Siyang Boat, and I hesitated again. Do I really want to do what Yu Bo ordered, not to look for a master, to be a corpse scavenger honestly, and to support my family by my own craft
What's more terrible is that you still have to live with Cheongna
As I thought about it, a piece of sweat came out on my forehead. Hard work, I am not afraid, but living with Qingluo, I really can't let this heart down.
"Thirteen..." Qing Luo looked at me in a daze, and whispered: "If you don't like going down the river, do something else in the future. As long as you work hard, you won't starve to death. I... My place If you save some money for a few years, you can live without doing anything."
Qing Luo whispered softly and told me that the silver pancakes she had brought from Longwangtan had been sold by the master. The silver pancake itself is made of pure silver, and it is an ancient relic. The master didn't take a penny of the money, and all of it was handed over to Qingluo.
I looked at Cheongna, as if I had never
To be so sad. Through the contact with Qingluo, I can feel that she is indeed a good woman, kind-hearted, hardworking, and good-tempered, but she is too old.
"Qingluo, you have heard the words left by Uncle Yu when he left. Anyway, he was kind." I hesitated for a long time and said to Qingluo: "Do you think this will work? When I was young , Aunt treated me very well, but unfortunately, she passed away early. Counting, you are about the same age as her, I will recognize you as an aunt..."
Qing Luo stunned suddenly, her lips squirmed a few times, as if to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything. She seemed a little uncomfortable and a little lost, but she didn't embarrass me. After a while, she reluctantly smiled and said: "Anyway, you... you can feel better in your heart, just do it with you..."
When I saw that Qingluo didn't care about me, I really felt much better, at least I didn't have to carry the reputation of being an old wife and young husband. I pushed the Siyang boat into the water, and I waved to Qingluo and said, "Get on the boat!"
The master’s house was completely destroyed, and it would take a lot of effort to renovate it. Uncle Yu explained that he should not return to the original place in the future. He must be worried that the old lady named Erfeng from Pi's family escaped, and some news will be leaked out. I will return to the master's house again, and most of them will be watched by Pi's family.
Now it seems that leaving home is the only way I can go.
I used to fish with my father and learn art with my master, but I never traveled too far. This time, I took Qingluo and walked for another fifty or sixty miles downstream. Although it is also on the big river beach, I am not familiar with the place. I found a village about ten miles away from the beach. The village was very small. Three years ago, the flood season was especially strong. The village was so far away from the river beach that they were all hit by disasters. Some villagers never came back after they fled. I discussed with the village chief, spent some money, set aside a deserted small yard, cleaned it up, and settled here temporarily.
Once settled down, the flood season will follow one after another. Every year in the flood season, like the closure of the river, no one can be seen after walking for dozens of miles. All the people who depended on the river for food and livelihood all rested, and I took this opportunity to rest for two months.
In the past two months, I have been familiar with Qingluo. We live in the same yard, but I really treat her as my aunt.
However, no matter how old or young, there is a woman who can handle housework at home, which really saves a lot of heart. You don't have to deal with the trivial chores like washing and cooking, and Cheongna does everything in order.
When we are free, we will also chat, otherwise we will be suffocated if we stay at home. She doesn't say much, but sometimes she speaks only a few words, which can always speak to my heart. In just two months, I gradually got used to such days.
Staying in a small village, usually don’t spend much
, But I can’t stay idle all the time. When the flood season is over, I will start looking for work. In fact, after the flood season each year, it is the busiest time for corpse hunters. While the master was still there, he would not take care of the family members of the deceased. The master would only act when the squires everywhere paid for good deeds and looked for corpses that were drifting in the river. I didn't follow the master's rules, and if someone asked me to do something, I would collect money to do something.
In the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the sky is already cold. This morning, as usual, I went to the river beach and pushed the four-goat boat into the water, and then cruised the nearby river for about ten miles. It’s a bit cold this year, I guess, in two months, it will be winter again.
The flood situation this year was not very serious. I wandered from morning to mid-afternoon. Seeing that I had no work to do, I planned to take the ship back home.
Just when I was about to retake the boat, a person hurried over from the north side of the river. It was a woman, holding a child in her arms, running staggeringly and desperately.
When I saw this woman, I couldn't help but row the boat into the shallow water on the shore. The woman must have seen my boat too, staggered over, and asked me: "Is this... is it the Four Goat Boat..."
Many people on the river beach know that the authentic corpse scavenger drives the Four-Sheep Boat. Therefore, some people who want to find the corpses of their relatives in the river will specifically ask the corpse scavenger who drives the Four-Sheep Boat for help. Salvage the corpse. As soon as I heard what this woman said, I knew that she must be asking me to help find the corpse.
"This is the Four Sheep Boat." After I waited for the boat to run aground in shallow water, I jumped down and greeted it, and asked, "Are you looking for someone?"
"Find someone... Find me a man..." This woman is about twenty-six or seventeen years old. She is wearing a thin jacket of floral coarse cloth that is common on the beach. Her eyes are a little red. She has obviously just cried, and the child in her arms is a The boy, estimated to be three or four years old, this woman listened to my answer, as if seeing the savior all of a sudden, rushed over and said: "He fell into the river from the upper reaches of Wulipo..."
"Wulipo?" I thought about it. Wulipo is about ten miles away from here, not far.
But after another thought, I felt something was wrong again. Seeing this woman's posture, she should have just received the letter that the man fell into the water, so she hurriedly ran down the river to find someone. I wandered around this section of the river for a whole day. After the flood season, the level of the river is slow and the flow rate is not rapid. If people falling from the upper reaches of ten miles away drift by from here, I can see it.
"Don't worry, speak slowly." I want to make things clear first, and it won't be too late to go down the river: "When did your man fall into the water? How did he fall into the water?"
"It's been more than an hour..." The woman said, her voice started to tremble, her eyes flushed, and she replied: "When he fell into the water, I was not there. The person who went down the river with him said that he was dragged by a kappa. gone… "
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