"Okay, Uncle Qin, please continue." Zhang Tong was extremely well-behaved.

Uncle Qin took a puff of cigarette, blew out a smoke ring, and then continued:

"I was greedy and courageous at that time. Even though I was beaten, I still miss those sweet potatoes."

"The adults all left after there was no open flame. I looked around vigilantly to make sure no one was there, and then used a big stick to poke the ashes to find those sweet potatoes."

"Tsk tsk, young man, you don't know how fragrant those sweet potatoes are. Those sweet potatoes are not like today's sweet potatoes. They are so sweet that they are even oily."

"But after all calculations, I never expected that while I was wiping my tears and eating deliciously, the sparks that had been dispersed caught the wind again and spread along the weeds on the ground, burning another weed.

pile."

"The adults in the village had just changed their clothes when they got home, and then they rushed out and poured water to put out the fire."

Speaking of this, Uncle Qin showed an obvious expression of confusion on his face. Apparently, after decades, he still couldn't figure this out.

But despite being annoyed, Uncle Qin still told the stories of the past.

"When I saw the fire, I was scared."

"I was so frightened that I slipped into the corn field, but I was still caught."

"At that time, my father and my mother took turns beating me. When they were tired, my second uncle also came over and beat me. The beating was so hard that my buttocks were swollen. While beating me, he said to his friends: Do you see that?

Whoever dares to set fire in the future will suffer the consequences!"

"I was young at that time. I felt aggrieved. I only ate two sweet potatoes. Do you deserve to beat me like this?"

"When I think about this, I think that sooner or later, my second uncle will have to suffer a little bit."

Speaking of this, Uncle Qin shook the ashes from his cigarette and coughed a few times, as if because of his age, before continuing:

"Then one day I suddenly discovered that my brother's bathtub could actually carry me floating in the reservoir like a boat. Thinking that my uncle would go to the reservoir to steal fish every early morning, I immediately knew what to do."

"In the early morning of the next day, I quietly went out with a big plastic basin. I also stole the long hair that my mother had cut off to sell, and took advantage of the dim moonlight to go to the pond."

"With my mother's long hair and my father's red underwear stuffed in my mouth, I sneakily sat down in the plastic tub, used a piece of wood as a paddle, and quickly paddled to a dark corner covered by the shade of a tree."

Hearing this, Zhang Tong finally understood. Co-author Uncle Qin was a naughty kid when he was a child?

Feeling Zhang Tong's admiring gaze, Uncle Qin's old face turned rosy. He deliberately continued in a sinister tone:

"While I was waiting for my second uncle, there was a noise in the woods nearby, and I could vaguely see a black shadow moving there. I was almost frightened at that time, for fear of encountering the water monkey that adults call me."

"I paddled the leather basin and floated to the middle of the pond. When I turned around, I saw that it was a fish thief."

"The fish thief had already entered the water and saw me at first sight."

"At that time, I had long hair shawl, a red tongue hanging out, and the plastic basin was almost completely submerged in water. It looked like I was floating on the water."

"The fish thief was so scared that he turned around and ran away."

"But the shore of the reservoir was full of mud. The more anxious we were, the slipperier it became. The fish thief rolled and crawled and fell and screamed several times before he managed to escape."

Although he was telling the story in a gloomy tone, for an old man, recalling interesting things from his childhood would inevitably bring a bit of smile to his tone.

"At this time, my second uncle happened to come out. When he heard the screams, he ran towards me and saw me at a glance."

"At that time, I didn't want to scare him anymore. I poked the mud in the water with a long stick and pushed hard, and the plastic basin quickly moved towards the dark place."

"But my second uncle didn't know that? When he saw a hanging child floating in the water, he was so frightened that he howled so loud that all the dogs in the village started barking."

"The second uncle turned around and ran away, but his feet were so slippery that he immediately fell into the mud."

"He must have been frightened. He hurriedly started hitting the water with the long bamboo pole in his hand, as if that could scare me away."

"I was laughing right there. How could you hit me if you were so far away?"

"But before I was happy for a long time, I felt a sharp pain in my ear. It turned out that the bamboo pole was my cousin's fishing pole, md. The long fishing line with the fishhook hooked on my ear."

"The second uncle over there was still exerting his strength. As soon as he pulled, the fishing line pulled me and the plastic basin and floated towards the shore."

"But my second uncle didn't know that. He saw me floating on the water, thought I was chasing him, dropped the fishing rod, rolled and crawled away, and ran away."

It seemed that he had reached a painful point. Even when he was reminiscing, Uncle Qin instinctively bared his teeth and grinned:

"Young man, have you ever fished?"

"The hook is barbed. If it hooks on the ear, it will be difficult to take it off. I pulled it on the shore until it was bloody. I cried in pain and couldn't take it off. My clothes also became bloody."

"Especially when I thought about getting beaten if I went home like this, I cried while washing clothes next to the reservoir."

"In rural areas, if you want convenience at night, you can basically go out of the gate and find a place where no one is around."

"At that time, my cousin's family lived next to the reservoir. Elderly people had frequent urination and would come to the reservoir early in the morning to relieve themselves."

"It was a coincidence. I had just finished washing my clothes and was walking back when my cousin came to pee. As soon as he took off his pants, he saw a child with long hair covering his face and crying softly emerging from the water. He immediately peed.

Incontinent."

"My cousin turned around and ran into his house. He tripped on the threshold and fell to the ground. My cousin was old, so I didn't expect that his hair was still on. I ran to help him, but when he turned around I saw him and chased him.

, he closed the door and bolted it with a bang, and began to cry loudly inside..."

Speaking of this, Uncle Qin threw the cigarette butt in his hand at his feet, crushed it and took a breath:

"The next day the village was in a state of excitement. My second uncle said that a child who had drowned many years ago came out of the pond. My cousin also showed his two fallen front teeth as evidence. People were panicked for a while."

"That night, a Taoist priest came over to practice the practice. At that time, I happened to be next to the reservoir and wanted to take back the plastic pots at home."

"Who would have imagined that I would meet a Taoist priest? The Taoist priest danced his wooden sword and walked along the pond while burning paper."

"There was light on the paper and it was too late to run away. I was so anxious that I ignored the cold water and slipped into the pond. I exposed half of my head and hoped that he would walk over quickly."

"The Taoist priest was startled when he heard the sound of water. He looked around and saw no one. He trembled and muttered: I'm sorry... I'm sorry. I'm going to leave immediately after completing this circle. I'm going to leave immediately... As he said this, he started to quicken his pace."

"The slope was slippery, and he suddenly fell into the water. There was deep water over there. He didn't seem to know how to swim. He was flopping around and shouting for help. When I saw that something was serious, I picked up the plastic basin and bent down to hold it against the edge.

Just run."

After a pause, Uncle Qin came to the big-headed water ghost statue enshrined in the Water Ghost Temple with his hands behind his back. He patted the statue without any awe, and then looked at Zhang Tong with bright eyes:

"A few days later, a meeting was held in the village. According to what the Taoist priest who rescued the child at the hospital said, a small temple was built by the pond. It enshrined the soul of the drowned child, and there was a big-headed water monkey next to it."
Chapter completed!