Chapter 11: The Blue Ghost
I didn't think much about it, climbed into bed and squinted until three o'clock in the afternoon before I got up, hurriedly made some food, then took the wood knife and borrowed the three-eighths big cap, pulling the shorty to the reservoir.
The sun has already reached the hills, red afterglow spread in the reservoir, like to wrinkle the waves of the water coating a layer of gold, it really is the sunset is infinitely good - just near dusk.
The folks on the other side of the river were going home one after another, and I saw that it was about time, climbed into the boat, and talked with Shorty while searching aimlessly on the reservoir.
After the moon came out, everything returned to silence, only the whoosh of the cool wind and the sound of wooden paddles churning the water sang together, listening to my heart a little scared, can not help but speak loudly and shorty, want to use this to dispel the fear in my heart.
"Shorty, do you think that little nymph Zhang Fang doesn't like you anymore, why does she keep pestering me?"
Shorty looked very excited, I don't know whether it was because he came to search for the treasure or heard me mention Zhang Fang, he grinned, put away the wooden paddle, stood on the boat and pulled open his pants, nourishing his urine and said to me.
"I don't care who she likes, anyway, you have to help me sleep with her, grandma, as long as I think of her big twisting ass, I can't eat or sleep!"
Shorty poured out a bunch of words, urine also finished, squatting down in the water rubbing his hands, I thought he must have peed on his hands, sneered, ready to open a few sentences, but unexpectedly the reservoir suddenly "huffing and puffing ...... huff and puffing ...... The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty.
Turned his head to see, the other side of the bank there are a few black shadows in the busy work, they are very hard to pull something, so that the reservoir fluttering sound, through the dim moonlight, I saw that it was jumping up the big grass carp.
Stealing fish?
I thought to myself, can not help but secretly cursed a: "Damn, the guts are too fat", picked up the three-eighth large cap, pull the bolt, fired a shot at the sky, "bang" a loud noise, startled a few water birds spread wings and fly away.
A few people on the other side of the bank took a look, saw me paddling the boat over, scared to run, even fishing nets and shoes do not dare to ask for, I rushed to them angrily cursed.
"Damn you, you have the ability to steal fish, if you have the guts, don't run, see if your grandpa doesn't shoot you to death!"
Shorty miso also stood up, reached out next to his mouth for a trumpet and shouted up, "Don't run, see if grandpa catches and doesn't kill you!"
I put down my gun, patted Shorty and told him to paddle the boat over and collect all those people's nets and shoes, looking at a few large grass carp that were alive and kicking, I patted the port and told Shorty to keep paddling the boat away, pointing at the burned island and said.
"Go over there and take a look, these few fish we can't eat, in the heat, you send a little to the village headman, Fangzi, Widow Zhang, one person tomorrow!"
Shorty nodded his head and grinned, slapping the water with a wooden paddle, making a clattering sound, in fact I regretted letting him go and deliver the fish to the Widow Zhang, because after that, Shorty and the Widow Zhang's relationship became very delicate, running to her house whenever there was something to do, and sometimes not even coming back at night.
In the afternoon Shorty said something about a blue-faced male, I just thought he was talking nonsense and didn't care, but what happened next was creepy.
When the boat re-paddled to the middle of the reservoir, the glowing orb finally reappeared, I was overjoyed and hurriedly said to Shorty.
"Quickly, quickly, see, lean over!"
Shorty looked at the glowing orb and was so excited that he stood up and paddled hard, and the boat slid so fast that he was there in the blink of an eye.
I reached in the water, ready to take advantage of the boat sliding away to fish the thing up, but I did not think that the glowing thing went through my fingers, so anxious that I yelled at Shorty.
"Stop it!"
Shorty had been paddling for several years, and used the wooden oars so smoothly that the boat spun in place under his maneuvering, and I climbed over the side of the boat, my eyes locked dead on that gentle ball of light.
A strange scene suddenly came at that moment, there was suddenly a blue figure floating upward in the clear water, the water swirled so much that I couldn't see the shadow's appearance clearly, but I could be sure that it was a man's shadow, which wore a blue mask of Doldrums, and was looking at me with a fierce look.
At that time, my heart thumped, the cold sweat on the back of my neck instantly, braced on the boat side of the hand weak, my chin hard knocked on the boat side.
Shorty did not seem to see, thought I was so excited that I fell down, happy together and laughed.
"Oh ...... Shanzi brother, no one robbed with us, you slow down!"
My chin pad on the boat side, eyes still looking at the water, I did not expect that the figure suddenly disappeared, there is something under the water to emit a mild blue light.
"Could it be that my eyes are blurry?"
After thinking about it, I reached out and rubbed my eyes, still not seeing that silhouette, so I had to roll over and sit up, reached out and wiped away the cold sweat on my forehead and said to Shorty.
"I don't know what's glowing under the water, take a look!"
Shorty attached himself down, lying on the boat, the tip of his nose was almost on the water, he looked for a while and then sat up happily, rubbing his hands and said.
"Brother Shanzi, we can really get rich this time, that thing is either a night pearl or a pearl, the old value of money!"
I am afraid of the blue silhouette, do not dare to look at the water to see, can not confirm the bottom of the water in the end is what, but can be sure is not shorty said the pearl and night pearl, because the bottom is very deep, those two things, although it can shine, can be very limited penetration.
Boat with a rope, I will be tied to the wood knife, let shorty throw down, a rope almost see the tail to stop falling, the rope is about twenty meters long, I am afraid of drowning, but also do not dare to go down to fish.
Shorty pulled the rope up and threw it to the side, hachi spit in the water, then frowned, I do not know what he was thinking, a moment later he said to me with delight.
"Shanzi brother, you see so okay, let's go to the countryside tomorrow to get some water pipe back, one end in the mouth, one end on the top, jumping down can certainly be fished up!"
Undeniably, shorty's method is good, but I still have concerns, the blue-faced Duo Er Dun is too bizarre, if it is the deep resentment of the evil ghosts, underwater is not like on the ground, then call the day not to be able to call the ground not to be able, is not it a dead end.
Shorty saw my hesitation, poked me hard, reached out and threw me a face of water stains, said.
"Still think what, rich and powerful, this is what you said, can't it be that you're wimpy here?"
I glared at shorty, the shadow of just now and he said, do not want to think that he is happy to laugh, face me to sit down, a serious and I said.
"Shanzi brother, you hit a ghost several times, now as alive and well, even if there is a ghost and what can be done, we come in the daytime, if it is really a valuable thing, you do not fish, and so on other people find out, you can not blame me!"
I think very seriously about the words of the dwarf, that is very reasonable, there are ghosts and no ghosts for the time being, the so-called rich and powerful, rather than poor and stifling life, it would be better to boldly gamble.
"Success, we will get some pipes tomorrow, but this has to wait three days later, you come alone to fish!"
Shorty did not understand, heard me say let him alone, immediately quit, pointing at me cursing, said I am afraid of death, is a wimp, in fact, he did everything lack of consideration, daytime into the water, this area of sight is unobstructed, the other side of the river are all fields, it is easy to be discovered.
Three days later is the day when the village chief and I will hand over, the village men, women and children will go to the meeting, only that time is the best time.
I told Shorty the reason, Shorty thought for a long time before he reacted, grinned and agreed with me, and poured water on my face by hand, then rowed the boat back.
I can not confirm that the bottom of the thing is worth money, but see shorty excited, also did not say scruples, grabbed a big grass carp, with a wood knife to cut off its head, cleaned up after and shorty back to the house.
We drank a lot of wine in the evening, a grass carp also only bones before climbing into bed, wait until the next day, but the outside is a fine rain, the reservoir is also shrouded in a layer of thick white fog.
Shorty asked me to take a hundred dollars, he and I carried the fish to the other side of the river, first to Zhang Fang's house, but her house is not yet open, I had to let shorty fish to the widow Zhang sent, and asked him to come back early.
Shorty saw the bag containing fish was tied to death, but also too lazy to untie, carry to the Zhang widow's home, I waited in front of Zhang Fang's house, and did not see him back, thinking that this shorty really dawdle, send a thing are so long.
In fact, I do not know what shorty and Zhang widow that day, only know that when he came back, the new jeans were torn, crotch front is also wet a large piece, and he saw me, words also flickered, as if in hiding something.
"You kid, where is the fish, not a family to share some, you have given it to the widow Zhang?"
Shorty scratched his head in embarrassment, like a child who has done something wrong sideways not daring to look at me, stammered.
"Shan ...... Shanzi brother, you also know what kind of person the widow Zhang, how am I her opponent, pants are ripped by her!"
I look at the shorty's pants, inside the pants are exposed, looking at the four no one, had to touch out another hundred dollars to him, instructed him to say.
"Take it, you go to the township, by the way also buy a few new clothes, I see after the position will give you to propose marriage!"
Shorty looked at me gratefully, grabbed the money and ran away, I smiled cheerfully and said to myself, "This shorty, run slowly, don't fall!"
Cackle, Zhang Fang opened the door, see me standing in the doorway, eyes flashed a trace of delight, she took a white porcelain cup, pinching the toothbrush, walked to me squatting down to brush her mouth.
Looking at her from my angle, I could actually see the edges of her panties, so scared that I hurriedly turned my face away, ready to go to the village chief, but unexpectedly this little ninny twisted her head to look at me, her mouth full of bubbles, and said vaguely.
"Brother Shanzi, my radio is broken, later you help me look at it, eat at my house at noon, my mother is stewing pig's feet, if you run away, don't come to play with me in the future!"
