Something happened to my sister at home!

I live on the edge of the Yellow River, with a small bungalow of more than 100 square meters. I make a living by fishing. I have three children in the family, and I am the third oldest. I am a boy who has just turned 17 this year.

But on my 17th birthday, something happened to my family. My eldest sister, who is usually lively, optimistic and cheerful, suddenly ran out of the door and jumped into the Yellow River during lunch.

My father immediately jumped into the river to search for it, but suddenly it rained heavily and the water level soared. My father was forced to stop searching.

My mother cried bitterly all night by the river. It rained from noon on the first day to the evening of the second day.

That night, my father and I rowed a boat with a flashlight to find my eldest sister, but after wandering around for a week with no results, my father gave up.

A week later, my father took me to look for the body of my elder sister from the water ghosts on the bank of the Yellow River.

The eldest sister jumped into the river at that time. She should have fallen vertically into the water without being washed away. Besides, the Yellow River has not flooded in the past few days.

Therefore, my father concluded that the eldest sister's body should have sunk to the bottom of the Yellow River. For the current plan, he could only ask the water ghost to help salvage the eldest sister's body.

Water ghost does not refer to a real ghost, but is another name for the people who fish for corpses in the Yellow River.

Water ghost is an ancient profession, similar to Tibetan sky burial masters and Xiangxi corpse bearers, they both deal with the dead.

It's just that the sky burial masters and corpse carriers guard the dead, while the water ghosts deal with the mysterious "dead" under the Yellow River.

The density of the human body is about the same as that of water. After the corpse sinks to the bottom of the water, as the corpse explodes, the body gradually becomes bloated. This corpse gas turns the person into a big-headed ghost with a ferocious face and everted lips.

At this time, as the corpse gas becomes more and more, the corpse will gradually float to the surface, first the upper limbs, and then the lower limbs. Because the pelvic bones of women and men are different, the floating corpse has another characteristic, which is called "men bend down and women stand up."

", it refers to these dead figures floating on the water, the ones leaning over are men, and the ones leaning up are women.

Therefore, according to this principle, people who die in the Yellow River will float up on their own within three to five days.

At this time, the family members of the deceased only need to ask the boatman to fish the body out.

These 'boatmen' who make money by salvaging corpses are called 'Yellow River corpse fishermen', and are also called 'water ghosts'.

My father and I set off.

Our first section of the waterway was from my home to Lankao, Kaifeng. This section of the road was almost more than 200 kilometers long, winding eastward in an "S" shape, all the way down the river.

But this is July, and May to October is the flood season of the Yellow River. The Yellow River has swollen and the water is huge. This section of the Yellow River ancient road has not been navigable for more than 50 years. There are many big fish, turtles and monsters underwater. It’s so casual.

If we take a boat, we may not be able to walk anywhere, so no one dares to take us there.

We searched for a long time at the dock, and many boatmen ran away with their oars when they saw us. After wandering around for many times, we finally found an old boatman who had been sailing on the Yellow River all his life.

It was a dilapidated small courtyard. There was a bamboo wormwood standing in the yard. A small four-cornered prism was tied to the top of the bamboo wormwood. A small black wolfdog was tied to the bottom of the bamboo wormwood.

Looking at the skinny puppy, I thought the people who kept him were stingy and didn't give him food.

Unexpectedly, when the water ghost who kept him in captivity came out, I wanted to slap myself in the mouth. This is not like a dog that can't eat. This man is so hungry, let alone feeding a dog.

I saw that the water ghost was wearing a tattered piece of clothing. The tattered sleeves could not tell whether it was long sleeves or short sleeves. The clothes on his upper body were even shorter, and his bony ribs were exposed when he moved.

My father didn't speak, but just nodded towards the water ghost who came out. The water ghost seemed to understand, and stretched out his arm to make a gesture for us to enter his house.

I looked at the water ghost's house with disgust. Although I was very curious about this mysterious occupation on the Yellow River, as a mild mysophobia patient, I would never go in.

But when my father saw me standing still, he kept pouting at me. I nodded and followed in.

The house of the water ghost is very small, only about 40 to 50 square meters. The layout of the house is very simple, with a bed, a stool, and a half-meter-high table. There is also a thick stack of books on the table.

Although the house looks dirty from the outside, it is still very clean when you come in.

I looked at the table. This water ghost looked like he had no education. Why did he need so many books?

Seeing my father and the water ghost sitting beside the bed talking, I just wanted to look through the books on the table.

"You'd better not touch them, you can't understand them." The water ghost was talking to his father when he suddenly saw me about to touch the books and said immediately.

When I heard this, I was so angry. At least I graduated from high school. Although I am no longer in school, my cultural knowledge is still good. I can't understand just a few books!

With half anger and half curiosity, I opened the highest book on the pile. Because the book cover was covered with a thick layer of black dirt, I couldn't see clearly what the title of the book was.

Opened it.

After I opened it, I was scared. No wonder this old water ghost wouldn't let me open it. I'm sorry that the words in it are all in classical Chinese!

I closed the book silently, put it back in its original position, sat on the small bench beside me obediently, and took out my phone to play.

The water ghost who was talking to my father saw my change, turned around, smiled at me, and continued talking to my father.

I fiddled with my phone and read e-books. After feeling bored, I put on the Bluetooth again and opened the Bluetooth mailbox.

Immediately the girl mechanically read out the latest email to me.

'Xiaoyang, brothers are going out to do a thousand games. You are currently left alone in S City. You should pay more attention to yourself. By the way, in another week, General Xun'er will come to find you. Help the elder brother take care of her for two days. We

I'll go back in a few days.'

Alas, after listening to this voice, I was very troubled. My eldest brother left me a big treasure. He asked me to take care of him for two days. Thinking about it gives me a headache.

That's Sister Xun'er! But luckily, she won't come until a week later.

As soon as I put down the Bluetooth, my phone rang. When I saw the prompt, it turned out to be that guy Xiaochen.

"What's wrong?" I answered the phone, "Oh? Really? Congratulations, we'll talk about it later."

My father was originally talking to the water ghost. After hearing my words, he immediately turned around and asked me what was wrong? Who made the call.

I chuckled and responded quickly: "A best friend called me, saying that he had paid his salary and wanted to treat me to dinner."

My father looked at me suspiciously and then gave me a look that said, "If you want to go out, just go out."

I grinned, stood up, nodded to the water ghost as a greeting, and walked out of the water ghost's house.

I rushed to the nearby pier as quickly as possible. Before I even arrived at the pier, I saw Xiaochen in a white suit from a distance.

Mensao, this is my evaluation of Xiaochen. This guy's part-time job really makes me talk about it. He is also a graduate. You said he is not good at it, why are you rushing to get him? But

But he chose a surprising profession: serving with a smile.

To put it bluntly, it relies on face to make a living: duck. As for the reason, it is because its official position is too special.

"Brother Yang." Xiaochen greeted me.

I said yes in agreement. Although this guy looked to be in his early twenties and older than me, he still had to call me "Brother" in front of me, because according to his seniority,

I am several generations older than him.

There were many people at the pier, so he didn't say much to me, he just asked me to get on the motorboat first.

When the motorboat reached the middle of the Yellow River and could not reach the shore, he changed his leisurely demeanor, looked around with wandering eyes, and then said to me in a very mysterious way: "Brother Yang, please help me. Brother, please do me a favor."

It’s time to get into trouble.”
Chapter completed!