"Lao Wu, don't talk nonsense!" the thin man scolded hurriedly.
"You just like to talk nonsense, what are you afraid of?" The fifth man said disapprovingly.
The thin man clasped his hands together and bowed in all directions, "Don't blame me, don't blame me."
Lao Wu chuckled and said happily, "Aren't you? We brothers are not even afraid of killing people, but we are still afraid of ghosts?"
"Shut up!" Finally, the bearded man spoke, interrupting the argument between the two.
At this time, the fat man walked to the old pine that had been struck by lightning, frowned and looked at it carefully.
"Fat man, what are you looking at? What's so good about a broken tree?" Lao Wu stabbed him again in a sinister way.
The fat man touched the bark of the tree and shuddered. He immediately retracted his hand and his expression changed greatly. However, he did not tell anyone else about the strangeness of the tree. Instead, he said coldly, "Look, Fatty." There is a reason for everything. This place is called Laosong Reservoir, and this should be the old pine."
"Really? It's just a broken tree." Lao Wu said, wanting to come up and have a look.
The fat man blocked him back, "You said it was a broken tree, so why are you looking at it?"
"That's true!" Lao Wu muttered, but as expected he didn't step forward again.
The bearded man and others were obviously not interested in this old pine tree and didn't care. They stopped and began to discuss the plan of catching snakes.
Only the thin man with a sickly face was still looking around nervously, holding a Buddhist bead bracelet in his hand and muttering something unknown.
"Start setting up!" the bearded man ordered.
Everyone started to work one after another.
Suddenly the skinny man's expression changed, he came over to stop him and said, "Brother, why don't we forget it tonight, let's go!"
"Are you crazy?" Lao Wu said angrily, "We traveled so far to get here and prepared for so long, and you want to go back now?"
"There's something really wrong with this place. There will be more opportunities in the future, but life is still important!" the thin man said eagerly.
"What life is important?" Lao Wu sneered, "There is nothing here, who can take our lives? If you talk about it all day long, sooner or later something will happen to your brain!"
Others obviously disagreed with the thin man's statement.
However, I found that the fat man had a gloomy face all the time. Especially after hearing the thin man's words, he looked around in a panic, with a look of fear on his face.
But during the process, he didn't say a word, but his eyes kept moving around.
Although the thin man had always objected, no one supported him, so in the end he had no choice but to obey.
"Move!" Bearded Bear ordered.
Four people immediately ran out, holding something that looked like a gun in their hands, and shot towards the lake.
Just hearing a scoff, four white shadows flew out. When they flew over the lake, they fell towards the lake and floated on the water.
For a moment I couldn't tell what it was.
Then the four people fired continuously, and soon, the water was covered with white floating objects.
"Draw the net!"
Following Lu Hu's order, the four people retreated and started to set up a net in the water with a few others.
These people's methods look very professional, and they must be experts in catching pythons.
It's just that tonight they came here to catch snakes, which was really bad luck.
"Old Sixth, Old Seventh, it's up to you!" The bearded man shouted again.
"Just take a look!" The two of them put on their diving suits and confidently gestured to everyone.
"As long as we lure the golden-eyed python here, we brothers will be settled for the rest of our lives!" The bearded man patted the two of them on the shoulders.
Then another person opened the bag, took out two eggs-sized, green-shining stones, and stuffed them into their hands respectively.
"Don't lose it. This is the only way to lure out the big snake." Bearded Beard warned.
"Don't worry, we know!" The two men laughed.
Then he turned around and jumped into the water with a very graceful and smooth posture. There was not even a big splash on the lake surface, which showed that the two of them had extraordinary water skills.
But not long after the two jumped down, there was a sudden crash and the two emerged from the water.
"What's wrong?" Beard and the others were surprised.
"It's cold, it's so cold, hurry up, pull us up!" the two men shouted.
The bearded man quickly asked someone to throw the rope down and pulled the two of them up.
"That water... is so cold, so cold!"
After the two came up, they were trembling all over.
"It's not normal for it to be cold in the reservoir. It's nothing to make a fuss about." Lao Wu said disapprovingly.
The thin man looked nervous, "This is definitely not right. The sixth and seventh children can stay in the ice water for a long time."
"No, it's too cold to bear." The two men kept breathing.
"Brother, why don't we forget it this time and withdraw quickly? I always feel something is wrong." The thin man said hurriedly.
The bearded man was silent for a moment and said, "Bring the wine and kerosene."
He patted the two people on the shoulders again and said, "Brothers, whether we can be prosperous and wealthy for the rest of our lives depends on you!"
"Let's fight!" The two gritted their teeth, took the liquor and took a big gulp.
He took off his clothes and applied a layer of black ointment all over his body. It was probably the "fire oil" the other party mentioned. It should be used to keep warm.
I glanced at Haitang and saw that she stared at the two of them applying ointment with wide eyes, but did not avoid it like other little girls.
The two men put on their diving suits again, moved around again, took another sip of liquor, and jumped into the water again this time.
This time, it never appeared again.
I watched for a while and then quietly left with Haitang.
When I walked a little farther, I smiled and asked, "My eyes were so wide just now. What did you see?"
Haitang blushed and said a little shyly, "Brother Shou, I see you are looking there, so I will follow you and look there."
"Did you see anything?" I asked her.
Haitang shook his head first, hesitated for a moment, and said, "The fat... the fat man seems to be not on the same side as them, not one of our own."
I found that Haitang really made a clear distinction between "internal people" and "outsiders", so I smiled and said, "I think so too, is there anything else?"
"Hmm..." Haitang thought for a while, "The fat guy seems to have something on his mind, and the thin one has a bit of a strong intuition. They should leave quickly."
"Do you think something will happen to them?" I asked casually with a smile.
Haitang nodded, "This place is already very dangerous, and... and I'm here again, they will definitely be in trouble..."
The voice became lower and lower.
I patted her head and said, "You're really thinking too much. How can you be so capable? Unless they have malicious intentions towards you, then they will be unlucky. Otherwise, what does it have to do with you? Do you understand?"
"I understand." Haitang responded obediently.
I felt funny for a while, glanced at the dark lake surface, and asked, "I'm afraid I won't be able to catch any fish up there. Do you want to follow me into the water to have a look?"
