"You kid, just listen to your senior brother..." Heizi became jealous.
"Okay, I understand, stop screaming." I stepped forward and gently comforted Heizi.
Zhou Jiaonan was dumbfounded on the sidelines. In fact, she, a layman, was just watching the excitement. She was probably shocked by Dahei's performance.
Originally, I didn't need Dahei to go into the water. I just needed to take off my gloves and put my left hand into the water, and I could feel it.
But Zhou Jiaonan is here. If she sees my left hand, I'm afraid of scaring her to death, so I can only feel aggrieved.
"I can't see the evil spirit..." I squatted next to Dahei and frowned.
"What should I do?" Heizi approached me.
"Wait, wait until it gets dark, bring the car over, and prepare some food." That's all we can do now.
I can't jump into the water, can I? If I really encounter something more ferocious, I have no chance of winning in the water.
"If you don't go find the murderer, why are you standing by this fish pond?" Zhou Jiaonan asked impatiently.
"The murderer I'm looking for is here. The murderer you're looking for, I don't know where it is." Uncle Wang is not here, and I don't tolerate her.
"You..." Zhou Jiaonan was so angry that she raised her finger and pointed at me, unable to speak anymore.
"You can go back if you can't stand it. I'll tell Uncle Wang that it's too difficult here and I want you to go back and turn on the air conditioner and drink coffee." I said this on purpose, in order to make her stay and believe her.
"Stop using this method of provoking generals, and I'll see what kind of monster you are." Zhou Jiaonan said and sat down on the steps next to me.
In fact, it is indeed a bit sinful right now. The sun is hanging scorchingly above my head. Originally, I didn’t have to stay here all the time.
Since people all drown at night, it means that the evil spirits in the water only take action after dark.
I guess I also wanted to take revenge on Zhou Jiaonan for looking down on me earlier.
Heizi drove back. The road around the fish pond was wide and there was a lawn. We simply took down the table in the car and prepared to eat here.
The meal was prepared by the village chief's family, and the guys in the Heizi car were well prepared. There was a canopy and a folding table, which gave it a bit of a camping and picnic feel.
The lazy time always passes quickly, and it's almost dusk. The setting sun shines on the water, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.
"Watermelon, fresh watermelon..." Mr. Huang was pushing a cart and selling it.
"Heizi, buy two watermelons." I woke up instantly and hurriedly woke up Heizi from his nap.
As I said that, I rushed to the road and stopped Uncle Huang's cart.
"Xiaotian? When did you come back?" Uncle Huang recognized me at a glance.
"I just came back today, Uncle Huang, why are you selling from the push cart?" I smiled and scratched my head. When we were young, Heizi and I often ate Uncle Huang's watermelons.
"Hey, aren't there a lot of foreigners coming to this village now? Some live in the east and some live in the west. I will come out and shout to increase the revenue." Uncle Huang explained with a smile.
"Uncle Huang." Heizi also ran over.
"Hey, Heizi is here too, this is..." Uncle Huang's eyes paused when he saw Zhou Jiaonan standing up.
But after seeing Zhou Jiaonan's uniform, Uncle Huang should understand.
"Take the watermelon and eat it. It's getting dark soon. Don't linger around here. Two people drowned in this fish pond." Uncle Huang picked out two large watermelons and handed them over.
"Uncle, we stole when we were young because we had no money. Now we can't eat for nothing." Heizi said and took out the money.
It's not that I don't want to pay, I really have no money. I don't have any income these days. I will have to sell a few more mahogany swords when I go back.
"If I hadn't left it alone, do you really think you could have stolen the watermelon? It's just two watermelons. I can afford it for your uncle. After you eat it, go home." Uncle Huang stuffed the watermelon for us and pushed the cart Just left.
In fact, I could have explained it, but I didn't want to tell Uncle Huang the real purpose of my coming here, so as not to worry him.
"Can you eat that much?" Heizi walked back holding on to his habit.
"Eat one, I will use the other." I said and put the watermelon in my hand into the car.
"Heizi, do you have the village chief's phone number?" I turned around and asked.
"Yes, I just left one while driving." Heizi said with a smile.
"Call the village chief." I gritted my teeth and made a decision.
As soon as we finished eating the watermelon, the village chief came with his people. Uncle Wang was naturally there too, and everything I wanted was ready.
"Xiaotian, do you really understand this?" Several uncles came forward.
"Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask. Just do whatever you are told." The village chief remained majestic and dispersed the crowd with just one sentence.
"Master, are you just going to watch them engage in feudalism?" Zhou Jiaonan immediately approached Uncle Wang.
"It's our tradition to worship. It's normal." Uncle Wang was very good at smoothing things over.
I ignored them and asked everyone to put the table next to the fish pond. Then I placed the fruits, lit incense and candles, and burned some paper money.
Then I took out a piece of talisman paper from my bag and stuck it on the watermelon. Then I took out a red thread and tied a cross on the watermelon to secure the talisman paper.
After finishing all the work, it was already dark, so the village chief asked someone to turn on the lighting equipment around the fish pond.
This area is now completely modernized. In the past, nothing could be seen around here at night.
"Village Chief, are the corpse collectors here?" I turned to look at the village chief.
"When I called him, he was still in Liujia Village. He should be here soon." The village chief said and looked at his watch.
While the two were talking, a motorcycle sped over.
A dark and thin man jumped off his motorcycle and walked straight over.
"You have to pay extra to find corpses at night." The man's eyes were very bright, and he was a typical old-school corpse hunter.
"I'll give you two hundred more." The village chief stepped forward.
"That won't work, at least three hundred." The corpse collector held out three fingers.
"Three hundred is three hundred." The village chief was unambiguous.
"Come on, you'll have to give me some good wine when things are done." The corpse collector said and began to take off his clothes.
"Wait a minute." I stepped forward and stopped him.
"You baby, don't worry. I've been doing this for decades, and you guys have followed the etiquette, so it'll be fine." The etiquette mentioned by the corpse collector was naturally the tribute I put out.
"It's not that I don't believe you, I'm just going to make a reservation first." I said and walked to the table.
"Settle down and guard the altar. Your Majesty has ordered us to search for evil spirits. We are as urgent as the law. Forgive me!" I said with my hands forming seals, and pried and lifted the watermelon. The watermelon jumped and flew up to several meters. Outside, the whole thing was submerged into the fish pond.
"Young people are terrible. I haven't seen this kind of craftsmanship in many years..." The corpse collector came to me excitedly.
"You're joking, it's just a small trick." I cupped my fists humbly.
In fact, I admire people who collect corpses more. When my master was still alive, he told me that there were not many people who could do this job, the requirements for horoscopes were very high, and this profession was very dangerous.
"Because of your skills, I will do this job even if you don't charge me today." The person who retrieved the corpses also felt sympathetic towards me.
"You can say as much as you want. Xiaotian is also from our village. If you have any trouble in the future, just don't shirk it." The village chief came over immediately to help me connect.
"It's easy to say, with this little heavenly master here, I can work with confidence. I can't get what I want." The corpse collector looked at me with a smile.
"Master?" A female voice floated from the silent crowd. It was obviously Zhou Jiaonan.
"The watermelon is out..." someone in the crowd shouted.
Everyone's eyes were immediately attracted to the watermelon in the fish pond.
You must know that this thing cannot float completely in the water. At most, it is suspended under the water surface, but the watermelon in front of me floats completely.
And the watermelon seemed to be pulled by something, moving quickly on the calm water.
This scene stunned everyone present. Even Heizi secretly gave me a thumbs up.
"How many things are you hiding from me?" Heizi came over and asked softly.
"I only remembered it when I saw the watermelon." I responded in a low voice.
Amid everyone's whispers, the watermelon in the water stopped and landed in the center of the fish pond.
I couldn't help but frown, because that position was where the master put down Shi Gandang to suppress evil spirits.
"It's really amazing..." the crowd exclaimed again.
"Can you get into the water now?" The corpse collector took off his shirt and came to me.
"It's a bit evil, please be careful." My tone was a little heavy.
"This is what we eat." The corpse fisher said, taking out the talisman and hanging it around his neck, and jumped directly onto the prepared small wooden boat without saying a word.
