Mafang Village.
As the name suggests, it is the horse's house.
It is said that more than two hundred years ago, there was a small-scale rebel army that insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty. It secretly raised horses and stored military equipment here.
But at that time, the Qing Dynasty had stabilized, and this small-scale uprising was quickly suppressed.
The general who led the troops was also a Han. Unable to bear it, he secretly let go of the people who were only responsible for raising horses here and did not participate in the uprising...
They lived here and formed the Mafang Village.
By now, there are about a hundred households in the village.
The location of Mafang Village is pretty good.
Although it is slightly farther from Lianghe Town than our Wujia Village, it is very close to another small town called "Yangtong", which is five or six miles away.
Although Yangtong Town is much smaller than Lianghe Town, it still has a population of tens of thousands. Therefore, many people in Mafang Village usually go there to attend the market and do small business.
Back to business.
The strange thing the old village chief said happened a week ago.
There is a man named Lu Laoliu in Mafang Village. He contracted a large paddy field a few years ago. Then the field ridges were dug and connected together to form a large weir and pond.
It is specially used for fish farming.
After a few years, I also made some money, allowing the whole family to live a good life.
But raising fish is also hard work.
In addition to constantly worrying about keeping the fry from getting sick, someone also has to go to the thatched hut next to the fish pond to keep watch every night - for fear that someone will come and steal the fish.
It may be difficult for people today or in towns to understand, but at that time, rural life was generally not wealthy. There are many people stealing all kinds of things at night.
Stealing corn, stealing sweet potatoes, stealing fish, stealing chicken...the list goes on!
Fish ponds, in particular, require more intensive care.
Because fish ponds are generally large and far away from people’s houses, they are easier to steal and their value is higher.
Therefore, anyone who raises some fish will basically stay in the thatched hut next to their fish pond every night to keep vigil.
Lu Laoliu, who specializes in contracting large fish ponds, stays there almost every night!
a few days ago.
As usual, after dinner, he accompanied his wife and son at home to watch Hong Kong movies on the Two Rivers Town video station.
Then he took the lighting battery, put on his coat, smoked a cigarette and walked slowly to the thatched house on the bank of the fish pond...
Of course there was no electricity in the thatched house, so Lu Laoliu could only pass the boring time by lighting a kerosene lamp and reading.
After watching it for a long time, I felt sleepy, so I turned off the light and went to sleep.
Later in the night.
I was in a daze when I suddenly heard a strange sound.
Buzz, buzz, boom.
It was loud and a bit muffled, much like thunder.
It woke him up.
"What's going on? The weather forecast says there will be no rain tonight, so why is there thunder? And the sound is a bit weird."
Lu Laoliu jumped up and sat up on the small wooden bed.
He quickly put on his coat, picked up the lighting battery, and prepared to go outside to see the situation.
As soon as I opened the door, the battery light shone around the fish pond.
Hey!
I really found a fish thief swimming in the fish pond.
Lu Laoliu recognized him at a glance.
This guy is the gangster bachelor in the village - Zhao Zhiming, who usually likes to do some sneaky things. There was even the unethical thing of knocking on the widow's door at night.
Therefore, everyone dislikes him.
So Lu Laoliu was not surprised at all when he found out that it was Zhao Zhiming who came to steal the fish.
But there's something strange about him...
"Zhao Zhiming, you idiot, just steal the fish. Why are you jumping into the fish pond in the middle of winter? You are so stupid."
Lu Laoliu shook his head and sneered a little.
Normal fish thieves actually know how to use a long net to net fish back and forth near the fish pond.
The more powerful fish thieves will get some electrified equipment and electrocute the fish directly!
This is also the type that fish farmers hate the most. If they catch it, they will basically call the villagers on the spot to beat them half to death.
"Come up quickly! Now that you've been discovered by me, don't even think about stealing the fish. You bastard! For the sake of being a member of the same village, I'll just kick you a few times."
While Lu Laoliu was cursing, he also used a flashlight to deliberately shine the eyes of Zhao Zhiming, who was swimming wildly in the fish pond.
"Don't, don't...ah!!!"
Zhao Zhiming let out a shrill scream.
Because Lu Laoliu used the battery light to sway him, he swam towards the shore a little slower. Then suddenly the whole person let out a shrill scream.
The next moment, Lu Laoliu saw a large group of red in the water diagonally behind Zhao Zhiming's body!
It's blood!
He was stunned on the spot.
Have no idea what's going on.
"help me……"
Zhao Mingzhu looked at Lu Laoliu on the shore, with a desperate expression on his face.
The next second.
It seemed as if there was a huge force coming from under the water, accompanied by the loud thunder-like sound just now.
Zhao Zhiming was dragged to the bottom of the water.
A large ball of red blood emerged from the water.
There was no movement.
Snap!
thump!
The lighting battery in Lu Laoliu's hand fell directly to the ground. He was so frightened that his legs and feet softened and he fell directly to the ground.
"What's going on? What happened just now? There is... something in my fish pond? That thing killed Zhao Zhiming!"
He couldn't believe what he saw before him.
At this time, the fish pond has returned to calm.
It was as if everything that had just happened was just a dream or hallucination that Lu Laoliu had - if not for the large mass of blood still floating on the water, reminding him that everything was real!
After falling to the ground and being stunned for about half a minute, Lu Laoliu suddenly came back to his senses.
He quickly picked up the lighting battery and ran frantically towards his home...
There was something murderous in the fish pond, how could he dare to stay alone in the thatched house here?
Of course, I should go home quickly and tell the village chief that someone died in the fish pond!
The distance from Lu Laoliu's fish pond to his home is about two miles.
He ran so fast that he even lost one of his shoes. He even fell down and was covered in mud, so he couldn't stop for a moment.
Finally, he ran home, woke up his wife and fifteen-year-old son, and breathlessly told the shocking story... Then the family of three hurriedly went to the village chief's house with flashlights and lighting batteries.
Because Lu Laoliu really didn't dare to walk alone at night.
