As soon as the villagers entered the house, they kicked over the farm tools and dried vegetables placed in the yard.
Little Pepper stood up, pointed at people and shouted: "What are you doing!"
In the crowd, a middle-aged woman rushed out. She cried like crazy to the He family: "If there is something wrong with my A Niu, I will definitely not let you go!"
Several people were confused by what was said. Lao He put down the bamboo stick and stepped forward to ask: "Aunt Niu, what happened to your calf?"
As soon as he got close, he was pushed hard by the angry villagers. He staggered back several steps and almost fell down.
"Dad-" Little Pepper exclaimed.
Fortunately, Biaozi was close, so he quickly helped him.
He changed his expression and put on a ruthless and generous expression: "What? Are you guys trying to do something?!"
Biaozi picked up Lao Hetou's sickle and shouted angrily: "Come on! I want to see which bastard catches up! I will fight with you today!"
He rolled up his undershirt to his chest, picked up the sickle and slapped it hard on his stomach, which was full of intimidation.
Wei Tu also picked up the hoe on the side, stood in front of Jiang Yun, and assumed an attack stance.
Seeing the two of them looking like they were at a loss, the villagers were a little frightened.
They did not come forward, but instead gathered around, shouting at each other.
"You three have brought bad luck to our village, so it rained heavily!"
"First the road was closed, then Fuzi broke his leg, and now Aniu is trapped in the cave of the water pool, and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead!"
"Six boys went to the waterhole, one was missing, one was injured, and four were so scared that their legs were weak!"
"This is all because of you. The one who let you three in is Lao Hetou, so he is not a good person either!"
When Aniu's mother heard her son's name, her tears couldn't stop flowing down her face. She sat down on the ground and cried loudly: "Aniu! My good little boy!"
Lao Hetou frowned deeply, his face was gloomy, and he yelled directly: "Why are you still staying here with me! Go to the waterhole to save people!"
The villagers looked at each other and lowered their heads.
I don’t know who shouted: "How to save me? Who dares to go to the cave under the pool?! Besides, there is still a lot of water! If you go there, you will risk your life!"
This time, Aniu Ma cried even harder, with a lot of tears and runny nose, and she kept beating her chest.
When Biaozi heard this, he was so angry that he threw the sickle on the ground, took off his sweatshirt, threw it over his shoulders, and shouted angrily: "You are still not human beings!"
"You actually refused to save people! Why don't you take me to save people!"
Jiang Yun looked at Wei Tu and saw him nodding: "Don't worry, Biaozi is good at water and nothing will happen to him."
As soon as Biaozi's words were heard, the villagers followed him and turned around, and a group of people all went up the mountain.
The incident was so big that the whole village was alarmed. The village chief was afraid that something would happen, so he led his people up the mountain.
*
Soon, everyone gathered in front of the water pool on the top of the mountain.
This is a deep pool with an invisible bottom. Due to excess rain, the water in the pool is mixed with rocks and mud, making it look quite turbid.
The water surface is constantly rolling and rolling. Looking from above, you can vaguely see several small holes on one side of the pool wall.
Little Pepper pointed there: "Go through the hole. There will be a cave inside. As for what's going on inside, only those who have been in there know."
She frowned and looked at Biaozi with a worried look in her eyes. Just as she was about to open her mouth to persuade him, she saw him grinning at her.
He pushed the sweatshirt into Xiaojiao's hand and said with a smile: "Take it carefully for me, I will wear it later!"
Before he finished speaking, the man had already jumped into the pool.
As soon as Biaozi entered the water, as he said, he was swimming freely in the waves.
His body that usually looked bloated became light and nimble after entering the water. He straightened up and kicked his legs, and he jumped into the hole.
Little Pepper lowered her head and looked at the clothes in her hands. There was still a hint of man's body temperature on them.
She suddenly felt that this dress was extremely hot, and her whole face turned red, causing her heart to lose its rhythm...
*
The Biaozi under the water was like a nimble osprey, following the holes and twists and turns, and soon found an underground cave.
He stuck his head out of the water and shouted into the small cave: "Aniu! Are you here?"
Seeing that no one agreed, Biaozi plunged into the water again and continued to search for other caves.
After a while, he poked his head out again. The cave in front of him was much larger than the one before, and there were many tributes placed on the stone platform in the distance.
Biaozi was curious, so Izuku stepped forward and saw many bronze plaques neatly placed on the stone table, each with the words "good weather and good harvest" written on it.
If you guessed correctly, this should be the place where the two villages pray together.
Finding no one, he jumped into the water again and followed the winding holes to another cave.
"Aniu! Are you there? If you are, then..."
Before Biaozi finished speaking, he heard a rapid shout from not far away.
"I'm here! Help me!"
Hearing the call, Biaozi quickly jumped out of the water: "Aniu, where are you?"
I saw a pale head sticking out from behind a large stone pier. This man ran all the way, hugging Biaozi and howling loudly.
"Uh-brother! You're finally here! I thought I was going to die here!"
Biaozi pushed him away in disgust: "How come you, a dignified seven-foot man, act like a girl? Why are you crying? Okay, can you still swim? Follow me out?"
A Niu sobbed and nodded: "...Yes!"
*
At this time, it had been more than half an hour since Biaozi entered the water, and the people waiting on the shore all looked anxious.
Jiang Yun raised her head and looked at Wei Tu, and said worriedly: "Brother Tu, why don't Brother Biaozi come up?"
"Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Wei Tu looked calm on the surface, but he felt increasingly unsure in his heart. He secretly prayed that nothing would happen to Biaozi.
Little Pepper squeezed the man's undershirt tightly and stared at the water, fearing that she might accidentally miss the distress signal.
The villagers watching on the sidelines had lost hope.
"It's been so long, maybe you've drowned?"
"I guess I won't be able to get out..."
"If you can come out, you should come out early, hey!"
Hearing this, Little Pepper was so angry that she rushed forward to argue with someone, but before she could even take a step forward, she heard someone shouting.
"Come out! Come out!"
She quickly looked towards the pool, and sure enough, a man jumped out of it. She quickly stepped forward and saw that it was A Niu.
Little Pepper's heart sank suddenly!
Ah Niu came out, why was that annoying fat man nowhere to be seen?
Could it be that……
Her brows were knotted, and the sweatshirt she clenched tightly in her hands was pinched into deep wrinkles.
Little Pepper stood on the shore blankly, with various bad endings constantly popping up in his mind.
How could...how could this person just...
Sad emotions continued to surge in my chest, and my eyes gradually filled with tears.