Tianshui Town is located in a small county called TS City in Dachuan City. The population flow here is not high and it is a small town.
Prices here are not high, and the factory's wages for employees are only a little over 2,000 a month.
But one good thing is that the house prices here are very cheap. A house can be purchased for only four to five million yuan, which is not as expensive as the bride price of a girl from Dahai City.
Therefore, this kind of small place is very suitable for wealthy people to come to retire, especially in towns with big mountains. It is a good place for wealthy people to come and relax after they are tired from playing.
The weather in TS City today is very good, the sun is shining brightly, and the cold wind blowing from nowhere is not that biting.
Lin Qian was lying on the iron railing of Tianshui Bridge. This is a ten-meter-high bridge that crosses the Tianshui River below.
The wind blowing from the river made people's clothes rustle, and their windbreakers were blown backwards.
Coco's little head stuck out from the gap in the railing, staring at the exposed river bed below, with bright eyes. Looking at her like this, it was obvious that she wanted to go down and play.
The bridge is not too old. I heard from the locals here that a flood almost submerged the entire bridge a year ago. It sounds a bit unreal, but it doesn't matter.
The important thing is that after that day, barriers were set up on the bridge and no cars, not even motorcycles, were allowed to pass.
So, I don’t know since when, Tianshui Bridge has become a good place for locals to take a walk and enjoy the breeze at night.
The wind blew her hair, and Lin Qian lay leisurely on the railing, staring at a small section of the river dozens of meters away.
There is a river embankment extending from the shore. It is paved with stones and extends to the middle of the river. I don't know if it is to block some of the river water from scouring the bridge, or what.
In the middle of the embankment, there is a red safety warning post. There is no written warning, it just stands like this. I don’t know what its purpose is.
However, I heard an old man casually chatting about it just now, and it seems that that thing is used to mark it, letting people know that there is a deep pit there, a bottomless pit.
According to the old man, there is a name there. According to the locals, it is called "Changwantuo". As for why it is called this name, he doesn't know.
This "long winding road" is very deep. I heard that when a large truck was unloading goods, the driver accidentally drove the truck into it due to the driver's operating error.
According to what the old man said at the time, if the driver hadn't been running fast, he might have died along with the car.
If something like this happened, someone would definitely come forward to salvage it. After all, in those days, a large truck loaded with sand and gravel was not cheap.
So a few days after the accident, someone came over to salvage it, but the result was not satisfactory. For several days, they didn't even touch the car.
This is a bit incredible. In the eyes of people at the time, this long winding river didn't look very deep. In addition, it was a natural river. The deepest in other places was only more than ten meters, and the shallowest could be seen at a glance.
When you see the river bed, you can barely pass a cargo ship.
Therefore, the people at that time did not believe in evil and continued to salvage for several days. In the end, they found nothing. They did not even touch the bottom of the long winding road.
This is a little weird. Many people don't know what to do. After fishing for so many days, they still can't even find the location of the car, or even find out the bottom of this lump.
At this moment, it was difficult for people. They couldn't just give up. It was impossible to give up such an expensive truck just because they said they didn't want it anymore.
Things worth hundreds of thousands, and a house in those days was only worth 120,000 yuan. This car alone was worth several houses. There was nothing you could give up.
But depending on the situation, it's hard to fish out the car. After all, there's no way to fish it out if you can't touch it.
So some of them came up with a way, which was to first explore the bottom of this long winding road. As long as they determined how deep it was, they would know how deep they should use to fish out the car.
Since there was no advanced equipment at that time, they had to resort to clumsy methods, tying things with ropes to sink them into the water. As long as the ropes did not continue to fall down, that would be the end of the story.
At that time, they would know how deep it was by looking at how many ropes were used, so they did this. One rope was three meters three meters long, and they used more than a hundred ropes to tie them together.
sink into water.
The result was surprising. The more than 100 ropes and the length of more than 300 meters did not reach the end. It was at this time that they also realized that there was most likely a grand canyon underneath this long winding road.
It's bottomless, at least hundreds or thousands of meters deep.
It is basically impossible to salvage a car from here. No one can salvage a tiny car from such a deep mass with no known depth and width.
Knowing that this was the result, the owner of the truck went directly to the hospital. In those days, hundreds of thousands were lost. And in such a small place, those with poor mental endurance might just jump into arms.
Fortunately, the owner of the truck had a good mental capacity and did not choose to jump off the building, and the matter was settled in the end.
I heard that after the owner of the truck, there was another unlucky man who unfortunately drove the truck into Changwan Tuo. However, this time the driver was not very lucky and did not escape in time. The truck entered the bottomless dump.
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Staring at that section of the river, Lin Qian felt unspeakable fear in her heart. What the old man said was true. There was indeed a bottomless canyon underneath this long winding river, at least a thousand meters deep.
Moreover, this grand canyon was at least tens of thousands of meters wide, almost the size of the entire TS City. Inside, Lin Qian saw a big fish, a fish covered in pitch black with two chains hanging from its mouth.
On the back of the fish, a huge gold coffin was tied up with dozens of chains. Several adult-sized chains tied the coffin to the back of the big fish.
On the top of the head of this big fish, there is also a willow tree, a flowering willow tree.
"There is no doubt that it was the work of our predecessors. This matches up with another legend told by the old man. There is indeed a carp weighing over a thousand kilograms."
Lin Qian's eyes flashed. He didn't dare to touch the things inside. That fish was a ghost fish, and it was much more terrifying than him. If it weren't for the long, winding mouth, it was only so small, and there were a bunch of lights on the mouth.
The burning ancient bronze lamp suppressed the ghost fish.
This ghost fish might have escaped long ago. Lin Qian looked at the carp swimming in the dark middle and silently withdrew the supernatural power of his ghost glasses.
He could see all this because of the gold-rimmed glasses on his face, otherwise he would not be able to see this weirdness. The Starving Ghost is only invincible in this era, and is not yet invincible in the era of his predecessors. Maybe when he and
Once the bride is married, he can do it.
There are ripples on the river, and occasionally there are river fish flapping and splashing in the water. Several children are walking on the embankment. For them, the adults' warning is the joy of their challenge. They play happily, and the dense aquatic plants on the embankment
They were quickly covered.
In front of a winter swimming base not far away, seven or eight old men put on swimming rings, plunged into the water, and swam towards the other side.
It seems that the cold and biting river water is a good medicine for them to strengthen their health.
Lin Qian stared at all this and let out a long breath. The breath of beautiful life is always daunting. If the ghost does not revive, he is very willing to live such a life.
The wind on the bridge is always so strong. I don't pay attention to the pedestrians taking pictures of them. Anyway, if nothing happens, the photos taken will be blank. If you are not lucky, you may need to buy a new mobile phone.
He rubbed Coco's head, put his hands in his pockets, and walked towards Tianshui Town. On the other side of the bridge was Tianshui Town, and on the other side was TS City. They were only separated by a bridge, but the level of prosperity was hugely different.
Coco jumped up and followed Lin Qian, holding a lollipop in her mouth. It was made by Li Gui and Lin Qian helped her make it. It tasted like apples and tomatoes, and it tasted very good.
Lin Qian looked up at the sky. Clouds were passing through the sky, covering up the morning sun. The weather was a little gloomy, but it wouldn't rain.
After walking across the bridge, Lin Qian looked at the T-shaped intersection, recalled the old man's words, and walked towards the left. If nothing else happened, he would have to go to the fifth roundabout, where to enter Tianshui Village, which is Tianshui Town.
On the west side, the destination of his message is there.
On the right is another place, and the situation there is still very strange. Legend has it that there is a reservoir in that place, and there is a Water Dragon King hidden in the reservoir. Therefore, anyone who does not follow the rules will anger the Water Dragon King, so at night, that person
He will be summoned by the Water Dragon King, and then he will dive to his death.
Moreover, the body has to stay underwater for half a month before it is released by the Water Dragon King. Only at this time can the family members collect the body.
Lin Qian was doubtful about this statement. In his eyes, the legend of the Water Dragon King was just a terrifying ghost. As for the body having to stay in the water for half a month, this might just be a killing pattern of the ghost.
Lin Qian looked to the right and thought for a while before going there to provoke the evil ghost. This place was very weird. Lin Qian guessed that many of the folklore here were true, but it was not the sky full of gods and Buddhas as they thought, but a sky full of gods and Buddhas.
Just a fierce ghost.
Moreover, most of these ghosts may not be left over from the Republic of China period, but are most likely the work of predecessors. The coffin-backed ghost fish in Changwantuo is the best proof.
Walking towards the left, there is a bus station at the end of the bridge. From here you can see buses going to many places, such as Yaoba Ancient Town, Bus Network, Ha Giang, and Fadong Temple.
Passing through the station, there were many people asking if there was a train going somewhere. Many of them were carrying large and small bags. It looked like they were going to visit relatives. After all, the Chinese New Year was coming soon. This kind of thing was normal and very common.
common.
Ignoring the conductor's call to go in front of the bus, Lin Qian took Coco and left the station. Sometimes small towns also have their benefits.
The place is small, there aren't that many people, it doesn't look that crowded, and the exhaust fumes and honking of cars aren't that noisy.
Walking on the street, there are shops on both sides of the road, selling clothes and pants, and there are basically breakfast restaurants, one after another, filling both sides of the street.
Walking among them, Lin Qian discovered an interesting thing. The closer to the bridge, the more people set up stalls selling fruits and food. They did not set up one stall.
Instead, just put a basket on the ground or pick vegetables, which can be said to be a stall, and some are even sold directly in front of the bank.
And the bank doesn't come out to chase people away. After all, these sellers are older grandparents. It would be inappropriate for them to come out to chase them away. Besides, it doesn't actually affect them at all, so there is no need to do this.
Kind of evil person.
This kind of situation is basically not seen in big cities. On the one hand, there are places dedicated to selling these things, and on the other hand, there are no older people who would set up such street stalls in big cities.
Lin Qian looked at this scene and was very surprised. He walked past the stalls in front of these old people in their seventies and eighties. The things they sold were very fresh. The fruits and vegetables looked like they had just been picked from the trees and the ground.
Coco was walking beside her father and saw her father stopped in front of a stall selling winter jujubes. She hugged her father's thigh and quietly poked her head out. She looked at the winter jujubes in the vegetable basket and her eyes twinkled.
The winter jujube seller was an old man who looked very energetic and could live for at least another twenty years. When the old man saw the shrunken Coco, a smile appeared on his face:
"Such a handsome daughter. Young man, your daughter is a little shy of life, which is unacceptable. Take her out to play more often. When she grows up, her personality will be better and she will have more friends."
Hearing what the old man said, Lin Qian rubbed Coco's head and nodded with a smile. The old man had a good heart. He lowered his head and looked at Coco. Lin Qian asked:
"Would you like some dates?"
"want!"
Coco nodded quickly, but because she nodded a bit too much, the lollipop in her mouth almost fell out. Lin Qian's eyes twitched when she saw it. It would not be good if this thing fell out.
But Lin Qian didn't care. She squatted down, took the bag handed over by the old man, grabbed three or four kilograms of winter dates, and then handed it to the old man:
"Uncle, please weigh me."
"okay."
The old man smiled and picked up the scale. It was a hand-made scale with graduations. He weighed it. The old man reached out and fiddled with the weight, and quickly gave the weight:
"Young man, it's four pounds and five taels in total. Check to see if it's right."
After saying that, he handed the scale to Lin Qian's eyes. Lin Qian was a little embarrassed. He didn't recognize this thing. He was born in the city and had only heard of this kind of thing. He had never seen it. This was the first time he saw it today.
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It was at this time that Lin Qian discovered that the people selling fruits and vegetables on the street all used this kind of scale to determine the weight.
The old man also noticed Lin Qian's embarrassment and immediately realized that Lin Qian would not let him go. He laughed and didn't care. He didn't mean to laugh at Lin Qian. All the kids in the city were like this.
"Young man, the dates I'm giving you cost ten yuan a pound, so I'll give you a small change, and you can just give me forty."
The old man handed over the dongzao and smiled at Lin Qianke who was hiding. Looking at the old man's kind smile, Lin Qian nodded, took the handed bag, and took out fifty from his pocket with a smile.
I put the yuan in the vegetable basket, said no need to look for it, stood up and left.
The old man looked at the fifty yuan in the vegetable basket and accepted it generously without being pretentious. Looking at the backs of Lin Qian and Coco, he grinned.
It's rare to see a father and daughter like this these days. The old man is handsome, the girl is handsome, but I don't know what the mother looks like.
Lin Qian was walking among the crowd, carrying a bag of winter dates. Coco stretched out her little hands to grab it in the bag. Lin Qian lowered the bag slightly so that Coco wouldn't have to work so hard.
Lin Qian shook his head when he saw that Cocoa had a winter jujube in one mouthful, and was a little confused about whether to laugh or cry. Since this little snack got part of the starving ghost's supernatural power from him, this little guy has no restrictions on eating, and his appetite is extremely exaggerated.
After rubbing Coco's head, Lin Qian felt helpless:
"Eat slowly, no other children will compete with you."
"Hey, daddy, this is delicious!" Ke Ke laughed, her face full of satisfaction, but she also listened to Lin Qian's words and her eating speed slowed down a lot.
"This little snack."
Lin Qian shook his head and walked towards the five-carousel with Coco. Coco was very fierce now. Since his connection with the bride deepened, the supernatural powers that Coco got from the bride became more and more outrageous. Now she is not only a ghost.
The ability to draw, and the ability to starve to death.
If she hadn't thought that Li Gui was not delicious and tasteless, Coco might have eaten Li Gui every day. Coco also expressed regret for this. According to her, Gui Gui was not delicious, smelled bad, and looked bad.
, Keke doesn’t like to eat.
Lin Qian didn't care about this. Anyway, Coco was very obedient. When she was with him, she just ate and just ate, basically forgetting that she still had these supernatural powers.
It was the same when we were together with Xiaoyue in the past. If Xiaoyue hadn't had a problem last time, Keke wouldn't have remembered that he still had the ghost realm. Keke had told him all this.
In this regard, Lin Qian expressed that she was speechless. The only person in this world who can forget that she has abilities and think that she is an ordinary person is Coco.
There are many people going to the market on the street. This is the characteristic of small places. Some things are only sold if you go early. These things are not available in supermarkets, such as fresh winter bamboo shoots.
Lin Qian was walking in the opposite direction among the crowds going to the market. He looked at the sky in the distance. It was much gloomier than where he was now. If nothing else, that was Tianshui Village.
Lin Qian took Coco's hand and walked towards the destination. Suddenly Lin Qian raised his eyebrows, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at the road ahead, feeling a little chilly in his heart.
After taking a look at the expressions of the people around him, Lin Qiantong zoomed in slightly. He could confirm that these people were not affected by the supernatural, so these people really couldn't see the scene.