Volume 2 Dusty Memory Chapter 16 The Fallen Leaves Can't Return to Their Roots
"Ah!" Grandpa Grandpa felt his body was light, and he fell to the ground, and his bones were scattered. Grandpa Grandpa looked around carefully, for fear of waking up the brothers who were sleeping together, but found that he
He fell on the bedside. Grandpa clearly remembered that he was by the window just now, so why did he fall on the bed again at this time? Grandpa vaguely regarded the dream as reality, but he had no idea at all.
Headless loaches and monkeys! Grandpa woke up from his stupor and ran to the window regardless of the pain on his body. But the stool by the window was safe and untouched, so Grandpa climbed on it carefully.
I glanced at the stool secretly. There was only a big moon outside the window. Where was there anyone without a human head?
The little great-grandfather just slapped his head at this time. He must have had a nightmare just now, and he was kicked off by his elder brother again. So, his little body slowly climbed back to the big bed, but he kept tossing and turning after one night.
Unable to sleep.
At dawn the next day, I heard the sound of crying children and the curses of adults coming from the village. People in the village usually don't have many entertainment activities, and their favorite thing is to watch the excitement. Grandpa didn't sleep well all night, thinking about Pihou and Loach.
Whereabouts. At this time, if there is any disturbance, they will think about Pihou and Loach, so naturally they will follow the family to see what happens.
From this look, it turned out that it was related to Loach and Pihou. It turned out that early in the morning, a child told him about going to the mountains yesterday. The adults in the family secretly screamed and quickly found Loach and Pihou's family. When Loach and Pihou's family heard this,
I knew something was going to happen to these two kids.
, then began to accuse the older children among them, saying that they did not stop their own children. The families of those children were extremely protective people, so of course they stopped. So the families started to quarrel, and the children
When I saw something was wrong, I started to cry loudly when I was afraid.
My great-grandfather was most afraid of seeing headless loaches and monkeys. At this time, he felt relieved. But he soon became worried again. The two did not come back all night, and a bad premonition came to his mind.
The village was not big, but the noise and swearing was loud, so the village chief rushed over quickly. The village chief is a sixty-year-old white-bearded old man with a fairy-like appearance. He would also do some watching on weekdays.
Feng shui fortune telling. As soon as the old village chief arrived, everyone became quiet. It seemed that the old village chief
It has a high prestige. The old village chief didn't say anything. He just called some of the older children from yesterday and asked him how long it had been since the loach had been in the fog and couldn't hear his footsteps. After the children answered in a trembling voice, the old village chief's face
Suddenly he turned pale, and then gave some instructions to the villagers beside him.
Then the old village chief waved his hand, quickly summoned the strong men in the village, and headed towards the mountains.
When the villagers saw the expression on the village chief's face, their hearts sank, and they hurriedly followed behind. It was also strange that the village chief did not ask the villagers to bring any tools, but only asked the villagers to bring a few fishing nets for daily fishing.
It was the same group of people, but this time they were large and small, but they were all heading towards Hulukou. The journey was extremely boring, no adults spoke, they all knew that it was probably more serious than bad, but no one pointed it out.
I also guessed it from the expressions of my parents. I lowered my head and didn't dare to say a word. My great-grandpa followed closely behind my parents. What happened last time had already cast a huge shadow on my great-grandpa. Fortunately, nothing happened this time.
thing.
After arriving at Hulukou, the families of Loach and Pihou started clamoring to go in to look for their babies. Naturally, villagers stopped them, and they almost got into trouble.
"What are you making!" The old village chief banged the cane on the ground and shouted, "Aren't you afraid of offending the mountain god and bringing disaster to the village by doing this?"
When the old village chief shouted this, a group of people were so frightened that they were at a loss. For a moment, everyone was in a panic and didn't know what to do.
"But village chief, aren't we going to look for a baby?" Niloach's mother asked in tears. Niloach is the eldest son of the family, and he has just reached the age of labor. Now that Niloach is missing, Niloach's mother feels sad, but more importantly
I feel sad that my family has lost a labor force.
"Look! The fallen leaves have returned to their roots. The child must be taken back." The old village chief looked into the thick fog from a distance with his turbid eyes, seeming to see something. After a long time, he sighed and said.
When the old village chief said these words, the Loach and Pihou family members had already guessed it, but they were afraid of disturbing the mountain god and could only lower their heads dully. The women of the two families leaned on the rocks nearby and started crying, but they did not dare to
He could only whimper after making a sound. The mainstay of the family frowned and his eyes turned red, and he knelt down in front of the village chief.
"What do you mean?" The old village chief was also frightened by the two eight-foot-tall men and asked while helping them up.
"Let us go find the baby. We are not optimistic about the baby, but we want to take the baby back."
"Okay. Come on, give them the fishing nets." The old village chief waved his hand to the villagers to bring them two fishing nets and shook his head feebly.
"What? We are looking for a baby, why do we need a fishing net?" The two men were also stunned, their faces turned the color of pig liver, and they felt that the village chief was playing a trick on them.
"After we got here, I had someone change the fishing net. You guys put the fishing net in and then pulled out the things caught in the net. Remember, you must not step into this fog." The old village chief finished.
After saying these words, he shook his head and slowly sat up on the ground. The old village chief had already learned from the baby's mouth that loaches disappeared when they entered the thick fog. This move undoubtedly sentenced the two children to death.
Sometimes we just retrieve the baby's body.
The thickness of the mist was only about five steps, and if you went in, it would be thick fog. But because of this, the fishing net could be thrown out easily. The man holding the fishing net nodded, did not speak anymore, and just pointed towards it again and again.
Casting the net in the thick fog. Logically speaking, if the net is thrown out and pulled back, even if it cannot catch the body, it will at least catch something. But when the net is cast again and again, the net will be clean and empty after being pulled back.
Loach and Pihou's father acted like they were crazy, trying their best to cast the net inside, but the outcome was predictable. After half an hour like this, the two strong men finally lost their strength and knelt down with weak legs.
On the ground. Maybe it was silent for too long, but it finally broke out at this moment. The two men pulled their hair desperately and cried like children.
The old village chief shook his head and slowly stood up from the ground. When the villagers saw the old village chief standing up, they all stood up too, leaving only the two men kneeling on the ground.
"Everyone, kneel down!" After the old village chief finished speaking, he took the lead and knelt down. Upon hearing this, the villagers quickly followed the old village chief and knelt down.
"Please give back our baby to the mountain god." The old village chief kowtowed and shouted. The villagers also shouted with the old village chief, and for a long time the words echoed in the gourd mouth.
"Keep fishing." The old village chief uttered these words after kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times.
The net was thrown out, and when it was pulled back, it was clear what was caught in the net rope. The loach dad saw that he was trying his best, and felt his hands loosen, and then a broken net was pulled out from the thick fog.
"This...this..." The two fathers thought they could fish out their children, but unexpectedly, this was the outcome. The two of them were already on the verge of collapse.
"Haha... Baby, daddy is here to find you..." Loach's face darkened, then he laughed wildly and rushed towards the thick fog.
"Stop him!" the old village chief shouted quickly, and the villagers on the side quickly caught the loach daddy. But the loach daddy was already crazy and could only grin and laugh.
"The child's father..." When Loach Girl saw this situation, she rolled her eyes and fainted.
"Go! Go! Go back. The mountain god won't let you go, so go back to me!" The old village chief quickly asked people to carry Father Ni and Loach back, sighed, and turned around to leave.
"No! I won't leave! Mountain God, if you give me back my baby, I'm willing to pay any price." Pihou's father, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke. After shouting these words, he cast the net out.
"No!" When the old village chief heard what Father Pihou said, he quickly turned around to stop him.
But it was too late. The net in Father Pihou's hand had already pulled out the bodies of two children from the thick fog. When the old village chief saw the net coming out, he yelled, covered his chest and fell to the ground and fainted.
The fishing net was getting closer and closer. When the entire fishing net was pulled out of the thick fog, Pihou Daddy's throat suddenly moved and he spat out a mouthful of black blood. A villager rushed over to help Pihou Daddy, but found that he had died.
"Look inside the fishing net!" someone said in a trembling voice.
Everyone's eyes were looking towards the fishing net. The scene in front of them was suffocating. They saw...(To be continued)