"Although my family is very rich, it mainly started with my father. My grandfather was actually very poor at that time. In the old society, he worked as a river worker on the Yangtze River since he was a child."
"What does a river worker do? In fact, things are very complicated. You can ferry passers-by across the river, you can also fish, you can also collect river sand from the river and sell it to the construction team. Or you may be lucky and meet someone who can read Feng Shui and find a
If you have treasures, you can get silent gold, silver and jewels from the river boss and make a fortune!"
"All in all, although life is poor, it's a wonderful life! The story I'm going to tell you next is my grandfather's personal experience. It's very scary..."
Wu Qian is like a "storyteller" in the old society, telling strange stories on the Yangtze River with great emotion...
Wu Qian's grandfather is called Wu Youqian.
It can be seen from here that they are indeed their grandfather and grandson! The names are all the same funny. However, Wu has money but he really has no money. So he was abandoned by his family when he was a few years old. Fortunately, a local old river worker is kind-hearted.
OK, I adopted him and raised him in the river engineering team.
One afternoon when Wu Youqian was fifteen, he was resting when he suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the river.
Young people love to watch the fun, and he is no exception! So he quickly ran over to watch...
When they got there, a circle of people had already gathered around. Wu Youqian pushed the other river workers away with all his strength, squeezed in and took a look, and his scalp went numb on the spot.
It turned out that what I saw placed in the open space by the river were ten white skeletons!
Judging from the water stains and color on the surface of the skeleton bones, they must have been submerged in the river for a long time and are not recent things. What is even weirder is that the ten skeletons are connected together by a weird iron chain!
They are connected in a row and look very strange and eerie.
The iron chain passes through the heart of each skeleton, and then there is a small iron lock on the ribs on the left side - and then passes through the other skeletons and connects them...
Because the iron chains and locks had been soaked in the river water for too long, they were covered with various small shells and aquatic plants. They looked very disgusting.
Wu Youqian only found out what was going on after asking around.
It was noon, and other river workers lowered a big net on the river bank, preparing to catch some fish, shrimps, turtles, crabs and other fresh river food from the river.
At that time, the economy was backward and the overall industry was almost zero. Therefore, the ecological environment was still very good, the river was clear, and there were many kinds of delicious fish and shrimp in it, and they were also big!
Because of this, although the river workers have no money, they still have good food.
But what I didn't expect was that a few hours later, the river workers went to pick up the fishing net. When they picked it up, they were a little frightened: in addition to a lot of lively fish and shrimps in this big fishing net,
There are actually ten white skeletons!
However, for the sake of the fish and shrimp in the fishing net, several strong river workers still worked hard to drag the fishing net up. The fish, shrimp and other river freshness were carried to the kitchen by the cooks, but the remaining ten white skeletons were
Don't know what to do...
Soon, the river worker boss arrived. Everyone quickly moved out of the way.
He observed it carefully and hesitated a little - should he throw it directly back into the river, or should he report it to the government? Although these skeletons seemed to be old.
Finally, the river worker boss decided to report it to the government!
But it's getting late now, and it must have been closed. We can only put these ten skeletons on the open space of the river team and wait until tomorrow morning to figure it out.
According to the general rules of the river engineering team, two people are required to keep watch every night - in order to prevent thieves from stealing some things or tools.
In the old society, sometimes a better tool was worth a life!
But the situation tonight is special, and no one is willing to keep vigil - isn't this a joke? If you keep vigil, it is equivalent to guarding these terrible skeletons at the same time.
The river worker boss had no choice but to draw lots. In the end, Wu Youqian and a man named Lao Bai were chosen.
They keep vigil together!
Fortunately, both of them were courageous people. That night, in the small thatched hut where they kept vigil, Lao Bai and Wu Youqian lit two kerosene lamps and bought some salted peanuts and braised pig offal in a luxurious manner.
Just drink some low-quality liquor and chat while drinking.
It was okay in the first half of the night, but in the second half of the night, I felt a little sleepy. In addition, after drinking half a bottle of white wine, I felt even more groggy.
At this time, a black wind started blowing outside the thatched shed. It sounded like human crying, which was a bit scary...
At night on the riverside, the wind is generally strong. It is the so-called river wind, and the cold air is also very strong. People may feel awake if it blows occasionally, but it will not be good if it blows for a long time.
At this time, Lao Bai wanted to go to the river to urinate. After telling Wu Youqian, who was already a little drunk, he left the thatched hut and walked towards the pier.
Wu Youqian also shouted jokingly from behind: "We are obviously poor people, how can we pretend to be civilized people? We have to go to the dock to urinate, so we pee in front of the thatched hut."
Lao Bai chuckled and retorted without looking back: "Brother has always been a civilized person! When I was a child, I studied for a few days and knew a lot of Chinese characters. Anyway, our thatched hut where we keep vigil is not far from the dock.
, just walked over in a few steps.”
It is said that after Lao Bai came out, he was blown by the river wind, and he became more awake. When he got to the river, he started to pee. After peeing, he picked up his pants and prepared to go back.
But I didn’t expect that something would happen at this time!
Hazy, out of the corner of his eye, Lao Bai saw several women standing on the deck of the fishing boat beside the pier, wearing white clothes and with long hair covering their faces.
They stood in a row, motionless. He looked carefully again and counted them - no more, no less, there were exactly ten!
When Lao Bai saw this scene, he felt a little scared.
Because he also clearly remembered that there were ten skeletons fished out from the fishing nets on the riverside in the afternoon, and they were still placed in the open space not far away - just covered with a few pieces of linen cloth.
It is now midnight, and the riverside is very cold. No one is sure to be nervous and go to the fishing boat. Moreover, there are no women on the construction site of the river engineering team, they are just a group of old men. Ten people in white clothes stood on the deck of the fishing boat.
A woman...it’s a little creepy just thinking about it!
Fortunately, people in the old society were already in chaos and had a hard life, so they were generally more courageous than people today.
Lao Bai took a few deep breaths and gritted his teeth: I'll just pretend I didn't see it. It's better to go back as soon as possible!
Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he saw ten women in white clothes with long hair covering their faces, getting off the boat one by one along the plank connecting the fishing boat and the dock, and coming towards him.