Chapter 19 Chapter 10 Water Ghost Turns into Water

Grandpa pondered for a while before realizing my question.He said: "Don't worry, everyone, the water ghost has been caught, and there will be no more water ghosts here. Everyone, go back and sleep peacefully. Go back, go back!" Everyone's hanging hearts were relieved, thinking that the water ghost from the sack The water that flows out is exactly what the water ghost turned into.Since the water ghost was turned into water by Grandpa's spell, it can no longer pose a threat to anyone. But I still doubt, didn't grandpa say that he couldn't handle it?But the water ghost was solved so easily just now, why?Was the water in the sack really changed by a water ghost?

The others believed in grandpa, because they didn't know how to deal with the water ghost, and they didn't know whether the water ghost would turn into a puddle of water when it died.But I am always by my grandpa's side, and I can tell right away whether grandpa has abnormal behavior. The people around started to disperse, whispering to each other as they walked back. From their language, some people were glad that the water ghost was easily wiped out, some complained that there were no thrilling scenes, and some were happy that the waterside would be safe in the future. , Some people wonder if that water will return to become a water ghost.

And I'm worried that the water ghost hasn't left at all, it's still somewhere in the lotus leaves, watching everything we do.But I dare not ask grandpa whether my idea is correct or not, because asking like this is tantamount to doubting grandpa's ability to catch ghosts.I'm not in a position to doubt him yet. That night, grandpa and I were squeezed into the same bed, and I slept soundly.I've always been a light sleeper, and a rat crawling across the roof would wake me up.I slept soundly, which means that grandpa didn't sleep well all night, because there was no snoring sound to wake me up.

As soon as I woke up the next day, I heard the commotion outside the house. There were many people gathered outside, chattering and arguing. As soon as I heard what the people outside were talking about, Grandpa's snoring sounded happily.I looked at Grandpa strangely, there was a hint of joy on his face.But I know that grandpa really fell asleep, and his eyes just closed with peace of mind after being open all night.The sun shines through the window glass and hits the grandfather's quilt warmly. My mother came in and saw my grandpa sleeping soundly. She helped grandpa squeeze the quilt and said to me in a low voice, "It's really strange. People outside said that your father's old buffalo drowned in the lotus pond in the same year!"

Although I have heard what the outsiders said, I still trembled when I heard what my mother said. "How could the buffalo drown in the water?" I asked suspiciously.I can still believe that other livestock drowned in the water. The buffalo itself cannot live without water, so how could it be drowned by the water?Grandpa’s family also raised a plowing buffalo. Every summer vacation, I would help grandpa look after the cattle.To say that I am also a lazy person, although the work of watching cattle is not tiring or troublesome, it is boring. The only motivation for me to take the initiative to help grandpa watch cattle is that I can ride on the back of the cattle and swim in hot weather.Some other swimming partners sat on inflated tires, some hugged a big piece of foam, and some didn’t bring anything, but they didn’t dare to go to places where the water was too deep, but I could sit on the back of a buffalo and swim anywhere. Place you want to go.Buffalo Fushui is much better than ordinary swimmers.

My mother said, "I don't believe it either. But Shantae's buffalo is still soaking in the water of the lotus pond. Everyone in the village says this is incredible, and no one dares to go into the water to fish the buffalo up." I said, "Could it be that the water ghost dragged it down?" Mom immediately objected: "The cow is a spiritual animal. Its eyes are born with dark eyes. It can see ghosts. How could the water ghost be dragged to it? Besides, didn't your grandpa catch the water ghost last night?" !" I stopped talking and looked at my snoring grandpa, the answer must be in him.

Later, I asked my grandfather countless times, but my grandfather kept his mouth shut, insisting that the drowning of the buffalo had nothing to do with whether he really caught the water ghost.I pretended to be inadvertent and asked him if the puddle of water that night was really made of water ghosts. Grandpa didn't say yes or no, but just looked at me with an unclear smile. But one thing is certain, since then, there have been no more water ghosts dragging people by the lotus pond. But when someone came back from herding cattle at dusk and was drinking water for the cattle by the lotus pond, he occasionally saw a buffalo watering in the lotus leaves. The lotus leaves stirred and the water splashed.When the cows finished drinking and looked again, the buffalo in the lotus leaf bushes had disappeared, but the water waves on the other side of the lotus leaf bushes were still rippling, and the shaking of the lotus leaves had not stopped.

There are also elementary school students who came back from school and saw a buffalo with a broken bridle standing on the bank of the lotus pond, looking towards the direction of Shantae's house.The people who saw it walked over, but there was nothing on the embankment, only the lowing of cows could be heard faintly.