Chapter 20 Chapter 11 Explaining the Mystery

If it weren't for what happened later, grandpa would never have explained to me the mystery of the night of catching the water ghost.Just like the previous catching ghosts, this time catching water ghosts also left behind troubles.As the saying goes: "Once you are born and you are familiar again", it is inevitable that grandpa had some flaws in the first two times of catching ghosts, but the troubles left by the second time catching water ghosts cannot be blamed on Grandpa's fault, but only the person who buried the mountain daddy. The place for the grave was not chosen.As a result, the water ghost did not make trouble anymore, but something more fierce than the water ghost appeared.In order to tell the ghost-hunting experience with my grandfather one by one in a complicated and uncluttered manner, I had to arrange the storyline according to the chronological order of the events.What happened to Shan Dad's tomb and what new troubles it brought to the village, I will tell you in detail later.

Now let’s talk about grandpa explaining to me the mystery of catching water ghosts.A year later, when people in the village went to look for my grandpa again, my grandpa said to me in bewilderment: "I did not catch the water ghost that night, but the buffalo of the mountain father has drowned and replaced him! Why did something go wrong again?" Woolen cloth?" I was surprised and asked: "You said you didn't catch the water ghost? Didn't you say that the water in the sack was formed by the water ghost?" Grandpa explained: "I have known for a long time that I am not the opponent of the water ghost that Shan Dae turned into. I was also trembling when I untied the sack. When I poured it out and saw that it was water, I was also puzzled. You Think about it, it will either come out to fight with me, and its chances of winning will be higher, or it will hide and not come out. What do you mean by getting a bag of water?"

I suddenly realized: "It turns out that the water was made by Shan Dae, not what you wanted to catch!" Grandpa nodded: "Later I figured it out. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water! I didn't have much contact with your father when you were the same year, but I know that he is kind-hearted and honest. I am very speculative when talking to him. He doesn't come out by himself. , bring me a bag of water, which means that we are friends of gentlemen, we can trust each other, and what he said does not hurt the villagers will count. In order to comfort the nervousness of the villagers, I had to pretend to say that the water ghost It has turned into water. This is a secret agreement between me and your father in the same year. After the old buffalo drowned, I was really relieved. A buffalo will not become a water ghost if it falls into the water and drowns, because its nature belongs to water. So there will be no water ghosts."

I asked, "Is the old buffalo voluntary?" Grandpa sighed: "Yes. The old buffalo is not strong enough. Shan Dae originally wanted to kill it, but he was reluctant. This time, the old buffalo may be willing to repay his kindness. There are only two most loyal animals, one is the cow. , one is a dog." Cows are indeed faithful animals.Speaking of this, there is an experience that I have to talk about.Once, my grandfather’s cows were kept in my house, and I asked my grandfather to look after them for a period of time after the holiday.I have watched the cattle for more than ten days without any problems, but one morning when I went to the place where the cattle were harnessed and wanted to take the cattle out, the cattle were not there.There was only a small section of the rein tied to the stone, with a broken head and hairy hair. The cow rubbed the rein back and forth with its horns all night and broke the rein.Cows like it when they're irritable.

I immediately told my parents in a hurry.My parents didn't even eat breakfast, so they looked for cattle everywhere in the village.I said that I am a lazy guy. I don’t pay attention to the cow. I just hope that the cow will eat soon and pull it to the pond to ride on my back and swim.Therefore, the cattle often get lost, and our family looks for them everywhere.We are very familiar with the path that cattle like to walk.Mom and Dad went to find the cow according to their past habits, but the cow was not found where we expected. Until it got dark, we found any place where we used to watch cattle, but we still came back dejected.Dad said that the cow might have been stolen.During that time, cattle were often stolen in the village. The owner found that the cattle were missing. After searching for a few days, he found the discarded cattle bones in a certain mountain.Those out-of-town cattle thieves were clever and never caught.

Dad went to grandpa's house to report the bad news, but grandpa who was lying on the bed laughed.It turned out that Niu found his way to grandpa's house by himself.Grandpa happened to be sick that day and he was not feeling well. Niu wanted to go home to visit his sick grandpa.That morning, it went through the main gate and the side door to grandpa's bed, knocking on the edge of the bed with its hard horns.