Chapter 9 Chapter 9: The Secret Well of the Ancient House

My grandfather’s method is very disappointing to say, that is, first get a big pot, fill the pot with water, put a wide board on it, my father and mother lie on the wide board, and my grandpa will add firewood to the bottom of the stove. The fire, this is the grass seeds parasitic inside their bodies that can't stay with the heat, and they are agitating to find new parasitic hosts. Then I took a fat pig, fixed its four hooves on the ground, piled firewood, and was always ready to start a fire. I cut a small hole in the fat pig's buttocks, and when I approached my father's mouth, I saw a dark-colored stalk-and-leaf snake. The fat pig uttered an earth-shattering scream. The reason why the pig screamed was not because of pain, but because this kind of animal was more sensitive than humans, and the limit of emotional awareness was reached, so it panicked.

Men should use pigs, women should use sheep, what is the reason, probably related to the difference in physiological structure between men and women? The pig was fine, but the sheep was miserable. When my grandfather brought the sheep close to the hole in Ding Sifan's palm, he saw a plant with big branches and leaves rushing into the sheep's body with a whizzing sound. In a short time, the sheep was in full bloom from head to toe, with flowers and fruits in full bloom. The poor sheep didn't even have time to scream, it had already alienated into Cordyceps sinensis, and my grandfather set fire to it, including the pig and the sheep, and burned it clean net.

My father said that after my mother's poison was removed, she lost 20 pounds and became skinny and lonely, just like a little match girl.This is because the sinister parasitic plants have been entrenched in her body for too long, absorbing too much nutrition from her. After a few more days, Ding Sifan's body slowly recovered. During this time, the person sent by Beijing to pick her up had already arrived, so my father ordered a jeep to be prepared to take her back. Before leaving, Ding Sifan suddenly heard the sound of my grandfather crying and howling, the sound was really miserable and unbearable to hear.She was taken aback at the time, hurriedly put on her shoes and got off the ground, went to see what was going on, pushed open the door of the inner room, and saw my unsatisfied father holding a small package high to prevent my grandpa from snatching it, and My grandfather, on the other hand, acted foolishly, laying down on the ground and hugging my father's feet without letting go. Seeing this scene, Ding Sifan was dumbfounded: "What are you doing?"

"Oh, it's Comrade Xiaoding..." My father was full of embarrassment, and wanted to hide the package behind his back, but my grandfather went forward to grab it desperately: "Give me back the prodigal things... ..." "How did I lose my fortune? I'm giving you a new chance." My father said confidently, "Old man, why are you hiding this book? Why are you secretly going out to hunt for treasure? Let me tell you, now you are free." , the people are the masters of the country, I advise you to listen to me, donate your broken book to the government, and the government will organize people to dig out all the underground treasures to support socialist construction, and , I just took advantage of this opportunity to wipe out all the remnants of the ruling class hiding in the ground, huh, and turned against them... Old man, I am giving you a chance to repent and rehabilitate, and return to the embrace of the people, don’t you know Very dependable."

"No!" My grandfather grabbed my father, and desperately pressed his head against my father's stomach: "That book is the treasure-hunting secrets written by your grandfather when he traveled all over the world in his early years. If you don't pass it on to your sons, I will return it to you." I want to keep it for my grandson, if you dare to hand it over to an outsider, I will die for you..." "Your grandson?" My father was very surprised: "Who is your grandson?" "Don't worry about it," my grandfather tried his best to snatch the small package back from my father's hand: "You prodigal son, you don't think you have caused enough trouble, you just force me to death..."

Hearing the noise of the father and son, Ding Sifan finally understood that the reason why my grandfather was able to get rid of the poison of Cordyceps sinensis and saved Ding Sifan's life was because our Xia family had such a book, which specifically talked about how to restrain the evil of underground secret treasures. The method of the spirit.My father didn't want to come back empty-handed this time, he wanted to take the book with him, but my grandfather refused, so the two of them got into a quarrel. Speaking of making noise, this is the most embarrassing topic in our Xia family, and it is also a long-lasting theme of family life.According to my mother, it was my father who made trouble in the early days. He bullied my grandfather every day and bullied my grandfather until he cried. My grandfather's style of making troubles is obviously different from my father's. My father is unreasonable, while my grandfather is relying on the old to sell the old. In short, our family never stops.

As long as I can remember, I often saw an old man with a white beard sitting on the floor of my house kicking his legs and crying. Whenever he cried, my father immediately lost his temper, knelt down and begged for mercy, and said good things. But the white-bearded old man won't stop crying unless my father agrees with the old man with the white beard. My mother said to me: Your grandpa has more fun than you. My mother also said: Every one of your Xia family is a living treasure. Then I don't understand, since our Xia family is so miserable, why did my mother marry her "beloved Uncle Xia"?The two of them are not only mismatched in age, but also very different in appearance. My father is extremely ugly, but my mother is extremely beautiful. Just because my father saved her life several times in the underground palace, my mother promised her with her body. Is it too big?

I actually asked this question once, before my mother could answer, my father grabbed me by the neck from behind and yelled: "Little bastard, your mother and I live and die together!" Comrades and couples in need... You fucking, your mother won't marry me, where did you come from, you little bastard..." Then there was a blast. This is my dad. I really can't like him, really. My mother told me that in my father's life, there were only two things that satisfied my grandfather. One thing is that my father married my mother. The second thing is that my mother gave birth to me.

My mother married my father. In detail, it has nothing to do with the common experience of the two of them in the underground palace where Wang Mang hid treasure. She never thought of marrying this ugly man with a bad temper. The reason why she changed her mind later was because she accidentally discovered that other men were uglier than my father, so she sneaked out to find my father again. It is said that when my mother saw my father again, my father was lying on the hospital bed. He had just been wounded from the bandit suppression battlefield in the Southwest, and he was lying on the bed reading a book.Seeing this situation, my mother deliberately borrowed clothes from a nurse, put a big mask on her mouth, and went in to change my father's medicine.

When she walked to my father's bedside with the medicine tray, she saw that my father didn't look back, and asked in a surprised tone: "Ding Sifan, why did you come here to be a nurse?" My mother was taken aback and blurted out, "How did you know it was me?" My father turned his head and said, "I'll know when I hear your footsteps." My mother said that it was only then that she realized that my father was indeed something special. The two had been separated for so long, and he knew it was her just by the sound of footsteps. She was very moved at that time.

I couldn't figure out why my mother had to be moved, but I couldn't interfere with it at the time. My mother was moved by my father. The result of the move was that the two of them formed a "revolutionary family" five years later. ". Two years later, I was born. After the full moon, there are many things in front of the children of other people's families when they catch the week, such as pens, seals, and copper coins... whoever catches the pen, the child will have a talent when he grows up, and those who grab the seal will grow up. Those who want to become high-ranking officials and grab copper coins will definitely make a fortune when they grow up.Jia Baoyu in the movie never let go of Yanzhi, so when he grows up, he has no other skills except for his younger sister.But the rules of our family's catching Zhou are really evil. Except for a black cloth tiger, there is nothing in front of me. Tiger's head. So I named it Xia Hutou. The name Xia Hutou is from my family, and it is for internal reference only. The name I registered in the household registration book is Xia Yunyuan. This name is grand, and it is said that it was given by my grandfather. I grew up surrounded by punches, kicks and curses from my father. In the third year of junior high school, my buddy came to me angrily, saying that his wife had been robbed, and he wanted to find a buddy to replace her. He vented.Wrong's daughter-in-law's nickname is Yatou, she also grew up with us, she is pretty, but Waimanzi's academic performance is unclear, but she pre-determines this daughter-in-law and prohibits us from doing it again. flirting with the girl... The crooked guy can stop us, but he can't control others. There is another group of gangsters who specially intercept the little girls on the road. We went there that day with more than a dozen people, but it wasn't because of his face, if it was because of his face, no one would come.It's because everyone is eager to show in front of the girl, who might the girl end up with... That day, a dozen of us chased the leader of the group of gangsters, driving him to the house like crazy.We chased him all the way to the gate of his house, but we didn't watch out for his dad to kill him with a shovel, and chased us so badass that we turned around and fled... The first time we failed, we were not discouraged, and finally blocked the group of gangsters in the alley two days later. Everyone was holding bricks and knocking on each other's heads. A dozen thunders came out, and one guy netted everyone in. That was the first time in my life that I entered the detention center, and it should be the last time—if I can’t get another chance like this in the future—more than a dozen of us were handed bald heads, and they rushed in aggressively. The residents all scramble to avoid it.Can't afford it, we have too many people. I stayed happily in the cell for two days. On the third morning, the guards took me out. When I walked out of the cell, I saw my old man’s old military jeep.You must know that my old man is cruel and ruthless, and every time he hit me, he would fight his life. I always wondered if I was his own... He brought me out that day, without saying a word, with a gloomy expression on his face. The tablecloth at home, and the director of the detention center nodded and bowed behind: "Leader, go slowly..." He ignored it, opened the car door by himself, and let me get in the car. The old man didn't bring a driver, he drove by himself.Watching the old military jeep drive past the house without entering, and go straight out of the city, heading towards the wilderness, my heart suddenly rose: "God, didn't this old man want to find a deserted wilderness to destroy my body and traces of me?" At that time, I thought in fear. The car was driving on the road that night, and the street lights shone on the trees on the road. I was so nervous that I didn't know what kind of damage the old man had come up with to fix me. I was feeling uneasy when the old man suddenly said: "Your grandfather can't do it." gone." "My grandpa..." It was like a heavy hammer hit my head suddenly, and my brain froze all of a sudden. "Before he leaves, you have to see him." My father said again in a muffled voice. When I think of my grandpa, I feel as if I have been dug out by something. I want to talk but I don’t know what to say. My dad doesn’t say a word. He just drives his car. After walking for two full days and nights on the road, I refueled twice before rushing back to my hometown in Anqing. The car stopped in front of my hometown, and my father took me in a hurry. As soon as I entered the courtyard, I smelled a strong smell unique to the elderly. I wondered if my grandpa had already left. cry out.When I walked to the door, I heard grandpa's whining cry. Knowing that grandpa was still alive, my heart relaxed a little, but the crying was so heart-wrenching, which made me feel even more sad. My father took me into the house in a hurry: "Father, stop making trouble, I brought you the tiger head..." I saw my grandfather curled up on the earth kang in the countryside, with sunken eye sockets and saliva all over his beard. He turned his face when he heard my father speak, and when he saw us, he burst into a sudden howl, like an angry He became fussy like a child and knocked over the bowl of water that was placed next to his head. Seeing grandpa crying, my dad was obviously a little flustered: "Okay, dad, don't make trouble, Hutou just arrived, can't I just take him there..." As he spoke, he He dragged me out again, and dragged me to the well in the yard of my grandfather's house. There is a lulu for fetching water beside this well, which was installed by my father for my grandfather in the early years. In the early years, my father planned to take my grandfather to the city to live a comfortable life, but my grandfather was unwilling to die, so he was willing to live in the city. Live in this small yard.I also played in this yard for several years when I was a child. Because I was afraid that I would fall into the well, my grandfather built the edge of the well by himself.So I am very familiar with this well. That day my father took me to the well. He leaned his butt against the edge of the stone well, smoked a cigarette, and took out a flashlight and some candles from his pocket: "Tiger head, light these candles. superior." "What?" I asked dumbfounded. "If you ask you to order, you can order, why are there so many nonsense?" My father shouted. I thought to myself, this is probably the rule when holding a funeral, right?But my grandfather is still alive, so what funeral should we do at this time?He didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he struck a match and lit all the candles. Then my father told me to fix these candles on a wooden board, put the wooden board on the side of the bucket, and then shake the reel, and slowly put the burning candles into the well. Seeing that the candle flame was straight and was about to reach the surface of the water, all of a sudden, several flames swerved and all drifted in one direction. Seeing this, I was startled and blurted out: "Dibilisi Underground Printing Factory!" In modern times, fewer and fewer people know what this sentence means. This is a lesson in middle school textbooks in the late period of the Cultural Revolution. It is called "The Underground Printing Factory of Dibilisi". In the process of the underground printing factory being cracked by the counter-revolutionaries, the detective in charge of the case saw the smooth edge of the wellhead and became suspicious, so he hung a candle down to test and found that the flame was deflected, so he judged that there was a secret passage underground. At that time, I was trembling with excitement, and kept shouting: "Dad, Dad, there are... spies here!" My father smoked a cigarette calmly and asked me, "How do you say tomato in English?" "Fucking agent..." "That's right, fuck the spies!" My dad said, "Son, you go down for me now, go in and bring me out the spies hidden inside!" "Dad... you mean, let me go down by myself?" Looking at the dark mouth of the well, I was terrified. "Nothing!" My father suddenly turned his face: "Your father, I went in by myself when I was less than eight years old...Of course I fell into the well by myself...Are you going down or not?" "Dad..." I stepped back in fear: "The secret agents have... silent pistols..." "Aren't you clamoring every day to liberate two-thirds of the suffering people in the world?" My father said mercilessly, "A well scares you like this? You must be a deserter on the battlefield!" "Dad, listen to my grandpa..." I blinked, turned around and ran away suddenly, I'm sure I wasn't born to this old man, who ever heard of a father who forced his son to jump into a well?I absolutely cannot let this old man's plot succeed... Before I could take two steps, a big hand grabbed my neck like an eagle grabbing a chick. I heard myself yelling desperately for Grandpa, and with a plop, I was stuffed headfirst into the big hoop wooden bucket , Immediately after my eyes went dark, I heard the sound of rumbling up quickly, and I had been thrown into the well. The wooden barrel barely touched the surface of the water, and then stopped suddenly. I hurriedly pulled my head out of the barrel, grabbed the well rope with both hands in a panic, and shouted at it: "Dad, Dad... pull me up, I will promise you in the future Study hard and never fight again..." "If you are my son, let me go in." My father said coldly from above: "Your grandfather left something for you in the secret cave. If you can't get it out, he will die with regret!" "Something..." With a shake of the bucket, I finally saw the secret cave in front of me. This secret cave was opened on the wall of the well next to the water surface, and I couldn't see it from above. I couldn't help but go up I looked at it and wondered if my father was a Kuomintang spy who had sneaked into our party, or why there was such a secret hole in the well at home, and he was so cruel to an excellent revolutionary successor like me? After thinking about it again, it is unbelievable that my grandfather and father are both spies. It is very possible... I looked up again, and my father said that my grandfather left me something good in the secret cave. What good stuff?I can't think of it, but I know that grandpa loves me more than my father, at least when my grandpa is at home, my father is determined not to touch a finger of mine.Thinking of this, my courage suddenly grew, and I curled up in the bucket, and looked into the hole again, only to see a few water spiders crawling around at the entrance of the hole, and it was so dark inside that I couldn’t see anything. clear. Feeling something stuck on the bare bones of my feet, I touched it with my hand and found a flashlight that my father put in the bucket. I suddenly became more courageous, and I took a photo with my hand into the hole, only to see that there was a twist and turn inside. , I don't know where it leads. I gritted my teeth, grabbed the wall of the cave with one hand, and sprinted into the dense cave. With a splash, the bucket swayed back and forth, almost throwing me into the well water.Although most of my body got into the hole, my feet were still soaked in the well water. At this time, I didn't care about it. I drilled hard and only heard a chuck, and I felt like a big loach. go in. The ground of the dense cave is covered with soft and smooth mud. Presumably when it rains, the well water rises and water pours into the cave to make it like this.After crawling inside for a while, I raised my head and felt that the pressure had eased, so I slowly straightened up and finally stood up. I lit the flashlight and walked in along the entrance of the cave. I could hear my heart beating wildly along the way. I thought that if the water in the well suddenly rose to the mouth of the well, I must have drowned. I don't know how my father will explain to my mother when he returns. I stopped and listened carefully, but there was no movement behind me. The water at the mouth of the well should be calm, with no sign of rising. I felt a little disappointed in my heart, so I continued to walk in with a flashlight. There was a sudden slap in front of me, which scared me so much that I blurted out and asked, "Who?" But I heard nothing quietly.Resisting the fear in my heart, I took a flashlight and saw a mound of soft mud slowly wriggling in front of me. I looked carefully and suddenly saw a pair of mysterious and strange eyes staring at the mound of mud. Looking at me, I panicked, and I yelled: "Don't move, if you move again, you will... shoot..." The mound of mud did not move as expected. I walked over slowly, and when I approached it, I realized that it was a toad hiding in the mud. Thinking that I was surprised by such a thing, I was annoyed and stepped on it. Toad stepped on the head. I only heard a chirp, and that thing was stepped into the mud by me, but it jumped out in a hurry, jumping away three times and two times. I let out a long sigh of relief, took the flashlight and continued to walk forward. As I walked, I found that the ground began to dry out, and there was a green round-headed snake coiling in front of me. Not afraid, he took the flashlight and smashed it over without any explanation. The snake hurriedly climbed into a small hole on the cave wall and ran away. Going forward, the light of the flashlight suddenly shined on a motionless figure. After such a long time, I was no longer as scared as I was at the beginning, so I quickly leaned my body against the wall, and took a careful photo with the flashlight, only to find that It was a statue of Zhao Xuantan, the God of Wealth. The paint on the statue had peeled off, but the black tiger riding on Zhao Gongming was still so vivid. I carefully photographed the black tiger with the flashlight, and suddenly realized. That's right, the black tiger I caught Zhou when I was one year old looked like this, except that the black tiger I caught Zhou was made of cloth, but this one is made of clay. Whether it's made of cloth or clay, it's not a real tiger, so I don't need to be afraid.So I whistled, emboldened myself, and continued walking inside. There was the sound of rushing water in front of me, and I walked over cautiously, only to find that it was a stone platform with nothing on it.I went to the stage and took a flashlight to take a picture. I was surprised to find that there was a pool of black water in front of me. Suddenly, there was a sound of chuffing, and a brilliant spark burst out from the calm water. , In the sparks, a golden monster fish with a big head dragged the swaying fireworks, drew an arc in the dark hole, and fell back into the water. In an instant, the bright and brilliant ripples on the water surface flickered, and the strange scene made people scream out involuntarily. When I was a freshman in high school, I once wrote an essay. In the essay, I mentioned a fire pool in my hometown. The water in the pool was bottomless. If you threw a stone into it, you could see a large group of flames burning on the surface of the water.Occasionally, a monster fish with a big head jumps out of the water, also dragging a bright flame.The pool of fire mentioned in this composition is what I saw in the dark hole in the underground well of my grandfather’s house. I later learned that the pool of water has no sunshine all year round, and a thick layer of luminescent algae grows on the surface of the water. As long as the ambient temperature is suitable, this algae will continue to grow endlessly, and sometimes this algae will also appear. On the sea, the residents of the seaside are no strangers to this. But I didn't know these truths at the time, standing alone in the dark cave, witnessing this bizarre fireworks on the water, I couldn't express my confusion and fear.I stood on that platform for a long time, hoping to find the things my grandpa left for me at a glance. I really don't understand why grandpa didn't give them to me directly, but let me get in and get them myself. , But thinking about our family, it is normal for them to do strange things, I should be able to understand. After searching for a long time, I couldn't find anything to take out, so I suddenly panicked: My grandfather and my father, these two will not throw that thing into the burning water, right?Given their topsy-turvy style, that's a real possibility. I squatted by the pool and groped the ground with my hands. I found a stone and threw it into the pool. With a loud crash, I saw a group of bright sparks bursting out. I shrank back in fright. Thinking that the ground of the pool was soft and slippery, I sat down on the ground with a squeak, and slid towards the pool. I screamed strangely, and only heard a plop. In the raging fire, I struggled desperately a few times, only felt that the pool of water was icy cold, but I didn't feel the slightest feeling of being burned by the flames. Realizing that the flames were not hot, not only not hot, but cold and piercing, I became more courageous, and was about to swim back to the shore, when I suddenly saw a raging fire in the water, approaching me quickly. Come on, I took a closer look, and it was a strange fish with a big head gleaming all over its body, rushing towards it with its mouth wide open. I saw that the fish had no teeth in its mouth, so I immediately became angry. When the fish swam close, I suddenly punched it, intending to knock this overwhelmed fish unconscious and take it back to make a bowl of soup. , my hand could barely touch the smooth body of the strange fish, and suddenly I felt a strong electric current hit my heart in an instant, I heard myself scream, jumped up suddenly like that strange fish, fell down When it hit the strange fish, it screamed strangely after being shocked again, and jumped up. This strange fish doesn't seem to be a big deal, but who would have expected that it would have high-voltage electricity all over its body, wouldn't it kill me? When my body fell, I still had a sporadic consciousness, knowing that I had to climb to the shore immediately, otherwise, people would be unable to move their bodies after being electrocuted, and they would definitely be submerged in water and drowned alive. A piece of fish can be eaten leisurely and leisurely as much as possible. However, although the consciousness is still there, the limbs of the body have lost the ability to move due to the strong electric current. I felt the icy pool of water passing through my mouth and nose, and I poured a few mouthfuls of water, but the wicked fish swam again. In the past, it stung me hard on the back of my neck again, and I screamed again. The hazy awareness of survival made my body suddenly generate a force. With the violent instinctive convulsions of my body, I desperately moved my body I jumped forward, and my upper body plopped onto the shore, and my legs were shocked twice at this time. I screamed and curled up violently, holding the mud by the pool with my weak fingers. Don't let go, if you let go and slide in, then I won't be able to climb up again. My dad's plot has succeeded, but I guess my mom won't end with him. I lay on the edge of the pool for quite a while, and then my body slowly recovered. I turned my head and saw that strange fish with a big head refused to give up, and was still circling eagerly by the edge of the pool.Such a thing dared to shock me, it was really outrageous, I was so angry, I hurried forward a few steps, rushed to the statue of Marshal Zhao Gong, stretched out my hand to grab the gun in Zhao Gongming's hand. I twisted the Demon Subduing Pestle forcefully, only to hear a squeak, Master Zhao Gongyuan's arm was almost broken by me, and the Demon Subduing Pestle was already in my hand. When he weighed it in his hand, the demon pestle was actually made of black iron, and it was extremely heavy to hold in his hand. I returned to the edge of the pool with the pestle in hand, and lifted the tip of the pestle to the surface of the water, and saw a colorful straight track drawn on the dead pool, rushing towards me. I raised the pestle with both hands, glanced Determined the fat-headed strange fish's approach, he smashed it down with a pestle. With a splash, the pool water burning with cold light splashed sparks all over my face. In the bright sparks flickering, I watched the fat-headed monster flip its belly and floated to the surface of the water. I poked this guy with the demon pestle, and found that the head of the strange fish was almost smashed, but the tail was still swinging wildly.I poked the tip of the pestle into the shattered cheek, and picked it up vigorously, the guy drew a shining arc in the air, and landed on the stone platform, still jumping non-stop. I ignored it, and continued to shake the pestle on the surface of the water to see if there was a second strange fish, but after waiting for a long time, there was no more movement, so I took off my clothes and tore them into cloth. Wrapped around his body like a bandage, in order to protect himself for fear of encountering a second strange fish after entering the water.Then I got into the water slowly, not daring to stab violently, but just tried with my feet, and walked in a little bit. The area of ​​the pool is not large, and I walked around it within a few minutes. I felt that there was nothing that needed to be fished out on my feet, and what I stepped on was always soft and slippery mud.I was a little angry, I don't know what my grandfather and my father brought me here for, and besides, after playing for a long time, it should be almost the same, so I turned around and walked back. As soon as I turned around, a cold hand suddenly stretched out from under the water. It was a real hand with a thumb, four other fingers and a palm. It is three points colder than Detan water.What's more, the hand came so suddenly that I screamed in fright, and was dragged into the water all at once. When I was wading in the water just now, the deepest part of the pool was only up to my waist, but I never expected that there was a well in this water—or a deep pit, and the hand Drag me into the well all at once, and pull down hard.I held my breath and looked down, only to see the boundless darkness, and an indistinct outline of a pale arm in the darkness. It was too late to call Dad for help. Although I was flustered, I gritted my teeth and resisted, knowing that as long as I was a little timid, I would never see my parents again.Looking at the indistinct pale arm, I clenched the magic subduing pestle tightly with both hands, glanced at it and suddenly poked it violently. With a clatter, it felt as if the tip of the pestle had hit a hard rock. The hand was obviously in pain, and it shrank back suddenly. With a drag, I jumped out of the water and shouted desperately. He rushed to the shore.After running two steps and turning my head, I saw a splash on the surface of the water, and that scary looking strange hand broke through the water and grabbed me again. The cold light emitted by the organic algae on the water surface when they were stirred allowed me to clearly see the strange hand. It was indeed an arm, but it was covered with green fluff. I only heard stories about such strange things before. I mentioned it when I was there, but I never thought that I would meet it one day. At that time, while shouting desperately, I swung the falling magic pestle and smashed it at the strange hand. That horrible strange hand was obviously a little afraid of this magic subduing pestle. Seeing that the tip of the pestle barely touched the strange hand, but the strange hand retracted back into the water quickly, but because I used too much force and because I smashed it I was empty, and my body spun twice like a spinning top. With a plop, I threw myself onto the bank. That fell me, and I lay on the ground and called my mother. After the pain in my body passed, I looked back at the pool, and suddenly realized that I was afraid. How could there be such a thing in the water?Don't be the legendary drowned ghost, right?But this pool is so hidden, how can there be ghosts in the water? I looked around vigilantly, and immediately remembered the water dungeon in Liu Wencai's home. I thought, probably this grandfather and my father, two latent class enemies, must have assassinated many revolutionaries here. I got up and turned on the flashlight, trying to find the tortured revolutionary or blood on the wall, but I found nothing, only water dripping from the roof of the cave from time to time, groups of water spiders crawling around, busy . Looking back at the calm water, the more I think about what happened just now, the more frightened I feel. Now I really don't have the courage to go into the water again, and I will not be dragged by the drowning ghost to be a substitute. I went back to the stone platform and saw that the fat-headed monster fish was completely dead. I stepped on it with my foot and felt a hard thing hit the sole of my foot. I thought the dead thing was discharging again, so I hurriedly jump away. After waiting for a while, but there was no movement, I squatted down, held a flashlight in one hand, and poked it with the tip of the subduing magic pestle in the other hand, and found a square and long shape in the stomach of the strange fish.I wondered in my heart, I have never heard that there are rectangular fish roe in this world, not to mention that this fish roe is too big... After smashing the belly of the strange fish, I suddenly realized. In the stomach of the strange fish, there is no rectangular fish roe, but a rectangular box swallowed by this thing. Fortunately, the head of this thing is bigger than its body, and its mouth is bigger than its head. Otherwise, if an idle fish wants to swallow this Just a box, it's really not easy. I picked up the box from the fish's stomach, and as soon as I got it in my hand, I heard a rattling sound in the box. I dare say there are still things in the box. What are you wearing? I tried to open the box with my hand, but I couldn't find the cover of the box after a lot of effort.It was all because of the darkness in the cave that I couldn't see clearly, so I simply put the box under my arm and waited until I took it out. With the box in my left arm, I was lighting a flashlight, and I was holding the magic pestle in my right hand. I walked out of the cave excitedly. The drowning ghost waited so hard for such a substitute, and he was unwilling to let me go away. He has already caught up and blocked my way, right? I cautiously took a few steps forward, and in the darkness, I almost saw a big hand reaching out. Without hesitation, I slammed down the pestle, only to hear a miserable cry: "Aw!" It is really kind and familiar to my ears, it is the voice of my father who I have heard so well since I was a child. "Dad, how could it be you..." When I accidentally hit my father, I was so scared that I couldn't express it. If this old man held a grudge, no one would kill me even if he killed me in this dark place. I know, I still don't want to provoke him, and I will settle the score after I go back and see my mother... "Why don't you ask indiscriminately and use your hands..." When the magic pestle fell down, it would be strange to say that it didn't hurt. The old man had a headache and covered his arms, and yelled at me viciously. "I don't know...Dad, I didn't mean it," I put on a pitiful look, the man can bend and stretch, and if I don't hurry up and pretend to be a bear, if the old man gets angry and starts to move, then it will be a shame. No chance for me: "I thought it was a drowned ghost..." "What drowned ghost? What nonsense are you talking about?" The old man reprimanded me with raised eyebrows. “真的有淹死鬼，”我对老头说：“就在后面那个水潭里，我先是让一条怪鱼电了一下，差一点没电死，然后又差点没让淹死鬼把我拖进深水里……” “儿子，你没吓傻了吧？”老头问：“怎么说起胡话来了？” “爸，你要是不信就过来看，那条鱼还在……”我还要解释，却突见父亲的脸色一变，突然抱起了我：“儿子快走……”狭窄的洞穴中的他猛的一转身，将我向着出口处推了过去，我惊叫了一声爸，心脏激跳而导致了眼前视线一片模糊。 水里的那东西追上来了，它已经捉住了我爹。 当时我就急了，那可是我爹啊，虽说我不喜欢他老是对我板着脸的模样，可咱这老爹怎么说起来也是位首长，万一老爹没了……估计我妈不会太快替我找个更有权力的后爹，这事儿得碰运气……情急之下我拼命的往里钻，一边钻还一边喊：“爸，爸……”没钻两下，迎面正撞上我爹那满是淤泥的脑袋：“乖儿子，你爹没事儿……咱们快点出去。” 看老头没事儿，我这才放下心来，急忙忙的倒退着往外爬，不提防那地面滑不出溜，一用力没有收住身势，竟然扑通一声跌进了井里，幸好老头伸出手来，一把捞住了我：“儿子，别怕，快点爬井水桶里去……” 好象自打我生下来为止，老头就从未对我这么和颜悦色过，这让我一下子把十几年的委屈全都想起来了，竟莫名其妙的呜哩踢噜的哭着，爬进了水桶里。 “乖儿子，别哭了，快点爬上去。”老头拍着我的脑袋说。 “爸，我……爬不上去。”坐在水桶里，我感觉自己好象一下子退回了吃奶的时代，那时候，我爹他就象现在这样疼爱我…… 我爹哦了一声，突然脸色一变，竟然伸手从腰间掏出一支小手枪来，我吓了一跳，以为老头又要拿这玩艺儿对付我，吓得鼻涕泪水霎时间定格在脸上，目瞪口呆的望着他。 只见我爹满脸的煞气，哗啦一声把子弹推上膛，脑袋往洞里一缩，嗖的一下子竟然消失了，我又吓了一跳，心说这老头怎么倒着爬还这么快，突听洞穴中传来噼哩哗啦的打斗声，霎时间我汗毛倒竖，魂飞天外。 那东西……其实它一直在死死的拖住我爹，可是老头却根本不顾理会，只是拼了命的把我推了出来，现在他又被那东西拖了进去。 想起那只惨白冰冷的手，我忍不住颤抖起来，不住声的叫着爸爸，爸爸，想爬进去帮助他，可是不知为什么，只觉身体软绵绵的使不上力气，竟然一动也动不得。 洞里搏斗的声音越来越大，突然，砰砰两声枪响，随后是一片死寂。 枪声响过后的寂静，吓得我魂飞魄散，我拼了命的扒在洞口喊，忽见洞内有一物蠕动而来，仔细一瞧，不是我爹还是何人？我顿时破啼为笑。 老头爬到洞口处，第三次拍了拍我的脑袋：“儿子，你爹没事，哭成这样……还算你他妈的有良心……”说着一只手抓住井绳，把身体从洞里拨了出来，我看到他的腿上有四个深深的黑洞，洞里淌出来的血都是乌青色，另有一只血洞与四个深洞形成了对穿，这分明是一只手的五根手指头钻入父亲的小腿中留下来的。父亲小腿上还有一块肉明显的是被什么东西给撕掉了，我正要失声惊问，父亲已经低声吩咐了一句：“别声张，千万别吵到你爷爷……” 口中说着，就见父亲踢掉脚上的鞋子，手抓住井绳，用脚趾抠住生满了光滑青苔的井壁，嗖嗖嗖几下子就爬出了井口，这敏捷的身手看得我热血沸腾，这才是咱爹呢……不愧是从死人堆里滚出来的铁血军人！ 到了地面之后，父亲摇动辘辘，把我从井中提了上去。上去后他抱住我，低声的说了句：“儿子，你先去爷爷那里……记住，井下面遇到的事情千万不要说，别吓到他老人家，让你下去找的东西……”我举起手中的盒子摇了摇，盒子发出稀哩哗啦的声音，我爹的脸色顿时阳光一般的灿烂：“好，好，好儿子，快拿这个盒子过去，你爷爷有话要吩咐给你。” 我拿肮脏的衣袖抹了一下脸上的大鼻涕，抹了一脸的稀泥，回头再看，正见父亲吃力的把一只扁平大磨盘滚过来，压在井口上，分明是不让井里的什么东西爬上来……见我张嘴要说话，父亲摆了摆手，让我快点去见爷爷。 我走到爷爷的房间门前，用手拿了那只盒子，推门进去，叫了声爷爷，爷爷抬头一看，顿时费力的咳嗽了起来，一边咳嗽还一边拿手拍着土炕：“来……过来，孙子儿，到爷爷这里来。” 我爬到炕上，坐到爷爷身边，湿漉漉的两条腿一伸，呆了一呆： 我看到自己的小腿上也有着五个血洞，同父亲腿上的血洞一模一样。 这就是水中那东西抓的。 爷爷却没有注意到我的神态异常：“孙子，家里的东西呢？你拿来没有？” “拿来了，爷爷，”我说着，把手中那只稀哩哗啦响的盒子给他看：“爷爷，这里边装的是什么东西？” “不知道，”爷爷费力的摇着头：“这是你祖爷爷当年从西域带回来的，你祖爷爷花了一辈子的时间也没能打开这个盒子，你爷爷我也是花了一辈子的时间，还是不知道盒子里边装的是什么，你爹更没出息，就知道个杀人放火……盒子没打开不说，他连家里的祖传珠子都给扔了……孙子儿，现在就看你的了，你给爷爷打开看看……” 就这么一只盒子，说得这么严重？我心里很是不以为然，拿起来仔细一看，不禁目瞪口呆。 难怪我祖上几代人都打不开这只盒子，这只盒子，竟然是没有盖的。 我手中拿的实际上是一只死匣子，材质呈乌木色，非铁非石，也肯定不是木头的，拿在手上沉惦惦的，有一种通体舒泰的阴凉手感，单看盒子的表面非常平滑，不象是古时代的东西，倒象是现代工厂里加工出来的怪玩艺儿。 “能打开给爷爷看看吗？乖孙子儿？”爷爷用企盼的声音问道：“你爷爷一辈子最想知道的就是这只盒子里到底装着什么东西，不知道的话，爷爷死了也不甘心啊……” “嗯……等我找个铁锤砸开它！”我说道。 爷爷摇了摇头：“砸不开的，当年爷爷用家里磨坊里的石磨辗了半个月，辗坏了十几个石磨，这盒子连点印痕都没留下……孙子你记住，这盒子一旦从井下拿出来，要快点告诉你爹赶紧把那口井填死，它原来是用来镇住下面的邪物的……盒子拿走了，怕那邪物就镇不住了……” “井里的到底……”我问了半句，就见父亲走进来，用凌厉的眼神制止了我。 “听见了没有，听见了没有，那口井要快点填上，快点填……”说着话，爷爷的声音渐渐低沉了下去：“孙子儿，你如果能弄开这个盒子，这辈子的衣食就不愁了……” 这是我爷爷在人世间说的最后一句话，然后他就闭上了眼睛，再也没能睁开来。 在停灵的第二夜，我父亲突然叫上我，用了辆推车去郊外拉来沙土，把家中的那口井填上了，填井的时候他再三叮嘱我不许往下看，沙土拉到井边，直管往井里一倒，我能够听见井下有什么东西扑噼扑腾的声音，不清楚那到底是什么，总之诡异得很。 将井填死之后，我爹让我上了那辆老式吉普车，开车就走。我心里隐隐约约的觉得有些不大妥当，忍不住问了一句：“爸……好象我应该守在爷爷身边吧，我是长孙……” “你是应该……”我爹说：“不过……回头你妈跟你有重要的事儿说……” “我妈？”我惊异不定的看了看车后：“我妈既然来了，她怎么不来看我爷爷？” 但我父亲一句话不说，只管开他的车。大半夜后，我们到达了一个荒凉的小站，一下车我就看到了妈妈，她怀中抱着一只小包袱，独自一人瑟瑟颤抖的站在站台上，一见到我就把我搂在了怀里：“虎头……” “妈……”不知为什么我失声的哭了起来：“我爷爷去世了……” “妈知道了，他老人家……”母亲用她的手掌匆忙的摩挲了几下我的头发：“虎头你长大了，过来……”拉着我的手匆匆的向前走，我心里疑惑之极，想开口问一声，可是我母亲走得脚步飞快，我们穿越了空无一人的候车室，从一个小角门上了站台，站台上停靠着一辆货车，是那种老式的蒸气车头，这种火车的驱动动力全是靠了司机拿大铁锹往锅炉里填煤燃烧，坐在驾驶车头里的司机拿一只独眼恶狠狠的瞪着我，吓得我直往往后退。 我母亲却强推着我的后背，把我推到那司机面前：“韩大哥……这孩子还小，不懂事，以后就拜托给你了……” 司机一声不吭，那只独眼在黑暗中炯炯有神，让我看得更加魂不附体，害怕之下我转身想逃开：“妈，我要去和爷爷在一起……” 这时候我母亲却突然沉下了脸，冷冰冰的说了句：“你爷爷已经死了，以后就靠你自己了……”用力把我往车上一推，那独眼司机顺手揪住我的脖领，把我拎上了车，再顺手一丢，我感觉自己象一团破布一样，被扔到了车厢里的一个肮脏角落。 独眼司机开始鸣笛，并动作飞快的往锅炉里填煤，火车发出震耳欲聋的轰响，慢慢的启动了，母亲紧跑了两步追上来，顺手把那只小包袱抛给了我：“虎头……”她的声音，凄楚而不忍闻。 我拼命的从车里把头探出去，看着我母亲身体一软，差一点栽倒在地上，幸好我父亲在后面搀扶住了她，两人的身影在空旷的站台上显得是那么渺小，让我心里倍生凄凉。 无限的恐慌浮上了我的心头，我最害怕的一天终于到来了。 运动了。 我父亲和母亲，纵然是他们为这个国家流过多少血，淌过多少泪，但在群众运动的风潮之中，那一切都只会瞬息之间湮没。 这辆货车在路上走了十多天，每次停车，独眼司机就自己下车去，过不多久带点吃的回来给我，却不从与我说话，起初我疑心他是个哑吧，可是我却曾听到过他跟车下面的人说话，那声音非常的粗沙，听起来让人心里特别的不舒服。 十九天后，这辆货车一路上停停靠靠，终于到了当时是属于黑龙江省的海拉尔市，这个小城最早归属内蒙古自治区，文革期间划给了黑龙江省，后来又重新划给了内蒙古，我到的时候是夏天，直感觉到天气爽朗，遥望远处起伏的山脉，辽阔的草原，我的心情一下子好了起来。 独眼司机带我下了车，双脚一沾地面，我一个踉跄趴在了地上，足足二十多天呆在车上，我已经不会走路了，抬头看那独眼司机已经走出了好远，急忙咬牙爬起来一瘸一拐的跟在他的后面。 我们到了当地驻军的一个小院子，一进门，就见一个十四、五岁的孩子正端着一盆洗脸水出来，我脱口叫了一声“歪把子”，那孩子把手中的洗脸盆一扔，上前一把抱住了我：“虎头，虎头，你也来了，你他妈的知道不知道，我天天替你担心……” “你担心我什么？”我不明白。 “你傻呀，”歪把子不满的看着我：“你爹和我爹都进去了，平时他们大人在的时候，咱们怎么样你也知道，那些造反派早就恨不得宰了咱们，现在你爹和我爹都出事了，你留在那儿还不得让他们活活打死……” 我打了一个激泠：“歪把子，你爹和我爹……他们到底出了什么事。” 歪把子对我伸出两根手指头：“路线问题。” 我的心一下子沉了下去。 路线问题，那是生死问题，这可是领袖说的。 后来我才知道，那个独眼司机是歪把子他爹手下的老兵，因为残疾复员回到老家，可是他这个人脾气太暴燥，回家没几天就把村支书打了个鼻口窜血，幸好是歪把子的老爹念及旧情，让他回去，可是部队里又没地方安置他，最后找了地方的朋友帮忙，让这个老兵当上了货车司机。 所以运动大潮一来，歪把子他老爹知道我们这几个“小衙内”迟早会遭到人民群众的“声讨”，就急忙安排了独眼老兵把歪把子和我一道送走，但人家独眼老兵只认歪把子的爹，一路上把歪把子照顾得跟个大少爷似的，等轮到我，独眼司机就没那么高的积极性了。 但这个独眼老兵却是个非常精明的人，等他发现在海拉尔这边“包庇”我们的是我老爹夏凤孜的部下，以后歪把子的悲喜全都操控在我的手上，那老独眼顿时换了一张脸，生怕我因为记恨他迁怒于歪把子，还特意找了家小饭馆请我们吃饭，结结巴巴的请求我“照顾”歪把子，我倒没多想，可是歪把子却觉得好没面子，就斥责人家：“你烦不烦，我跟虎头是哥们，我爹就是他爹，他妈就是我妈……” “你他妈的歪把子……”我听得那个闹心啊，好象歪把子没说错，可是我怎么就感觉不对味呢…… 总之，这位忠诚的老兵是多心了，如今我和歪把子是患难与共了，哪还有精神头再摆出衙内的架子？ 从那以后我们就在海拉尔住了下来。 到了晚上，我终于有心情打开我母亲在我上车的时候递给我的小包袱。这只包袱我在路上打开过几次，看到里边都是写满了字的厚厚日记本，心里直纳闷肯定是我母亲拿错了包袱，这逃命的节骨眼上，你给我这么多的日记本干什么啊。 翻开那些日记，我才明白过来。 这是我母亲从她十六岁开始每天的记录。 确切的说，这是我母亲丁思梵在九华山太子沟侥幸生还之后，记录下来的此后她与我父亲在一起的共同经历，简单说来就一句，这日记本中记载的就是我父亲和母亲在斗争中“用鲜血所凝结而成的牢不可破的革命友谊”。 同生死，共患难！ 霎时间我泪如雨下。 我终于明白了我父亲为什么逼我“跳井”，我母亲又为什么特意把这些日记本留给我。 他们，夏凤孜和丁思梵，生同老，死同穴，生在一起，死也要在一起。 需要说明的是，我父母他们最终平安无事的渡过了这场政治劫波，事后揣测起来，这得益于我爹的“狡滑”，他本人实际上是一个典型的知识分子，可是却刻意将自己弄成了一个粗鲁的形象，一个只知道拼命的莽夫，这一角色对于任何人来说都没有多少伤害作用，所以他才能平安过关，经由了一次又一次的批斗过后，平安无事的回去当他的太平官去了。 由是我严重怀疑我家老头是“投机革命”，不然的话他有必要这样“伪装”自己吗？记得他晚年的时候我曾这么问过，老头的反应是到处找东西打我，那时候他胳膊腿已经老了，用拳脚打我反而容易伤到他自己，所以每次老头想要欺负我的时候都会到处找东西，好在他老人家记性也不大好了，找着找着就忘了自己在找什么…… 倒霉的是歪把子他爹，他爹明明是个大老粗，却老是装斯文人，结果让人民群众看不过眼，批斗中活活打死了，歪把子的母亲也在丈夫死后的当晚服毒自尽，这样一来我爹妈就又多了歪把子这么一个儿子，他在我们家里吃吃喝喝，比我还仗势…… 现在回想起来这些旧事，难免会有喜极而泣的喜剧效果，但在当时，我的心却象是悬在半空中，连哭都哭不出来，我不知道父母的生死如何，也不知道他们会遭受到何种的羞辱与折磨，依照我爹那暴烈脾气，不管是管他头上戴高帽子还是往我母亲的脖子上套破鞋，都不是他能够忍受得了的，我甚至担心老爹被逼急眼了的话，说不定会一声令下，提一支军队出来跟人民群众们打个头破血流…… 幸好这事没有发生，但当时我心里却是害怕得要死，我几乎是一边哭，一边读着母亲的日记。 在这场生死阅读之中，我不无惊讶的发现，我父亲和母亲的感情进程，远不象我所想象的那么简单，他们两人，更曾经历过我所无法想象的历险与危难。