Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Ghosts

Shanghe Village is located in the Xiaoshan Gorge, a branch of the eastern section of the Qinling Mountains, next to the ancient Yellow River Road. It takes a few cars to get there.I thought we would gather in Zhengzhou first, everyone wore big red envelopes, and then took a big liberation truck to go there.Unexpectedly, a jeep came early in the morning, and a person wearing a red armband was holding a big horn and yelling, "The queue jumpers for Sanmenxia are assembled, the queue jumper for Sanmenxia is ready to board the car!" I became dazed, and when I got in the car, I found four people sitting in the car, three women and one man.As soon as I got in the car, the car started, as if it had been waiting for me.

The three girls in the car knew each other and sat together, talking in a low voice. The male educated youth sat alone, his waist straightened like a javelin, watching the rushing Yellow River outside the window, and ignored them. I haven't woken up yet, so I just found a place to sit down and stared out the window in a daze.After a while, a girl came over gracefully and asked me charmingly, "Which family is this little brother from?" This girl speaks very strangely. When everyone talks, they usually ask each other's name or surname. She is better, which family should I ask first?I couldn't help but look at her. All ten of her nails were painted red. She didn't look like an educated youth who was going to receive education from the poor and lower-middle peasants, but she looked like a female spy from Taiwan.

Although I thought so in my heart, I honestly answered that my name is Bai Shitou. This is my first time traveling far, so I ask everyone to help me. "The Bai family?" The girl was obviously taken aback, and stood there for a while. The other two girls stopped talking. The surroundings became quiet all of a sudden, at this time the male educated youth who had been looking out the window also turned his head and gave me a look. I was a little puzzled, scratched my scalp, and said, "You... what are you looking at?" The girl next to me giggled and said, "What are you looking at? See how handsome the little brother of the Bai family is! See if he's not breaking the law, huh?!"

She pretended to reach out and pat my head, which made me retract my neck quickly, and she giggled again, as if she saw something interesting. The girl at the back was very big sister-like, she took the initiative to introduce her, saying that her surname was Zhu, and her name was Zhu Yan, the person who made fun of me was Song Yuanyuan, and the last girl who was quieter was Suyu. She thought for a while, then turned her head and asked the male educated youth, "Brother, what's your name?" "Jin Zihan." The male educated youth turned his head, staring at me intentionally or unintentionally.

I hurriedly nodded to him, but he didn't see me in his eyes, so he turned his head back. Jin Zihan looks very fair, with a pair of slender eyes, but with a look of contempt.I was also a little annoyed, thinking that I greeted you politely, why didn't you even fart, so you turned your head away! Zhu Yan explained to me in a low voice, saying that people in the Jin family are like this, they don’t fit in with others, they have weird tempers, but they’re not bad, so don’t let me get angry, let’s work together to make a great cause! Zhu Yan also spoke a little strangely, the Bai family and the Jin family sounded like ancient wealthy nobles.What else are you talking about everyone working together to make a big cause?Isn't it just going to the countryside to work, what big business to do, it's a joke!

Although I think so, but now people are floating outside, unlike at home, they can say whatever they want. It is better to get along with them first, and say a few words politely, so that everyone knows each other. Song Yuanyuan was wearing an old-style Lenin suit, with double rows of copper buttons, a large lapel, a hard leather belt tied tightly around her waist, and her bulging chest was very high.She spoke boldly and boldly, dared to say anything, her eyes wandered to Jin Zihan from time to time, always looking for an opportunity to talk to him.But no matter what she said, Jin Zihan would just sit there upright, occasionally turning his head, his eyes would pass directly through her, as if she was a transparent person.

Song Yuanyuan quickly lost interest in him. She rested her chin on her hands, looked at me with fluttering eyes, and asked me if I had ever seen a Yellow River monster. Did the monster look the same as me?Later, she even said: "Brother Shitou, I have liked the Bai family since I was a child. When you come back this time, please remember to propose marriage to my father!" She was so unscrupulous, as if our two families knew each other very well.I have never seen such a bold and daring girl, which made me blush from my face to the root of my heels, my tongue was tied up, and I couldn't speak for a long time, which made her giggle.

The jeep drove along the ancient road of the Yellow River and left Zhengzhou City. The outside was the muddy water of the Yellow River. The highlands on the bank were washed out by the rain into ravines, and there were hills that fluctuated everywhere, forming a typical landform of the Loess Plateau. . Looking at the turbid Yellow River water and the high slopes of loess with ravines, I fell asleep with my head tilted and knocked against the window without knowing it.While half awake and half dreaming, I was woken up by someone, and I saw the jeep parked beside a small road, and in front of it was a winding path that stretched into the distance.A fellow villager wearing a white sheep belly scarf was driving a donkey cart, looking at us with a smile.

It turned out that there were mountain beams in front of us, and jeeps couldn't get through, so they had to be replaced by donkey carts.The donkey cart creaked and creaked on the mountain ridge for most of the day, and then heard a loud rumbling sound coming from the front.Song Yuanyuan got excited first, saying that there must be a waterfall in front of her, so she jumped off the donkey cart first, skipped and ran forward, but stopped talking when she reached the front. I went to have a look, and found that it was not a waterfall, but an ancient ferry of the Yellow River. A broken stele was erected at the ferry, with the word "Jin" written on it.

At the beginning of spring, when the Yellow River was thawing, icicles of various sizes on the Yellow River, the small ones were as big as wheels, and the big ones were as big as houses. They ran down the river and piled up into huge icebergs. The sound is the sound of icebergs crashing. There was a strong wind on the Yellow River. When the girls saw icebergs all over the river, they were not afraid at all. Instead, they stood there admiring and praising them, saying that the Yellow River broke through the ice and the sound shook hundreds of miles. It was a rare spectacle.I snorted coldly in my heart, these girls are really newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, waiting to get on the boat, it will be strange to see them not crying and calling their mothers!

At the ancient ferry, there are a few old boats, about one foot wide and three feet long. The boards of the boats are a few logs nailed together with big iron rivets, and the bottom of the boats is still leaking. Such boats will break when hit by an iceberg. .Several boatmen curled up and shivered around a pile of fires that were about to be extinguished. When they heard that the ferry was going to Shanghe Village, they all shook their heads vigorously. The fellow was in a hurry, and explained to us that Shanghe Village is in the Yellow River Bay, and you have to take a boat to get there. If you can’t make it today, you will be in trouble! At this time, I saw a black spot appeared in the distance on the Yellow River. The black spot was getting bigger and bigger, and it turned out to be a black wooden boat.An old boatman stood proudly at the bow of the boat, breaking through the ice in the Yellow River without any fear. The fellow hurriedly raised his hands and shouted at the black boat, waving the white sheep belly scarf while asking the boatman to take us across the river. The old boatman rowed the boat over. He was wearing a tall bamboo hat and a pipe in his mouth. He looked at the Yellow River indifferently and didn't even look at us. The fellow made a strange bow to the old boatman, and said, "Xiangdang, Xiangdang, these kids are educated youths sent by the government to Shanghe Village, and I need to trouble the Xiangdang to send us to Shanghe Village." After a long time, the old boatman said in a muffled voice: "This boat does not ferry the living." The fellow said eagerly: "It's enough if you can cross the river." Then he took out a bottle of wine from his arms and gave it to the old boatman, and whispered something in his ear. up the cable. Seeing this, the fellow smiled at the old boatman, and quickly turned around to greet us: "Hurry up, everyone." I looked at the boat. Although the boat was not big, the seams of the planks were tight, and the whole boat was as strong as a piece of old wood.Strangely, a palm-sized piece of black wood stood on the bow, and a small bronze mirror was inlaid on the wood. At the feet of the old boatman, there was a tightly tied red rooster, with its neck hooked and hoarse, screaming. I am a little surprised, how this boat is different from the ferry I saw. Everyone was still hesitating, but the fair boy who hadn't spoken much was the first to board the boat, looking coldly at the piece of black wood at the bow. The villagers also kept urging us to get on the boat quickly, saying that the Yellow River has never been crossed at night since ancient times. If we can’t cross the river today, all of us will have to sleep in the open air! After sailing, I found out that sailing on the glacier is terrible. There are various ice cubes hitting the boat under the water, and the boards of the boat are banging. From time to time, there are ice cubes the size of houses hitting us head-on. Several girls Be honest this time, close your eyes obediently, sit there well-behaved, not daring to say a word. Although I was also a little nervous, I also felt that breaking the ice of the Yellow River was a rare spectacle, so I watched the old boatman sailing with some curiosity.The old boatman jumped onto the boat, first threw the big red rooster on the bow, and then used his oars to push away the broken ice blocking the boat. If it doesn't move, the old boatman will even jump onto the ice, push the boat away with his oars, and jump back from the ice the moment the boat drives away. The boat walked around the ice for a while, turning the river, and suddenly stopped moving.The boatman inserted the wooden pole into the water and pushed it hard, but it couldn't be pushed. I also felt strange. I looked at the water surface and saw that the boat had reached the middle of the river. The river surface was clean and there were no large ice blocks, but the boat would not move no matter how the boatman supported it. At this time, the boat swayed slightly and trembled slightly. I looked out, and was suddenly surprised that the Yellow River water that was full of the river was slowly receding. No, it's not that the water of the Yellow River is receding, but our boat is slowly rising! The speed of the boat's rise was very slow, and if I hadn't been paying attention to the boat, I might not have felt it at all. This situation is very strange, as if something suddenly popped up under the water, supporting the whole boat. The old boatman held the oar hard for a while, then suddenly realized something, put down the oar and stood up. He picked up the red rooster, touched a hatchet, raised the knife with his hand, and cut off the chicken's head with one stroke, and the chicken blood flowed down the black wood at the bow.After a while, the boat swayed again, and I looked again, the boat had been put back into the water, and began to walk slowly along the Yellow River again. I was taken aback, and just as I was about to speak, someone next to me gently tugged me. When I turned around, I saw two words written in water on the board: "There is a ghost." I was stunned, who wrote these two words?I looked at the people on the boat. The boatman was wearing a bamboo hat and sitting on the bow with a blank expression on his face. The three girls still had their eyes tightly closed. It seemed that this must have been written by the taciturn and fair young man Jin Zihan.No, where is the fellow who wants to lead us to Shanghe Village?Why didn't he come aboard with us?I looked at Jin Zihan, but he looked at Huang He sullenly, as if all this had nothing to do with him.I looked around and comforted myself, maybe that fellow villager didn't intend to board the boat with us at the beginning, but we were too nervous at the time, so we didn't notice it.However, what do the two words on the board mean?There are ghosts.Does it mean that there are ghosts on this boat, or there are ghosts under the water?I looked at the board again, and the two words had already dried up, leaving no watermark at all, as if nothing had happened, and I even wondered if my eyes were dazzled.I suddenly had a bad feeling that this trip to Sanmenxia might not be that simple. In the evening, we finally came to Shanghe Village hidden in the deep mountain canyon. The small village was built on a high ground on the beach of the Yellow River. The old boatman said "here we are" in a low voice, let us get off the boat, and drove the boat away. We looked at the river beach, not far away, there was a small dark village.The small village is very quiet, you can't even hear a dog barking, only the sound of the Yellow River rushing. I looked around at that time, and then looked at this small village shrouded in night, and suddenly had an illusion, as if we had broken into a cursed deserted village. There was no one to lead the way, and none of us knew whether the village in front of us was Shanghe Village. Only then did we feel weird, why didn't the fellow with the white sheep belly turban send us here, and no one picked us up here, where are we going now? After hesitating for a while, we decided to go to the village to have a look first. This is a desolate and dilapidated small village. On the river beach, there is a small deserted temple. The temple has collapsed, and the statues inside have been smashed to pieces. Outside is a barren threshing field. stone milling pan. We continue walking towards the village. This village is not big, there are dozens of families on both sides of a small dirt road.It was so dark that the gates of many people's houses were locked, and it was pitch black. We didn't know which house was occupied, so we knocked on the doors of several houses tentatively. After knocking for a long time, we didn't hear anyone speak. Su Yu was obviously a little scared, and said, "Could they have already left?" Zhu Yan comforted her: "No, they have been guarding here for hundreds of years." The more I listened, the more confused I became. What has been guarded for hundreds of years?Who are they?I yelled, what's going on?what happened?We come here to jump in the queue to study, why don't the people in the village come out to welcome us? Zhu Yan suddenly turned her head and asked me, "You don't know what's going on in this village?" I said, "How would I know?" Zhu Yan was puzzled: "You really don't know?" I was also stunned: "Know what?" Zhu Yan's face changed, and she stared at me: "Who told you to come?" I looked innocent: "Chairman Mao asked me to come!" Zhu Yan stopped talking, she looked at me, then at the other two people, obviously a little undecided. Song Yuanyuan laughed awkwardly, held my arm, and said, "The Bai family just likes to lie. Brother Shitou looks so serious, but I like it!" Zhu Yan hesitated for a moment, shook her hair, and continued walking. I hurriedly got rid of Song Yuanyuan and walked forward, I was also a little confused, why Song Yuanyuan and the others seemed to be talking, who asked me to come, didn't they sign up at the educated youth point?I secretly regretted it, thinking that last time I reported the wrong name and was selected as a mental hospital. Why do these people look so abnormal? While walking, Su Yu suddenly stopped and whispered, "Where's Jin Zihan?" I was taken aback, and looked around, and the taciturn Jin Zihan really disappeared. Looking into the distance, it was already dark at this time, and the houses in the distance were shrouded in the night, looking dark and mysterious.But the few of them looked towards the Yellow River, from a distance, a layer of white mist floated on the Yellow River, the mist was confused, and spread towards us, the distance was hazy, and it was unclear where Jin Zihan ran. Looking at the confused mist, Zhu Yan said with a serious expression, "Here it is." I don't know what this sentence means, but the surrounding atmosphere suddenly became solemn, and even Song Yuanyuan, who had been joking all the time, also became serious.The three of them faced the misty and confused Yellow River without saying a word. Jin Zihan's sudden disappearance, a layer of white mist floating on the Yellow River, and the weird and mysterious small fishing village all made me feel a little unusual.But what confuses me the most is that these girls are not worried about Jin Zihan's disappearance, but seem to be worried about the white mist that suddenly rises on the Yellow River. What's so scary about this white mist? I looked at it funny, pulled Song Yuanyuan and asked, "Is Jin Zihan all right?" Song Yuanyuan gave me a blank look, and said aggrievedly, "Brother Shitou, you only think about Jin Zihan, why don't you care about me?" I hurriedly said, "Aren't you standing here well, what is there to worry about?" Song Yuanyuan said sadly: "I'm standing here now, maybe I'll be swallowed later." I said, "Oh, who could swallow you up?" Song Yuanyuan looked at me, murmured, suddenly burst into a laugh, and said, "Brother Shitou, you are so good at playing stupid, even I was almost fooled!" I couldn't explain it clearly, so I simply admitted it. She was willing to believe that I was pretending to be stupid, so I was pretending to be stupid.Like my grandpa said, getting a woman to admit she was wrong is harder than getting a cat to swim. In the misty white mist, Jin Zihan suddenly appeared. He was carrying a person in his hand and fell to the ground. The person kept shouting, "I didn't peek at you, I really didn't peek at you." I was taken aback. Is Jin Zihan crazy? Why did he arrest someone? The three girls were very calm, looking at the man indifferently, without saying a word. I couldn't help but ask Jin Zihan, what's going on, and who is this person? Jin Zihan didn't answer me, but cast a cold glance at the man, who immediately shouted: "Okay, okay, I'm peeking at you, I'm peeking! What's the matter?" Zhu Yan spoke from the side: "What are you peeking at? Where's the old village chief?" The man tilted his head, looked at us carefully and said, "I thought you were from the original group, and I wanted to see why you came back again." As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Yan's expression changed, and several people looked at each other and exchanged glances quickly. "So who are those people?" Zhu Yan asked him calmly. "Yes, it's...the person who wears the same clothes as you..." The man moved a few times on the ground, trying to stay away from Jin Zihan. Su Yu asked: "When did that group come? How many people are there?" Song Yuanyuan asked: "How do you know that you are the same as us?" The man talked nonsense, rolled his eyes and thought: "I don't know how many there are, anyway, there are men and women, just like you, all wearing pigtails and blue coats. We don't like to wear such coats here!" "Where are those people?" Zhu Yan asked hastily. The man shook his head, saw Jin Zi staring at him coldly, and immediately said: "I don't know, I really don't know!" Zhu Yan wanted to ask again, but Jin Zihan interrupted him with gestures and said, "Take us to meet your village party secretary." When the man heard this, he quickly said, "Oh, I don't dare, you guys have to go by yourself, I don't dare to go." Jin Zihan dragged the man to the front and said sharply, "Lead the way!" The man was intimidated by Jin Zihan's aura and walked forward tremblingly. We followed carefully and walked towards the village. We met the old branch secretary on the river beach. The fog on the river beach was even heavier, accompanied by a strong stench, which made me almost cover my nose.Looking from a distance, there is a thick layer of mist floating on the broad river surface, like a huge cloud, covering half of the Yellow River. The river water is bubbling, and the water surface seems to be boiling. I think this white mist is a bit weird, and the shadows in the mist are burning, as if a huge black shadow is hidden?That black shadow was very big, it was lying across the Yellow River, it looked like a train was hidden in the thick fog! I was startled, rubbed my eyes vigorously and looked again, the water of the Yellow River became calm again, and I couldn't see anything. The old party secretary was wearing a military overcoat, squatting on the river beach, muttering to himself while throwing something into the river. We stopped at the beach. Jin Zihan pushed the man forward, and the man called out timidly: "Old branch secretary!" The old branch secretary didn't look back, and said slowly: "Fool Sun, don't bother, these are the fate of our village, you just accept your fate!" It turned out that this person was called Idiot Sun. The three girls were obviously relieved at this moment, but they still hid behind Jin Zihan. Foolish Sun glanced back at us, and said falteringly: "Old party secretary, another educated youth has come to our village." The old branch secretary suddenly turned his head and was stunned when he saw us. Foolish Sun whispered: "If they don't leave, they insist on looking for you!" The old branch secretary sighed towards the Yellow River: "After so many years, you are still here..." Zhu Yan took a step forward and said, "I'm suffering from farming problems, we're here." The old branch secretary turned around, looked at us one by one, and said, "There is one less..." Zhu Yan smiled: "With people from the Jin family around, that's enough." The old party secretary sighed: "I said earlier, there will be fewer and fewer..." Zhu Yan said firmly: "One day, it's one day." The old party secretary said dejectedly: "We are going through one day now... Sigh!" There was something in their words, and I couldn't understand what it meant. I just thought the name of the old branch secretary was ridiculous. It was called "Suffering from Agriculture". It seemed that it was changed to express concern for the country and the people for agriculture, so I told him At first there was a bit of contempt, and when he turned his head, he saw Jin Zihan staring straight at the misty Yellow River, motionless. what is he looking atCould it be that he also saw something hidden in the mist? I was about to ask him quietly, but the old branch secretary took a look at us, poured all the contents of the washbasin into the water, stretched his neck and shouted sharply: "Er Gouzi, Er Gouzi!" Er Gouzi is the accountant of the village. He is bow-legged and smiles humbly when he sees everyone. The old party secretary asked him to take us to the row of earthen cave dwellings at the head of the village, clean it up for us, see what we need, and send them there too. Before leaving, I asked the old branch secretary: "Where did the previous batch of educated youths go?" The old branch secretary was obviously taken aback, but he didn't reply, instead he looked at Zhu Yan. Zhu Yan made a strange gesture to him, turned around and left. After seeing the gesture, the old branch secretary was obviously taken aback, then recovered his demeanor, and said to me: "The previous batch of educated youths? Where is the previous batch of educated youths? After so many years, you are the only batch of educated youths who are still so stubborn. Very much!" I said, "That's not right, that silly Sun just now... No, Comrade Sun said, there have been several educated youths in the village, both men and women." The old branch secretary scolded: "Donkey Ball's grandson is a fool, he will play tricks on people every day!" He told me: "Idiot Sun was originally an honest person. Later, when the Yellow River flooded one year, his parents were drowned. He was also frightened and stupid. He lived on the help of the villagers. When you are done, you will squat on the stone roller and tell others about the ancient times. After this donkey ball is frightened, he always likes to lead people to the ancient mulberry garden, saying that there are treasures hidden there, you must not listen to his nonsense!" I asked, "Where is that ancient mulberry garden, why can't I go there?" The old branch secretary looked at the boundless Yellow River, didn't speak, and finally said: "You don't care about what's there, just remember not to go." The accountant led us to the cave, which hadn’t been lived in for a long time. When we opened the door, the dust flew up, making us cough.He cleaned it up for us, and spread a lot of wheat straw on the bed, and introduced the environment here to us. He said that this village is called Shanghe Village, and there are a total of 137 households, whose ancestors lived by fishing on the Yellow River for generations.The village was built on the beach of the Yellow River gorge. When the Yellow River flooded, sometimes the entire village would be submerged. You have all seen the big mill at the entrance of the village. It weighs more than a thousand catties, and it has been lying here since the Tang Dynasty.One year, the Yellow River flooded, and the stone roller weighing a thousand catties was washed away by the water, leaving only a roller plate.Later, someone went to the mountain to cut firewood, only to find that the stone roller had been washed into a ravine more than ten miles away. Dozens of strong laborers worked hard, but they failed to carry the stone roller back. It was getting dark. I lay on the hay bed, the smell of hay and river water came from around me, and the sound of the Yellow River in the distance made me toss and turn, unable to fall asleep. The old branch secretary was obviously taken aback when I asked him about the previous batch of educated youths. It didn't seem like I was asking the wrong question, but he didn't seem to understand why I asked this question.But just now Zhu Yan also asked Fool Sun this question, and everyone didn't think there was anything wrong, so why was it wrong for me to ask?What does Zhu Yan's hand gesture to the old branch secretary mean?I think there must be a problem in some link, but I don't know where the problem is. How to describe this feeling?It's like you suddenly broke into a circle that has nothing to do with you, because you don't understand the specific rules of the circle, you are excluded from the circle, and you have a helpless sense of loss. However, Jin Zihan seemed to be used to this kind of life, he quickly made the bed and lay down on it.At this time, I remembered something, sat up and asked Jin Zihan: "What do you mean by the words you wrote on the boat?" Jin Zihan looked puzzled: "What words?" The word 'ghost' written on the boat!" Jin Zihan shook his head.I said, "That's weird. If you didn't write it, could it be written by a ghost?" I looked at Jin Zihan, who turned over and fell asleep.I couldn't fall asleep anyway, and stayed up until midnight, when I heard someone singing on the river beach.The lyrics were intermittent, and I could vaguely hear: "The moon is full, the Yellow River is ringing, and the king of the Yellow River is about to go ashore..." The moonlight outside the window was like water, slanting in through the window lattice, and the moonlight shone on Jin Zihan's face. I looked at it , his eyes were still open.I was startled, is he still asleep?I straightened up and looked at him carefully. His expression was serene and his breathing was steady, as if he was in a deep sleep.I jumped out of bed and shook my fingers in front of his eyes. His eyeballs did not move, and he was indeed asleep.I was secretly amazed, when I read it when I was a child, it was said that Zhang Fei, the fierce general, slept with his eyes open. I always thought it was a legend, but I didn’t expect such a person to exist in the world.This Jin Zihan, I think he is getting more and more mysterious.A burst of desolate singing came from the river beach, and the singing sounded like complaints and tears.I listened silently, and then gradually fell asleep amidst the mysterious and solemn singing. Early the next morning, I was woken up by the sound of birds chirping.Going out for a walk, the air by the Yellow River is very good, the Yellow River is flowing slowly, and there is no strange and mysterious feeling yesterday.I had nothing to do, so I walked slowly along the river beach, all the way to the river beach where I saw the old village chief yesterday.I remembered the huge black shadow I saw in the mist yesterday, and I walked over to have a look, only to find that a huge pier had been built beside the river beach. This small fishing village hidden in the mountains and rivers, I am afraid that few people come here all year round, and there are no big boats, so how could such a large wharf be built? I was a little puzzled, so I picked up a few stones and threw them into the water. The stones fell to the ground, and it took a while for bubbles to pop out.The water in this section of the river may be tens of meters deep, but unexpectedly, this seemingly shallow Yellow River beach is actually a deep pool below. I felt more and more strange, and leaned down to check the pier carefully. The pier was made of huge granite, big and thick, and stretched all the way to the river.I stretched out my hand and touched it. The rocks are very smooth, and they should be quite old. These sharp-edged granites have been polished by water to make them smooth. I looked at my palm, no, the slippery thing is not a stone, but a layer of transparent mucus covered on the stone. The mucus is very similar to the mucus on the fish body, and there is a strong smell of rotten fish and shrimp. Smells the same in the fog last night. I was secretly surprised, how could there be so much slime on the huge stones at the pier?Could it be that there is some kind of huge aquatic creature hidden under the water, scratching itches on the big rock? I thought of the huge black shadow in the dense fog again. Could it be that there is really a huge water monster hidden here, and this deep pool of the Yellow River is its lair? It's impossible to think about it, let alone whether there is such a huge water monster in the world, even if it does exist, what was the old party secretary doing here with a basin last night?Could it be that he was feeding this water monster?If this water monster is really that big, I'm afraid it will be swallowed alive in one bite! Just as I was thinking, someone suddenly patted me on the shoulder. I was in the midst of intense thinking, and when he slapped me, I almost jumped up in fright and almost fell into the water. I was so angry that I turned around, and just about to scold this short-sighted person severely, only to find that the person standing in front of me was Idiot Sun. He stood away from me in a hurry, looking straight at me, his nose was almost touching my face, I was so scared, I backed away, until I was on the edge of the pier. Is the fucking idiot grandson crazy, he doesn't want to push me into the water and drown him? I stammered, "You...what the hell are you going to do?" Idiot Sun smirked at me for a while, then stopped smiling suddenly. I was startled by the first sentence he said. He said, "I saw you in the ancient mulberry garden." I looked at Idiot Sun in surprise, and waited for him to continue, but he continued to smirk and walked straight out, unable to scream. I felt something was wrong, so I quickly grabbed him and said, "What did you say? Say it again." Idiot Sun just smirked at me without saying a word.I am getting more and more confused, how could fool Sun have seen me? Ancient mulberry garden, where is the ancient mulberry garden? When the old party secretary said that we were not allowed to go to the ancient mulberry garden, was he talking about this ancient mulberry garden? I can't figure it out either, this idiot Sun, is he really stupid or just pretending to be stupid?I grabbed him, only to find that he was holding a green military cap in his hand. I froze for a moment. At that time, the revolutionary atmosphere was strong, and eating and dressing could be related to politics.At that time, materials were scarce, and clothing must be wear-resistant and anti-swag. The whole of China basically had three colors: blue, gray and green.Wearing a suit is considered a bourgeoisie, and wearing a cheongsam is considered a feudal remnant. After the Sino-Soviet war, Song Yuanyuan can no longer wear the Soviet-style Lenin suit, revisionism. At that time, the most fashionable clothes were military uniforms, grass-green military caps, wide belts, Mao Zedong badges, red quotation books, and grass-green canvas satchels.If you can tidy up this set of equipment during the blind date, the girl who is going to have nothing to say when the time comes, obediently agree!Hey! The reason I was stunned at the time was: Whose military cap is in Fool Sun's hand? The locals in Shanghe Village, including the old branch secretary, wore homespun clothes, Zhu Yan and Millet wore women's overalls, Song Yuanyuan wore Lenin uniforms, and only Jin Zihan and I wore military uniforms and military caps. I touched my head, and the military cap was still there, so this cap must belong to Jin Zihan. How could Jin Zihan's hat be in the hands of Fool Sun? I snatched the military cap from Idiot Sun's hand, there was a puddle of blood on it, my head buzzed, could something happen to Jin Zihan? I was anxious: "Where did this military cap come from?" Idiot Sun was frightened, and he shrank his neck and pointed towards the lower reaches of the Yellow River, saying: "In the river...the river...float...float over here!" I wanted to run downstream, but Sun Wuzi grabbed me and refused to let me go there, saying: "I can't go there, there is an ancient mulberry garden!" I said angrily: "What is the ancient mulberry garden? Not afraid at all!" Idiot Sun looked at me with panic in his eyes, and said that I'd better be honest, and that the little boy was sent to the ancient mulberry garden by the old party secretary because he was disobedient.In the past, there were also educated youths who were disobedient and were sent there by the old branch secretary, and never came back.When I heard what he said, my blood boiled, and I was about to go to the old party secretary to ask for an explanation. Seeing that there was nothing I could do to stop me, Foolish Sun sneaked away by himself.I kicked open the gate of the village committee, and the old branch secretary was sitting on a chair, holding a dry pipe, staring blankly at the Yellow River outside the window. "Baby, what's the matter?" He asked me. "What the hell?!" I kicked over the bench, pointed at his nose and yelled, "Tell me, where did you get Jin Zihan and the others?" I asked: "Where did you dolls go? How can I know?" I became even more angry, and asked: "Are the educated youths who came before us locked up in the ancient mulberry garden by you?" His complexion changed, and he stood up suddenly, and asked, "Did Sun Wuzi tell you?" "Don't worry about who said it, I'll ask you if it was or not?" My voice was out of tune because I was too excited.The old party secretary looked into my eyes and said, "No." I asked sharply, "Then where are our people now? Why can't I find any of them?" The old party secretary also asked sharply, "Why are you still here? Why didn't I lock you up too?" I was stunned for a moment, I didn't expect this old branch secretary to get angry so aggressively.The old branch secretary withdrew his eyes, tried to calm himself down, and said, "I really don't know where they went. Don't make trouble for the students. If you can't find them in the village, they might leave. You should go too." I said, "Where did they go? Let's come together. I won't leave until I see them." This time it was the old party secretary's turn to stop talking.I continued: "No matter what today, you must hand them over to me. Let's come and go together. They will not abandon me, and I will not just leave like this. If you don't say, I'll go to the ancient mulberry garden to look for it myself, and I'll settle the score with you when I find it!" I turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by the old branch secretary.The old branch secretary said: "You student, why don't you listen to advice? I really can't go to that ancient mulberry garden!" I said with a stiff neck, "Why can't you go? Are you afraid of being exposed by me?! "The old party secretary hesitated, and finally made up his mind. He went to close the doors and windows, and said in a low voice: "Students, the other students of yours have really left. I don't know why they didn't call you. It's not the old man. Drive you away, I really can’t go to this ancient mulberry garden! It’s a taboo in our Shanghe village, many people have died, so I really can’t go there!” The old branch secretary lowered his voice and told me a story about the ancient mulberry garden.