The Witch of Xiangxi

Chapter 147
Xia Xiangxi asked again, and the person who answered definitely answered that the water monster wrapped the child with hair like steel wire.

Xia Xiangxi immediately said: "This is not the water monster, but a water ghost. That water monster looks like a strange fish."

Wizard De also nodded, thinking that Xia Xiangxi listened carefully and judged correctly.

"Then won't you go back?" Someone asked, whether it's a water ghost or a water monster, they all endanger the people in the village. How can people live in peace if they don't get rid of the people in the village?

Xia Xiangxi said to Wizard De: "I can still deal with the water ghost, how about this, I will go to the other side of the village. The great wizard is still looking for the water monster in this section of the river, so there will be no delay."

In this way, Xia Xiangxi was led by a young man named Chun Geng to Daming Village, and Wizard De and others continued to search for the water monster.

Arriving at Daming Village, Xia Xiangxi saw the child who was almost dragged into the water by the water ghost.The child is called Yan Dan, and he looks like seven or eight years old, just the age for mischievous and ignorant.Despite such dangers, the child is still in good spirits.It's just that Yandan's mother said that at night, Yandan would have nightmares and be woken up by fright, but during the day, nothing seemed to happen.

Such a big child can't remember such things. He will naturally forget what he has experienced during the day when he is playful. Nightmares at night are afraid that the subconscious is at work.

Xia Xiangxi observed Yandan carefully, his eyes were not distracted at all, and he didn't look like he was scared out of his wits.

Yandan's mother said that she had already collected the soul for Yandan, so Yandan seemed to be fine, but it was not like this when she was first frightened.

Xia Xiangxi nodded, and asked Yandan if he still remembered the scene at that time?Yandan shook his head blankly.There were obvious scars on his feet, and scars like spider silk smeared messily on his skin.It was strangled by the hair of the water ghost.

Xia Xiangxi and Chun Geng went to see the section of the river where the water ghost appeared.This section of the river flows from the other side of the valley, and when it reaches this side, it is like entering the stomach of the gourd from the mouth of the gourd, and the hoarding becomes a medium-sized pond.The water flows here also become calm.According to Chun Geng, the water here is usually a little over two meters. This year, the flood level has risen a lot. He once tried to plunge into the water, but even though the water quality has always been good, he almost failed to come up.Because I didn't expect the water to be so deep, at least four meters deep.

Chun Geng also said that there were many lotus flowers growing on the shore, but after the flood came, the lotus flowers were submerged, and all the lotus flowers were drowned, otherwise the lotus flowers are blooming beautifully at this moment.

While listening, Xia Xiangxi put his hand into the water, seeming to gently touch the water surface, but if he looked carefully, he could see pearl-like water balls rolling towards the center of the river.

Not long after, that one water mass jumped up from the surface of the water like a pinball in the center of the water, and fell back into the water in an instant, splashing a small splash.

Xia Xiangxi frowned slightly, she already knew that the water ghost was at the spot where the water splashed just now.

It was too noisy during the day, and there were women washing clothes and villagers drinking cattle by the river, so it was not a good time to deal with water ghosts.Can only wait for the night.

When Xia Xiangxi turned around and went back to the village, several children were sitting on the branches of a big tree. Seeing Xia Xiangxi, an outsider, they mischievously threw stones at her.A stone hit Xia Xiangxi's forehead, and Xia Xiangxi saw those naughty monkey-like children.

Chun Geng reprimanded those children loudly, and those children jumped down from the tree in fright, then ran away laughing, and after a certain distance, they picked up stones and threw them towards Xia Xiangxi. While throwing, it looks like a rooster with fried hair, shouting and fleeing.

There was a child who was accidentally kicked by a stone when he ran, and sat on the ground crookedly in pain, crying loudly.

Chun Geng said that the child was adopted by Lingying's mother-in-law's family. He said that he picked it up by chance when he went to the market outside the mountain. At that time, Lingying's mother-in-law Song Granny adopted the child.There is an old folk saying that whoever raises a child will be like him.Just like husband and wife have lived together for a long time, they will have a husband and wife phase.That child didn't notice anything when he was young, but when he was three years old, he became more and more like Lingying's husband.

Although the child is very naughty, like a wild child, but Lingying's husband He Zhe likes that child very much, even more than his own child.

Don't be close by birth, but be close by raise?Xia Xiangxi felt a little strange.As the saying goes, "a daughter-in-law is better for someone else's family, and a son is better for one's own family!" In Xia Xiangxi's hometown, a couple gave birth to a silly son, and they loved it very much. The old couple is getting older, but they are still working hard. The old man was farming, raising pigs and ducks, and the old man went out to collect the trash, in order to leave some money for his stupid son, so that when they were gone someday, the stupid son would have a way to live.The old lady has a thin body, and she often likes to use a small homemade farm cart to pull her silly son to the market.Seeing people chatting, the most talked about is worrying about the silly son, fearing that the silly son will not know how to survive if they are gone.The biggest wish of the old couple is to live to be a hundred years old, so that they can take care of their stupid son for a few more years.

He gave birth to a foolish son, and still loves him, how could that He Zhe not like Bingzhi?
Chun Geng sighed, and said that everyone in the village said that Bingzhe looked like Man Dong's son!

Xia Xiangxi suddenly remembered that when she was in Xiaomiao Village, she also heard about Lingying in the village. It was because the village said that Bingzhang was like Mandong's son, that Lingying was always bullied by her husband. Later, because of Lingying's broken jars, she really fell in love with Man Dong.

Chun Geng said that Lingying was actually a poor woman.When Lingying married, he was only thirteen or fourteen years old. At that time, he stopped going to school early and helped the family herd cattle and sheep.

He looked at many things that the village didn't know.Because I was threatened, I haven't dared to speak out until now.

Xia Xiangxi smiled and said, "Are you willing to tell me? But, why do you dare to say it now? Is it because the people who threatened you are no longer in this world?"

Chun Geng looked at Xia Xiangxi in surprise, not believing that she knew the reason before he finished speaking.He nodded and continued, besides that, it's also because Xia Xiangxi is not a local, so it doesn't matter if he knows about those things, he won't talk about it in the village.

It turns out that Chun Geng lived near Ling Ying's house, and Ling Ying was also very kind to Chun Geng during her lifetime.When Lingying became a new wife, Chungeng and his friends went to Lingying's house to climb the windows, listen to the corners, and even broke the windows of Lingying's house.Ling Ying chased her out, and all her friends ran away, but Chun Geng was stupid and didn't run away.Chun Geng cried in fright at the time, he was afraid that Lingying would tell his parents about this, and if that happened, his parents would beat him up.

Unexpectedly, Lingying didn't tell his family about this at all, and even gave Chun Geng a lot of candy to eat.At that time, Chun Geng had a wish in his heart, that when he grows up, he must find a beautiful and kind wife like Ling Ying!

Lingying is so beautiful, although she is already a daughter-in-law, but Chungeng knows that many men in the village still miss Lingying.Manton is one of them.

Originally, Man Dong was also a handsome young man.There are also many girls around who want to be Mandong's daughter-in-law.But when Man Dong saw Ling Ying when He Zhe got married, he could no longer hold other women in his heart.

Because Chun Geng and Ling Ying are neighbors, and Ling Ying treats Chun Geng well, Man Dong deliberately gets close to Chun Geng, and even accompany Chun Geng to herd cattle, just to use Chun Geng to talk to Ling Ying.

At that time, Lingying was still quite estranged from Mandong. She loved her husband wholeheartedly and devoted herself to being her good wife.Man Dong's entanglement aroused Ling Ying's disgust, and she told her husband about it after she went back.He Zhe got into a fight with Man Dong because of this. They were good buddies who grew up together, but they turned against each other because of Ling Ying.

Chun Geng said that when He Zhe was working on the mountain later, he was inexplicably injured and became disabled. He was grazing cattle at that time, and he heard He Zhe's screams. Later, he saw Man Dong running from the mountain in a panic. He pretended to be okay and greeted him.But Chun Geng has always suspected that Man Dong did what He Zhe was injured, and even if it wasn't intentional, he couldn't escape the responsibility.

After He Zhe got injured, he started to treat Ling Ying badly.The originally harmonious and loving couple suddenly turned into enemies.

Lingying always hid in the ravine secretly and cried. He saw it when he was grazing the cows, and Lingying wiped away her tears in a hurry, pretending that nothing happened.

Not long after, when Ling Ying went to the mountains to deliver food to He Zhe, she met Man Dong.Man Dong wanted to bully Ling Ying at the time, but Chun Geng happened to be nearby, and when he heard Ling Ying's call, he dropped the cow and ran over. When Man Dong saw someone coming, Sa Yazi ran away.

Once again, Chun Geng heard Lingying's call again, and looked for the sound.I heard the sound of "hangchihangchi" in the grass, and the soft cry of a woman.He slowly pushed aside the grass, and first saw two little white rabbits arching and arching there. After spring plowing, he pushed aside more weeds and looked over. Where were the two rabbits, it turned out to be a big white buttock of a person...

(End of this chapter)