cloudy day

Chapter 9 Strange sight
After a while, the adoptive father's bowl of porridge was gone, but mine remained untouched. My mind was full of the horrible scene in the warehouse.

"Zhao Banxian, you two, rest well. I have a "business" today. When I come back in the evening, the old man will catch a few fish and cook some fish soup for you to replenish your body." After finishing speaking, Mr. Jiang was about to leave , but his adoptive father stopped him.

"Uncle Jiang, let Changsheng go with you. It is not easy for you to grow old alone, and we are embarrassed to live for free. Although I am a useless person now, Changsheng is very smart, and I can help you in the future." Adoptive father Said.

"Zhao Banxian, you are the benefactor of my whole family. This is out of the question, but let Changsheng go with me..." Mr. Jiang gave me a meaningful look, as if he already knew from his adoptive father that I I can only do some things in my life to deal with death.

I sat up from the kang, but my adoptive father suddenly grabbed my arm just after putting on my shoes, and said to me in a deep voice, "Changsheng, you will have to do some physical work in a while, finish this porridge!"

I became more and more suspicious, but I didn't dare to disobey my adoptive father, so I poured all the porridge with preserved egg and lean meat into my mouth, holding back the nausea.

For some reason, after I ate up this bowl of porridge, my body seemed to undergo some changes, becoming more energetic and full of strength...

Mr. Jiang and I came to the river bank, looking at the rushing river, he told me the rumors about this river.

The river in front of me is called Ruoshui River, which is a tributary of the Liaohe River. Just like Ruoshui in myths and legends, this river is very dangerous. Accidents often occur in the upper reaches, and the bodies of victims float over.

Mr. Jiang has been working as a corpse hunter for more than 40 years. He has recovered countless corpses in his life. It is said that this business belongs to the Yinmen. Respect.

This is all because he charged reasonable fees for recovering corpses. Even in the so-called "off-season", he only charged 500 yuan as a reward from the relevant department, and no additional money was charged from the families of the victims.

But later I heard that Mr. Jiang also "demanded a price with his dead body", but two strange things happened later, which completely changed him, and one of the strange things was related to the hexagram of his adoptive father.

After tidying up, Mr. Jiang rowed his small boat and took me to the lower reaches of Ruoshui River. There are lush forests beside the river bank, and there are several green hills in the distance. The scenery is very beautiful.

Although the boat we took was not equipped with an engine, it was very fast. Mr. Jiang has rich experience, and he knows how to use the current and wind direction.

The sunlight above the head made people unable to keep their eyes open. After rowing for more than half an hour, we finally found a dead body at a fork.

Because the distance is very far, it is impossible to tell whether it is a man or a woman, but Mr. Jiang looked at it from a distance and concluded that it was a man's corpse.

There is a knowledge in the field of corpse hunting, which is called "men leaning over and women leaning up". It is said that in the floating corpses floating in the water, the one who bends down is the man, and the one who leans up is the woman.

Mr. Jiang quickly rowed over. As the corpse sank into the water, flatulence would be produced in his body, which made the corpse look hideous and created a giant phenomenon.

I couldn't help but want to vomit just by taking one look at the rotting, disfigured corpse.

"The first time I picked up the corpse, I looked like you. I couldn't even sleep at night. It will be fine when you get used to it." Mr. Jiang said, covering the floating male corpse with a white cloth, Then he touched the black rope around his waist.

Usually, the corpse is picked up with a bamboo pole to poke the weeds and branches next to the corpse, but Mr. Jiang only uses a rope. It is said that this rope is mixed with the hair of a black dog, which has some effect of exorcising evil spirits.

Mr. Jiang's one-eyed light was shining, like a cowboy in the west, he threw out the rope, and saw that the rope was like a long black snake, entwining the right foot of the male corpse.

Because there was still a corpse to be salvaged this time, the male corpse was hung on the boat and continued to sail downstream.

It was summer now, and there was a sickening, rancid smell from the corpse.Mr. Jiang lit a bag of cigarettes and sat on the bow of the boat and smoked the pot. The smoke seemed to have a special smell that covered the smell of corpses.

After a while, the scorching sun on the top of the head made people sweat profusely, and at this moment, Mr. Jiang suddenly waved his hand and asked me to stop paddling.

"What's wrong?" I asked curiously.

Mr. Jiang's face became a little ugly, his one eye was staring straight at the water, I followed his gaze, and was stunned by the strange scene at the bottom of the water!
(End of this chapter)