Self-cultivation of passers-by

==============================

The pond near the reservoir was half an hour away from the town. Lu Ren and Gu Xuefeng spent a small sum of money to have a villager who happened to live nearby bring them here.

Shanshui Yiren, the weather is a bit hot, it is summer now, Lu Ren can vaguely see children swimming and playing around the pond.

But he was soon driven ashore by the villagers who led the way.

One of the dripping children appears to be the villager's son.

He took a few steps forward and grabbed his little brat, clutching his ear and angrily taught: "How many times have I told you, how many times, don't come here to swim."

The child didn't seem to care about these things, and agreed perfunctorily with a hippie smile, but judging by his expression, he would definitely do it again next time.

The villager took a deep breath, and his face was extremely ugly, "People have died here, be careful that you slipped and drowned here that day, no one will collect your body."

The child was timid and timid, he touched his red ear with a nonchalant expression, and even felt that his father was exaggerating, so he opened his hand.

"Please, this is all from last year, and that one died after so many years." After finishing speaking, he muttered in a low voice. "Whether it was because of swimming and drowning is hard to say."

Without further ado, the villagers picked up the baton they were carrying on their backs and beat up the brat, until the kid burst into tears and yelled that I was wrong before giving up.

This exercise made the villagers sweat profusely. He picked up the cattail fan on his waist and fanned himself a few times. After his anger subsided, he looked at his crying son with a flushed face and felt guilty.

He looked at the guests behind him in embarrassment, and scratched his head apologetically, "I'm sorry, I showed you a joke. My child is like this, too naughty."

Lu Ren looked at this scene with some embarrassment. Even though he felt like laughing seeing the bear being beaten, it was better not to show a gloating expression in front of his father.

"It's okay, please take us here."

The villager took the money, and his face looked a little better. After counting the money, he took out the wallet at his waist and opened it, and carefully put the money in, while curiously asking the two of them the purpose of coming here.

After the child next to him was beaten, he stood beside him without saying a word, wiped his eyes wet with tears, and looked curiously at the two people who were obviously from other places through his fingers.

"Ah, like this, let's come over to see the scenery and collect materials by the way." Lu Ren replied, while putting an umbrella on the children of luck behind him. They have not seen the sun for a long time and their skin is easy to break.

Looking at the reservoir, the villagers suddenly realized, "Oh, you are the writer Shun Shanniang mentioned."

Lu Ren raised his eyebrows calmly. Has the story of him being here spread all over the place in just one noon?

"Do you know something inside?" He asked with a smile, "After all, I don't have much subject matter for writing books recently, so I wandered around and looked at the beautiful mountains and rivers here. I think there must be many interesting stories here."

The villagers were somewhat helpful. He pulled up his youngest son and pointed at the end of the road with a pole in the other hand, where a mud house could be vaguely seen.

"Okay, come to my house and sit down. It happens that I just finished this job, so there's nothing wrong with chatting."

The child next to him stared brightly at these two guys who were clearly considered rich in this small town, and seemed to have forgotten what he had just been beaten in front of them.

Eyes full of curiosity about the outside world.

Lu Ren nodded to the child.

"Why are you covering yourself with a mask on such a hot day behind you?" While they were walking, the villagers pointed out curiously the black mask that Gu Xuefeng was wearing on his face.

Although the reason was because Gu Xuefeng had been here for a while, he was afraid that he would be recognized and spread around by people in this small town, but Lu Ren definitely wouldn't say that.

"My friend is rather shy. He has a dark spot on his face. He is afraid of scaring people. The white mask is afraid that it will not be able to cover it, so he wears such a mask. Otherwise, he really doesn't want to wear it."

The villagers nodded, "That's right. A crazy woman over there had a big tumor on her face, which scared many children to tears. You are really kind, my friend."

"Yes," Lu Ren smiled and blinked at Gu Xuefeng, and Gu Xuefeng, who was embarrassed, lowered his head to look at the scenery of the nearby reservoir.

The earthen house reminded Lu Ren of the room in the countryside. The ground was full of bumps and holes, and the table seemed to be made by himself. There were many black marks on it, and it could be seen that it had been used for a long time.

It can be seen from various signs that the situation of this house is not very good.

The villagers introduced Lu Ren and Gu Xuefeng to his child's mother. The mother was thin and looked like a bamboo pole, but she looked very shrewd.

She heard that it was a great writer from outside, who came to collect materials, her eyes flashed a light, and she didn't ask why the child who came in had red eyes, and she could tell from the wet body that the child must have gone down again. Went to swim in the pond.

As a result, the child who had recovered from his emotions was scolded by his mother again.

This place is already considered to be in the mountains, and it is still very troublesome to take a bath. The villagers went to boil water for the child, and the mother of the remaining child entertained the two.

Lu Ren looked the house up and down, and the aunt poured freshly boiled water for the two of them.

"I'm sorry to bother you," Lu Ren said shyly to his aunt.

It can be seen that the family gets along very well.

"What's the matter?" the aunt combed her messy long hair again, "by the way, I can tell you what you want to know. I've been here for a long time, and I rarely see you guys like this." foreign."

"You can talk about the short stories of the parents and the reservoir. I also came here to collect materials. I don't pay too much attention. The short stories of the parents are the closest to the lives of ordinary people. I think writing about the reservoir can attract many people who like it. readers." Lu Ren put the long-used white cup in front of him.

Gu Xuefeng also pretended to pull the water glass in front of him, but he didn't know how to drink it.

The aunt sat down in front of the two of them with a smile, "That's a lot to talk about. Anyway, I don't have much to do when I visit the reservoir all day, but I think you will be interested in the legends about the reservoir."

Then she talked about a lot of water ghosts in the reservoir, and the strange noises heard at night, all of which had nothing to do with what Lu Ren wanted to know.

Lu Ren continued to listen cheerfully as if it were a novel.

After the villagers had washed his naughty child well, she leisurely said that what Lu Ren and the others wanted to know was about Huo Muxiu's "suicide".

The general content is similar to what Lu Ren and the others heard from the proprietress.

The only difference is that this aunt seemed to hear someone doing some indescribable things in the grove when she was patrolling that night.

She felt a little strange, since the girl Huo Muxiu threw herself into the river at night, why didn't she find out, you must know that she would go to the pond and reservoir at a fixed time at night to check the situation.

Moreover, according to the police test, Huo Muxiu had been dead for two full days.

It may be because of undercurrents or aquatic plants under the water that the corpses floated up later.

The appearance of floating up is not very good, because soaked in water for too long, the whole body is swollen, and when it is picked up, it is completely impossible to see what the person looks like.

The aunt mainly described how weird the corpse was at that time. When the police came over, blood was bleeding from the mouth and nose.

It startled everyone around.

After the drowning was confirmed, the police began to investigate why Huo Muxiu came here. According to the feedback from her family, it is said that she was fooling around with another boy a few days before she committed suicide by jumping into the reservoir.

Then the boy seems to abandon her, which has a great influence on her.

Almost all relatives believed in Huo Muxiu's suicide.

Coupled with the fact that the police did not find any evidence, this matter could only be concluded hastily.

After getting the information he wanted, Lu Ren asked about the situation of the Huo family.

Huo Muxiu is the daughter of the eldest son of the Huo family.

The second son of the Huo family was doted on deeply, and he didn't work everywhere to make a living like his elder brother when he grew up. Because of his parents' doting, he became a gnawing old man living at home.

The money earned by the eldest son was used for the younger brother's food, drink and entertainment. Soon the eldest son and the younger son married and had children respectively. In terms of the children they gave birth to, their parents treated them very differently.

The eldest son believed that girls were not easy to raise and favored boys over girls, so he began to commit domestic violence against his wife who gave birth to a girl.

And because the second son has been favored for a long time, he feels that girls are nothing, not to mention his wife gave him a twin.

A woman and a son, a good combination, is a good fortune in this remote countryside.

Speaking of this, the aunt sighed, lamenting Huo Muxiu's miserable life, and this is the only child who has been admitted to college in recent years.

Also because of Gu Xuefeng's imprisonment and Huo Muxiu's death, rumors spread in the town that all children who enter college will end badly.

It can be seen that this aunt also believes in this rumor.

She even hopes that in the future, it will be better for children to learn to read and go out to work than to study.

"It's not easy to raise a doll these days. You don't need money for reading, eating, and clothes." The aunt hugged the naughty child who rushed over.

The kid looked at the two men with big dark eyes.

Seeing this, Lu Ren took out a preserved fruit made at home from his pocket and stuffed it for the child.

After leaving a sum of money, the apologetic aunt led them to the place where Huo Muxiu was found.

It is relatively remote, but there are still old people who will fish there.

I don't know if this old man has a big heart, and he would come to this place where someone died a year ago to fish.

Undoubtedly, the aunt is very familiar with this old man.

"If you want to know more details, you can ask my old man. He often fishes here and knows far more than I do."

The author has something to say:

The pace is a little slow here, 1551

In addition, don’t go swimming by the river in summer, saving money or convenience is not an excuse

people drown every year

All of them are good at water, and basically they all go to the riverside, and they feel that they have superb skills and nothing to do.

There are no lifeguards, and you just get tangled in seaweed or have leg cramps in that one.

Death will come to you.

Usually think about how you feel when you accidentally get water in your nasal cavity, it is ten thousand times more terrifying than this.

Threats of death.

Science is over!

Mmmmm, super super super super love you! ! ! ! !

---------------