At that time, our study conditions were very difficult, and the living expenses were less than 5 yuan a day. We eat the big pot of rice in the canteen, and we are often not full, let alone good. I slept in a big bunk, which is the kind of shack where dozens of people sleep together. Be careful to step on others' heads when you get up at night.
After all, high school is the time when parents and teachers expect the most from us, so we study hard in the sea of books every day, every minute counts, and there is little rest time. It is only after 10: 30 in the evening that we indulge ourselves.
This day is really the second week of cram school. The whole school is unhappy in the sun. There is no fan in the classroom, so students have to buy a small fan to cool down. After the evening self-study class, Tao pulled me and said, hey, how about going swimming at night? It's so hot that I'm almost cooked. I've already asked several buddies, and they all went.
I hesitated. After all, students are not allowed to go out privately at night, let alone go swimming, but it's so hot that I can't sleep in a dormitory like a steamer. I was a little tempted and asked, "Where to swim? I can't go because it's too far. "
"Not far, not far, in the abandoned swimming pool outside the school, I heard that the water just came down from the reservoir above. The buddy who skipped class in the afternoon said the water was cold. How's it going? Can you go? " Tao saw my flashing eyes and knew that I was a little shaken, so he strongly encouraged me.
"Swimming pool? Haven't you heard that people who died before were abandoned? Dare you go in the middle of the night? " My in the mind a surprised.
"Afraid of what? There are a dozen people, even if there is a ghost, where can I find you casually? Besides, I can't sleep when I go back to the dormitory in this weather. Why don't you come with me to cool off? Don't worry, it won't delay your study for too long. "
Tao's grades are at the bottom of the class. I advised him, but he didn't care. He told me all day that there is always a way out, there is no turning point when crossing the bridge, and there is no road that cannot be crossed. He also advised me not to study so hard, and I didn't know what would happen in the future, so I had to give up.
He comes from a poor family. There is an old grandmother who has been paralyzed for many years. Mother was paralyzed, and father pulled him and his sister alone. I don't know how he developed such an open-minded attitude.
"How, go or not? For the last time, the brothers outside are waiting for me! " Tao leaned over and urged me while calling downstairs.
I looked at his red T-shirt and asked him, "Do you want to wear it? It is red and miserable, like being stained with blood, which is really unlucky. "
"I also want to streaking, but there are so many people on this road, right? If you get caught by security, you know. Don't be an old woman. I just found out today that you are timid and feudal. Let me know if you will go. " Tao is obviously impatient.
"Okay, okay, I can't go." I'd love to go, too. Before I left, I touched the rosary hanging around my neck. That rosary is made of wood. When my grandfather was young, he asked a Taoist priest who was said to be very powerful in Wudang Mountain Taoist Temple. It was engraved with Taoist spells and cost him one hundred yuan. When he came back, he was scolded by his grandmother. Finally, grandma felt it was a pity to throw it away, so she hung it on me as an ornament.
"Don't touch your smelly wood, ok? What sandalwood are you playing? Is there such smelly sandalwood? " Tao laughed at me.
I smiled indifferently.
I followed a dozen people, men and women. They are all restless ages, and there is always a trace of yearning and curiosity about everything between men and women. I don't support or oppose these, and I have the freedom to choose.
The swimming pool is only about 200 meters from the school gate. When we got there, it was dark, surrounded by bare abandoned telephone poles, tattered handrails, rotten pedals and a cold wind blowing. A girl shivered, then hugged her boyfriend's arm tightly and said in fear, "Hadron, is there really no one dead here?"
"What are you afraid of? It's really a ghost. I'm standing in front. Don't worry. "
I don't know who suddenly threw a stone in, but I heard a "plop", and then a dark shadow in a dark corner of the pool screamed and flapped its wings in horror.
"* *, turned out to be a crow. What is this stupid bird doing here at night? " A short and fat boy cursed, and then looked at us: "Are you stupid cows here to see Feng Shui or to swim?" Why don't you come down and swim a few laps? "Take off your clothes first.
Some of those girls covered their faces, while others turned to look. The boy with them scolded: "I fuck you, Chunpang, you are fucking, there are girls here, you are still naked, not afraid of your stupidity!" "
The fat man slowly climbed into the water and plunged into it. Then he grinned: "I'm not afraid of spring, so those women will pretend to be innocent without him." Why don't you come down and reduce the fire? " Fuck, my lotus root is shaking. Why not come down and compare? "When you install it, you should stand up the lower body.
The people by the pool shouted, "Brother Chunpang, you are good, your seagull is good!" " "Then there was a burst of laughter.
I laughed too. Tao smiled and said, "This spring fat is a hot temper, but people are generous enough ..."
I smiled and nodded.
I just feel a little uneasy, and I don't know why.
Tao went on to say, "What are you thinking? Go down together! " Then take off your clothes three times, five times and two times and splash it into the water.
I also jumped into the water and swam with a smile.
There was a sparkling moonlight on the surface of the pool, and a few dead leaves swayed up and down with the waves like a ship without power. There is a half-folded willow tree in the corner of the pool. The weeping willow branches are like a woman's hair, and several fireflies are flying on a pile of straw.
I lay on my back on the water and let the water float on me. I spent a long time moving my body to prevent myself from sinking. Today's night sky seems particularly deep, but there are some dark clouds.
Gradually, I don't know how long it took. I feel that the frolicking around me has become a little far away, and everything is horribly quiet. I feel inexplicably nervous. I suddenly turned over, but my calf pulled up at this moment because I pushed too hard. I took a deep breath, calmed my nervous mood, then hunched over and rubbed my calf over and over again. Bubbles came out of my eyes one after another, and my hair was on my forehead. I want to recover my calf quickly, but the more impatient I am, the more anxious I am. Gradually, I feel that the air in my lungs is running out. The water in the pool is surging, and I want to get into my nostrils. My eyes are red and I can't help but want to breathe. I want to shout for help, but I can only make the sound of "Oh, ah ……" again and again. I struggled desperately, but there was nothing I could do.
At the moment when consciousness was about to disappear, a woman's face in white appeared in front of my eyes. There was not a trace of blood on his face, as if he had been painted with a thick layer of white paint. There is no emotion in empty eyes. Long hair is wrapped around her neck and seems to blend in with her body. Suddenly, her mouth rose, she smiled darkly at me, and then held out a thin one to me.
I closed my eyes in despair and stopped struggling. ...
"The woods, the woods, what's wrong with you, how do you just drift not sink? I thought you were dead! " Tao put one arm and a half around me and the other hand on my chest. It's a relief to see me wake up.
I slowly came to my senses, and the scene just now seemed to be in front of me, so real, I squeezed my arm hard and it hurt! But that strange woman's face, that dense smile, still churns in my mind. I turned my head and looked into the pool shadow, as if a pair of bloodshot eyes were staring at me in the dark. ...
"* *, the deepest part of this pool is only 2 meters deep, and it can still choke. I really admire you. " Tao put me down slowly, but he was a little afraid that I would fall again, so he helped me. He took my arm and whispered mysteriously in my ear, "When I came to help you just now, I saw the rosary hanging around your neck shining in the water. How can such wood shine? It's fucking amazing! "
I was shocked to hear that. I hung the rosary as a gadget myself and never thought about its origin. I don't even believe in those mysterious things myself. Only at this time, looking at ordinary Caitao, I was a little scared when I thought of the force that I couldn't get rid of just now.
"What happened to you just now?" Tao gave me a hand, and when he saw that my face was not quite right, he asked.
"I have a cramp in my calf. I feel a little sick. Let's go back to sleep and have an exam tomorrow. " I bent down, clutching the rosary on my chest, and didn't want to say more.
"Well, suit yourself." Tao is also playful. (://./Please keep it safe! )
"I fuck you two, hiding here when gay. Everyone had a good time. Go back so early? " Spring fat turned his head, while sprinkling water on the opposite girl, while shouting.
"Be gay with your sister!" Tao pushed it up casually, and then helped me limp away.
"It seems that the forest is cramping. Forget it. I'm happy, too The important thing is to go back to sleep and snore with you, so as not to scare you in class tomorrow, haha ... "Chunpang looked at me as a joke, put on a T-shirt and hugged me.
We walked slowly, and when we were about to drill through the wall, a hoarse old voice sounded in our ears: "Young man, have you seen our Niu Niu and that dog?" They haven't come home so late, and everyone at home is very anxious! "
I just feel my hair stand on end, revealing the dim street lights on the roadside. I was secretly relieved to see an old lady in her seventies. Chunpang, who had already got in, shouted on the other side of the wall, "Come on, it's so late. Who are you talking to?"
"Grandma, don't worry, it's so late. Your two grandchildren must have walked back on their own. Shall I look for it with you? " Tao said with a smile.
"Young man, that's very kind of you. Our family lives just above the reservoir. These two children only play all day and don't let adults worry at all. It's really too much trouble for you if you can help. Nowadays, young people are kind-hearted ... "The old lady grabbed Tao's arm with both hands and talked endlessly, with a sly flash in her muddy eyes.
I'm a little worried: "Tao, why don't we go back first?" It's so late. Let's take grandma back first. If the child doesn't go back, we will call the police tomorrow. Grandma is so big and has gone so far, and there is no way to find it again ... "
"What are you talking about? You have no sympathy at all. You are not feeling well. Go back first and I'll be right back. " Tao interrupted me, and then helped grandma to leave step by step.
I'm a little helpless. At this time, a deep drowsiness came to my mind. I looked at their backs and yawned. When they passed the neon lights, I found that the old woman had no shadow. A gust of wind blew, and her body was a little blurred, like a papery person.
I opened my mouth wide to call Tao back, but I tried to open it several times, but I could only make a ho-ho sound, just like I was in the water just now, as if the surrounding space had been frozen.
When I couldn't see them, I touched my throat and sweated all over, and then a harsh voice came out of my mouth: "Don't go! ……"
"What the fuck's your name, mourning? Not afraid of being discovered by security guards? " Chunpang drilled a head from a hole under the fence and scolded, then found Tao missing and asked me where he had gone.
I mumbled something that just happened, and of course I said something that I couldn't make a sound.
Chunpang was silent for a while with his head down, and then looked at me with some worried eyes: "Woods, I'm afraid we really met something nasty." People near the reservoir have long been forcibly removed by the government. Where is someone? My home is near here. I know best. I heard that there was a flash flood that washed away a family near the reservoir. It took half a year to find the body and bury it beside the reservoir.
The more I listen, the more scared I am. I watched Chunpang quietly for a few minutes. Then I gritted my teeth and broke a stick from a tree on the roadside. I stared at my red eyes and said, "Shit, Tao and I have known each other since we wore open-backed pants. I don't care if that grandmother is a fucking real ghost or a fake ghost, I must pull him back! "
Chunpang looked at me a little crazy, but he was not in a hurry: "Linzi, why didn't that grandmother ask you to go find his grandson together?"
"It was Tao who said I was a little sick, so let me go back first." I replied casually.
"Did you bring any amulets or something?" Spring fat then asked.
I took out my rosary from my chest, and the fading shiny lines seemed to remind us of what had just happened.
"You see ..." Chunpang straightened up and took out a black pestle from her pocket.
I seem to understand something. I'm afraid a dozen people together will be run on tonight.
"The elder brother of the fat, you really well-informed. What do you think we should do? " At this time, I also had some feelings about the seriousness of the situation.
"That old woman is not something we can deal with. Maybe we went and even put ourselves in. The only solution now is to call more people first, and then call the security guard Lao Li, who has some friendship with me and go to the swimming pool together. If nothing happens, that's the best, even if something happens. Lao Li said that when he was young, he learned the Book of Changes and Eight Diagrams from a fortune-teller and knew some ways to exorcise evil spirits. The Taoist also gave him an instrument. Don't make a fuss about this, or we will be expelled from school. ..... "Chunpang whispered nervous analysis.
I nodded, this is the most appropriate way now.
A dozen people in our dormitory followed Lao Li, who was leading the way with a rusty sword in his hand.
When we came to the swimming pool carefully, we found no one there. Everyone's heart sank. The wet water marks by the pool, clothes hanging on the grass, slippers scattered on the pedals, and even the swimming ring lying quietly on the water all told us about the excitement just now.
Chunpang called the people left behind in the dormitory and looked at me: "Dong Zi said no one went back."
We watched Lao Li together.
Lao Li stood there, staring at the willow tree in the corner of the swimming pool, then drew his sword and walked towards it step by step.
He came to it, held a sword in his left hand, cast a spell with three fingers in his right hand, and then walked back and forth for nine steps. Suddenly he pointed his sword at the moon, and then cut three swords from left to right, and one sword stabbed the willow branch.
There came a loud OO@@. Pieces of willow leaves seem to have lost their nutrients instantly and landed on the water. In the dark, a strange wind blew from nowhere, passing through our ears, and a woman's cry was faintly heard in the wind.
We were so scared that we didn't move. We just looked at Lao Li with our heads bare.
I don't know how long it took, but I heard the voice from Lao Li's head as if it were shouting from his stomach: "Dust to dust, dirt to dirt, go back where you came from!" " In position. "Then something snapped on it.
When Lao Li's head passed us, he said to Chunpang and me, "It's too late. Tomorrow, you two get up an hour early and go directly to find someone around that family's grave. Remember never to come here again. I have to tell the school to bury it so as not to cause trouble. " You take all the clothes here to the dormitory and bring them to them tomorrow morning. Then he looked at the willow tree that seemed to be dying in an instant and said, "You must not tell what happened just now, or you will have an accident at school. You all swam in that swimming pool and were haunted by ghosts. "Then I don't want to say more.
Chunpang and I looked at each other, afraid to speak.
The next morning, at dawn, we found Tao and others in the scattered graves, but when we found them, they were all stuffed with leaves and dirt in their mouths and holding toads in their hands, naked, with white eyes and messy hair, mumbling something. We pinched their people one by one, and then poured them a few mouthfuls of hot ginger soup on Lao Li's head to exercise their arms and legs, and they all woke up in a trance. They just asked what happened last night, but they don't remember anything. Instead, they asked us why we came to this barren mountain.
We didn't want to say much, so we dressed them and helped each other back.
Later, I asked Tao where grandma took him. Tao looked at me and said doubtfully, "Didn't you go with grandma that night?" Why do you ask me instead? I only remember drinking beer with my buddies by the pool and falling asleep after drinking ... "
Before long, the school drained all the water in the swimming pool. When digging, it dug up a person's skeleton under the willow tree, but it was completely rotten. Some people say that it may have been washed down when the reservoir was flooded. Some people say that someone was buried below before, and no one can tell, but since it was dug up, it can't be filled in casually. Lao Li took several elderly security guards and buried the bones by the reservoir.
When I have a bed next to Tao at night, I often hear him talk in his sleep in the middle of the night: "Drink, drink, dry, this is the ham I brought, and the chicken wings I brought from the barbecue stall, eat, eat …" Then there is a creaking sound in our ears. ...