Raising Ghosts Records

Chapter 14
In order to catch this big pond fish on the first day of the new year, I will live in the old man's house for seven days and promise to catch no less than ten catties of fish every day.The old man laughed and said no problem, as long as you can catch ten catties of fish every day, you can live there for two years.

Tong Tong is the one who catches the fish, and she can only catch it at night. She will attach the body of the fish, let the fish jump out of the water, and then she will get out and dive back into the water.The fish that jumped out of the water, even without Tongtong, would fly straight to the shore due to inertia, and I just need to pick it up with a bucket.

The old man was also very curious, how could I carry a bucket of fish back when I go out empty-handed every night, so he insisted on following me to see and see.But I warned him that if you come, I won't even be able to catch a shrimp before I give up.

Catch ten catties of fish every night, two people will definitely not be able to finish them, so the old man would exchange them for pork at the butcher stall, or exchange them for rice wine at a small shop in the next village.In just a few days, many villagers knew that there was a young man living in the old man's house, who could catch ten catties of fish every night empty-handed. They came to the old man's house one after another, and gave me money to catch fish for them.

Some people may ask if catching so many fish and killing too many animals will have bad consequences, but who knows, this is just what Buddhism says, but I believe in the law of survival in this world.

Although many villagers ask me to catch fish, I only catch 30 catties a day, and 10 catties belong to the old man. After all, I live, eat, drink and live at his house.I have a request. No one is allowed to follow me when I catch fish. Although the villagers agree, I still don’t feel at ease. I sneak away to catch fish at night, and let them come and pick them up during the day.

Different fish have different prices. On the 30th, I got more than 200 yuan in exchange for catching fish. I have to thank Tongtong. Without her, I would be wandering in the wilderness again.

When it was the first day of junior high school, many people came to the old man’s house during the day to offer me money to catch fish, but I refused them all.I told them, I will not catch small fish, but tonight I will catch a big fish, and you will be able to see it when you come to the willow tree by the river tomorrow.

Of course the villagers believed that I could catch big fish, and they all asked how big I was, but when I said that two pigs were as big, they didn't believe it anymore.The whole village has never seen the shadow of a fish as big as two pigs. Of course they don't believe it. I just smiled at their doubts.

During the day, I prepared two catties of pork liver, which is a lot of money!But for catching a big black fish, it's a trade of soybeans for pearls.After ten o'clock in the evening, after most of the villagers had gone to bed, I came to a river bend alone, which I found a few days ago.There is a big stone in the water by the river bend, and the place where the stone is close to the water surface is recessed by nearly two meters.In other words, no matter which side the sun comes out from, it is impossible to shine here. Really, the sun cannot shine here for a year.

The river here is very deep. Because it is a bend in the river, it is usually washed by the water all year round, so it is as deep as a two-story building.People who can't swim in this emerald green river will be afraid to look at it, but Tongtong said that the cave of the big pond fish is at the bottom of the river bend.

One side of this river bend is bamboo forest and rice fields, and the other side is the foot of the mountain. Tongtong told me that there is a hole under the river bend that leads directly into the bottom of the mountain.

I threw the pagoda card into the water, and half of Tongtong's body appeared on the water, and she came to the river bank with a slight shake.What a cute little girl!Makes me want to hug her and pinch her face.However, although Tongtong looks six years old, she is actually 14 years old, and she is only a few months younger than me if she is alive.

Tongtong, who is on the [-]th day of the lunar new year, does not look like a ghost. When the flashlight shines on her, a shadow will appear on the ground, and she is an entity at all.Now I completely believe what the old man said in ancient times, the thousand-year-old ginseng can turn into a child, a child with flesh and blood, not an illusion.

I put the little wooden figurine carved from willow wood into the water under the stone, and it floated quietly on the surface of the water. Tongtong jumped into the water with a plop, and successfully completed the "move" from the pagoda wood card to the willow wooden figurine.

It's that simple, without any ceremony, it's so complicated.Until a more suitable possession is found, this willow wooden figure is Tongtong's usual residence.For Tong Tong, Goddess Zhang's pagoda tree tablet is a prison cell, while the willow figure I carved is a cozy little room.

After this matter is completed, we will catch the big pond carp. Tong Tong said that the big pond carp is buried in a cave under the river bend.The cave went straight down to the bottom of the mountain, and she didn't know how deep it was, so she didn't dare to go in easily, lest there be some more powerful monsters inside.

I expressed my understanding, tied the two catties of pork liver with a rope and threw it into the water, and let Tongtong go into the water to catch it.As soon as the big pond fish comes out, drag the pork liver so that it does not bite, and lead it from the mouth of the river bend to the river upstream where the willow trees are.

Tong Tong was really bored waiting in the water while pulling the pig liver rope, so he played in the water, performing for me walking on the surface of the water for a while, making his body become transparent and blending in the water for a while, and turning into a big carp again for a while.

After twelve o'clock, Tongtong suddenly told me that the big pond fish had come out, so go and wait for her under the willow tree.I yelled, and I saw that Tongtong immediately became transparent. When the flashlight shined on it, I saw the rope dragging on the water surface, and behind it was a long black shadow.

After running for about 5 minutes, I came to the bank of the willow tree, but I didn't see Tongtong coming.I took a flashlight and shone into the river. What a guy, the middle of the river was turbulent for a while, and quiet for a while.

After more than ten minutes of tossing like this, a big black fish with a length of two meters and five meters and at least 200 kilograms jumped out of the water.This is the big pond fish!The head was as big as a computer desk, and after jumping out of the water, it fell back into the water heavily, making a huge splash.

Next, the catfish jumped out of the water dozens of times, which lasted for more than half an hour. The loud noise woke up the villagers, and they all came to the riverside to watch with flashlights.

These villagers have lived in the village by the river for several generations, and they have never seen such a big fish. Seeing such a big black fish churning in the water frightened them.It was passed on from ten to ten, and it didn't take long for people from the next door village to come to the river to see it.There were two to three hundred people standing on the bank of the river, and nearly a hundred flashlights shone on the river, which really put me under a lot of pressure.

From their point of view, I didn't do anything. In fact, I didn't do anything at all. I just stood and looked at the river quietly like them.

The big pond fish had been tossing in the river for more than half an hour, and it was probably exhausted. At this moment, it suddenly jumped out of the river and flew straight in my direction.I ran away quickly, if I was hit by it, I would lose a layer of skin if I didn't die.

As soon as I dodged, the big pond fish fell heavily to the ground and rolled several times.In the water, it was as good as two cows, but on the shore, it was probably not as good as a dog, so I was not afraid, and walked to the side.

The villagers also flocked over the stone steps, but no one dared to go in the knee-deep shallow waters of the river, perhaps because they were frightened by the big fish!
After the catfish fell to the bank of the river, I saw Tongtong emerge from the water and walk straight from the river to the bank, becoming more and more transparent as he walked.I know she must be tired after catching this big black fish, and went back to the willow man to rest.

Even Tongtong, who is a first-year junior high school student, cannot be seen by the villagers. It is estimated that children under the age of 6 can see it, but they will think it is just a young lady when they see it.

After the villagers came over, they surrounded the big pond fish with three floors inside and three floors outside. Hundreds of flashlights shone indiscriminately, making people dazzled.I managed to squeeze out of the crowd, and ran to the side to look at this group of people, really speechless.

They were originally asked to come out to watch in the morning, but the noise of these two to three hundred catties of fish jumping and churning in the river can be kept quiet, and the night is so quiet, it is inevitable to wake people up.

This kind of fish has strong vitality. If the sun is not strong on land, it will not die for a day or two.There were young and strong men in the village. They organized themselves and ran home and took the rope to tie the big pond fish firmly. The four men went to the pond in the village.

Seeing that they wanted to take the big black fish back to the village without asking me, I quickly stood up and said, "I caught this fish, how could you snatch it?"

A shirtless man said: "This is their village's river, and the fish in the river also belong to their village!"

This answer made me dumbfounded. The river is not a paddy field pond, and it does not belong to any person or group. What is the difference between this and a robber.But now they want to take this big pond fish that Tongtong and I have worked so hard to capture as their own.

I caught this big pond fish for two purposes, one is to sell it for money and the other is to eliminate harm, but now it is taken away in front of my face, how can Tongtong and I agree.

It is unrealistic for me to take back the big pond fish, so I called Tongtong out and attached myself to the big pond fish.

The four strong men carried the tied big pond fish on their shoulders, and walked carefully in the shallow water area of ​​the river, preparing to cross the river and put them in the village pond.After Tongtong possessed the big pond fish, it was like a tiger possessing its body, its strength was several times stronger.The four strong men couldn't withstand the bouncing and beating of the big pond fish, they couldn't stand up, and they fell into the river.

The big pond fish possessed by Tongtong quickly broke free from the shackles of the rope, struggled to escape to the deep water area, and finally disappeared.

The villagers were stunned, the cooked ducks flew away, and there were boos and sighs from the crowd.

These people are really unreasonable, the big fish that I managed to catch was actually snatched openly, it really made me angry, and then let Tongtong let the big pond fish escape, this can be regarded as the big black fish survived the catastrophe.

I ran to the lower reaches of the river, told Tongtong to go back to the Liumu people, went to the old man's house to get the bag, and left the village overnight.Lu Tongtong told me that after she attached the big pond fish, she couldn't completely control it, so she kept fighting.But it was still just a big fish, it didn't have demonic nature, let alone any morality, so in the end it was subdued by Tongtong and controlled its body.

I prepared for so many days to catch this big pond fish, although I caught it, but in the end it was nothing.

(End of this chapter)