Just when I was still deep in thought in the moonlight, suddenly, there seemed to be a faint sound coming from the direction of my mother's yard.
I stood up abruptly from the low stool next to the stove.
Sanbo said that every night, my mother would always make all kinds of strange noises.
Could the sound that just sounded like crickets chirping on a summer night come from my mother?
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If so, that would be incredible.
Because I feel that it is impossible for me to learn to make such a sound in my life.
However, it is also possible that it is really crickets chirping.
However, at this time, even in the Jiangnan water town, it has already entered autumn. I am afraid that it will be difficult to find crickets in this swamp.
However, my idea was immediately rejected by myself.
If it is said that autumn has entered Jiangnan and there are no crickets on the swamp, then how can we explain the rack of violets in full bloom in front of the mother's courtyard?
No, although in the evening, Sanbo's warning was still vaguely in my ears, I could no longer suppress the desire to find my mother in my heart.
So, I collected the dishes on the stove and threw them into the basin.
Anyway, someone will come to clean it up tomorrow, so I don't have time to take care of it right now.
Then, I hurriedly left the kitchen, walked through the small hall, and left the small building to go to my mother's yard.
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However, when I was walking through the small hall, for some reason, the candlestick that was burning well on the pillar suddenly went out.
Although I knew that this was probably caused by the wind blowing in from outside, an ominous feeling still emerged in my heart.
My feet did not stop when the candlestick was extinguished, but went straight across the threshold.
As soon as I stepped out of the small building, I felt a gust of cool wind blowing, which brought goose bumps all over my body.
However, the chirping of crickets in the air gradually became weaker.
Before my feet left the sight of the small building, they had completely disappeared.
I stayed at the door of the small building for a while. After hesitating for a while, I took a step forward.
In the Chen family's back house at night, there were no lights at all, and everything within sight was immersed in darkness.
Around me, from time to time, there would be one or two sounds of small animals.
It felt like a summer insect already hiding deep in the mud of a swamp making its final struggle.
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After I walked out of the small building in front of the small building, I did not go forward immediately, but recalled the way I came in the afternoon.
The courtyard where my mother lives is to the east of Suiyu Tower.
So, I judged the direction based on the position of the moon, and then walked towards the east.
I walked very slowly, always walking in the middle of the corridor, for fear that I would step into the mud of the swamp if I took a careful step.
It was only about ten minutes away during the day, but now I walked for more than half an hour.
Finally, the rack of violets in front of my mother's small yard appeared in front of me.
I secretly breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, and finally made it to my mother without any danger.
My feet stepped out of the corridor.
However, without any precautions, as soon as my feet were free, I fell into the land at the end of the corridor.
When I walked through here in the afternoon, the ground was solid, but less than two hours later, the ground turned into soft mud.
However, I didn't have any time to think about any other issues, because my body sank very quickly. If I didn't find a hard object to hold onto as soon as possible, I would be buried in this vast swamp in less than ten minutes.
Inside, not even half a corpse could be found.
It was really because the house was leaking and it rained all night. At this moment, the bright moon that was originally hanging in the sky suddenly disappeared into the clouds.
Without the illumination of the "sky lantern", my surroundings instantly fell into darkness.
To make matters worse, I searched around for a long time and couldn't find anything that could help me.
At this moment, the mud has gradually reached my knees.
The situation is urgent, I thought to myself, this grand Chen family's back house should not be empty at night. If I shout loudly now, I might be able to recruit one or two people.
At this time, I couldn't care about anything else. Saving my life was the most important thing, so I opened my throat and shouted loudly: "Help, help, is there anyone? Is there anyone? Help, someone is stuck in the mud."
Got it."
However, I shouted for a long time and was almost exhausted. The surroundings around me were still immersed in darkness. Not to mention people, not even a flicker of light could be seen.
Time passed by minute by minute, and my body was sinking at a speed that I could barely detect.
If this continues, I will really be buried here.
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This place is already very close to my mother's yard.
I can even smell the fragrance of violets in front of my mother's house.
I don't believe that my mother would leave me alone and let me fend for myself here.
So, I started the second round of asking for help: "Mom, can you hear me? I am Zhou Cang. I am Zhou Cang. I am stuck in the mud. Please come out and help me. Mom, I
It’s Zhou Cang.”
After shouting for a while, I suddenly discovered that something seemed to be moving in the reeds not far away.
I'm saved.
Although I still don't know what is moving, the first thought that flashes through my mind is this.
"Help, help," I shouted as loudly as I could this time.
"Stop shouting."
Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind me.
This first site is:
It's Chen Mo.
"Chen Mo, is that you?" Chen Mo's appearance was like the most unexpected surprise. I seemed to have lost the ability to express myself in words in an instant, so I asked stupidly.
"Don't move. The more you move, the faster it will sink." Chen Mo has already come to my side.
He seemed to be stepping on a thick tree trunk under his feet, holding a long bamboo pole in his hand, and was rowing on the swamp.
Chen Mo stopped next to me, "Grasp the trunk of the tree with both hands, and when I call you, climb up immediately."
I didn't understand why Chen Mo asked me to do this, but I did it anyway.
"Are you sure about it?" he asked me in a low voice.
"Yeah," I nodded towards Chen Mo.
"Okay, one, two, three, get up." When he said this, the bamboo pen in his hand was inserted deeply into the mud.
As Chen Mo said "get up", I instantly felt as if my feet suddenly loosened, and then I easily climbed onto the big log that Chen Mo was supporting.
After seeing me climb up, Chen Mo immediately supported the tree trunk and quickly got into the reed marsh.
"Chen Mo," I originally wanted to ask him why he suddenly appeared here and where he had been all day.
But Chen Mo made a silent gesture towards me.
In the dark night, I could still feel the breath in Chen Mo's chest rising and falling very quickly, as if he was particularly nervous.
I have never seen Chen Mo like this. Even in the most dangerous situation in Shentang Bay, he had never been so panicked.
At this moment, I felt fear in him, fear emanating from deep within his heart.
The moon appeared again at an untimely moment.
The entire back house of the Chen family looked like it had been sprinkled with salt, it was shiny silvery white.
The small sounds in the mud, like those made by summer insects, appeared one after another.
Chen Mo had been working hard to hold the pole, and he couldn't even move his hands to wipe the sweat dripping down his forehead and into his eyes.
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I really want to ask why, what on earth is he afraid of, is it his grandfather?
However, I remained silent all the way.
Suddenly, I glanced towards the swamp, and this time I happened to see my feet.
I couldn't help but be so frightened that I almost screamed.
Above my ankles, there were two hands, grabbing my ankles.
The two hands were broken off at the wrists, and only a pair of white bones were left, with dirt still stuck to the white bones.
Could it be that the reason why my feet suddenly loosened in the mud just now was because these two hands were interrupted by Chen Mo?
Goosebumps appeared on the back of my hands unconsciously, but I didn't dare to move or ask.
The swamp was suddenly filled with a strange atmosphere.