Chapter 10 The Smoking Water Well

  Pan Zitong reacted quickly, without hesitation he took off his coat and threw it to the ground, while grabbing dirt and saying, "Let's gather a pot of soil and pour it into the well, trying to extinguish the smoke."

  I didn't even consider what Panzi's upper garment would become after turning into a soil tool, and the two of us worked together to quickly produce a small pile of soil.

  We both shouted one, two, three and poured it in together.

  This pile of earth is really effective, and the smoke has decreased a lot in an instant. Pan Zinan and I waited patiently for another half minute until no white smoke came out, then we both leaned over the well and looked inside.

  The well was pitch black and nothing could be seen, so I asked Panzi to turn on the flashlight. At this time, a fork appeared, and that little black dog ran over, circling around the well and humming in its mouth.

  I thought it was strange, when we left, we locked the door, how could it come out? Could it have opened the door by itself?

  I didn't want the black dog to interfere with this matter, so I coaxed it and let it go home. As a result of this delay, Panzi himself took the flashlight and shone it into the well.

  I don't know what he saw either, but his face changed color, and he let out a "wow", his hand even shook, almost dropping the flashlight into the well.

  He turned around again and sat down by the well, his chest rising and falling like a bellows.

  I'm puzzled, so I squatted beside him and asked what's wrong?

  He took a few deep breaths and could barely speak, pointing to the well behind him, "There's a female ghost in there, I saw her swimming in the water."

  I didn't believe what he said, so I snatched the flashlight from him and, plucking up my courage, shone it into the well.

  There is water here, but where is the shadow of a female ghost? I'm quite entangled and looked at Panzi again, asking if he saw it wrong.

  Panzi shook his head and muttered to me, "Du Rui, we can't hold on much longer, this village is really too scary."

  It's clear that Panzi was really frightened this time. If he doesn't take some measures, his mental state will deteriorate completely.

  I wanted to give Panzi a boost, so I thought of a plan and said to him, "You wait, I'll go into the house and get the rope. You pull on it and let me take a look down in the well."

  It didn't take me long to get the rope, but Panzi still wouldn't stay alone and followed closely behind me as we headed back together.

  I got the rope from Officer Li, which was specially made. Although it's very thin and light, it's particularly durable. Especially with a large knot tied at intervals on the rope, it's convenient to grip and borrow force.

  When I picked up the rope and brought it back, that little black dog had already run to a corner and was staring at us.

  I didn't bother with the black dog either, first letting Panzi tie one end of the rope to his waist and then having him step on the wellhead, slowly feeding me the rope.

  I tied a big button on the other end, just like a pair of suspenders, and put it on my legs.

  This well is really annoying, the diameter is quite large. I'm holding my hands parallel to support the wall of the well, and it's still a bit out of reach. I spread my legs wide and stepped on the wall of the well with both feet.

  I tried to slide down further, the rest was up to Panzi, he still had some lingering fear in his heart but could cooperate with me, pulling on the rope to share some of the force.

  Just now, looking from the outside in, this well didn't seem so scary, but once I was inside, my heart started pounding. Inside it's pitch black, and I feel like the whole person is wrapped in darkness, especially since the wall of the well is very slippery, touching it makes me think that I'm touching a festering corpse, also when I looked up at Panzi, I felt like he was so far away from me.

  I took advantage of the empty space to tuck the knife into my waist, so that if I really encountered danger, I could take out the knife and resist at the first time.

  After smoking a cigarette, I've only covered half of the distance. I kept encouraging myself, saying that if I persisted a bit longer, I would arrive.

  But at this moment, I suddenly heard a faint ghostly laughter coming from above, "Hehehe!"

  My heart skipped a beat, I thought it was over, how did it appear?

  I still wanted to raise my head and tell Panzi to hold on, but before I could make this move, I felt the rope loosen, and my whole body kept falling down.

  I tried not to let myself slide down, but I was powerless. I watched with my own eyes as I slid down and splashed into the water with a plop.

  I was so angry in my heart, thinking that Panzi this guy, at the critical moment, dropped the chain. Fortunately, the water in the well is not deep, I struggled a few times and stood up to find that it's only chest-deep.

  I was especially vigilant in my heart, and after calming down, I hastily stuck to the edge and stood still, holding the knife in my hand, quietly observing the movement inside the well.

  The water in this well has been splashing, hitting my chest up and down, making me involuntarily tremble from time to time, but after a while, nothing unusual was seen.

  I slightly put down my heart and looked up again, shouting "Pan Zi, Pan Zi".

  I thought to myself that I couldn't stay in the well forever, and since there was nothing to discover, it was time for Panzi to pull me up. I thought Panzi was hiding at the edge of the well again, but after shouting for half a day, he still didn't show up.

  I got anxious and even more anxious, I walked forward again, shouting at the top of my lungs.

  As I walked away, I felt something tangled around my leg, probably water grass. I was annoyed that it was wrapped around me, so I lifted my leg and stretched out my hand to grab it and throw it away.

  But when I picked it up and took a look, I couldn't help but let out a wow.

  This was actually hair, at least a foot long of women's hair. My brain almost short-circuited instantly, thinking how did this thing end up here?

  I immediately shrank back again, sticking to the well wall, with my eyes wide open, looking around in all directions.

  This time I was really scared, and deep down I'm still worried that suddenly a female ghost will crawl out of the water and pounce on me.

  After a while, I noticed that there were occasionally strands of hair floating out of the well water. Sometimes it was in clumps, sometimes it was single strands.

  I had a guess and kicked my legs to scan. I have to say, there are quite a few hairs hidden in the water, and after a few kicks, I grasped a handful of them.

  And what's more, I stirred it up and brought out a rotten basket, the bottom of which had a big hole, looking like it had been burned by someone.

  I thought back to what had happened before and wondered if the smoke coming out of the well was because someone had put hair in a basket, set it on fire and thrown it in.

  I still can't find the answer now, and Panzi hasn't shown up for so long, I'll just try to climb up myself.

  I gritted my teeth and tried four or five times, but each time I failed. The best time, I climbed up half a meter, then slipped and fell again.

  I'm now a caged beast, and this place is really not suitable for human habitation. Multiple reasons combined to bring out my potential, and I suddenly thought of a solution.

  I propped my hands on the wall of the well, and stepped on the opposite side with my feet. This way, I could eat with ease. Originally, this action was very difficult, requiring a person to walk horizontally, and I was worried that I had not practiced it before and couldn't do it at all.

  But what's weird is, I tried it out and found that I'm particularly familiar with this action, which has left me baffled.

  I just lay there, struggling a little bit to "get through" it, and when I finally grabbed onto the edge of the well, my heart finally settled.

  I thought to myself that if Panzi was found hiding in the house, I would definitely quarrel with him and scold him severely.

  But I went out of the well and took a look, Panzi was lying beside me, face down, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive.

  I no longer have time to blame Panzi, nor do I have time to care if I'm tired or not. Hurry and rush over, turn him over.

  I checked his breathing and found that he was still alive, then I quickly pinched the Renzhong point, pounded on his chest, and did a flurry of other things before finally managing to wake him up.

  After Pan Zi opened his eyes, he didn't recognize me at all, and even forgot what had happened. He stared blankly around him, looking like a stranger to everything.

  I pulled him up and took out a cigarette from his pocket, letting him take a drag to refresh himself.

  Perhaps it was the stimulation of the smoke that made him quickly sober up, and soon Panzi remembered everything. A look of fear appeared on his face again, and he said to me, "Du Rui, just now there must have been a ghost attached to my body. In my body, I suddenly heard a burst of eerie laughter, and then I fainted."

  I don't believe what he said. I also heard that eerie laughter just now, but no matter how it is, it's impossible to come from his body, right?

  I told him about the situation in the well, but I found that Panzi was absent-minded and didn't know if he heard what I said.

  It's late at night, we can't just sit here, so I'll support Panzi and go back to the house first.

  Pan Zi went back and looked particularly tired, fell on the bed and slept. The little black dog also followed back with its tail wagging. I opened my recorder and said everything that just happened, then there was nothing to do, so I also lay down on the bed and slept like Pan Zi.

  Logically speaking, we should still go to school for internship tomorrow, but after what just happened, I don't have the mood for it anymore. I was thinking that if Liu Hui comes to find us early tomorrow morning, I'll make up an excuse and ask for a day off.

  But on the second day early in the morning, before Liu Wei arrived, thunder started outside.

  It's also worth mentioning that the weather in Weiyuan Village is quite changeable. After a night, the sky was overcast with thick, dark clouds covering the entire sky.

  I was awakened by a loud rumble of thunder, got up and took a look outside, feeling chilled to the bone.

  It's windy outside now, but there is a gentle breeze in our house. Looking at the situation, I think it will rain heavily soon, and our house will definitely leak.

  I thought to myself, I'd better hurry up and go borrow some basins from the neighbors, so we can prepare for the rain at home, or else this house will become a bathhouse. But when I went out, I discovered something strange - everyone in the village had gotten up, they were all standing at their doorsteps, looking seriously at the back mountain.

  It was so early in the morning that they were so tacit, I was made particularly sensitive, and followed their gaze to look at the back mountain, wondering what's wrong? Liu Wei specially emphasized that we should not go to the back mountain, could it be that the strange things in the back mountain are going to come out on a rainy day?