Dreaming of 1988, I have the ability to see ghosts and ghosts

In this way, the little black snake often appeared around our house, helping my family catch mice and saving me from danger several times.

A few days later, my grandmother sent me to the preschool class in the village primary school.

One weekend, I followed my grandma to the river to fish that afternoon. At the same place before, my grandma caught very few fish for several days.

So grandma decided to change the place. She carried the net and unknowingly walked to the edge of a river called Heilongtan. People in the village generally did not dare to come here to catch fish.

Because the Black Dragon Pond is a bottomless pit, it is said that if a person falls into it, there is no chance of survival.

The hole didn't look deep, but once you fell in, you would keep sinking. If no one on the shore rescued you in time, you would surely die, and your body would not even be found.

It is said that some years ago, without people knowing, a person fell down, and five people went down to rescue him one after another. In the end, all six people were swallowed up in the cave.

Since then, the Black Dragon Pond has been regarded as a restricted area by the villagers. Some people even use the Black Dragon Pond to scare disobedient children.

"If you don't obey me, I will throw you into the Black Dragon Pond to feed the black dragon."

Of course, no one had ever seen a black dragon, so everyone assumed that anyone who fell down must have been eaten by the black dragon.

Of course, my grandmother also told me the origin of the Black Dragon Pond, a story that has been passed down from generation to generation in the village.

A long time ago, there was a family named Long. They lived in this village for generations and made a living by fishing and farming.

Because he had already given birth to seven daughters, he had always wanted a son. That year, his wife finally became pregnant, and the couple went to the nearby Guanyin Temple to pray for a child.

On the way back, as they were walking, a black snake suddenly jumped out and the wife accidentally stepped on the snake. The black snake turned around suddenly and bit her on the calf.

The husband was very angry. He quickly picked up a wooden stick from the roadside and hit the black snake hard. Seeing that the situation was not good, the black snake turned around and tried to run away.

The husband swung the stick and hit the snake several times. He stopped only when the black snake was completely dead.

As he left, he stepped hard on the black snake's head, flattening it.

"Forget it, let's go! Even if it's killed, it's fine. Look at its bulging belly. It must be filled with a small snake. This kind of snake doesn't seem to be poisonous. It's already killed them, so don't destroy its body."

The wife couldn't stand it anymore.

"Who wants it to bite people?"

The husband said impatiently.

"I stepped on it first!"

The wife shook her head and bowed to the black snake.

"I'm sorry, we didn't mean to kill you."

"What can a beast have to be sorry about?"

The husband said angrily, and walked ahead without looking back.

Just like that, when the wife was nine months pregnant, she suddenly found that the inside of her thighs were covered with fish scale-like patterns, and she was horrified.

She quickly opened it and showed it to her husband:

"Boss, can you see what's growing on my thigh?"

The husband bent down to take a look and said disapprovingly:

"What's so weird about that? Aren't they the same stretch marks you had before?"

"It seems different from the previous times?" the wife was very confused.

"Don't think too much about it. The baby is due in more than a month." The husband didn't want to pay attention to it. He thought his wife was making a fuss, so he fell asleep.

The wife looked at her legs suspiciously again, and then thought that she was just being too suspicious.

More than a month later, the baby was born and the midwife was waiting at home early.

At that time, births were all done at home. Those with better financial conditions would hire a midwife, while those with less financial conditions would hire a midwife.

Some women gave birth to their next few babies on their own and even cut the umbilical cord themselves.

The wife screamed in pain in the room, and usually the baby was born after half a day to a day of pain.

Unexpectedly, the woman was in pain for three days and three nights before her water broke. The midwife was so anxious that she was sweating profusely.

“It’s out, it’s out, it’s finally out!”

"Is it a boy or a girl?"

The husband asked impatiently at the door.

"Oh my! A monster was born! Oh my god! It's a snake!"

The midwife screamed and rushed out of the delivery room with blood on her hands.

The husband was also frightened and rushed into the delivery room, almost frightened to death. He saw his wife lying in a pool of blood with a small black snake crawling beside her.

He rushed out, grabbed the panicked midwife and asked:

"Was that black snake born from my wife's belly?"

"Yes, yes!"

The midwife was trembling all over and rolling her eyes, as if she had been frightened out of her soul.

The husband squatted down, beating his chest and stamping his feet, at a loss.

When the seven daughters saw their father's appearance, they realized the seriousness of the situation.

The three daughters in front were already sensible, and they hurried into the delivery room, bringing hot water to help their mother clean.

The eldest daughter was sensible enough to get a bucket, fill it with water, and put the little black snake in. She had heard that this little black snake was born from her mother's belly, and should be their younger sister.

After everything was cleaned up, her mother slowly woke up. Her daughters surrounded her and comforted her softly. She also saw clearly that the baby she had given birth to was a little black snake.

She thought carefully, maybe it was revenge for her husband killing the black snake.

But no matter what, it came out of her belly, so she decided to keep the little black cat, and her daughters nodded in agreement.

"How can we raise this monster?"

The husband rushed in from outside, picked up the bucket and walked out. He wanted to pour the little black snake into the river and let it fend for itself.

The seven daughters knelt down in unison, and even his wife, who had just given birth, slowly slid down from the bed and knelt on the ground, begging bitterly.

"Boss, just keep it! After all, it is a life!" The wife hugged her husband's thigh tightly.

"Yes, Dad, let us raise this little black snake!" The seven daughters pleaded in unison.

"Oh!" The husband sighed and put down the bucket.

The little black snake seemed to understand what was happening at home. It poked its head out of the bucket, looked at its mother and seven sisters, and swam happily around in the bucket.

At this point, the news that the Long family gave birth to a little black snake spread like wildfire.

But no matter what others say, the family still keeps this little black snake without hesitation.

The seven sisters caught fish, mice, frogs and other small animals every day to feed the little black snake, and they affectionately called it Xiao Hei.

When he hears someone calling him, he will stick his head out of the barrel. He is really cute.

A few years passed like this. The little black snake grew bigger and bigger and could no longer fit in the bucket, so the family dug a small pond in the backyard and put it in.

More than 10 years later, several sisters got married one after another, and there were fewer and fewer people to feed it.

But as the snake grew bigger, its appetite became bigger and bigger, and the couple was helpless.

Said to Xiao Hei:

"Xiao Hei, your sisters are all married, and we are both getting old and weaker. We can't support you anymore. We are going to put you in the river. Can you find food by yourself?"

Xiao Hei nodded in agreement.