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

I ate breakfast in a hurry and went to school.

When I got home in the evening and finished my meal, I said hello to my grandma and went to the Black Dragon Pond.

"Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei, are you there?" I shouted towards the water plants by the pond.

After a while, Xiao Hei poked his head out from the water plants and swam towards me quickly.

It swam to my side, raised its head, and looked at me with its blinking little black eyes, but the joy in its eyes was gone. Instead, it was full of anxiety and uneasiness, as if it was worried about something.

I quickly squatted down and sat on the grass by the river, gently stroking its round head and body with my hands.

This was the first time I touched Xiao Hei's body. Its body was cool and smooth, and there was no sense of incongruity.

Seeing my intimate behavior, it seemed very surprised. It calmed down and looked at me with concern, as if it wanted to read my heart from my expression.

Of course, I didn't need it to guess my thoughts, so I stroked it and asked:

"Xiao Hei, are you doing well recently? Have you encountered any danger?"

It opened its eyes wide, as if asking me, "Why do you ask that?"

"Nothing, I just had a dream last night that you were injured."

It immediately stretched its entire body, turned around in front of me, and rolled over to show that it was not injured. It then came to my side and rubbed my hand.

Seeing its appearance, I felt relieved. Maybe I was too worried. Its body is now as thick as my fist. It should be the largest snake species in this area and it will not have many natural enemies.

Besides, I had already witnessed Xiao Hei’s superpowers last night, that special ability to instantly grow bigger or smaller. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I would have thought it was a scene on TV.

Thinking of this, I suddenly felt that I was worrying too much. Xiao Hei has been by my side for so many years and has saved me from danger countless times. Unknowingly, it has become a part of my life.

The sun gradually set, and the sky was dyed with orange-red sunset.

The afterglow passed through the clouds and sprinkled on the wide water surface, sparkling like a golden mirror.

A breeze blew, and ripples appeared on the water surface. The reflected afterglow also danced along, like countless little golden snakes swimming.

At this moment, the whole world is immersed in a peaceful and beautiful atmosphere, which makes people intoxicated and forget all worries and fatigue.

Xiao Hei and I sat quietly by the river, waiting until the last ray of sunlight disappeared in the sky. Then I waved goodbye to it reluctantly.

It swam slowly into the water, looking back at me from time to time, its eyes becoming soft and affectionate, as if it wanted to imprint everything in front of it deeply in its heart.

The corners of my mouth drooped slightly, and my brows wrinkled slightly, revealing my inner reluctance and sadness. In the end, I waved goodbye again, turned around and ran home.

When I returned home, my eyes were moist. Although we could still meet countless times, a trace of sadness rose in my heart.

"Feng'er, what's wrong with you? Did you go to see Xiao Hei?"

Seeing that I was depressed, my grandma asked with concern.

"It's nothing, I just haven't seen Xiao Hei for a long time, so I went to look for it." I said in a low voice.

"Don't worry about it. It helps me drive the fish every day. It swims happily in the river. All these years, it's really thanks to it. Otherwise, you and I wouldn't have such a good life."

Grandma's eyes and heart were filled with gratitude towards Xiao Hei. It was obvious that she had already regarded Xiao Hei as a member of the family. Every time she went to the river, she would bring some minced meat for Xiao Hei.

In this way, ordinary days passed one by one. The drought this year was indeed severe. The water pumps worked day and night, and the villagers had a hard time planting the rice seedlings.

However, irrigation in the later period has become a big problem. In previous years, after the seedlings were planted, the rain from heaven could meet the irrigation needs. However, this year, not a drop of rain fell in May and June.

It wasn't until July, when the sun was high in the sky and the air was filled with a dry scent, as if every breath could ignite everything around.

The scorching sun baked the earth to a scorch. The moisture in the air seemed to have been drained away, leaving only endless dryness and heat.

Because the weather was too hot, the school closed a week early.

I heard that Village Chief Huang was extremely anxious. The ditch at the pumping station was dug deeper and deeper, but the amount of water pumped up was getting less and less.

The river level was sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the water plants exposed on the riverbank were all dying.

Getting water became a problem for the villagers nearby, but fortunately there was always water in the Black Dragon Pond. People came together from far away to the Black Dragon Pond and carried water home.

Everyone is saying that in a land of plenty like ours, this year's drought is a once-in-60-year event, and many young people have never experienced it.

In order to alleviate the drought and minimize the villagers' losses, the village chief organized the villagers to dig wells and get water for self-help. Even so, some fields still had no water, and the seedlings that had already been aborted had dried up.

The river water receded day by day, and my grandmother could no longer go fishing, so she helped the nearby villagers dig wells to the best of her ability, helping each family for a day or two.

Because there were so many villagers going to Heilongtan to fetch water, there were long queues from morning to night every day. Many villagers invited well diggers to help them dig duck-billed wells, which are small hand-operated pumping wells that can basically meet daily water needs.

Grandma also asked someone to help her pump some water. When the groundwater was pressed out by the up and down pressure of her hands, a long-lost smile appeared on her face.

During this time, grandma has been worried about Xiao Hei's safety.

Although I was also very worried, my anxiety was alleviated a little when I thought that Xiao Hei was not an ordinary snake.

Furthermore, the rivers connecting several villages are all tributaries of the Yangtze River. If there is drought in this area, other places should not.

Xiao Hei is so smart, he shouldn't just wait to be killed like other creatures in the river.

Judging from the worried look on its face the last time I saw it, and the reluctance on its face when we parted, it should have foreseen all this, but it just couldn't speak and didn't express it to me correctly.

I tried to comfort grandma seriously, but she was skeptical and kept praying that Xiao Hei would be safe.

By August, the surface of the river had dried up and cracked, leaving only a little water in an area of ​​about one kilometer in radius.

Moreover, the river surface within a radius of about one kilometer is a forbidden area for people in this area. It is unknown where this unwritten rule came from, but no person or fishing boat is allowed to approach here.

Because the color of the water in this one-kilometer radius is different from that of other rivers regardless of spring, summer, autumn or winter. It is a deep black.

I've heard about it a long time ago, but I've never been there to see it in person. After all, who would go to the middle of a river for no reason?

That day, a few of us classmates had nothing to do, so we walked along the dried-up river beach for more than ten kilometers and came to this body of water.

When I saw the color of the water, I felt a sense of déjà vu. Isn't the water here the same as the water in the Black Dragon Pond, black and crystal clear?

But after the water in the Black Dragon Pond is pumped out, it has the same color as normal river water.