“Grave Robbers’ Chronicles”

Chapter 9: Electro-fishing

In Nankang District, Shunde.

There were many small restaurants along the road, and a lot of diners were having meals. I searched around for a long time and wanted to dispose of the soil several times, but in the end, I didn't. After all, it was my first time doing this. Although I was full of confidence before, when it really came to this moment, I was a bit scared.

I was extremely afraid that someone in uniform would pat me on the back and ask me what I was doing.

Finally, after wandering around, I walked to a small river. When I saw this small river, my eyes lit up immediately, and I had a plan in mind.

Shunde is a land of aquatic products, and the water resources here are very rich. At that time, I thought that once the blue-white soil entered the river, it would turn into mud, and surely no one would notice.

Seeing that there was no one around, I quickly opened my backpack and was about to pour the soil into the river.

"Wait! Stop!"

"What are you doing!"

A clear and beautiful shout suddenly came from behind, scaring me so much that I almost fell into the river.

I turned around in fright and saw a girl pointing at me with her hands on her hips.

This girl was wearing a school uniform, with a ponytail, her face was flushed, and she had a red cloth badge on her arm, with the words "River Channel Cleaning" written on the red cloth.

"I'm talking to you! What are you looking at! What were you about to throw into the river just now? Were you going to throw garbage!"

The zipper of my backpack was still open, and I immediately panicked. I waved my hands hurriedly and said, "No... no, I wasn't throwing garbage."

"Nonsense! I saw it. What's in your backpack! Let me see!" She said loudly and walked towards me.

Seeing her coming over, I was so scared that my soul almost flew away. At that time, my mind was also a bit hot, and I picked up my schoolbag and started running.

"Stop, kid!"

She followed closely behind me, and the two of us started running along the moat.

As I was running, my foot slipped, and I directly fell into the moat...

The blue-white soil in my backpack sank to the bottom as soon as it touched the water. I couldn't swim, and I flailed around in a panic, swallowing several mouthfuls of river water and shouting for help.

Later, it was this girl who saved me.

The girl's name was Li Jing, a local in Shunde. At that time, she was a sophomore student in Shunde No. 3 Middle School. That day, she was working for her mother. Her mother was in charge of cleaning up the garbage on the surface of the moat.

After being rescued, I was wet all over like a drowned rat, but I secretly breathed a sigh of relief because my bag of blue-white soil had been disposed of and I hadn't been caught.

The girl's clothes were also soaked through to save me. She grabbed my clothes and asked me, "Why did you run? You can't swim at all. Are you crazy? What's in your backpack?"

I blushed and said, "I just slipped and accidentally fell into the river. There are just books in my backpack. It doesn't matter if they're lost. I can buy them again."

She looked me up and down suspiciously, obviously not believing what I said.

"I think you have something on your mind. There have been people electro-fishing nearby these two days. You have to come with me to see my mother. You can leave only when my mother says so."

"Let's go!" After saying that on her own, she grabbed my clothes and walked forward again.

I waved my hands desperately and explained loudly, "I'm not electro-fishing. I'm not electro-fishing."

Of course, I couldn't tell the truth either. If I said I was a tomb raider, it would be even worse. The crime would be more serious than electro-fishing.

I tried to run several times during this period, but in the end, I didn't dare. I knew that if I ran, with this girl's stubborn character, it might implicate our whole gang.

Li Jing's home was by the moat. At that time, there was a flyover over the river. To get to her home, one had to cross that flyover.

There were several street vendors on the bridge. There were those selling children's toys, those selling insole socks, and one stall was particularly eye-catching. It was a fortune-telling stall.

At that time, the fortune-teller was in his fifties, wearing round sunglasses, with a pack of hard-packaged Honghe cigarettes that cost five yuan beside him. He had a cigarette in his mouth all the time, and he lit a new one before the previous one was even finished.

"Wow! Little Li Jing is more capable than your mother. Did you catch another person who was secretly dumping garbage?" The fortune-teller said with a smile while sitting on a small stool.

The girl Li Jing was a bit complacent when she received the compliment. She said, "Master Li, that's right. This kid ran away when he saw me and even fell into the river. I suspect he is electro-fishing."

The fortune-teller was puffing out smoke. Amid the clouds of smoke, he almost covered himself.

"Ah, electro-fishing. Young man, this is not good. People who electro-fish will have their fortunes damaged and will receive retribution."

The girl Li Jing burst out laughing and said, "Old Li, I just called you Master Li. Do you really think you're a half-immortal? It's so funny. The last time you calculated a fortune for Aunt Li, you said that the pig Aunt Li raised at home would surely get pregnant within a month. What happened? The pig had diarrhea and died on the third day! Where are the little pigs?"

"Ahem..." The fortune-teller coughed twice and said, "That was because the pig had bad luck. It's not that my calculation was inaccurate. If you don't believe me, do you want me to calculate another fortune for you?"

The girl immediately bent over with laughter. She pointed at the fortune-teller and said, "No, I don't dare to let you calculate. You must have not had any business for several days. If you want to calculate, calculate for him. Calculate whether he is electro-fishing or not." The girl suddenly pointed at me.

At that time, for some reason, I just let him calculate my fortune in a muddled way.

The fortune-teller first asked for my date of birth. Then he took out a turtle shell, and there were three Qianlong Tongbao copper coins in the turtle shell.

He shook it up and down, left and right a few times, and then the three copper coins fell out of the turtle shell onto the table.

I don't know if it was a coincidence, but the three copper coins that fell from the turtle shell were all tails, and two of them were stacked together, while the other one was lying alone on the side. The copper coins were quite far apart from each other.

I remember it very clearly. The playful smile on the fortune-teller's face disappeared. He stared at the three copper coins in a daze for a long time. The Honghe cigarette in his hand had burned to the butt.

After coming to his senses, he looked at Little Li Jing and then at me, sighing and shaking his head continuously.

The girl asked with a smile, "Old Li, come on. What did you calculate? Is this kid electro-fishing or not?"

The fortune-teller lit a new cigarette and took a deep puff. He looked at me meaningfully and said, "Young man, you're not simple..."

I had something on my mind, so I asked him carefully what he had seen.

He chuckled and said, "The water is deep but the pool is shallow. There are many turtles in the shallow pool. You are the most valuable turtle in the pool, but you still can't escape the final fate of being slaughtered and made into a bowl of turtle soup."

At that time, I was really angry when this person said I was a turtle.

Now when I think back on his words.

Every word is like a pearl...

Later, I came back once, but I never found this fortune-teller again. After asking around, some people said that he got lung cancer two years ago because he smoked too much and died because he couldn't afford chemotherapy. Others said that this person left Shunde and didn't know where he went.

If I could still meet him now, I would be willing to spend a million yuan to ask this gentleman to calculate another fortune for me.

To calculate whether I, Xiang Yunfeng, can still get married.

To calculate where I should go in the future.