My name is Xie Lan. I am 27 years old this year. I was born in a small mountain village called Baiwu Village on the Yellow River. There is also a brother one year older than me, who has already gotten married and started a family.

My family was poor. Ten years ago, my father asked my brothers to do multiple-choice questions, whether to get married or go to school.

I was very angry at that time and insisted on using knowledge to change my destiny. I secretly laughed at my brother for being useless. If there is anything good about rural women, they will reach the peak of their lives and win the rich and beautiful women.

Later, my fate was indeed changed by knowledge.

When I was a child, a fortune teller said that I could become a father when I was a woman with a peach blossom eyebrow and a woman's fate was 20 years old.

Now I am twenty-seven years old and I am still a bachelor. I am drifting in Guangdong until I lose contact. I have no shame to return home during the Chinese New Year.

A true example of knowledge changing destiny.

During the Chinese New Year this year, my father called me to go home for the Chinese New Year. Looking at the thousands of dollars I had finally saved in my bank card, I sighed in my heart. My parents are old, and even if I have no shame, I should go back and take a look.

I arrived at home on the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month. The next day after I arrived, the old white ghost from the village next door came to me sinisterly.

This is not the first time that Bai Laogui has been looking for me. He has been thinking about me since I was in high school. After I graduated from third-rate university, he has come to me again.

Our area is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and is also at the mouth of the hanging river. There are often floating corpses flowing down from the upper reaches in the water. This Bai Lao Gui is a legendary corpse fisherman.

It is certain that you can make money by catching a corpse. The starting price for a commoner is 5,000 yuan, and it can be tens of thousands of yuan for the city’s guests. Although the bride price in rural areas is high now, if I follow Bai Laogui for a few years, I will not have to worry about not having money to marry a wife, but the premise is that someone dares to marry.

Whoever wants to bury the corpse-snatch the corpse is destined to be lonely for a lifetime?

I was so angry from the bottom of my heart when I saw the old man Bai. If I hadn't allowed him to enter a few years ago, but now I am poor and have a short ambition, and my mind is full of money.

So I asked him, there are many people in the countryside who want to eat the bowl of corpse-catching people, so why do they always pester me and fight with me?

"The corpse-fishing man is the rice bowl that the King of the Yellow River can enjoy. Not everyone can do it. You were born on the ninth day of the first lunar month. The old calendar says that the Nine Dragons control the water, and they are born to be the material for the corpse-fishing man."

"Get out of here, you are the material for corpse fishermen, your whole family is the material for corpse fishermen." I was so angry that I cursed.

I scolded Bai Laogui and smiled, and didn't get angry.

In fact, there is a saying that Nine Dragons control water. As the saying goes, if there are too many dragons, it will not rain. People who catch up with this fate will not suffer from water disasters in their lives.

And I am not only the Nine Dragons governing the water, but also a rare pure yang life, and I am born with a yin spirit to avoid it.

I am really qualified to eat the bowl of rice for the corpse-shooter, but who cares about this bowl of rice?

I used to be not interested, but now I need to make money.

Seeing my parents' gray hair, I think about it again when I am so old, I am still wandering without any stability. I am afraid that they can't even raise their heads in the village.

The local girl who caught the corpse is unwilling to marry, but if I really have money and I can't get married, I'm afraid I won't be able to find a woman to get married?

When Bai Laogui saw that I was moved, he gave me a few cups of yellow soup. I took advantage of the fact that I had three points of alcohol and said that I would go to report to him when the Chinese New Year.

Retrieving corpses is a taboo business. My mother didn't want to do it at first and asked my father to persuade me, but my father opened his mouth for a long time and didn't say a word.

I don't blame him for this. In the past few years of working in Guangzhou, I have always been holding a sense of resentment. I have spent as much as I earn, and my father's heart has been hurt. In his eyes, even if I follow Bai Lao Gui to catch the corpse, it is much better than working in Guangzhou.

After spending the New Year at home, I walked up to the river embankment with the chilly wind and snow.

The Yellow River has flood seasons all year round. At this time, the ice flood has passed the Taohong River. Standing on the river bank, looking at the Yellow River from afar, it is winding and twisting like an eel with bones drained.

The corpse-hunter does not live with ordinary people. Bai Laogui built a small farmyard on the river bank. He lived there all year round except for the New Year and the New Year.

I got up late, and it was already noon when Bai Laogui lived.

From a distance, I saw a figure standing outside the iron door of Bai Laogui. When I approached, I found that it was a young woman in red.

I don’t know how long I have been standing outside the door, but my clothes are covered with tiny snow particles.

The woman has a delicate appearance, a beautiful nose, a beautiful mouth, a picture-like look. I have never seen a woman with such a beautiful face without makeup, and I was stunned for a moment.

I was looking at her, and she was looking at me too. She didn't avoid suspicion at all, just staring at me so hotly.

When the eyes meet, I am the one who defeated the battle first.

"Are you here to find the old man Bai?" I asked embarrassedly.

The woman shook her head, and her big, seductive eyes were still staring at me.

I couldn't stand being watched by her, so I turned around and started to pound the door.

"Hey, you're here to report. Let's go in and warm up." After the door opened, the old ghost in Bai greeted warmly.

I was a little surprised. I was not the only one outside, so why didn’t Bai Laogui say hello to that woman?

Unexpectedly, when I looked back, there was nothing behind me.

"Uncle Bai, have you seen a woman standing behind me?" I was shocked and asked Bai Lao Gui quickly.

"Woman? How can I have any women here? Xie Lan, you kid are crazy about women, right?"

Seeing that Bai Laogui's expression didn't look fake, was it because I was dazzled just now?

I began to look for the footprints left by the girl. The snow had not yet subsided, and the footprints were definitely still there after the person left.

However, to my surprise, nothing was left outside the door except for the new marks made by my cowhide boots.

"What are you thinking about?" Bai Laogui urged to see that I was reluctant to enter the door.

"No, Uncle Bai, I just saw a woman in red standing at your doorstep."

"Xie Lan, don't scare uncle. You can eat randomly and not talk nonsense. This is the most yin energy at noon." Bai Laogui said with his eyes wide.

There are two most common moments of sneakyness in the day, one is midnight and the other is noon.

Everyone knows that the yin energy is the heaviest at midnight. Although the yang energy reaches its peak at noon, it is because the yang pole produces yin, which is the most prosperous time in the day.

There is a saying that we don’t go out at noon, because we are afraid of causing trouble.

Bai Laogui's words made me suspicious, but I was not too confused about this matter. I smiled and followed Bai Laogui into the house.

Since I dared to eat the bowl of corpse-shooting people, I was ready to cause dirty things. Anyway, my horoscope is strong enough. If I really violate Yang Ji, the one who will get into trouble first will be Bai Lao Gui, not me.

There are three houses in Bai Laogui's yard, one big house and a kitchen, one use room and one bedroom.

At this time, a tin stove was burning in the big house, a pot of sorghum wine, which was made of local specialty products, and roasted chicken, cured fish, and dried tofu peanuts were placed on the table.

I didn't eat breakfast, so I was really hungry now. I looked at the table full of delicious dishes and started to eat and drink happily.

While eating and drinking, I listened to Bai Laogui telling me the rules and taboos of corpse-catching people.

Originally, I thought that corpse fishing people tested their courage and appetite at most, because timids dare not catch them, and those with shallow stomachs are prone to vomiting.

After hearing Bai Laogui's words, I realized that this bowl of rice is not delicious and is also a life-long business.

There are many kinds of corpses in the Yellow River, the most common of which are floating corpses.

After a person dies, the body will float from the water within three or five days. The male corpse leans down and the female corpse is facing up.

This is a natural iron law, formed according to the physiological structure of men and women.

If a male corpse faces up or a female corpse faces down, such a corpse cannot be caught. This is not called a corpse, but a corpse evil.

The corpse evil is because the resentment in the corpse has not yet dissipated. If you accidentally catch such a corpse, you will seek justice for the ghost. If you fail to complete it, you will be entangled by the resentful spirit.

In addition to floating corpses, there is also a kind of vertical corpse in the Yellow River.

The corpse is standing upright in the water, occasionally exposed to its head. This kind of corpse is mostly a main thing, which means it is targeted by the kappa or the monkey in the water.

People who catch corpses usually don’t go to catch corpses, unless they are able to do so.

"Xie Lan, don't be afraid. I have been in this business for twenty years. I have almost seen almost all the things in the Yellow River except the Queen of the Yellow River. I don't know how many water monkeys have slaughtered."

Seeing that I was so serious that Bai Laogui was afraid that I would give up and quickly patted his chest to make a promise, but he didn't know that when I heard him mention the Yellow River Empress, I immediately became energetic.

When I was in middle school, there was a text called Ximen Bao, which talked about He Bo's marriage. The so-called Yellow River Empress is the partner of He Bo's marriage.

In the old society, people usually sacrificed live sheep and cattle to worship the King of the Yellow River, and the most terrifying one was the sacrifice of living people.

When choosing a yellow girl who is not married, you must have a good appearance and good figure, and you must also be able to sing songs. You can wrap your body with red silk cloth and brush it with tung oil to sink it to the bottom of the river.

Although the Yellow River Queen is also a ghost, she is a rare beauty.

Death without marriage has a broken heart, so the folk stories about the Yellow River Queen are mostly related to the relationship between men and women.

"Uncle Bai, is there a Yellow River Queen in the Yellow River now?" I asked.

"The modern world has changed, and the King of the Yellow River may be gone, but the Queen of the Yellow River is a living person and is regarded as a sacrifice. She died unjustly and will not be involved in the Heavenly Way. It should still be there."

"What's the point of this Yellow River Queen? What if I encounter it?"

"Don't worry, we can't meet you. The four generations of my Bai family have never seen the Yellow River Queen."

"There are exceptions in everything, what if I encounter it?" I was unwilling to continue asking.

"Hehe, it's easy to get along if you really meet it. Just marry me for a few years. Apart from not being able to have children, you can do anything else, which will allow you to enjoy endless happiness."
Chapter completed!