Folk Legends: The Water Monkeys (民间怪谈：水猴子)

This story happened when my great grandfather was a child.

The Water Monkey was also called the Water Ghost.

The old folks said that

it was the ghost of the person who drowned.

It was said that before it reincarnated,

it would possess somebody.

In order to keep the village safe,

the villagers

started the sacrifice rituals.

The dead person

turned into the ferocious ghost.

The Water Ghost would show up

and possess the dead body.

One night

my great grandfather

came back from study tours.

That day,

there were four people on the boat.

Uncle Li.

Has that thing showed up

in recent years?

Several years ago,

it scared people for a while.

Later

Master Qian took the lead to donate money

and led us to do the sacrifice.

And it has been in peace

in recent years.

Dad.

I think

that thing is just bluffing.

It's lucky that it didn't meet me.

As long as I see it,

I don't care what it is,

a ghost from the heaven or the hell,

I can make a hole in it with one shot.

No.

The blood moon appears.

There must be a disaster.

Please spare me.

Help me!

Tiedan. Tiedan.

Uncle Li.

Don't kill me.

Watch out.

Come out!

Come out.

It was weird.

That night,

my great grandfather

miraculously survived.

Er Niu.

Er Niu. What's that?

He look fair and clean.

Look at his face.

Isn't him Qiuhsui?

Good. Good.

It's good that he is back.

It's good that he is back.

Qiushui is back.

He left the village

after his father was killed by the Water Ghost.

Right.

That's right.

Why is he back now?

Stay down.

Was the wound on your neck

caused by the Water Monkey?

Yes.

It was caused by the Water Monkey.

Tell us.

What are you doing here

this time?

I came back this time

to be a teacher.

I want to bring the knowledge

into our village.

This is also what Mr. Gao from the provincial capital hopes for me.

He has been supporting me all these years.

I hope

the power of science

will change our Tianshui Village.

Are you telling the truth?

Yes.

Mr. Gao also said

he would donate

100 silver dollars every year

to build a school and buy books

for the children in the village.

Good.

Since this is Mr. Gao's hope

and that you also want to stay,

I have nothing else to say.

Building a school is a good thing.

We will do our best to help.

All right.

I'll talk to the villagers.

We can use

the forage room in the village

as a classroom temporarily.

Good.

Great grandfather thought

he could live a peaceful life.

But since then,

strange things kept happening in the village.

Go. Go.

I told you not to come to the river.

Hurry.

Go.

Go to Mr. Bai's class.

Mom.

Hurry.

Let me perform

a magic show today, OK?

OK.

Mr. Bai.

Why can't the cotton thread be burned out?

Mr. Bai.

You know magic?

How can I know magic?

This is science.

I soaked the cotton thread

in salt water.

When it was dried,

the cotton thread inside was burned.

The salt outside

can't be ignited.

So what you just saw

was just an illusion.

Remember?

Yes.

Mr. Bai.

Can you teach us a song?

OK.

Let's go outside, OK?

Come on.

OK.

Hold your breath for at least 10 minutes.

Otherwise don't get up.

I'm watching the time.

Brat.

You were born by the water.

You can't even do this?

You are making me lose my face.

Dad.

I'm back.

Each family

sends a person

to the ancestral hall.

Tiger, what happened?

You talk too much.

Each family...

Always like this.

Are you chasing by a wolf?

Go to the ancestral hall.

Will they ask us to donate money again?

The Water Ghost is here to kill us again.

Right.

My husband. -What should we do?

You died so miserably.

Everyone, listen to me.

The Water Monkey can be dealt with.

It's afraid of gunshots.

I survived because of that.

It was because your gunshots irritated it

that he came to revenge.

Take him out and offer him to the Water Monkey.

Take him out.

Offer him to the Water Monkey.

Offer him to the Water Monkey.

Offer him to the Water Monkey.

Take him out.

Dad.

What era is it now?

If we still sacrifice a living person,

what is the difference between us and the bandits?

If you want to sacrifice someone,

sacrifice me.

You.

Chieftain.

Do something.

Two people died in one day.

The people in Tianshui Village

are not enough to feed the Water Monkey.

Right. -Right.

Do something.

The

Water Monkey is the evilest thing.

There is Yin and Yang across the world.

To restrain the Water Monkey,

we must

find the five auspicious beasts that represent

immortality, athanasia, reincarnation, Yin Yang, and killing,

within five days.

So that

we can protect Tianshui Village.

What are those?

What are those?

These five auspicious beasts are

Yin Yang Tai Chi Turtle,