The 45th Soul Flag

  In August, on the Jade Dragon Mountain, the grass was still green and the leaves were lush, but many delicious wild fruits had ripened, such as small sour dates, each one looked like a agate, with a sweet and sour taste. Zhao Yang picked some for Chen Xi and put them in her small bag; also, there were wild grapes that looked like black pearls, they were not big, the skin was thick, but the fragrance was overwhelming, Zhao Yang also picked a few clusters for her.

  Among them, the most delicious is a kind of wild peach. This wild peach, because it has not been pruned, bears fruit all over the tree, and its size is naturally much smaller, probably just a little bigger than an apricot.

  At the same time, this wild peach is covered with peach fuzz, but now the wild peaches are ripe and can be washed off by gently rubbing them in water. After washing off the peach fuzz, each one looks like a lady with powder on her face, with a strong peach fragrance that makes people want to swallow it whole!

  Watching Chen Xi eat sweetly, Zhao Yang took out his camera and took a photo of her. And under the tree shade beside them, Dong Hai's lingering soul was also smiling as he watched.

  It's about time, Zhao Yang put the morning dew in the bamboo basket behind him and walked down the mountain. She also wore a flower hat made of soft branches of jasmine on her head.

  As soon as she arrived at the door, Sun Zhenxiang, who had been waiting there, came up to hug Chen Xue down and said with a heartache when he saw her sweaty face: "Xue Xue, are you heatstroke? Stay home tomorrow!"

  Xiaoxi held her flower hat with one hand to prevent it from falling off, shaking her head at the same time. Sun Zhenxiang said again: "Xiaoxi's flower hat is really beautiful!"

  "Morning twilight chuckled and said: 'It was Uncle who compiled it!'"

  Sun Zhenxiang wiped down Chen Xiu's body with warm water, and changed into a small T-shirt and seven-minute pants that she had brought from the Yellow Sea. Chen Xiu's innocent and lovely appearance made her love it even more, while Zhao Yang took the opportunity to take a photo of them.

  After lunch, Zhao Yang had to return to the orchard, and Chen Xi also followed him back.

  "Xixi, look, it's so hot outside with the big sun. Why don't we stay home?"

  Chen Xi pulled Zhao Yang's hand and said softly: "There is Uncle's embroidered flower hat!"

  Sun Zhenxiang turned to Zhao Yang and said, "You don't have to come back this afternoon, so as not to let Xixi suffer from the heat!" Then she said to Zhao Bingxing, "Later, you send the bones to Xiao Hei!"

  As soon as she heard the words "Little Black", Chen Xi shook Zhao Yang's hand and said, "Uncle, I want to go see the big dog! And the big rooster!"

  "Good, Grandma will take you to see the big dog and the rooster!"

  Xiao Hei is now over 90 cm tall, and even taller with his head, while Chen Xi is only a little over 90 cm. She had never seen such a tall and sturdy dog before, so she was a bit scared when she saw Xiao Hei.

  Little Hei wagged its tail and followed into the house, but as soon as it entered, it lowered its body and let out a low growl in the direction to the right of Chen Xi, which scared Chen Xi so much that her face turned pale!

  Sun Zhenxiang shouted at Xiao Hei: "Xiao Hei, this is Xiaoxi, you are not allowed to be fierce with her from now on! Why don't you listen?"

  The direction Xiao Hei was facing was exactly where Dong Hai's soul appeared! Folk legend has it that dogs, cats, and horses can see souls, looks like there's some truth to it!

  Zhao Yang stroked Xiao Hei's head with his hand, and Xiao Hei looked at him with some confusion in his eyes, then relaxed, but still gazed warily in that direction.

  Maybe being scared by Xiao Hei, Chen Xi fell asleep in a while, Sun Zhenxiang carried her to the bed in the west room and slept, Zhao Yang returned to the east room and continued to study "The Book of Life and Death".

  Soon, the text on the book slowly disappeared from his eyes, and the first scene emerged in his mind: still Xīyángzi standing in front of the window painting with a brush, outside the window were people of all colors, behind him was a black lacquered door half hidden in the air, and behind the door were many silhouettes.

  Since he couldn't understand the content behind it, Zhao Yang carefully studied the things on the first painting.

  In fact, for the things on this screen, Zhao Yang has already remembered every detail clearly, but what he wants is to enter that state of mind, which may be his way of understanding the content afterwards.

  Through past experience, Zhao Yang first focused his attention on Xiao Yaozi's side, wanting to get close and see what he was writing or drawing, but he soon discovered that Xiao Yaozi's behavior seemed to be just a statement, without hiding any profound meaning.

  Apart from this, the most mysterious thing in the painting is that black door!

  Zhao Yang focused his mind, and at first, he didn't feel anything. After a while, he felt a chill run down his spine, and an eerie coolness seeped out! This coolness clearly didn't feel cold in terms of temperature, but it seemed to be able to freeze his mind solid!

  Zhao Yang pulled his mind back, pulling it far away until he couldn't feel the coolness anymore. He continued to observe the door, and slowly, the blackness inside began to churn like clouds, as if something was appearing inside!

  But just then, Zhao Yang suddenly heard Chen Xiu say in a frightened tone: "Grandma..." Then came Sun Zhenxiang's loud scolding voice: "You dare, I'll beat you to death!"

  Zhao Yang suddenly woke up, the page in front of him was about to turn over and fell back. He looked out the window and saw Sun Zhenxiang picking up a branch from the ground to hit Xiao Hong.

  Zhao Yang walked out and asked: "Mom, what's wrong?"

  Sun Zhenxiang said with a mix of anger and amusement, "Look at this chicken you've raised, it's become so clever! Just now when Chen Xi was playing with it and fed it some peanuts, it actually ran out to catch a scorpion for Little Xi!"

  Little Red had a black scorpion in her mouth, tilted her head to look at Chen Xi, wanting to walk over, but Sun Zhenxiang was holding a branch in between. However, she didn't leave even when Sun Zhenxiang made a gesture to hit her with the branch, as if she insisted on delivering the scorpion to Chen Xi before giving up!

  Zhao Yang smiled and took out a bowl from the house, handing it to Chen Xiu, saying: "You go get it, Uncle has made you something delicious!"

  Morning light timidly held out a bowl and stretched it over, little red mouth relaxed and the scorpion was put into the bowl.

  Sun Zhenxiang hastily reached out to take the bowl, afraid that Chen Xiu would accidentally touch it. This scorpion had a thin body and a thick tail, and was a male scorpion. If it were to sting someone, even an adult wouldn't be able to bear the pain, let alone a delicate little girl?

  Zhao Yang said: "A little less, Xiaoxi, let your Little Red catch a few more for you!"

  Chen Xiu took out a few more peanuts from her pocket and placed them in front of Xiao Hong. Xiao Hong lowered her head to eat, then raised it and walked towards the door.

  Zhao Yang hugged Chen Xue and followed behind, Sun Zhenxiang scolded: "You just go ahead and be foolish!"

  Xiao Hong walked ahead, leading Zhao Yang and the others to a slope about one meter high with grass growing on it. The slope was composed of soil and stones, with cracks running across its surface.

  Little Red stretched out her beak and pecked at it a few times, then used her claws to pull it down from top to bottom.

  Zhao Yang had caught scorpions when he was a kid and knew that this kind of environment was indeed where scorpions liked to hide. He put down the Morning Dew, then kicked it with one foot, and a large piece of rubble fell down. As soon as the rubble stopped falling, seventeen or eighteen scorpions appeared before them!

  Zhao Yang burst out laughing and said: "We've reached the wasp's nest! Now Xiaoxi will have a mouthful of good fortune!"

  He took the bowl from Sun Zhenxiang's hand and directly pinched it. His speed was extremely fast, and he pinched the last two or three sections of the scorpion's tail, which couldn't sting him at all.

  Leave the big-bellied mother scorpion and half-grown scorpions, a total of twelve were caught in this nest. Then Zhao Yang poked around again from the side and caught seven or eight more, saying: "Enough, let's go!"

  Take out the alcohol stove bought in college, wash it clean, and put the scorpions that have been treated with salt water inside to deep-fry. Soon, the golden fried scorpions are done.

  Sun Zhenxiang and others handed over a scorpion to Chenxue after it had cooled down.

  Chen Xi was a little scared, and while keeping an eye on Zhao Yang, she closed her mouth and retreated backwards.

  Zhao Yang smiled and picked one up to take a big bite. The fried scorpion was crispy and fragrant, but it was an unforgettable delicacy that couldn't be had often!

  Chen Xi saw it and didn't hide anymore, slightly opening her mouth to take a small bite, feeling that it was similar to the cicada turtle given by Zhao Yang, but the skin was even thinner and crisper!

  Chen Xi ate one, and Sun Zhenxiang gave her another one.

  Fried foods are not easy to digest, after Dawn ate five, Zhao Yang didn't let her eat anymore, the remaining ones were given to Sun Zhenxiang to eat five, others rewarded Xiao Hong, and Xiao Hei also got two, but just enough to fill his teeth!

  At night, Zhao Yang was alone in the orchard studying the middle volume of "The Book of Life and Death". He finally saw the second painting: In that dark and shiny big gate, a black square platform made of unknown materials appeared. On the platform stood a large flagpole, tall and straight, with a dark yellow color, but the flag was bright red like blood!

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