The setting sun is still like a fireball, scorching the earth.

The dry earth cracked with cracks like spider webs, extending into the distance with no end in sight.

Looking close to the horizon, the scorched black ground reflected layers of swaying white light, and Akira's eyes felt dry and stinging.

There were no leaves on the trees on the ground, and even the bark was missing a layer, leaving only the bare trunks, hanging there powerlessly.

There was a corpse lying underneath the tree trunk. The surface of the corpse was red, and the face was dry and peeling. It looked like a mummy, but thick corpse oil was flowing from underneath the corpse and seeping into the cracked ground.

Xiang Ci opened the lid on her head and saw this image when she stretched out her head. She licked her chapped and peeling lips and squinted her eyes slightly to look at the nine golden crow suns gathered together.

No matter how hungry or thirsty she was, she had to wait until the sun had absolutely set before she could go out.

Otherwise, if she goes out now, she will be turned into a mummy on the ground in a short while.

Finally, the sun completely set, and the earth was still scorching hot, but Xiang Ci didn't dare to stay any longer, so he quickly climbed out and rushed towards the mountain behind the village.

At this moment, a drooling, skinny hungry wolf rushed out of the mountain.

The hungry wolf rushed toward Xiang Ci fiercely, biting down on her thin neck with its wide-open teeth.

"what!"

Xiang Ci sat up straight and gasped for air. His face was as pale as gold paper, and sweat kept flowing on his forehead.

She had another nightmare!

The scene is different every time. It seems to be connected, but it seems that it cannot be connected. It is weird and weird.

Thinking back to the dream just now, Xiang Ci really felt as if he hadn't drank water for a long time, and his throat was so thirsty that smoke was rising.

She hurriedly reached out to pick up the water she had prepared on the table last night, and drank it in one gulp.

The cold water on her belly made her feel less like being roasted by nine suns, and her pounding and panicked heart slowly calmed down at this time.

This dream is so strange. How could the sun become so hot, as if it was about to burn?

"Oh oh oh..." The rooster crows, and it's almost dawn.

Xiang Ci clutched the clothes on her chest and looked out the window. A little bird landed on the window and chirped at her, cheerful and joyful.

"Xiao Ci, are you having nightmares again? Mom, will you come with me?" Cui's concerned voice came from outside the door.

In the past few days, I knew that Xiaoci would have nightmares. She slept very lightly and would run to him when he heard her voice.

Xiang Ci quickly stopped: "No need."

She finally managed to get a room by herself. Even if it was a utility room, it was better than a thirteen-year-old girl sleeping in a room with her parents.

Ms. Cui hesitated and said, "Okay, that's okay."

Xiang Ci lost sleep as she listened to Cui's leaving footsteps. She got up, got dressed and went to the yard, where she saw the light of firewood in the kitchen.

My mother and my second aunt are busy preparing breakfast for the whole family, but my third aunt is not here.

Xiang Ci looked back at the closed door of her third aunt's house, and without saying anything, she went straight out of the yard and walked on the path in the village.

The population of this small mountain village is not very large. There are fifty-six households. Calculated as ten people per household, there are almost six hundred people.

There are more than 600 people in a big village, not to mention that Xiangjia Village only has one surname, no outsiders, and the whole village is very united.

But also very poor.

Xiang Ci pulled off a piece of foxtail grass and held it weakly, pretending that it hurt people.

"Hey, isn't this Xiaoci, the granddaughter of Liangzi's family?" An old man with a white beard holding a pipe in his mouth and a cane came towards him, looking at Xiang Ci with a smile.

Xiang Ci saw the person coming clearly and immediately shouted obediently: "Hello Zuzu!"

Zuzu is the great ancestor, that is, grandpa’s grandpa.

The Zuzu in front of her was the highest-ranking person in the village. She only called Zuzu according to her seniority, not her biological great-great-grandfather.

Mr. Xiang laughed loudly: "You are such a well-behaved girl. Does your head still hurt?"

Xiang Ci touched the back of his head and shook his head, feeling extremely embarrassed: "It doesn't hurt anymore, it's already scabbed."

This is the source of her journey. The original person and her friends went up the mountain to collect firewood. They slipped and fell down the slope, hit a rock, and disappeared.

After staying up all night to catch up on the new drama and getting ready for class, she ran on the road, stepped on a banana peel and fell backwards, with a thud... When she woke up again, she became the Xiang Ci she is now.

Xiang Lao touched Xiang Ci's head: "Ancestor touches it, and all diseases will go away. Next time, let those boys collect firewood, but don't go. Those boys should do the work, you know?"

Xiang Ci narrowed his eyes and smiled: "I listen to Zuzu."

"Good boy, let's go play. Stop running up the mountain and just wander around the village, you know?" Mr. Xiang's face was kind and amiable.

Xiang Ci nodded and looked at his good health. He obviously didn't need crutches, but his ancestors who were holding crutches walked far away, and then murmured softly: "Xiang Deshou, what a good name, the longest-lived and highest-ranking one in the village."

This is what happens in a village with a surname. When the person with the highest seniority appears, the whole village has to bow their heads.

When paying New Year greetings, the first family to pay homage is the senior clan elder in the village.

The genealogy of Xiangjiacun is ranked with "De, loyalty, righteousness, benevolence, trust, etiquette, filial piety, respect, humility and humility".

Boys will be named with whichever character they rank in the ranking, while girls will not be named with the character in the ranking.

If asked about your ranking, just mention the names of your brothers and you will know which ranking this girl is in.

Xiang Ci's eldest brother is called Xiang Xinsong, so Xiang Ci's name is Xin.

In the village, her ranking is very high, there are only a few, and the others are all low ranking.

The ancestor just now was named De, and he was the only one in the village, with six generations living under the same roof.

"Little porcelain aunt!"

Xiang Ci, who was thinking about something, secretly gritted his teeth after hearing this address, and looked at the visitor with a smile on his face: "What's the matter, Xiao Zai?"

Six-year-old Xiang Ti is here, holding a sickle and a small basket that fits perfectly. He is cute and silly: "I am going to cut the grass for my little rabbit to eat, and it has lost weight."

They rely on mountains to eat and water to eat. In addition to farming, most of the villagers in the village hunt in the mountains to supplement their family income.

Xiang Ti's father brought a nest of gray rabbits to the mountain some time ago and gave them to Xiang Ti to play with.

This child was particularly fond of rabbits. Every day at dawn, he would carry the small basket his parents had made for him to cut grass to feed the rabbits.

Xiang Ci, an elder who was only thirteen years old, imitated Xiang Lao and touched Xiang Tizai's head: "You are so good, little Zai, but you know, we grow taller when we sleep. If you don't sleep more, you will He won’t grow taller.”

This is a blessing from my great aunt, my child, accept it.

Xiang Ti looked horrified: "Then will I become shorter?"

"No." Xiang Ci smiled, "Now go back to sleep, and wait until dawn when your parents call you, then get up and mow the rabbit's grass."

Xiang Ti ran back quickly: "Okay, I'll go home and sleep now."

Xiang Ci looked at Xiang Ti running back with a smile on her face. Suddenly, in front of her eyes, a green snake jumped out of the grass and bit Xiang Ti Zai's ankle.

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