The heavy rain came down quickly.

The sky and the earth were all white, and even the shadows of the trees in front of us could not be seen.

Three people and one cat squeezed into the driver's seat, parked the car and looked at the white land in front of us.

The rain was too loud, and the wind with the smell of soil and rain rushed in with the rain, sweeping away the dullness in the car.

The wind mixed with rain was a bit cold. Xia Maomao huddled in his brother's arms, "Meow."

Xia Huoqu hugged him tightly, looked at the rain outside, and raised his voice a little, "I don't know how long it will take for the rain to stop."

Yan Xinian said, "It's a summer rainstorm, it won't last long."

Xia Huoqu looked worried, "I don't know if it will rain in the base. The cement in the hydropower station hasn't dried yet. It's a bit dangerous to rain so hard."

"Not really." Yan Xinian said, "If it's really dangerous, they will find a way."

Yan Xinian and Xia Huoqu discussed things in the base.

This sound mixed with the sound of rain was very hypnotic. Xia Maomao listened to it and fell asleep soon.

The rain outside was getting lighter and lighter. The truck was back on the road, shaking and driving forward.

Xia Maomao had a very refreshing sleep. When he woke up, he found that he had been transferred to Kong Zhi's arms. His brother was driving beside him, and Yan Xinian was taking a nap on the back of the seat.

His brother glanced at him with the corner of his eye, "Are you awake?"

He stepped on Kong Zhi's legs, stretched his waist hard, raised his head and greeted his brother: "Meow."

The rain was still falling outside, but it was very light and turned into a drizzle.

The sky was blue with a rainbow hanging in it.

The truck drove over the plants, and the puddles on the side of the road reflected the blue sky, yellow clouds and green trees.

Looking at the horizon again, the sun was almost close to the top of the mountain and was about to set.

Xia Lunong finally understood why his brother asked him if he was awake. It turned out that he had slept for most of the day.

This sleep was so comfortable that Xia Lunong felt refreshed and even wanted to turn back into a human.

His paws moved in small steps on Kong Zhi's legs, holding Kong Zhi's clothes in his mouth, "Meow?"

"What do you want to say?" Kong Zhi took the notebook and pen from the control console and gave them to him, letting him write.

Xia Lunong held the pen in his mouth: I can turn back

. Kong Zhi read out the words for him.

Xia Huoqu said: "Feel it for a while first. Just because you feel better after waking up doesn't mean you can always feel better."

"Meow."

Xia Huoqu took the time to look at him, "If you really feel it's okay, you can turn back when we get to the camp."

After hearing this, Xia Lunong curled up obediently on Kong Zhi's legs.

It rained too hard today. They were delayed for a long time on the road and could not finish the journey as planned. They could not reach the planned resting place and could only make a detour to go to another village.

Summer Cat kept looking outside.

They left the base and headed northwest. There were relatively fewer mountains here, and most of the area was large plains.

Before the catastrophe, the roadside should have been ordinary farmland. Even though it was now overgrown with weeds and shrubs, it could be seen that both sides were very flat and had obvious traces of cultivation.

I don't know if it was because of the rain or because it was the season for wild flowers to bloom. At this moment, both sides of the road were full of purple-red and purple-blue flowers. The flowers bloomed between the green leaves, forming a sea of ​​flowers.

Summer Cat's glass-like eyes reflected the entire sea of ​​flowers.

He placed his two front paws on the glass, looking very intently, and his two hind legs were standing all the time, and he didn't seem to feel tired.

The truck drove forward all the way and soon drove into an abandoned school.

The school buildings had all collapsed, but the athletic field was still there, and there was also a basketball court next to it, which looked quite flat.

In front of the basketball court should be the flag-raising stand, and the national flag on the stand was still there.

Xia Lunong was attracted by the national flag at first sight, and his eyes were sore.

He stayed on Kong Zhi's legs without moving. Kong Zhi followed his gaze and saw the national flag. He pursed his lips and said nothing.

Xia Huoqu also saw it, and they parked the car and remained silent.

Yan Xinian felt that the atmosphere was not right while half asleep and half awake. He opened his eyes and looked in the direction of their sight. He also saw the national flag, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Xia Huoqu pushed open the car door and said with a sigh, "Get out."

The three of them got out.

Xia Lunong jumped onto the back of the car and changed her clothes among the densely packed crabs.

When they got out again, everyone was still looking at the national flag.

Xia Lunong stood under the national flag, looked at the slightly faded national flag, and stood at attention.

Xia Huoqu and the other two also stood at attention spontaneously.

The four of them were reluctant to look away for a long time.

Xia Huoqu suddenly spoke, and a slightly hoarse voice sounded.

Xia Lunong and the others listened attentively, and were all stunned for a moment - he sang the national anthem softly.

The national anthem was still playing.

Another voice joined in, and the national anthem became a duet.

The remaining two voices rang out at the same time, and the voices of the four people merged into a stream.

The four of them stood under the national flag, saluted the national flag, and sang the national anthem clearly one sentence at a time, choking up as they sang. The setting

sun cast long shadows on their figures.

The mood of the few people was very low that night.

Xia Lunong never turned back into a cat.

The four of them simply cooked noodles to eat, and each of them started to stand guard for two hours to rest.

The only things that disturbed them that night were mosquitoes.

Perhaps there was some power protecting them, and they slept very well with the cool evening breeze as their pillows.

They got up the next day and continued on their journey.

It was a sunny day, but the road conditions were worse than yesterday. The road was full of muddy puddles after the rain, and the car was shaking, which made everyone sick.

What was even more uncomfortable was that because they failed to arrive in Nha Teng as planned, the big crabs in the car were not very active. It was estimated that after two more days of bumpy ride, they would only get a car full of dead crabs.

Yan Xinian looked up at the sky, "The plan can't keep up with the changes, let's find a place to rest first and make this batch of crabs into butter."

Xia Huoqu said while driving, "There is no oil."

They only brought rice and a small amount of oil this time, and there was not enough oil to make butter.

Yan Xinian said, "I'll go catch a wild boar."

Xia Huoqu looked at him, "How can a wild boar be so easy to catch?"

"Is it okay with Kong Zhi here?"

Yan Xinian turned around and gently touched Kong Zhi with his elbow, smiling and asking, "You fly up to the sky to find where there are wild boars?"

Kong Zhi nodded.

Yan Xinian took the map, looked at it carefully, and marked a small village. "Let's change our destination - let's go to Hujiagang to rest tonight. The condition of this place was pretty good when I went there last year, and there were wild boars nearby."

Xia Huoqu was driving the car, looking ahead, and casually said, "I'd better go. I'm better at long-distance raids in beast form."

Yan Xinian was not convinced when he said this. "I'm also good at long-distance raids in beast form. Besides, I still have Kongzhi to help me locate myself. There won't be any problem."

Xia Huoqu didn't argue with him. He drove the car to the designated resting place and only told them, "Go early and come back early."

"Don't worry." Yan Xinian took off his clothes neatly and threw them in the cab. "We'll be back soon."

After that, he turned into a huge white tiger beside the car, sniffed the air, stood and looked in a certain direction. Kong

Zhi quickly turned into a golden eagle, took a few steps, flapped his wings and flew up. He flew high into the sky, circled twice in the air, called out, and flew in a certain direction.

The white tiger followed his figure and shot out like a sharp arrow.

Xia Huoqu watched them leave, got out of the car and said to Xia Lunong, "Come down and move around."

Xia Lunong looked at the backs of the white tiger and the giant eagle with envy. He was too weak, and hunting would never be something he could do.

Hearing his brother's words, he retracted his gaze and lifted his foot. When

his foot was lifted into the air, something jumped out from under the car and rolled up his ankle directly through his pants.

"Ah!" Xia Lunong's eyes widened with fear, and when he looked down, he saw a vine with saw-like edges on its leaves.

The saw teeth cut through his pants, but luckily he had socks on, so his legs weren't cut right away.

He reached for the control panel, wanting to touch the dagger.

His brother looked over, his eyes fixed, and he raised his hand and chopped off the vine.

"It's a weak, non-toxic mutant plant." Xia Huoqu concluded, reaching out to hold him, "Don't worry."

Xia Lunong looked down at his feet with a lingering fear. He had always stayed with his brothers, and he had forgotten that this was a world full of dangers.

Xia Huoqu locked the car door and took him to the back. "First pick out the crabs that are not energetic enough, and then steam them and remove the meat."

"Oh, okay." Xia Lunong took a look, "Shall we find a water source to wash the crabs first?"

"First find firewood, and wash while steaming."

Xia Lunong yawned and looked around.

They stopped at an open space, and there was a collapsed building a few dozen meters away.

If you want to find dry and easy-to-burn firewood, it would be more convenient to find wood directly in the building.

Xia Huoqu thought so too, and took him to walk around the ruins, found some firewood, and came back to make a fire to steam the crabs.

The two of them were in the temporary base, and their work was no easier than Yan Xinian and Kong Zhi who went hunting.

Xia Lunong was so tired that her back and waist ached, and her hands were white from being soaked while washing the crabs.

Fortunately, the results are quite obvious. The crabs next to them are piled up into a small mountain. It can be imagined that when these crabs are removed, a lot of crab meat will be found.

Bald butter has always been a delicacy. I don’t know if the bald butter this time will be replaced. If it is replaced, they can catch more crabs on the way back and make more bald butter to keep at home for daily rice.

Xia Lunong’s mind was thinking about bald butter, and she almost had a beautiful dream.

Xia Huoqu was sitting opposite him. Seeing that he was so sleepy that tears welled up in his eyes, he gently bumped his knee with his knee and said, "If you're tired, go to the car and rest for a while." "

No need." Xia Lunong yawned again, raised her arm and wiped the corner of her eyes, and said, "I'm not very tired, just a little sleepy. Brother, did you hear the sound?"

"Huh?" Xia Huoqu paused.

Xia Huoqu listened carefully. In the evening breeze, the sounds were quite mixed, with birds singing, frogs croaking, and so on. "What sound do you mean?"

Xia Lunong tilted her head and looked at the dusk sky. "It seemed like a beating and dull sound. I'm not sure if it's real. It seemed like an illusion."

Xia Huoqu looked in the direction of his sight. "I didn't hear it, or maybe the sound was too small. Do you feel dangerous?"

Xia Lunong shook her head. "No."

If there was danger, he would have lost his composure.

Xia Huo said: "It's normal to hear any noise in the wild, ignore it, and continue to wash the crabs."

"Oh." Xia Lunong lowered his head and continued to wash. He could already smell the aroma of steamed crabs. He would open two crabs and taste them first. It was time to heat the pot. It would be delicious to fry some crab meat rice in the evening.

Thinking of this, Xia Lunong swallowed his saliva.