Chapter 26: Fire
When Cui Jiayin entered the door, she heard Li instruct Xiangjun to ask the little monk in the kitchen to cook a few bowls of hot ginger soup, she hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Zhu, and said to Li: "Second aunt, don't count my share." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Cui Jiashan sat next to Li, and smiled at her when he heard the words, Cui Jiayin is well-known for being afraid of hardship in the house, but he refuses to eat anything that is stained with some bitterness, and he doesn't know how much effort Lu put into drinking medicine a few days ago.
Cui Jiayin was stunned, but thinking of the strange taste of ginger soup, he still planned to be cheeky and grind it.
The second aunt is soft-hearted, so she won't stop like her mother who has to watch her drink the brown bitter medicine in the bowl without falling to the ground.
Unexpectedly, Li Shi was not so easy to speak, she smiled and said, "Don't coax me, if you are sick, your grandmother and mother may not complain about me!"
Cui Jiayin heard Li's refusal, and looked at Li with a bitter face, wanting her to change her mind.
Seeing her like this, Li couldn't cry or laugh: "Pinch your nose and drink it, it's over, where is it so sad?"
Cui Jiashan said seriously: "Mother, don't you know, that ginger soup is not only unpleasant, but also unpleasant! Pinch your nose, what should you do with the taste in your mouth?"
Cui Jiayin: "...... "Sister, you really can't hear me, are you making fun of me?"
After Cui Jiashan finished speaking, he couldn't hold back and laughed first, Li was helpless, and said to Cui Jiayin: "Don't pay attention to your sister, you still have to drink ginger soup, in case you have a headache and brain fever in the back of this negligence, isn't it bitter for yourself?" Seeing Cui Jiayin's bitter face, she coaxed again: "When I go home tomorrow, the second aunt will let someone send Chen Ji's pear blossom cake, okay?" I remember that you didn't shout to eat it some time ago?"
Chen Ji's pastries are famous, the most famous is the pastries made of various seasonal flowers, Cui Jiayin's favorite Chen Kee's pear blossom cake, a crystal clear piece, pear blossoms can be seen in it, so people are reluctant to eat when they see it. Because Cui Jia was cold, Lu never asked her to eat more, so she had such a deep obsession with pear blossom cake.
I remember the last time I ate pear blossom cake...... Cui Jiayin pursed her lips and complained: "I blame my mother! A few days ago, my grandmother asked her to buy some snacks from her family, and it was easy to get a little bit, and my mother only left me a piece of ......."
The pitiful expression amused the room of people, and Li smiled and said, "You, you, if your mother knows that you are not serious, she will punish you for copying books." ”
"Then don't tell your mother about the second aunt!" Cui Jiayin also smiled, "That aunt, if you give pear blossom cake, you must remember to do it quietly, otherwise your mother will accept it again." ”
Li Shi promised again and again: "Okay, okay, it's all up to you, okay?"
"Mother, what about me?" Cui Jiashan also stepped forward to make fun and asked.
"Don't even think about it. Li suddenly grimaced.
Cui Jiashan didn't give up: "Why, mother, if you hurt Ah Heng, you won't hurt me!"
"If you want to eat, go find your sister!" said Lee.
Xiangyi interjected with a smile and quipped: "Mrs. is distressed about the silver! Girl, if you eat with the ninth girl, won't you save the price of a box of pear blossom cakes?"
Li smiled and said, "Tell you to talk a lot." ”
Xiangyi smiled and begged for mercy: "Mrs., don't blame the slave!"
Li looked at Cui Jiayin and Cui Jiashan who were making a mess with a smile, and couldn't help but be pleased.
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After eating at Li's place, Cui Jiayin returned to his room, kneeling on the futon and reciting the scriptures for a day today, he was really tired, and he lay on the bed and fell asleep after a little washing.
When Cheng Bi, who was on duty at night, woke her up, she was still sleepy-eyed, looking ignorant that she didn't know what was going on.
The smell of burning came, Cui Jiayin suddenly woke up, she saw the flames rising from outside, spreading at a very fast speed, and in a short time, the paper pasted on the doors and windows was burned, and the tongue of fire jumped in from the lattice on the door from time to time with a wave of heat.
Cheng Bi's face was pale, her voice trembled, and she was almost about to cry: "Girl, this ...... What are we going to do? The doors and windows are closed tightly, how are we going to get out of such a big fire?" he coughed twice.
Such a big fire, even if it is not burned to death, will be choked to death by smoke.
Cui Jiayin made a decision, wet the handkerchief with the tea on the table, handed it to Cheng Bi, and wet another piece herself, she covered her mouth and nose, and said in a muffled voice: "Do as I do, don't take it off." ”
Cheng Bi nodded, Cui Jiayin looked at the water in the tea cup, and was anxious, such a little water couldn't do anything.
What to do? How is she going to get out?
She looked at the small chair next to her, and then at the increasingly prosperous firelight, looked around, and finally focused on a window that seemed to be a little weaker because of the emptiness, she pursed her lips, and said to Cheng Bi with a frightened face: "Cheng Bi, you and I together, take the chair and smash that place hard!"
Cui Jiayin and Cheng Bi inside were anxious, and the Li family outside was also anxious.
The fire was burning from Cui Jiayin's side, and when they smelled a peculiar smell, Li and Cui Jiashan hurriedly escaped with the help of Xiangjun and others, and they only had time to put on a coat, scatter their hair, and pull their shoes, so they were not embarrassed.
Before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief for their escape, they heard Cui Jiashan ask: "Where is the ninth sister?
Everyone subconsciously looked into Cui Jiayin's room.
The doors and windows were closed tightly, and there was no trace of coming out at all.
When he saw Zhu Deng, he cried urgently, and shouted inside: "Girl, girl, Cheng Bi! Wake up, come out quickly!"
There was not a sound inside, only the occasional crackling sound of burning wood.
At this critical juncture, Li still maintained his due calm, and quickly but methodically ordered: "Xiangjun, hurry up and invite the host and the masters to come over, Xiangyi, you go and gather those accompanying families, Jiashan Qingping, you go with me to carry water, and extinguish the fire as soon as possible." ”
When everyone got the order, they moved quickly, and no one dared to slack off, they knew that if Cui Jiayin died inside, they would definitely have no way to live.
Suddenly there was a sound of banging on the window from inside, Li Shi was overjoyed, there was a voice that was still alive, she hurriedly rushed inside: "Ah Heng, don't be afraid, you wait a little longer!" He turned his head to Qingping who was pestle and said, "Go quickly!"
Qingping sighed, and hurriedly ran to the place where the water tank was put in the yard, picked up the small wooden bucket next to it and prepared to scoop the water, but found that there was no water in the water tank.
She shouted at Li, "Madam, there is no water in the tank, what should I do?"
When Qingping shouted, Li Shi chuckled in his heart, and sure enough, the lack of water in the water tank was tantamount to a thunderbolt on a sunny day for Li and them, and the drizzle at the moment was of no use to the fire, on the contrary, the wind that blew from time to time always stirred up the fire.
Seeing that the fire was getting worse, Li gritted his teeth and said, "Qingping, go to the well and get me a bucket of water!"