Chapter Seventy-Eight: A Warehouse Fire
Yun Qilan was awakened by a nightmare in the middle of the night, and when she opened her eyes, a firelight seeped in from the window. She hurriedly got out of bed and rushed out of the door in a panic. Looking at the direction of the fire, it should be the warehouse, so she quickly called out to the employees in the dormitory.
When everyone heard that there was a fire in the warehouse, they quickly got up. For a while, pots and pans went into battle to extinguish the fire. However, seeing that the breeze was protruding and the fire was spreading, Yun Qilan began to be restless. Fang Zhuo had something to do and handed over the matter here to her, if the inventory in the warehouse was destroyed, then how could she explain to Fang Zhuo? Such a dereliction of duty will make her deeply blame herself.
"Water, isn't there another well? Go fetch water, fetch water! Let's all do our best! Otherwise, the tea factory will have no income, our jobs will be lost, and life will become difficult. ”
Yun Qilan is encouraging everyone to do their best to extinguish the fire, of course, these words are also true. During the period of the Republic of China, when internal and external troubles were relatively backward in all aspects, many people lived a life of hunger and precariousness. In Fang Zhuo's tea factory, there is naturally no shortage of such people. Therefore, without Yun Qilan's encouragement, everyone's mood is the same.
With everyone's concerted efforts to extinguish it, the fire finally got smaller, and Yun Qilan's hanging heart finally let go of it. Braving the remnants of the flames, she rushed into the storeroom. After some careful inspection, Yun Qilan's heart was half cold again. Nearly half of the goods ordered by the three tea merchants in the north had burned to ashes.
"What to do? What to do? ”
Yun Qilan was so anxious that cold sweat oozed from her forehead, and the delivery would be delivered in ten days, even if she rushed to produce immediately, it might not be too late. What's more, there is also the speed of the road, and the trip needs to be calculated.
"Miss Yun, come out quickly, it's too dangerous inside!"
A male worker who came in with a bucket anxiously persuaded Yun Qilan to leave. Yun Qilan breathed a long sigh of relief and slowly exited the warehouse.
Then, the man poured a bucket of water. Immediately afterward, several more people entered, and a few buckets of water went down, and the remaining flames were finally completely extinguished. The whole room and even the entire factory area are filled with a smoky smell, and I am afraid that it may not dissipate in a few days.
Yun Qilan returned to the dormitory listlessly, and that night, it was really difficult to fall asleep again. Thinking about this fire over and over again, I always feel that there is something strange about it. There is no fire source around the warehouse, so how can there be a fire for no reason? Clearly, this was a deliberate man-made disaster. But who? Looking at all the employees of the tea factory and tea garden, she can't think of anyone who would do such a lack of morality?
After thinking about it, Yun Qilan suddenly remembered one thing, that is, Xiaohui came here today.
"Yes, that's probably her problem. No, it should be the one behind her. ”
Yun Qilan touched the melon along the vine, and Xiaohui thought of Leng Chunzhu.
"No, I'll have to ask!"
Thinking of this, Yun Qilan looked out the window, the moon was still very high, and the time before dawn was like a year. It felt like it took a long time before I finally saw the morning glow on the horizon.
Yun Qilan got up from the head of the bed, quickly dressed and hurried out of the door, ready to go directly to Leng Chunzhu. However, when she reached the outside of Shadow Orchid Villa, her steps suddenly slowed. Seeing two figures walking out of the villa, Yun Qilan hurriedly hid in the grass on the side.
"Chunzhu, this sister-in-law of mine, the eldest sister of the mother-in-law...... Her brother-in-law's neighbor is a big tea merchant! There are more than a dozen shops in the provincial capital! When my sister-in-law came yesterday, she told me about it. ”
It was the new cook who spoke, that is, Leng Chunzhu's cousin Chunye.
"Ouch, you've made too many detours! I can't figure it out, what's your relationship? ”
Leng Chunzhu shook his head, saying that it was a bit of a headache to listen to Chunye's words.
"You don't care about the relationship, being able to climb this relationship and doing this big business is the most important thing. Feed! You don't want to marry that blind man...... Oh, marry Young Master Fang? ”
"So what?"
"Oops, silly girl! He doesn't like you very much, if you show it, it will make a big deal...... He can't help him if he wants to marry you or not! ”
Unexpectedly, that Chunye introduced a business to Leng Chunzhu, and wanted to make a "marriage" deal with Fang Yan.
"That's right! Seemingly, this is a good idea! Feed! Sister, do you know that person? ”
Leng Chunzhu asked excitedly, her cousin's head shook like a rattle.
"You don't know each other for a long time?"
"Well, it's not just me, my sister-in-law's in-laws...... She didn't know her eldest sister either. ”
"Since we don't know each other, why did you call me over early in the morning? Listen to you talking about this roundabout? Okay, okay, you go and clean up the manor, and the old lady will move in in two days. I'll go first, there's still a lot of work to be done in the tea plantation! ”
Leng Chunzhu said and quickened her pace, disdainful of talking more to her cousin.
"Chunzhu, listen to me! The tea merchant already knew about the Fang family's tea plantation, and said that he would send someone over as soon as possible. ”
"Huh? Who told him? ”
"My sister-in-law's eldest sister...... Her little brother-in-law! ”
When Leng Chunzhu heard this, he almost died of anger, but he didn't expect this group of people to make such a self-assertion.
When Yun Qilan heard this, her heart suddenly brightened. With this reason, she suddenly had a plan. After the Leng Chunzhu sisters left, Yun Qilan walked out of the grass and returned to Fang Zhuo's tea factory. For the next three days, Yun Qilan had been going back and forth between the tea factory and the tea plantation, busy replenishing the stock of those tea merchants. Fortunately, after Fang Zhuo came back, he didn't blame her.
"I'm going to go to the provincial capital, so I'm asking you for a few days off."
Yun Qilan said seriously.
"What? Is there something important? ”
Fang Zhuo looked at Yun Qilan suspiciously.
"Go find Ling Haotian."
Yun Qilan said the reason she had already thought of, and Fang Zhuo readily approved her leave after hearing it.
Yun Qilan thanked Fang Zhuo, and the next day she began to prepare her bags.
"Use my car, the driver Xiao Chen can go with you."
Fang Zhuo kindly lent her the car to travel, Yun Qilan was grateful, and thanked her repeatedly.
"I will definitely find a way to make up for the damage caused by this fire."
Yun Qilan gave Fang Zhuo such a promise, Fang Zhuo smiled indifferently, looked at her and said, "Don't take it too seriously, after all, it's not your intentional fault." ”
Yun Qilan was moved to tears by these words, and she secretly swore that this trip to the provincial capital must have something to gain. In this way, Yun Qilan took Fang Zhuo's car and hit the road.
It was a bumpy ride, and it took five days before I finally arrived in the larger city. After several inquiries, Yun Qilan finally found the location of the hospital. In the square inch of the hospital, it would naturally be easy to find Ling Haotian again.
Yun Qilan couldn't wait, and under the leadership of a nurse, she found Ling Haotian who was taking a lunch break in the office.
Ling Haotian was awakened by the knock on the door, and his head lying on the desk quickly raised. The moment he saw Yun Qilan, his eyes almost fell out.
"Qilan, is that you? Is it really you? I...... I...... Not dreaming, right? ”
Ling Haotian was so excited that he rushed to Yun Qilan with a few steps of doubt. Yun Qilan didn't reply, only looked at him with a smile.
"Qilan, I miss you so much!"
Ling Haotian hugged Yun Qilan into his arms and didn't give her any chance to refuse.