Chapter 21: On Fire

Because Changshui Village is located in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there are many thunderstorms in spring, and almost every household will have lightning rods on the eaves.

At both ends of the roof of the house, there was a raised dragon head, and the dragon's mouth spat out a tortuous iron tongue that stretched out to the sky. The tongue is connected to a thin wire that leads to the ground, and when lightning strikes the house, it leads to the ground.

Si Si remembered that when his mentor told him the principles of these things, he also sighed at the wisdom of the ancient people, and he didn't expect that he could use them so quickly.

Almost calculated the time, the two took advantage of the rain to go out, and when they reached the Qi Mansion, it had already begun to rain lightly, and the wind slowly became stronger.

"Lu Yan, can you go up to the roof?"

It was already dark, and there were almost no pedestrians on the road, so Si Si pulled Lu Yan to an inconspicuous corner and whispered in his ear.

The wind was a little strong, and Si Si was afraid that he would not be able to hear what he was saying, and he was very close.

Lu Yan felt that his ears were tickling, and he smelled the fragrance of his daughter for a while, and swallowed his throat a little uncomfortably, his eyes glanced away, Si Si asked several times in a row, and then he nodded lightly.

"Well, it's not difficult."

"That's good!"

Si Si's eyebrows bent slightly, and he took out a bundle of thin iron wire from his arms and handed it to Lu Yan's hand.

"In this case, you will go up to the eaves in a moment, and connect one end of this iron wire to the iron wire of the dragon's tongue, and then let the iron wire stick to the eaves, and then connect it to the dragon's tongue at the other end, do you understand?"

After listening to what she said, Lu Yan hesitated slightly, nodded, and asked again, "How can you be sure that there will be thunder tonight?" ”

As soon as the words came out, Lu Yan wanted to take it back.

Si Si's ability he has seen, when measuring the rain is so accurate, just look at the thunder, it should be no problem.

"Oh my God!" Si Si said with a smile, and then urged: "Okay, okay, you go up quickly, let's leave quickly when we're done, so as not to be discovered, it's about to thunder, and the rain is heavy, it's so cold!" ”

"Huh?"

Si Si watched Lu Yan put his slightly hot palm on his face, and looked at him with some puzzlement, and the two looked at each other, both stunned.

Lu Yan quickly took his hand back, and said as if to explain: "It's a little cold, you wait here, I'll get it right away and come back." ”

After finishing speaking, Lu Yan looked up at the foothold, jumped slightly, and went to the roof.

Si Si watched him disappear in front of him, a little stunned, and put his hand on his cheek.

"Could it be...... He was just taking my temperature? ”

Thinking of Lu Yan's soft look when he looked at him just now, Si Si's cheeks began to slowly dye a touch of crimson.

"No, no, I must have seen it wrong just now, yes, it must have been wrong, Sisi, Sisi, don't think about it!"

Si Si covered his face tightly with his hands, and only the exposed pink ears revealed his unsettled mood now.

"What's wrong with you? Is it too cold to feel uncomfortable? ”

After Lu Yan got it done, when he came down from the roof, he saw Si Si squatting on the ground and covering his cheek tightly.

"No, it's okay, let's go! It's about to thunder, and it's too unsafe outside. ”

After Si Si heard Lu Yan's voice, he immediately stood up from the ground, because he had been squatting for a long time, he had no feeling in his feet at all, and he almost fell down again.

Fortunately, Lu Yan caught Si Si quickly and didn't let her fall to the ground.

"You...... Is there really nothing going on? ”

He paused slightly, and asked with some hesitation.

"I'm fine, I can walk on my own."

Si Si was about to push Lu Yan away, but he was caught off guard and hugged by him, and screamed softly in fright.

"You, what are you doing?"

"Since you are unwell, don't be reckless, I'll take you back." Lu Yan's face remained unchanged, and she looked at her as if she wanted to say something, so she rushed in front of her and said, "Didn't you say that you want to go back quickly?" It's fast, you lie down and don't move, and we'll be home soon." ”

After finishing speaking, Lu Yan raised his feet and walked back quickly.

Lu Yan's steps were big and fast, but he also walked very steadily, and Si Si, who was held in his arms, didn't feel the slightest bump.

'Well, it's pretty warm. ’

Si Si was firmly protected in his arms, and there was no wind and rain at all, leaning on it, he felt a little sleepy and drowsy.

Lu Yan hurried all the way back home, only to find Si Si asleep in his arms.

"No wonder this girl doesn't make a fuss! I thought when she changed her temperament, so well-behaved, it turned out that she was asleep! Lu Yan looked at the person sleeping sweetly in his arms, his little face was puffy, and he was pitiful.

He stared at the slightly open lips for a long time, and finally looked away with difficulty and lightly put Si Si on the bed. I ran to take a shower and boiled hot water for her by the way.

Si Si, who was sleeping soundly, didn't know anything about these things, and turned over in his dream.

'Boom, boom'

The people of the Qi family were all asleep, and a thunderclap woke up most of the people in the house.

"It's thundering, it's noisy, huh? Who burns firewood on a rainy day? ”

Master Qi was woken up by the thunder, and he smelled the smell of fireworks dimly, but he didn't think much about it, he rubbed the beautiful concubine beside him, and was about to continue sleeping.

A cacophony of voices rang out, and he didn't feel sleepy inside.

"Oh no! Walk the water! Wake up! ”

Walk...... Water? Walk the water!

Master Qi's originally misty eyes suddenly sobered up, and he turned over neatly and got out of bed, and went out of the room to take a look.

Outside, it was thundering and raining, but several of his houses were burning in the flames.

"My house!"

Master Qi wailed, hurriedly ran over, and grabbed a bucket of people, "Go and tell everyone to get up!" Let's put out the fire! ”

Xu was because he felt sorry for his house, and Master Qi personally went into battle to fight the fire, and he was more active than anyone else.

The fire burned all night until the rain stopped and the sky was light.

Master Qi's whole body was soaked, half of it was rain, general sweat, and his body was full of ashes, how could he look like a pampered old man on weekdays?

"My property, my house!"

Master Qi watched his house pass through a night, and several rooms in the east were burned to ashes, and the appearance of broken walls and ruins made him feel a pain in his heart, and in a hurry, he fainted all of a sudden.