On fire?

Gu Yunjin came out of the house, and the fire in the southern sky stabbed her eyes.

Even during the day, it is not easy to distinguish the distance and location, let alone the fire at night, when the flames and black smoke fill half of the sky, it becomes more and more difficult to identify.

Gu Yunjin couldn't tell whether it was the North One or the North Second Hutong that burned up.

Mama Shen, who heard the movement and got up, couldn't figure it out.

But no matter which alley it is, it's a matter of human life.

Gu Yunjin looked at the direction of the flames and said, "It's a southeast wind, if you can't put out the fire, it will burn towards us." The fire is so big, the city defense battalion should have rushed over, but let's not wait, let's call the neighbors on the left and right first. ”

At this moment, who cares about any clothes and hair neatly, they are all wearing gloves and coats, and they are busy with their shoes.

Beisan Hutong is not short, Shen Mama and Nian Xia to the east, Wu and Fudong to the west, each copying pots and pots, knocking on the rolling pin loudly, calling from house to house.

Gu Yunjin went to the main house to call Xu.

Xu was so smoked that he coughed and helped Cuizhu out.

Gu Yunjin walked past them, picked up a few summer clothes from the shelf, rushed back to the yard, and threw them into the water tank.

It's a shame that the water tank has just been filled during the day, otherwise, there will not be enough water for a while.

Gu Yunjin took out the soaked clothes, twisted them slightly, and handed them to Xu Shi and Cuizhu: "Mrs. covers her mouth and nose, she can be a little more comfortable." ”

Xu shook his head, it was a waste of time to say anything trivial at the moment, and just said, "Let's go out and have a look." ”

When the three of them left the courtyard gate, most of the neighbors in Beisan Hutong had already screamed, and in the night, all kinds of complaints, eagerness, accompanied by the crying of children, people ran out of the house, stood in the alley, and looked nervously at the south.

Woman Jia also came out, frowning and saying to Gu Yunjin: "I don't think this fire is good!" It hadn't rained in a month in Kyori, and it was hard work, and it was late at night, and the firefighting was slow. ”

Gu Yunjin clenched his palms, and when he saw Wu and the others coming back, he said, "There are still some clothes in the water tank, let's take them all together and distribute them to the neighbors." ”

said that it was a point, and I couldn't take care of the whole alley for a while, but they were all active people, and there was a water tank at home to store water, so they went back and prepared their own.

There is a fast foot, came back from the outside after inquiring around, and said to everyone in a loud voice: "At first, the North First Hutong was burned, and it was found late, and now the North Second Hutong has suffered, and the city defense battalion has just arrived, and I think we are also in danger here." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was an uproar.

Some of the timid ones wept bitterly with the children, rushed back to the house, and ran away to gather some soft gold and silver.

Gu Yunjin gritted his teeth.

When walking on the water, it is useless to run blindly.

In her last autumn in Lingbei, there was also a fire on the Zhuangzi, which was also dry for a long time without rain, and the bundled wheat straw burned the sky.

She watched the farmers save themselves, and only when there were many people and water were supplied could the fire be suppressed.

At that time, Gu Yunjin was not in good health, so he didn't go to the front to make trouble, and he and Nian Xia were in charge of the old people and children in Zhuangzi, and others, both men and women, rushed up.

Right now, the fire ahead is still strong, and it has something to do with the lack of water.

Don't look at the length of the alley, there are only two or three households with wells in the real yard, and the rest of the families either go to the well at the mouth of the alley to fetch water, or ask for water from the neighbors who have wells.

This is not only the case in the North Third Hutong, but also in the North First and North Second Hutongs.

Beiyi Hutong has been burned like that, but I'm afraid that people won't be able to get close to the well.

Water can be sent from Beisan Hutong......

Gu Yunjin was agitated and shouted loudly: "Who can climb over the wall?" Open the courtyard gate of the opposite door, and we will be able to go to the North Erhutong. ”

The courtyard opposite the door of the Gu family's small courtyard is uninhabited all year round, and in Gu Yunjin's impression, he has never seen anyone in his house.

The main gate of this courtyard is open to the North Second Hutong, and the back door is facing the North Third Hutong, which is much more convenient to walk through here.

Gu Yunjin shouted loudly, but the neighbors on the left and right took care of packing up their things and leaving, and no one listened to her for a while.

Mama Shen stomped her feet and patted Nian Xia: "Come up, I'll carry you in." ”

Nian Xia is a good skill, and she is not ambiguous when she hears the words, and when Shen Mama bends down and stands firm against the wall, she runs a few steps and steps on Shen Mama's shoulder.

Mama Shen lifted up, Nian Xia took advantage of her strength, kicked on her feet, and turned over the wall.

With a creak, the courtyard door opened.

Gu Yunjin came out of the house with a bucket full of water and shouted loudly: "Run? Where can we go? How much can you take away, and what you leave behind, are you willing to do it? Let the elderly, children, and those who have no energy in their hands walk, and those who have the strength, if they don't save them, are they worthy of all these years of hard work? ”

The stout man next door was stunned, he looked at the two bags in his hand, and then at his wife and children, his eyes were red, and tears rolled down the size of beans.

It was not smoked, but provoked by Gu Yunjin's words.

Almost all of the people living in Beisan Hutong are businessmen from other places who have left their hometowns and worked hard in Beijing for several years, more than ten years, or even two or three generations, before they can buy a house here and settle down, eat and drink well, and live like a human being.

At the moment, the fire has not yet burned to Beisan Hutong, but if they all leave, all the people who will be implicated are gone, who will put out the fire?

A fire will put all these years of hard work into the fire, can you be willing?

Even if their eldest men are not afraid of suffering and sin, they all come over like this anyway, but what about their wives and children? What about the elderly? Do you also go to the wind to eat and sleep out?

The man wiped his face, without saying a word, snatched the bucket of water from Gu Yunjin's hand, entered the courtyard gate opened by Nian Xia, and rushed forward with his head stuffy.

There are two if there is one.

The Gu family has a well, and Gu Yunjin opened the courtyard door to let people come in to fetch water.

In addition to the Xu family and Cuizhu, the Gu family has some strength, Gu Yunjin told Cuizhu to take care of the Xu family, and rushed back to help arrange it.

The neighbors of the whole alley were busy.

All the pots and pans at home, all that could be used, were turned out, and they were placed in rows at the door of several households with wells.

When the empty bucket was brought into the yard and brought it out again, it was already full of well water.

The men and women who went to fight the fire returned to the alley, and as long as they left the empty buckets, they could immediately carry a full water and rush to the past, without waiting for delay.

The old people and children were all gathered in one place, and they were watched over by a woman like Xu who couldn't make a lot of effort.

The back door to Beisi Hutong has also been opened, and if the situation is not right, you can go out immediately.

Mrs. Jia led her people to call the neighbors in Beisi Hutong and asked them to contribute if they could, and borrow pots and buckets if they could.

Even if the heat wave comes with the south wind to the north three alleys, everything is still in order.

Gu Yunjin carried the bucket back and forth, her strength was smaller, and she was not strong, she only lifted what she could lift, and she really couldn't keep up, so she stood and breathed a sigh of relief.