Chapter 95: Suspected arson
"Aunt Huang, Sister Yu, it's not good!"
Suddenly hearing the exclamation, the crowd that had not yet left the scene instantly saw that Mo Qingchun, who had listened to Xia Xiaoyu's orders and took care of the two children in the room, was holding a child in one hand and trotting out from the rusty iron door, coughing and shouting.
"Ahem, kitchen, ahem, it's on fire."
It's on fire!
Immediately, everyone raised their eyes and looked at Xia Xiaoyu's home, where black smoke was really rising.
"Oh no, I must have forgotten to turn off the fire!"
Huang Yuefen, who realized it later, remembered that the kitchen was still boiling hot oil and stewing pig's trotters, but as a result, she just came out in a hurry, forgot for a while, and turned off the fire. She was so shocked that she didn't have time to think, so she rushed straight into the house and headed in the direction of the kitchen.
"Mom, don't go, it's dangerous!"
Xia Xiaoyu was so frightened that she directly pushed Hu Weicheng away, and went to chase her mother.
The raging fire, like a poisonous snake, swept the entire kitchen in an instant, and if it continued, soon, the fire would burn to the living room and bedroom, not to mention, the houses of nearby residents would also suffer.
However, the people of Kaiyang District have never stood idly by, seeing Xia Xiaoyu's house on fire, living nearby, directly pulling up the long pipe, putting on the faucet, facing the place where the fire is burning, it is a burst of fierce spray, living far away, directly pick up the tools that can extinguish the fire, come forward to put out the fire, and even more, there is a car in the nearby family, hurriedly take out the fire extinguisher from the car.
Yes, none of the men, women and children in Kaiyang District are idle, even the children, tell each other, and let the people near them come to help put out the fire.
Because everyone is united and united, the fire is raging, coming and going quickly.
Luckily, in the end, only the kitchen burned down, but the bedroom, living room, etc., was not affected. Otherwise, such an old house will really burn down, and maybe, by then, there will be no ashes left.
Fortunately, the house has been preserved, after all, this is the home they have lived in for more than ten years, very emotional, and this is still the only memorial left to them by the kind grandmother when she died, if it is really destroyed, it will be so desperate.
Xia Xiaoyu walked into the kitchen, feeling inexplicably helpless, the room was in a mess, unrecognizable, and responded to that sentence, the disaster is not alone.
"Wife, don't worry, I will find someone to rebuild."
Hu Weicheng, who had placed the two children, walked up to Xia Xiaoyu and said softly, after all, looking at this trend, there is no other way than to rebuild.
"Thank you."
Xia Xiaoyu did not refuse Hu Weicheng's kindness this time, because, with her ability, she could not restore it to its original state, but this house, for the sake of grandma and mother, even if she owes great kindness, she must rebuild it.
She bent down slightly, picked up the stainless steel basin at her feet, it was not seriously burned, and it could be recycled, and then she picked up the spatula again, but it was stained with dust, and it could be used after washing.
She picked up these things that could still be used and put them in the yard, but, somewhat strangely, these things, after leaving her palm, left a greasy feeling, and she put them on the tip of her nose and smelled them, like oil. She frowned slightly, as if she felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell.
Seeing Xia Xiaoyu's busy figure, he suddenly paused, Hu Weicheng seemed to be worried that she would be scratched or burned, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.
"Wife, what's wrong?"
Xia Xiaoyu stretched out his palm in front of Hu Weicheng's nose and asked.
"Do you feel something is wrong?"
Hu Weicheng sniffed it, also showed a puzzled expression, and then asked.
"Do you have gasoline in your kitchen?"
Gasoline, yes, it's gasoline, Xia Xiaoyu finally understood that something was wrong, there was no such thing as gasoline in her kitchen, flammables, that is, someone put gasoline into her kitchen.
No wonder the fire was ferocious, and it didn't alarm the people outside for the first time, because of the gasoline fueling.
Xia Xiaoyu was afraid for a while, but fortunately, Mo Qingchun found out that something was wrong, and came out with the two children as soon as possible, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.
It's just, who is it that wants to harm them?
And is this related to uncle?
After all, it's too much of a coincidence, so coincidental that my uncle came back with his front foot and made a fuss outside, and someone on his back foot set fire to the kitchen.
But it doesn't seem to be harmful, because, except for Mo Qingchun and the two children in the house, Huang Yuefen and Xia Xiaoyu are not at home, and this arsonist should also know that after all, on the street, the sound is so loud that it can be heard by not being deaf.
Could it be, arsonist, that the target is three children?
But the logic doesn't make sense, if you want to kill these three children, you don't need to set fire to her house in broad daylight.
According to the final analysis, this fire should have come at Huang Yuefen and Xia Xiaoyu, after all, this is their home.
So, who the hell is it, in broad daylight, arson in her kitchen, not like harmful, more like, deterrence, warning.
Over the years, Huang Yuefen and Xia Xiaoyu have been living in Kaiyang District, and they have not offended anyone, it is difficult to do it, it was the debt collectors back then, and they found them, but it still doesn't make sense, the debt collectors are supposed to ask for money, not secretly set fires.
Yes, no matter how you think about it, it doesn't make sense, and everything is incomprehensible.
"Call the police?"
Hu Weicheng asked Xia Xiaoyu's opinion, after all, this is not a fire case, this is an arson case, if there is a dead person, it can rise to a homicide case.
"There's no actual evidence, it's useless to call the police, so be it."
It's just that she doesn't feel at ease, so she lets her mother stay here alone, after all, set fire today, tomorrow, maybe she will go directly to kill someone.
But after today's repeated blows, my mother seemed to have withered, and she sat on the flower table decadently, looking at the kitchen, with a look of regret, and muttered to herself.
"Hey, it's all my fault, it's all my fault, if I hadn't been in a hurry to go out and cut that evil animal, it wouldn't have caused a fire in the kitchen, God, what did I do, you have to do this to me and my daughter, she is today, but when she comes back, and Grandma, I'm sorry, I didn't protect it well, your old house, let you down."
Subconsciously, Xia Xiaoyu looked at the unformed stove that had been burned, and now he couldn't see it, at that time, the stove was open or closed, but this was not the point, after all, even if the stove was closed, the arsonist would let this fire, for other reasons, come as scheduled.
But no matter what, the matter has come to this, in the chagrin and regret, to no avail, Xia Xiaoyu walked to her mother's side, like a child, squatted at her feet, held her scarred hands, tilted her head, saw that her face was full of tears, and reached out, gently, gently, to wipe away the tears on her face.
Today's incident, the most hit is still the mother, after all, the younger brother who is connected by her own blood, how can she not hate, how can she not suffer.
Now, it's not easy to get out, but I don't want to, he is back, and what follows him back is a wave of unsettled disasters. Yes, in my mother's heart, this fire was brought by her own brother.
As a daughter, she can understand her mother's mood at the moment, she hesitated for a moment, as if she was thinking, how to comfort her mother, and then slowly spoke, pretending to be relaxed.
"Mom, all this is not your fault, you don't have to blame yourself, have you forgotten what Grandma said? Her old man said that as long as our mother and wife lived, it would be the best reward for her. If Grandma is still alive and encounters this situation, she must say, the kitchen is gone, it doesn't matter, when the time comes, we will find someone to build a better and bigger one. ”