Chapter 48: Taking Advantage of Others

At noon in midsummer, the scorching sun bakes everything up quickly, and the heaven and earth seem to become a big steamer. Jiang Lilian came home from work, and her mother saw her daughter's tanned face, and said distressedly: "Lilian, I'll cook today, you go and lie down for a while." ”

Jiang Lilian fell out of bed as if she were falling apart, and the thatched roof was faintly exposed to the sun. She fell asleep in a daze, and several large dark clouds struck the sky at some point, and finally the scorching sun was defeated. Lilian's mother hurriedly stuffed a large handful of firewood into the stove hall, ran to the courtyard to look at the sky and sighed: "God has moved the Bodhisattva's heart." "Hurry to collect the firewood for drying and stack it on the edge of the steps. The fire in the stove burned out along the fallen firewood, leading the spare firewood next to it, and in the blink of an eye, the smoke in the kitchen was billowing out, and the fire rushed straight to the thatched roof, setting off a flame that was many feet high, and making a crackling sound.

"Oh my God! Fire, fire! ”

Jiang Lilian woke up in a dream, rushed into the courtyard and the fire had spread to the entire roof, and thick smoke and flames hit her face. In a hurry, she pulled up her mother who was paralyzed on the ground and ran for her life, but she didn't expect her mother to lose control of her emotions and cry: "I'm not alive!" He snapped free of her hand and rushed into the house to salvage something.

"Mom!"

As soon as Lillian's mother rushed through the door, the roof collapsed, and there was a sea of fire. Chunwang's parents and neighbors arrived, only the ruins and ashes remained. There was thunder in the sky and torrential rain. Lilian's mother's charred body was exposed to the wind and rain in the yard. Jiang Lilian threw herself on it and was grief-stricken, crying silently, her heart was completely devoid of ideas, and her mind was blank. Chunwang's mother and a few women pulled Jiang Lilian aside to comfort her, and the kind neighbor brought a rotten tarpaulin to cover the body.

Chunwang's father stood aside and thought secretly: "Lilian Chunwang's delicate relationship has kept me worried, and seeing that Chunwang is graduating from high school, why not take this opportunity to turn bad things into good things...... Besides, if you don't make a gesture now, what will the people of the ditch and the two sides think? So, he arranged: "Things have come to this point, why are you still stunned." Chunwang's mother, you and Liu Er's family helped Lilian to our house. The rest of the people gathered and built the funeral tent here. ”

After Jiang Lilian buried her mother, she had to live in Chunwang's house temporarily. The neighbors said that the Jiang family had a good family affair, otherwise Jiang Lilian would be able to survive. Chunwang's father did a good thing to the end, asking Jiang Lilian to live in peace, but he didn't say a word about the rebuilding of the burned house.

One day, Jiang Lilian discussed with Chunwang's parents and said, "Dad, Mom, I plan to build two simple grass houses first, so that I can shelter from the wind and rain." Chunwang's father said: "You see how busy I am during this time, what are you anxious about?" Chunwang's mother took over: "Yes." Lillian, sooner or later this will be your home. In the blink of an eye, Chunwang came back from high school, and the two of you will do the happy event, and it will not be too late to repair the house and move out. ”

Jiang Lilian was silent, and Chunwang's father secretly glared at Chunwang's mother and said, "Of course, no matter what, that house must be repaired, and when I finish this while, I will go to Zhangluo immediately." You don't have to worry about that. ”

In fact, as long as he Secretary Wu snorted, the few thatched houses burned by the Jiang family would have been rebuilt long ago.

At night, Jiang Lilian and Chunwang's second sister were lying on the bed, she looked at the faint light and was stunned. The second sister of Chunwang turned over and said, "Sister Lian, it won't be long before I will change my name to call you 'sister-in-law', hehehe." Jiang Lilian pushed her and said, "You are a little restless." I'll tell you to talk nonsense again. The second sister said: "Who is talking nonsense, I heard my parents discuss that as soon as my brother graduates from high school, you two will have a happy event, and the house will not need to be repaired." "Ghost girl, at a young age, there are a lot of forks in her head." "Sister Lian, tell me honestly, do you really like my brother in your heart?" "Why are you engaged if you don't like it? Let's sleep. ”

Jiang Lilian blew out the light, lay down and thought, "Now, Chunwang's father's purpose for settling me is clear. He is taking advantage of the danger of others to force me to comply. When he graduated from junior high school, in order to recommend him to high school, he wanted to borrow his hand and gambled on his youth, but he lost everything. Later, due to Chunwang's infatuation, he watched himself continue to lose. Now that you know it's a trap, do you still want to jump down? You can't rely on others for everything, you must rely on yourself. I have to find a way to rebuild the house as soon as possible, so that I can live with a straight back in the future. But now he is alone, penniless...... Besides, Chunwang's father is silent, who dares to move his compassion? Joining relatives and friends, even if you can give a little, may not be willing to give. What can we do now? ”

Jiang Lilian quietly wiped away her tears and said to herself in her heart: "Oh, Zhang Jinfa." Didn't he leave a message if I needed help with anything, just go to him? Alas, this fire may have really burned everything in the past, so there is nothing to worry about. ”

Jiang Lilian's brain ached, she rubbed her temples, forced herself not to think about anything anymore, turned over tiredly, and closed her eyes.