Chapter 537: A Difficult Choice

Rustic wilderness

Chapter 537: A Difficult Choice

The fire is burning more and more, because it is a forest fire.

Twigs, leaves, weeds, and shrubs were the first to burn, and when they were gone, the trunk was almost roasted, and once the trunk was burned nearly a foot in diameter, it would not burn for a few hours.

That's not the worst, what Chrysanthemum is worried about: they are hiding in the pit, the fire can't burn, but is there enough oxygen?

Oxygen is needed for combustion, and there is a lack of oxygen in such a fire, and if they hide in a pit, isn't there less oxygen? Could it be that he didn't get burned to death in the end, but suffocated to death?

However, now she has no way out, and she can't think of a better way, so she can only dig a hole and hide in it.

If it really suffocates to death, is it considered to dig one's own grave?

The women all went down into the pit, and only the chrysanthemums and grapes remained on it. She also wants to take a second look at the situation to see if she can come up with some new ideas and methods, or find out what is overlooked and remedy it as soon as possible.

Wang Zhong led five or six men around the pit to carry the soil, and pulled the soil from the bottom of the well one by one. He kept urging the grapes to take his wife down, for the fire was so uncomfortable.

Chrysanthemum never knew that her yard was so narrow, so narrow that it could be easily swept away by this fire. The vegetable garden, which used to look empty, now has smoke and dust, and from time to time burning branches are blown in, and even drift across the yard to the opposite side.

It's really scary to look at the unbridled flames, but in this case, how wide does it take to have a barrier?

This time, if she can escape with her life, it will be a miracle, enough to boast of it for a lifetime.

The house had already burned to the ground at some point, and no one knew how the flames had crept into the house, and the bricks and tiles had not been able to stop them.

The fire of the burning house is no worse than that of the mountain forest, and Chrysanthemum no longer has any hope when she sees the home she has built with her own hands drowned in the sea of fire. Sitting in the bamboo basket, Wang Zhong lowered her little by little.

When I went down to the bottom of the well, I saw He Shi coming out of the cave he had just dug and reproached: "You have been busy for a long time. Don't come in and rest yet. Looking at the fire on it and worrying, why bother! Ouch, why is this face so ugly? Shallot, come and help your mother take a look, but I'm tired and sick. ”

Chrysanthemum hurriedly waved her hand and said, "I'll rest." Don't toss, it's not at home, and you're still so particular about what to do. I'll just lie down for a while. ”

As he spoke, he walked to the corner of the cave. Aunt Liu had already spread out the cotton mattress there, Grandma Liu was sitting on the mattress with a yam in her arms, and the shallots and red peppers were also sitting next to her.

When the two babies saw Chrysanthemum coming, they hurriedly got up to help her; The potato also raised his face and whispered: "Mother! "The voice is lonely and helpless.

After Chrysanthemum dragged her heavy body and sat down, she grinned at her son and said, "Yam is obedient and capable, and he didn't panic at all." ”

The little baby is the easiest to be encouraged, and the potato smiled happily, struggling to get up and want to go to her mother's side. Grandma Liu hurriedly hugged him. Said kindly: "Your mother is tired, let her rest." Yam is obedient, don't bother her. ”

Cherry hurriedly handed the bamboo tube filled with hot water to Chrysanthemum. Let her drink water; Aunt Liu rummaged in the package pile for a long time, stirred a bowl of sesame paste and handed it to her, saying that she had eaten it to warm her stomach.

Chrysanthemum didn't push, took the bowl of sesame paste handed over by Aunt Liu and scooped it with a spoon while it was hot.

Drinking and smiling bitterly: If it weren't for the fire burning outside, the underground cave would be bright; If it weren't for Zhang Dazhuan, Liu Heizi and others still sweating and digging in the cave, and Huang Mai and others hurriedly transporting the soil out, she would almost have thought that the whole family was camping outside, not taking refuge.

The shallots and red peppers carefully figured out the chrysanthemum's expression, and felt that it was okay, so they exchanged reassuring looks. Then, Shallot stood behind her mother and rubbed her shoulders, while Red Pepper knelt in front of her mother and gently helped her beat her legs with her small fists.

At this time, adults are the child's reliance and hope, obviously. Chrysanthemum's composure makes them feel more secure than their grandparents.

The men took turns digging, and the cave grew bigger and bigger, two zhang wide and three zhang deep.

Aunt Liu and her two daughters-in-law, Wang Shijin, who cook rice, kept bringing water to them. But they had to drink cold water, otherwise there would be no amount of hot water to drink, and there would not be so much hot water.

A man replaced Zhang Dashuo, he walked towards the chrysanthemum, wiped his face with a cotton towel, and asked, "Chrysanthemum, do you still want to dig it?" It's big enough, we're just waiting here for the fire to go out outside, and we don't live permanently. ”

Chrysanthemum shook her head and said, "Dad, that's not what I said. If this place were small, so many of us would feel depressed. And ......"

She didn't know how to say it, and she vaguely felt in her heart that things were not so simple, but she had no clue what was going on.

Master Yan, who taught chestnuts to them, was the short and thin man whose left hand was not very flexible, and he said to Zhang Dazhuan: "Old lady, this fire is too powerful, look at this soil—it's all dry." Yesterday there was water flowing down the mountain, but now it is like this. Madame is right, we have to dig down, preferably to dig out the water. Besides, the place is bigger and brighter, otherwise people will be crowded together and they won't even be able to breathe. ”

Master Zhu also said: "When I dug it down before, I already saw water outside, and after a while, the water was gone." As if it wasn't mud, it was a sieve, and the water was leaking straight down. What the hell I see. ”

Chrysanthemum was suddenly shocked, a trace of inexplicable hope rose in her heart, and she hurriedly said, "Then dig down." Master Zhu and Master Yan, both of whom have gone through a big scene, face life and death without fear. I won't say much about the nice words, just one sentence: If you survive this time, the love between the two and the Zhang family will not be erased, and the Zhang family will not be disappointed. ”

Master Yan said with a smile: "What did Mrs. say, if it weren't for Mrs. tonight, we would have become roast rabbits." The old lady, the lady, the young master and the young lady are not afraid, but we men can still be afraid? What if there is a case, our daughter-in-law, children and grandchildren will be taken care of by the eldest master......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Master Zhu, who glared at him and reprimanded, "What are you talking about, you stinky mouth?" Do you see that the old lady and the wife are like the short-lived people? ”

Chrysanthemum couldn't help but purse her lips and laughed, Zhang Dazhuan and He also laughed, everyone loves to hear auspicious words.

Master Zhu said to them seriously: "Old Zhu is not telling jokes, we will look at a little face." The old lady, the wife, and the young lady are all blessed and will never die halfway. Otherwise, Lao Zhu can be so obedient, and his wife will dig a pit if he asks him to dig a pit, and if he lets him cut down a tree, he will cut down a tree......"

Without waiting for Chrysanthemum and the others to laugh, a hired worker who came in with Wang Zhong took over and said, "Isn't it, when the fire was discovered before, Steward Wang took us here to pick up the owner's family." Many people were not happy, saying that at this time, no one could take care of the owner, so they all fled for their lives. I looked at the fire, and I was afraid that those people would rarely get out. Alas! I don't know if I'm still alive. I always feel that maybe those of us who entered the Zhang family will survive in the end, and they are afraid that they will not be very good. ”

At this, the crowd fell silent again.

Zhang Dazhuan waved his hand violently and said loudly: "Dig again." When you go out to change Wang Zhong, it will be uncomfortable to roast outside. ”

Chestnut and Xiaojing'er also came in with a few dogs, saving them from scurrying around and blocking the way.

After another half an hour of digging, the cave became deeper and bigger, but the situation outside was not good.

Wang Zhong hurriedly ran in and said to Chrysanthemum: "Madam, you can't be stupid in the yard, the fire is running everywhere, and Qingmai was almost on fire just now." ”

Zhang Dazhuan also rushed in, stood at the entrance of the cave and shook off a burning branch on his body, while scolding: "This is Chengxin not letting people live." Master Zhu, don't move the soil up, come down. ”

Chrysanthemum rested for a long time and felt much better. She got up and came to the entrance of the cave, looked at it, and saw that the sky was red, she couldn't help but feel dizzy, closed her eyes, and whispered to Wang Zhong: "Let them all come down." That's all there is to it. ”

So they all went into the cave and sat down in all directions, resting while eating the food brought by the daughters-in-law, and cursing the fire as they ate. Cooked food is not much for each person, but peanuts and potatoes can be eaten more. I'm afraid I don't know how long I'm going to stay here, and if I don't have enough food, it'll be bad.

After eating, the crowd began to wait. In order not to let the negative emotions spread, Master Zhu and Master Yan told everyone about the war, and Chestnut and Xiaojing'er asked some childish words from time to time, which caused everyone to laugh and look relaxed, as if the fire outside had nothing to do with them.

At this time, some people praised the good idea of the wife, if they were still on it, they didn't know what to panic like at this time, and everyone echoed it.

Red Pepper leaned against Chrysanthemum, and Xiaoxi was helping her comb her hair and tidy up her clothes. She smiled sweetly, thinking that after tonight, Ming'er would be able to go out, and besides, so many people gathered together, eating, drinking, chatting, and laughing, it was quite fun. It's just that the house burned down and had to be rebuilt, which was a bit troublesome.

Alas, that's also a helpless thing, my mother said, "Stay in the green mountains, don't worry about no firewood"! It's just that she doesn't want to think about it, the green mountain at home has burned down now, and there is really no firewood.

However, soon the crowd stopped laughing.

I don't know when it started, dirt, rocks, and burning branches kept rolling down outside.

At first, everyone didn't care, as soon as the fire fell into the pit, someone shoveled dirt to cover it. Wang Zhong was idle, so he led a few people to continue digging the cave, and the excavated soil was used to extinguish the fire. In this way, the cave is getting bigger and bigger, and there is earth to extinguish the fire, which is not bad to kill two birds with one stone.

However, seeing that the pit outside was getting higher and higher, and the temperature inside the pit was getting higher and higher, people were sweating hotly, especially when large stones and soil kept falling into the pit, and some people couldn't sit still.

"Old lady, if we do this again, we will be buried alive." A man stood up and said.

Zhang Dazhuan also looked at the chrysanthemum hesitantly, his expression solemn; Liu Heizi and Wang Zhong stood at the entrance of the cave to check the situation; Master Yan and Master Zhu were also in a circle, and even the chestnuts were rolling their eyes, trying to think hard.

Chrysanthemum also knew that the situation was not good, but the more this happened, the more she couldn't go out. But if she didn't go out, she was in danger of being buried alive, and besides, she obviously felt that breathing was much more difficult than before. How can this be?

For a while, she was at war in her heart...... The wilderness thanked the relatives for their support and encouragement to the ugly chrysanthemum () RQ

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