Chapter 293: Walking the Water
(Girls' Literature)
Bai Xiyun frowned, and immediately ordered someone to go to the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the Water Dragon Bureau to report the news. Then he sighed: "Although I don't like the Bai family, but the people are innocent, this kind of weather, the weather is dry, if you don't put out the fire in time, it is very likely that the wind will blow the prairie and get out of control, and then I don't know how much property the people in the vicinity will lose." ”
Qi Miao nodded in agreement and said with a smile: "It's very good that you have such a clear grievance." ”
"Thank you for the compliment. Bai Xiyun chuckled, feeling that Qi Miao's appearance was very cute, and it was rare for her to be a little woman who could let go of the knot in the face of major rights and wrongs.
You know, in the pomegranate alley behind the Hou Mansion, there is a person hidden.
Bai Xiyun instructed the coachman to leave the carriage a little farther away from the main road in front of the Hou Mansion, afraid that if there was really a disturbance later, there would not be too many people to collide with Qi Miao.
Look in the direction of the water, you can see the smoke and dust, the fire is rising, although it is daytime, but you can still see that the fire is not weak, across such a distance, you can also hear the voice of the people shouting to save the fire and save people.
Qi Miao was not only a little worried.
"If the weather is dry, if this fire cannot be extinguished for a while, how can the people who live there be good? "This era is not like modern times, there are fire extinguishers and fire trucks, and the people of the water dragon bureau just have water guns, and they are not very efficient, and in ancient times, when productivity was so low, the things that people bought at home, but how much effort was spent, once the house was burned down, wouldn't it be homeless in the winter?
Bai Xiyun reassured: "Don't worry, I will pay attention to this place when the time comes." ”
Qi Miao's heart relaxed a lot when she heard this.
"That's right, you have so many industries under your hands, and you will have the ability to think of ways to make a living when the time comes. ”
"yes. Bai Xiyun lightly tapped the tip of her nose.
After another stick of incense, there were people from the Water Dragon Bureau and people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division who quickly passed by the gate of the Hou Mansion and went straight to the direction of Pomegranate Lane.
At the same time, the people in the back house also heard the news of the fire in the back. When Bai Yongchun heard the reply of his subordinates, his heart jumped, and he secretly prayed in his heart that there would be no accident in Pomegranate Lane.
The old lady and the Zhang family were still messing around, Bai Yongchun didn't have the heart to deal with them, and hurriedly left the upper courtyard and went to the outer courtyard, standing under the corridor of the study and stretching his neck to look in the direction of the thick smoke, but his vision was blocked by the wall of the house. Bai Yongchun was anxious, and immediately ordered his entourage: "You go out and see, which one is the fire, and our house should take precautions as soon as possible." ”
The little guy didn't doubt him, and he should have rushed to salute.
The entanglement in Bai Yongchun's heart is not enough for outsiders. If he is raising an individual woman now, even if he is discovered by Zhang, he doesn't care, it's just a few words, Zhang's is a wife, he must have the demeanor of a wife, if the noise is too big to provoke him, he can divorce her on the grounds of jealousy.
But this time, the outer room he raised was not someone else, but Miao. If it's noisy, it's not good to hear after all.
He always felt that it was foolproof to hide the Miao family in Pomegranate Alley and not let others contact him.
Who knew there would be a big fire.
Bai Yongchun only felt that those fires were not burning on the house, but on his heart, if the Miao family burned to death directly, it would be fine, if it couldn't be burned to death, and there was a half-crippled problem, what kind of dispute was there, wouldn't it be more troublesome.
When Bai Yongchun was in a hurry here, someone in the courtyard replied: "Master Hou, Madam is here." ”
Bai Yongchun was in a panic, and when he heard that it was the Zhang family who came, he was even more displeased in his heart, but when the Zhang family was chasing after him to quarrel with him, because the Zhang family had just entered the door, Bai Yongchun raised his eyebrows and scolded angrily: "What are you doing again? Didn't you make enough noise just now? Don't you go back to serve the old lady!"
Zhang's originally thought that there was such a big thing in the back alley, and the Bai Mansion was an old household in this place for a long time, and the houses in the back alleys were either old neighbors or servants, even if they lacked silver, if they didn't make a statement at this time, it would make outsiders look bad.
Unexpectedly, before entering the door, without saying a word, he was vented with his head and face covered with catharsis, Zhang's forehead was immediately angry, and he sneered: "I have never seen you so undecisive, at this juncture, what is the use of you just talking to me about this?
Bai Yongchun was angry: "What I have done over the years is not 10,000 but 8,000, can't I understand such a trivial matter!"
Zhang will not give up such an opportunity to express himself. What do you do with gold and don't stick it on your face, at this time, it is Bai Yongchun who wants to do good deeds and do beautiful things, as Mrs. Hou, is it still wrong for her to be sympathetic to her subordinates and care about her neighbors?
"If you say so, then let's go our separate ways. Zhang tightened the big fur collar cloak on his shoulders, called Li's mother and Ling Ping, and went outside together.
Bai Yong wanted to stop it, but he was afraid that it would be too obvious, so that people would suspect that Zhang's position as the head of the family was not wrong at all.
Bai Yongchun hurriedly dodged his feet, and then went out with him.
Qi Miao and Bai Xiyun were in the carriage, and they watched the side door of the Hou Mansion open, and Zhang and Bai Yongchun each took people, one in front of the other, and formed two teams, heading towards the back of the alley.
Qi Miao smiled: "They also know how to care about their subordinates and neighbors. ”
Bai Xiyun sneered: "Just do it for people to see." They won't come close. ”
As he spoke, the two of them really stopped, and both called the people next to them to visit, and stretched their necks to watch.
In the dry season, the fire spreads very quickly, and although the people of the Water Dragon Bureau are also trying their best, the fire cannot be extinguished for a while. The common people are in a hurry to grab the furniture, and it is the same to be able to rescue the same. There are women who squat on the side of the road crying with their children in their arms, and there are men who pour water on their bodies despite the cold, and they are about to break into the fire again. After such a toss, the scene was so chaotic that people couldn't look at it directly.
At this moment, Bai Yongchun suddenly saw a familiar figure squeezed out of the crowd.
His heart jumped, and he hurriedly stepped forward to block Zhang's body, trying to block Zhang's sight with his body, all of which was completely subconscious.
Zhang was startled by his sudden move, frowned, and said, "What are you doing!"
Bai Yongchun coughed, racking his brains to find a reason: "There are dragons and snakes mixed here, you are a woman's family, and it is not good to be crowded." ”
Zhang was stunned, he couldn't say what it was like in his heart, Bai Yongchun was so considerate, it was really the sun coming out of the west.
In the final analysis, they still have husband and wife love, so Zhang snorted and didn't say much.
And the Miao family was full of embarrassment, and he came out with a makeup box in his arms, and saw Bai Yongchun standing at the intersection with his subordinates.
Bai Yongchun's tall figure just covered the entire Zhang family, and Miao's angle couldn't see anyone behind him at all.
There was a fire for no reason, and Zhang's frightened three souls and seven spirits were about to disperse, and when he saw Bai Yongchun also at this time, he felt that he must have cared about himself before he came here, and he hurriedly ran in his direction, choking up and about to complain about his grievances.
When Bai Yongchun saw the Miao family coming here, his face turned white with surprise, and he was busy shaking his head and waving his hands.
When Miao saw him like this, he was stunned.
At this time, Zhang sensed that Bai Yongchun was too quiet, so he pushed Bai Yongchun and snorted: "What the hell are you doing!"
When the words fell, I saw an acquaintance.
Zhang's and Miao's are in-laws, although they are not familiar with each other, they have seen and recognized them, and now Miao is so embarrassed to hold a makeup box, his hair is about to be scattered, and there are two black ashes on his smoked face, which looks embarrassed but pitiful.
Zhang's heart was panicked, even if Miao was not Qi Miao's biological mother, she was also Qi Miao's mother's family in the end.
It was with Zhang's disdainful cold snort, and he couldn't help but feel secretly refreshed in his heart, he couldn't step on Qi Miao, so guess this person!
"Oh, isn't this my mother-in-law, why are you here now? Tsk, so embarrassed, isn't your house also out of the water? Aren't you supposed to live in the General's Mansion, why are you here? "Zhang knew that the Miao family was abandoned, so he deliberately wanted to say this.
Miao pursed his lips and stood in place, glanced at Bai Yongchun, and then looked at Zhang who was full of sarcasm but wearing gold and silver, and his heart was panicked.
Is she the life of a concubine in this life? Now she has run into someone's main room again!
And she herself knows that this relationship cannot be made public, and she must not let anyone take her handle.
Miao lowered his eyes and turned around to leave.
Bai Yongchun was really relieved when he saw it. In the end, I secretly praised Miao's gentleness and sensibility, knowing when to avoid and when to step forward.
I secretly thought to myself, when I was giving Miao some compensation.
Who knew that as soon as Miao Shi turned around, he suddenly pretended to be full of arms with a half-grown girl who ran towards him.
The dowry in his arms fell to the ground at once, and the gold and silver jewelry in it were scattered all over the ground at once. Miao exclaimed, and hurriedly took the grandmother and girl around him to pick it up.
When Zhang saw Miao's embarrassment, he couldn't help laughing out loud. It's almost a refreshing roar of "deserved". But halfway through her smile, she froze, she pushed Bai Yongchun away in confusion and strode forward, looking at the familiar golden hairpin on the ground, as well as the head of the set of jade, her brows twisted into pimples.
"What's going on!Where did you come from?!"
Miao Shi was startled, and hurriedly stuffed things into the makeup, "This is my thing, why do I want to tell you!"
"Your things?" Zhang grabbed Miao's wrist: "The hairpin and the head of the jade silk are obviously from my warehouse." That set of noodles is still what I prepared for our girl to marry, how can I come back to you. With that, Zhang looked back at Bai Yongchun.