Chapter 38: It's on Fire
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The affairs of Zhang Benrui's family made the entire Meiziao fall into a solemn atmosphere. The sun hasn't set yet, and every family has called it a day early. In the past, I would have to wait until the sun went down and the light became a little dim before I went home.
The faces of the villagers are not quite the same as usual, and they seem to have a little more seriousness. On the country road, pedestrians are hurrying.
A jet-black crow croaked non-stop, adding a bit of eerie feeling to the already tense atmosphere of Plum Valley.
Liu Qiaoye took the cubs directly from the field to drive her ducks out of the paddy field, instead of letting the ducks go home on their own after dark.
"Mother, won't our ducks go home by themselves?
"It's just your mouth. This morning, Ben Rui went to the mountains to burn the yellow skins, but the yellow skins did not burn a few to death, and he injured himself. Many escaped. This yellow skin holds a grudge. But last night, they had already destroyed all the chickens and ducks of the Ben Rui family. Our house is the closest to theirs, and I am worried that the yellow skin will come to our house to bring disaster to our chickens and ducks. Liu Qiaoye frowned, her face full of worry.
"Mother, you ask Dad to go to the street tomorrow to buy some yellow paper and cinnabar, and I'll draw a house talisman. Zhang Zhaohua learned from the master, and said indifferently.
"Who knows if your tataku charm is useful or not. Liu Qiaoye said with a smile.
"It definitely works. You remember to ask your dad to go to the market tomorrow to buy something. Zhang Zhaohua has already taken everything she dreamed about as reality.
"Cub, you can only tell your father and mother about these things in the future, don't tell others, you know?" Liu Qiaoye thought it was interesting, but hurriedly admonished.
"Got it. Mother. Zhang called Hua to respond.
Zhang Zhaohua went to bed early, and he didn't dream again that night.
In the middle of the night, I heard someone crying loudly: "It's a fire!
Zhang Zhaohua was young, he slept deeply, and his ears were confused, but he couldn't open his eyes.
"Call flowers, call flowers, wake up. Liu Qiaoye gently patted the cub's face with her hand.
But Zhang Zhaohua opened her eyes and looked at it, and shouted: "Mother." As soon as his eyes were closed, he fell asleep again.
"This kid is sleeping soundly. Don't wake him up. Liu Qiaoye couldn't bear to wake up her son.
"What are you talking about? Our house is so close that what if the wind blows the flames and sets our house on fire? We must call the cub up and let him go to his father's side. You can sleep over there. Can't stay at home. Hurry up. I've got to get over. Otherwise, others will think that we will not be saved when we see death. Zhang Youping carried a bucket and walked out the door.
Although Zhang Zhaohua couldn't bear to wake up her son, she also knew that the man was reasonable. In case there is less work, don't look at your own brick house, but there is a lot of firewood piled up around the house, once it is lit, the whole house can be connected to the fire. It is indeed dangerous to leave the cubs at home. The old house is far away, and if the fire is not particularly serious, it should not burn over. And there's grandparents looking after them over there. Although grandparents are a little unkind to see cubs, they are always grandchildren.
Liu Qiaoye directly picked up the cub and walked to the old house. When she walked out of the yard, Zhang Zhaohua heard someone shouting loudly.
"Over here, splash it with water. Hurry up and fetch water in the pond. This fire must be controlled quickly, otherwise there are so many wooden houses in the village, if the fire is allowed to spread, the whole plum pass will be finished. ”
The fire is so big! Zhang Zhaohua felt the hot air in his yard and couldn't stop washing over. Zhang Zhaohua woke up suddenly and struggled to get out of her mother's arms.
"Awake?" Liu Qiaoye smiled and lowered the cub to the ground.
The fire is so big! Zhang Zhaohua saw that Zhang Benrui's house was completely shrouded in firelight. Like a huge fire.
"Burn, burn, burn!" Ma Jinxiu shouted incessantly, sounding like a madman. Several women desperately held Ma Jinxiu down, but Ma Jinxiu's strength was so great that four or five women almost didn't hold it down.
"Tie her up with a rope! I don't know what kind of sin she has done! I even set my house on fire!"
"Don't go crazy! Your house is on fire. How will your family live in the future?"
"It's over, it's over, it's all over!" Zhang Benrui's head was wrapped like a zongzi, and he sat directly on the ground, regardless of the muddy water on the ground.
"Ben Rui, don't sit on the ground. Your wound is not healed, don't get infected. Now that it's like this, don't think too much about it, as long as you're okay, you're already lucky. Zhang Dechun, the village party secretary, pulled Zhang Benrui up from the ground.
Zhang Youping also hurriedly said, "Go and sit at our house, and the folks here." ”
The fire has not been extinguished, it has been sunny for a long time, and Zhang Benrui's house is an all-wooden structure. In addition, the fire started in the middle of the night, and it was discovered when the fire was bigger. It's out of control.
There is a question that everyone is very confused about, how could Ma Jinxiu suddenly go crazy and set fire to his own house.
"Yesterday, the two of them were fine, and there was no quarrel, how could Jin Xiu suddenly go crazy. What about ordering your own house?"
"yes. When Ben Rui was injured yesterday, she was still busy. ”
"I haven't heard anything wrong with Jin Xiu?"
The old people who couldn't help on the side talked about the cause of the fire. Suddenly, someone said loudly, "Didn't those yellow skins come back for revenge?"
This point of view was immediately agreed, "Yes, the yellow skin is very vindictive." The night before yesterday, Ben Rui used a mouse trap to get a few yellow skins, and then skinned them. The night before, Huang Pizi had destroyed all the poultry of Benrui's family. Yesterday Ben Rui went to the mountains to burn the old nest of the yellow skin, and last night, the house caught fire. It must be that the yellow skin is back for revenge!"
"Isn't that Rui Po Niang possessed by a yellow skin? In the early years, I had heard about being possessed by a yellow skin. Hurry back and get a needle. Stab Ben Rui's mother-in-law and see how she reacts, to know if she is possessed. "The old people in the village are well-informed, and naturally they have heard more about Huangpizi than the young people.
The villagers helped Zhang Benrui and his family to Zhang Zhaohua's house.
Originally, Liu Qiaoye was going to take Zhang Zhaohua to her grandfather's house, but now that Zhang Zhaohua has woken up, she refuses to go to her grandfather's house.
Seeing that the villagers brought Zhang Benrui and his family to their home, Zhang Zhaohua naturally had the opportunity to observe the two up close.