Chapter 83 Burning Camp
Recently, Jia Zhang feels that everything in her family is going wrong.
My son Jia Dongxu introduced two girls to other relationships, but both of them were poached by others.
I finally found a man to marry, but the marriage was not a happy one.
Therefore, at this moment, she was particularly pious.
I saw Jia Zhang kneeling in front of her own blazing fire, holding a stick of incense in her hand, muttering to herself,
"God bless me. I hope that in the new year, Xu Youliang will become an accountant at the grain store. I hope my son Dongxu can marry a good girl!"
These were the two things she was most eager to see.
Today, Xu Youliang is just an ordinary employee in a grain store. He can't make much money at all, especially with He Daqing next door as a reference.
As for her son Jia Dongxu, he was just an apprentice. Only when he became a regular employee and got married, would she, as a mother, feel at ease.
After praying a few times, Jia Zhang kowtowed three times, then stood up and placed the incense sticks next to the burning fire.
"Dongxu, please make the fire burn brighter!"
Jia Zhang turned her head to look at the roaring fires of the other two families and couldn't help but instruct her son.
"Okay, Mom!"
Jia Dongxu grinned, like a good and obedient son. As he spoke, he picked up a branch and fanned the fire in front of him.
Well, only if there is enough space between the firewood will it burn faster and more vigorously.
As a result of what Jia Dongxu and Xu Youliang did, the raging fire in front of old Jia's house suddenly burned fiercely. The flames alone were two meters high, and it even surpassed the fire of He Daqing and Yi Zhonghai's family in the same yard.
"Good, a prosperous new year!"
Seeing this scene, a smile finally appeared on Jia Zhang's face.
You know, in the winter in the north, not only is the weather freezing, but the wind is also extremely strong at night, and even in the courtyard, it blows quite hard.
When the fire was almost burnt out, He Daqing and He Yuzhu used a shovel to shovel some dirt and put out the remaining ashes. But then they felt uneasy, so they put some remaining stones and bricks in front of the steps on top. After making sure that there was no problem, He Daqing let He Yuzhu and his sister go back to the backyard to sleep, while he, holding Qin Huairu, went into the house.
As for Yi Zhonghai in the east room, it was easier. There were not many ashes in his house, so he simply covered it with a tattered iron basin and pulled Tao Huilan back to the house.
In the west room, Jia Dongxu's family used a little more firewood, and it took half an hour longer to burn it completely.
But the Jia family was poor, so Jia Dongxu simply poured some cold water on the ashes and placed them in a small pit dug nearby, which was considered a solution.
The new year has begun, but every household has fallen asleep.
The wind outside was getting stronger and stronger. Inside the earth pit of old Jia's house, the passing cold wind swirled around here, and the ashes that had been extinguished were rekindled under the instigation of this swirling wind.
At first there were just some sparks, but with the wind, these sparks gradually turned into small flames, and some were even blown to the side of Jia's house.
What's worse, many pieces of wood with sparks were blown directly to the eaves of Yi Zhonghai's house opposite.
As time went by, these sparks slowly burned. There was a lot of wood in Jia Dongxu and Yi Zhonghai's house, so the fire spread soon.
"Ahem... Lao Yi, Lao Yi, hurry up and get up, it seems like something is on fire!"
East room.
The first person to react was the pregnant Tao Huilan.
Since she became pregnant, she has not been sleeping well and is particularly sensitive to smells.
She didn't think much about it at first, but when she saw the fire outside, she immediately realized something was wrong and quickly woke up Yi Zhonghai who was sleeping next to her.
"What?"
Yi Zhonghai, who had just fallen asleep, looked confused.
However, he could not ignore his wife's request. He rubbed his eyes and finally regained consciousness.
There was already a pungent smell of smoke in the house. At first, Yi Zhonghai thought that his stove was not covered properly, but when he looked outside the door, he immediately realized that something was wrong.
"Huilan, put on your clothes quickly and take your valuables with you!"
As Yi Zhonghai spoke, he stood up, dressed, and hurried out of the house.
As soon as he walked out, Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but gasp.
My goodness! Not only were all the windows of his house on fire, but even Jia Dongxu's house across the street was also covered in flames.
But I clearly covered my own blazing fire with an iron basin!
"It's the other side!"
Yi Zhonghai soon noticed the small earth pit at the opposite door, where a fire was burning raging.
"Made!"
Yi Zhonghai cursed angrily, without caring too much, turned back to the house and hurriedly pulled his wife Tao Huilan out.
Tao Huilan finally has a child, she can't let anything hurt her.
"Go door to door and ask everyone to help, otherwise the fire will get bigger and bigger. I'll water it!"
Yi Zhonghai picked up the washbasin and scooped water from the water jar while shouting loudly to Tao Huilan outside.
"it is good!"
Seeing her house burning, Tao Huilan was also extremely anxious. She immediately yelled in the yard at the top of her voice,
"Don't sleep, don't sleep, there's a fire."
"Everybody get up, the middle yard is on fire!"
Tao Huilan had a loud voice, but it was late at night and every household was asleep. She shouted several times but there was no response, so she had to continue shouting.
"on fire?"
In the north room, He Daqing, who was sleeping with Qin Huairu in his arms, couldn't help but frown when he heard the sound.
The weather in the north is dry in winter, making fires particularly prone to occur, otherwise he would not have handled the raging fire so carefully, but unexpectedly, the tragedy still happened.
"Qing……"
Qin Huairu, who was sleeping next to him, gave a warning.
"Don't worry, I'll go take a look!"
He Daqing patted Qin Huairu on the shoulder, put on his clothes, and walked outside.
Jia Dongxu's family lived in the west room. Jia Zhang, who had been tormented by Xu Youliang, had just closed her eyes for a short while when she heard Tao Huilan's screams.
She couldn't help but glance out the window.
It doesn't matter if you don't see it, you will be shocked when you see it.
My goodness, there’s fire all over the outside of my house!
"There's food, there's food, wake up, the house is on fire!"
Jia Zhang pushed Xu Youliang beside her anxiously, but Xu Youliang, who had just run out of ammunition and food, was extremely tired. Even though he heard it, he was unwilling to open his eyes.
Jia Zhang shouted again anxiously,
"Dongxu, Dongxu, wake up quickly, there's a fire in our house!"
As he spoke, he put on his clothes and walked out.
The Jia family only has this one house. What will they do if it is burned down?
Jia Dongxu and Xu Youliang, who heard the noise, gradually smelled the pungent smell of smoke and sat up from their beds.