Chapter 696: Ruthless Jia Dongxu
Buy meat?
Make dumplings?
Jia Dongxu felt nervous as he watched Jia Zhang walk towards the direction where the money was hidden.
The money that was found at the beginning had been taken away by Jia Dongxu into several dozen yuan. If this was discovered by Jia Zhang, there would be a huge uproar!
At that time, not only would he be scolded by Jia Zhang, but he would also be dragged out to the courtyard to be criticized and laughed at by the people in the courtyard.
"Mom, let's not eat dumplings. Uncle San's family held a banquet yesterday. There must be some uneaten meat at home. You've worked so hard on the farm, why not go to Uncle San's family and ask for some meat!"
In a hurry, Jia Dongxu suddenly thought of a solution, which was to send Jia Zhang out first. After saying that, he added: "The ribs and elbows that Chen Jun made yesterday were delicious. Huairu and I were so full!"
gudu~
Spare ribs? Pork elbow?
How could Jia Zhang, who was eating radishes and steamed bread on the farm, resist such temptation? She turned around and asked, "It's been a day, and the old Yan family still has pork elbows?"
"Yes, there must be!" Jia Dongxu said confidently, "Given the Third Uncle's personality, he will definitely save the good stuff for later. It's impossible for him to make it all in one day!"
"Okay! Then I'll go borrow some food from Old Yan, and we'll make dumplings in the evening!"
After saying that, Jia Zhang pursed her lips and walked out excitedly.
Seeing Jia Zhang trotting out, Jia Dongxu hurriedly walked behind the curtain with his crutches, took out the money hidden under the pillow, and counted it. He found that more than thirty yuan was missing.
Given Jia Zhang's personality, she would definitely count the money carefully, and the truth would be revealed by then.
But if you don't put it back, it will still be discovered.
In a hurry, Jia Dongxu gritted his teeth, made up his mind, stuffed the money into his trouser pocket, turned around and went to the stove to get a box of matches.
After struggling for four or five seconds, Jia Dongxu struck a match and threw it directly onto Jia Zhang's bed.
After lighting the straw mat on the bed, Jia Dongxu did not run away in a hurry. Instead, he waited for the fire to slowly burn up, then picked up Banggeng who was still sleeping on the bed, and ran out with one hand on a crutch.
"Mom! Mom, come back soon!"
"Our house is on fire, come and put it out!"
"Oh, put out the fire, put out the fire!"
Jia Dongxu's legs were not in good condition to begin with, and he was leaning on a crutch with one hand and holding the stick. When he ran out, he tripped over the threshold and fell to the ground.
But at this time he no longer cared about the pain in his body, and he lay on the ground and wailed desperately: "Fire, come and put out the fire!"
He shouted and looked into the house.
Hey!
Is the fire already that big?
Summer is a hot season to begin with, and it hadn't rained for many days, so the things in the house were very dry, and the fire was about to spread to the roof.
Seeing this scene, Jia Dongxu suddenly became a little worried.
His original plan was to burn Jia Zhang's bed, but it seemed that the fire was getting out of control.
"Hurry! Put out the fire!"
Jia Dongxu was really anxious now. Their Jia family only had this one house in the courtyard. If the whole house burned down, the family of four would have to sleep outdoors.
Hearing Jia Dongxu's crying and screaming, the aunties who were chatting in the front yard all ran towards the middle yard.
The one who ran the fastest was Jia Zhang, who rushed out from the third uncle's house.
This guy lost more than ten pounds during his forced labor on the farm, and his running speed is much faster than before.
Looking at Jia Dongxu lying on the ground, Bang Geng crying loudly, and the house on fire, Jia Zhang's brain suddenly buzzed as if it had been hit hard by a hammer.
What's going on? ?
She had only been out for a short while and hadn't received her big elbow yet, so how come the house caught fire?
But now was not the time to dwell on these things. Jia Zhang hurriedly shouted at the people in the courtyard, "What are you still standing there for? Put out the fire!"
"If you let this fire continue, you will lose your house!"
The houses in the courtyard are all adjacent to each other, and a fire in one house is likely to cause a chain reaction.
The aunties in the yard became anxious upon hearing this and started to put out the fire in an attempt to control the spread of the fire.
"Ah!! My money! Money!"
Jia Zhang, who was fetching water to rescue the victim, suddenly had a change of expression on her face, as she remembered the cloth bag hidden under the straw mat. That was all the money of their Jia family, part of which was the salary that Jia Dongxu had saved up, and more of it was the compensation given by the steel mill, a total of several hundred yuan!
Damn, if this gets burned down by fire, the Jia family will be really finished.
Thinking of this, Jia Zhang poured the water in the basin on herself, looked at the door of the room where thick smoke was billowing, and wanted to rush in with her head in her hands.
I go!
The third aunt was so frightened when she saw this scene that she grabbed Jia Zhang's arm.
"Jia Zhang, are you crazy?"
After being stopped by the three aunts, the courage that I had finally gathered up was instantly drained away.
"My...our family's money!"
Jia Zhang didn't dare to tell others how much money she had. She was worried that once the people in the courtyard knew about it, they would be even less likely to help her family, and she would not be able to borrow anything from them in the future.
"Can money be more important than life?" Auntie Three shouted.
Jia Zhang was stunned when she heard this. She looked at the third aunt, then looked at the house that was smoking. She gritted her teeth and wanted to rush in again.
If you have lost all your money, what’s the point of living?
"Hey, hey, hey, you really don't want to live!"
The third aunt was shocked by Jia Zhang's reaction and quickly called on others to come and stop her. Although Jia Zhang was not a good person and had done many disgusting things in the courtyard, they couldn't just watch her die.
"Money, my money!"
Jia Zhang was pulled by the arms and legs by several middle-aged women and was so angry that she almost fainted.
That’s not tens of dollars, that’s hundreds of dollars!
It had been a long time since the Jia family had saved so much money, and it was all burned down in a fire.
"Ms. Jia Zhang, don't worry, let's quickly pour water on the fire. Maybe we can put it out before the money catches fire."
"Hurry up, hurry up, everyone, try harder!"
In fact, there was no need for the third aunt to remind them. The people in the yard were also trying their best to put out the fire, not for Jia Zhang, but for their own house. Even people from the neighboring yard came to help.
"My money, my money! Don't be lazy, put out the fire quickly!"
"Hou Guifen, why are you so hesitant? Who is the kind person who can put out a fire with a bucket of water? If you don't want to help, just stay aside and don't delay other people from putting out the fire."
After cursing at the people in the yard for a while, Jia Zhang was still worried about the family's money.
However, after being stopped twice, Jia Zhang no longer had the courage to rush in.
Although the house is made of bricks and tiles, the beams are made of wood. If the fire has been burning for a while and the beams are burned. It would be dangerous if I rush in headfirst and might be hit by the beams.
But life is important, and money is equally important.
Jia Zhang didn't dare to rush in, so she simply hugged the third aunt's thigh and said, "Third aunt, you run fast, please help me, go in and get the money back, I'll give you ten yuan!"