Chapter 14 Then in Chenjia Town, Chen Aiguo and...

“Oh my god!!”

The entire Qingshui Village can be seen clearly from Xiushan. After discovering that the smoke was coming out of her own house, Xu Chunhua slapped her thigh and ran down immediately. Chen Aiguo, who was originally communicating with his brothers at the back, also changed his expression and quickly ran after her.

"Slow down, don't let anyone fall."

The eldest daughter of the Chen family is a calm person. Even after seeing the situation below, she subconsciously started to persuade them.

"Brother, your waist doesn't hurt when you talk while standing. Your house is on fire, aren't you worried?" Chen Aimin was used to speaking with sarcasm, and he subconsciously retorted to his elder brother, then he also ran away.

"OMG!!"

The smoke below grew thicker in the blink of an eye, and the sky was getting darker. No one could see the situation below clearly, so they could only shout and rush down subconsciously.

Then, after Chen Pan and the others finished the remaining mountain road which originally took half an hour to walk in just over ten minutes, they found that the fire that suddenly broke out had completely burned the large haystack in the outer yard of Chen Pan's house and also burned most of their kitchen.

"Where is my cow?" When he arrived at his doorstep, the first thing Chen Aiguo asked about was his old ox.

While he was asking questions, Xu Chunhua ran in. By the time everyone reacted and started to exclaim, she had already come out holding something.

Chen Pan looked closely and found that what she was holding in her arms was her father's tablet.

"It's already this late, why are you still clinging to him?"

Seeing that the skin on her face was blackened by the movement of the machine, Chen Aimin's wife, who ran over a step slower than her, subconsciously hit her on the arm.

"Don't worry, Third Uncle. Your cattle and sheep are all at our house. I immediately drove them here as soon as I saw something was wrong. Even all the chickens and ducks flew out."

"Oh my god, the fire started so quickly, and from both sides at once. Uncle Chen, I think you should call the police!"

"Uncle San, please check the important things in your house. Check if things like money are still there?"

A fire in Qingshui Village is a major event, and when it happens, everyone comes to help. The fire at Chen Pan's house was put out within a dozen minutes of everyone noticing the unusual situation.

But the fire burned two places at once, one in the firewood pile in the outer yard and the other in the kitchen in the inner room.

Everyone felt something was wrong, so they all came with buckets and basins, and started talking and making suggestions.

"There are only a few hundred dollars left at home from selling the pigs. I have deposited it all in the bank." Chen Aiguo subconsciously told everyone around him, and then with a nervous look on his face, he hurried into the house to see what was actually burned.

That night, Chen Panjia did call the police.

But these days, there is no surveillance outside at all.

Chen Pan's family lived at the very outskirts of the village. It was also lunchtime in the village, so almost everyone was cooking and eating at home, and no one nearby came out.

So, whether the sudden fire in Chen Pan's house was caused by someone accidentally throwing a few firecrackers or someone deliberately lit the fire, nothing can be found out.

"Fortunately, only the haystack and the kitchen caught fire, and nothing else was really burned. Anyway, I should be more careful next time and not put so many matches and hay in the kitchen."

The Chinese New Year period is the busiest time for the nearby police station.

Seeing that the Chen family suffered little loss and no one was killed, the police, though somewhat suspicious, could only offer this consolation.

"Yes, that unfortunate boy must have climbed over the wall and set fire to the haystack and the hay in the kitchen."

"Yes, or maybe that wicked guy threw several firecrackers in at once, one set the haystack outside on fire, and one landed on the kitchen windowsill."

"Anyway, luckily you guys are alright!"

"Yes, I'm glad everyone is okay!"

After the police left, everyone who was helping to put out the fire nearby offered their condolences in unison.

But even if we comfort each other, there is a limit.

As the night grew deeper, everyone left one after another.

"Panpan, go outside and look for Xiao Hei, as well as the other chickens and ducks."

When everyone outside gradually left, Chen Pan was sent out by his grandparents.

Even Chen Erbao and Chen Datang, who had just come down with her, were sent out by the great grandfather and the second grandfather, and were asked to accompany Chen Pan to look for the lost Dahei and other chickens and ducks.

"Sister, was this done by someone hired by the Li family?"

"Yes, I heard that Li Chengcai's situation is very bad. I heard that you asked his family for fifty yuan that night. After that accident, you were all fine, but his son was like that. Maybe you were suddenly angered by his family."

None of the adults mentioned the Li family.

But now that there was no one else at the scene, as they followed Chen Pan to the bottom of the village to look for Dahei, Chen Erbao and Chen Datang, who didn't have a particularly good relationship with Chen Pan but called her "sister" outside, spoke without hesitation.

"Maybe!" At this moment, Chen Pan was almost certain that the other person must have woken up. Not only was he awake, he might have already told his parents the whole story of why he was so seriously injured.

"It's a good thing you came with us to pay New Year's greetings today. If you had stayed at home, you might have died." The tall Chen Erbao continued.

"No, they only set fire to the haystack and the kitchen. It should be a warning and intimidation. They probably don't want to kill anyone. Anyway, we should stay away from rich people like them. Although they can't kill anyone, they can easily make us suffer if they mess with us in the village." Chen Datong, who was only thirteen years old, added slowly.

Chen Pan didn't say much while the two were discussing.

After listening for a while, she told the two of them to quickly find Dahei and the other chickens and ducks.

"Um!"

"good!"

The two of them agreed at the same time and then called Dahei.

While Chen Pan was taking his two cousins ​​to look for the lost Dahei and other chickens and ducks, the three brothers and three sisters-in-law of the Chen family were also discussing the matter in the house.

"It should be the Li family. I believe that children may accidentally drop firecrackers on the haystack. But I don't believe that they can bypass the wall and the outer door and fall directly into your kitchen." said Chen Aidang, the eldest son of the Chen family.

"Yes, and they're pretty accurate. The police won't investigate cases like this where no one is killed and the loss isn't significant."

Looking at the miserable appearance of his younger brother and sister-in-law, Chen Aimin, the second son of the Chen family, also told the story that he had heard that if his sister-in-law had not hidden on the night of the Little New Year, the youngest son of Li Changzi would not have had the car accident, or the accident would not have been so serious.

"They can't just torment us like this just because Chunhua hid." Even though she didn't get along with the third brother's wife, at this time, Chen Lao Da's wife couldn't help but speak up for her.

"If she hadn't dodged, maybe the car wouldn't have hit the pillar. Or people are still thinking that if she hadn't shown up at that time, maybe their son wouldn't have had the accident. Anyway, people's hearts are the most complicated. Maybe because of this incident, Li Decheng completely hated them." Boss Chen explained to his wife.

"What should we do now? The key now is, will the Li family retaliate this time? Will he take action again in the future?" The second daughter-in-law of the Chen family also became worried.

"Who knows?"

Taking out the pipe from his arms, Chen Laoer lit it up and couldn't help but take a deep puff.

That night, after Chen Pan and the others found Xiao Hei who was running outside and all the chickens and ducks that Xiao Hei was watching, the great grandfather and the second grandfather had already left.

Chen Pan told her grandparents that when she and Chen Erbao found Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei was guarding the chickens and ducks at the reservoir in front. Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen, who were originally in a low mood, couldn't help but laugh.

"What a good dog!"

"That's because you often drive them to that place, old man. They tend to run there when they get frightened."

The two old people were talking back and forth. Seeing this, Chen Pan said cautiously again, "Grandpa and Grandma, why don't we work hard and go live in town? I'll try my best to get into No. 6 Middle School, and then you can open a small shop in front of the school and sell spicy hot pot or egg-filled pancakes, right?"

Chen Pan said these things not casually, because in her previous life, she and her grandfather had gone out to work for a long time. After countless practices, they came to the conclusion that farming was not as good as working, and working was not as good as starting a small business of their own.

Because he opened a snack bar in front of the school in his previous life, when Chen Pan thought about how to make money in this life, the first thing he thought of was what he was most familiar with.

In the past, because he was only fourteen years old and felt that they still had plenty of time, Chen Pan had never been really anxious.

But at this moment, Chen Pan felt very anxious.

"Panpan, you think everything is too easy. Doing business is not that easy. Anyway, today might just be an accident. Don't think too much about it and go back to rest. Tomorrow I will find someone to repair the kitchen roof and buy some cement to re-scrape the kitchen walls. Everything will be fine."

Everything today was just speculation and nothing was completely confirmed. Chen Aiguo subconsciously comforted Chen Pan and told her not to think too much.

"Yeah!" Knowing their personalities, Chen Pan still didn't say much.

But that night, while lying in his room, listening to the very low voices of his grandparents talking on the other end, Chen Pan couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

The next day was the day the girl returned home. Even though such an accident happened at home, Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen packed up and went to Grandma Chen's parents' home the next day.

Grandma Chen is only in her early fifties and her parents are still alive.

So on this day, they had to go and pay New Year's greetings no matter what.

But this day, Chen Pan used the excuse of having a stomachache to not go with them.

Chen Pan was already fourteen years old, considered a grown-up girl. Knowing she felt uncomfortable around this time of month, Grandpa and Grandma Chen didn't think much of it. After giving her some careful instructions, they quickly packed up and left.

Grandma Chen's parents' home is only seven or eight kilometers away from their village. They can just walk along the village road next to them. Although there is a bus on this road, it only runs two or three times a day, so they still choose to walk when they set out early in the morning.

After the two old people at home left, Chen Pan took her two yuan pocket money, the family passbook and her grandfather's ID card that her grandfather had given her yesterday for safekeeping, and took the bus directly to the town.

Chen Pan was very clear that the farmers at that time would never do business unless they had no other choice, or they were afraid to do business.

In addition to being afraid of doing business, they are also afraid of leaving their hometown.

They are illiterate and dare not even leave the province or county without an acquaintance to guide them.

If you can't read, you won't know where this bus is going, or where you are. If you ask someone, you might get a cold shoulder or even sneers. Some malicious people might even deliberately give you the wrong place or name.

If you are illiterate, things that seem very simple to others may seem extremely complicated to you.

If you are illiterate, you may really be cheated and killed, or even sold and have to help others count the money.

To be honest, if my family hadn't owed money for growing crops in my previous life that I could never repay, my grandfather would definitely not have followed me away from home.

But even so, his grandfather felt uneasy when he first went out.

Old people like them stand tall and proud in the familiar farmland.

But in towns they are not familiar with, they are naturally timid.

But in fact, everything is just like that when you really get familiar with it.

In her previous life, it was the death of her grandmother and the huge debt of the family that forced her grandfather to follow her out.

In her life, Chen Pan didn't actually want to force them at first. Her original idea was to build three large houses on the west side. Then she could open two small shops selling groceries and the other one as a wreath shop that would definitely make money.

Apart from urging them to open a small shop, Chen Pan didn't want to force them to do anything else. He wanted to wait until he grew up and everything would come slowly.

But the fire in her house last night completely shattered Chen Pan's mentality of not rushing and taking things slowly.

So it was not until today that Chen Pan took final action.

Chen Pan looks like he is only in his teens, but because of a special experience in his previous life, Chen Pan never feels afraid or timid, whether he is going out to take a car or strolling outside the No. 6 Middle School fifteen kilometers away.

Chen Pan is only in the second year of junior high school now, but if their school graduates want to go to high school, most of them go to the nearest No. 4 Middle School, but some students also go to the No. 6 Middle School in Liuping Town.

In other words, they can attend both No. 4 and No. 6 Middle Schools. As long as you can afford No. 6 Middle School's tuition, are enrolled in a nearby village, and have a high school entrance exam score that meets the admission quota for No. 6 and No. 4 Middle Schools, you can enroll in either of these high schools.

Another reason Chen Pan was drawn to this place was that in a few years, Liuping Town would be incorporated into the urban area. This area would then become part of the city's planning, and almost all the surrounding areas would be demolished and rebuilt.

Given their family's current financial situation, it would be impossible for them to go directly to the city as they are seriously lacking in financial resources.

But if she first came to a town where Mandarin was not spoken, maybe her grandparents would be able to stay there just fine.

A tree that is moved will die, but a person who moves will live.

In any case, since his family's financial resources and strength were far inferior to Li Chengcai's family, Chen Pan didn't dare to confront them head-on.

Everyone says that the countryside is good and that rural people are simple.

But Chen Pan had actually seen rural people quarreling and one family beating another until they were bleeding.

She had also seen situations where a village bully would dare to push down the neighboring house while building a house, or directly cut off the neighboring house's water and electricity, forcing the neighbor to move out.

Anyway, at this moment, Chen Pan just didn't want to wait any longer.

"Hello, how do you rent out the shop outside No. 6 Middle School?"

"Hello, big brother, do you have any houses available in the nearby villages?"

That day, Chen Aiguo and his wife put aside their bad moods from yesterday and visited relatives at her mother's home in Chenjia Town.

Chen Pan wrote down several rental stores near the Sixth Middle School, then went to a nearby grocery store and called each one. After getting a rough idea of ​​the rental prices of nearby stores, Chen Pan went to the only real estate agency in Liuping Town.

If you only look at her face, she does not look very old.

But she is now only 1.56 meters tall, which is enough for her to pretend to be an adult.

In addition, she was wrapped up tightly in the winter and was wearing a blue jacket that made her look old, so the agent who was still in the store during the New Year took him to visit several nearby stores without knowing her specific age.

Then Chen Aiguo and Xu Chunhua from Chenjia Town squeezed onto a bus at four o'clock in the afternoon and staggered home.

Chen Pan had already used Grandpa Chen's ID card and rented a 30-square-meter shop outside the No. 6 Middle School for 40 yuan a month. Not only that, she also paid a deposit of 160 yuan, giving the other party 280 yuan in rent and deposit. Together with the money paid to the agent, Chen Pan paid a total of 300 yuan that day.

As for why she didn't rent directly in the end, but instead chose the only agency here, it was just to be on the safe side.

As for withdrawing money, it is actually quite easy now.

She had her grandfather's passbook and the other party's ID card, and was able to enter the password correctly.

So it is very easy to withdraw money.

Anyway, on this day, Chen Pan was completely bold.

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