"Ah Kang, come out and take a look. Is your aunt seeing things?"

The black dots in front of me look like people moving around.

And look over there on Beishan, isn't there smoke?

Is someone setting fire to the mountain?

Whether in ancient or modern times, people have always feared wildfires the most.

Chi Qiao forced herself to blink hard, trying to suppress her trembling body, just in case she was seeing things.

The people of Chijia'ao cherish the mountains and forests. If they cut down a tree, they will replant it later.

Just like how people cut down trees to make charcoal before the Lunar New Year, and then, after the weather warmed up recently, everyone spontaneously took the time to start planting trees.

Therefore, they would absolutely not set the mountain on fire.

So what's going on with that smoke now?

Chi Kang was catching up on sleep. He planned to sleep well in the carriage and then immediately go to the cave to help his aunt harvest grain and clear land when he got back.

Upon suddenly hearing his aunt's words, he immediately opened his eyes, got out of the carriage, and looked ahead.

After seeing it clearly, his face immediately darkened.

"Auntie, the black dots in front are people, but I don't know if they are from our Chijia'ao."

Also, the situation on the north side of the mountain is uncertain. If the mountain was set on fire, there shouldn't just be smoke; there should be open flames.

In any case, we need to send someone over to see what's going on.

Otherwise, if a wildfire breaks out, we'll all be finished!

Once a wildfire starts, it can spread very quickly.

The villagers didn't even have time to pack their valuables.

Now, where can everyone go if they leave Chijia'ao?

Moreover, there are still extreme heat and drought to deal with.

The best course of action would be to put out the fire and stay here!

What Chi Qiao and the others could see, the people in Chijia'ao naturally had to see clearly as well.

Chi Dongyi, who had already discussed how to solve the problem of displaced people, turned pale after hearing that those people had set fire to the mountain in Beishan.

He arrived at the foot of North Mountain with his men in a grand manner.

Before they could even cross the river, the people of Chijia'ao saw terrified refugees running towards them.

Meanwhile, flames had already appeared on the northern mountain.

Unfortunately, at this moment, the wind picked up, and it was blowing towards Chijia'ao.

Upon seeing this, Chi Dongyi and the others looked terrified.

Chi Sanhe, his voice trembling, shouted at his son:

"Ahe, quick, quick, tell everyone to fetch river water to put out the fire, quick..."

Ignoring his age, Chi Dongyi snatched the wooden bucket from the person next to him, bent down, scooped up a bucket of water from the river, and ran up the mountain.

As for the refugees, they have no time to worry about them now.

All they knew was that if they didn't put out the fire, the people of Chijia'ao would become rootless.

They must protect their homes; this wildfire must be extinguished!

It is unclear whether it was influenced by the indiscriminate firefighting efforts of the people of Chijia'ao, but the refugees who were originally only concerned with escaping began to fetch water to put out the fire or cut down large tree branches to fight it when they saw the people living in the mountains.

One by one, those who had lost their conscience along the way suddenly resurfaced at this moment.

Some of them had originally planned to rush in and steal while the villagers were putting out the fire.

But in the end, I held back.

Regardless of age, gender, or physical condition, everyone followed behind the people of Chijia'ao to help put out the fire.