Sure enough, after Chen Ermei finished speaking, Grandma Xu immediately clutched her chest and began her performance.
"Yes, my old eyes are failing me; I can't tell whether it's messy or clean. I'm such an old geezer, I'm in your way, boohoo, boohoo!"
"Old man, my chest hurts so much, I can hardly breathe!"
Grandpa Xu helped Grandma Xu sit down, and said indirectly, "Youngest son, do you think that just because your mother and I are old, we can be bullied by anyone?"
"Can't you even do a simple chores when your mother asks you to?!"
"How could that be? Mom, calm down. I'll talk to Jin Gui and Daya properly. Dad, take Mom back to her room to rest first. We'll call you for dinner later."
Then he said to Xu Jingui, "Come in with me now!"
Inside the room
Xu Weimin said with dissatisfaction, "Your wife needs to be properly disciplined. She doesn't act like a junior at all towards her elders."
Before marrying Chen Ermei, Xu Jingui always thought Chen Ermei was easy to control. Who knew that after marriage, especially after she became pregnant, she became more and more arrogant.
"I understand, Dad. I will discipline her properly. I'm sorry Grandma was wronged this time. This will definitely not happen again next time."
Xu Weimin nodded: "Yes, as long as you know it. Remember, whether you're getting married for the second or third time, you'll never lack a wife if you want to."
Xu Weimin patted him on the shoulder and then went out.
......
Ever since she received the letter of severance and a thousand yuan from Xu Weimin a few days ago, Xu Fang has been having nightmares every night, and during the day she always feels like someone is following her.
Tonight, too, she suddenly woke up in the middle of the night. She felt extremely panicked and had a strange sense of fear.
Xu Fang tried to lie down and try to fall asleep again, but she couldn't for a long time, and her anxiety grew stronger. So she simply woke Chen Ming up as well.
"Honey, wake up."
Xu Fang nudged Chen Ming, who was fast asleep beside her. Although Chen Ming was awake, he was still somewhat half-asleep.
He asked groggily, "Honey, what's wrong? Did you have another nightmare?"
Chen Ming knew that Xu Fang hadn't been sleeping well these past few nights, but he always assumed it was because she was scared due to the sudden influx of a large sum of money into the family.
Because Xu Fang hadn't told him anything, and she had felt someone following her during the day, Chen Ming could only comfort her by saying, "Wife, don't worry too much. Everyone in the village knows we're poor. Even thieves have to give us two cents when they break in."
“We haven’t told anyone else that our family is rich. Chen Mai and Chen Liang didn’t know, and no one else knew either. Just relax.”
Xu Fang shook her head with a worried look on her face: "I'm not worried about that. I just feel a little uneasy, like something is about to happen."
"What could it be..."
Before Chen Ming could finish speaking, he suddenly heard a noise in the courtyard. He instantly snapped to attention, raised a finger to his lips, and gestured for Xu Fang to calm down and remain silent.
Light footsteps sounded in the courtyard, heading towards the room. Chen Ming and Xu Fang moved quietly, getting out of bed, intending to act according to the situation.
There should be at least two people outside the courtyard, because Chen Ming heard two people's footsteps, and he was now afraid that they would suddenly come in.
Fortunately, they only knocked on the door, probably just to check if they were asleep, and then left. There was no sound of rummaging through things outside the yard.
Chen Ming was a little confused. If he wasn't after money, why would he come in in the middle of the night?
Chen Ming seemed to hear the sound of someone climbing over the wall, but he wasn't sure if they had climbed out or if someone had climbed in. So they still didn't dare to go out and open the door to see.
A little while later, Xu Fang suddenly smelled smoke. In her anxiety, she didn't care about anything else and opened the door to go to Chen Mai's room.
Chen Ming followed closely behind. There was no one left outside the courtyard, but their front gate was already on fire!
It seems their goal wasn't money at all, but to take their lives! Their house was a thatched hut; if Xu Fang hadn't woken him up, they probably wouldn't have been able to escape by the time they found him.
While Chen Ming was still considering the possibility of putting out the fire, Xu Fang had already woken up the Chen brothers. Then she called to Chen Ming, "Honey! Go quickly and get yourselves wet with water. I'll go back to the room to get some things, and then we'll climb over the wall and get out!"
Xu Fang returned to her room and first took the thousand yuan and the family's household registration certificate. Fortunately, she was used to keeping important things together, otherwise she probably wouldn't have had time to take them all.
When Xu Fang came out again, Chen Ming had already seen Chen Mai and Chen Liang out. When Chen Ming saw Xu Fang come out, he quickly told her to step on his shoulders and climb over the wall to get out as well.
After escaping, Chen Mai started shouting, "Help! Fire! Someone, please help!"
Chen Liang was already terrified, but when he heard his brother shouting, he also yelled, "Help! Fire! Someone, please help!"
In the early hours of the morning, when everyone should have been sound asleep, shouts suddenly broke the silence of the night. Several households living near Chen Ming's house gradually woke up.
Then I smelled a strong odor of smoke, and even saw a flicker of light in the pitch-black night.
They quickly went out to check where the fire had occurred.
Chen Mai wanted to shout into the village again, but Chen Ming had just told them to wait nearby.
Chen Ming was afraid that the two people from earlier might not have gone far, and if they ran into them, Chen Mai and the others would be in great danger.
Xu Fang came out quickly and kept calling to Chen Ming from outside: "Honey, grab a stool and come out quickly, the fire is getting bigger! Cough, cough!"
Xu Fang was choked by the smoke and felt terrible, so she took two steps back and stood with Chen Mai and the others.
But after waiting for two or three minutes and still not seeing Chen Ming come out, Xu Fang panicked and ran back to the wall, shouting loudly, "Chen Ming! Honey! Why haven't you come out yet?! Can you hear me?!"
In the courtyard, Chen Ming went back to his room to find a quilt and was soaking it in water when he heard Xu Fang's voice. He replied, "I'm fine, I'll be right out. You go away first!"
Chen Ming wrapped the water-soaked quilt around himself, then pushed his bicycle, intending to go straight out the gate.
The entire front door had been burned away, and the fire had spread to the firewood in the kitchen. Chen Ming rushed out in one go.
Xu Fang felt like she had been waiting for a long time, but before Chen Ming came out, the people nearby arrived first.
"Chen Ming's wife, why is your house on fire? Where is your Chen Ming?"
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