After Mrs. Du came back in the evening, Tian An asked Chunxi to bring her some meat and then let her go home.
Tian An would bring some meat to her family from time to time, and she would thank him as usual and take the meat back.
But when she got home, she found that the child's father had gauze wrapped on his head. When she asked, she found out that it was because her mother-in-law came to the house to make a fuss about going to the village school, and she forced her husband so hard that he actually hit his head against the wall.
Mrs. Du was frightened. If it weren't for Tian An, the head of the family would have passed away. How would they, an orphan and a widow, survive?
Zhuangzhuang and Kaikai, who had just returned from school, realized that it was because of their school affairs that their father had banged his head against the wall, and he kept saying that he didn't want to go to school anymore.
Mrs. Du felt sorry for her husband, her son, and even more so for her daughter, who was being beaten and scolded by her mother-in-law. Her tears flowed like a broken dam, unable to be stopped. Her son and daughter cried too, and the whole family hugged each other and cried heartbreakingly.
As a result, people outside thought that Tian Mingcai was dead, and they came in to check, making the scene awkward for a while.
Mrs. Du quickly wiped away her tears and thanked everyone who had helped her family today, thanking them for their concern.
After everyone left, Du became increasingly furious and ran off to confront Old Lady Wang. Tian Ming was about to chase her when his head started to spin, so he quickly told his two daughters to follow him.
After arriving at Li's house, Mrs. Du did not find her mother-in-law, Mrs. Wang, but instead met Mrs. Qian standing there and making sarcastic remarks.
After all, the mother-in-law came to her house to make a scene because of Qian's two sons, and she still dared to be so sarcastic. Since she couldn't find the mother-in-law, it would be the same to find her.
Mrs. Du quickly walked up to Mrs. Qian and slapped her without saying a word.
Qian was beaten by Deng Xue in the morning, and later she instigated her mother-in-law to go to Tian Mingcai's house to make trouble.
As a result, Wang almost caused a death. When she came back, she took her anger out on Qian and had another fight with her.
After beating her with a few bamboo sticks, Old Lady Wang packed her bag and left the house, not knowing where she went.
Qian was beaten twice in a row. She was in pain all over and her reaction was slow. Now she was slapped to the ground by Du.
Mrs. Du was already holding her breath, and was further angered by Mrs. Qian. Seeing her fall to the ground, she simply sat on her stomach and started beating her in the face again.
Then, another tooth that had been loosened by Deng Xue in the morning fell out. Seeing that her tooth had fallen out, Mrs. Du stopped beating her and went back home with her two daughters.
After Du left, Qian lay on the ground like a puddle of mud, with a vicious look in her eyes:
You're all bullying her, aren't you? It's just a crappy village school. If her son can't go, then neither of them should go.
"What are you still doing there? You're not even worthy enough to help me when I'm being beaten. What's the point of asking you two to pay me? I'm going to die, so come and take care of us."
The frightened Li Chunmei and Li Qiuju only dared to come over and help her after hearing Qian's voice.
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After dinner, Tian An and Deng Shuang made a few more blank books before going to bed, planning to get up early the next morning to copy the books.
But what was unexpected was that she had to get up before the next day.
...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...
In the middle of the night, when everyone was sound asleep, they suddenly heard someone banging on the door.
People who learn martial arts are very alert. When Chen Feng heard the door open, he immediately stood up and opened it. As soon as he opened the door, Zhao Yiming also walked out of the room.
The people knocking on the door were Dashu and Xiaofeng's younger brothers, Xiaojun and Dajun. As soon as the door opened, Xiaojun immediately shouted:
"Brother Yiming, hurry up, the village school is on fire. My father asked me to tell you to help put out the fire."
Hearing this, everyone who had woken up after hearing the knock on the door was horrified. Zhao Yiming saw Tian An was up and knew that she would take care of things, so he took his men and took their weapons to put out the fire.
Tian An hurriedly asked Xiaojun if anyone had notified Jiayuan to ask for help.
Xiaojun said that they came here first and didn’t have time to go there yet.
Before Tian An could give any instructions, Deng Xue stepped forward and said, "Miss, I can run fast, I'll go and inform them." Then she ran towards Jiayuan.
Grandma Qin was old and her hand was injured, so Tian An asked her to look after the children at home, and she took Zhenniang and others to help.
When Tian An arrived, everyone in Jiayuan was there. Some took basins and some carried buckets, and they all drew water from the water tanks and wells of the nearby houses to put out the fire.
In order to put out the fire, the entire village went out. With everyone's unremitting efforts, the fire was finally put out at the first crow of the rooster.
In autumn, the weather is dry and a spark can start a blaze. After the fire was put out, Zhao Yiming was afraid there might be more flames he hadn't noticed, so he led everyone to check carefully several times, and only felt relieved after confirming that there were no sparks at all.
The village school was built of dark bricks, so the walls weren't badly damaged. The most serious damage was to the roof beams, which were burned off, causing the roof to collapse, with all the tiles falling and shattering. The tables and chairs inside were also reduced to ashes.
A nearby house also had half of its house burned down, but fortunately everyone in the house escaped and there were no casualties.
Everyone looked at the burnt-out village school and the half-collapsed house in front of them with mixed feelings and burning with anger.
"Who the hell did this wicked thing? She dared to do such a heartless thing as setting fire to the house. Isn't she afraid of being struck by lightning?" The woman whose house was burned cursed.
Obviously, no one believed that the fire had started on its own. The autumn harvest had already begun, and everyone was extremely careful with fire. They would always make sure the fire was out before going to bed at night.
The fire started in the village school, where no one lived. There was not even a piece of firewood except for tables and chairs. Unless someone set the fire maliciously, it would be impossible for the fire to start on its own.
The disheveled village chief walked up to Zhao Yiming and Tian An and asked, "What do you think?"
Tian An and Zhao Yiming looked at each other and understood each other's thoughts.
Tian An said: "No one in the village school used fire, so it couldn't have started on its own. This fire tonight was clearly arson."
Although the village chief had his suspicions in mind, he still asked the two people, "Do you have any suspicions?"
Before they could say anything, the woman who had been taking her child to school one morning said, "Who else could it be but the Qian family? An'an and Daniu are both kind to everyone in the village, and they've never offended anyone except the Qian family. It's likely that the Qian family sent her son to school this morning and refused to pay the tuition, so they were kicked out. She must have held a grudge and burned down the village school."
Before anyone could say anything, a young man exclaimed, "Oh no! Qian is trying to escape! When I left home to put out the fire, I saw her running out of the village with her bag on her back."
The village chief hurriedly said, "Hurry, chase her, don't let her run away."
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