In the evening, Qin Nian asked the chef to prepare sixteen dishes. Everyone sat at the table and celebrated the New Year together.
Qin Nian was very happy. She had learned seven exquisite moves from Lin Tiancheng in the past few days. According to Lin Tiancheng, as long as she practiced diligently, she would achieve great success.
Even if you fight with a master, even if you don't have internal strength, it is enough to protect yourself and have a chance to escape.
For ordinary masters, it is harder than climbing to heaven to defeat these seven moves.
Qin Nian knows how to fight, and with the blessing of spiritual spring water, she usually consciously performs strength training in space.
This time with Lin Tiancheng's guidance, he made rapid progress and his strength was so great that even Lin Tianchen was amazed.
He didn't understand how a sixteen-year-old girl could have so much strength, and kept praising her, saying that she was really a good material for martial arts.
He had an idea in his mind, which was to kill Zhu Pi and then come back to deal with it.
Because the Chinese New Year is approaching, there are about twenty people coming to the picking shed every day to pick strawberries to give to relatives or to keep for Chinese New Year.
Even wealthy people from Lin County drove their horse-drawn carriages over to pick strawberries.
The picking shed earns pretty good income, not to mention the stew restaurant, which is packed every day.
Many people come here to eat and then buy a slaughtered cage chicken from Qin Nian.
But when it’s stewed, it doesn’t taste the same.
Everyone thought it was because of the chef’s good cooking skills, but they had no idea that it was all thanks to the spiritual spring water.
Qin Nian thanked everyone for their efforts and encouraged everyone to work harder so that they could take a few days off during the New Year.
Everyone was happy and the party lasted until very late.
Qin Nian and Mrs. Li went back to the house, tidied up and went to bed. They had to get up early tomorrow as there was still a lot of work to do.
It was the twelfth lunar month, the weather was extremely cold, the north wind was howling, and everything in the world seemed to be frozen.
The bare branches occasionally make mournful sounds, like the wails of a dying person.
The kang in the room was very hot, and it was really comfortable to lie in the warm quilt. After a busy day, Qin Nian soon fell into a deep sleep.
Mrs. Li, who never suffered from insomnia, fell asleep even faster. As soon as her head touched the pillow, she fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, Qin Nian felt a light in the dimness. She closed her eyes and thought, is it dawn? Why is it so early today?
No, that's not right. It doesn't look like morning light.
She suddenly opened her eyes and could see the leaping flames outside through the window paper. There was a fire.
Qin Nian pushed Granny Li a few times: "Grandma, get up quickly, there's a fire."
While calling Mrs. Li, she quickly put on her clothes and went downstairs.
When I opened the door, I saw flames rising to the sky outside.
Qin Nian ran out in a hurry. At this time, everyone in Geng's family woke up and ran out.
Hurry up and put out the fire with water.
The fire started in the strawberry greenhouse. At the top of the strawberry greenhouse was a mountain of firewood.
As soon as the shed caught fire, the pile of firewood also caught fire, as it was all dry firewood.
"Geng Feng, you and Geng Tian quickly move the firewood stack away from the uncovered area to prevent the house from burning down."
Geng Zhenhai, who was carrying water, gave orders loudly.
Geng Feng and Geng Tian ran into the place where the farm tools were kept, took out forks, and picked out the burnt firewood.
Geng Zhenjiang cranked the windlass, while Geng Di and Geng Zhenhai carried the water.
Qin Nian and Ye Meizi also took tools and helped separate the unburned firewood.
The wind was so strong that firewood was blown close to the house and the stew shed.
Except for sleeping, Mrs. Li had already thrown away the wooden stick that she always kept in her hand. When she saw the burning firewood being blown by the wind, she hurried forward to put out the fire.
He kept cursing, "Who the hell set the fire and harmed people? Burning the sky and the earth, there will be great retribution.
Don't disbelieve it, just wait and see, it might bring disaster to your family."
After working until dawn, the fire was finally put out completely.
The strawberry shed and vegetable shed were completely burned down. Only one tenth of the mountain of firewood remained.
Fortunately, the house and the stew house were not burned down.
Geng Zhenjiang and Geng Zhenhai checked the fire site and saw kerosene under the blue bricks of the strawberry garden.
Someone had set the fire, that was for sure.
The family's faces were blackened by the thick smoke. Standing in the cold winter morning breeze, looking at the mess before them, they didn't know what to do.
"It's okay, just treat it as an early holiday and rest for a few more days. After the New Year, if there is a shortage of firewood, we can buy a few trucks.
When the weather gets a little warmer, we will repair the shed and continue to grow and sell strawberries."
Qin Nian encouraged the whole family who were hardworking, simple and sad.
"Yes, Xiao Nian is right. This fire didn't burn us to death, but it awakened our vigilance and can make us stronger."
Mrs. Li took over the conversation: "Don't get cold, go into the house to boil some water, wash yourself, and cook and eat.
After eating, clean up. Be extra careful next time, or it will be troublesome if it gets set on fire again."
After saying that, Mrs. Li went into the kitchen and together with Ye Meizi, lit the stove, boiled water, and made breakfast.
Qin Nian washed her face and hands, went back to the room and changed into clean clothes.
Geng Feng didn't even bother to wash his face, and came over to comfort Qin Nian: "Don't be discouraged, let's rebuild, and everything will be fine."
Qin Nian nodded: "I won't be discouraged. This is better than the time when we couldn't even dig up wild vegetables."
She had a lot of banknotes in her hands, so there was no problem for the family to have food, so there was no need to panic.
Having lived two lives, she understands that one will encounter all kinds of things in life, both good and bad.
You will meet all kinds of people, good and bad, just treat them calmly.
At this critical juncture, the breakfast prepared by Li Pozi and Ye Meizi was not sloppy at all.
Fluffy white flour buns, rice porridge, fried peanuts, mixed dried tofu shreds, and half a salted goose egg for each person.
The more critical the situation is, the more we need to eat. Only when we are full will we have the energy to plan.
Geng Zhenhai said: "Our family runs a stew restaurant, and business is booming. The strawberry picking shed is also doing very well.
Someone in the village must have been so angry that he set us on fire."
Qin Nian shook his head: "There have been famines for several years in a row, and the villagers have no money to buy kerosene.
I don’t think it was done by the villagers.”
Geng Feng said: "I agree with Xiao Nian's opinion."
Mrs. Li is actually very wise: "Think about who we have offended.
First of all, it’s Brother Dong Biao. His family is not as well off as before and kerosene is quite expensive, so it’s unlikely.
Then there was the previous county magistrate, who was exiled because of Xiao Nian."
"There is one more person."
Qin Nian, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up: "Mr. Zhang was beaten with thirty water and fire sticks.
However, suspicion is suspicion, and we should not tell anyone about our suspicions until we have definite evidence.
Including the people who will come to work later."
The whole family nodded in agreement.
After a while, the chef and the chef who cut the meat came. When they saw the meat was burnt like this, they were all dumbfounded.
Mrs. Li stood nearby and observed the expressions of these people carefully, and then she felt a little relieved.
Being schemed against by the people around you is the most terrifying thing. It doesn't mean you should just be suspicious of others, but you should be more careful.
Mrs. Li sighed in her heart: Nowadays, even one’s own daughter may not be reliable, let alone outsiders.
My biological daughter? Could it be Li Dahua and the others who did it?
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