Chapter 59 Fire Fighting
The fire was not in the team, but fifty meters away from the team.
Before anyone shouted "fire", someone on patrol noticed something was wrong and ran over with buckets of water.
When Zhou Yunshu went out, the fire had been brought under control. She did not move, but her face was very gloomy.
There are always some people who don't understand what people say.
There was more than one arsonist. The patrol team took the three arsonists to the middle of the team. As soon as they were released, stones were thrown at them from the crowd.
"Do you want to kill us?!"
"I've long said these outsiders have ill intentions. Look, their true colors are now showing!"
"Who dares to set fire to the mountain? Kill them!"
Countless dead branches, rotten leaves and mud fell on the three people. The three were in the same group and they huddled together and begged for mercy from the people around them.
"We didn't set fire to the mountain. We just wanted to burn something for my son." The woman in her fifties who was protected in the middle cried.
The woman's son panicked when the wolf attacked and fell into the ravine, hitting his head against a rock and died.
"What are you burning? Mr. Zhou has said many times that it is not allowed to make fires privately. Everyone's fire has been collected. Where did your fire come from?" Du Laosan looked at the three people and asked sternly.
One of the men avoided his gaze and whispered, "There's a flint at home that I forgot to give it to."
"Forgot to hand it in? I think you did it on purpose!"
"Kill them! They just want to kill us!"
When Zhou Yunshu and Du Laozhuang came over, the three of them had already been beaten to a bloody mess by the angry onlookers.
"That's enough."
After Zhou Yunshu finished speaking, the patrol team stepped forward. It was hard to tell whether they were angry or just venting their anger, and they finally stopped.
Zhou Yunshu looked at the three people who were setting the fire and said, "You all know the consequences of arson, but you still pretend to obey."
When the three saw Zhou Yunshu coming over, they covered their bleeding heads and begged for mercy: "We really just wanted to burn something for my little brother, but who knew the wind would blow and it would catch fire nearby. We really didn't set the fire on purpose."
"If it wasn't intentional, then we have to pay for your actions?"
Zhou Yunshu looked at the man with a bloody head indifferently and said, "If the patrol hadn't discovered it in time, if a forest fire had started, we would all be buried with you."
The three of them lowered their heads, clearly feeling the growing hostility and anger around them.
"You know the rules. Now that you've made a mistake, you should follow the rules."
After Zhou Yunshu finished speaking, Du Mazi behind her pushed the three people's families and their luggage into the crowd.
"This is the first time, and the last time." Zhou Yunshu looked at the people in front of her who were looking at her with trepidation and said, "All your food and water will be confiscated, and your daily food and water intake will be reduced by half."
The amount of food and water each person gets each day is not much to begin with, and if it is halved, there won’t be much left.
"Mr. Zhou!" A woman with her hair in a bun and a silver hairpin pleaded, "This is none of our business. We've tried to persuade her and try to stop her, but she's my mother-in-law, our elder. We really can't do anything about it!"
"Yeah, they started the fire. It really has nothing to do with us."
"Let us go, we didn't do anything!"
Zhou Yunshu looked at those who were pleading for mercy and said, "It seems that you have forgotten the rules I mentioned before. They started the fire, and you failed to supervise them properly. You are jointly responsible."
"I can't persuade him, I can't stop him, you can tie him up, I only care about the results."
If the punishment this time is not severe enough or strict enough, there will be more and more people in the team who pretend to obey but actually disobey.
Zhou Yunshu's attitude was very tough, and coupled with her previous feat of shooting the leader wolf, no one in the team spoke.
"Apart from that, you will be responsible for all the miscellaneous tasks in the team." With a team of hundreds of people, there are so many miscellaneous tasks that they can never be finished.
Seeing that some of them were dissatisfied, Zhou Yunshu raised her lips slightly and looked at them and said, "Of course, you don't have to follow our rules."
"We have used two-thirds of the team's water to put out the fire. If you want to leave, you must leave in person."
Those who were dissatisfied immediately lowered their heads. What was the difference between leaving and committing suicide?
When the people around heard that so much water had been lost, they looked at the person in the middle with anger in their eyes.
"I think they did it on purpose! How are we going to survive without water?"
"Kick them out and let them fend for themselves!"
"Yes, kick them out!"
As soon as these words were spoken, those who had set the fire privately and their families hurriedly pleaded with Zhou Yunshu, Du Laozhuang and others.
They must not be driven out. If they are driven out, they will definitely die!
"Mr. Zhou, we admit it, we admit it!"
The person who was speaking was afraid that Zhou Yunshu couldn't hear the noise around her, so he moved closer to her. However, he had just taken less than a step when he was stopped by a strong man with a beard.
The bear looked at the tearful woman in front of him and said without mercy, "Stay away from our boss, or I'll beat you up if you do that!"
There was a lot of noise all around. Zhou Yunshu glanced at Du Mazi beside her. Du Mazi immediately understood and said, "Shut up! What are you making so much noise for? Are you trying to bring the wolves back?"
As soon as they heard the word "wolf", the people around them immediately shut their mouths.
The tragic scene from a few hours ago was still vivid in their minds, and they said they never wanted to experience it again.
"This is the last chance." Zhou Yunshu looked at the people around her again, "This is the only chance."
"Next time I find someone setting a fire without permission, I will expel him and his family from our team."
Zhou Yunshu looked at the bewildered people standing in the crowd and said, "If you don't want your family to get in trouble, then you should take good care of your family."
"The neighboring group also has the responsibility to supervise their family. If the neighboring group fails to supervise properly, their food and water will be reduced by half for three days. If they do not do so again, their punishment will be the same as that of the neighboring group."
After Zhou Yunshu said this, no one in the team dared to do it again.
They now want to keep a close eye on their family members and people around them, and report any signs of trouble immediately.
When Zhou Yunshu finished her work and returned to her compartment, Li Jialan was sitting by the fire waiting for her. Only when she saw her come back did Li Jialan breathe a sigh of relief.
When sleeping at night, Li Jialan lay next to Zhou Yunshu. The next day, after breakfast, they continued on their journey, and Li Jialan did not let Zhou Yunshu out of her sight.
Zhou Yunshu knew that she was frightened last night, so she stayed by her side to comfort her. Even when she was explaining things, she did not leave Li Jialan's side.
Because too much water was used to put out the fire last night, the most important thing for them now is to find a water source.
Yan Shilei and his team were familiar with Anshan. After breakfast, they took the dry food specially prepared for them by the team, and then took the young people in the team to a familiar place to fetch water.
There were also people from Shanxia Village around Zhou Yunshu. They agreed on a meeting place and decided to meet at the agreed place.
But before the team arrived at the agreed meeting place, Yan Shilei came back with the people he had taken away before.
"How about it?"
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