Chapter 86 The Chen Family Suffers Retribution
Hearing Zhou Cuihua's voice, and in this depressing atmosphere of the shabby woodshed, Baoya was startled, and her hands holding the small wooden box were shaking slightly.
She looked up at Jingzhen a little bewilderedly: "Brother Jing..."
Jingzhen was very calm and comforted her, "It's okay, just hold me tight and don't make a sound."
Baoya quickly shut her mouth, wrapped her little hands around Jingzhen's neck, and leaned on his shoulders, not daring to make a sound.
In the past, when he was in the palace, he had done many things like stealing cakes from the imperial kitchen and teasing the guards and palace maids. So, facing a village woman was naturally no problem for him.
Jingzhen kicked open the wooden door of the dilapidated woodshed and strode into the yard with Baoya in his arms.
He turned his head and saw the vague shadow of a woman walking towards him with a candle in her hand.
Jingzhen curled his lips, stepped on the low chicken coop next to him, and jumped into the woodshed with Baoya in his arms.
He confiscated the Dust-Breaking Sword. Seeing Zhou Cuihua jogging towards him, he made a sword flower with one hand and chopped it down hard at the roof of the woodshed.
Then he picked up Baoya, jumped lightly, and disappeared into the dark night.
Baoya lay on his shoulder, closed her eyes tightly and dared not open them. She only felt the wind whistling in her ears, and suddenly there was a loud bang, which scared her.
"Brother Xiaojing, what's wrong?" She slowly opened her eyes and asked in a low voice.
Jing Zhen held her and sat on a big tree not far from Chen's house, his eyebrows slightly raised: "It's okay, the house collapsed."
"ah?"
Baoya was very confused. They just escaped from Chen's house, so why did the house collapse?
But Jingzhen quickly remembered something. He remembered that after he entered the woodshed, he gave Baoya a fire starter?
"Baoya, where is the fire starter I gave you?" he asked.
"Firestick..." Baoya was startled, "Ah, Brother Xiaojing, I...you told me not to make a sound, so I quickly covered my mouth."
"That tinderbox...was left in the woodshed!"
As if fulfilling her words, the roof of the Chen family's woodshed collapsed, and flames shot up into the sky.
Because the fire was filled with dry firewood stored by Zhou Cuihua, the fire was particularly strong...
Jingzhen stared at the red sea of fire, the fire almost dyed the sky red.
For some reason, he suddenly felt very comfortable.
Baoya naturally saw it too. She frowned and looked a little worried: "Have we gotten into trouble?"
"Of course not."
The night was chilly, and Jing Zhen wrapped the little girl's cloak tightly around her. He said word by word, "Master said that bad people will be punished sooner or later. Perhaps this is their retribution."
Baoya thought about the two miserable years she had spent in the Chen family and nodded vigorously: "Brother Xiaojing is right, this is their retribution!"
Afraid that Yun Chenglu, who was waiting in the yard, would worry, Jingzhen did not dare to stay with Baoya for long. Besides, it was already late autumn and the nights were very cold.
He sent Baoya back to the Yun family courtyard and returned her to Yun Chenglu, then said goodbye to the brother and sister and hurried back to the Peach Blossom Spring on Huya Mountain.
The Yun family lived across from the Chen family, so Yun Chenglu naturally heard the two loud noises and asked Baoya what was going on in a worried manner.
Baoya blinked, and imitated Jingzhen's expression, answering him seriously: "Second brother, that is their retribution."
"Retribution?" Yun Chenglu didn't understand. What does this have to do with retribution?
The next morning, Feishui Village exploded.
There were two loud noises suddenly in the middle of the night last night. This morning, we saw that the Chen family's firewood shed had collapsed and was burned to charcoal.
It seemed that the chicken coop next door was also affected. The chickens in it flew away, ran away, and two were burned into smoked chickens.
Zhou Cuihua was completely dumbfounded. She called her husband and daughter to get up and put out the fire in the middle of the night, but they couldn't save the people.
She sat on the ground, holding two black chickens, crying and cursing.
According to an old man who lived near the Chen family and got up in the middle of the night, it seemed that the Chen family had suffered retribution and was struck by lightning!
The old man was wearing a cotton-padded jacket, with his hands tucked into his sleeves. He leaned against the door of his house and proudly showed off to the villagers who came to listen to his gossip.
"You don't know! This is a strange thing! The Chen family must have committed too many sins and are suffering retribution!"
"I got up last night and was working with my tools when I saw a flash of lightning across the sky. Then there were two loud bangs, and the Chen family's woodshed collapsed! Then the fire started!"
"What do you think? Is it a god?"
Someone in the crowd responded, "The woodshed? That's where Baoya, the little girl, slept when she was here! I think Zhou Cuihua did too many evil things and abused that little girl, and now she's getting her comeuppance!"
"That's right! Otherwise, why would we have a woodshed? It's cold and dirty, and it's where people live!"
"What a sin! Zhou Cuihua is truly a nobody! Now that Baoya has been adopted by the Yun family, she's still constantly picking on them! Now look what she's getting! She's getting her comeuppance!"
"That's right. A few days ago, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Yun family beat me with a fire poker! What a shame! If it were me, I would be locked up at home and never dare to come out to see anyone for the rest of my life!"
“That’s right…”
The Yun family across the street naturally knew about this a long time ago, but Zhao Zhilan was not a good person and did not allow her family to join in the fun.
"Evil deeds will be punished sooner or later. God is watching." Zhao Zhilan sat at the dinner table with a serious face. "The Chen family has committed many evil deeds. It's only a matter of time before they destroy themselves. Let's not add insult to injury. The most important thing is to live our own lives well."
The three sons and daughters-in-law at the table nodded, and several children also nodded.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Yun Chenglu looked at Baoya meaningfully.
Baoya pursed her lips and stuck out her tongue at him mischievously.
The two looked at each other and covered their mouths and laughed secretly.
After getting the little treasure box back, Baoya placed it in the corner of her bed. This time she didn't have to hide it around anymore.
Two busy days passed in a blink of an eye. On the day when the craftsmen delivered the tables and chairs, Yun Sanlang and his family took an ox cart to the town again.
Zhao Zhilan followed and watched for a few days at first, but since there was nothing important to do today, she just stayed at home weaving a futon and didn't follow again.
There are eight sets of tables and stools in total, plus a counter and a stove for making breakfast.
Because the shop was not big, according to Baoya's arrangement, only four sets of tables and chairs were placed in the shop, and the remaining four sets were placed at the door of the shop, two sets on each side, leaving a small aisle in the middle for walking.
On the counter, in addition to the necessary account books, abacus, simple writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone, there are also two pots of bright red impatiens, which look very prosperous.
The other two pots of marigolds were placed on the wooden table in the shop for customers to eat, and the lucky bamboo that Rong He suggested buying was placed at the door of the shop.
Everything was ready. Baoya stood at the door of the shop and looked at the five big black words on the sign: Yunji Breakfast Shop. She felt very happy.
She stood with her hands on her hips under the old locust tree at the door, looking up at the sign fluttering in the wind. An old woman who lived nearby came over tremblingly.
Seeing that she was cute, he came over and said, "Little girl, what are you standing here looking at? This noodle shop is not doing well and has closed down."
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