Chapter 59 Chaos and Fire
The child seemed a little nervous. When tying the knot, he kept looking up to see if Jiang Panyu's eyes were open. Inadvertently, he turned the loose knot into a tight knot.
The child felt a little guilty, but he didn't try to untie the knot. Instead, he got up, took the melon seeds that Jiang Panyu had placed next to the chair, and left in a hurry.
The light in the cinema was dim to begin with, and with the chairs blocking the view, no one noticed the child's prank.
Jiang Panyu was sleeping soundly when she was awakened by the sudden sound of firecrackers and the chaotic screams of people around her.
Tan Yanlu, who was sitting next to her, quickly woke her up and tried to pull her up. Jiang Panyu opened her eyes and found that the screen playing the movie in front of her was on fire.
The audience in the front stood up one by one and tried to run outside, but because there were so many people, they were so crowded that they blocked the way.
Jiang Panyu was also very frightened. He pushed himself up on the chair with both hands and tried to stand up. However, as he stood up, his whole body leaned forward and his head hit the back of the chair in front of him.
Tan Yanlu hurried to help her: "How is it? Are you okay?"
Jiang Panyu didn't bother to answer Tan Yanlu's question, nor did she care about the pain on her forehead. She sat back on the chair and touched her foot with her right hand. She felt a thin hemp rope. She was so anxious that sweat broke out on her forehead: "Someone has tied a rope to my foot."
Tan Yanlu was already getting anxious. She wanted to bend down to help Jiang Panyu untie the rope, but there were people crowding around her, and there was no way for her to squat down and do the delicate work of untying the rope.
The fire in front was growing bigger and bigger, thick smoke was already billowing in the cinema, and the people crowded in the crowd became even more panicked.
Jiang Panyu lowered her head and fumbled for the knot on the hemp rope, but it was still a knot. The more she pulled, the tighter it became. Not only did she feel sweat on her forehead, but she also felt cold sweat on her palms.
She simply stopped pulling the rope and pushed Tan Yanlu towards the exit: "You go first, I'll untie the rope and come out, don't waste time here."
Tan Yanlu was unwilling to leave. The fire was getting bigger and bigger. If she couldn't solve it...
Tan Yanlu refused to leave. Just at this moment, Lian Xiuran squeezed through the crowd and came to their side. Jiang Panyu reached out and pushed Tan Yanlu to Lian Xiuran's side: "Lian Xiuran, take Tan Yanlu out."
Lian Xiuran stretched out his hand and caught Tan Yanlu who was pushed out. He came here originally for Tan Yanlu, although he didn't know why Jiang Panyu sat on the chair and didn't leave.
But there was no time to check the cause now. The fire behind was getting bigger and bigger. Lian Xiuran didn't care about anything else and just pulled Tan Yanlu to squeeze out.
Jiang Panyu quickly bent down, took out a pair of scissors from his personal space, and cut the hemp rope with a click.
As soon as she was free, she quickly climbed up from the chair and squeezed towards the exit. The selfish side of human nature reached its peak in the face of danger at this moment.
People were stepping on each other, squeezing each other, and pushing each other. No one wanted to die in the fire, so the only option was to sacrifice others. Jiang Panyu was pushed down by a tall and strong man who grabbed her clothes and fell directly into the chairs that were already scattered all over the place. She was also stepped on several times by the people next to her. The heaviest kick was directly on her ankle, and she screamed in pain.
When she finally climbed down from the chair, she felt a piercing pain in her right ankle. She was afraid that she had sprained it, and it would be even more difficult for her to get out.
The cinema was filled with thick smoke, making it hard for people to open their eyes. The thick smoke that entered their lungs also made them cough. Jiang Panyu thought, is she going to die here today?
Just as Jiang Panyu was trying hard to squeeze towards the exit, a loud noise suddenly came from the direction of the exit.
A large piece of the roof in the direction of the exit was actually lifted up by someone from the outside, and the dim movie theater suddenly became bright. The thick smoke in the theater also rushed out through the opening, and fresh air rushed in, and it was finally not so choking.
Jiang Panyu looked up and saw several young soldiers in green uniforms tearing a big hole in the roof of the tarpaulin and straw house that covered the cinema.
Then I saw a dozen young men coming down from the roof with a dozen ladders, and many people climbed out of the cinema along the ladders.
Jiang Panyu also grabbed a ladder and climbed up to the roof despite the pain in her feet. Then a tall and strong young soldier carried her on his shoulders like a sack, walked along the roof to the edge and threw her down.
Jiang Panyu screamed in fright, and then she fell into a haystack near the wall. She couldn't get up for a long time. It was Tan Yanlu who found her and pulled her out together with Lian Xiuran.
Jiang Panyu half leaned on Tan Yanlu's body. Only then did she feel her hands and feet go weak and her whole body was shaking. She couldn't help but shed tears when Tan Yanlu showed her concern for her. She really couldn't stop them.
It was truly a life-and-death situation in the cinema just now. Fortunately, she was lucky enough to be saved.
Tan Yanlu supported her and found an open space to sit down, only to find that Jiang Panyu's ankle was injured.
The people at the educated youth point also gathered one after another. Fortunately, everyone looked very embarrassed and had some injuries, but no one was absent, and none of them were in the mood to stay here.
Tan Yanlu and Li Yunying supported Jiang Panyu, and a group of people went to the hospital. Jiang Panyu went to see his ankle, and other people who were injured also went to see a doctor.
Jiang Panyu's foot was sprained because someone stepped on it with external force. Her foot was swollen like a steamed bun. The doctor rubbed medicated wine on the back of her foot, and then rubbed it vigorously for a few times, saying that it would heal faster if it was rubbed open.
Jiang Panyu screamed in pain. By the time the doctor stopped, she was sweating all over and felt that all her strength had been drained from her body.
There was no way to put on the shoes, so they could only be put on loosely on the feet. I needed Tan Yanlu's help to support me when I walked, otherwise I couldn't walk at all.
Today was destined to be a busy day for the town's hospital. Not only the educated youth were sent to the hospital from the cinema, but also many people who were unwell due to being trampled or inhaling thick smoke, making the hospital overcrowded all of a sudden.
The police station also sent police officers to the hospital. They came to investigate the cause and process of the sudden fire in the cinema, and then register the injured. After all, the cinema is a state-owned unit, and after such an incident, the injured can get certain compensation.
All the people at the educated youth site also had to be investigated. The person who came was an acquaintance, Officer Chen, who came to Lianshan Village last time to present awards to Jiang Panyu and others.
They asked in detail and Jiang Panyu, who was listening nearby, only then did he realize that someone had sneaked into the cinema when the movie was halfway through.
Because movies have to be played in darkness, the door of the cinema is covered with a curtain, making it very obvious when people enter or leave.
It was obvious that a few people had sneaked in. They ran around to avoid the ticket collector. The moviegoers didn't pay any attention to them at first, because there were often such children who sneaked in to watch movies without paying any tickets, and no one paid any attention to them.
Unexpectedly, the kids who sneaked in would suddenly start a disturbance. They lit firecrackers in the cinema and threw them at the curtain on the stage. The sparks from the firecrackers splashed onto the curtain, causing it to catch fire.
There were some sundries piled next to the curtain, and the flames touched the sundries, causing the fire to grow bigger all of a sudden.
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