"Any news?"
"I just saw Gu Tingwu heading towards the drying yard. He was sneaking around like that. There must be something fishy going on.
There's nothing to block the view in the drying yard except the haystacks. These two probably wanted to have a secret meeting in the haystacks."
"God is helping me."
They settled the two children, brought some snacks to Dabao, asked him to look after his younger brother at home for a while, closed the door, and then quietly left.
The road was pitch black and there was no one in sight. The two of them easily found their way around the drying yard.
There are several families living near the drying yard, but they are all about one or two hundred meters away from the drying yard, and are scattered around.
In order to facilitate his work, Gu Tingwu found the largest haystack nearby, and this haystack was located alone in the middle of the drying yard.
During the autumn and summer harvests, people can live in this haystack and guard the drying yard, but now no one comes here.
"Brother Wu, you're out so late. Did that tigress at home say anything?"
"I told her I was going to the second brother's house to play. Come quickly." Gu Tingzhou said as he got started impatiently.
Then the sound of cooking came from the haystack.
Li Qingyun seized the opportunity and approached quietly. He picked up the kerosene lamp that Widow Wang had placed next to the haystack, put it on the ground, and set the haystack on fire, pretending that the kerosene lamp was blown down by the wind and caught fire. Then he hid far away.
Gu Tingzhou had been staring at the movements on Li Qingyun's side. When he saw a flicker of fire, he immediately threw the stone in his hand towards the window of the captain's house, and then quietly hid himself.
There was only a muffled sound, and the captain's wife's curse came from the yard: "Which bastard dares to smash my window? I'll tear your skin off."
The captain's wife, Li Jinhua, came out of the house cursing.
Just as he was about to fire and curse, he saw an unusually clear flash of fire in the darkness. It was the haystack two hundred meters away from his house.
She instantly forgot the purpose of her coming out and crawled into the house to ask someone to put out the fire.
"It's terrible! The haystack in the drying yard is on fire. Hurry up, guys, get some water and put out the fire. Second brother, run fast and notify the nearby families. I'll go check it out first."
After Li Jinhua finished speaking, she picked up the water in the washbasin and flushed it out.
Seeing that the matter was settled, Gu Tingzhou quietly came to where Li Qingyun was hiding and met up with her. The two of them found a haystack to hide in and observed the movements over there.
Before coming, the two had discussed finding an independent haystack and setting it on fire to attract people nearby to put out the fire, and then deliberately setting on fire the haystack where the adulterous duo was, leaving them nowhere to hide.
Unexpectedly, God was helping them. The two of them directly found the largest and most independent haystack, so they didn't have to worry about a real fire igniting other haystacks.
Moreover, the haystack was particularly large and tied very tightly. If it started burning from the outside, it would burn for a long time without being discovered by the people inside, and there was no need to worry about the two men running away.
It happened so quickly that Li Jinhua ran to the haystack in a few big strides and poured a basin of water on the fire. However, the fire was already quite big and the water could not put it out.
She was about to go back to get more water when she saw the kerosene lamp lying on the ground at her feet. She thought to herself, "Oh no! Is there someone in this haystack? I hope they got burned to death."
She called out tentatively, "Old Gutou? Are you in there?"
Lao Gutou, who drove the team's cart, also worked in the drying yard during the busy farming season to earn a few work points to make a living. He used to sleep in this haystack.
When the water was poured on the haystack, the man and woman in the midst of passion inside sensed something was wrong. Widow Wang said, "What's that noise? Go and have a look."
Gu Tingwu was ready to shoot, but he was unwilling to do so. He just casually responded, "It's okay. Who would come to the drying yard at this time?"
So, Li Jinhua lifted the straw curtain and saw two men and women performing the Zhougong ceremony in the light of the fire.
"ah."
"What are you yelling about? Come and put out the fire." At this time, the team leader arrived with his men, and several of them picked up and carried the things.
Villagers from far away also came to put out the fire with water.
"Boss, come and see, someone is doing something shameless here." Li Jinhua shouted directly.
The team leader poured a bucket of water on the haystack, putting out the fire, and hurried over.
At this time, Widow Wang and Gu Tingwu were already frightened out of their wits and were fumbling to put on their clothes.
However, the more nervous they were, the easier it was to make mistakes. In a panic, the two of them grabbed the wrong clothes. After putting them on, they realized they were wrong and there was no way to change them back. They had already been caught by the team leader Gu Wenchang and pulled out.
At this time, the fire had been put out by several families who rushed to put it out. The fire had not been burning for very long, and the haystacks were tied very tightly, so the fire was not too strong.
Gu Tingzhou and Li Qingyun, who were watching from a distance, found that the fire had been put out, and they felt relieved. If the fire was caused by their own selfish interests and caused huge losses, they would also feel uneasy. Fortunately, the two of them cooperated perfectly and there were not many casualties.
They quietly joined the crowd, found a few people at the old house, and walked towards the fire together.
On the way, Gu's father used his eyes to ask his son what was going on, and Gu Tingzhou gave him an expression of watching a good show.
By the time everyone arrived with torches and kerosene lamps, the situation had already been determined.
The adulterous duo was surrounded by people and knelt on the ground, their hearts broken, while Widow Wang was sobbing.
Li Jinhua, the captain's wife, vividly described to everyone how she cleverly discovered the couple.
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