Chapter 113
There was a lot of noise outside, but it was completely silent inside.
Mao Xingxiu felt a chill down his spine as he listened to the shouts and curses from those outside who wanted to burn them to death.
He couldn't understand why the uncles and aunts who had once greeted his family with smiles could say such vicious words at this moment?
Just because Song Yuanzhou's mother made a mistake, he, an innocent person, will be implicated as well?
Song Yuanzhou is absolutely right, he is not a bastard, nor is he a plague god!
Aqi's death was clearly an accident. How could his uncle and aunt blame it on Song Yuanzhou!
Knowing that his good friend had suffered too much injustice and was now forced to be involved in Aqi's death, Mao Xingxiu knew that he could not agree to this. Once Song Yuanzhou was pushed out, the latter would most likely be targeted by everyone and beaten.
Mao Xingxiu bit his lower lip hard. After making up his mind, he raised his head and broke the silence in the room: "Dad, Mom, we can't hand over Yuanzhou."
He originally thought that the two would hesitate, and he even thought of an excuse on how to persuade them to save Song Yuanzhou.
Instead, the two looked at him with strange eyes.
Mao Qingquan: "Who are you to your father? Can you hand Yuanzhou over to them?"
Chi Yunying: "Our whole family has watched Song Yuanzhou grow up. We don't know what kind of personality he has. How could we possibly believe the nonsense of outsiders?"
Mao Xingxiu looked at the two of them with joy and gratitude.
Song Yue was in Mao Xingxiu's house. Through the not-so-thick door, she could clearly hear the decision made by Mao Xingxiu's family.
Her eyes flashed and she thought for a moment.
The wooden door creaked open.
"Uncle and aunt."
She stood in the small hall, her face calm.
"Take all the supplies we packed earlier and let's leave through the cellar."
Aqi's mother shouted outside the house, threatening to burn down the Mao family's house if they didn't give an explanation!
As she stirred up emotions again and again, the villagers became crazy and started shouting, asking them to come out quickly and explain what happened to Archie's death!
The noise grew louder and louder, and even the village chief Song Kun, who was lying at home enjoying a good meal, could hear the noise.
"You're making a fuss again in the middle of the day! Can't you let me rest?"
He put on his coat and walked out of the yard with an unhappy look on his face. He found that a crowd was gathering at the Mao family's house in the corner of the village. After thinking for a moment, he stopped a few villagers at the door and asked, "What's the quarrel over there?"
Several people briefly told him the whole story. After listening, Song Kun said he understood on the surface, but he couldn't help but mock him in his heart.
The Mao family was scolded again because of Song Yuanzhou?
Serves you right.
He'd told the whole village that his cousin had come from an unknown background and was always quiet. Who knew if he was possessed by some plague spirit? Unlucky would come to anyone who got close to him!
But the Mao family didn't take it seriously. Back then, his cousins beat Song Yuanzhou half to death. Just when this plague god was about to be eliminated, Mao's wife Chi Yunying picked him up and raised him.
What a pity! People say raising a son is a way to prepare for old age, but their family has raised a disaster who is causing trouble every other day.
This is the consequence of not listening to his advice! You have to bear it yourself!
After a moment of sneer in his mind, he suddenly remembered something and continued to ask the villagers: "By the way, is there anything going on with the volcano?"
After he chased the people away yesterday, he felt uneasy after thinking about it carefully. He hurried to ask again today, in case the volcano really came back to life.
Several villagers groaned and waved their hands, "Brother Chen and the Mao family are talking nonsense. Someone went up the mountain to check, and there's no smoke coming out of the crater."
"That's right. They made such a fuss out of nothing. They scared the whole village and kept them awake all night. It's really infuriating."
Watching the villagers leave, Song Kun clicked his tongue. This time he didn't even look at the volcano and turned back into the house.
Go ahead and make some noise. It would be best if that little bastard Song Yuanzhou gets killed off. Only then will he be happy.
At the door of Mao's house, Aqi's mother shouted and quietly retreated from the crowd.
She quickly ran back home, picked up the charcoal under the stove and put it into an enamel basin, then carried it all the way and quietly went to the backyard of Mao's house.
There are few people here and no one noticed her.
She threw the burning charcoal into the haystack in the backyard and left without anyone noticing.
A burning smell slowly wafted out.
Someone smelled it and couldn't help asking, "What's that smell? Is something burning?"
The people around him responded with the same approval: "Ah, I smell it too. Is there something burning?"
"Oh no! The Mao family's backyard is on fire!"
Seeing the white smoke rising from behind the house, many people began to shout at the top of their lungs.
"It's over, it's over! We were just yelling, but how did it really start a fire? Everyone, get some water, put out the fire!"
In fact, they were not thinking about the Mao family, but their home was near the Mao family's house. If the Mao family's house caught fire, could their family escape?
In a moment, everyone ran home quickly, carrying basins and buckets full of water, and poured them towards the place where the fire came from!
But after a few rounds, everyone found that the flames not only did not go out, but burned more and more fiercely.
"It's over. This fire is not right! It's hard to put out!"
"Oh my god, the whole house is on fire, everyone run!"
The firefighters didn't dare to put out any more fires. They all dropped their pots and buckets and ran home. Before they even reached the door, they started shouting, asking their family members to pack up their things and hide from the fire!
The fire was too big and the wind was still blowing. They couldn't put out the fire with just the little water they had!
The fire will eventually reach their house, so running away is the best option!
No one expected that this verbal threat would actually turn into a fire!
Starting from the Mao family's house, the fire spread out like tentacles from the abyss. At first, only the houses on the left and right of the Mao family were affected, but soon the fire connected into one and instantly burned to the houses farther away.
The buildings in the village are all made of wood, and they can easily catch fire with the slightest spark.
In just over ten minutes, the flames turned into a sea of fire.
The villagers realized that the fire was far beyond their control and had to grit their teeth, abandon their belongings and drag their families to the beach.
As they ran, they seemed to hear faint noises other than the sound of flames and wind.
"Did you hear any other sounds?" After finally running to the beach, someone asked the person next to him, panting.
Who knew that all they got was a shake of the head.
That's strange. Could it be that he is hallucinating because he ran away?
The puzzled person was puzzled and tilted his head, still listening carefully to the strange buzzing sound.
Suddenly, someone among the villagers shouted.
"Look! There's smoke coming out of the crater!"
Everyone looked in the direction of the shouting.
I saw that the crater, which had stopped smoking before, was now emitting smoke into the sky again.
What’s even more terrifying is that the smoke is much thicker than before, even more intense than the fire burning in the village!
The villagers who had heard the buzzing sound earlier suddenly realized that what they had just heard was not a buzzing sound at all, but an earthquake before the volcano!
A volcano erupted! It really was a volcano erupting!
At this moment, everyone's pupils suddenly dilated.
Brother Chen and the Mao family did not lie to them. The volcano has really woken up!
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