This is a wildfire, and the wind is about level five right now.
In modern times, if a wildfire occurs, there will be special firefighters to put it out. In ancient times, there was no such ability, and people could only rely on the weather.
Xia Manni stood at the door and watched the wildfire growing brighter and brighter in the distance, hoping that there would be no casualties.
Logically speaking, half a month has passed since she stopped going up the mountain, and people should have been almost ready during this half month.
Is anyone still burning charcoal?
She felt that the forest was not burning spontaneously, but mainly because someone started the fire.
The villagers of Shizai Village were unable to sleep at night because of the wildfire, which burned for a whole day and night.
The villagers who lived closer to the mountains had already abandoned their homes and looked for places nearby.
What worries Xia Manni the most is the soot brought by the strong wind, which can cause shortness of breath if not handled properly.
Unexpectedly, it started raining outside in the early morning of the next day.
"Great, great, it's raining."
Rain in winter is quite common in their area, but no one expected that a rain would be able to put out this wildfire and save the entire Shizai Village.
Xia Manni wore a bamboo hat and looked at the door. Sure enough, the forest fire had been almost put out after a morning of rain.
She just hoped that it would rain for a while longer, but at noon the rain actually became lighter.
"Xia Manni, Xia Manni, you are such a disaster."
When the rain was light, everyone came out to see the wildfire, but Xia Manni and her family were greeted by Cui Yanzi's unreasonable behavior.
Cui Yanzi has rarely come out since she lay down last time, but she is definitely not dead. No one expected her to suddenly appear this time.
In an instant, all the nearby residents ran to the Xia family's yard to watch the excitement. The villagers of Shizai Village were worried every day that the wildfire could not be put out.
I waited so long for the rain to come, but it stopped inexplicably. The lively atmosphere was just right to cheer me up and relieve my depressed mood.
"Cui Yanzi, if you can't speak, just shut up. Who is the troublemaker?" Xia Manni really didn't expect Cui Yanzi to be able to come out alive. It really lived up to the saying 'the troublemaker will last for a thousand years'.
"Didn't you ask everyone to go up the mountain to burn charcoal? Didn't you say it would be cold in the winter?"
Although Cui Yanzi could still go out, her clothes were tattered, her hair was a mess, and her face was frighteningly fleshless.
As soon as Cui Yanzi finished speaking, some people around her actually nodded.
"If you want to slander me, you have to provide evidence. Are you saying that this fire is related to me? I haven't been up the mountain for half a month. Could it be that the fire I started hasn't been put out for half a month? No wonder everyone says you're crazy."
"You...if it weren't for you...would everyone go up the mountain?"
"If you have any questions, ask the village chief. I haven't been there since he came to see me. If you have the guts, don't go up the mountain. Don't you have any firewood?"
She saw that the village chief had arrived and was looking at Cui Yanzi with a frown.
"Village chief...Village chief..." Cui Yanzi lowered her head and did not dare to look at the village chief.
"What are you fussing about? How could the volcano have caught fire if your man hadn't set it on fire?"
As soon as the village chief said this, there were voices of shock all around.
"What? Was it the man from Yan Zi's family who set the fire?"
"That's amazing! How dare she come here and cause trouble when her own man set the fire?"
"How could Yan Zi's husband do such a thing?"
"Yeah, her mother-in-law isn't that confused, is she?"
"Did you burn it accidentally?"
"That's not right. I remember seeing Yan Zi's husband coming over just now."
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Although the villagers of Shizai Village are all quite noisy, most of them are kind-hearted. For a while, everyone started arguing without caring about anything else.
Faced with everyone's questions, the village chief remained silent with a sullen face, as if there was something he was unable to bring up.
Just when Xia Manni was about to chase them away, there was a commotion outside the door.
"Cui Yanzi, you are such an embarrassing woman. I will kill you."
When everyone heard the sound, they looked and saw that it was Cui Yanzi's man coming over with a kitchen knife.
"Hey, what's going on?"
"Quickly stop talking, there's something exciting going on."
Cui Yanzi's man rushed to Cui Yanzi with an angry face, but Cui Yanzi hid herself.
To be precise, he was hiding behind Xia Manni.
Xia Manni was speechless for a moment. Her intuition told her that this should be a family ethics story.
"You still dare to hide? Today I kill you and no one dares to say anything!"
After saying that, she was about to chop with the kitchen knife, but before she could finish, Xia Manni pulled Cui Yanzi out from her back.
"If you want to kill or chop me up, don't make trouble in my yard." Xia Manni also wanted to watch the fun, but she didn't want blood to be shed in their yard.
Cui Yanzi’s man is called Dazhuang. Dazhuang immediately grabbed Cui Yanzi who was handed to him by Xia Manni.
"Da Zhuang, what are you going to do?" The village chief scolded in a low voice. Although Cui Yanzi was wrong, it was never good for someone to die in their village.
"Village chief, you also know what bad things this rotten woman did. I got to know her today."
"Even though he did something stupid, if you can give him a break, then please do so." The village chief continued to smooth things over.
Xia Manni couldn't bear to listen any longer. She asked, "Village Chief, what on earth did Cui Yanzi do wrong?"
Xia Manni asked about the villagers' thoughts, but they were confused.
The village chief snorted coldly at Xia Manni and ignored her.
Xia Manni then looked at Da Zhuang, who unexpectedly started talking himself: "This rotten woman had an affair with other men and did some shameful things."
As soon as these words were spoken, Xia Manni and Dawa looked at each other. Could it be the same reason as the last letter?
"What does that man have to do with the forest fire?" Xia Manni remembered what the village chief had just said.
"She took that man to the mountain to burn charcoal. It was already windy today, but they still went there. Aren't they courting death?"
After listening to Dazhuang's words, the villagers of Shizai Village immediately became unhappy. It turned out that the forest fire was indeed man-made.
"You bitch, tell me quickly, who is that man?" someone yelled angrily.
"That's right, tell me who it is, or you might still be alive."
Da Zhuang obviously didn't know who this person was, and everyone was waiting for Cui Yanzi to speak.
"I understand. Your wild man set the mountain on fire. You're afraid that others will suspect you, so you want to bring the disaster to me first?"
As Xia Manni spoke, she pulled Cui Yanzi's hair.
"Oh, that's it." Everyone suddenly understood. They were wondering why they ran to Xia Manni's yard. It turned out that they wanted Xia Manni to take the blame.
"But, Dazhuang, how do you know it was Cui Yanzi, a wild man, who set the fire?"
"I know, I know. I told Uncle Dazhuang. I saw Cui Yanzi taking an unfamiliar man up the mountain in the evening, and not long after, the mountain was on fire."
It turned out that the person who spoke was Ergouzi.
An unfamiliar man?
Isn't this man from their village?
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