Chapter 191 The House is on Fire
Cheng Qiao nodded. Because Chen Chunhua pushed him off the ox cart, his family paid 300 yuan in compensation, which led to a series of problems later.
They didn't think it was their own problem, but instead put all the blame on Cheng Qiao. If Cheng Qiao had not asked for compensation at the time, so many things wouldn't have happened.
Therefore, Cheng Qiao must take the main responsibility for this matter, but Cheng Qiao is now the wife of the village chief. Don't fail to regard the village chief as a leader. Sometimes, the village chief's words are more useful than those of the county magistrate.
So, they could only wait, wait until Cheng Qiao was left alone, and their son, little Cheng Li, had a handsome face at a young age, and who knew how handsome he would be when he grew up. How could this be allowed?
So after Xu Laidie's evil plan failed, Zhaodi closed the door and cursed him for more than half an hour, calling Xu Laidie stupid, saying that she had a bad life, calling Cheng Qiao a vixen, and calling Li Huan a bandit.
Chen Chunjian and Chen Chunli outside pouted. Their reputation had been dragged down by Chen Chunhua, and no girl was willing to marry into their family anymore.
But my mother was right about one thing. If it weren't for Cheng Qiao, that vixen, who hooked up with Li Huan, the village chief's wife would be their sister now.
When Chen Weidang was the village chief, the two brothers were like two little bullies in the village. Even if the villagers suffered losses, they had to accept it for the sake of Chen Weidang.
What's more, his father was the accountant of the village. By moving a little here and there, he could always give a few cents or even a dollar every month as pocket money to the two brothers.
But ever since Cheng Qiao asked for 300 yuan in compensation, everything changed. His uncle went from being the village chief to an accountant, and his father became a real peasant. Not to mention a dollar, he didn't even have a penny of pocket money.
Since ancient times, it has been easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is much more difficult to go from luxury to frugality. The two young men were so angry that they directed all their anger at Cheng Qiao.
They wanted Cheng Qiao to die, and they wanted Cheng Qiao's son, Xiao Chengli, to die, but even if they shouted for someone to die, that person wouldn't really die, so they had to find a way.
The two heads huddled together, discussing how to make Cheng Qiao die as well, and take little Cheng Li with him. Finally, the flames jumping under the kitchen stove gave them an inspiration.
They all knew that Li Huan had built a new house. Cheng Qiao and Xiao Cheng Li both lived in the new house. They really wanted to set fire to it right away, but they were afraid of Li Huan. This Li Huan could even kill a wild boar, let alone the two of them.
So the two of them took turns to hide in a depression at the foot of the mountain, from where they could see the entrance to Cheng Qiao's yard, but Cheng Qiao and the others might not pay attention to this place.
Finally one day, Li Huan went out on his bicycle, with Goudan in front and Li Le behind. They were heading out of the village, probably going to school.
Chen Chunjian hurried back home, and the two of them took matches and ran to Cheng's house. The backyard wall of Cheng Qiao's house was not as high as the front yard, so the two brothers moved a few stones and quietly climbed in.
There was a crack in the window of Cheng Qiao's house facing the backyard. There was a kang in the house, so the crack had to be left open to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning.
The two men didn't know whether Cheng Qiao was in the house or not, so they directly lit a dead branch with a match. The dead branch would burn when it came into contact with fire, and then they threw the burning dead branch in through the window.
Cheng Qiao was busy in the space with little Cheng Li. Little Cheng Li was already seven months old and was very active. Not only could he turn over, he could also try to stand up on his own.
If one is not careful, one will fall off the kang, and Cheng Qiao has to enter the space frequently, either to organize supplies, take a bath, or plant some crops, especially medicinal herbs.
Since there is only an acre of land, we really can't grow too many things. Fortunately, the speed of planting in space is unmatched by that outside, and the crops can be harvested in almost a month.
As for the medicinal materials, it depends on what kind of medicinal materials they are. Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng grow slowly, but astragalus, Polygonum multiflorum, Dendrobium, Lycium barbarum, Gastrodia elata, Eucommia ulmoides and other medicinal materials grow faster.
She put little Cheng Li on the ground to play by herself, then started to work. After finishing the work, she carried little Cheng Li to take a bath. The temperature in the room was always 25 or 26 degrees, so she would not catch a cold by taking a bath.
Cheng Qiao had just put clothes on little Cheng Li when she heard an urgent knock on the door. She couldn't help feeling strange and carried little Cheng Li out of the space.
As soon as he came out of the space, he saw fire in the house. The bedding on the kang was already burning. The fire and smoke almost scared Cheng Qiao to death.
"Qiao, are you in there? Open the door, there's a fire."
Outside, there was the shouting of Li's mother and the sound of Ye Jun banging on the door with a shovel. Cheng Qiao's first reaction was to send little Cheng Li into the space and then turn on the tap of the space water.
Although water was flowing out of the tap, it could not come out directly from the space, but required a bucket or basin. Cheng Qiao used his consciousness to place the bucket under the faucet and opened the door.
When Ye Jun saw the door open, he poured the water in the bucket beside him onto the kang first, and then was about to get more water, but he saw Cheng Qiao also holding a bucket of water and poured it on.
Ye Jun's heart trembled when he saw this, and he hurriedly pulled Li's mother to get some water. Li's mother was so scared that her legs went weak, but she still forced herself to follow Ye Jun out.
"Sister-in-law, you just fill up the water here, I'll go put out the fire."
Ye Jun took care of Li's mother and rushed in with another bucket of water. Cheng Qiao turned the faucet to the maximum and even drew up water from the well, pouring bucket after bucket of water towards the fire.
Half an hour later, the room was filled with smoke and all the heat was released. Cheng Qiao and Ye Jun were both standing in the room, wet all over, carefully checking where there were sparks.
"Master, hurry up and go to your room and change your clothes."
"Take your clothes and go next door to change them."
Both of them took their own actions. Cheng Qiao picked up a set of cotton clothes and trousers, took little Cheng Li out of the space, and went to Grandma Goudan's house next door.
Grandma Goudan also knew that Cheng Qiao's house was on fire. Seeing her coming in wet, she felt sorry for her and asked her to put little Cheng Li on the kang and change clothes quickly.
Cheng Qiao put little Cheng Li inside the heated kang and quickly took off her wet clothes. Fortunately, her cotton-padded clothes were not wet, so she quickly got on the kang to keep warm.
"How did it catch fire?"
Cheng Qiao shook her head. She didn't think someone had set the fire on purpose. She thought she hadn't taken good care of it, or perhaps sparks from the kang had flown out and set the quilt on fire.
Mother Li finally recovered and went to the kitchen to cook some thick brown sugar ginger water, which she brought to Ye Jun and Cheng Qiao. She felt relieved when she saw them drink it in one breath.
"Mom, don't move the things in the room. Wait until I catch my breath and go see what's going on."
"Hey, I won't move."
Mother Li picked up the cotton-padded jacket and trousers that Cheng Qiao had thrown on the ground and prepared to dry them. The wet cotton-padded jacket and trousers were very heavy, which showed how urgent the situation was.
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