Chapter 133 The kang (heated brick bed) is bulging.
After the mugwort cigarettes were finished, Sheng Xiping took out four firecrackers and tied them together with thin hemp rope.
Braid the fuses of the firecrackers together and tie them to the mugwort tobacco rolls you just made, making sure they are secure.
After that, Sheng Xiping found a wooden stick about a foot long.
Split the thin rope into very thin threads, just enough to support the weight of four firecrackers, and use these threads to tie the bundled firecrackers to the wooden stick.
Having done all that, Sheng Xiping moved forward a few steps and arrived at the top of Lijiafang Mountain.
The Li family's house was built at the foot of the mountain, with a hillside behind it.
The houses were already low in those days, and taking advantage of the terrain, Sheng Xiping lightly leaped onto the roof of the Li family's house.
Right now, the Li family members are all busy stewing meat inside the house, happily preparing to eat it, and no one comes out.
The back window of the Li family's house was very small, covered with paper, so they couldn't see what was happening outside.
It was far from other people's houses, so no one came over. When Sheng Xiping jumped onto the roof of the Li family's house, no one saw him at all.
Sheng Xiping crouched down, took out a cigarette, and lit it.
Blow this cigarette at one end of the mugwort cigarette and blow on it a couple of times, and the mugwort cigarette will light.
After that, the tied firecrackers, along with the mugwort smoke, were pushed into the chimney, with the wooden stick positioned horizontally at the chimney opening.
Having done all that, Sheng Xiping quickly jumped down from the roof of the Li family's house.
They retreated nimbly and swiftly to the hillside, behind a thicket of bushes about four or five hundred meters away from the Li family's house.
From this vantage point, Sheng Xiping could clearly see what was happening below, while those below could not see him.
Sheng Xiping was very patient; he nestled behind the bushes and waited quietly.
Inside the chimney, the mugwort smoke burned slowly. Once the mugwort smoke had burned out, the fuses of the firecrackers tied together were lit.
The fuse burned quickly, and the firecracker ignited in no time.
The firecracker will make two sounds; the force of the first sound will break the thin wire.
The firecrackers landed directly, and the second explosion occurred just as they hit the bottom of the chimney.
Below the chimney was the kang hole connected to the kang (heated brick bed), and the second explosion of the four firecrackers followed one after another.
On the kang (heated brick bed) in the east room, Li Dabai and his two sons were talking animatedly in Cantonese.
Suddenly, there were loud "thump" and "thud" sounds, followed by a violent jolt that shook the three members of the Li family.
Then, thick black smoke, accompanied by ash, billowed out from all around the kang (a heated brick bed).
The three members of the Li family were completely bewildered, having no idea what had happened. The three of them, with six eyes, stared at each other, none of them knowing what was going on.
Just then, a scream of "Ah!" was heard from the outer room.
The three men inside the house finally came to their senses, immediately put on their shoes, got out of bed, and ran to the outer room.
Pushing open the door to the east room, the three men were completely dumbfounded.
The entire outer room was shrouded in thick black smoke, and there was also the smell of dust in the smoke.
The choking sensation caused snot and tears to flow uncontrollably, and the chest felt extremely uncomfortable, with constant coughing.
Through the black smoke, one could vaguely see Li's mother-in-law and eldest daughter-in-law standing blankly in the middle of the ground.
I don't know if it was scared or what, but it didn't move at all.
"Damn it, can't you two do any work? How come you can make the kang (heated brick bed) bulge out just by lighting a fire and stewing meat?"
What are you still standing there for? Get out of here!
Li Dabai covered his nose and mouth, cursing as he ran outside.
At this moment, the old woman and her eldest daughter-in-law finally came to their senses, and the two of them burst into tears.
"Oh my god, that scared me to death."
"If I hadn't gotten up just now to fetch a ladle of water, the fire from the stove would have set me on fire."
Old Mrs. Li came out of the house, coughing and wailing.
Five people, covered in black smoke, rushed out of the house, the thick black smoke drifting and rising in all directions from the doorway.
Li Dabai was furious as he looked at the thick smoke behind him, and he kicked his wife.
"I told you to light the fire and stew the meat, what are you doing? Are you trying to defy the heavens? How did you even start the fire? You've made the kang (heated brick bed) bulge!"
The old woman from the Li family was crying when the man kicked her, so she simply sat on the ground and started wailing.
"I fucking know what's going on?"
The fire was burning well in the stove pit when there was a loud thud, and then flames shot out several feet high from the pit.
If I hadn't gone to fetch water to wash my hands, the flames would have roasted me alive. And you're asking me how I started the fire? How would I know?
When Granny Li said that, Li Dabai and his two sons were stunned.
Yes, they've lived in Qianchuan Forest Farm for over ten years, but they've never experienced anything like this before.
If we're talking about cooking, even if the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the Li family aren't very good at it, they shouldn't have caused their own kang (heated brick bed) to bulge out.
What's going on?
"Damn, is this some kind of supernatural occurrence? I finally managed to catch a pig to eat, and now this has happened?"
Li Dabai couldn't figure out what was going on either, so he could only think about it in a mysterious way.
Li Dazhuang, however, frowned and tried to recall carefully, "Just now, I think I heard something explode."
"Mom, did you accidentally burn firecrackers in the stove with firewood?"
"It's not a holiday, where would we get firecrackers?"
Besides, Mom and I were the ones tending the fire. We're not blind; if there were firecrackers, wouldn't we see them?
Li Dazhuang's wife was displeased and shouted at her husband.
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