Chapter 257 Fire Fighting
"Put out the fire."
"I'll go organize some people to put out the fire, and you guys go look for him. I want to see him alive or dead!"
I don’t know whether he wants to commit suicide or is trying to escape, but no matter what it is, we can’t let him get away!
Quan Ruifeng quickly arranged the division of labor and everyone acted separately.
"Yes! Got it!"
Everyone took action, not daring to delay for even a second.
Putting out the fire and finding the criminal are equally urgent and neither can be delayed.
However, the well dug in this village is quite far away. Even if the whole village is mobilized to help, it takes time to transport water back and forth. However, the water transported is not enough and cannot keep up with the speed at which the fire spreads.
Many villagers started crying.
"If we burn this mountain, our lives will be even more difficult. Where will we find firewood? We don't have the money to buy it!"
"Yeah, I usually counted on digging some wild vegetables and mushrooms, but now there's nothing, nothing at all!"
"If I know who set the fire, I will kill him!"
The villagers were so angry that they wanted to rush in and catch the arsonist!
The arsonist was basically Liu Jianming, the guy who sold "Ostrich Meat Buns". Otherwise it couldn't have been such a coincidence that as soon as he hid here, a fire started on the mountain. It was such a strange fire that spread so quickly!
"This won't work."
Quan Ruifeng was sweating profusely, as he was intoxicated by the heat from the fire. His brows were furrowed throughout his face, as he was trying hard to think of a solution. Even if he couldn't put out the fire so quickly, he had to at least control the fire.
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, and immediately called a few people back to get hoes and sickles.
"Hurry up!"
"First, separate the fire that has not yet spread, and keep some distance between the fire and the vegetation that has not yet been burned. This way, the fire will not easily spread, giving us more time to put out the fire, or at least wait until more people arrive."
"Hurry up! Everyone else, go get some water, don't stop!"
Quan Ruifeng shouted loudly. He remained calm in the face of danger so that he could better command everyone.
"Will this work?"
"I don't have time to ask anymore. Just go! Try it out!"
No one knew whether it was right to listen to Quan Ruifeng, or whether doing as he said would help put out the fire and save the remaining forest vegetation, but there was really no other choice but to do as he said.
So everyone ran faster, and after getting hoes, sickles and other things, Quan Ruifeng personally led everyone to cut out a section of isolation belt.
Fortunately, it was effective. The isolation belt and water basically controlled the spread of the fire. Now we have time to slowly put out the fire.
At the same time, people from other villages got the news and rushed over to put out the fire. Everyone tried their best to transport more water to put out the fire.
It is said that when one side is in trouble, all sides will come to its aid. With everyone's help, the fire was finally put out after several hours.
Although a lot of vegetation was burned, at least the entire mountain was not burned out, which still left some hope for the villagers.
After the fire was out, everyone was exhausted and lay on the ground, feeling like they had survived a calamity.
After all, fire is merciless. When they were putting out the fire, they felt the scorching heat, as if it could burn them all to a crisp. How could they not be afraid?
After the fire was put out, the villagers could rest, but Quan Ruifeng could not.
After finally putting out the fire, he immediately went to look for the comrades he had assigned to find the criminals.
"Captain, we are here. We have caught the person. I knew it was this guy who let him go. He wanted to escape during the chaos, but we caught him in no time!"
Liu Jianming was tied up like a dumpling and pressed to the ground, leaving him no chance to escape.
If it wasn't for the public watching, they would have kicked him a few times to vent their anger. This mad man not only chopped up people into pieces and made dumplings to sell to others, but also set fire to the mountain. He was simply mad and his crime was unforgivable!
"Okay, take it back then."
After so much trouble, Quan Ruifeng was very tired. He wanted to take the person back to the Public Security Bureau, and leave the rest of the matters here to the village chief and the secretary.
While Quan Ruifeng was out there catching criminals, Xia Xian was not idle either. Last time she was planning to patrol the stores, but was delayed by other things.
So he planned to go inspecting the stores today. Gao Shuang and the others were busy and couldn't look after Zhao Zhao. Xia Xian originally wanted to postpone the time of inspecting the stores, but after thinking about it, she and Zhao Zhao were just playing at home, so it would be better to take her with her to inspect the stores.
Isn't this a game?
"How about it, Zhaozhao, do you want to go with mom?"
"We'll go to the clothing store and noodle shop first, and then go to the bookstore. Then we can play in the bookstore."
Xia Xian had made all the arrangements, so little Zhao Zhao naturally wouldn't refuse.
"Okay, okay, I want to go with my mom!"
Little Zhao Zhao responded crisply with a soft smile on his face.
She started speaking early. Now she is only three years old, but she speaks as fluently as a six or seven-year-old child. She can speak everything.
Not only that, she has a good memory. Xia Xian and others would often teach Zhao Zhao to recite books, recognize words and count. Now, at the age of three, she can recite more than 50 poems, do addition and subtraction within 1,000, and recognize more than 500 Chinese characters.
She could basically understand the storybooks that Xia Xian gave her. If she wasn't a child prodigy, she was at least a very smart kid, which most people couldn't compare to.
He is handsome, cute, has a good personality, and is smart. Even Xia Xiangu, his biological mother, can't find any shortcomings in him.
"Mom, this is for you."
The mother and son were just about to go out. Xia Xian carried her to the car and wanted to get in and drive too. But as soon as she sat down, little Zhao Zhao took out two small golden beans from his trouser pocket and gave them to Xia Xian.
"Huh? Where did this come from?"
Xia Xian raised her eyebrows. She took it and looked at it carefully. She pinched the little golden bean hard, and it immediately deflated a little, which meant it was real.
"I just found it at the door. I was going to find Dudu to play with, but I found this so I went home. Then, mom, you said you would take me to check out the store~~~"
Zhao Zhao told Xia Xian in a baby voice what she had just done.
As she spoke, she counted on her fingers, looking so adorable, even cuter than the little dolls in the New Year pictures.
Ever since she learned to run and jump, she often picked up things and even picked up gold bars in her own yard. Xia Xian confirmed that they were neither hers nor Gao Shuang's.
Xia Xian was used to it, so she put the little golden beans in her pocket.
"Zhao Zhao is really amazing. Did anyone else see you picking up the little golden beans?"
"Do you remember what mom and dad told you before?"
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