There are no entertainment activities now, and most people go to bed early. Maybe it's because everyone is asleep at night. Even if the neighbors heard the crying of Gao's children in a daze, they didn't pay much attention to it.
After all, it was common for the Gao family to beat their children until they cried loudly. They had not been able to bear it and had tried to dissuade them several times, but to no avail.
I'm used to hearing it so many times now. Although the crying lasted a little longer today, I was sleepy and didn't take it seriously in my daze.
Everyone in the Meng family lived in the backyard, and the front yard had been converted into a main hall and a small courtyard, so they couldn't hear the crying sounds clearly.
Meng Xiao had drunk a lot of spiritual spring liquid and spiritual spring water, so his hearing was quite sensitive. He always felt that there was something wrong with the crying, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
He had originally planned to get up at two or three in the morning to beat up Gao Ren, but when he looked at the time, it was already past eleven at night. The more he thought about it, the more wrong it seemed, so he simply got up and prepared to go check it out.
Even though Meng Xiao was dressing quietly, the rustling sound still disturbed Shen Qingli. She was half asleep, squinting her eyes and mumbling, "Where are you going?"
"You continue to sleep, I'll go check next door. I just feel like something is not right." He squatted beside the bed and patted Shen Qingli gently. Only after he heard the little girl's even breathing again did he lighten his footsteps to open the door.
Perhaps it was because he had just opened the door and a breeze mixed with smell blew towards him, and Meng Xiao's face changed: Not good!
He first ran quickly to the front yard. The smell in the air became stronger and stronger. Black smoke billowed over the Gao family's house. Meng Xiao first ran to Uncle Lin's room and banged on the door hurriedly: "Uncle Lin, don't sleep. Uncle Lin, the Gao family's house is on fire. Get up and put out the fire."
Then he took a few steps to Meng Jianjun's room and did the same thing. His second uncle's family also stayed here yesterday and did not leave. He did not call the old man and Aunt Zhang and Shen Qingli. The old man could not help much, and Aunt Zhang had to look after the two children.
However, after this round of door-banging, everyone including Shen Qingli woke up, and after waking up everyone in the family,
Meng Xiao took a running start, jumped with his agile body, hooked his hands on the wall separating the two houses, and climbed to the top of the wall in two steps.
"I heard a child crying. I'll save them first. Dad, go to each household and tell everyone to come and help. Uncle Lin, you go through the main gate and remove the door. Then bring water from your home to put out the fire. Grandpa, call the police and fire department now."
He quickly made the arrangements and jumped off the wall without hesitation. Shen Qingli arrived a little late. Just as she reached the corner of the front and back yards, she saw Meng Xiao jumping from the wall to the next door. Her heart tightened.
"Qingli, you're not strong enough, so you stay home and look after the kids. Aunt Zhang and I will go get some water. Let's go!"
Even though Ye Qiu had scolded Li Caixia that afternoon, she hadn't intended for this to happen to her family! She grabbed Aunt Zhang and rushed out, and Shen Qingli couldn't stop her. The child was awakened and kept crying, and even Meng Ning went to put out the fire.
Meng Kexin could only come to see the children since it was inconvenient for her to go. Shen Qingli was holding one child and hadn't coaxed him yet, and the other one was crying again. Meng Kexin endured the pain in her arm and held the other one in her arms and coaxed him softly.
The main house was already burning badly, and the fire had also spread to the kitchen next door, and was spreading to the small shabby house. The smoke was so severe that I couldn't open my eyes.
Meng Xiao could no longer hear any loud crying sounds. Only a faint sound was still coming intermittently. Meng Xiao took off his shirt, covered his mouth and nose, and walked towards the source of the sound with his lower body.
The door lock was not locked, just hung briefly. He reached out to take it off and walked in to find three children in the corner. Although there was no fire in the room, a lot of smoke came in and two of them had fainted.
"Can you still walk by yourself?" he asked the older child who was still a little conscious.
"Please..." Before she could finish her words, Meng Xiao picked up the two people on the ground and held them in his arms.
"Lie on my back. I'll take you out. Quick."
Daya also knew the urgency of the situation and struggled to climb onto the back of the older brother in front of her. Meng Xiao held his breath and ran out of the house in a few long strides. He didn't dare to breathe even when he reached the yard. He didn't let go until he brought the three of them to a safe area outside the gate.
He choked on the thick smoke and started coughing. Without taking a rest, he picked up a bucket or basin from the neighbors and joined in the firefighting.
Shen Qingli coaxed the child and asked Kexin to watch over him. She found a chance to pull Meng Xiao over and said quickly in a low voice, "I have a small fire extinguisher in my space. If..."
"No, listen to me. The fire is now beyond the control of your small fire extinguishers. Don't take the risk. You can't get yourself involved. The firefighters are very close and will be here soon. You just need to go back and take care of the children and yourself. That's more important than anything else, okay?"
Meng Xiao looked at her deeply, turned around and devoted himself to the rescue work. Shen Qingli stood there in a daze. It was indeed as he said, very close. She was about to go back to the house after seeing the car coming. It was better not to cause trouble outside.
As she was leaving, she caught a glimpse of three children not far away. With such a big fire, the adults might have already... What should she do with these three children?
Shen Qingli sighed and walked over to squat in front of Daya, saying gently: "Can you go home with me? I have medicine. I fainted and need it. Can we come back after the uncles put out the fire?"
After a night of stimulation, Daya looked at her blankly, as if she didn't react to what she said. Shen Qingli didn't urge her. After a while, Daya's eyes reddened: "I remember you, you gave us food before."
Her dirty hands grabbed Shen Qingli's sleeves: "Do you really have medicine to save my sister?"
Shen Qingli did not despise her and held her little hand: "Believe me." She looked at her firmly and gently. Many years later, Daya could still clearly remember this look, this voice, and the warmth of these hands.
Daya was only eleven or twelve years old. She was the first to pick up the youngest sister, and Shen Qingli picked up the other one and took her to the Meng family.
In the main hall, the old man and Meng Kexin were each holding a child and coaxing them. When they saw her bring back the three children from next door, no one said anything. Shen Qingli filled the cup with spiritual spring water under the pretext of pouring water and signaled Daya to feed her sister.
Daya has complete faith in Shen Qingli at this moment. In her heart, Shen Qingli and the big brother who just rescued them are now the people she trusts the most.
"Kexin, coax her for me. She might recognize me." Shen Qingli originally wanted to take the child from the old man's arms, but then he remembered that Meng Kexin was injured, so he finally took An An from Meng Kexin's arms.
After Daya fed her sister water, she stood there silently watching over her sister. Shen Qingli asked her to sit down, but she refused.
"Can you tell me what happened?" Shen Qingli couldn't understand why she suddenly got angry. If someone wanted to make a fuss about this, don't involve the Meng family. After all, the two families had an unpleasant quarrel this afternoon, and the fire broke out in the evening.
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