With Old Ma's gangster boss-like demeanor, plus that smear on his face that slanted down from his right eyelid, saying those things late at night was truly creepy.
Chu Yu knew that Lao Ma was a man of principle who didn't care about public order and good morals. She wanted to thank him properly, but he wouldn't appreciate it, so she could only let it go.
After returning home, Chu Yu slipped into her room and pretended that she had never gone out.
Liao Hongmei and Shu Jiandang next door were overjoyed. Shu Jiandang had handled things discreetly, and after the fire, no one could find any evidence.
"The founding of the Party sounds like something out of a Martian movie. Should we go somewhere else to avoid it?"
"If we go out to avoid the fire before it reaches our house, we'll be discovered sooner or later. Let's wait until the fire next door gets bigger and someone is yelling for help to put out the fire before we run out."
Liao Hongmei thought to herself that he had considered things carefully, but she had to put on an act. The fire was burning in Shu Ai's country and wouldn't spread to him.
Running a little later won't cause any problems.
If they are really affected, they can turn around and bite Shu Aiguo, demanding compensation from him.
The two were filled with excitement, imagining the tragic scene of Shu Aiguo's family being burned to the ground and left homeless.
The blankets, clothes, and house were all burned to the ground. In the dead of winter, there was no money, no food, and no clothes to wear. The children were crying loudly from hunger, and the adults were filled with sorrow. Half a year's savings had been burned to ashes in a fire. That must have been a terrible feeling.
Burn it! Burn it! Burn it big, so that Shu Aiguo will have nothing left!
Shu Jiandang became increasingly pleased with himself, sniffing the air, "Why does the smell of smoke smell so strong?"
"Yes, with such a huge plume of smoke, at least half of Shu Aiguo's house must have burned down, right? How come no one noticed?"
Liao Hongmei thought to herself, "This can't be right. There's so much smoke, and there are so many people in the family. Why hasn't anyone woken up?"
She was also afraid that if things got out of hand, she would be in deep trouble. The police could not find out that it was an arson case, but her whole family was burned to death. Given the grudges between her family and Shu Aiguo, how could the police not investigate them?
Liao Hongmei muttered to herself, "How can he sleep like a log? With so much smoke, how come no one can smell it?"
The doorbell rang. Shu Kang got up to pee, smelled cigarette smoke, rubbed his eyes, and said:
"Mom, your eyes are so big, I can't even open them. Is our house on fire?"
"What nonsense are you talking about, child! How could our house be on fire? It's the neighbor's house that's on fire!"
Shu Kang coughed from the choking fumes. Through the crack in the window, he saw that the walls of his house were blackened by the fire.
"Mom, it's not the neighbors, it's our house on fire! Look, even our wooden windows are burning!"
Shu Jiandang jumped up suddenly, and Liao Hongmei was also startled. The couple looked at the burning wooden window, exchanged a glance, and then realized something was wrong.
It wasn't Shuai's country that was burning, it was their house!!
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