Chapter 127 Chapter 127 Fire

After returning home, Meng Yufei peeled the mango, cut it into pieces and placed it on a plate. She took two wooden forks and placed them on the plate. She brought it to the coffee table and called the two children to come and eat.

Ever since she had eaten fruit with a small silver fork at Aunt Liu's house, Xia Qinqin wanted Meng Yufei to make her a small fork like that to eat fruit, thinking it was very interesting.

Nowadays, not to mention where she could find someone to use silver to make her a small fork for eating fruit, even if someone did, Meng Yufei still felt that using a silver fork to eat fruit was a bit too extravagant.

Finally, Xia Junshan had a solution. He picked a branch from outside and used a knife to carve out several wooden forks. Xia Qinqin was very happy to use them.

In addition to a few dishes from the cafeteria for dinner, Meng Yufei also made scrambled eggs with tomatoes. The tomatoes were given by Mrs. Zhang next door, who had just picked them from the vegetable patch in her yard.

Xia Junshan didn't work overtime today and finally got home on time. As soon as he entered the door, he smelled the aroma of fried tomatoes and eggs and smiled, "Oh, there are new dishes in the cafeteria today."

When Xia Qinqin saw her father, she jumped up from the sofa happily, flew over and shouted, "Dad, I miss you so much!"

Xia Junshan picked up his daughter, rested his forehead against hers, and said with a smile, "Daddy misses you too. I haven't seen you for a few days. Qinqin has grown taller again."

Xia Qinqin hugged Xia Junshan's neck and said coquettishly, "Dad, I haven't seen you for a few days. You don't know, I recently learned a poem. I'll recite it to you..."

Meng Yufei came out of the kitchen with a plate in her hand and said with a smile, "Qinqin, let's recite the poem later. Let's eat first."

"Oh, OK." Xia Qinqin nodded, pointed at the scrambled eggs with tomatoes on the table and said to Xia Junshan, "Dad, look, this is the dish made by mom. It looks so good."

Xia Junshan put his daughter on the chair and said with a smile, "Hmm, it's red and yellow, and it really looks good. I thought it was made in the cafeteria just now. I think the chef's skills have improved again."

Meng Yufei said with a smile while setting the table, "You two are really something, you're praising the food before you even taste it."

Xia Junshan said hurriedly: "This dish smells so good and looks so good. You don't have to guess it to know it's delicious."

Xia Qinqin also nodded her head: "Yes, yes, the food mom cooks must be delicious."

Meng Yufei looked at the father and daughter with amusement, and shouted to Lu Yannan in the study: "Yannan, come out and eat first."

Xia Junshan said, "Yan Nan is in the study. I was wondering why I didn't see him."

Xia Qinqin said: "Brother Yannan didn't practice one word well, so he refused to come out to play."

Lu Yannan walked out of the study and saw Xia Junshan, nodded slightly and said, "Uncle Xia, you're back."

Xia Junshan smiled and said, "Well, Yan Nan has grown taller after not seeing him for a few days. Children grow up really fast."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "Children are growing up, and they change every day."

Xia Qinqin scooped a large spoonful of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and put it into Xia Junshan's bowl. She smiled and said, "Dad, eat well and let's grow taller together."

Xia Junshan teased her, "Okay, we'll grow taller together, and daddy will be as tall as the roof by then."

Xia Qinqin thought for a while and said, "Well... Dad, you'd better not grow so tall. Just a little taller than now will be enough." - If the roof is poked through, they will have no home.

Xia Junshan laughed and said, "Okay, Dad will listen to you. He will just grow a little taller than he is now."

Xia Qinqin nodded with satisfaction, and scooped a spoonful of scrambled eggs with tomatoes for Meng Yufei and Lu Yannan respectively, and said with a smile: "Mom and Brother Yannan also want to grow taller together."

"Okay, let's eat together and grow together."

…

After putting the child to sleep at night, Meng Yufei returned to the room and couldn't help but pull Xia Junshan aside and said, "Hey, let me ask you something."

Xia Junshan was sitting on the bed reading a book. When he heard her words, he looked up and asked, "What's the matter?"

Meng Yufei climbed onto the bed and looked at his shoulder and asked, "Is the injured Captain Yan a local?"

Xia Junshan thought for a moment and shook his head, "No, I remember he was from Qin Province."

Meng Yufei said: "It seems that my guess is true. This Captain Yan may have found someone."

"Ah?" Xia Junshan said in astonishment, "No way, the troops haven't had any friendly activities for a long time. He stays on this island every day. Where can he find a partner?"

Meng Yufei raised her eyebrows and said, "There are no women on this island."

"You mean, his target is someone on the island? Who is it?" Xia Junshan put down the book in his hand and asked.

Meng Yufei looked at him with amusement, "Why are you so gossipy now?"

Xia Junshan said with a smile: "Xiao Yan is a soldier under my command. As his leader, it is normal for me to worry about his personal affairs."

"Well, what you said makes sense. The girl is the daughter of the family that made furniture for us before. She works at the post office. I think her name is Qi Zhenzhen."

Xia Junshan nodded and said, "They are quite suitable, but Xiao Yan's family is too far away. I don't know if the girl's parents will agree."

Meng Yufei said, "You can also let Xiao Yan stay. I remember that when you retire from the army, in addition to returning to your hometown, you can also choose to stay in your spouse's hometown."

"Now it's probably Xiao Yan's parents' turn to disagree." Xia Junshan said with a smile.

Meng Yufei said: "It doesn't matter where, as long as the two of them can be together well."

Xia Junshan nodded, put his arm around Meng Yufei's shoulders and said, "Yes, the most important thing is that we two are together."

…

Since Xia Junshan came back on time for dinner that day, he has been leaving early and coming back late since then. Sometimes Xia Qinqin didn't see him for several days.

"Mom, when will Dad finish his work?"

On the way to school that day, Xia Qinqin couldn't help but ask.

Meng Yufei said: "I don't know, but it should be soon. When he's done, how about we go shopping and eat something delicious in the city?"

“I want to go to Fangyuan to eat shrimp dumplings!”

"good."

"We have to take Brother Yannan with us."

"Well, okay, let's go together."

When they arrived at the kindergarten gate, Lu Yannan was standing there with his backpack on his back. Xia Qinqin happily ran over and took his hand, then turned around and waved to Meng Yufei: "Mom, I'm going to school."

Meng Yufei waved with a smile and watched the two children enter the kindergarten before turning around to go to work.

Because Zhou Wenqian was recuperating at home during this period, Principal Tian had been substituting for her in the kindergarten class. When she returned to the office after finishing a class in the morning, she found an unexpected guest.

"Director Yang! Why are you here?" Director Tian was surprised and looked at her legs and asked with concern: "Is your leg okay?"

Director Yang smiled and said, "It's OK. It's not a bone injury. Just rest for a few days and you'll be fine."

Director Tian hurriedly said, "Please sit down. You can't stand all the time because you just recovered from your injury." She asked Director Yang to sit opposite her and went to make tea for her.

"I wonder what Principal Yang is here for today?"

Principal Yang said, "I am here to apologize today. Last time we climbed the mountain, I was not well prepared, which caused your students and teachers to get hurt. I have been feeling guilty all this time."

At this point, she sighed and said, "I wanted to come and apologize a long time ago, but the injury on my leg never healed, and my family wouldn't let me go out. Now that the injury has finally healed, I must come and apologize to you in person."

As she spoke, she stood up, bowed deeply to Director Tian, ​​and said, "Director Tian, ​​I'm sorry, I have failed your trust..."

Director Tian hurriedly pulled her aside and said, "Director Yang, what are you doing? What happened that day was an accident. It has nothing to do with you. Besides, the criminal has been caught. Don't blame yourself."

Principal Yang apologized to Principal Tian again and again, "By the way, is the teacher who was injured that day here? I want to apologize to her in person, otherwise I will feel guilty."

Director Tian said, "Teacher Zhou's injury has not fully healed yet. I asked her to rest at home for a few more days before coming back."

Principal Yang said, "May I ask where Teacher Zhou's home is? I want to go and apologize."

Her attitude was very sincere, and she went to apologize to Zhou Wen Qian. Director Tian couldn't refuse, so he took her to Zhou Wen Qian's home.

The number of teachers and staff in the kindergarten has been very tight recently. Mrs. Zhang from the small class took a few days off, but fortunately she came back to work a few days ago. As for the large class, most of the work fell on Tang Jiayi after Zhou Wenqian took a leave.

A class had just finished and it was time for the older children to go out to the yard to play. Tang Jiayi was telling the children to be careful in front of the slide when she heard crying from the side.

It turned out that two children were playing on a wooden horse, and one child hit the other.

"Didn't the teacher tell us to line up to play? Yaozong, how could you hit someone? Apologize now!"

Tang Jiayi was skilled in resolving minor conflicts between her two children. With more children, such incidents would occur every few days, and she was able to handle them with ease.

Just as Tang Jiayi was concentrating on coaxing her child, she did not notice that the door of the kindergarten was pushed open.

The kindergarten yard is surrounded by a bamboo fence, and the main gate is also a bamboo gate. It is usually closed only to prevent the children from running around, not to prevent outsiders from entering.

After all, this is a military compound and everyone here is our own people.

As soon as the class was over, Xia Qinqin dragged Lu Yannan to play on the wooden horse, but before it was their turn, the two students in front of them started fighting.

Lu Yannan listened to the crying and frowned irritably. He said to Xia Qinqin, "You line up here. I'll go back to the classroom first."

Xia Qinqin said, "Didn't we just come out of the classroom? Well, why don't we go line up to play on the slide." Then she pulled him to the side.

Lu Yannan was reluctantly pulled by Xia Qinqin. He turned his head to look at the classroom and stood there in a daze.

"Why aren't you leaving?" Xia Qinqin turned around and asked in confusion.

"Look inside the classroom, it looks like there's a fire." Lu Yannan pointed at the classroom.

As Xia Qinqin spoke, she looked over and saw yellow flames coming through the windows of the classroom, with thick black smoke beginning to drift out.

"Teacher! Our classroom is on fire!" Xia Qinqin immediately shouted at Tang Jiayi.

Tang Jiayi was startled and turned back to look at the classroom. Sure enough, there was a fire!

After being stunned for two seconds, she quickly shouted, "Students, don't move! Come to the teacher!"

She gathered the children playing in the yard around her and quickly counted them. She breathed a sigh of relief when she was sure that all the children were there and no one was in the classroom.

"Everyone, please don't move here and don't go near the classroom. The teacher will go and notify the students in the next class to leave. Do you understand me?" Tang Jiayi said seriously.

"Know."

Tang Jiayi quickly ran to the small class classroom. The two classrooms were only separated by a wall, so she had to notify them quickly.

Fortunately, the three caregivers of the small class were in the classroom. When they heard the fire next door, they immediately took the children out of the classroom. The children in the small class were young, and most of them had to be carried by adults before they could run.

Tang Jiayi also helped to carry the children out. After all the children came to the yard, Tang Jiayi watched the fire in the large classroom spread rapidly and began to engulf the small classroom.

Fortunately, we evacuated in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous!

"Why is it on fire?"

"Yes, did some naughty kid bring the matches here?"

"The fire spread so quickly, we almost couldn't escape!" Mrs. Zhang patted her chest in fear.

Tang Jiayi said, "It's a westerly wind today. You guys look after the children while I go inform the Women's Committee next door. I'm afraid they don't know there's a fire."

After saying that, Tang Jiayi ran towards the Women's Committee. They had already noticed the movement and Director Wang was also running over there.

"I've asked Xiao Cui to find someone to put out the fire. Where are the children? Are they all right?"

"It's all right. They're all in the yard."

Director Wang looked at the fire that was burning more and more fiercely, frowned and said, "It's not safe in the yard. The fire is big and the smoke is heavy. Evacuate all the children to the cafeteria in the back."

"Okay." Tang Jiayi nodded.

Meng Yufei, who was working on the second floor of the cafeteria, suddenly felt something was wrong. Why did the air smell like something was burnt? "Xiao Zhang, are you burning something?"

Xiao Zhang shook his head: "No, why would I burn something in the office?"

Meng Yufei looked up to the window, and saw thick smoke billowing in the sky ahead. She stood up in shock, and the chair rubbed against the ground with a harsh sound.

"Sister Meng, what's wrong with you?" Xiao Zhang asked curiously.

"The kindergarten in front is on fire!" Meng Yufei said and ran out quickly.

"Ah? Fire?" Xiao Zhang looked out the window and his eyes widened in surprise.

When Meng Yufei ran to the kindergarten, the teachers and students of the kindergarten were also running to the cafeteria. Meng Yufei hurriedly helped to bring the children to the cafeteria.

"Today's wind is too strong. We must put out the fire as soon as possible, otherwise it might spread to the cafeteria." Director Wang immediately said, "Leave two people here to watch the children, and the rest of you, including the cafeteria staff, come with me to get water to put out the fire."

There were faucets in the kitchen behind the cafeteria hall. Director Wang led his men to pick up buckets and basins filled with water and ran to the front to put out the fire. There were no water pipes or high-pressure hoses in those days, so the only way to put out the fire was to pour basins of water.

The staff from the logistics department upstairs also ran down to put out the fire, and there were people running back and forth. Many children in the small class were frightened and burst into tears when they saw this. When one child cried, several others followed suit, and the two caregivers who stayed behind were busy trying to comfort them.

For a moment, the cafeteria was in chaos.

The children were arranged to sit on chairs. Xia Qinqin held Lu Yannan with one hand and Fangfang with the other, anxiously looking at the noisy crowd outside, looking for their mother.

Suddenly, Xia Qinqin felt the hand that was being held by her left hand being pulled away. She turned her head subconsciously, and Lu Yannan, who was sitting next to her, was gone!

She hurriedly stood up and looked around the cafeteria. At the door at the back of the cafeteria, she saw a woman holding Lu Yannan and walking out.

Lu Yannan's mouth was covered tightly with a handkerchief. He struggled violently for a while and gradually lost consciousness.

"Brother Yannan!" Xia Qinqin shouted anxiously, "Put Brother Yannan down!"

The man didn't even look back, quickened his pace, and left the cafeteria holding Lu Yannan.

Oh no, Brother Yanan was taken away by a bad guy.

Xia Qinqin was so anxious that tears came to her eyes. She turned around to look for her mother, but people coming and going were running to put out the fire with basins and buckets in their hands. She couldn't find her mother at all...

She ran to the nursery teacher Yin Guixiang with tears in her eyes and cried, "Aunt Yin, Brother Yannan has been taken away by a bad guy. Please find someone to save him."

As she spoke, she pointed to the door behind her and said anxiously, "The bad guy ran out from that door. She also covered Brother Yannan's mouth with a handkerchief. You should go and save him quickly..."

When Yin Guixiang first heard her say that someone had abducted Lu Yannan, she thought that an adult had come to pick up their child. After all, this was a military compound, and no human or trafficker would be so bold as to come here and kidnap a child.

But when she heard someone covering her mouth with a handkerchief, Yin Guixiang realized something was wrong and said hurriedly, "Don't worry, I'll go out and take a look."