356: Lao Yu, thank you so much
The beard on Yu Jiahui's face was curled up due to the burns, and with the addition of smoke, fire and water, his face became a big clown face.
Director Sui took the lead and walked in front of Yu Jiahui. He held one of Yu Jiahui's hands with both hands and paused.
"Old Yu, thanks to you, thanks to you for discovering the fire in time, you are the fire-fighting hero of our Wufen Field!"
"Fire-fighting hero!"
Someone shouted first, and everyone inside and outside the courtyard followed suit, shouting together:
"Fire hero! Fire hero! Fire hero!"
Everyone was shouting "fire hero", but the people standing on the periphery had no idea who this fire hero was and could only shout slogans along.
The farm manager's wife, whose voice had been hoarse from crying, stopped crying amid the crowd's cheers. She suddenly stood up and ran towards the warehouse, of which only four dilapidated walls remained.
"I'm going to find my uncle—"
Seeing Director Sui's wife trying to get into the dangerous wall, Yu Jiahui shouted:
"Don't look for him anymore, he's not dead in there!"
Director Sui's wife stopped and turned around, tearfully asking:
"Then where did he die?"
Yu Jiahui sighed, pushed away Director Sui's hand, borrowed a flashlight from someone, and shone it on the pile of miscellaneous items. Under a large blower, he saw an old man in a waistcoat and shorts sleeping soundly.
The old man lay on his back with his mouth half open, looking like he was dead.
Looking closely, it was the old blacksmith!
There was such a big commotion just now, but he didn't even wake up?!
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Even Director Sui's wife was dumbfounded. She had just cried until her voice was hoarse over her uncle's death, and now she saw the man lying there alive. She was so overwhelmed with sorrow and joy that she couldn't react.
Yu Jiahui cursed:
"The fire started right next to this old man's bed. I suspect he was smoking and drinking, and he knocked over his can of fake liquor. The flame from his pipe, by chance, ignited the liquor, and that's how the fire started.
He was so drunk he didn't even know he was being burned to death! If I hadn't happened to be out taking a piss and saw smoke coming out of his room, he would have already reported to the underworld by now!
When talking about this, Yu Jiahui became furious.
If the fire was caused by some other accident, he could still understand it.
A fire caused by drinking and smoking, so painful!
After Yu Jiahui's words, everyone understood.
Yu Xiaoye finally knew the cause of the fire. It turned out to be this. She couldn't figure out why the fire that caused multiple deaths and injuries was caused by the old blacksmith in the repair shop!
When Director Sui found out, he was angry and resentful.
Director Sui's wife sensed that the atmosphere was not right, and worried that if she got excited again, her uncle would be beaten to death again, so she quickly ran forward and hit her uncle hard with a hammer:
"You old man, how could you be so foolish? It doesn't matter if you were burned to death, but what about burning down these warehouses? How can you compensate us, you old thing? How many times can you die to redeem your life? You old thing—you've killed us!"
While beating her uncle, Director Sui's wife felt that his body was still warm, and he snorted twice after being beaten, so he must not be dead. She was happy and started crying again, and then she really beat him hard a few times.
Another cadre stepped forward with great foresight to act as a peacemaker:
"Okay, sister-in-law, stop hitting me. Old Cheng definitely didn't mean it. It was an accident. I'm glad he's okay."
Someone else looked at the four warehouses that were almost burned to ashes and said sadly:
"What should we do? We couldn't salvage anything inside, including the tractor tires the farm gave us. They were used to replace the tractor harvester in preparation for the autumn harvest, and now they're all burned!"
Others say:
"Hurry, go in and see how much is left--"
Several people from the repair shop are going to the warehouse to check.
Zhou Ziheng, who had been standing aside without saying anything, suddenly spoke:
"Don't go in!"
When these people heard the director's order, they all stopped.
Zhou Ziheng looked at the precarious warehouses. Now only ruins remained of the four warehouses. The first one was burned the most severely, and the roof collapsed.
The second room was less affected, but the roof also collapsed in half.
The roofs of the third and fourth rooms were still there, but the insides were almost completely burned.
I guess only the fourth room is worth saving.
But the open fire had just been extinguished, and we didn't know what was going on inside. It would be very risky to go in rashly, so we had to wait until the danger was eliminated before going in.
He ordered to the chaotic crowd:
"The fire is out, let's go back——"
Other leaders also began to drive people out:
"Everyone, go back. What's the point of staying here? Go back to sleep and get up to work normally tomorrow."
When the crowd saw that the fire was out and knew the cause of the fire, they felt relieved, turned around and walked out.
They talked as they walked.
This fire gave everyone a great shock.
After most people had left, Zhou Ziheng asked Yu Jiahui:
"Old Yu, are there any casualties?"
“No casualties!”
"Very good, you did a great job!" Zhou Ziheng said sincerely.
Yu Jiahui's performance tonight was unexpectedly outstanding.
In the past, he only knew that this old man was different from ordinary rough men, but tonight, he truly witnessed the old man's responsibility and courage.
Faced with such a sudden fire, not only was he able to rush to the front line, but he was also able to rationally direct others to put out the fire, causing no casualties. This was definitely a successful firefighting operation!
Director Sui, who was standing by, also had mixed feelings. On the one hand, a fire broke out in the headquarters, and he, as the director of the branch field, had an unshirkable responsibility.
What's more, the fire was caused by his wife's uncle, which made it even more difficult to face the public.
Fortunately, Yu Jiahui discovered the fire in time and not only rescued the people, but also took the lead in putting out the fire regardless of the danger. Both publicly and privately, Director Sui was very grateful to Yu Jiahui.
Director Sui led the applause and said word by word:
"Thank you, Lao Yu. Thank you so much!"
There was applause, all of it genuine.
Especially the workers in the repair shop, they were completely panicked at the beginning and didn't know how to put out the fire.
It was only after listening to Yu Jiahui's instructions that they were able to find some clues in the chaos, and finally put out the fire and saved the factory building next to it.
If it weren't for Yu Jiahui, they would have been completely caught in a blind and disorderly state of firefighting. I'm afraid the losses would be even more serious, and there might even be casualties.
Yu Jiahui didn’t think he had done anything great. He just listened to his daughter and did what he was supposed to do.
As for rushing into the house to save people, it was out of instinct, not for any other reason.
After a flurry of activity, everyone else left, leaving only Manager Sui and the people from the repair shop to deal with the aftermath of the fire.
The medical worker from the infirmary came with a medicine box. Yu Xiaoye and Zhou Ziheng helped Zhou Yu Jiahui into the opposite room and treated the burn on Yu Jiahui's legs.
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