"Dad, look, there's smoke over there."
Zhou Xiuqiao was wondering when she heard Xiao Qiping's slightly surprised voice.
She turned around curiously and saw Xiao Qiping pointing in the direction of the kitchen of the second room of the Su family. She looked carefully and her legs immediately went weak.
Thick smoke was coming out of the roof of the second bedroom kitchen, and orange-red flames could be vaguely seen.
"Oh my God!" Su Changhe stomped his feet and roared.
"Don't stand there like an idiot, hurry up and put out the fire!" Su Ziyu picked up the basin of water on the bluestone slab and rushed out of the courtyard.
Su Zijun stuffed little Qiping into Zhou Xiuqiao's arms, and also picked up the bath water that was drying on the bluestone slab and rushed out.
Su Changjiang also hurriedly ran to fetch water to put out the fire.
Everyone who reacted rushed to fetch basins and buckets of water...
When the neighbors nearby heard the noise, they came with buckets of water to help put out the fire.
The fire spread quickly, probably because the air was too dry. Plus, the roof was made of flammable straw, so it wasn’t long before the roof was engulfed in flames, and the flames burned more and more fiercely…
For a moment, the air was filled with smoke and the pungent smell made it impossible to breathe.
When the smoke cleared, the kitchen of the Su family's second room and the room next door where farm tools and firewood were stored were reduced to ruins.
Even the grape trellis next to the kitchen was not spared and turned into a pile of charred charcoal.
Fortunately, the main house and the kitchen were built separately, so the fire could not spread there. Otherwise, the second house of the Su family would have been burned down by the fire.
Wang Chunmei sat helplessly in front of the ruins and burst into tears.
"Oh my God! How am I going to live from now on?!"
All the pocket money she had saved for most of her life was gone in an instant.
All gone! "Oh my God! You might as well take me away..." Wang Chunmei beat her chest desperately.
It was so heartbreaking.
If you don’t know, you would think her parents are dead.
"Mom, don't cry. It's just two huts. We can build two more in a few days." Su Lihong went to pull Wang Chunmei up with her big belly.
"You know nothing!" Wang Chunmei, furious, pushed Su Lihong away.
Su Lihong was caught off guard and staggered. Fortunately, Su Zijie, who was standing by, was quick to catch her.
"Mom, what are you doing? I'm still pregnant."
Hearing this, Wang Chunmei seemed to have thought of something, and her scattered eyes began to slowly focus.
She raised her eyes and scanned everyone one by one, finally locking her sight on Yang Erni who was standing behind them.
Sensing Wang Chunmei's resentful gaze on her, Yang Erni shrank back and took a step back.
"You unlucky star struck by lightning, why don't you burn to death in such a big fire?!" Wang Chunmei rushed forward with a roar.
Yang Erni bit her lower lip and tried to run, but Wang Chunmei grabbed her hair.
"Mom, I was wrong. I shouldn't have followed them to watch the fun." Yang Erni subconsciously wanted to beg for mercy.
Wang Chunmei, who was furious, didn't want to hear anything she said. She grabbed Yang Erni's hair with her left hand and hit her in the face with her right hand.
"I'm going to beat you to death, you bastard. I'm going to beat you to death, I'm going to beat you to death."
The "pa pa" sound continued for a long time.
Wang Chunmei was like a madman, with no intention of stopping at all.
Seeing her like this, the neighbors were afraid to approach her.
In the end, Zhang Fengxia couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward to pull Wang Chunmei away.
"Her second aunt, the house has been burned down. Even if you beat her to death, you can't get the house back."
As soon as Zhang Fengxia started to persuade, everyone came out to agree with her.
"Aunt Fengxia is right. The house is already on fire. What's the point of beating Zijie's wife?"
"Yes! Zijie's wife is pregnant with your grandson. If you want to give birth to her, you will be the one who will feel sad."
"It's a blessing that no one is hurt. We can build two thatched huts later."
"Zijie's wife is the same. She is so old, but she knows there is a fire in the kitchen, but she still runs around everywhere."
There was a lot of noise outside, so Shen Zhihuan, Zhou Xiuqiao and Xiao Qiping also went over.
Before Shen Zhihuan could even stand still, he was supported by Su Ziyu.
"It's a mess here, why did you come out?" Su Ziyu frowned slightly, his clear voice unable to hide his nervousness.
"Watch the fun." Shen Zhihuan whispered.
Su Ziyu curled his thin lips slightly.
Hearing the noise here, Zhang Fengxia let go of Wang Chunmei's arm and walked towards Shen Zhihuan with a nervous look on her face.
"My dear, there is water everywhere. What are you doing out here?!"
What if I slipped? ! "Mom, don't be so nervous. I just came to see if there is anything I can help with?" Shen Zhihuan smiled.
With so many people watching, she certainly couldn't say that she was just here to watch the fun.
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"If you just stay at home obediently, you'll be helping your mother a lot. Go back quickly. There's too much smoke here. Don't choke." Zhang Fengxia stepped forward and supported Shen Zhihuan.
One on the left and one on the right, like two guardians.
Poor Shen Zhihuan was helped back by Zhang Fengxia and Su Ziyu as soon as he came out.
Zhou Xiuqiao was just about to laugh when Zhang Fengxia's gaze fell on her.
"Xiu Qiao, it's getting late, go back and cook more rice."
After Zhang Fengxia reminded her, Zhou Xiuqiao remembered that she had not yet found lunch.
She didn't have time to watch the fun and ran to the kitchen.
Seeing Zhang Fengxia and Su Ziyu carefully supporting Shen Zhihuan, the crowd watching the fun suddenly realized something.
A middle-aged woman touched Su Hongying with her arm and asked in a low voice: "Is your Ziyu's wife pregnant?"
Su Hongying nodded with a grim expression.
The middle-aged woman's eyes suddenly widened.
She originally wanted to ask whether Zi Yu’s wife was not feeling well again.
But Su Changjiang was standing right beside her, so she changed her questioning method and tried to ask indirectly. Who knows...
Really pregnant?! Didn’t everyone say that you can’t get pregnant?!
The people around him also looked shocked.
Pregnant...
That sickly girl from the Shen family is pregnant?
this……
No one knew what to say.
"Secretary Su, is your Ziyu's wife really pregnant?" There were also those who didn't believe it and wanted to verify it in person.
"How can the pregnancy be fake?" Su Changjiang glared at the man with a fierce face.
He was not unaware of the rumors that his second daughter-in-law was infertile.
But since no one brought it to him, he just pretended not to know.
"Congratulations, Secretary Su, you're going to be a grandfather again." Someone next to him said immediately.
Su Changjiang immediately burst into laughter, "She's just gotten pregnant, so she still has to wait to have grandchildren!"
"Secretary Su is so lucky!"
"Zi Yu's wife is really capable. She got pregnant right after the wedding."
"Don't you even look at Zi Yu's capital..."
"Don't tell me, that brat's capital is indeed..."
"Do you remember when we were little and went to the river to take a bath together..."
(End of this chapter)