It turned out that Cheng Hongjun, the youngest son of the Cheng family, and Mao Hongfei, the third son of the Mao family, both worked in a textile factory, and they were in the same workshop. A few years ago, their workshop was going to elect a team leader, and both of them were originally on the candidate list, but when the public election came, Cheng Hongjun's name was gone.

This made Cheng Hongjun very angry. After some inquiries, he heard that Mao Hongfei had said bad things about him to the director. After the director sent someone to investigate, the director felt that although he was trying to help others, he was too impulsive, so he removed his name from the list.

It was indeed Mao Hongfei who told the director about this, but what he said was also what he saw with his own eyes. However, Cheng Hongjun was angry that he had ruined his career, so he wanted to teach the Mao family a lesson.

He thought that there was a snowfall a few days ago. Although the roof and the yard were clear of snow, there must be moisture. In order to scare them, he deliberately poured half a bottle of kerosene on some wood piled against the wall of the Mao family. Those were the leftovers from the furniture making of the Mao family.

However, he didn't expect that the wind last night fanned the flames, and later it was completely out of control. When he saw that the situation was not good, he quickly jumped into the Mao family's yard and called everyone out.

Fortunately, he was afraid of loss of life, so he quickly called people out. If it was a little later, all the dozen members of the Mao family would have died in the fire. Although the people were saved, all their belongings were burned.

Soon Cheng Hongjun was taken away by the police. It was no use for Cheng's family to cry and shout. Cheng Hongjun's grandmother knelt down to the Mao's family and asked them to plead for Cheng Hongjun, saying that if Cheng Hongjun hadn't called them up, their entire family would have died.

No matter how the people from the street office tried to persuade her, it was of no use. The old lady just relied on her seniority and kept talking nonsense, which made the Mao family very angry. Then the two families almost started fighting again.

Old Mrs. Cheng felt that she would risk her life to protect her grandson, but Cheng Hongjun had violated the law this time and the circumstances were serious. In addition to compensating the Mao family for all their losses, he would also have to be sentenced.

The final judgment was that Cheng Hongjun had to pay the Mao family 4,000 yuan in property damage compensation. Cheng Hongjun was also sentenced to six years in prison for arson, which was a serious crime.

Because of Cheng Hongjun's impulsiveness, the Cheng family was caught in a difficult situation and had to scrape together enough money.

The old lady of the Cheng family could not bear the blow and fell ill. She died within a few days. Now the Cheng family did not even have the money to hold the funeral. They had already borrowed from all the relatives and friends they could.

Luo Qiao felt a little upset after hearing this, so she said casually: "Let's organize the neighbors to donate money for relief, and this problem should be solved soon."

Unexpectedly, an auntie next to him said, "That's a good idea."

In the afternoon, an enthusiastic neighbor made a cardboard box and placed it in front of the Cheng family's door. Someone was responsible for guarding it. In this way, each family could donate according to their own situation, and strength lies in numbers.

No matter what era, there are still mostly kind people. It didn't take long before people came forward to put money in the donation box. Although the amount was not much, it was a token of everyone's kindness.

The next day after school at noon, Luo Qiao heard people talking about it. She went there and put ten yuan in the bank. She rolled up the money because she didn't want anyone to see it and to avoid trouble.

The Mao family has not had a good time these days. Mao Hongfei never expected that just because he made a report, this would be the result. He regrets it very much now. He no longer has the chance to be a team leader, and people in the factory look at him strangely.

Many people said behind his back that he was a troublemaker who would do anything to become a team leader. Anyone would be angry. He extorted so much money from the Cheng family and got Cheng Hongjun sentenced. He was a lack of virtue.

Even the neighbors were not as enthusiastic about the Mao family as before. Everyone felt that if Mao Hongfei had not reported them, Cheng Hongjun would not have committed arson, let alone made the old lady of the Cheng family angry to death.

(End of this chapter)

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