The next day, as soon as Song Yuehua arrived at the chess hall, she looked through yesterday's accounts and thought about what to eat in the evening.
The tofu I bought from Widow Shao yesterday tasted great, so I bought a plate and took it home today.
After returning home, I made minced meat tofu and braised tofu.
At this moment, Master Ma came hurriedly.
"Daya, go back quickly, something happened at home."
Song Yuehua's heart skipped a beat and she asked, "What happened?"
"The cotton field is on fire!" said Master Ma in a low voice.
Song Yuehua's head buzzed and she walked outside with an expressionless face.
"Who set the fire?"
“I don’t know.”
The cotton has not been picked yet, and at least half of it has been burned.
The two men rushed to the place where the ox carts were kept. Ma Ye had been waiting outside the city before dawn today, waiting for the city gate to open so that he could rush in to report the news.
Sitting on the ox cart, listening to Master Ma driving and talking at the same time, Song Yuehua finally understood what had happened.
Her cotton fields were affected.
The fire started in the cotton field in the south yard. The two places were close to each other. By the time it was discovered in the yard and people wanted to save it, it was too late.
Cotton is extremely flammable. Once a spark starts, the fire is unstoppable.
Song Yuehua felt heartbroken just listening to it.
"Is anyone injured?"
Master Ma said, "The fire was too big at the time. Several people were slightly injured. Yu Jiubei, Niu Shi, and Jiang Mei were more seriously injured."
I hope no one was killed.
The ox cart drove all the way from the county to Dongshan. Looking at the entire black cotton field, Song Yuehua was still stunned.
"Boss..."
Tan Xiuxiu's appearance was sloppy, her eyes were red, her body was dirty all over, and her clothes were burnt in several places.
It is enough to see how tragic the situation was last night.
"Aunt Qin, are you okay?" Song Yuehua asked.
Hearing this, Tan Xiuxiu couldn't hold back her tears for a moment, she covered her face with her hands and started crying, "Boss, I'm sorry for not taking good care of the cotton field... It's all my fault for being too careless..."
"I'm glad you're okay." Song Yuehua patted Tan Xiuxiu's back helplessly.
No one wants anything to happen to the cotton field.
"Stop crying," Master Ma scolded from behind, "You are still in charge. What will happen if someone sees you like this?"
With red eyes, Tan Xiuxiu choked with sobs and called out "father-in-law".
Uncle Ma took Song Yuehua to see the other half of the cotton field that was not burned. There were still about twenty acres of cotton fields that were not affected.
At the beginning, Qin Xiuxiu was afraid that Baozi would not be willing to work, so she separated a few plots of cotton field.
I didn't expect that when the wind blew last night, the rest could not be defended, and in the end only these few pieces of land were defended.
"Aunt Qin, where are the burned people? I'll go take a look." Song Yuehua said.
The burned people were being treated in the compound. When Song Yuehua came over, Liu Xue looked exhausted. Although she was not as disheveled as Tan Xiuxiu, she looked like she had not slept all night.
"Master..." Liu Xue's voice was hoarse.
Song Yuehua helped her remove the weeds from her shoulders and comforted her, "It's good that you're okay. I'm sure the pigs and chickens were frightened."
"No," Liu Xue shook her head, "It's behind the door and far away, so it won't affect them."
That's good, Song Yuehua smiled and consoled him, "Go wash your face and eat something. The pig pen and chicken coop still depend on you."
"Yeah." Liu Xue was still in a low mood.
In the kang room, Jiang Mei and Niu were in the same room. Their situation was much better than Song Yuehua had expected.
A section of Jiang Mei's hair was burned and a large area of her arm was burned.
Niu's hands were covered with blisters and her body was burned in several places.
"Boss..."
Both of them had applied medicine to their burns and were lying on the kang bed. When they saw Song Yuehua wanted to get up, she stopped them.
"Now that the medicine has been applied, don't move." Song Yuehua said.
Niu looked at Song Yuehua and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
"Aunt Niu, if you have anything to say, just say it." Song Yuehua sat next to the two of them.
Niu stammered, "Boss, Grandma Xi said we'll probably have to take care of her for more than half a month. Are we going to lose our wages this month?"
"Don't worry," Song Yuehua said with a smile, "Take good care of your injuries. You will still get paid even if you don't work."
Jiang Mei also smiled and said to Niu, "I told you not to worry."
Niu felt embarrassed and just chuckled.
After Song Yuehua came out, Qin Xiuxiu said to her, "They are both seriously injured. Later, after Grandma Xi changes the medicine for them, she will send them home."
"Okay, you can make the arrangements accordingly." Song Yuehua said, "Let them take good care of themselves and come back to work after their injuries have healed. I will give them two months' wages each as compensation later."
Now that the cotton field has been almost burned, it won't be a big problem if a few more people are missing.
Tan Xiuxiu continued, "And Yu Jiubei, he was more seriously injured, and..."
Seeing Qin Xiuxiu's annoyed look, Song Yuehua didn't know the reason until she arrived at the row house.
Regarding Yu Jiubei's injury, Song Yuehua found Ma Ye and asked him to take a look. He said that half of his skin and flesh were burned.
Grandma Xi was still applying medicine to people inside.
The most troublesome thing was that Yu Jiubei's mother was sitting at the door crying.
"Our Yu family has not even had a new wife or a son yet, and it was burned like this. What should we do?"
Tan Xiuxiu wanted to move that person away, but Yu Lao Niang cried even louder.
Master Ma was also a little angry and asked, "Why are you crying here? Do you think it's unlucky enough that the person is not dead?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Old Lady Yu quickly got up and cursed.
Master Ma confronted her and cursed, "I'm talking about you, you ignorant old woman. The person is still injured inside, and you're making a scene at the door. Are you afraid that your son will get some peace? How can you be so ignorant!"
Old Lady Yu was scolded as a coward, and Granny Lan and Ding Cuigu from the compound tried to persuade her with kind words and finally got her to leave.
When Grandma Xi came out, Song Yuehua asked her what was going on. Grandma Xi gestured for a long time, and Qin Xiuxiu looked at it for a long time, and then asked Song Yuehua.
"The injury is quite serious. Although it is not life-threatening, it would be best to ask the county doctor to come and take a look."
After Song Yuehua finished her explanation, Qin Xiuxiu didn't say much. She turned around and asked Ma Yong to follow Master Ma to get a doctor.
Many of the farmhands were slightly injured. They took some medicine and continued to work.
After returning to the compound, Song Yuehua asked Wu Xinlian and Zuo Chunniang to add a meat dish tonight.
"Big sister!"
Song Yuehua looked up and saw Dabao, who looked dusty, and Xie Yu coming in from outside.
"Why are you here?"
Dabao ran over, his eyes red, "Last night, the fire burned all the cotton..."
Xie Yu also looked very uncomfortable.
"The fire was so intense last night that the whole village could see it. When Dabao and I rushed over from home, all the cotton was on fire. Sister Song was not at home, so I didn't dare to let Dabao take risks, so I stopped him..."
“You did a great job.”
The cotton field was on fire and so many adults couldn't do anything about it. What could Dabao and Xiaoyu do?
It’s better to stay away to avoid getting hurt.
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