Lu Yanzheng was highly skilled, so he naturally went to deal with those who wanted to take the opportunity to escape.
Wei Chengzhong remained calmly in the rear, and whenever he noticed someone about to leave the battle, he would order a shell to be fired, both as a warning and to help the Northwest Army keep the person behind.
Seeing that the outcome was almost certain, Jiang Qinyu returned to the village entrance.
Upon seeing her, Village Chief Li excitedly stepped forward and said, "My dear niece, your method really worked! Look, the fire is all out!"
The others cheered, but Jiang Qinyu's expression was somewhat heavy. Looking at the burned ruins of the village, she pursed her lips and said, "Once Brother Zheng's situation is over, Uncle Village Chief will first count which households still have people to stay in, and make arrangements for everyone to get through tonight."
It's already a great blessing that not all the people of Dingshui Village were burned to death in the fire fueled by crude oil; she shouldn't have demanded more.
But seeing the heavy losses suffered by the village, Jiang Qinyu still felt very sad.
The villagers realized what had happened, and their initial excitement at the fire being extinguished vanished instantly; many were wiping away tears.
"Our house was burned down..."
"My house is the same; only half of the main room is left, and it's completely uninhabitable."
"Sigh, isn't everyone like that? Luckily, we managed to grab the important things at the beginning, otherwise we would have nowhere to cry now."
"..."
The only comforting thing is that the people of Dingshui Village have earned a lot of money in the past year. As long as they are still alive and have the money they saved, they can just rebuild their houses.
"Your Highness, let's go back first!" Aping sighed inwardly, but he didn't forget his mission.
His eyes shone brightly as he looked at Jiang Qinyu, his admiration almost overflowing.
Jiang Qinyu suddenly remembered that Aping must have already guessed what she had done at the end of the village.
Jiang Qinyu calmly replied, "Yes, my parents must be frightened. I'll go check on them."
Oh well, it doesn't matter if he guesses it. As long as she doesn't say anything, no one will know how she did it.
As soon as Jiang Qinyu led Aping away, Village Chief Li and the others all turned to look at her retreating figure.
Aunt Qin leaned close to Meng and whispered, "Sister, wasn't it Zheng's wife who put out the fire at the end of the village?"
She remembered it very clearly: the village chief hadn't arranged for anyone to go to the end of the village to put out the fire.
Meng looked at her, but did not answer the question. Instead, she said, "Now that our village has been burned to such an extent, we have no choice but to move to another place."
Village Chief Li, who had just been heartbroken over the heavy losses suffered by the village, immediately brightened up upon hearing this. "That's right! Surely A-Zheng and my niece can't refuse us now, can they?"
Tonight's tragedy is indeed heartbreaking, but from another perspective, won't they be able to build new houses?
"Village chief, where do you think we should build our new home?" Liu Erleng asked immediately.
Village Chief Li waved his hand, glanced at everyone, and said, "We'll discuss this at the village committee tomorrow. Now, I just want to ask you all, is there anyone who doesn't want to move to another place to build a new house?"
Meng Tianze, Li Dachui, Liu Erleng, and the others all shook their heads.
They hadn't objected in the first place, but Jiang Qinyu said they didn't need to give up their space, so they stopped insisting. But now they have no choice but to change it.
“Actually, I think rebuilding our house isn’t a bad thing. My house can be built like A-Zheng’s house, especially the outhouse. Haven’t you noticed that their outhouse doesn’t smell at all?” an old woman suddenly said.
Meng immediately chimed in, "That's true. I've also been eyeing their outhouse. And they have more than one; some bedrooms even have one. It would be perfect for elderly people in the family."
Elderly people often get up at night, especially in winter. Frequent trips to the toilet can easily cause them to catch a cold. Using a chamber pot can also make the house smell. If the toilet were built like the one in Jiang Qinyu's house, it would be perfect.
"After you all said that, I finally feel a little better," Grandpa Jiang said slowly as he leaned on his cane and walked forward. He looked at Village Chief Li and said, "Village Chief, why don't we discuss it tonight? The sooner we decide, the sooner we can start digging the foundation."
It's June now, the weather is warm, so even if they sleep outdoors, they don't have to worry about getting cold.
Village Chief Li said, "Uncle, you should take a break. No matter what, I need to get a general understanding of the village's situation before we talk about anything else."
After saying that, he led his men from one house to another at the beginning of the village to the other.
Although the others weren't as upset, no one was truly happy that their homes had burned down. They all ran back to their own homes to search for anything useful.
On Jiang Qinyu's side, Madam Chen had already cried once, and only stopped crying when she saw Jiang Qinyu return.
"Mother, it's all in the past, don't be sad," Jiang Qinyu comforted her.
With red eyes, Chen said, "My house was burned down, and I'm heartbroken."
Although their house wasn't burned that badly, the livestock shed and woodshed were almost completely destroyed.
Jiang Qinyu was speechless upon hearing this. If the Western Qiang people knew that their Fifth Prince had been imprisoned in the livestock shed before, she wondered if they would still have set fire to it.
Thinking about those things now is useless, so Jiang Qinyu started leading people to check the extent of their own damage.
The final results showed that Jiang Qinyu's family had the most habitable houses left in the entire village. Although Jiang Qinyu extinguished the fire at the end of the village with talismans, everything that was going to burn was burned, making the losses much more severe than those at the beginning of the village.
By the time they finished their statistics, Lu Yanzheng had also finished his.
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