When the sun set, Song Li put down her pen. It was getting late and she had to prepare dinner.

Today's meal was her first since she moved into the family compound. Although she was the only one there, there was still a sense of ceremony.

Song Li attaches great importance to this meal tonight.

I thought, I have to cook at least two dishes.

It just so happened that she learned two new dishes from Huang Lili today.

Considering that she was the only one at home and couldn't eat much, Song Li planned to just cook two dishes and not have any staple food.

Song Li was quite confident in her cooking skills, and came to the kitchen with full confidence. At first, everything went smoothly.

She did the washing and cutting of vegetables smoothly. Although the vegetables were cut into different lengths and thicknesses, she was already very satisfied. Strictly speaking, today was her first time cooking.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

When all the preparations were done and they were about to start a fire to cook, Song Li ran into trouble.

She didn’t know if the firewood was not dry enough or too big, but she couldn’t light the fire!

When Mingming was at Huang Lili's house this afternoon, she specifically asked Huang Lili how to use the earthen stove. At that time, she also helped Huang Lili to light the fire. At that time, she thought it was very simple, just adding firewood to the stove, and there was no technical content at all.

But when it was her turn, she couldn't light the fire no matter what she did.

How can I cook if I can’t light a fire?

The wood was all blackened and the fire wouldn't start.

Finally, Song Lizai recalled in detail the steps Huang Lili took to light the fire. She vaguely remembered that Huang Lili used dried weeds to start the fire.

She remembered that there were dried weeds in the backyard.

Song Li pulled out a piece of wood from the stove and threw it on the table, then got up and walked to the backyard. She planned to go to the backyard to find a handful of dried weeds to start a fire.

When she came back with the weeds, she saw smoke coming out of the kitchen. She had a bad feeling and threw the weeds away and rushed to the kitchen.

When I rushed to the kitchen door, I was so shocked by the black smoke coming out of the kitchen that I cried and couldn't help but stop.

The kitchen was shrouded in thick black smoke, and Song Li couldn't see what was going on inside, so she didn't dare to go in.

She was extremely anxious. She looked around the yard and saw a bucket next to the well. Song Li ran over quickly, filled a bucket with water, walked to the kitchen door with the bucket, and poured the water in the direction of the thick smoke.

After pouring a bucket of water, the smoke in the kitchen was still there.

Song Li threw down the bucket and ran towards the gate. No, she had to find someone to help.

Just as Song Li ran to the gate of the courtyard, it was kicked open from the outside with great force.

A soldier in military uniform rushed in. When he saw Song Li, he paused and frowned, asking in confusion, "It's you?"

Song Li recognized him; he was the soldier who sat in the same row with her on the bus.

Seeing that he recognized her, Song Li nodded quickly, "Hello, comrade, it's me." She didn't have time to greet and introduce herself at this moment. She pointed to the smoking kitchen and said anxiously, "My kitchen is on fire. Comrade, please help me."

Shen Yanqing frowned, his dark eyes darkened, and he uttered an "hmm" and strode towards the kitchen.

When he reached the kitchen door, he picked up the bucket that Song Li had thrown on the table, then strode to the well. In the blink of an eye, he had filled a bucket with water. He carried the bucket and poured it over himself. When his clothes were completely soaked, he filled another bucket with water and walked to the kitchen with the full bucket.

Song Li was stunned for a moment, then followed him closely.

When he reached the kitchen door, Shen Yanqing turned around and looked over. He said in a deep voice, "Just wait at the door." After that, he rushed into the kitchen carrying a bucket of water.

Song Li glanced towards the kitchen, turned around and ran towards the gate. As soon as she walked out of the gate, she saw a group of people led by Mrs. Wang, carrying large and small basins and rushing towards her house in a hurry.

Seeing Song Li, several sisters-in-law quickly surrounded her and started talking at once to get information.

"Captain Fu, is your house on fire? I saw smoke."

"Captain Fu, are you okay?"

"Captain Fu's house..."

Song Li felt relieved by the many concerned voices, but she didn't have time to explain the specific situation to them. She said succinctly, "Sisters-in-law, my kitchen is on fire. Please help put it out."

Upon hearing this, the sisters-in-law did not ask any more questions and rushed into the yard.

With the help of my sisters-in-law, the fire in the kitchen was quickly put out.

Song Li went into the kitchen and took a look. Apart from the blackened wall, there was not much damage to other things.

The fire in the kitchen was caused by the firewood that Song Li pulled out of the stove.

Song Li: “…”

After hearing the cause of the fire, the sisters-in-law were speechless and found it funny.

"Little sister Song, don't dare to throw burning wood on the ground again in the future." Sister Wang warned Song Li worriedly.

Song Li nodded, "Sister-in-law, I understand. I will pay attention to it in the future."

After this profound lesson, Song Li didn't even want to go into the kitchen anymore.

It was such a blow to her confidence. She was full of confidence when she tried to cook, but in the end, she couldn't even light the fire and almost burned down the kitchen.

If a soldier hadn't happened to pass by, she wouldn't even know what cooking in the kitchen looks like.

Thinking of this, Song Li turned her gaze to the soldier next to her.

He was still wet and his face was covered in dust.

Song Li went into the house and took out a clean woolen cloth, walked to his side, and handed the woolen cloth to him, "Comrade, thank you so much today. If it weren't for you, my family wouldn't know what the burns would look like. You're still wet, so wipe it with the wool first."

The fire in the kitchen was actually put out by the soldier in front of us. By the time the sisters-in-law rushed in to help, the fire had basically been put out by him.

Shen Yanqing was stunned for a moment when he saw Song Li handing him over. He subconsciously took a step back and did not take Song Li handing him over. He said in a deep voice, "I'm too dirty. It doesn't matter whether I wipe it or not." After a pause, he said, "The fire is out. I have something to do, so I'll go back first."

Song Li didn't know his name yet. After all, he helped her a lot today. Song Li thought about finding an opportunity to thank him later. Seeing him leave in a hurry, Song Li hurriedly asked, "You don't know your name yet?"

Shen Yanqing paused, turned his back to Song Li, and raised the corner of his lip slightly, saying, "My name is Shen Yanqing."

Song Li always felt that this name was familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere.

Shen Yanqing left his name and left without looking back.

Song Li was still wondering where she had heard the name Shen Yanqing.

She felt her sleeve being tugged. She withdrew her thoughts and turned around, only to be met with several faces that seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Song Li felt a little flustered for some reason. She cautiously asked, "Sisters-in-law, what's wrong?"

The sister-in-law who was closest to her looked at Song Li with a strange look in her eyes. She spoke hesitantly, "Captain Fu's family, you...you don't know Deputy Captain Shen?"

Song Li frowned slightly and told the truth, "It's not that I don't know him. I met him yesterday when I was taking the bus, but we didn't talk. Today is the first time I've seen him, and I just learned his name. Sister-in-law, is there anything different about this Comrade Shen?"

For a moment, the sister-in-law didn't know how to tell Song Li about the relationship between Shen Yanqing and Fu Yanci.

She hesitated and was unwilling to say more.

Song Li hated to stop talking halfway.

My curiosity was aroused, but I kept my mouth shut at the critical moment!

Song Li: “…”

Song Li glanced at the sisters-in-law present. Seeing that they all looked like they had something to say but were reluctant to say it, Song Li became even more curious.