Chapter 122 Setting Fire to the House
"Are you going to burn this place down?" Ye Mingzhu didn't expect Ruan Linlin to be so cruel. She really didn't plan to leave anything for her son-in-law.
"This is where I grew up. I can't let that beast live here with another woman. I might as well burn it down and be done with it." Ruan Linlin said this almost while holding back her tears.
If there were any other way, she would definitely not be willing to give it up. But even if she had the title deed, it would be useless. If she wanted to move in, she would have to argue with that beast, which would be time-consuming and laborious. It would be better to burn it down immediately.
She had decided to follow Ye Mingzhu from now on, so this house was of no use to her and difficult to sell, so she could just burn it down to disgust that beast.
Ruan Linlin made up her mind and was about to go to the pawnshop, but Ye Mingzhu quickly stopped her: "Let me help you, you can go look somewhere else."
Ruan Linlin: "It's a bit heavy, I can do it myself."
Ye Mingzhu took the jar from her hand and said, "Go and see if there is anything else you want to take away. I will come out after I finish spreading the oil."
Ruan Linlin didn't argue with Ye Mingzhu. She turned around and went back to the main room to do one last check.
Ye Mingzhu asked Jiang Hongyu to keep an eye on the yard while she returned to the pawnshop. She put all the boxes on the ground into the space, and soon, there was nothing left in the room.
Just as she was about to sprinkle the oil, she thought of something, moved some broken boxes from the space, scattered them around the room, and sprinkled oil on them one by one.
When she came out, Jiang Hongyu took the jar and said, "This jar should belong to the kitchen. I'll put it back."
Ye Mingzhu's eyes lit up. There would probably be a lot of food in the kitchen. It would be better to take it away than to cook it.
She and Jiang Hongyu went to the kitchen together. She looked around and while Jiang Hongyu was not paying attention, she collected all the rice and flour in the corner.
There was still some cooking oil on the stove, so she sprinkled it directly onto the firewood.
Jiang Hongyu called her out, and she closed a locked cabinet in the corner.
The three men met in the yard, each took a tinder and threw it into the house, then quickly went out.
Uncle Yan had been listening to their movements outside the house. He quickly opened the lock, waited for them to come out, locked it again, cleaned up the traces at the door, and several people hid in the corner.
Perhaps it was because it was dark and everyone was sleeping soundly, the smoke in the Ruan family's yard floated into the air, and the red and yellow flames made the wood burn with crackling sounds, and only then did the Ruan family's next-door neighbor notice it.
Seeing people clamoring to put out the fire, a few people quickly walked towards the town entrance.
When pouring the oil just now, several people were careful to pour it in the middle of the house to avoid burning the neighbors.
Now that the neighbors are awake, they can probably save their house.
The Ruan family is surrounded by businesses that all have fire-fighting tools. It is a bit difficult to help the Ruan family put out the fire, but it is no problem to save their own house.
The fire in the Ruan family's house was finally put out when it was almost dawn. Although the houses of the surrounding neighbors were a little blackened, fortunately they were not burned down.
Everyone was dissatisfied, but no one was at home in the Ruan family, so they had to report to the authorities, hoping to wait for Ruan Linlin and her husband to come back before asking them for compensation.
When the Ruan family's son-in-law came back, he was dumbfounded to see the house turned into ruins. The neighbors grabbed him and demanded compensation.
The woman he brought back tried to escape but failed, and the things they brought back were snatched away by their neighbors to pay for house repairs.
He reported the matter to the authorities, but the bailiffs came and looked around but found nothing, so they told him to wait for news.
He waited for two days, but there was no news from the government office. He wanted to sell the house, but he didn't have the title deed and he didn't have much money.
The woman he brought with him was originally attracted by his money. Seeing that he had no money, she quarreled with him all day long. The two of them lived in chaos and could only barely get by.
At this time, Ruan Linlin and others were sitting in the carriage, being tossed around, but they dared not make a sound.
It was not until they approached Pinggu Town that the sky began to show its belly. The few of them looked at each other and burst into laughter. There was dirt on their faces and they looked a little embarrassed.
Fortunately, there were water bags in the car. Everyone wetted their faces with a towel and took turns going into the car to change their clothes.
Seeing that it was almost dawn, after a few people discussed, Uncle Yan went to return the carriage, Jiang Hongyu went back to the village to drive the ox cart, Ye Mingzhu and Ruan Linlin found a breakfast shop in the town, and then sent Ruan Linlin directly to Lin Dong's house.
Ruan Linlin gave all the banknotes and jewelry she took out from home to Jiang Hongyu and asked him to take them back.
Ye Mingzhu said at the time that the money was hers and no one would take it.
Ruan Linlin anxiously explained that the money was to repay Ye Mingzhu for saving her life.
Ye Mingzhu shook her head: "This money is the savings of your Ruan family, and it also represents your father's love for you. Just keep this money and live a good life in the future."
Ruan Linlin started crying at that time. Fortunately, it was still early and there were not many people around. Otherwise, her crying like this would probably attract a lot of people.
"I've been ugly since I was a child. My father said he wanted to make more money so that I could have enough food and clothing in the future. This money represents his love for me." Ruan Linlin's voice was full of regret: "If I had listened to my father, he might not have died of illness."
Ever since she found out that the man had given her birth control pills, Ruan Linlin suspected that her father's illness was also caused by that man.
But now a year has passed and it is difficult to find evidence.
Anyway, she has taken away most of the man's money and burned down his house. I guess his future life will be nothing but misery and poverty.
Ruan Linlin cried for a while, but no one wanted to persuade her, so she forced the money into Ye Mingzhu's hands.
"Mingzhu, it's not convenient for us to carry these things. Let your husband take them back first. We can talk about the rest later." Ruan Linlin was determined to use the money to open a shop for Ye Mingzhu to repay her for saving her life.
Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, Ye Mingzhu stopped arguing and handed the bag to Jiang Hongyu, telling him to go and come back early.
Ye Mingzhu and Ruan Linlin were the only ones left. They found a small stall in the alley, bought two cakes each, and then went to Lin Dong's house.
The two arrived at Lin Dong's house. A man came out, saluted them, and introduced himself as the housekeeper of the Lin family, named Uncle Fu.
Uncle Fu had already cleaned out a room for Ruan Linlin and left a maid named Nanfeng there to serve her.
Ruan Linlin shook her head: "I'm just staying here for two days, so I won't bother the maids in the mansion."
Uncle Fu looked at Ye Mingzhu. After a brief thought, Ye Mingzhu decided to leave the maid behind, at least to bring Ruan Linlin some food and show her the way.
There was no kitchen in the yard where Ruan Linlin lived, so it was not convenient for her to cook in the kitchen by herself.
Uncle Fu said that if he had anything to say, he would ask Nanfeng to call him, and then he left.
Nanfeng was a sensible person and offered to go to the kitchen to serve tea. Only Ruan Linlin and Ye Mingzhu were left in the room.
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