N-A-A Chapter 1378 A sudden fire
Chapter 1378 A sudden fire
After Lu Zhaoling entertained the Jin family, she was in a good mood.
Yin Yunting shook his head. "My senior sister was just teasing you. Yuanyuan has become a disciple, but our master won't restrict him. He can continue to study and take the imperial examinations in the future."
"But, but aren't you from some mysterious sect?" Jin Zhong stammered, "What if the emperor doesn't allow people from your sect to take the imperial examination?"
Yin Changxing said calmly, "He dares."
what?
What's going on with this tone?
Jin Zhong almost fell to his knees due to his weak legs.
Does this "he who dares" really refer to the emperor?
Jin Zhikuan suddenly remembered something. It was said that the First Xuanmen was very powerful in the past. The current royal family was able to sit firmly on the throne of the Great Zhou Dynasty because of the First Xuanmen, right?
If this is true, then does his Xiao Yuan really have a powerful backer?
But no matter what they thought or worried about, Lu Zhaoling gave them the roast chicken, roast meat and liquor as a return gift.
Moreover, she kept calling Xiao Yuan "junior brother", and their relationship was confirmed, so no one could object.
"I think Xiao Yuan is also very happy." Youshi whispered to her husband.
She observed that Jin Yuan had no resistance at all and seemed to like this sect very much.
Now he said that he could let Xiao Yuan continue to take the imperial examinations, so there would only be benefits for him to become his disciple.
If Xiao Yuan had more people to help him, the burden on them wouldn’t be so heavy in the future!
The children of the Jin family were even happier.
They ate so much tonight. The food was so delicious. They were so happy! In the future, if Xiao Yuan has a senior sister like this, maybe they will have the opportunity to eat in a restaurant again!
Several children thought about it without much ambition.
"I'll be able to rest in peace if I can just eat in a restaurant one more time!" said the second son of the Jin family naively.
As soon as he finished speaking, his brother slapped him on the back of the head.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
You're not going to die, why are you talking about closing your eyes?
The Jin family's youngest daughter savored the last bowl of candied lotus root she had eaten, finding it incredibly sweet. She said, "I'm so happy just to have this."
Lu Zhaoling heard what they said.
We need to observe these people from the Jin family for a while longer.
But when they returned to the small house rented by the Jin family, they saw billowing smoke and many people running over in a hurry with buckets in their hands.
There were many people around shouting and talking at the same time.
"There's still fire over there, go over and pour some water."
"Oh, Jin Zhong is not here? Is there anything left in their house?" This was a neighbor who knew the Jin family.
"It's fate that someone's gone! Haven't you seen the old Yangs who shared the same room with them? One broke his leg and was left speechless from the smoke in the room. Another nearly had his hair burnt off, and another lost a front tooth!"
The Jin family was horrified and jumped out of the carriage anxiously and ran over.
"what happened?"
"How did it catch fire?"
"Hurry, mother, please watch the child while I go in and take a look!" Jin Zhong immediately rushed inside.
"Husband, you..." Zheng Jingyun tried to pull her husband in panic, but was a step too slow. When Jin Zhikuan saw his cousin running in, he hurried to follow.
Their clothes and other things were still in there, and there were dozens of coins sewn into the quilt, so they had to be taken out too.
"father!"
Jin Yuan also wanted to run in.
"My books!" And the handwriting he wrote, the poems he copied, the pens, ink, paper, inkstone, etc., they are all very valuable!
"Don't go in." Lu Zhaoling held him down. "Qingmu, go in and help."
"Yes."
Aoki and others also went in quickly.
There was no worry on Lu Zhaoling's face.
She had noticed before that the family sharing the house with the Jin family was unlucky.
Moreover, when they left, the other party's bad luck was still accumulating. It seemed that the bad luck accumulated very quickly during the time they were eating.
But she didn't see the other person, so she couldn't figure out what would happen.
I didn't expect it to be a fire.
She counted on her fingers and figured that the fire would not harm the people around, and no one else suffered any losses, which meant that the fire would not spread. The only thing that would be seriously damaged would be this house.
How the owner of the house wants to settle accounts with that family is their business.
"Senior Sister, will they be okay?" Jin Yuan asked Lu Zhaoling naturally, as if he knew it was right to ask her.
Lu Zhaoling said, "It's okay, don't worry, there's nothing ominous about their faces."
Jin Yuan looked at Yin Changxing again.
Yin Changxing was calmer than Lu Zhaoling, and he nodded.
"Your senior sister won't be wrong."
Jin Yuan felt relieved all of a sudden.
He also knew that the senior sister would not be wrong.
Things turned out just as Lu Zhaoling said. The fire was caused by the Yang family. However, a neighbor was looking for Jin Yuan at the time. When he saw it, he quickly called the neighbor to help put out the fire.
The outside of the house was made of blue bricks, and the two families did not have many valuables to burn, so they only burned their mattresses, clothes, some tables and chairs, and then the fire was put out.
But the smoke is quite big.
At the Jin family's house, not much was burned, but the quilts and clothes hanging in the yard, some baskets and carrying poles, as well as door curtains and window papers, were all burned.
Other places were a little blackened, and because many people came in to put out the fire, they couldn't see clearly because of the thick smoke. Everyone was in a panic and didn't have time to check carefully. They just poured water on it. Many places were wet, covered with ash, and very dirty.
The Jin family salvaged some of their belongings.
After Jin Zhikuan came in, the first thing he did was to pick up Jin Yuan's book.
Fortunately, Qingmu and others came in to help, and Jin Yuan was able to bring out all his things.
Yu Shi rushed over to check the things her husband had rescued. After looking at them several times, she couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Our clothes, quilts and mats are all burned. How are we going to live in the future?"
Because it was hot, she diligently took all the quilts out to dry in the sun, and washed the sheets and then dried them, but they all ended up getting burned.
"There's only so much food left in the rice jar at home. It's all gone. What are we going to eat with so many mouths to feed?"
The little rice and flour they had left was all poured with water.
There were also some oil, salt, sugar, vinegar, etc. For Youshi, although those things were not much, they were also her valuable belongings.
It's all gone now.
They have already suffered heavy losses.
How can I live like this!
Yu Shi burst into tears, and several children couldn't help crying too.
Jin Zhong squatted at the foot of the wall, looking dejected.
Jin Zhikuan and Zheng Jingyun felt relieved when they saw that most of Jin Yuan's things were snatched away.
The most valuable things are the books, which cost them a lot of money.
However, their clothes and quilts were also burned, and they didn't know what to do next.
The most troublesome thing is that this house is definitely uninhabitable. What should the whole family do now?
"Why aren't you all home tonight?" a neighbor comforted them. "Think positively. You're lucky. Some things were burned, but no one is hurt."
They talked about the Yang family's experience, and Youshi's crying stopped.
She hugged her two youngest children tightly, also feeling scared.
If everyone in the family is there, there is no guarantee that everyone can run away in time and avoid getting hurt.
Because I heard that the fire was discovered when it burned a patch of wet grass and the smoke was thick.