Lucky husband

After staying at home for more than an hour, Li Chengshi walked into the yard and finally saw the billowing smoke billowing from the back hill.

The cause of a mountain fire is usually easy to find out. If this fire will eventually burn a lot and affect many people, Li Chengshi will definitely find a way to stop it at the very beginning.

But after knowing that this wildfire will only burn a small forest in the end, and Li Chengshi still has selfish desires to see what the burned taro looks like, he plans to wait until the fire burns before dealing with the mountain together with the villagers. fire.

Li Chengzhi came out of the house. He and Bai Xiuhe had just cleaned and put away the used tables and chairs, pots and pans, trolleys, casserole and other objects from the rice noodle stall. Thick smoke floating in the sky: "This is..."

Li Chengshi murmured: "The mountain is on fire."

"Ah! Hurry up and inform the villagers. You have to find out where the fire is and how to put it out." Li Chengzhi was about to run out.

Li Chengshi was behind him: "Well, big brother, go and inform Village Chief Bai and the villagers, and I'll go up the mountain to have a look."

"Okay, third brother, be careful, stay far away from the fire, but don't get too close." Li Chengzhi turned around and told him.

The most terrible thing about mountain fires is not the fire, but the wind on the mountain. When the wind blows the flames, people can't run away in the woods. What's more, the mountain fires burn trees, not dried wood. When they burn, they are full of thick smoke. , choking people tightly.

So it's okay for Li Chengshi to go up to check the fire, but don't get too close. When everyone goes up the mountain to put out the fire, they can only watch from a distance and think of a way.

Li's house is relatively close to the back mountain. The two brothers Li Chengshi and Li Chengzhi were the first to see the fire in the back mountain. As the thick smoke got bigger and bigger and was blown higher and higher by the wind, other families in the village found out one after another. Something is wrong.

At this time, Village Chief Bai had already started knocking on doors with Li Chengzhi, asking everyone to gather at the foot of the back mountain. When the mountain fire started, it was almost impossible to rely on people to extinguish it. We had to cut a circle outside the mountain fire. Trees, leave an open space so that the fire does not continue to spread to more places.

Village head Bai and Li Chengzhi ran fast in the village. He was very anxious. This year's drought and wildfires would simply add fuel to the fire, making it worse and making people breathless.

No one dared to delay in the event of a wildfire. The strong men in the village heard the village head's notice and immediately picked up the things that could be used at home, such as machetes, axes, wood saws and other objects, and walked down the mountain.

The fire on the mountain is getting bigger and bigger, and there is much more smoke than at the beginning. Everyone in Shanghe Village at the foot of the mountain is very nervous. If the fire burns down the mountain and burns into the village, the consequences will be disastrous.

Everyone waited for Village Chief Bai to gather them together, without further words from Village Chief Bai, they all took the initiative to walk up the back mountain, and happened to meet Li Chengshi who came down from the back mountain.

"Third brother, how is it on the mountain?" Li Chengzhi felt less worried when he saw his third brother.

Li Chengshi combined the scene he saw on the mountain just now with what happened in Brother Jin's dream, and analyzed: "Fortunately, it's not very serious. The wind is now blowing the fire towards the creek and pool on the mountain. If it remains the same, it won’t burn a particularly large area.”

"Then let's go to the mountain to see how to prevent the fire from spreading while the wind direction has not changed." Village Chief Bai became less anxious after hearing Li Chengshi's words.

But he didn't relax completely, and quickly took the men in the village up the mountain to see how to deal with today's mountain fire best.

The wind direction this afternoon is the same as in Li Mingjin's dream, it has always been the northwest wind.

Village Chief Bai made a quick decision, chose a place some distance from the wildfire, and had few trees, and began to ask everyone to cut down the trees.

First, there are three people in a group, one person is holding the tree to see the direction of the tree falling, and the other two are either chopping with an ax or pulling back and forth with a wooden saw.

When more trees were cut down, some people continued to cut down trees, and some people pulled the books away together, so as not to affect other people to continue to cut down trees, but also to prevent the mountain fire from burning.

Everyone dared not be lazy, because they were afraid that a little delay would cause the fire to spread to this side. By that time, a vacant space had not been completely cut out, and the fire would continue to burn without being extinguished, not to mention doing white jobs.

It is not enough to just cut down trees. The low shrubs and dried leaves on the ground also need to be cleaned up.

Under the arrangement of Village Chief Bai, more than 200 men in Shanghe Village did not dare to delay working on the back mountain for a moment, hoping that an open space outside the mountain fire would be sorted out sooner.

To the west of this mountain fire is a creek. There are gravels on both sides of the creek. There are no trees growing out. It is a natural isolation zone. There is no need to worry about the fire crossing the creek and burning to the other side.

On the north side of the mountain fire, there is a water pool. Although the water pool does not separate the entire north side of the mountain fire like a stream, it also allows everyone to cut down fewer trees.

From the time the mountain fire was discovered, people started to work on the back mountain. They continued to work until the sun went down. The wind direction was always towards the northwest, leaving enough time for everyone to sort out a clearing surrounded by the mountain fire before dark. .

Everyone rested with hoes, axes, wooden saws and other objects and looked at a vacant space that had been sorted out with great difficulty. With this isolation zone, even if the wind did not blow all the way to the northwest, the mountain fire should not continue to burn. down.

Village head Bai walked around the isolation zone that everyone sorted out. After confirming that the isolation zone surrounded the mountain fire, he reluctantly relaxed and called everyone to go down the mountain and go home for dinner.

As the village head, he will definitely not be able to sleep tonight, and he must pay attention to the movement on the mountain at all times. In case the wind direction changes or new problems arise due to the burning of the mountain fire, he can immediately wake up the villagers to work.

That night, not only did Village Chief Bai not sleep well, but both Li Chengzhi and Old Man Li did not sleep well.

Old man Li was worried about the same as Village Chief Bai, he was worried about the fire on the mountain, he got up to take a look at it, and then got up to take a look at it again, which made old lady Li unable to sleep well.

Li Chengshi knew that the mountain fire would be extinguished after burning the enclosed forest at night. He couldn't sleep because he thought about going to see the taro that was suffocated by the fire tomorrow morning, and whether the taro was edible. It got him a little too excited.

In the early hours of the morning, before dawn, the fire on the back mountain was gradually extinguished. After the village head Bai and old man Li could not see a trace of fire in the dark night, they finally relaxed and went back to the house to sleep.

After the initial burst of excitement, Li Chengshi gradually became tired and fell asleep.

In the early morning of the next day, the rooster sounded and the sun shone through the window. Li Chengshi, who was thinking about something, woke up early. He rubbed his sore arms and quietly got up to get dressed.

He was not the only one who had a sore arm, as long as the hands of those who participated in the tree-cutting operation yesterday were in pain.

When Li Chengshi was washing in the yard, he met Li Chengzhi who was also up. He tapped his sore arm: "Brother, you and sister-in-law won't have to sell rice noodles anymore. Why do you get up so early?"

"I'm used to getting up early. I can't fall asleep and my body hurts. I just get up." Li Chengzhi washed his face and poured the water in the basin into the ditch next to him.

The water flowed out along the ditch until it reached a small mound that Mrs. Li had just made, nourishing the seasonal vegetables planted on it.

Li Chengzhi put the basin in place, and asked, "Third brother, it's only the end of the unitary hour, so you don't have to get up so early if you want to go to the county town."

"I was thinking about the fire in the back mountain. I couldn't sleep when I woke up, so I just got up and went to have a look." Li Chengshi didn't say anything about taro, but said that he was worried that the fire in the back mountain would not be completely extinguished.

Li Chengzhi nodded understandingly. His third brother is working in the county government office. He may report this matter to the county magistrate. Of course, he needs to understand clearly: "Do you want me to go with you?"

"No, I'm just going to take a look. It's nothing. Brother, you can rest at home. I have been trained in the county government for a long time. I didn't feel too tired yesterday after cutting down trees." After finishing speaking, Li Chengshi found a slender pole Take it and walk up the mountain alone.

The wind direction has not changed yesterday, and the outermost circle of trees where the mountain fire burned still remained. Li Chengshi walked inside and looked at the burned black hillside through the trees. He thought for a while, but still Went to the side of the creek.

Although the mountain fire seems to be extinguished now, it is impossible to guarantee which tree still has the fire in it. It would be bad if he happens to meet the fire and start it up again when he passes by later.

And there are no trees on the other side of the creek, if it catches fire again, he can run away, not to mention, brother Jin just dreamed of a pheasant eating the piece of taro by the creek.

Before he got close, a gust of wind blew from top to bottom, and the aroma of burnt food wafted into Li Chengshi's nose, and he suddenly felt hungry after he hadn't eaten breakfast.

Following the scent, Li Chengshi saw a group of pheasants vying for the large piece of taro outside the creek.

The pheasants use their paws and beaks to dig up the stones and soil, and peck at the dark, burnt taro underneath.

Standing in the distance, Li Chengshi didn't arouse the vigilance of the pheasant flock. He waited for a while until the flock of pheasants were almost eaten, and then rushed over quickly, grabbing a fat pheasant that was too full to run.

It's not yet the worst drought, and the pheasants on the mountain can still find food. They are all smooth and smooth, and each one can weigh four to five catties.

In addition to catching pheasants, Li Chengshi also wrapped his hands in cloth strips, and took some taro that had been dug out by pheasants.

The taro was still warm in his hand. Looking at the off-white taro meat that had been pecked and exposed, Li Chengshi felt the urge to take a bite. He took a deep breath and put the taro into the cloth bag he had prepared. , Don't smell it, go down the mountain and go home.

Li Chengzhi watched Li Chengshi bring a pheasant back up the mountain, and leaned over in surprise: "Third brother, you are really lucky. You actually caught a pheasant when you went up the mountain. It looks like it should weigh more than four catties. Whether it's braised in soy sauce or stewed The soup must taste good."

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