60s: I have a store

Chapter 289 Fire
Zhou Yimin looked at Lai Fang's pitiful eyes and picked up another one with chopsticks and gave it to her: "Aunt San, it's okay, there are still so many."

After saying that, he picked up one for each of the two brothers Lai Fu and Lai Cai. There were still plenty of abalone in the store, so they didn't care at all.

If he didn't pick it up, Third Aunt would definitely not let Laifang and the others pick it up.

Laifang saw another abalone in the bowl and continued to eat with satisfaction.

Although Zhou Xuqiang and his third aunt wanted to eat very much, they restrained themselves and only ate one. Children are ignorant, but adults must be.

The remaining abalone was eaten by Zhou Yimin, his grandparents, and his family. However, Aunt San's family still ate a lot of chicken. You know, it's good to be able to eat meat.

After eating, the three Lai Fu siblings sat on the chairs without caring about their image, revealing their bulging bellies.

Third Aunt cleaned up the dishes, which was something she had to do.

After packing up, Third Aunt took the family back home, as it was getting late.

Zhou Yimin didn't want to rush back to the city so late, so he took a nap in Zhoujiazhuang.

Before seven o'clock, the loudspeaker in the village sounded, which was the signal for the villagers to gather and work.

Zhou Yimin was also awakened by the broadcast. If it were in later times, such behavior would have been considered disturbing to the public and might even have been persuaded by the police.

Since we have been woken up, let's go and see how the reservoir is being built.

After a simple tidying up, we headed to the location where the reservoir was built in the back mountain. Maybe the roads had been opened up during this period and the weeds on the road had been cleared, so it was still easy to walk on. After about ten to twenty minutes, we arrived at our destination.

In the busy scene, Xu Xiangbei was directing the villagers like a general commanding his thousands of troops.

"Brother Xu, you're here so early." Zhou Yimin greeted him warmly.

Xu Xiangbei saw that it was Zhou Yimin who greeted him: "Yimin, are you back from your business trip?"

There is no such thing as a secret in the countryside. It would take less than half a day for the whole village to know about that little thing. So it is not surprising that Xu Xiangbei knew about it since he often came to Zhoujiazhuang to supervise the work recently.

"Yes! I came back two days ago." Zhou Yimin responded.

Zhou Yimin also invited: "Brother Xu, I brought back some seafood from Tianjin. Come to my house later to taste it."

When Xu Xiangbei heard about seafood, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva and said unceremoniously: "Okay, I'll go there after work."

I have been to Zhoujiazhuang so many times, and everyone is familiar with each other. There is no longer any strangeness or estrangement as in the beginning. Besides, the food is delicious, so why not go?

Zhou Yimin was also helping out.

Although the team leader said that there was no need to help and let Zhou Yimin rest more, after all, Zhou Yimin had done enough for the village and he couldn't always take advantage of Zhou Yimin.

However, Zhou Yimin insisted, and the captain had no choice but to let Zhou Yimin do whatever he wanted!
Time passed quietly, and soon it was eleven o'clock. The sun was still very strong at this time, and the clothes of the people working on the spot were basically never dry and were all wet with sweat.

At this time, Zhou Yimin shouted: "Look, why is there smoke over there?"

After hearing what Zhou Yimin said, everyone looked in the direction of Zhou Yimin's finger and found that there was indeed smoke.

The team leader stepped forward and said, "Everyone continue to work. Zhou Anxu and I will go over to take a look."

That location is a bit like the location of the guard shed, but you still have to go there to check it out in person. The guard shed is just a "scissors shed" made of a few bamboo poles and two bamboo drying mats, and a threshing bucket turned upside down, which serves as both a bench and a bed for sleeping during the night guard, so the shed is low and small.

If you hide in there and laze around during the day, you will still feel stuffy and hot. There is no insulation layer, and it is so short, so how can it not be stuffy and hot?
Zhou Yimin also wanted to join in the fun, so he went along and also had a good opportunity to take a break.

We soon arrived at the guard shed and saw four children there, making a fire and roasting something.

The children's attention was drawn so much that they didn't notice that the captain and his men had come near them.

However, Zhou Yimin saw two familiar figures, the brothers Lai Fu and Lai Cai, but he had no impression of the other two.

"Laifu, Laicai, what are you two doing there?"

Maybe it was the sudden sound that scared the four boys and caused them to accidentally kick the fire away.

The fire quickly spread to the guard shed.

When Zhou Yimin and the team leader saw this situation, they rushed forward to put out the fire. If the fire spread, it would be troublesome. If they were not careful, all the trees on the mountain might be burned.

The fire department does not have any high-tech fire-fighting equipment at the moment, and there is no good way to deal with such a big fire.

When the four boys saw this situation, they were so frightened that they stood there in a daze for a while.

Zhou Anxu took a step forward and pushed all four boys out, but he was not so lucky as he was hit by the shed.

The team leader and Zhou Yimin hurried over to help. Fortunately, the shed was not heavy, otherwise it would have been impossible for the two of them to move it if it fell down like that.

After moving Zhou Xuan'an to a safe place, they began to put out the fire. Cloth was very precious nowadays, so they were reluctant to use clothes to put out the fire. They could only remove all the flammable objects around to prevent the fire from spreading further.

In this way, after more than half an hour of firefighting, the fire was finally put out.

The four boys also knew that they were in trouble, so they said nothing and just lowered their heads.

Zhou Yimin was a little angry, and asked with a hint of anger: "Laifu, Laicai, why are you playing with fire?"

This was the first time he was so angry. If Zhou Anxu hadn't saved the four boys, he wouldn't even dare to think about what the consequences would be for them.

The brothers Lai Fu and Lai Cai also knew the seriousness of the matter and did not hide it. Instead, they confessed honestly: "We just caught a mouse. Daniu and his friends said we would roast it and eat it."

Laifu and Laicai didn't lack this little meat, and they didn't care much about rat meat. However, they couldn't resist their friends' persuasion, so they started a fire and roasted it.

When the team leader and Zhou Anxu heard this, they knew that they could not blame the four boys. If they were children, they would probably do the same. If it were not for Zhou Yimin's help, they couldn't imagine how difficult life would have been.

When Zhou Yimin heard this, he didn't know what to say to them for a moment.

"Hurry up and thank your Uncle An Xu. If it weren't for him, you would be in trouble."

After hearing this, the four children said in unison: "Thank you, Uncle An Xu."

One of the timid ones immediately started crying. This matter could not be concealed. Roasting a mouse was not a big deal.

However, since roasting the rat led to this incident, he would definitely be beaten when he returned.

(End of this chapter)