70s Xiao Que Xing

Chapter 302 Punishment
"What? It's on fire, boss, brother, hurry up, everyone, get the buckets and see if anyone's house is on fire, and hurry up to put out the fire!" Father Xu ordered immediately when he heard the voice.

At that time, most of the houses were made of thatched grass, which was easy to catch fire, and the family could only build a few thatched houses with a few years of frugality. Therefore, if someone’s house caught fire, people in the village would go to help put out the fire. .

Therefore, as soon as Xu's father heard that it was on fire, he quickly ordered his sons to fight the fire, and he himself carried tools and followed closely behind.

Because Xu Zhongjun couldn't run away, Xie Xiaonian asked him to stay at home and wait, and went out with Xu's mother, eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law to see if he could be of any help?

"Aijun, whose house is on fire?" Xu Zhongming asked immediately as soon as he left the house.

"It's not someone's house that's on fire, it's the firewood pile at Xu Datou's house at the entrance of the village." Xu Aijun, who called for someone, replied panting.

"The firewood stack is on fire, it's okay, it's not the house that's on fire." Xu Zhongming said after heaving a sigh of relief.

"The firewood pile is on fire, so hurry up and save it, otherwise, what will Datou's family burn in the future? By then, there will be nothing to start the fire." Father Xu, who came out after him, ordered again.

"That's right. Let's hurry up and help put out the fire. We can save a little bit." After speaking, he started to run towards the entrance of the village.

However, when the family arrived at the entrance of the village, they found that more than half of the firewood pile had been burned. The fire was so intense that it was impossible to save it.

The weather is so hot now, the firewood is very dry, and there is some wind, and the crop stalks are very flammable, so the fire will burn very quickly, and there is no way to save it.

When the Xu family here was lamenting that it was a pity to lose such a pile of firewood, they saw Xu Datou's daughter-in-law, pulling Weiguo's arm, angrily coming towards them.

Seeing this posture, Xie Xiaonian knew it was not good, maybe it was related to several children in their family.

"Grandma Weiguo, today our family's firewood stack is on fire because of these children in your family. Although we are fellow villagers, you have to give me an explanation." The big-headed daughter-in-law said angrily.

"What do you mean, your family's firewood can be lit, so what does it matter to our children?" Xu's mother asked suspiciously.

"What do you mean it's none of your business? Ask your grandchildren if they have anything to do with seeing my firewood stack on fire?" Datou said angrily, throwing Weiguo's arm away.

"Wei Guo, what's going on? Is it really related to you?" Xu's mother asked immediately.

"I, we." Wei Guo hesitated, too scared to speak.

Although he was already 15 years old, he had never experienced such a thing before, and he was so scared that he couldn't speak for a while.

"What are you talking about for me? If you have something to say, you want to get beaten up, don't you! Wei family, tell me." Seeing Wei Guo like this, Li Suxin immediately lost his temper.

"We didn't burn her family's firewood pile. We were just roasting sweet potatoes. I don't know how her family's firewood pile was burned." The Wei family defended weakly.

"Did you hear that? They are roasting sweet potatoes next to them. There is no fire around here except that they can light the sweet potatoes when roasting sweet potatoes. Look over there, they haven't picked up the sweet potatoes yet. There are so many firewood stacks away from my house." It's close, if the wind blows a little spark, it will burn! No matter what you say, your family must give an explanation today." The big-headed daughter-in-law said, pointing to the uncooked sweet potatoes.

"You brat, didn't you take them up the mountain? How come you baked sweet potatoes here? How come you haven't eaten anything? And where did you get the sweet potatoes? Did you dig them in the ground next to them? Tell me!" When Li Suxin heard that it was really related to her own child, she immediately took off her shoes and started hitting the oldest Weiguo.

"Sister-in-law, calm down, let's listen to what's going on first? Don't hit the child casually, and now that the firewood is burned out, it's useless if you beat the child again. They didn't mean it either." Xie Xiaonian saw Li Suxin approaching He was about to hit the child, so he quickly stopped him.

"The sweet potatoes were dug in our private plot, not in the nearby plot." The Wei family retorted loudly.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I saw someone roasting sweet potatoes at the foot of the mountain. I really wanted to eat them, so I wanted to try baking them myself. Brother, they did it for me." Pancake also knew that they had caused trouble, but Seeing that everyone is now pointing their fingers at the oldest brother Weiguo, as if he did something wrong, so he stood up and said.

In the end, he was all to blame for this matter. He had only eaten sweet potatoes cooked on a coal stove or in an earthen stove before, and had never baked them outside by himself, so he asked Brother Weiguo to help him roast sweet potatoes.

If he hadn't come up with this idea, what happened now would definitely not have happened, so the consequences of this incident should be borne by him, and brother Weiguo and the others cannot be implicated.

"What? It's your idea again, I'll take care of you when I get home." Xie Xiaonian stared at the pancake and said angrily.

"Xiao Nian, why are you yelling at frying biscuits? It's normal for him to be greedy for a child under two years old, but Weiguo is so old, he should go home and bake for him. It’s a remote place where it’s not easy to catch fire, but he happens to be roasting not far from the firewood stack, he’s so brainless, I’m usually teaching him for nothing, and learning for nothing.” After Li Suxin finished speaking, she became even more angry, and was about to start again. Fight Weiguo.

"Okay, what are you doing beating the child? Since you burned the family's firewood pile, then we should compensate them for ours." Father Xu directly decided.

"Yes, let's talk about other things when we get home. Don't be so embarrassing." Mother Xu also said.

"Big-headed daughter-in-law, I'm really sorry, these children are mischievous, they do everything carefully, and they didn't pay attention to lighting your firewood. Don't worry, we will pay for your firewood. It must be more or less." Mother Xu assured the big-headed daughter-in-law.

"Auntie, you are so bright, I feel relieved with your words. Although the child didn't do it on purpose, and the firewood is not worth much, but all the firewood distributed by my family this year is here, so I can only find you I have to pay for the loss, otherwise my house will not even have a fire starter." The big-headed daughter-in-law said with some embarrassment seeing that Xu's mother was so easy-going.

"It's only natural to pay off debts. Since my grandson and the others accidentally lighted your firewood pile, we should compensate you. You know where my firewood pile is, and it will belong to your family from now on." " Mother Xu said directly.

Xu Zhongming's family has more heads than Datou's family, so they also have more firewood than Xu's family. They paid all their firewood to Datou's wife, and Datou's family made money.

"Then sister-in-law, I will not be polite!" said the big-headed daughter-in-law happily.

After the matter was resolved, the Xu family took a few children home, and decided to take care of them after returning home.

Back home, Mother Xu, Li Suxin and Xiao Nian called a group of children into the hall.

Then Xu's mother said directly: "You just heard that all the firewood in the house was paid to the big head family. Now we have no firewood to start the fire. From now on, you can go out to collect firewood, sweep fallen leaves, or cut the grass to dry. , light a fire for the house, and bring back all the firewood that our family lost. Otherwise, if you can’t light the fire for cooking, you’ll all be starving.”

"I know, I will definitely work hard." Wei Guo, as the boss, was the first to say.

Several other children also echoed and would help collect firewood.

"Remember what you said just now, but even if you will get all the firewood back in the future, today's punishment is inevitable. Except for the young pancakes and peace, everyone else will stop eating at night. If you are hungry, you will not eat. I will know and understand." Li Suxin punished directly.

"What happened today is all because of me. Since Brother Wei and the others can't eat, then I won't eat tonight, and I will be punished together!" Panbing said very loyally.

"I also helped roast sweet potatoes, and I don't want to eat them!" Heping also said.

"You two can't do it, you two are still young, you have to eat, what to do if you are starving!" Mother Xu said disapprovingly.

Jianbing thought, if he could eat and serve himself, he might be able to secretly hide some food for Brother Weiguo and the others, so he didn't refute it anymore, and he agreed.

Although they were not punished for eating, Xie Xiaonian didn't intend to let them go, so she said: "Since you like pancakes so much, you can give me a baked sweet potato every day. Eat together and be punished together."

Panbing thought that Xie Xiaonian would punish him, but he didn't expect to let him eat roasted sweet potatoes every day. He just likes to eat roasted sweet potatoes. This is not punishment at all, Panbing thought happily in his heart.

But after he really ate the roasted sweet potatoes for a while, he felt like throwing up when he saw the sweet potatoes. That's when he realized that his mother's punishment was the most tormenting.

Although the men in the family were all watching and didn't say a word, they were invisibly putting pressure on the child.

Although it is said that other than pancakes and peace, no one else can eat at night, but whether the two children of the second sister-in-law's family will eat or not, they can't control it.

But Xie Xiaonian saw Fan Min's expression that her child was completely implicated, so she knew that she would definitely not punish the child.

When eating at night, pancakes hide pancakes in their pockets while adults are not paying attention.

And because Heping didn't dare to hide it with his hands, he helped the pancakes cover, and the two cooperated with Weiguo and the others to get a few pancakes.

In fact, the adults on the table saw their two little moves, but they all turned their eyes and closed their eyes, pretending not to see them, and letting the two of them stealthily hide and eat.

After all, their purpose is just to let the children know that they did something wrong and let them learn a lesson, not to really starve them.

"Grandma, I'm full, I'm going to play with Brother Weiguo and the others."

When Jianbing felt that the stored food was enough, she said to Xu's mother.

(End of this chapter)