madman and kidnapper

Chapter 23 Mountain Fire
When going down the mountain, the kidnapper still couldn't escape the crowd. There was only one way to the tomb, and he had to face each other when he went up and down.

"Yo, isn't this a kidnapper!"

Li Wu was the first to spot the kidnapper, so he called out in surprise, even with a slightly altered tone of voice.

The other people were still talking nonsense to each other, but when they heard Li Wu calling out to the kidnapper, they all hurriedly raised their heads, and fixed their monkey-like gazes on the kidnapper's face.

The woman followed the kidnapper, and was naturally "taken care of" by the eyes of those people. At that moment, she knew the reason why the kidnapper was going up the mountain before dawn.

It doesn't feel good to be seen as a monkey.

The woman gritted her teeth in her heart.

The abductee didn't answer, and accepted the baptism of everyone's gaze with his scalp hardened to the point of tempering. He limped and continued down the mountain. When he passed by Li Wu, he bumped into Li Wu intentionally or unintentionally.

"Hey! You're so talented, kid!" Li Wuyi stared, calling out loudly from behind.

The kidnapper ignored him, he still walked with a limp but was still in a hurry
Although the eyes of those people made the woman feel very uncomfortable, but it was just uncomfortable. The woman was neither timid nor ashamed, and she walked behind the kidnapper with an expressionless face.

The two passed through the crowd in this way, and when they were not far away, they heard Li Wu whisper something in the back, and everyone suddenly "coaxed" into laughter, and the sound of "haha" joined together, and the kidnapper was right there. The "haha" sound finally staggered, and this made the people behind laugh again for a while.

Kidnap finally couldn't hold back anymore, the flush on his face spread to the back of his ears, and his walking gradually became a little awkward.

At this moment, the woman quietly said behind him: "You are here to see your parents, and you are not a thief. Why are you guilty? Let them laugh if they want to laugh, and delay your walking?"

Hearing these words, Kidnap felt a lot more at ease, and quickly followed the walking posture that was almost on the same hands and feet. He thought about it, and felt that he had done nothing wrong. Thinking about it, I also felt that it didn't matter.

When the two returned home, the woman brought up the matter of going to the city again. Originally, in the early spring, the two planned to go to the city, but it snowed a few times and the weather was cold, so this matter The son put it on hold for the time being, and later because Li Chi sent the 3 yuan in time, the two of them had no shortage of money for the time being, so they were not in a hurry to go to the city.

But during this period, the kidnapper never stopped to pick up mountain goods, whether it was Ganoderma lucidum, mushrooms, stones, dead tree stumps, as long as the kidnapper thought women were useful, he picked them all up, but women didn’t just collect trash Yes, some things are useful, and some things are purely rubbish on the mountain. Even if they are picked up, they have to be thrown out. This has led to more and more "garbage" piled up in front of the kidnapper's house during this period of time. .

"Okay, it's actually easy to go to the city. The problem is, what do you do with your pile of things? It's definitely not possible to take the car in the village. People don't allow you to take so many things."

When the kidnapper thought of the row of things belonging to the woman, he couldn't help feeling a little worried.

The woman was also thinking about this matter. Just as she was about to ask where there is a rental car in the village, she heard someone shouting from the street outside:
"It's not good! The mountain is on fire!"

The kidnapper was shocked when he heard the words, and subconsciously felt that he had caused trouble.

"It's over, it's over, what can we do!"

The kidnapper hurriedly got down from the kang while chanting in a panic, grabbed the woman and said indiscriminately:
"Let's run quickly. Once this mountain fire burns, I will definitely go to jail!"

The woman looked at the kidnapper strangely and frightened herself:

"What's wrong with you? We could start a fire just by talking in the morning? Wake up! You didn't do it."

Kidnap suddenly woke up, took a deep breath, thankfully said:

"That's right! I didn't order it, why am I so scared, haha, I didn't order it!"

The woman rolled her eyes, stretched out her hand and slapped him:

"Even if you didn't order it, don't gloat over there. No matter who ordered it, if the mountain burns, it will be a loss to the village. Hurry up to the bottom of the mountain and look at it from a distance. Help if you can. Don't make trouble even if you are busy."

"okay!"

The kidnapper nodded, put on some clothes and rushed out, but turned back after a while, took a basin and rushed out again.

The woman rolled her eyes again from behind.

The mountain fire was so big that the woman could smell the smoke in her own yard, and she could see the thick smoke rising from the distant mountain when she looked up. The woman couldn't help but sighed.

It wasn't until the kidnapper came back that the woman realized that the incident was indeed serious this time. Three forest rangers and a stationmaster of the forestry station were lost in the mountains in just one morning.

"how so!"

The woman was startled, the burning of the mountain is serious in itself, and now people are still dead, that's really...

When the kidnapper came back, his head was covered with black ashes, and he was wiping his face with a towel at this moment. Hearing the woman's question, the kidnapper turned to the side and said with a heavy face:

"That's not bad! Isn't our mountain connected to the scenic spot next to it? The station was afraid that the fire would burn over there, so I hurried over to put out the fire. The station master came to direct him personally. When they arrived , People in the village went back to get the water pumps and basins. When I passed by, they were preparing to go up the mountain. I said I would follow, but they refused, saying it was dangerous, and asked me to lead the way for the fire truck that came later. "

"and then?"

While the kidnapper was panting for breath, the woman continued to ask. Obviously, she still couldn't digest the fact that so many people disappeared in such a short period of time.

"Then they went up, and I waited for the fire engine below. When the fire engine came, I would show them the way. Who knew that when the firefighters came down, they would lift them down. At that time, people, everyone It's gone, he, they...vomit."

Kidnap recalled that scene, and his complexion became worse and worse. When he said "people", he obviously thought of something, and suddenly tilted his head to the side and retched twice.

"Ugh……"

The woman sighed heavily and said, "Water and fire are ruthless." Those who have not seen or experienced it with their own eyes will never understand how terrifying and cruel this word is.

"You don't know," the kidnapper's voice suddenly choked up, "Those rangers are all half-grown boys, the oldest is only 28, the youngest is only 21, and even the station master is only 40 out of his head. It was when there were old people and young people..."

The woman was also panicked, even if the other party was just strangers, her eyes were still red.

"So, now you know why I don't let you burn paper money?"

said the woman.

Kidnap nodded when he heard the words, but did not speak. At this moment, he was even more unable to control himself than a woman. Seeing the bodies whose lives had been taken with his own eyes, Kidnap felt as if he had been stabbed in the heart.

Finally, the kidnapper couldn't bear it any longer, and suddenly squatted on the ground, holding his head and crying.

"You didn't even look! They're all so young!..."

The kidnapper was crying and howling. He had seen those boys before. Sometimes when the kidnapper went to the mountains to pick up goods from the mountains, he would see them patrolling. There was a fat boy who told him not to smoke with a serious face.

"Okay! It's not your fault. Why are you suffering here?"

The woman was stubborn, and even though she scolded the kidnapper, she was also crying "plopping".

The two were silent for a long time. Once the room was quiet, they could hear the noise of people not far from the entrance of the village, and the two could clearly hear a few heart-piercing cries.

"The family is here." The woman could hear clearly that an old woman in the countryside was calling her son's name.

The kidnapper got up, his eyes were already swollen, he walked to the door and closed the courtyard door, and when he went back to the house, he closed the door and windows again.

The sound from outside was immediately cut off a lot.

"By the way," the woman suddenly remembered the most important question, "Who is the one who found the ignition?"

"Huh?" Kidnap was taken aback, it seemed that he had just realized this matter, "This...is busy fighting fires, and no one really looks into this matter..."

"Has the fire on the mountain been brought under control?"

"I can't control it. The wind is blowing in a mess today. People have not allowed people to chop grass and cut trees on the mountain these years. The trees are too dense, the grass is too thick, and the sky is also dry, so the fire is too strong. Listen The firefighter said that if a pine cone fell from the burning tree, it would become a fire point, and once it burned, it would be a large area, and it would be under their feet in no time, and they couldn't even run, so it was really difficult to control."

"Then what should we do? Could it be immortal?"

"Then where? The fire can't be extinguished by itself, and if it burns to the scenic area, the matter will be even more serious."

"Isn't it serious enough now..."

The woman had been asking questions like a cannonball just now, and when the kidnapper said this, the corners of her mouth could not help but sneer.

"It's serious," the kidnapper said so much. In fact, he didn't understand some things, most of which he heard from the firefighters. It’s because the water can’t put it out, they cut a circle around the fire point, a circle around that, that and so on…”

The kidnapper suddenly couldn't remember the word, and after a long time of babbling, the woman finally answered;

"A way to cut the isolation zone to prevent the fire from spreading further."

"Yes, yes, yes," the kidnapper clasped his hands together, "You still know a lot, I've heard them say so much, but I still don't fully understand."

"That's fine," the woman heaved a sigh of relief, "it's better than setting the whole mountain on fire."

"Oh, there are many pine trees on the mountain, and some of them are big trees that have grown for more than ten years. The trunks of the trees are as thick as the mouth of a barrel. It's a pity."

Kidnap said loudly.

"That's true." The woman let out a final sigh.

Compared with human life, cutting down a few more trees is nothing.

The mountain fire this time is a major event. The kidnapper has no idea in his mind. He doesn't know how big this event is. He just heard from the village chief that the bureau in the city has begun to ask for accountability. Those forest rangers and the forestry The station masters were sent back to their respective villages on the same day, and the family members cried to death. Although they each had compensation, no matter how much they paid, they would not be able to replace those fresh lives.

"In that case, has the person who lit the fire been found?"

The kidnapper was squatting on the ground, eating melon seeds in a "peh pee pee" while listening to the chatter of the village head who was sitting next to him basking in the sun. He kept knocking for as long as the village head said, and he didn't feel numb or numb panic.

"I haven't found it for the time being. It's really difficult to find someone. How many people went up the mountain on Qingming Day, and most of them carried some papers in their hands. If they don't keep them all, they will be burned. It's difficult to find someone."

The village chief sighed, tapped the ground with his walking stick, and when he looked down, he saw melon seeds all over the place.

"Hey! I said you've been drinking too much, haven't you!" The village head picked up the walking stick and gave the kidnapper a swipe.

"Hey, you old man, it's none of your business if I eat melon seeds. You still have so many problems with me while chatting with you, so I don't want to eat melon seeds anymore!"

The kidnapper jumped up high, shook the skin of the melon seeds on his body, and ran away limping without looking back.

"Hmph," the village chief looked at the crook's limping posture with a funny face, and scolded angrily, "This rascal."

After he finished speaking, he didn't bother to look at that "spoiler" any more. He turned his head to look at the mountain that had been extinguished by fire. There are no roots left, only the blackened "Yuan Gemstone" is still standing firmly in place.

(End of this chapter)