Reborn as a landlord!I can

After dinner in the afternoon, Li Yilong took Li Manping and set off to Laogui Mountain.

Laogui Mountain is directly behind Li's house. Go around the house and follow the side path to the mountain entrance. Looking up, you can only see groups of gray-green in the distance, like misty clouds.The high mountaintops are hidden in the clouds, and the clouds and fog make it difficult to see clearly.

Because few people move around, the surrounding weeds and shrubs grow very densely, and the grass can be as tall as a person.However, you can faintly see some traces of walking, and there are branches of vegetation cut off by a knife. They should have been cut down when the uncle and dad went into the mountains in the morning.

Li Yilong walked up slowly along the trampled marks, looking around as he walked.There are many snakes, insects, rats, and ants in the dense vegetation in the mountains and forests, and you may be stung if you are not careful, especially some snakes that are highly venomous.

Li Manping followed her uncle, and occasionally looked around. She could see many beautiful wild flowers, especially wild chrysanthemums. The yellow, pink and white flowers bloomed in beautiful clumps. She couldn't help but pinch a few branches with her itchy hands. , tied into a bunch with wild grass.

Seeing that she liked it, Li Yilong would cut off a few branches of beautiful wild flowers and hand them to her. Slowly, the bouquet became bigger and bigger.

Li Manping couldn't bear to throw it away, so her uncle handed her a more vivid wild flower that was not in her hand. She selected a less beautiful and wilted one from the bouquet in her hand and threw it away to ensure that the bouquet in her hand was beautiful, with a wide variety of flowers and suitable sizes.

After following the zigzag traces a few times, you can see the dense woods.It's early fall and the woods are alive with life.

Walking into the woods, there are many fewer weeds and shrubs in the woods, and they are not as dense as at the foot of the mountain.The trees that come into view are tall, straight and lush, like big green umbrellas spread out in the forest.A wide variety of birds can be seen jumping among the branches and leaves, chatting with friends, chirping, and being very lively.

The branches and leaves above the forest are dense, and the layers of branches are intertwined. The broken sunlight is like tiny sharp swords scattered in the forest, making the weeds on the ground seem to be covered with a layer of golden sand.

Walking all the way through the depths of the forest, you can find that there are mostly pine trees in the forest, including red pine, larch, pitch pine, elm, white birch, etc.The breeze blew through the woods, making a roaring sound like waves on the seaside.

When they found Li Yichang and Li Yixing, they were surrounded by piles of bundled dead branches. Seeing them approaching, Li Yichang nodded, and Li Manping quickly collected the firewood.

"I don't know if these are enough, let's get some more," Li Yilong took the woodcutter, walked farther away, and started chopping down the dead trees again.

As the sky darkened, a few people staggered down the mountain. Several adults carried bundles of firewood in their hands. Li Manping was still holding her bouquet, ready to take it back and put it in a vase.

At night, Li Yichang, Li Yixing and Li Manping were busy in the house. They needed to put away the original wooden furniture in the room and replace it with dead branches and dead wood cut down from the woods during the day. It would be useless to replace each room one by one. less time.

Due to time constraints, several women did not have time to return to the county seat first, so the fire tonight must be controlled well, not only to burn down all the houses, but also not to burn the people pretending to be resting in the room.

Everyone gathered in an empty room and waited silently, in a very subtle mood.This old house was the work of several generations, and it was the home that had been protected by generations of people returning home. But now they wanted to burn it down with their own hands. They always felt that their ancestors would come to settle accounts with them in their dreams.

Li Yilong brought out a dustpan of plant ash from the bottom of the pot. Everyone smeared it on their faces consciously, and messed up their hair and clothes. There was still a little ash left. Li Yilong simply threw it into the air, and the plant ash scattered all over the sky. On everyone’s heads and faces.

Li Yichang saw that he was ready and it was already late at night. He coughed twice and stood up and said, "You women, all go to your rooms. Wait another quarter of an hour to light the thatch. When the fire starts to burn, you can come out and wait in the yard. Wait." All the houses were on fire."

Li Yichang and the other three went to the main room and knelt down, looking silently at the newly made ancestral tablets on the altar table.Soon the quarter hour was up, and the three of them tacitly entered the next room to light a fire. They waited until the fire became fierce before lighting the main room on fire.

The dry thatch quickly ignited the branches stacked against the wall, and the crackling sound of burning wood could be heard in the raging fire. The scorching temperature baked everything in the room, and several people fled the room one after another.

Burning black smoke overflowed from the cracks in the door and window, curling up into the dark night sky and not attracting attention.The fire is still contained in the room and has not burned the windows and wooden roof.

Everyone in the Li family stood in the courtyard with a gray face, quietly feeling the rise in temperature, and feeling relaxed as they looked at the faintly brilliant firelight.

It's not that they are unfilial, or that they are willing to set fire to their house, but the current situation is such that for the survival of the whole family and for a beautiful and peaceful future, they have to do something.

The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and some flames could be seen from the roof in the billowing smoke. The hot air was so scorching that everyone couldn't bear it. They quickly ran out of the house and stood under the courtyard dam, watching quietly from a distance.

The whole house was on fire, and the fire was raging.The sky-high flames caught the attention of the villagers from Yeqi. After taking a closer look, they immediately shouted loudly, "It's on fire. The Li family's old house is on fire. Everyone, hurry up and put out the fire."

In the silent night, loud shouts woke up all the sleeping villagers.Everyone wrapped up in clothes, picked up basins, filled buckets with water and rushed towards the fire.

Under the light of the fire, the fast villagers ran to the bottom of Li's house carrying wooden buckets filled with water. They looked at the Li family with blackened and embarrassed faces and asked what happened?Has everyone escaped?

Li Yichang coughed twice and waved his hand to signal the villagers not to put out the fire. "The fire is too big and there is no need to put out the fire." Villagers arrived one after another. Everyone stood under the courtyard dam and watched the flames billowing.

The village chief rushed over and saw the house in flames. He shook his head. The fire was too big to put out. He turned to ask Li Yichang, "Are you injured? Why did it catch on fire? The fire is so fast and fierce. Have you rescued it?" Something?"

"It's okay. We don't know either. We put incense and burned paper for my father at night and then we went to take a rest. We don't know how the fire started. By the time we smelled the smoke, it was already too late. The fire was too big. , we just want to escape." Li Yichang was helpless.

The Li family's house is alone in one direction, and there are no other houses around it. It is even more than a hundred meters away from the back mountain. The bamboo forest is right next to it, but the wind direction is in the opposite direction, and the fire cannot burn it.

There was no need to put out the fire, so the villagers stood quietly under the courtyard dam and chatted quietly under the bright blazing fire.

"You said this fire has burned down the house. Can I find good things if I go in after the fire is out?" A short woman rubbed her shoulder against the other and whispered softly.

"Who knows? Seeing as they escaped without bringing anything with them, they must have run away in a hurry. Hey, maybe everything left inside was burned to ashes."

"It may not all be burnt to ashes. Those gold, silver, treasures and porcelain should still be preserved. Well, when it's not so hot at dawn, I will go and look through it. Maybe I can find some good treasures." Someone said. I want to hunt for treasure.

"You guys should be dreaming faster. How could such a big fire leave anything behind? Is it leaving a pile of ashes?" Someone choked.

"Hey, do you know?" Villager A looked at the fire and turned to whisper to the person next to him, "Tonight is the old man's first seven. Do you think the old man is dissatisfied with his children and grandchildren for selling the land? Punish him~"

"Don't talk nonsense," Villager B quickly slapped Villager A on the back, "Don't say such unlucky words."

Several people nearby also heard Villager A's words and shook their bodies together. They couldn't help but feel chills and hairy bodies near the fire.

The blazing flames expanded his claws unbridled, completely burning the entire house, leaving only the dark earth walls.

Since there was no need for rescue and the temperature near the fire was too high, the village chief took the Li family to stay at the ancestral temple.It is said to be an ancestral temple, but it is actually the residence of a trusted servant of the Li family who used to guard the granary. They invited a portrait of an ancestor of the person named Li to come back and enshrine it, and it became the ancestral temple.You may not be able to offer it twice throughout the year.

The village chief looked at the dirty Li family and couldn't help but ask, "What are you going to do now? Such a big fire can burn down the house and everything inside. I don't know how many things you brought out, but It doesn't seem like much. If you want to live in the village temporarily, you will have to find a big house to accommodate you. If you need to rebuild the old house, it will take longer, and you will need to buy rice and other daily necessities. "

Li Yichang understood the meaning of the village chief's words. They would stay temporarily for a day or two, and the village would provide them with food.If they want to live for a long time or even rebuild their old houses, they will need to spend money to buy daily necessities.

"Don't worry, village chief. Originally, we were going back to the county seat in a few days, but now it's just a little earlier." Li Yichang didn't care about the village chief's exploration, "When the temperature drops in the morning, I want to go back and see if there are any leftovers or Things that weren’t burned cleanly.”

The village chief felt relieved and said in agreement, "It's time to go back and pack up to see if you can find some usable items. If you can't find them, don't worry. You will eat and live at my house until you return to the county town."

"No, village chief, wait until I go back to see if I can pack up something. If not, please prepare a bullock cart to sell to me. We will hurry up and rush to the county seat today," Li Yichang knew that he would go back to his old house to search. Nothing came out, but I still needed to make a trip.

The village chief agreed. The Li family still had shops and properties in the county, and they didn't care about the items burned in the old house.And they originally planned to live in the county town in the future.

There was a fish-belly white color in the east, and it was dawn.Li Yichang took his family back to the old house. At this time, the temperature had dropped. In the misty sky, they searched carefully.A quarter of an hour later, except for a few pieces of the wall that were still standing, everything else was burned to ashes.

When it was daylight, the Li family sat on the bullock cart and headed for the county seat. They looked back and breathed a sigh of relief when they looked back at the village.Finally solved this hot potato.

Li Manping approached the uncle who was driving the car and asked, "Uncle, are you willing to leave like this?" She felt it was unreal. She was a foreigner and didn't care about her hometown, but her uncle, father and uncle were all natives. , how can he be so free and easy.

Li Yixing glanced at her and explained, "My hometown is here, and I can't run away. I heard your brother-in-law said that the current situation is very tense. If we don't make a choice quickly and find a way out, it's hard to tell what will happen in the future. Wait for the situation It’s stable, it’s easy for us to come back. The title deed to the old house is still in our hands.”

Only Li Manping knows that there will be decades of stability in the current situation, and there will be no return in a short time.However, the more important thing is to live the present moment.Moreover, there are still a lot of people in the county and a lot of things waiting to be solved, which makes me feel worried just thinking about it.

It would be great if she was alone, no need to think about anything, just use the space to collect things and go wherever she wants.