The windows were densely covered with leeches, and people were panicking when they heard constant banging noises coming from the windows.
"I don't agree! No one can burn my home..."
Zhou Hai shouted loudly: "Control her! If you don't burn the house, everyone will die!"
Everyone has seen the tragic situation when her man died, and no one wants to make themselves or their family members the food of these leeches.
The people around Wang Fang exchanged glances and immediately pushed her to the ground.
Zhou Hai unscrewed the bottle cap and poured the liquor into the windows and doors.
Several lighters were thrown violently into the crowd.
Bang!
A huge explosion sounded.
The fire ignited the wooden ceiling, and the entire room was instantly engulfed in flames.
A sickening smell wafted out, that of burnt leeches.
A group of men stood in front with sticks in their hands, beating any leech to death if it crawled out of the fire.
"Ah! My home is gone." Wang Fang couldn't move and could only roar.
The fire grew bigger and bigger, burning from the first floor to the second floor.
The second floor of the wood-panelled structure soon collapsed.
During this period, Zhou Hai had already picked up the water pump from the river and was ready to put out the fire to avoid burning his home.
As long as the fire burned, the villagers watched.
He left after confirming with his own eyes that all the leeches in the house were burned to death.
Only when the house was burned clean and the fire extinguished did the people holding Wang Fang let go.
"Sister, don't hold grudges against us. We did it out of helplessness."
"Let's go first. See if you can find your man's ashes. We will definitely help dig a pit for burial."
Wang Fang could no longer cry.
She sat on the ground with tears on her face, as if her soul had been drained out of her whole body.
When everyone was gone, she walked silently towards the ruins of the house.
She removed the charred board and found bones in a pile of black ashes, and tears fell down her face.
Shen Jie returned home with a heavy heart.
Shen Zhian and Shen Qing knew that the man was really dead when they saw his serious face.
But when I heard that the house was burned down, I was a little speechless.
"How could this be possible..." Shen Zhian muttered.
How can you burn down someone else’s house without their consent? What's the difference between this and bandits?
Shen Qing was used to this kind of thing in the last days. She said calmly: "Is there any better solution?"
Shen Zhian choked and couldn't answer.
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At dinner, Tao Ying finally regained her energy.
I sighed helplessly when I heard that such a thing happened.
"This is just the beginning... when they realize the world is hopeless... there will be more like this."
She looked out the window and saw that there were more leeches in the yard at some point.
Seeing those disgusting creatures popping up in groups, I was so sick that I couldn't eat.
Shen Qing took a lot of salt from the space and found quicklime.
Calling Shen Zhian, the two of them mixed the salt and quicklime evenly and spread them thickly in the courtyard, stairs and in front of each bedroom door.
Even the roof of the building was not spared.
After doing all this, the two of them felt relieved.
At night, the temperature finally dropped.
Feng Xin knocked on the door from door to door, urging the villagers to clean up the mud in the river.
Many street lights outside the village were broken, and the villagers had to tie flashlights to their heads to work.
After working all night, I went back to rest.
Limestone absorbs water and releases heat, making the entire yard dry.
And now the temperature is rising every day. After a whole day, there are no more leeches coming into the Shen family courtyard.
But other families are not doing so well.
In order to prevent the same tragedy as Wang Fang's family from happening, the villagers dare not sleep no matter how tired they are during the day.
Everyone takes turns to stand guard so that they can take a nap.
In this way, we rested at sunrise and worked at sunset. After a week of busy work, we finally cleared the road leading to the outside of the village.
Within two days, a truck delivering disaster relief supplies drove into Guoyuan Village.
Rescue finally came, and the villagers were excited.
They swarmed to the entrance of the village and looked around for a long time. After confirming that there was only one truck delivering supplies, their faces became ugly.
"Are you kidding me? This is all? How much can an average family get?"
"Yes, this is too little... Our family has run out of ammunition and food, and we are just waiting for the organization's rescue!"
The driver snorted coldly, "Now that all parts of the country are suffering from disasters, it would be nice to have supplies! It's not enough..."
Feng Xin's face didn't look good. He called a few young and strong men to unload the goods. He walked to the driver's side and inquired about the disaster situation in various places.
Speaking of this, the driver shook his head and sighed.
Only then did everyone know that half of the 18 towns and more than 50 villages in the county had been submerged, and everyone was gone.
This leech is not only found in Guo Yuan Village, but also in the county seat.
"The organization has tried its best. After this batch of supplies has been distributed... we don't know when the next batch will be."
The atmosphere suddenly became heavy.
After unloading the goods, the driver drove away without saying how to divide them.
After hearing what the driver said just now, the villagers had different thoughts and their eyes were fixed on this batch of supplies.
Feng Xin counted the quantities. There were fifty boxes of mineral water, twenty boxes of instant noodles, ten boxes of canned luncheon meat, and several bags of bread.
"Director Feng, you are the leader of our village. Can you tell us how to divide these things appropriately?"
"I think they will be divided according to their household registration. This is fair."
"Why? If divided according to household registration, wouldn't it be a big loss for five of us with one household registration? It's not fair!"
"Doesn't your family get five shares according to the head count? It's even more unfair! I don't agree!"
Some people have just one person in their family, and some people have five or six people in their family.
No one wants their family to suffer.
Feng Xin felt a headache as he listened to their noise.
"Okay, okay! Stop arguing!" Feng Xin stopped him loudly, thought for a while and said: "Mineral water, instant noodles and lunch meat are all divided according to household registration! The remaining bread will be subsidized to family members with more than four people. ! Is this okay?"
Of course some people are dissatisfied.
But no matter how you divide it, there is no way to satisfy everyone.
Everyone raised their hands to vote, and the minority obeyed the majority. Most people agreed with Feng Xin's method.
In the end, each household received a box of mineral water, half a box of instant noodles, and two cans of lunch meat.
Looking at the pitiful supplies in their arms, someone had a crooked idea.
That night, Wang Fang died and the supplies were taken away.
Zhou Hai next door almost peed his pants when he found her body.
The temporary shed that Wang Fang built had collapsed, and her head was smashed open, leaving her unrecognizable.
The clothes on his body were messy, and it was obvious that he had been treated inhumanely before his death.
In an instant, Zhou Hai, who lives next door to her, became the target of public criticism.
After all, Wang Fang's house was separated from him by a wall. How could he not hear such a loud noise?
"It's not me...how could I do such a crazy thing? We've been neighbors for so many years, don't you know who I am?" Zhou Hai's words were almost worn out, but everyone still doubted him.
