Chapter 49 black rain 3

Yau Ma Tei is almost surrounded by endless reeds. In the past, Yau Ma Tei probably didn't exist. I don't know which year someone set fire to the wasteland and burned a vacant lot.The land probably wasn't very big at the beginning, but then it was burned out again and again, a village, a town, and thousands of hectares of fertile and fertile land were burned out.Du Yuanchao always felt that the land in Yau Ma Tei was not wide enough, so he always had a thought: to burn a piece of reed close to Oda in Yau Ma Tei in the west, and turn them into crop land.He hopes that in the annual report to the upward, the Yau Ma Tei under his leadership has a larger food figure.

It has been a long time since the last burning in Yau Ma Tei. This is a seemingly independent reed field, surrounded by water, separated from farmland and other reed fields. Du Yuanchao has punted around this reed field and inspected it several times.He made a rough calculation and found that this reed field covers about 100 mu.Once reclaimed, it is definitely a good piece of land. It was Zhang Dayou and Zhou Jinbao who carried out the task of setting fire. The two of them brought matches, propped up a small boat, found a good place to stop the boat, and stopped the boat.When they landed on the shore, they walked towards the center of the reed field: the fire should be lit in the center, and then let it spread around.

The reeds grew luxuriantly. The two walked forward, but their sight was covered by the reeds. After walking for a while, they didn't know where they had come. When they guessed it was the center, they stopped. Zhou Jinbao said: "Don't worry, let me urinate and calm down. Once the fire starts, you have to run outside quickly. The fire can run faster than a fucking wolf." After finishing speaking, he shook his head Untie the belt.The trouser belt is a strip of cloth, it is not easy to untie it, and the hands are shaking constantly, so it can't be untied, and the mouth keeps saying: "Damn, there is a ghost."

Zhang Dayou himself was trembling in both legs, but he laughed at Zhou Jinbao: "Your mother is so stupid, she burned reeds, not your people, why are you shaking?" Zhou Jinbao finally untied his belt. Zhang Dayou saw that Zhou Jinbao's toy was so soft that no water came out for a long time, and he couldn't help laughing again: "Your mother is so frightening, you are so scared that you can't pee." Zhou Jinbao supported it tremblingly, and smiled awkwardly at Zhang Dayou: "It's coming, it's coming..." Zhang Dayou threatened and said: "I won't wait for you, I will set the fire now." As he said, he took out a match from his pocket.

"It's coming, it's coming..." "I'll let it go!" Zhang Dayou took out a match. "Your mother is so hot, can you stop scaring it? Look, it was coming soon, but it's going back." Zhou Jinbao's hand shook more and more, and the thing bounced in his hand, like a A little hairless monster just jumping around. Zhang Dayou turned his head impatiently: "It's your grandma's day!" Zhou Jinbao couldn't pee out in the end, and put it back angrily: "Don't pee down!" He turned to Zhang Dayou and said: "Playing is playing, laughing is laughing. This fire is not a joke. .As soon as the fire is on, we turn around and run away. You can see the direction clearly, the boat is over there!"

Zhang Dayou subconsciously took a look at the origin—there is actually no trace of the origin.He said, "Zhou Jinbao, light the fire." Zhou Jinbao said: "Your mother is a coward." He snatched the match from Zhang Dayou, looked back at the direction of the boat, and said, "I struck a match." Can't make it. Zhang Dayou smiled while shaking his legs. Zhou Jinbao had no choice but to hand the match to Zhang Dayou: "I know you are bold, so come here." Zhang Dayou looked back at the direction of the boat again, then struck a match, threw it on the charred reed leaves and weeds, turned around and ran towards the boat with Zhou Jinbao.

After running for a while, seeing no movement behind him, he stopped, turned around and looked back: there was no fire. "Grandma Rita, it's not lit." Zhang Dayou said, "Go back, the important point." After finally lighting the fire, the two ran straight to the water's edge as if being chased by a ghost. After autumn, the reeds have no water, and the dry firewood is burning fiercely, and the sound of rumbling fire is like the sound of waves. When the two ran in a hurry, Zhou Jinbao was so frightened that he peed in his pants. After getting on the boat, they hurriedly propped the boat out. When it was estimated that there was no danger, the two of them collapsed on the boat.

Zhou Jinbao looked up at the blazing fire, and said: "When there is a fire, if there is a person who stays among the reeds, it is likely that he will not be able to escape." Zhang Dayou said: "Du Shu remember to give us a few more work points." People in the front, back, left, and right villages saw the fire. At first, the fire was like a growing mountain. After a while, it became a mountain range, high and low, with many peaks and many canyons.These mountains and mountains are alive, they are changing and moving.It is like a herd of red and golden horses.The manes of the horses were trembling, neighing and rushing around. Under the autumn sky, a magnificent unmanned war was being staged, and the fire scene became a battlefield.

The sun sank, but the flames turned the sky red again. The pheasant hidden deep in the reeds flew awkwardly into the sky, reflected by the fire, like a golden phoenix.Some of them flew away, and some of their feathers were probably burned when they flew out of the fire. After fluttering a few times on the flames, they fell into the fire. When they fell, they were very miserable and very Tragic. Yau Ma Tei is the closest to the fire, and people standing on the bridge watching the fire can even feel the heat blowing on their faces. The fire made people tremble, panicked and flushed.All the dogs were barking at the fire.The children were excited for some reason, running and shouting.Even magpies, gray magpies, crows, pigeons, and sparrows were stimulated by the fire, and they flew up from the trees, the ground, and the roofs, soaring in groups over Yau Ma Tei.They also flew over the fire from time to time, and at that time, whether they were white, black, gray or brown, they all turned into gold.

The reeds crackled and crackled as they burned, like gunshots. Fan Yanhu Fan Xiazi stood under a big tree, looked up at the sky, blinked blindly, and said: "In the sixth year of Guangxu, the fire in Ludang burned for a month before it was extinguished; in the thirty-eighth year of the Republic of China, the fire in Ludang burned the village for seven years. There are 218 farmhouses, more than 30 large and small wooden boats, and Yau Ma Tei was almost burned..." Not many people listened to him, he just talked to himself.Zhou Jinbao and Zhang Dayou, who were closest to the scene of the fire, were even more excited to see them, their faces turned red from the flames.

A buffalo was swimming in the river. Zhang Dayou soon discovered that the cow was followed by a small boat, and the two fools sat down on the stern of the boat, put their legs into the water, and paddled vigorously. buffalo. This is a heifer that has just been bullied by a bull. Zhang Dayou shouted: "Two idiots!" The second fool only focused on the heifer, ignored Zhang Dayou's cry, and had no interest in the fire.He was still engrossed in the sight of the bull surging forward on top of the cow, excited and jealous at the same time. The heifer swam helplessly, with plaintive eyes. There was a ball of fire flying across the sky, probably a burning pheasant.The fire fell—not into the fire, but into another field of reeds. The wind rose and grew stronger, and the fire flickered and danced wildly.Mars is like an explosive firework high in the sky, drifting with the wind and drifting into the distance. The fire burned for four or five hours before it was gradually extinguished.After the flames disappeared, the sky was full of black and gray, as if swarms of black butterflies were densely flying all over the sky. A large piece of scorched land was exposed to Yau Ma Tei.People's hearts are sad, desolate, but excited --- they imagine the tumbling wheat waves in May and the golden autumn rice flowers in October. Zhou Jinbao and Zhang Dayou sang obscene ditties and came back with the boat. Everything returned to the calm of autumn. However, when the sun had already set on the reed ears in the west, a boy herding cattle, riding on the back of the cattle, suddenly saw the fire again—the fire rising from another field of reeds.He circled his hands into a trumpet and shouted to the town of Yau Ma Tei: "It's on fire again! --- It's on fire again!..." At first, people thought that the child was playing tricks on others, so they ignored him.But the child's shouting became more and more nervous, and he ran out again: It really is fire! Then, there was a shout. People went back to the bridge to look west again, like a big play, after the first half of the performance, they all walked out of the theater at the middle of the break, and now they all come back to watch the second half. However, this time, there is only tension and worry: Who set the fire? There is no reason for the fire. If the fire continues, it will burn back to the sixth year of Guangxu and the thirty-eighth year of the Republic of China! It wasn't just Yau Ma Tei people who saw the fire. People fell into a high degree of panic, and there were cries in the distance.People who imagine that the fire will burn to their homes will be in the state before fleeing for their lives.People in many surrounding villages were looking at the fire and running around, asking each other anxiously what would happen if the fire burned down. When Du Yuanchao heard the noise outside and walked out of the office of the town committee, looking west and saw the flames dyeing half of the sky red, he couldn't help but turn pale with fright.He stood there, unable to move for a while, and said in a trembling voice for a long time, "Go and call Zhang Dayou and Zhou Jinbao!" Zhu Diwa was right next to him, after listening, he ran all the way with a limp, shouting all the way: "Zhang Dayou, Zhou Jinbao!" Zhang Dayou and Zhou Jinbao were called. Du Yuanchao pointed to the fire: "What's going on?" Zhang Dayou and Zhou Jinbao shook their heads: "I don't know." Du Yuanchao asked: "Didn't you set the fire?" Zhang Dayou said: "We didn't set fire to that reed field." Zhou Jinbao said: "We came back after watching the fire we set go out." Du Yuanchao asked: "Really?" Zhang Dayou said: "If you tell lies, you will be hit by thunder!" Zhou Jinbao: "Secretary Du, I dare to swear on my son!" Only then did Du Yuanchao relax a little, he waved his hand: "Go." But he was still a little anxious. The fire grew stronger and stronger, and the sky seemed to be melting. The terrified cries became louder and louder, and the huge black shadow that made people feel more and more disastrous was rapidly drifting towards the surrounding villages, and the cries soon turned into cries. Fan Yanhu and Fan Blind stood under the bridge tree again, looked up at the sky, blinked blindly, and muttered to himself: "In the sixth year of Guangxu, the fire in Ludang burned for a month before it was extinguished; in the thirty-eighth year of the Republic of China, the fire in Ludang..." But soon, someone exclaimed in surprise: "It seems to be raining." So many people looked up to the sky, or stretched out their hands to see if it was really raining.After a while, the surrounding area gradually calmed down—people in the surrounding villages seemed to feel the rain. Then, there were cheers one after another. Then there was a silence: all the people were paying attention to the trend and result of the rain. This day seemed to be sweating profusely from the continuous fire for several hours, and it started to rain heavily, and it was getting harder and harder. Because the sky was covered with thick black smoke and ash, the rain was black.Black soup. On people's faces, there are black trickles, like black earthworms, and when they are rubbed with hands, they become painted faces. No one hid from the rain, everyone stood in the rain, watching the fire --- the fire struggled in the rain, got up, got down, got down, got up, got down again.The rain beat the fire like a whip, and the fire squeaked like a mouse in the rain. The fire is shrinking, and slowly dwindling. Rain is black.There is a pool of ink in heaven that has leaked to the bottom. The disfigured children were running and jumping in the black rain, one by one like little ghosts. It was dark, and the black rain was still falling.The people who made a false alarm went home. But just when the people in Yau Ma Tei were having dinner at home with peace of mind, a shocking news spread everywhere in the black rain: Brother Liu Jinkou of Liujiaqiao was cutting reeds in the burning reed field, and suddenly saw In the fire, he ran desperately to the water, but his eight-year-old son Liu Dongzi, who followed Liu Jinkou to play in the reed field, was burned to death because he went to a place to play and was not found by adults!