Dressed as an old woman, I carry the system and my son to escape the famine

Chapter 223 Trying to put out the fire

After Lin Dafu fell asleep, he even snored. Hearing this sound, you knew how deeply he slept.

Watching the guards fall asleep, the people hiding in the dark gained the courage to come out and cause mischief.

Yao Shu's sleep quality has always been very good, and she almost always sleeps until dawn, but tonight she was woken up by the movement outside.

She sat up in a daze, glanced out the window, and asked in a hoarse voice.

"What's going on outside?"

"do not know."

Shen Nanshan shook his head. He had just been woken up and his mind was still awake. How could he know what happened.

He carefully discerned the movement outside, and suddenly caught the sound of three long and one short gongs. He quickly got out of bed and hurriedly put on his clothes.

"It's gone. I have to go take a look quickly."

He didn't know where the fire started, but they must not burn it to their house. If that happened, he would have to lead people to put out the fire quickly.

Yao Shu, who had just woken up, was a little slow to react. She was stunned for a moment before she realized that running into water meant catching fire. Her movements were faster than Shen Nanshan's, and she quickly ran out with her clothes, running towards her. Put on clothes.

By the time she walked outside to the yard, her clothes were already on her body.

As soon as she ran out of the yard and came to the ground, she figured out where the fire was. The fire on the opposite side was so obvious that she didn't need to look for it.

"Fortunately, it's not a house near our house. Old lady, don't worry, the fire won't be able to burn your house."

Shen Nanshan is a typical person who cares about things that have nothing to do with him. After knowing that his own interests will not be endangered, he rarely cares about it and even wants to go back and sleep.

But Yao Shu's face looked very ugly. The crops on fire were the crops in Dahe Village, and the direction of the fire was the fields opened outside the village. There were still many people whose crops had not been recovered.

This fire will cause everyone to lose a lot of harvest, which is everyone's ration for the next year. No wonder the village chief rang the gong and asked everyone to rush over to put out the fire.

She was anxious about this matter when she heard Shen Nanshan's words coming lightly. Even though she had known the nature of the Shen family for a long time, she still couldn't help but feel a little angry.

"What are you talking about? Why don't you wake up Shen Qiu and others to put out the fire?"

"what?"

Shen Nanshan was reluctant to mess around at night. Fighting a fire was not an easy task, so he had little time to sleep.

But hearing Yao Shu's angry voice, he swallowed back all the reluctant words that came to his lips and immediately changed his mind.

"I'll go right away."

Yao Shu saw that he really went to call someone, so she rushed towards the fire place with confidence. As soon as she walked over, the fire in the ground became more and more intense.

Now is the season of crisp autumn air, and the fields are full of dry sweet potato vines and potato seedlings. These are extremely easy to catch fire. As long as there is the slightest spark, the fire will spread to the ground.

She looked at the blazing fire in front of her and felt the heat rushing towards her face. Yao Shu frowned tightly. This situation was too bad.

It was really difficult for them to put out the fire. It was quite far away from the water source, and the water level in the river had dropped in the autumn. It was not easy for everyone to get water from the river. They needed to be extremely careful, lest anyone lose their footing. Fell into the river.

This is a fatal thing.

Coupled with the fact that we couldn't see the road clearly at night, everyone carried water more slowly, making it even more difficult to put out the fire.

Yao Shu smelled the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes in the air, and for the first time she lost the desire to eat them. She searched for the village chief among the crowd, and found that the village chief was shouting instructing everyone to put out the fire.

Obviously he had no time to talk to her.

Seeing that she couldn't help, she didn't bother. Shen Nanshan happened to rush over at this time, and she asked immediately.

"Old man, do you know where there is water around here? Everyone is carrying water from the river too slowly. If this continues, the crops in the field will be cooked."

Food is such a precious thing, and she also became anxious and angry.

"Nothing."

There was little water here, otherwise the surrounding area wouldn't be full of sand. Shen Nanshan could only shake his head.

Seeing that there was no other way, Yao Shu could only get anxious, so she simply got up and walked towards the river.

As soon as she reached the river, someone persuaded her to go back.

"Aunt Yao, don't go to the river. It's easy for your feet to slip by the river, so don't fall."

"Yes, Auntie, there are us too."

Even if everyone was anxious to get angry, they were still worried about Yao Shu's safety and refused to let her help. However, they were still busy putting out the fire. After one person told them, they left with water in a hurry.

Hearing everyone's words of concern, Yao Shu felt increasingly unhappy. Everyone had been working hard for more than half a year before harvesting, but they couldn't afford to get nothing in the end.

If this doesn't work, we have to think of other ways to put out the fire.

Yao Shu paced back and forth anxiously. She thought for a long time, but her mind became more and more confused. What should be done?

"Old lady, I'm going to fetch water first."

Seeing how anxious Yao Shu was, Shen Nanshan couldn't just stand there, he had to help put out the fire, otherwise he would definitely be taught a lesson by Yao Shu later.

"Wait, don't go yet."

Yao Shu suddenly stopped Shen Nanshan.

This is different from what Shen Nanshan thought. Logically speaking, Yao Shu should not stop him, and he doesn't know why.

"Come with me."

It's not that she doesn't want Shen Nanshan to put out the fire, it's just that she thought of a way to help, and she still needs Shen Nanshan's help. She can't do it alone.

At this critical moment, Yao Shu suddenly remembered something that had been gathering dust in her system backpack. It was an item that she thought was useless, so she put it aside as useless. She never thought that she could take a picture at this critical moment. It comes in handy.

They took a few steps away from the crowd, and after making sure no one could see them, Yao Shu took out a large bundle of things - water pipes - from the system backpack.

She can use water pipes to lead water to distant fields, which is much faster than carrying water one load at a time. If everyone works together, the water can be extinguished as soon as possible.

"Old man, take this end of the water pipe and run towards the village chief."

Yao Shu warned and put the water pipe into the river. After adjusting it, she saw water pouring out of the river and flowing in the direction of the water pipe.

On the other side, Shen Nanshan was shocked by the power in front of him, and water started to flow out continuously.

Fortunately, he was quite clever and quickly shouted to the village chief who was not far away.

"Village chief, water is coming."