PFC Chapter 1257 The Young Lady’s Choice (2)
Chapter 1257 The Young Lady’s Choice (2)
"Now's not the time to talk about this!" Feng Yuan snatched the gong from the militiaman's hand and said, "Hurry up, strike the gong! All villagers, gather and go up the mountain to put out the fire!"
As the gong sounded, many villagers who were working in the fields picked up their tools and went up the mountain to put out the fire.
In Feng Yuan's opinion, these are things that men should do, so he asked the village women's director Cao Chunhua to stay behind to take care of the logistics and settle the women, the elderly and the children.
We can’t let inexperienced people go up the mountain and cause trouble.
A while ago, a group of educated youth from the city came to Dafeng Village, both men and women.
Among them, the male educated youth followed them up the mountain. After all, all the men in the village had gone to the back mountain, and they felt embarrassed to stay behind and hide in vain.
The female educated youth stayed at the educated youth site waiting for news.
Those who wanted to contribute followed Cao Cunhua to help appease the villagers and take care of the children.
But some people’s ideas are different from most people, such as Yao Anlan, who has always been very "passionate".
She neither stayed at the educated youth site to wait for news, nor did she join another female educated youth, Chu Mingyue, in comforting the villagers.
Yao Anlan's choice was to stand on a big rock at the entrance of the village, shouting the slogan "Women hold up half the sky", and encouraging the women who stayed in the village to go up the mountain with her to put out the fire.
"Yao Zhiqing!" Cao Chunhua was in a bad mood because she had been trying to appease the villagers. Faced with such inflammatory remarks, she sighed and said, "It's not that we won't go up the mountain, but it's not our turn yet.
There is not only a forest fire in the back mountain, but also fierce beasts such as snakes and wolves. The militia who just reported the news also said that there is currently a fire in one place. If people like us who are not familiar with the terrain go up, it is very likely that we will not even find the fire point and will get lost.
Let's wait a little longer! If we don't have enough people, the militia will come down the mountain to look for people."
When Yao Anlan wanted to say something, Qiu Aihua beside her pulled her sleeve and told her not to be stubborn anymore.
Being looked at with disapproval by everyone, Yao Anlan finally gave up.
He endured it on the surface, but it’s hard to say whether he also endured it in his heart.
After all, among the educated youth who went up the mountain this time, there was a male educated youth named Duan Xingran who had a good relationship with her.
Not to mention compared with the villagers, even compared with those young people who were educated youth, Duan Xingran was outstanding.
He was so knowledgeable and well-spoken. Thinking of those hands that were so good at holding a pen, now they have to hold crude firefighting tools and face a deadly wildfire...
Yao Anlan couldn't help but worry and wanted to go up the mountain to help.
But I was just rejected by Cao Chunhua. If I speak again, I'm afraid her proposal will also be rejected.
Thinking of this, Yao Anlan paced back and forth impatiently, and from time to time he looked towards the direction of the smoke coming from the back mountain.
Fortunately, the black smoke is gradually decreasing and the fire should be under control.
But no one came back to report the news, and Yao Anlan could not relax.
Just when she was worrying, she turned around and saw Chu Mingyue telling stories to the village children in the crowd.
Speaking of which, this person has a closer relationship with Duan Xingran. Not only are they from the same place, but it is said that their families are old friends.
An idea came to her mind - Chu Mingyue and Cao Chunhua had a good relationship. If she offered to go up the mountain to help put out the fire, perhaps the other party would agree.
Because they usually had a mediocre relationship, Yao Anlan hesitated for a moment before finally walking over: "Chu Mingyue, I have something to tell you, come here!"
But before Chu Mingyue could speak, the children around her said impatiently, "What are you doing? We were just enjoying the story! Aunt Yao, you're so annoying."
Just this title made Yao Anlan look unhappy - these children in the village really judge people by their appearance. Because Chu Mingyue is pretty, they call her sister, and because they are not as good as her, they call her aunt.
Humph! That guy always acts so high and mighty, how can he be any better than me?
These thoughts are actually not wrong. Chu Mingyue's temperament is indeed a bit cold, but what can be done! This person is really beautiful and has a nice voice.
She is a very cold and aloof Yunjianyue, so the villagers are all very kind to her.
Especially the children in the village, they all like to get close to Chu Mingyue, and even those children will compete with each other in private - who talked more to Sister Mingyue today, who Sister Mingyue needs help to find something, etc.
As if noticing Yao Anlan's anxiety, Chu Mingyue made a "quiet" gesture to the children and asked, "Yao Zhiqing, is there something wrong? You look quite anxious!"
"The fire is so big, aren't you worried about Duan Xingran at all? And his eyesight is not good, you..." Yao Anlan became more and more excited as he spoke, as if he had seen Duan Xingran in trouble with his own eyes.
"First of all, although he wears glasses, they have nothing to do with his eyesight!" Chu Mingyue's voice was flat. "Secondly, I think it's enough that you're worried about him this much."