Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 119 Who Set the Fire (1)_1

Chapter 119: Chapter 119 Who Set the Fire (1)_1

Staring at the raging fire before him, Mo Dashan, holding a fire match stick, was completely dumbfounded.

He had intended to start a fire to burn some wood and cause trouble for Mo Qingze, but he hadn’t set the fire yet, so how did it start burning on its own?

Seeing the fire growing fiercer with the help of the wind, and the flames nearly reaching the thatched huts nearby, Mo Dashan snapped out of his reverie and rushed to the house closest to the fire, pounding on the door and shouting, "Fire, fire, wake up and put out the fire!"

The temperature was getting more and more scorching. If the fire wasn’t extinguished soon, all the thatched houses in the area would be destroyed, and there might even be casualties. Mo Dashan was truly panicked.

The family that was awakened by the noise heard the word ’fire’ and then the crackling outside, panicked so much that they didn’t even have time to put on their clothes properly, just threw on a jacket and ran out to see the fire about to reach their house, shouted out loud, and hurried back inside to wake the others, frantically heading to the kitchen to grab a bucket to fight the fire.

Seeing this, Mo Dashan grabbed him, "The fire is too big; water won’t put it out. Right now, we need to move the wood stacked around to prevent the fire from spreading to it."

The man, also panicked, hadn’t thought of this, but upon hearing Mo Dashan’s words, he quickly dropped the bucket and ran to move the wood placed under the eaves.

This man’s last name was Lin and his name was Lin Mu. He belonged to the Lin Clan and was skilled in carpentry. Most of the wooden beams and rafters prepared for the Mo Family last year had been processed and crafted by him.

At that moment, watching piles of wood being swallowed up by the flames, Lin Mu was frantic, wishing he could grow several more hands to save the wood.

Soon after, his father, mother, wife, and brothers also came out to help, and they moved all the unburned wood to one side.

While Lin Mu’s family was busy saving the wood, Mo Dashan had already run to other villagers’ homes, knocking on doors one by one, awakening the villagers to come out and fight the fire.

More than a dozen adjacent families all belonged to the Lin Clan, not to mention their sense of gratitude towards the Mo Family, but even for their own safety, they had to rush to put out the fire, so they all put on their shoes and ran out to extinguish the blaze.

Lin Yong, who lived at the very end, was also awakened by the commotion outside. Upon learning about the fire, he rushed out without a second word.

Mo Qingze, who was sleeping at the construction site to guard the materials, was woken up by the villagers. Without even time to put on shoes, he ran over barefoot, and upon seeing the raging fire, his legs went weak.

By then the fire had lit up half the sky, and from a distance, waves of searing heat could be felt. Everyone was urgently saving the surrounding wood to prevent the fire from spreading to the houses.

The Mo Family had a lot of wood, most of which was prepared with the help of the Lin Clan. Not only was it piled up at Lin Mu’s house, but the dozen or so houses nearby also had some. The largest pile that was on fire consisted of dried wooden beams; after this fire, all those beams were likely ruined.

An hour later, all the rafters and purlins nearby had been rescued, successfully preventing the fire from spreading to the houses. Villagers watched the wooden beams burn to ashes with a series of sighs.

Mo Qingze sat on the ground with jelly legs, his whole body limp and devoid of strength. His face, covered in sweat and black soot, watched the burning wooden beams, feeling an unstoppable dread, "How did this fire start out of nowhere? Thank goodness the houses didn’t catch fire, thank goodness!"

Otherwise, if someone had perished in the fire, the Mo Family’s guilt would have been immense.

Hearing Mo Qingze’s words, a villager nearby spoke angrily, "It must have been arson, someone deliberately setting fire to take our lives, we must find this person and hand them over to the Government Office."

"Exactly, there was no thunder tonight and it’s the third watch of the night, if it wasn’t intentional, how could it have started?"