The Duan family only had one shovel, which Uncle Sun brought from the Duan family. It was originally used by the gardener in the backyard.
When we rested on the way, we came across a place without big rocks, which was indispensable for cooking, digging and filling fire pits.
Qiao Lan took a look and saw that the fire was burning faster and faster. Although it was not dry grass, the trend of spreading was already obvious.
"Go quickly, shovel all the soil, use soil to hold down the grass, and dig a line," Qiao Lan commanded.
Upon seeing this, Sun Ping quickly went over with a shovel and dug hard into the soil.
There is no problem with the fire on this side, but what about the other side?
The other side looks like it burns faster!
"Quick, put out the fire!" a group of people shouted in a hurry.
Some people picked up their own bamboo poles to pat the fire, patting it back and forth to keep it out, and some picked up old clothes, but all of them were of no avail.
Seeing that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, some people started to make a noise!
"It's all your fault, woman! I kindly asked you not to light the roadside on fire. Don't light the roadside on fire! It would be better for you to just deliberately light a fire here!"
"It's burning now, and there's no water to put out the fire! You want to kill everyone!"
The crowd was angry and surrounded the family.
The old woman looked at everyone with a horrified expression. The man stood up and looked helpless.
"This matter is indeed my mother's fault. I will apologize to everyone on my mother's behalf. My mother is old and confused! I'm sorry to everyone!" The man bowed sincerely.
"How confused! She is going to burn us to death! We are all going to die here! How can we escape when there is a mountain fire!" Someone immediately shouted excitedly!
They have been walking in this forest for several days! Even if there is no water, now there is a fire, which means they are dead.
"If you have the guts, hit me and scold me!" The man apologized again and even knelt down with a plop.
In front of the carriage on the other side, He Feng looked at the sky.
A crescent moon has risen in the cloudless dark blue sky, with a few stars twinkling in the corners. Tonight is another windless night.
Chen Shu looked forward at the fire and then came closer, "Master, how about I call some brothers and cut down the surrounding trees, maybe we can stop the fire."
He Feng's guards are all fierce warriors who can cut down a tree surrounded by one person without even taking half a cup of tea.
The trees in this forest are not very thick. Cutting down all the trees next to the fire can only stop the fire.
He Feng nodded, "Go!"
In front of the fire on the other side, some people were calling their children and preparing to pack up and run away!
The faster you run, the better! You can’t be burned by this fire!
Qiao Lan took a look at the fire, and saw billowing white smoke coming out. The fire was spreading fiercely. It was still bright at the moment, but it would be hard to tell if it would be difficult to see clearly after a while.
There are actually many ways to put out a fire!
Qiao Lan turned to Duan Mingchen next to her, "Go find your sister-in-law and take out the thick quilt from the bottom of the box at home!"
"Mom, I'm going!" Duan Mingchen said and ran towards his carriage!
Duan Mingjing saw this and came over, "Mom, do you have anything to tell me?"
As soon as Duan Mingjing saw her mother calling people, she knew she was going to tell them to do something, and it must be related to firefighting! Duan Mingjing came over after smelling it with his keen sense of smell!
Qiao Lan nodded, "Go and ask if they have thick quilts at home?"
"Borrow it and use it to put out fires!"
Duan Mingjing nodded and immediately shouted, "Don't worry, everyone! If anyone has a thick quilt, please take it out and use it. Lend it to us for putting out fires!"
Duan Ming shouted louder than before to ensure that everyone could hear.
Many people recognized the Duan family member as the person who just shouted to be careful with fire. Although the fire started now, it was done deliberately by others and had nothing to do with this person.
Then he shouted, "I have it at home, I'll get it for you right now!"
"I still have two quilts on the carriage. I don't know if they are thick enough. I'll go get them and have a look!"
After a while, people came over with all kinds of quilts from their own houses, some were coarse cloth quilts that had been torn at the bottom of the box, and some were brand new quilts, all of various colors.
"Mom, what's next? What should we do?" Duan Mingjing said excitedly.
At this moment, the fire is only burning on the ground and has not burned the branches and trunks. All we need to do is stop the fire on the ground.
"Go and put this quilt over the fire. Cover it tightly, and people will roll on it!" Qiao Lan pointed at the fire.
Fire can burn, firstly, with combustible materials, and secondly, with oxygen.
Usually when a fire occurs while cooking, if the pot catches fire, you only need to cover the pot to create an oxygen-free environment to extinguish the fire.
The same principle applies to covering yourself with a thick quilt.
Duan Mingjing shouted Qiao Lan's words again.
Cover the fire with a thick quilt, roll around on it, and suppress the fire to extinguish it!
What's the point?
Many people hesitate when they hear about lying on the fire!
Seeing that the fire was getting bigger again, the Duan family took out two thick quilts. Duan Mingjing hugged the quilt and prepared to rush into the fire.
He believed what his mother said.
Several other sons of the Duan family also rushed over. If their own quilts were not enough, they used other people's quilts.
Some people hesitated, while some men rushed over with their quilts and the Duan family.
Chen Shu and his men came over. Hearing Mrs. Duan's words, they felt fresh and gave up the idea of letting his men cut down the tree.
He took the quilt from the others and rushed towards the fire.
More than a dozen quilts were covered with them, and there were men rolling around on them!
Scenes like this are not common!
Although there was billowing smoke coming from below, the fire stopped at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Only thick smoke is still rolling up there!
Most of what was ignited were weeds with dead leaves, and not much of the red Jupiter seeds were burned.
No one shouted to stop. Some men were still lying on the quilt, patting left and right to make sure no more rumors would come out.
After a while, the fire was completely gone and there was less smoke.
"Everyone, be careful with the quilt! Press the quilt for a while. If there are sparks in the quilt, put it face down on the burned place later." Qiao Lan shouted.
The fire was out quickly!
Although some men are gray-faced, they still have a smile on their face.
They are all thick quilts. We don’t need them now. Even if one side is burned out, the other side can still be used! As long as the fire can’t burn them!
Qiao Lan looked at it and felt a lot more relieved.
[Congratulations on triggering the hidden prestige function! The host used his ingenuity to extinguish the forest fire that was about to ignite! Not only did he save the forest, he also helped his fellow travelers! But because the fire was caused by the fellow travelers themselves, the host has an inevitable role as a guide
responsibility, so the reward points are 0.】
[Get the prestige title: Attractive! Prestige points: 3]
Qiao Lan:......
Thank you so much for spending so much time talking to her about everything!