Quick travel: The poor little thing in the period novel strikes back

"Ride my bike into town. It'll be quicker that way."

At this moment, Gu Zhen was also very worried about his mother. He had already taken Gu's mother on his back and was ready to run directly to the town. After all, the only means of transportation in their village had been too tired to move in the past few days.

Hearing Li Tuo's offer to lend him his bicycle, Gu Zhen felt extremely grateful. He asked Shi Yan to tell his younger brothers and sisters that something had happened at home, and he followed Li Tuo to get the bicycle and go to town.

Looking at Gu Zhen's anxious figure getting farther and farther away, although Shi Yan felt uneasy, she still went to the place where Gu Song and Gu Tao usually worked to look for him as instructed.

When Shi Yan found the people, the two little kids were still busy harvesting wheat and had no idea what was happening at home.

"Xiaosong, Xiaotao."

Shi Yan called out several times in a row before the two people working in the field responded. The two similar little faces had gained some flesh because they had eaten well recently, showing the cuteness that belonged to children of this age.

When they saw Shi Yan, they both smiled broadly, dropped their sickles and ran over.

"Sister-in-law, are you here to call us home for dinner?"

Gu Song spoke with some anticipation.

Seeing the two young faces, Shi Yan was speechless for a moment. She was silent for a moment to adjust her mood, and then she told them what happened at home.

"Someone in the village has already gone to help put out the fire. I'm here to tell you to go home and keep watch. I have to go to town to find your eldest brother."

"Sister-in-law, we want to go with you. We want to go see mother."

Gu Song and Gu Tao's eyes were red, full of helplessness and panic, but they still stubbornly pulled Shi Yan's clothes to express their attitude.

"Okay, let's go home together to check the situation and then go find your eldest brother."

Shi Yan held one of them in each hand and went back to Gu's house. At this time, the fire in the Gu's kitchen had been put out by the villagers. There were only a few people standing in the yard in twos and threes, including the village chief.

As soon as the village chief saw Shi Yan, he came forward with a hint of worry on his face.

"Gu Zhen, I have brought people to put out the fire in the kitchen for you. But we need to renovate the kitchen, which may have to wait until all the wheat in the village is harvested."

The village chief didn't know what to say to comfort her at this point. He paused for a moment before continuing.

"Our village is not one of the top villages in the commune, but as the village chief for so many years, I am definitely responsible for everyone in the village."

"If you need any help, just come to me and I will arrange it for you."

"Also, you should be careful when using fire. How can you put straw next to the stove? Dry straw burns quickly and will catch fire with just a little spark. Don't be so careless next time."

After the village chief said this, there was a hint of sadness on his face. He knew that Gu's mother had fainted from the smoke in the kitchen. He knew that her condition was not good when he saw her face in the threshing yard just now. He didn't know whether she could be saved after being sent to the town.

The village chief was sighing here, but Shi Yan was completely confused. The only straw in their house was put by her in the chicken coop that she had just built today. How could she use any straw in the kitchen?

Mother Gu had difficulty walking, and it was already very difficult for her to move to the kitchen with the help of a crutch. The chicken coop was at the back of the house, and given her current physical condition, it was impossible for her to go to the back of the house and take out the straw from the chicken coop.

However, to be on the safe side, Shi Yan went to the back of the house to take a look. The straw that had been thrown into the chicken coop was still there, and the chicks that she had bought at the black market this morning were also still nesting inside.

Shi Yan suddenly ran away while she was still talking. Her behavior was really strange. The village chief saw that something was not right and was no longer in a hurry to leave.

"Gu Zhen's family, what happened?"

"Village chief, all the leftover straw from our fire is used to make chicken coops. The straw in the kitchen is not ours."

Shi Yan had no idea now. There was no surveillance in that era, so she had no idea who brought the straw to the kitchen.

The village chief has been the village chief for so many years and has dealt with many things. When he heard Shi Yan's words, he felt that today's matters seemed not simple, and his expression became solemn.

However, Gu Zhen, the head of the Gu family, was not there at the moment, so he didn't know what to say to Shi Yan and the two little kids. He could only comfort Shi Yan with a few words, then called up the people who came up to help put out the fire and continued to work in the threshing ground.

Shi Yan now knew that this was not the time to investigate the cause of the fire, so she pretended to go back to the house to get money, and took one of Gu Zhen's thick cotton-padded jackets, and then took the two children to the town.

When Shi Yan and the other two left the village, it was already completely dark. As they walked on the dirt road, they could always hear rustling sounds in the grass on both sides of the road.

As an adult, Shi Yan was naturally not afraid, but the two children hugged Shi Yan's arms tightly to seek a sense of security.

But Shi Yan's hands were held, and the group couldn't walk fast at all. She always had a bad feeling in her heart that she couldn't go on like this.

Finally, Shi Yan simply put on Gu Zhen's cotton-padded jacket, then carried Gu Song on her back, held Gu Tao in her arms, and carried two people on her back, and hurried to the town.

When they finally arrived at the town hospital in the dark, Shi Yan was already sweating profusely, and she couldn't help shivering when the night wind blew.

"Brother." "Brother. Sister-in-law, brother is there!"