A husband found in the village? I bought a regent for a penny!

Extinguishing the fire with water is too difficult; crops that have already caught fire must be abandoned in order to minimize further losses.

Gu Xixi had been to the mountains many times and was very familiar with the surrounding environment.

The side of the mountain behind the village is the windward slope, and the sandy soil at the foot of the mountain is relatively damp.

Using this sand to fill the fire, cut off oxygen, moisten and cool it, will definitely be effective in preventing the fire from spreading further.

At first, people still refused to believe Gu Xixi's words.

Grandpa Gu said in a trembling voice, "Don't listen to her, what could she know? Water and fire are incompatible, and earth overcomes water! Using sand to put out a fire instead of water is just nonsense!"

Old Gu chimed in, "These are all knowledgeable elders here. How can a young girl be expected to put out a fire?"

He and Liu also came to put out the fire.

However, he didn't seem to be in a hurry, occasionally splashing a few basins of water, and his movements were still slow.

It's easy to guess that they planted wheat this year, so even though the field is scorched black, only the wheat straw has been burned.

Besides, the owner of several acres of land is Gu Xixi, and she returned it after planting it this year, so it's none of their business.

Grandpa Gu became even more excited, "It's my own vegetables, I'll take care of them myself, hurry up and water them, don't just stand there!"

As he spoke, he snatched a wooden bucket from one of his grandchildren and rushed into the fire.

Gu Xixi watched coldly and said, "At your age, you still want to die."

“If you don’t want to see him collapse inside, hold him down and tell him to stop causing trouble.”

Most of Grandpa Gu's descendants are filial, and this time they listened to Gu Xixi's words.

Several people chased after Grandpa Gu and hurriedly carried him away from the fire.

Grandpa Gu's face was blackened by the smoke, and his white beard was sparking. He was still kicking and struggling.

"Let me go!"

"Rather than watch the food burn to a crisp, I'd rather die in there with it!"

Gu Xixi rolled her eyes. "That's utterly nonsensical."

She had her workers dump all the sand from the truck onto the ground, leaving one worker there to demonstrate how to extinguish a fire with sand, while she and three others pushed the truck back to continue hauling sand.

She said everything she needed to say, and just did her best to save as many people as she could.

As for whether the villagers will comply, they are like ghosts who are destined to die and cannot be persuaded with kind words; let them be!

The villagers looked at each other in bewilderment as Gu Xixi left without looking back.

Some people wavered first, saying, "I have an oxcart at home. Anyway, we've been watering for almost half an hour, and it's not making any difference. Why don't we listen to her and give it a try?"

“My family has a mule, I’ll go too.”

"Given the current situation, my two acres of land are likely to catch fire soon, so I'll just have to try anything, even if it's a desperate situation!"

In twos and threes, people gradually followed in Gu Xixi's footsteps.

Most people still refused to believe it, persistently fetching water repeatedly and anxiously running back and forth.

However, the fire only grew stronger, and much of Grandpa Gu's cabbage was already charred.

Grandpa Gu was stopped by his children and grandchildren, and witnessed this scene. He was so angry that he fainted.

The family frantically tried to feed him water and pinch his philtrum, resulting in another flurry of activity.

Suddenly someone exclaimed, "Hey, look over there! Isn't the fire over there less intense as it's moving forward?"

Everyone craned their necks to look.

Where the flames were dying down, Xiao Liu, Gu Xixi's hired hand, was standing nearby.

He poured a basin of sand down, and the once fierce flames became flickering and weak, as if they hadn't eaten enough.

One pot after another, the flames struggled and drooped, gradually disappearing under the sand.

"it works!"

"It really works!"

The exhausted people finally saw hope, and shouts quickly rose in unison: "Our village is saved!!"

"Let's go, everyone hurry up and move the sand!"

"If anyone has livestock, don't hesitate to bring them out!"

Gu Xixi and the others dug up another truckload of sand and were on their way back when they encountered a large, imposing army coming towards them.

Even the respectable men, Uncle Gu and Second Uncle Gu, took action.

When they saw Gu Xixi, they all awkwardly avoided eye contact.

However, they were overthinking it. Gu Xixi was busy and had no time to look at others.

And facts have proven that this method works.

About half an hour later, the open and smoldering fires were extinguished, and most of the village's fields were saved.

As everyone relaxed, some began to investigate the source of the fire, while many others felt they should thank Gu Xixi, the "great hero."

But when they looked around searching, Gu Xixi had already gone home.

"Aunt Zhang, Aunt Zhang, it's me, you can open the door now."

After a short while, the door creaked open a crack.

Aunt Zhang looked at her warily, and after confirming that it was Xixi, she hurriedly opened the door and pulled her in.

"I could clearly hear your voice, but I didn't dare open the door, afraid that another thief would come."

"Again?" Gu Xixi was taken aback.

Her gaze passed over Aunt Zhang and landed under the eaves of the main house, and for a moment she thought she was seeing things.

Several people sat on the ground with their heads drooping, leaning against the wall.

The old doctor squatted in front of them, groping to tie a knot in the hemp rope.

After a moment of silence, Gu Xixi exclaimed, "A thief really broke into the house? And so many of them?"

Aunt Zhang nodded with red eyes.

"In just a short while, three groups of people came. They climbed over the wall to get in. It's all thanks to the old doctor that I was here, otherwise I really wouldn't know what to do."

The old doctor turned around and said, "Don't pretend to be a weak woman."

"If I hadn't come out, you really would have dared to chop me up with that wood-chopping axe. I was just worried about my medicine..."

The thieves were all young men with no hair on their faces, carrying worn-out farm tools.

Judging from their appearance, they must be idle people from nearby villages.

Hearing that Huachidu Village was on fire, people wanted to take advantage of the chaos and loot the place, so naturally their first choice was the Gu family, rumored to be the richest in Huachidu.

Thanks to the old doctor's generous application of pain-relieving powder, all of them fell into a deep sleep.

All you have to do is tie the person up and wait to hand them over to the authorities.

In the sweltering summer heat, the three of them were so tired from all the work that their mouths felt like they were about to burst into flames.

Aunt Zhang quickly ladled out three large bowls of mung bean soup.

The cool, sweet soup went down their throats, and all three of them couldn't help but let out a long, satisfied sigh.

The old doctor said, "If I don't go home soon while I'm eating and drinking so well here, my stomach and spleen will be spoiled."

Gu Xixi and Aunt Zhang were both taken aback.

The old doctor chuckled, "Don't panic, girl. That boy will wake up within half a day at the latest."

"It's just that I'm incompetent, and his old ailments will have to be put aside for a while longer."

Aunt Zhang was somewhat disappointed and murmured, "Is it really true that a prenatal weakness can't be cured?"

“We, Xixi, are so unlucky. Why did we have to buy such a man?”

"Everyone thought he was very healthy, but little did they know that he was just like a normal person when he wasn't having an attack."

Gu Xixi and the old doctor, who knew the truth, could only silently sip their mung bean soup.

In the evening, the old doctor ate dinner and went home.

Xixi saw him off as he left the village, and he talked on and on along the way.

"Tell that kid to stop courting death. The poison in his body is a death warrant; it could send him to meet the King of Hell at any moment."

"Once he wakes up, you can try to persuade him to treat me."