122: Fire

Jiang Fei walked to the balcony and saw three chicks in the incubator stumbling around.

They had successfully hatched!

Chasing away the watchful Big Yellow, Jiang Fei opened the door to the balcony, adjusted the incubator's temperature to 32 degrees Celsius, and placed three small bowls of warm water inside.

She didn't rush to take the chicks out, but instead went to the kitchen to boil water for soaking millet.

Once it softened, she could drain the water and let the chicks start eating.

Starting to eat refers to a chick's first meal.

The timing shouldn't be too early, as it's not conducive to the absorption of the yolk sac inside them.

Nor should it be too late, or it will affect their growth and development.

Generally, chicks start eating around twenty-four hours after hatching.

After preparing the chicks' feed, Jiang Fei entered the Supermarket, set an alarm on her phone, and began planting herbs.

The previous batch had already grown into new plants, and after another round of stem propagation, she would be able to harvest tens of thousands of plants.

After an unknown amount of time, the alarm rang, and Jiang Fei exited the Supermarket, turning on the indoor lights.

Confirming that all the water in the incubator was gone, she spread several plastic sheets on the balcony floor, sprinkled the feed evenly, and brought out the three chicks.

One went to peck at the food, and the other two followed suit.

The first week of feeding chicks is very important, so Jiang Fei didn't go out again, focusing on taking care of them, and using her free time to plant herbs in the Supermarket and dig rice paddies.

For her first time planting rice, Jiang Fei only used an excavator to dig one mu of land for experimentation.

One-third of the area was used as a nursery for seedlings.

Only when the seedlings grew to 15-20cm could they be transplanted into the rice paddies.

After half a month of busy work, the chicks moved from the incubator to live on the balcony.

The floor was covered with dry straw, and a feeding trough and water bowl were placed in the corner.

There were two roosters and one hen in total, and to distinguish them easily, Jiang Fei simply named them Boss, Second, and Third.

The small pond for cultivating green shrimp had also expanded to two mu.

Finally able to catch her breath, Jiang Fei had just taken out a bowl of cold noodles for dinner when—bang, bang, bang!

Urgent knocking came from the door.

Su Liuyuan: "Captain, are you home?! The upstairs is on fire!"

Zhou Wanqing: "No, we have to break in! If the fire spreads downstairs, Benefactor's belongings will all be burned!"

Jiang Fei quickly opened the door.

Zhou Wanqing, who was about to ram the door, fell right into Jiang Fei's arms.

Zhou Wanqing quickly stood up, her eyes sparkling.

Benefactor smelled so good!

Su Liuyuan spoke rapidly: "The 5th floor is on fire, and Building 3 is also on fire!"

"Most of the community staff are at Building 3, only Xiao Jia is fighting the fire upstairs. Should we move our things and evacuate or go help?"

"Help fight the fire!" Jiang Fei immediately returned to her bedroom, took out 6 fire extinguishers from the Supermarket warehouse, distributed them to the two, and ran upstairs.

The smoke had almost reached the fourth floor, and more than a dozen people had gathered on the stairs and in the corridor downstairs.

Xiao Jia, whose face was covered in soot, shouted in despair: "If you're not helping, then get out of the way! Don't block the path!"

"Why are you shouting? We're also worried about the fire."

"Exactly, what if it burns down our homes?"

"Get out!"

Xiao Jia roared hysterically, scaring everyone into clearing a path.

Picking up an empty bucket that had fallen to the ground, Xiao Jia stumbled downstairs, encountering Jiang Fei and the others who had arrived.

"Fire extinguishers!"

Handing a bottle to Xiao Jia, Jiang Fei quickly ran to the 5th floor.

Finding that Apartment 502 was on fire, she pulled out the fire extinguisher's safety pin, gripped the hose, and aimed the dry powder at the fire inside the room.

Su Liuyuan and Zhou Wanqing followed closely, joining the firefighting efforts.

Before long, the fire in Apartment 502 was extinguished, and Jiang Fei opened the corridor window to air it out.

The original occupant was already terrified, sitting dazed in the corner, still not having recovered.

Xiao Jia: "Miss Jiang, can I borrow all your fire extinguishers!"

"The fire in Building 3 is too big! There are only 6 people from the community fighting it! We must control the fire! Until the Rescue Team arrives!"

The buildings in Mingshang Community are very close to each other; once a fire causes an explosion, it will affect nearby buildings.

"You take these two bottles first, I have more at home, I'll go back and get them now!"

Giving all the remaining fire extinguishers to Xiao Jia, Jiang Fei sent Su Liuyuan and Zhou Wanqing to help.

Then, she ran to an empty corner, took out a box of 20 fire extinguishers, and hurried to the next building.

The 3rd and 4th floors of Building 3 were thick with smoke, and the fire was raging.

Dozens of people watched downstairs, but no one helped.

They coldly watched the community staff run up and down, repeatedly carrying water, and rescuing trapped residents.

The residents who had escaped earlier cried and knelt, pleading.

"Please lend me some water! I'll give you supplies in return!"

"If everyone contributes a bucket of water, the fire will be extinguished quickly! I'll kowtow to you!"

The onlookers chattered: "The water supply time has changed to half an hour a day, it's not that we don't want to help, it's just that we don't have enough water at home."

"It's not my house on fire, why should I give you the water I saved?"

"How many supplies can you give?"

Some even started to take advantage of the situation.

Ignoring everything else, Jiang Fei wet a towel with water, covered her mouth and nose, and ran upstairs to deliver fire extinguishers.

When Su Liuyuan and Zhou Wanqing's fire extinguishers ran out, they went home to get buckets of water to extinguish the fire, and also helped escort residents downstairs.

Half an hour later, the fire was brought under control, and the Rescue Team arrived with water trucks, taking over from Jiang Fei and the others, and quickly put out the big fire.

Everyone's faces and bodies were blackened by the thick smoke, and they all went downstairs to get some fresh air.

"Thank you, Jiang Fei. If it weren't for you today, I really don't know what would have happened."

Seeing Feng Chenlu handing water and wet wipes to Zhou Wanqing opposite her, Jiang Fei pursed her lips.

"Um, I'm over here."

Zhou Wanqing: "I'm Zhou Wanqing, not the boss."

Realizing she had mistaken the person, Feng Chenlu apologized awkwardly: "I'm so sorry, everyone's faces are black, I didn't recognize you."

"Here's your water."

After giving it to Zhou Wanqing, Feng Chenlu went to give water to Jiang Fei.

Su Liuyuan, who was nearby, also received a bottle and asked: "Why are so many homes on fire tonight?"

Feng Chenlu: "Actually, it's not just tonight; many places have been on fire for the past few days."

"The weather is too hot, and every household has fans and air conditioners running to cool down, and they also use induction cookers and freezers. These appliances are too old and haven't been properly maintained, so fires can easily occur."

"The higher-ups told us to post notices controlling the usage time of appliances, but no one cares and they continue to use them."

"We can't monitor every household, can we?" Feng Chenlu sighed helplessly.

The onlookers from earlier gathered around, asking Jiang Fei with fake smiles.

"I saw you had a lot of fire extinguishers, could you share a few with us?"

"Tonight's fire was too scary, I want to keep one at home."

"I recognize you, you're the owner of Ping An Supermarket. If you give me one, I promise to bring more people to your store in the future."

"They want one, so I want two. I have a big family, and could you teach us how to use them too?"

Too lazy to waste words, Jiang Fei was about to pull out her gun to drive away this shameless crowd.

With a loud bang, accompanied by curses, it came from behind the crowd.

"Are you still shameless?!"