Moreover, there's no need to crowd when fetching water by the pool!
They immediately turned around, ready to head for the pool.
It's not that they were too eager, but food supplies determine whether they would go hungry or not. If those supplies all burned up, and they didn't know how long they'd be trapped here...
Wouldn't they eventually starve to death?
So, they must put out the fires; only then would they have hope of survival.
"Wait, come back!"
Chief Zuo saw them all about to run and called out to stop them again.
"Everyone on your side should head to one place to put out the fire, just to the residence at Spring Alley. Abandon all other areas for now!"
He said.
With so many places in the city on fire, if they spread out further, nothing would be preserved.
The only option was to concentrate everyone in one spot. Only in this way could a little be saved; right now, saving something is better than losing everything.
