The end of natural disasters: the daily life of child brides in ancient times

Behind the man, his younger brother was only in his teens, full of youthful vigor. When he saw his nephew's life-saving rations were about to be taken away by the bandits, he subconsciously took a step forward.

However, before he could go any further, his father grabbed his sleeve tightly and whispered:

"Second brother, listen to Daddy and don't make trouble!"

Seeing the anxiety on his father's face, the man finally endured it and didn't move forward.

At this time, the refugees behind also noticed the situation here, and they subconsciously looked towards where they stored their food.

After all, families who can afford thirty taels of silver usually have some food at home.

So, several families took advantage of the crowd in front to quietly start packing their luggage.

They stuffed the bags of food into an inconspicuous corner of their luggage, fearing they would be discovered, and looked up at the bandits ahead from time to time.

One family even used the cover to divide up the small bag of fine grains they had left and secretly put some on each person in the family.

At this time, the man in front watched helplessly as the bandits took away the fine grain.

He looked back at his thin son leaning against the bamboo basket and couldn't help feeling worried.

The youngest son was in poor health after he was born and had to rely entirely on fine grains to survive.

After the barbarians attacked, they fled all the way here. All the cities they passed through closed their gates, and they could not buy fine grain at all.

The bag of fine grain that was snatched away was specially reserved by the family for the youngest son. Even his elderly parents were reluctant to eat it.

Even so, the journey of fleeing famine made the already weak child even thinner.

Now that even fine grains are gone, he is really worried that the child can't hold on.

But when they saw more than thirty bandits in front of them carrying big swords and staring at them, the thought of resisting was instantly suppressed.

The third in command checked the backpack that looked the heaviest and the rest didn't seem to have much stuff in them. He flipped through them briefly and then stood up and sat down to rest.

The man carefully put away the cakes, packed his luggage with his family, and waited for the bandits to finish counting the money.

The bandit counted out the small pieces of silver grains and weighed them.

He roughly divided the copper coins into several piles, and after estimating that they were about the same, he nodded to the leading bandit and said:

"Third boss, this one is enough."

Hearing this, the third in command waved his hand behind him, and the bandits who were blocking the road behind him made way for a narrow passage.

The whole family felt relieved, and hurriedly picked up their luggage and walked through the group of bandits in fear.

The family behind them had a larger population, with more than a dozen people including men, women, young and old.

When the old man in charge saw the family in front pass by, he took out a tattered cloth bag from his arms and carefully handed it to the third in charge.

When the third in command saw the dirty torn bag, he curled his lips in disgust.

He waved impatiently at his men beside him, signaling them to take over and count quickly.

After handing over the purse, the old man stood stiffly by the side, waiting, not daring to breathe.

The bandit who was in charge of counting the money poured out of his pocket, leaving copper coins all over the floor and only a few silver coins.

Seeing this, the bandit who was counting cursed and complained:

"What a bunch of poor fellows! It's really hard to count all these copper coins!"

After hearing this, the old man didn't dare to show any unhappiness on his face and waited obediently by the side.

Looking at the pile of copper coins on the ground, his heart felt like bleeding. These were the hard-earned money that he and his sons had saved bit by bit!

If the barbarians had not attacked, he had originally planned to use the money to buy a strong ox to work, so that his family could have an easier life in the future.

The remaining money is intended to be used to help the fourth and fifth sons in the family, who are still unmarried, to get married. The two youngest sons are now of marriageable age.

It's a pity that he and his sons had to give away all the money they had worked so hard to earn.

Although the old man felt distressed, he also knew that money had to be spent while one lived.

Fortunately, he still had a hundred or so copper coins hidden on his sons.

Together with the coarse grains at home, it should be enough for the whole family to escape alive.

When the old man thought of this, some hope surged in his heart.

The third in command glanced at the luggage of the whole family. Since there were so many people, there was naturally a lot of luggage.

The third in command pointed to the sons behind the old man, looked at their luggage and said:

"You guys, open your luggage and take a look."

When the old man's sons heard this, they looked at each other and hesitated to take action.

Seeing this, the third boss's face instantly darkened. He suddenly drew the big knife from his waist, pointed at them and shouted:

"What's going on? Are you guys trying to make things difficult for our Tianlang Village?"

After the third in command finished speaking, the bandits behind him all drew their swords from their waists and walked forward.

The old man saw that things were not going well, so he quickly stepped forward to open the luggage beside his sons, and begged for mercy from the third in command with a smile:

"Calm down, my dear! My sons are just honest farmers. They're not very smart and slow to react. They definitely didn't mean it! Please be magnanimous and forgive them this time!"

The third in command glanced sharply at the old man's sons, and saw that they avoided his gaze as if in fear, with obvious fear on their faces.

Only then did he relax a little and turn his attention to the luggage on the ground.

Most of the items piled on top of the luggage were worn and faded clothes. The third in command used a knife to pick away the things on top and saw bags of food underneath.

I opened one of the grain bags at random, and found that it was full of coarse grains with bran.

The third in command glanced at it with disdain, and casually flipped through the luggage beside him, which was all worthless junk.

He waved his hand impatiently, signaling his men behind him to go forward and check the other luggage.

The old man and his sons watched his actions nervously, afraid that he would ask to keep the food.

The bandits had confiscated coarse grains from the refugees who had passed by earlier.

It was because of this news that the old man brought his family here.

But the bandits found all the food bags in the luggage, which made them feel bad.

After a careful search, they found in the luggage almost all bags containing half a bag of grain.

Although the food does not seem to be much individually, when the food in all the luggage is placed together, the amount is considerable.

There were a pile of grain bags of various sizes on the ground, all filled with coarse grains.

The third in command couldn't help but feel moved when he saw the bags of grain on the ground.

They had never eaten this kind of food with bran before, but they remembered that their eldest brother said he planned to lead the brothers in the mountain stronghold to go south.

The situation along the way is unpredictable, so it is best to prepare more. If you run out of fine grains, you still have to eat coarse grains.

He looked at the family: five strong men, one old man, four women and several children.

He glanced at the refugees queuing behind him, most of them were men.

Thinking about what his elder brother said, the refugees are forced to risk their lives these days, he asked him to give them some leeway when doing things to avoid any accidents.