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

I heard that refugees fleeing famine have arrived in the town.

It concerns the family’s food supply this year, and I’m afraid something might go wrong on the road.

In addition to contacting familiar families in the village, Old Man Lu also asked all the adults in the Lu family to go out.

After the adults of the Lu family left, Lu Qingqing also went out to find a place to enter the space under the pretext of digging wild vegetables.

I picked out some of the plump millet that I had harvested earlier and planted it.

Some time ago, the cabbages, radishes and other vegetables that had been planted in the space had matured and were picked and placed on the shelves in the space.

Now, the wheat and corn in the space are also ripe.

After calculating the time, Lu Qingqing found that the growth rate of plants in the space was about twice as fast as that outside.

More than two months have passed since the planting, and the wheat fields are already golden and the wheat ears are full of grains.

The corn cobs in the cornfield have grown and seem to be almost the same size as modern corn.

The sweet potatoes that were previously grown as seedlings also sprouted the day after they were grown.

Lu Qingqing broke off the long sprouts and planted them. Now the sweet potato vines in the field are growing particularly lush.

Recently, Lu Qingqing often picked some sweet potato leaves and chopped them up to feed the chickens, and the chicks she raised before have grown a lot.

Now you can see that there are three hens and one rooster.

After another three months or so, I think we can eat eggs.

I was too tired recently and didn't deal with the wild boars in the space, and I didn't dig the traps in the place where I planned to dig them.

Now we have to harvest wheat and corn, so we can only wait.

After eating the buns, Lu Qingqing wrapped her hands and face, then took a sickle and started harvesting wheat.

After working hard for a whole morning, I only managed to harvest less than half an acre of wheat.

Lu Qingqing pounded her aching waist, tied up the harvested wheat and put it on the mat.

He washed himself clean at the well, tidied himself up, and then went home.

After returning home and cooking, I waited for a long time but the Lu family didn’t come back.

The market here usually disperses by noon. It's almost one in the afternoon and no one has returned yet.

The three-year-old little San Ya was crying because of hunger, so Lu Qingqing scooped a bowl of porridge for each of the little ones to eat first.

When I was cleaning up in the kitchen after eating, I saw Old Man Lu and Boss Lu coming back in a hurry.

Old Man Lu went back to the house by himself, and Boss Lu was waiting outside with a very ugly look on his face.

Without waiting for Lu Qingqing to ask, Old Man Lu stuffed the key into his jacket pocket with one hand, took the bundle with the other hand, and came out shouting "Boss Lu" and left.

It was not until evening that the Lu family returned.

Old Man Lu and Old Lady Lu, who came in first, had gloomy faces, and the others looked distraught.

Lu Laosan was in a daze, limping as he walked, and his face was bruised and swollen from being beaten.

But Third Aunt Lu Qinshi didn’t come back!

Where is the food at home? Everyone came back empty-handed!

After Mr. Lu and Mrs. Lu Li returned to the house, they complained in the house that the third brother's family had lost all the family money.

Only after Lu Qingqing asked did she understand the whole story.

It turned out that after the Lu family arrived at the market in the morning, Old Man Lu found a place and asked Old Third Lu and his three daughters-in-law to look after the stall and sell livestock.

Old Man Lu went to the grain shop with the others to exchange grain.

Not long after Old Man Lu left, Old Third Lu felt the urge to pee, so he went to find a place to relieve himself.

At this time, a well-dressed young man came to the stall. Against the backdrop of the yellow and dark skin of the people around him, he immediately noticed the fair-skinned, petite and beautiful Lu Qinshi.

Lu Qinshi had a rare fair complexion. Even though she worked in the fields every day, she still had fair skin, red lips and white teeth. She looked like a young lady from a wealthy family.

The young man's words were full of teasing, and Lu Qinshi was so embarrassed that she wanted to hide away.

However, the more Lu Qinshi hid, the more interested this young man became and he started to make moves on her.

Lu Qin asked her two sisters-in-law for help, but they were both women and were no match for the young master's servants.

Just as the two sides were arguing, Lu Laosan came back.

When he saw a strange man pulling his wife, he immediately became anxious and rushed forward without thinking.

The young man was definitely no match for a man who often did heavy work. Before the servant could stop him, he was punched in the face.

Seeing the young man spit out his beaten teeth mixed with blood, Lu Lao San was also a little confused.

At this time, the guards around him also stepped forward to control Lu Laosan and beat him up with punches and kicks.

Afterwards, Lu Laosan lay on the ground like a dead pig, and Lu Qinshi next to him was so scared that she forgot to cry.

When Old Man Lu and his group came back, they saw the young master asking the servants to take Lu Lao San and Lu Qin away.

Seeing that her youngest son was beaten to the point of being in critical condition, Mrs. Lu pounced on him and threw herself on him.

Old man Lu begged for mercy repeatedly and asked how he had offended the young master.

The rich young man snorted:

"My father is Mr. Yang in town, and my uncle is the prefect of Laizhou. You peasants dare to hit me. You must be tired of living."

Upon hearing this, Old Man Lu and his two sons were so frightened that they kowtowed.

For them, the highest-ranking official they had ever met was the town's constable.

Not to mention the prefect, even Mr. Yang in the town would find it easy to deal with them.

Seeing that the young master was about to take his youngest son and his wife away, Old Man Lu looked at his youngest son who was dragged on the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.

Looking at the old woman who was holding her son tightly, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and speak:

"Master, my son is stupid and didn't mean to offend you. Please have mercy on him and spare his life."

Lu Qinshi also came to her senses at this time. Seeing her husband being beaten like this, she felt extremely sad.

Since getting married, the couple has had a very good relationship.

This time, it was because of me that my husband was beaten like this, and I also begged for mercy:

"It's all my fault. Please don't blame my husband."

The young man looked at the young woman crying on the ground, and his anger dissipated a little.

He said that he was injured this time and the medical treatment would cost at least 50 taels of silver.

However, if Lu Qin is willing to follow me, I will forget about the medical expenses.

But if the culprit who beat him wanted to be taken away, he had to give twenty taels of silver.

Although the Lu family owns more than ten acres of land, they also have some assets.

But it was impossible for Old Man Lu to spend so much money on a daughter-in-law. Even if he married another wife for his son, it would only cost a few taels of silver.

Turning around to look at his unconscious son on the ground, thinking that he was the one he had taken care of since he was a child, Old Man Lu made a decision in his heart.

There are still 13 taels of silver in the family savings, and the coarse grains just exchanged can get about 6 taels of silver.

The pig at home has only been raised for a few months and weighs only about 60 kilograms. Add in a few chickens, and it barely adds up to 2 taels. I have to sell them all to make up the difference.

Thinking that if this happened, all the money in the family would be lost, I couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

Then he thought of the precious gold hairpin that he had asked the old woman to keep.

Well, my son was saved!

Thinking of this, Old Man Lu made a decision.

After adjusting his mood, Old Man Lu looked at Lu Qinshi with a sad expression on his face:

"Old Third's family, we really can't come up with 50 taels. It's our Lu family who is sorry for you."

Lu Qin looked at her father-in-law and knew that her husband's family might not have so much money and would not sell the land for her.

My parents' family is even poorer than my husband's family. Since I'm already married, it's impossible for them to spend so much money on me.

Thinking of this, he lowered his head in resignation.

Old Man Lu was trying to please the young master, wanting to redeem his son but not having enough money. He was wondering if he could use his livestock as payment.

The young man was originally impatient to deal with these troubles, but when he saw Lu Qinshi pleading with him, the beautiful woman's pitiful look really moved him.

Young Master Yang agreed, then waved his hand and asked them to collect enough money and go to the Yang Mansion to pick up the person.

Old Man Lu asked the second son to go back with him to get the money, and the rest of the people went to exchange the coarse grains for silver.

Meet at the gate of Yang Yuanwai's mansion.