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

While they could still see the road clearly, Lu Tianming led everyone to walk a distance, and only stopped when they could no longer see clearly.

There were finally no other refugees around, and it was so quiet that the only sound was the chirping of insects in the distance.

The first thing the team did after stopping was to spread the oilcloth. The dew collected on the oilcloth was always cleaner than the water in the river.

While cooking, there was a noise coming from the team.

It turned out that Zhuzi's father ran to Zhuzi and his wife, saying that he wanted Zhuzi to take care of him in his old age.

Zhuzi looked at his father who was making a fuss, and his face was not good. He said in a cold and hard voice:

"Dad, all the food in our house was snatched away by the refugees. Weren't you watching us? How could you forget so quickly?"

Zhuzi's father's face flashed with embarrassment when he heard this, but when he thought about his youngest son and eldest grandson having no food, he said firmly:

"I'm your father, you can't deny me food if you still have it!"

He saw Zhuzi's wife standing by the cart, and walked over to her and said:

"Old family, please get more food to cook. I will eat with you from now on."

Zhuzi's father said this as a matter of course, but it almost made Zhuzi's wife angry to the point of falling backwards.

When in An County, Lu Tianming distributed food to the two families based on the number of people. Both families had two adults and one child.

At that time, a bag of grain was given to her family and Erxi's family. After paying the toll just now, there was not much left in the bag.

Zhuzi and his wife were already worried about the lack of food, and now Zhuzi's father came to take advantage of them, which made them even more unhappy.

Zhuzi's wife didn't wait for Zhuzi to speak and said directly:

"Dad, I just paid the toll, and my family has nothing to eat."

Zhuzi's father was so angry that he pointed at her nose and cursed:

"Why did I let Zhuzi marry you, a useless thing? We've been married for several years and still haven't had a grandson. Now you want to starve me to death! I'm going to make Zhuzi divorce you!"

When Zhuzi's wife heard him mention her grandson, she suddenly remembered the time when Erni was kidnapped.

At that time, more than a dozen refugees came to steal the food and water from the car. The child's father pushed the car and ran away, while she took a hatchet to protect the car.

I thought that with the help of my father-in-law and brother-in-law, we would be able to protect the food and children in the car.

Unexpectedly, Erxi was a coward. After being hit by a stick by the refugees, he was so scared that he hid away.

She and Zhuzi tried their best to protect the car, but her "good father-in-law" just picked up the puppy from the car and ran away.

Eight or nine refugees dragged her and the child's father aside, and the rest went to grab food from the cart.

Soon, all the food on the car was snatched away, and Dani and Erni were so scared that they cried.

Seeing someone trying to pick up the children, she seized the opportunity to bite off a piece of flesh from the refugee who was holding her down, and when he let go, she ran over and hugged the two children.

But as a woman, she had limited strength, and Erni was pulled away from her arms.

Seeing Erni being kidnapped, the child's father dislocated his arm and finally escaped from those people.

After finally getting the child back from the man, Erni was hit on the head and had a high fever until she died.

At that time, her father-in-law was hiding nearby and watched her Erni being taken away.

If he had been willing to take all the children away at that time, Erni might not have died.

As Zhuzi's wife was thinking about it, she felt a fire burning in her chest. She grabbed the kitchen knife beside her and chopped at Zhuzi's father.

Zhuzi's father was still cursing when he saw the eldest brother's wife slashing at him with a knife like a madman.

The firelight reflected on her face, making her look like a demon.

Zhuzi's father was sure that she really wanted to kill him.

But at the critical moment, his legs lost control and he tried to turn around and run, but his legs suddenly went weak and he fell to the ground.

When the knife was about to hit his body, he really regretted why he listened to his youngest son and came to ask for the food!

As he closed his eyes, he heard a clang and the knife fell to the ground.

It turned out that Zhuzi had knocked the knife away, but Zhuzi's wife still reached out for the knife to chop him.

Zhuzi's father didn't care about food at this time, and wanted to run back with shaking legs.

At this time, Lu Tianming also rushed over and shouted to stop them.

He looked at the people next to him and asked a few questions before he understood the situation.

Lu Tianming first scolded Zhuzi's father a few words. The food given before was based on the population, and it was really inappropriate for him to come and ask for food from Zhuzi's family now.

Zhuzi's father nodded repeatedly, just wanting Lu Tianming to finish speaking quickly so that he could stay away from that madman.

Lu Tianming sighed. In the final analysis, the problem was still a lack of food.

He looked around and saw that no one had prepared dinner yet, so he asked the head of each household to come over.

After some discussion, each family took out ten kilograms of grain or thirty kilograms of dried locusts and divided them equally between Zhuzi and Erxi's families.

He agreed with Zhuzi and Erxi's families that if they could settle down in the future, they would return the grain.

The families did not have much objection to this decision, as they did not have to provide food.

As for locusts, each family caught several sacks of them.

Of course, everyone has eaten it these days, but the steamed and dried locusts taste really bad.

After a while, each family had delivered the gifts to the two families.

Except for Lu Tianming and County Magistrate Yao's family, the rest of the families received locusts as gifts.

After everyone had sent their food away, Lu Qingqing quietly took a small bag of grain and a package of cakes and gave them to Zhuzi's wife.

Zhuzi's wife looked at the bag of grain and the bag of pastries and couldn't help crying.

Lu Qingqing wanted to comfort her, but she didn't know how to start, so she just said:

"This cake was bought for me by you and Brother Zhuzi when we were in An County. I ate one pack and there's still one left, which is perfect for Dani."

Zhuzi's wife wiped her tears and choked up:

"You sent so many things over back then, but I was just sorry that the boss and I didn't make much and couldn't afford anything nice, so we just bought two bags of cakes. Why are you taking them back?"

As he said this, he wanted to return the bag of pastries to Lu Qingqing.

After being rejected repeatedly, Zhuzi's wife asked Dani to kneel down and kowtow to Lu Qingqing several times.

Lu Qingqing was not used to this kind of scene, so she quickly helped Dani up and went to Erxi's house.

The bag given to Erxi's family was also a small bag, which contained the standard 30 kilograms of locusts.

The locusts they sent were the ones that had been stored in the carriage these days, and they smelled really bad.

She had no good impression of Erxi and Zhuzi's father, and she only gave them these because Lu Tianming asked her to.

But no matter what, with these locusts, the two families can survive for a while.

The next day, just after dawn, the group got into the car and set off again.

They passed through many small villages on the way. There were many more people in the villages here than in the plague area. When they saw them coming, they just looked at them warily.

At noon, Lu Qingqing and his group finally got back on the official road.

There were far fewer people on the official road than before, and until evening, they did not encounter anyone vomiting or having diarrhea.

Everyone in the team was very happy, as they had temporarily escaped the plague-stricken area.