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

In the middle of the straw hut, the three members of the Wang family were cutting pork into large pieces.

They used to be butchers and knew very well which parts of a pig were bones and which were meat.

With a few cuts, the meat was shaved off the bones.

Lu Qingqing was accompanying Qin Lang to watch the wild boar when she heard Xiao Shitou's surprised voice behind her.

"Wow! Grandma, look! They're so good! With just a few swipes, the meat and bones are separated!"

The village chief was putting the meat and bones into different basins. When he heard what Little Stone said, he smiled and said:

"That's what we call specialization!"

After the village chief finished speaking, he looked at Little Stone's confused eyes, realized that he might not understand, and explained:

"Your uncle Wang and his family have been doing this for years. They've become really good at it after doing it so many times!"

Little Stone understood this time and said in a baby voice:

"I want to be a great person in the future!"

When the village chief saw this, he nodded with satisfaction.

But then, Xiao Shitou turned around and said to Lu Tianfu:

"Dad, when I grow up I'm going to learn how to butcher pigs from Uncle Wang. He's just as good at it!"

The men burst into laughter. Li Rui looked at Xiao Shitou, who looked as pretty as a little girl, and teased him with a smile:

"Then you have to try to eat more. This is a strenuous job, and you can't do it without enough strength!"

Lu Qingqing felt the relaxed atmosphere and started laughing too.

The men chatted and laughed without interrupting their work. After cutting the meat, they put it into the basins, and soon the basins were full of meat.

The man waiting nearby hurriedly brought the meat into the cave, and the women in the cave continued to cut the large piece of meat into small pieces with a knife.

Pork cannot be kept in this weather, so when we brought back the wild boar, we discussed cutting the pork into small pieces and roasting it into jerky.

The women also had clear division of labor, cutting the meat and skewering it.

After the pork is skewered, the woman next to the fire will roast it over the fire.

At this moment, most of the children gathered here, drooling at the aroma of meat.

The ones being roasted now were from Master Yan's team. Seeing that the children were like greedy cats, Mrs. Yan picked out a few skewers for the children.

Seeing the children running away with the skewers, Mrs. Yan saw Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang in the straw hut outside.

As Master Yan's bedmate, she naturally knew what Master Yan was thinking, and she loved the two children as well.

She picked out a few more skewers of grilled meat and walked towards the two of them.

"Daya, Xiaolang, the skewers are ready, take some and try them."

When Lu Qingqing saw the skewers of meat being handed to her, she looked up and saw Madam Yan looking at them tenderly.

Qin Lang looked at Lu Qingqing and saw her nod. After taking the skewers, they both thanked Mrs. Yan.

Master Yan saw the three people standing together and came over.

"What are you talking about?"

When Qin Lang saw Master Yan, he handed him a skewer of barbecue.

Master Yan took it and took a bite with a smile, pointing at the big wild boar on the ground and showing off to Madam Yan:

"Shuran, this is the wild boar Xiaolang hunted. It's the biggest of the bunch!"

When Lu Qingqing saw Master Yan showing off, she inexplicably remembered the arrogant expression on Qin Lang's face when he showed off to her.

Qin Lang listened and hurriedly corrected him:

"Master Yan and I hunted together!"

Mrs. Yan looked at the two of them and burst out laughing.

"I think you two would get along well. Xiao Lang and Daya are both good people with a high talent for martial arts. You're sitting idle in the mountains anyway, so why don't you just teach them?"

When Lu Qingqing heard this, her eyes lit up.

She has also witnessed Master Yan's martial arts these days. It can be said that he is the person with the highest martial arts skills she has ever seen in her two lifetimes!

Moreover, Master Yan is a good person. If he really teaches martial arts, it would be what I want.

The most rare thing is that he does not think that women cannot learn martial arts like others do.

These days, Master Yan also taught Lu Qingqing archery.

Master Yan saw that his wife had given him a step and hurriedly stepped on it.

"Xiao Lang, Daya, you two are both talented. If you are willing, I will teach you all my martial arts!"

When Lu Qingqing heard what Master Yan said, she happily agreed, pulling Qin Lang along.

Thinking that learning martial arts usually requires tuition, and this era should be no exception, he asked Master Yan:

"Master Yan, I wonder how much tuition is needed for our martial arts training? We will pay it to you tomorrow when we pay our respects to you."

Upon hearing this, Master Yan said seriously:

"I want to teach you as my personal disciples. Naturally, you can't learn martial arts like martial artists. There's no need for a tuition fee. Find a time tomorrow and just pay your respects to me!"

Before they could chat any more, the wild boars over there were all dealt with by the men.

Now, it was Qin Lang and Master Yan's turn to catch the wild boar.

A group of men carried the wild boar to the side to perm its hair, and Qin Lang also went over to help.

Lu Qingqing was thinking about what she had at home that would be suitable as a gift for Master Yan's apprenticeship. Although Master Yan didn't need it, she still had to show the proper etiquette.

In the cave, Zhuzi's wife came out to fetch water and saw herself standing in the straw hut.

There were some cracks in the thatched roof and water was dripping from time to time, so he shouted:

"Daya, what are you daydreaming about? Your clothes are all wet. Come back to the cave with me and warm yourself by the fire. Don't catch a cold!"

Lu Qingqing's thoughts were interrupted, and she felt a little wet, so she quickly agreed to follow her in.

In the cave, Aunt Lu and Queen Mother poured out the solidified pig blood in the basin and prepared to cut it into pieces.

Seeing the pig blood clotted into clumps, Lu Yuanfang curiously went over to take a look. When she saw the pig blood being collected in the afternoon when the pig was slaughtered, she didn't understand why.

At that time, she quietly asked her sister-in-law Guan, but Guan had naturally never been exposed to this and didn't understand it either.

Seeing Lu Yuanfang's curiosity, Second Aunt Lu explained to her:

"Add some salt to the pig's blood and leave it there. It will solidify into a clot in a few hours."

Lu Yuanfang felt it was a little magical. After watching it for a while, he went back and told Guan about it.

Everyone worked until midnight, and because they slept too late, everyone got up late the next day.

When Lu Tianfu got up and went out to drain the water, he unexpectedly found that the rain had stopped outside.

He shouted happily, waking up everyone in the cave.

When everyone came out of the cave and saw that the rain had indeed stopped, they were all very happy.

It has been raining for the past few days, and the constant drizzle is as uncomfortable as grinding meat with a blunt knife.

It's hard to do anything on a rainy day. If you go out, you will get wet. You have to rely on the fire in the cave to dry yourself.

Unfortunately, there was not much firewood left, so I had to go pick up wet firewood and dry it.

After everyone in the team got up, each family prepared to have breakfast.

There were still a lot of dishes left from last night's pig-killing, so the women prepared to heat up the dishes in the pot for breakfast.

At this time, there was a pile of pork legs being smoked next to the fire, which were specially left by everyone.

After a night of smoking and roasting, a hard crust has formed on the skin, and it smells very burnt.

Master Yan and the villagers took away their roasted pork legs, and Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang also came over to take theirs back.

Each of them held two pieces, which were from the wild boars hunted by Lu Qingqing.