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

When they rushed back to the cave, everyone was soaked.

But the joy of the harvest outweighed the uncomfortable feeling of being sticky, wet and cold.

There were still a few vigorous fish in the sack, jumping occasionally, and each family happily gathered together waiting to divide the fish.

Lu Tianming was very happy when he saw the pile of fish caught in the net. With these fish, everyone could survive for a longer period of time.

After thinking for a while, Lu Tianming cleared his throat and said loudly:

"Everyone, please be quiet for a moment. Before we divide the fish, I have something to tell you!"

Seeing the crowd quiet down, Lu Tianming continued:

"We were able to catch fish this time thanks to Daya finding the pond. This pond not only has fish, but it's also a fixed water source."

"When the fish is divided this time, do you think we should give Daya a share?"

Zhuzi's family and Aunt Lu's family were the first to respond, and the rest of the families followed suit.

This time, Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang caught four sacks of fish by themselves. She wanted to refuse, but Master Yan behind her pulled her sleeve to stop her.

When Lu Tianming divided the fish, he divided the caught fish equally according to the number of people who went, and gave Lu Qingqing a separate portion.

Even Master Yan gave a separate portion to Lu Qingqing.

Without waiting for Lu Qingqing to refuse, Master Yan said:

"Daya, Master knows you're a kindhearted child, but there are rules for everything. This time you discovered the pond and caught fish for the first time, so it's only natural that we give you our share. If you catch fish again, we won't give you any even if you want it!"

Madam Yan also came over and touched Lu Qingqing's head, smiling and said:

"Yeah, it's gone next time you want it, take it back quickly."

At this time, the women had already taken the fish to the straw hut outside the cave to process it.

Scrape the scales, remove the internal organs, slice the meat, leave the fish bladder separately, and don't even throw away the bones.

There is still a little meat on the bones, which is great for making soup in the evening.

Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang also dragged the fish in the sack over and started working together.

After dark, the aroma of grilled fish and stewed fish soup wafted from the cave from time to time.

Lu Tianfu drank the warm fish soup and said to Shi Xiuer:

"Xiu'er, I feel like we've been living such a blissful life since we came up the mountain. We have meat and fish to eat. Even a god wouldn't trade this for a life like this!"

When the people nearby heard this, they all started chatting animatedly, and laughter could be heard from the cave from time to time.

Little Stone lay in his mother's arms, eating dried fish, smiling and saying something to his mother.

"Mom, I feel so happy too."

Shi Xiu'er heard a happy sound, and when she looked down, she saw the little stone in her arms fell asleep.

Little Shitou's face was rosy from sleep, and he was holding the dried fish in his little hand.

Shi Xiuer picked up a coat next to her and covered her son with it, with a gentle look on her face.

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Everyone had planned to go fishing again the next morning, but when they woke up in the morning they found that the rain was getting heavier.

Families with livestock ran to the next cave to feed their animals, and they got soaked after running back and forth.

Seeing such heavy rain, everyone in the cave gave up the idea of ​​leaving the cave.

Master Yan led a group of disciples to practice martial arts at the entrance of the cave, and the three newly accepted disciples were the special ones to be taken care of.

Among the three, Qin Lang learned swordplay the fastest. Lu Qingqing had a good understanding, but her talent in swordplay was not as good as Qin Lang.

Only Lu Shufu could remember the moves after Master Yan taught him once, but his performance in practice was not satisfactory.

With the two people in front competing with him, Master Yan couldn't help but frown when he was instructing Lu Shufu.

Fortunately, Lu Shufu is a man of strong character. If he fails to practice well the first time, he will practice again and again.

While others were resting, he was still practicing.

When Master Yan saw this, he couldn't help but sigh that the child was very hardworking.

Because of the rain, everyone stayed in the cave and did not go out, and there was not much activity.

The villagers were used to being frugal, so according to their previous habits, several families changed their three meals a day to two.

Eat breakfast at 9:00 PM, skip lunch, and eat dinner at 5:00 PM.

Adults can still bear this, but children cannot.

Especially at lunch time, when other families have already cooked, the aroma of rice wafting over is even more tempting.

Zhuzi's wife and Aunt Lu both felt sorry for the children. Although the adults changed to two meals a day, they still gave the children some food during mealtimes.

The only one who had nothing to eat was the puppy from Erxi's family, but the puppy was a smart boy.

At lunchtime, he smelled the delicious food and saw that other families had food, but he was hungry, so he started crying at the top of his lungs.

The child's shrill cry was particularly harsh in the cave, and Erxi was already irritable because of hunger.

Now, hearing the puppy crying and seeing everyone looking at me, I suddenly felt embarrassed.

He grabbed the puppy and slapped him twice, and the child cried even harder.

When Zhuzi's father saw this, he pushed Erxi away, hugged Xiaogouzi in his arms with heartache, and kept comforting him.

When I heard the puppy crying out for food, I felt so distressed that I wanted to take some food from the food bag.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, Erxi slapped it away.

"Dad, we don't have much food. Even though we've been given some pork and fish these days, we have to save it. We don't know how long we'll have to flee. Have you forgotten how we almost starved to death on the way?"

After hearing what he said, Zhuzi's father looked a little embarrassed, but he still said:

"The puppy is still so young, he can't stand being hungry. Give him less food!"

Erxi looked sullen, he himself was hungry!

His father is useless. He asked him to ask his brother for some food before, but he refused to give it to him and everyone in the village laughed at him.

"Don't say it's useless. There's only so much food at home. If he eats it, who wouldn't eat it?"

Zhuzi's father was also annoyed.

"I only have this one grandson! Your wife is gone, and we don't know when we can settle down. Xiaogouzi is the only child in our Wang family, and we can't let him get sick from hunger."

Erxi looked at him mockingly.

"Since Dad loves him so much, give him your rations!"

Zhuzi's father couldn't help feeling sad when he heard what his youngest son said.

I used to think that my youngest son had not grown up yet and his temperament was spoiled by his mother.

It was only during the journey of fleeing famine, especially after he had lost all his food and money, that he began to notice the difference.

This youngest son is unreliable, but the eldest son has been severely offended by him.

Besides, the Wang family’s only child is also here.

Zhuzi's father looked at his eldest grandson in his arms and said through gritted teeth:

"Okay, I'll give my share to the puppy!"

Seeing this, Erxi stopped arguing with him and just wanted the child to stop making trouble and embarrassing him.

Bai Xing'er looked at the scene next to her with a puzzled expression, wondering what she was thinking about.

Then, feeling the hunger in her stomach, she picked up the water bag and took a sip.

She didn't have much food and no money. Although she had been given some meat these days, she didn't know how long she would have to escape. If she wanted to survive, she had to be frugal.

She has been used to being hungry all her life, so as long as she has enough food to keep her alive, that's enough.