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

Their eyes lit up when they saw Lu Qingqing and the other person, but when they saw the big knives at their waists, they timidly avoided them.

Lu Qingqing kept a distance from the refugees cautiously until they left.

Soon, the two arrived at their destination.

When he reached a high place, Qin Lang noticed with his sharp eyes that there was someone next to the flood at the foot of the mountain. The person seemed to be fishing something out of the flood.

When Lu Qingqing saw their actions, her expression changed drastically.

She seemed to know where the plague in the mountain came from!

These refugees are actually fishing out of the flood!

The flood at the foot of the mountain must have hit many places, and most things were swept away wherever it passed.

Thinking of the corpses lying on the roadside while fleeing from the famine, Lu Qingqing's expression became even uglier.

But remembering that they were here to check the water level, he turned his attention to the water level line at the foot of the mountain.

Seeing that the flood had not receded much, Lu Qingqing pulled Qin Lang and hurried back to the cave.

Lu Tianming was waiting at the entrance of the cave. Seeing Lu Qingqing's bad face, he asked:

"Daya, what's wrong? Is there a problem down the mountain?"

"Uncle Tianming, I just saw someone fishing something out from the flood. On our way there, we also saw some refugees with bulging arms. I wonder what they pulled out of the flood!"

After Lu Qingqing finished speaking, she saw Lu Tianming's face turned ugly.

Wang Dahe, who was standing nearby, heard this and said angrily:

"That's what I was saying. Everything was fine for so many days after we went up the mountain. How come there's a plague all of a sudden?"

Tianfu Niang listened to his words, nodded, and cursed:

"These bastards must be greedy for the valuables on the corpses in the water! What a brainless bunch! Even an old woman like me knows that things in the flood should not be touched! These bastards took the things and not only enjoyed them but also harmed us. They really deserve to go to the eighteen levels of hell, have the King of Hell pull out their tongues, and then throw them into the frying pan..."

Tianfu Niang was spitting and cursing as she spoke.

After hearing this, many people in the cave started cursing.

After a long time, everyone calmed down.

Now that the plague on the mountain was a reality, all they could do was try to avoid it.

The chevaux de frise at the entrance of the cave effectively separated the passing refugees.

When those people saw the spiked barricades outside, they avoided them from a distance.

Seeing that everyone in the cave was uneasy, Lu Tianming went to Master Yan to arrange the martial arts training that had been suspended for a few days.

This time, everyone cleaned up the cave and piled the unused items in the cave next door where the livestock were kept.

After clearing the space, everyone closed the door and started practicing in the cave.

These days, everyone in the cave was in a depressed and impetuous mood.

Now, after the event, the mood has calmed down a bit.

Lu Qingqing's mood gradually became relaxed while she was practicing martial arts.

Master Yan and Lu Tianming breathed a sigh of relief when they saw everyone's expressions.

Since less water was being used now, Lu Tianming saw that everyone's mood had improved, so he asked everyone to stop practicing for half an hour.

Now no one knows when they can go down the mountain, so every household will reduce water use to a minimum.

When women cook, they no longer make porridge or other dishes that consume a lot of water.

Each family only drinks water when eating. At other times, they will not drink water on their own initiative unless they are extremely thirsty.

Each household’s water container is covered with a lid to minimize water loss.

Now, the people on duty every day huddle under the straw hut at the entrance of the cave to avoid direct sunlight and sweat less.

During these days, Lu Qingqing visited the cave entrance from time to time and found that fewer and fewer refugees were passing through the cave.

One afternoon, Lu Qingqing even saw with her own eyes a refugee who had just walked a short distance fall to the ground.

Immediately, there were sounds of vomiting and diarrhea, "puff, puff".

The people around Lu Qingqing were horrified when they saw this. They unconsciously covered their faces with the scarves and subconsciously took a few steps back.

Fortunately, the fallen man was still some distance away from the cave entrance.

If he fell near the cave entrance, they would have to drag the body away at their own risk.

Soon, someone went to the cave and called Lu Tianming out.

Lu Tianming frowned when he saw the refugee who was still twitching.

He looked at the distance and decided to ignore the man for the time being.

At the same time, he warned the people in the cave to avoid that direction if they went out to relieve themselves.

Everyone naturally agreed. In fact, even if Lu Tianming didn't say it, no one dared to go over.

Only a few families with children were extra careful and repeatedly reminded their children not to go near that place.

After everyone returned to the cave, the people on duty also hid at the entrance of the cave and did not even stay in the straw hut.

After all, if you get infected with this plague, you will die, so you better stay away from it as much as possible.

Time passed day by day and it never rained again.

People also changed from observing the flood level at the foot of the mountain every day to once every five days.

The location was no longer at the first mountain, but a place not far from the cave, where you could just barely see the flood below.

The reason for the change was that the people who went to check it out before encountered many dead bodies along the way.

Judging from the situation they described when they came back, Lu Qingqing guessed that there must have been a large-scale plague outbreak on the mountain.

Moreover, the spread is very fast.

Lu Tianming was worried that people who went out would be infected, so he changed the time of his inspection. Feeling uneasy, he even changed the location.

In fact, all we need to know is whether the flood has completely receded.

Many days passed in a flash, and Lu Qingqing hadn't seen anyone passing by the cave for many days.

The area around them was extremely quiet, as if they were the only ones on the entire mountain.

Lu Qingqing didn't know what was happening with the people on the mountain. Were they hiding somewhere like them, or hiding in the mountains, or were they dead?

Lu Qingqing subconsciously avoided this matter and didn't want to think too much about it.

After these days, under the continuous scorching sun, the corpse that had fallen not far from the cave had dried up.

For safety reasons, Lu Tianming still did not allow anyone to touch the mummy.

Looking at the dried corpse, Lu Qingqing didn't know how long it would take for the plague virus to disappear after the host died.

She silently hoped that the plague would pass quickly and the flood would recede soon.

However, the day did not fulfill everyone's wish.

As time went by, Lu Qingqing and her group had used up most of their water, but the flood still had not receded.

But with the exposure to the sun, the water level dropped a lot.

There was no water at the place they had originally gone to, so they had to go a little further up.

These days, seeing the water getting less and less, many people in the cave became anxious.

Lu Tianming changed the number of people on duty at night to two people, and even to one person during the day.

Those who do not need to be on duty should lie on mats and minimize movement.

Each family also changed their meals from three meals a day to two meals a day, and the amount of each meal was greatly reduced.