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

Seeing that the people who stayed behind had rested, Lu Tianming and his group also came to the house outside the town.

Some people in the team wanted to sleep in the house, but Lu Tianming thought about it and decided to let everyone sleep outside because of the question raised by Lu Qingqing.

Just as everyone was settled, Zhuzi and his wife came over with silver and money.

Starting from Lu Tianming, they had to ask for food lent to them by several families who were nearby and had to leave.

Zhuzi divided the silver coins in his hand into several portions and handed them to Lu Tianming, Lu Qingqing and others, saying:

"After dark, you must go buy food. It's expensive, and this is all the money I have. I'll return it to you all first. My family is able to survive thanks to your help. If we can meet again in the future, we will definitely repay your kindness!"

As he spoke, Zhuzi and his wife bowed deeply in the direction of Lu Tianming and Lu Qingqing.

Lu Tianming and his friends tried to refuse, but Zhuzi and his wife were very persistent.

In the end, Lu Tianming and his companions were unable to persuade the two men and accepted the silver.

Erxi and Zhuzi's father, who were standing at the door of the house, moved silently and turned in another direction.

Tianfu Niang, who was watching the two of them evade, mocked them:

"It's true that each of the nine sons of a dragon is different. Your brother knew to use the silver to repay the favor first, but when it comes to you, tsk, tsk, tsk!"

Erxi suddenly heard Tianfu Niang's ridicule and subconsciously turned to look at Lu Tianming and his group.

Seeing Lu Tianming and others looking at him, he immediately turned his head and avoided their gaze.

Erxi glared at Tianfu Niang fiercely, but didn't argue with her anymore.

Because the team was divided into two parts, the whole team was unusually quiet.

As it was getting dark, some people in the team started to eat dinner.

In the market town, the patrol team came out carrying two buckets of water.

Everyone's eyes were focused on the bucket, and they licked their cracked lips unconsciously as they watched the water splashing out from time to time.

"Bang!"

Two buckets of water were placed at the entrance of the town. The patrolling man pointed at the buckets and said:

"This bucket of water is for those of you who plan to stay. We'll give you another bucket tomorrow morning. If you have no problem with lunch tomorrow, just follow us into the mountains. Work hard and you'll definitely get some benefits!"

Everyone immediately expressed gratitude to the patrolman and repeatedly promised to do a good job.

The patrolling man ignored them and pointed to another bucket of water and said to Lu Tianming and others:

"This bucket of water is charged, five taels of silver per bucket."

Upon hearing this, Lu Tianming immediately took out five taels of silver from his pocket and carefully threw it next to the patrolling man.

After the patrolman left with his men, everyone went over and brought back the two buckets of water.

After those who stayed to mine divided the water, they all returned to their respective houses.

Erxi took a big gulp of the water he didn't spend any money on, and couldn't help feeling a little proud. He thought he had made the right decision to stay in this place!

Outside the house, Lu Tianming distributed the water to several families who were about to leave.

Everyone wanted to give him money, but he refused.

The moment they got the water, everyone couldn't help but drink it.

In the house inside the market town, the patrolling men kept a close eye on the people outside, and only relaxed when they saw that they had all drunk water.

At this time, the maid who delivered the food also came over. The men took the hot dry food and ate it in big mouthfuls.

Outside the market town, everyone felt a little sleepy after dinner.

Lu Tianming instructed the night watchman to wake them up at 11:00 PM, and the group went to bed early.

Qin Lang and Li Rui were on duty tonight, and they were staying by the fire.

Li Rui felt very sleepy. At first, he wanted to talk to Qin Lang to cheer himself up, but soon he fell asleep while sitting.

Lu Qingqing was lying on the cart, still thinking about the problems in the market town, when she heard a lot of people running towards them.

She quickly stood up and saw a large group of people holding knives running towards them from the market town.

Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang quickly picked up their weapons and shouted at the same time to wake up the sleeping people.

Master Yan and his disciples practiced martial arts and were more alert. They quickly gathered themselves together and got up.

However, the group of people in the market town came over quickly and surrounded Lu Qingqing and her group.

Several officers and soldiers quickly ran to the houses and locked the doors.

The people who were woken up in the house were locked in before they could run out.

The group of people who gathered around numbered about a hundred, all wearing uniforms issued by the government.

Twenty of them lined up in a row, pointing their muskets at them.

The rest of the people surrounded them with swords in their hands.

Lu Qingqing was surrounded and could clearly feel it.

This group of soldiers have been trained, and their positions and the aura they display are extraordinary.

The patrolman who had communicated with them during the day was pointing at them and explaining to the leading officer.

"It was this group of people who had no intention of staying, but were dragged along by the villains, and that's why they've stayed until now."

Everyone in the team was very nervous when they saw the officers and soldiers surrounding them.

The leading officer waved to the patrolling man and turned to Lu Qingqing and his group and said:

"We are under the command of the King of Qi. The plague is raging right now, and there's a shortage of mining supplies, so we've come here. We're not asking for your lives, but we need your help. Once we've had enough, we'll let you go!"

Lu Tianming forced himself to stay alert and said to the leading officer:

"We're here to stay. As long as we can get food and water, we'll definitely work hard."

Seeing that he understood the situation, the officer said with a smile:

"That's great! Put down your knives and go inside to rest. If no one gets sick tomorrow afternoon, you can go back into the mountains to work!"

As they spoke, some officers and soldiers opened a room and motioned them to go in.

Lu Tianming was the first to walk into the house.

There is no way, the situation is stronger than the person.

There are only more than twenty of them now, how can they fight against these one hundred or so officers and soldiers!

Fighting with all your might would only result in more casualties.

As the group entered the house, they heard the sound of a lock being locked outside.

Immediately, a group of officers and soldiers sealed all the windows of the house with wooden boards.

After leaving someone on night watch outside, the officers and soldiers left.

In the room, everyone felt a little relieved when they saw them leave.

Fortunately, I didn’t lose my life. As long as I’m still alive, there will always be a chance to escape!

The room was silent for a while, then Lu Tianming said:

"Everyone, take a break and get enough rest. Let's go in tomorrow and see what's going on."

Everyone lay down with their clothes on, and because of the effect of the medicine, they fell asleep again after a while.

At noon the next day, the patrolling men brought dry food and water.

After finishing their meal, the group walked towards the market town under the escort of officers and soldiers.

After passing through the market town, we continued walking inside. After a long time, we finally reached a valley.

The valley was not as deserted as the outside. The miners inside were working according to different divisions of labor.

A group of ragged miners were carrying baskets of soil out of the mine and dumping them in one place.

There was a person who was specifically using a hammer to hit the larger stones, and then pouring the crushed soil onto the platform.

There was someone nearby who was specifically shaking the handle to move the soil to the river through the platform.

During this time, someone was responsible for pouring water, screening and washing the soil through the ladder-shaped wooden grid.

By the river, groups of miners were using golden dustpans to scoop up soil and then scoop up water to wash the materials.

Lu Qingqing looked at the miners' actions. This was not a coal mine, it was clearly a gold mine!