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

Without waiting for Lu Qingqing to take a closer look, the officers and soldiers drove everyone towards a row of houses on the inside of the valley.

A man holding a whip saw the soldiers coming and hurried over, saying with an apologetic smile:

"Master Jiang, thank you for your hard work, even sending me here personally. How about this, let's go to the tavern for a couple of drinks tonight? I heard they have just ordered roast lamb."

The soldier called Lord Jiang also had a smile on his face when he heard about the roasted lamb.

"Okay, Lao He, you're still sensible. Let's meet in the tavern tonight!"

As he spoke, Lord Jiang pointed at Lu Qingqing and her group and said:

"I'll leave this group of people to you. With these people, don't tell me you don't have enough gold!"

He listened and nodded quickly.

"Don't worry, we promise to pay enough this time!"

Lord Jiang nodded slightly, turned around and left with the officers and soldiers.

He kept his head behind him and walked a long distance before coming back.

He looked at Lu Qingqing and her group, and saw that there were old people, children, and even many women among them. His face immediately drooped.

This guy surnamed Jiang said that he was given about fifty people, but he didn't even look at who they were.

The old man with white hair, the little kids with snot hanging from their noses, and this bunch of women.

Only half of them can actually work hard!

He walked ahead with a cold face. When he reached a row of houses, he stopped and said to everyone:

"From now on, you will work under me. My last name is He, so you can just call me Boss He!"

In the team, everyone followed and called out "He Baotou".

He nodded slightly, pointed to the row of houses at the back and said:

"You will live in these rooms on the east side from now on. Food and drink will be brought to you. For details, go and ask the other elderly people yourself."

"Now that you're here, I'll tell you about the rules of Jingou!"

He raised his head and glanced sharply at everyone, speaking in a loud voice.

"The first rule of this Jingou is that you cannot hide gold, let alone transport it out!"

After saying that, He pointed to a cemetery not far ahead.

"That's where the people who hid the gold and those who tried to escape with it are buried!"

Everyone looked in the direction He Baotou pointed and saw a large area of ​​small graves.

Among them, the outermost one looked like it had just been built a few days ago, with some paper money scattered on the ground.

He Baotou didn't wait for everyone's reaction and said directly:

"Okay, now for the second point. Once you're here, don't even think about running away!"

"Run, you can't get out. This Jingou is surrounded like an iron barrel, and every road is blocked tightly! And if you try to escape and get caught, you'll die!"

After saying this, He turned his head to look at the team, and seeing that everyone looked a little afraid, he continued:

"Of course, Jingou is also a decent place. As long as you work hard, you can make money! If you find gold and hand it over to the counter, the wages will be even more generous. If you are diligent, it won't be a problem to earn enough to buy a few acres of land and a big house!"

He Baotou said this and shouted to a tall and strong man who was washing materials in the river:

"Wang Defa, come here!"

When the man heard the shouting, he ran over quickly.

"Boss, what do you want from me?"

He pointed at Lu Qingqing and her group and introduced them:

"This group of people are all new here. Tell me how much money you have earned here!"

Wang Defa smiled innocently and scratched his head.

"I was lucky enough to find a large nugget of gold. The counter gave me ten taels of silver as a reward. Adding my other wages over the past two years, I have about fifty or sixty taels."

In the team, Erxi and other men widened their eyes when they heard about so much silver and money.

You can’t earn this much money even if you work outside for several years. This gold mine really makes money!

Seeing everyone's expressions, He Baotou was satisfied and waved his hand to let Wang Defa go back.

Then, He turned his head and looked at everyone and said:

"These two rules are the most important in Jingou. As long as you don't violate them, you won't lose your life!"

"Okay, do you have any questions? If you do, ask!"

As soon as He Baotou finished speaking, Erxi asked:

"He Boss, we all brought our luggage with us before we came in. Our bedding and other belongings are all in there. Do you know where it is?"

He glanced at Erxi and pointed to the back of the house.

"Your things have been delivered a long time ago. Go look for them behind the house later. They are all in the livestock shed at the back."

He turned his head and looked at everyone, warning again:

"Now that you're here, you must remember the rules I just mentioned. If I find out anyone dares to break them, I'll kill them without the officers having to do anything!"

After saying that, he began to arrange the manpower, separating the strong men from the old people, women and children, and assigning them different tasks.

Among them, the old village chief's wife, Tianfu Niang and Wangmu, the older women, were assigned to cook in the kitchen.

The strong men in the team were assigned to dig minerals in the mines and carry soil out.

The remaining women and children were assigned to wash food in the river.

After He finished arranging the work, he went to the river to supervise the work.

Before leaving, I was given a quarter of an hour to put my things away.

Time was running out, so everyone quickly ran to the back of the house, found their own cart, and searched for the money inside.

But the luggage on each cart was turned over, and the silver and money of Erxi, Lu Tianfu and others were all searched and taken away.

Of the entire team, only a few families who planned to buy food at night carried silver and money with them, thus saving their money.

At this moment, those families who had lost all their belongings could not help but cry.

But soon, I didn’t dare to cry anymore.

Headmaster He arranged two strong men to watch over and asked everyone to speed up!

Lu Qingqing looked inside the livestock shed and saw her own cows looking at them, mooing anxiously.

But there would be a supervisor there, so Lu Qingqing grabbed Qin Lang, who wanted to go see the cows, and carried their luggage back to their respective rooms.

Qin Lang wanted to follow Lu Qingqing back to the house at first, but was stopped by Master Yan.

It took Lu Qingqing several attempts to persuade the man to stop.

Fortunately, Master Yan and several fellow apprentices were there to help watch over her, so Lu Qingqing felt a little more at ease.

Each family quickly packed their luggage. Due to limited housing, men and women had to live separately.

There were large bunk beds in the room, with Zhuzi's wife and Second Aunt Lu on either side of Lu Qingqing.

After a simple tidy up, everyone stood in different queues according to their previous groups.

Lu Qingqing looked at Qin Lang who was standing next to Master Yan and smiled at him reassuringly.

Soon, everyone was led in different directions.

Lu Qingqing and the other women were led to the river and each was given a golden winnowing basket.

Afterwards, the supervisor arranged for Wang Defa to teach everyone how to wash the materials.

Wang Defa was a somewhat foolish man. The people he was meeting and teaching were all women, and they all spoke with a stutter.

The supervisors on the shore couldn't help laughing when they saw his face flush with embarrassment.

"Wang Defa, you're not still a virgin, are you? You can't even speak when you see a woman!"

Wang Defa's face turned redder as he listened to their jokes, but his hands did not stumble at all in their movements.

A pair of big hands held the golden dustpan and shook it a few times in the water. The mud in the golden dustpan floated away with the water, leaving only fine sand at the bottom.

Wang Defa demonstrated and explained the techniques at the same time.