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

There were sporadic responses from the crowd of onlookers.

He Baotou's gaze swept through the crowd and fell on Wang Defa.

"Defa, do you think what I just said is right?"

Wang Defa nervously clutched the corner of his clothes, lowered his head and stammered:

"Boss, I don't understand these things either. I just do whatever you say!"

He Baotou laughed out loud when he heard this:

"Good! Good! Very good! If everyone else in Jingou was like you, how could so many people have lost their lives?"

After saying that, He Baotou stopped looking at the crowd, turned around and said to a few supervisors and walked away.

Only after seeing He Baotou walk away did people start to talk in low voices.

The man who lived in the same room with Wang Defa looked at him and said:

"Wang Defa, you are so good. People say you are stupid, but I think you are the smartest one. What's your name? It's called great wisdom..."

As he spoke, the man hesitated several times but did not utter the last two words.

Lu Qingqing listened and silently completed his answer in her heart.

Great wisdom but foolishness!

However, she thought Wang Defa was indeed a bit wise but pretending to be foolish, and she heard that he was one of the first group to arrive.

It would take a while to count all the graves in the cemetery over there, but he is still alive and well.

How could such a person be really stupid?

Lu Qingqing looked at Wang Defa in the crowd and saw him scratching his head foolishly, as if he didn't understand.

Before Lu Qingqing could continue observing, she heard a scolding voice coming from not far away:

"You foolish woman, you were so greedy for those few grains of gold. Now, your whole family is going to be ruined by you!"

The one who was cursing was the woman's husband, and he kicked her while cursing.

The woman was already frightened by the previous incident, and now she couldn't hold back her anger when she heard her husband's scolding. She burst into tears and explained:

"I...wuwu...I am not doing this for this family...for our Tiedan!"

When the man heard her explanation, he became even more angry and raised his foot to kick her again.

When Tiedan saw his father beating his mother, he was so scared that he burst into tears.

For a moment, the mother and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly!

At this time, the woman who had chatted with Lu Qingqing's team stood up and stopped him:

"Okay, second brother, it's already happened, now let's think about how to solve it!"

When the man saw his sister-in-law stopping him, he was so angry that he squatted down with his head in his hands, complaining:

"This foolish woman has caused so much trouble. There are only four days left. Where can I find so many gold particles for her?"

The woman looked around and met Lu Qingqing's gaze, and smiled friendly.

Then, a hint of thought flashed in his eyes.

She pulled the whole family aside and muttered to herself.

After a while, the woman and her husband walked towards Lu Tianming.

The two men called Lu Tianming to a corner and the three of them said something.

It took a while for Lu Tianming to come back.

As it was almost noon, the supervisors had already left and some people had returned to their houses.

Lu Tianming looked around and saw some people gathered and talking not far away.

He called everyone in the team to a corner and whispered:

"Those two guys just now wanted to make a deal with us. They wanted to pay 10% more than what He Baotou would pay them for the gold we mined."

"After they finished speaking, I wanted to reject them outright. But since they've approached me, they'll definitely approach others. Let me be clear with you all. My advice is not to trade. The risks are significant."

After hearing this, Lu Tianfu said nervously:

"Cousin, if I do business with them and Captain He finds out, will I be punished?"

Lu Tianming hesitated for a moment, looked at the crowd gathered around and said:

"It's hard to say, but Captain He should know that you wouldn't be able to find this much gold in four days of normal panning, yet they still allowed them to hand it over within four days. If that's not tacit approval, then they're trying to make an example of us!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the surroundings fell into silence.

Seeing this, Lu Tianming asked everyone to disperse, but called Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang separately.

"Xiao Lang, Daya, if someone asks you to exchange gold for wages, you must not do it, understand?"

The two nodded obediently.

Lu Qingqing naturally would not exchange gold for wages. As long as there was space, she would accept any gold that came her way!

After everyone dispersed, Erxi found his father:

"Dad, where's the gold you and Gouzi found these days?"

Zhuzi's father looked at him warily:

"Didn't I already give you the gold a few days ago? Why do you need so much gold?"

As he spoke, Zhuzi's father turned around and looked around. Seeing that no one was around, he whispered:

"Lu Tianming has already said that if we exchange with those people, we will most likely be arrested. Son, don't take the risk for the extra wages. It's not worth it! Dad is old, Gou Wa is still young, and the family depends on you..."

Before Zhuzi's father could continue, Erxi interrupted him directly:

"Okay, stop nagging. You've said the same thing over and over again. I've said it countless times! I'm not stupid. That little extra money isn't worth the risk. It's too dangerous to leave this gold with you. What if it gets caught? Just let me keep it!"

Zhuzi's father was still a little hesitant. Seeing his son's impatient expression, he asked carefully:

"Xizi, there's not much to spend money on in Jingou. What do you want the gold for?"

Erxi was a little annoyed when he asked and went straight forward to search the cloth bag on his chest.

Zhuzi's father was caught off guard and was taken away by him.

Just as he was about to take it back, he saw Erxi running away.

He sighed, hugged the puppy, and muttered:

"Gou Wa, your father is unreliable. You are still so young, what are you going to do in the future?"

The puppy is too young to understand what happens between adults.

He hadn't eaten meat for a long time. Thinking about the smell of meat on his father's body a few days ago, he started to pester his grandfather for meat again.

On the other side, Erxi carefully hid the gold he had obtained and was already thinking about going to the tavern.

Because of the seriousness of what Lu Tianming said a few days ago, he didn't dare to look for Li Xiangwan again.

But I have missed him so much these days. To use the words in opera, if I don't see him for just one day, it feels like several years.

At night, everyone went back to their rooms and lay down after dinner.

Just as Lu Qingqing was about to take a break, she heard deliberately quiet footsteps coming from behind the house.

If he walked normally, she wouldn't be suspicious.

Thinking of what Lu Tianming said a few days ago about being suddenly under surveillance, Lu Qingqing got up from the bed lightly.

After leaving the house, she followed from a distance and found that the person in front was Erxi.

Seeing Erxi walking further and further away, but not heading towards the toilet, Lu Qingqing became even more suspicious.

Could it be that Erxi went there to inform on someone?

When they followed all the way to the back door of the tavern, Lu Qingqing was also a little stunned.

Could this tavern be a spy for the police?

As a result, Erxi was seen standing at the door of the backyard, knocking on the door for a long time but unable to get in.

No one even came out to open the door.

Lu Qingqing squatted in the woods not far away and kept watch. After a while, her ears were filled with the buzzing sound of mosquitoes.

In the time it took her to take out the mugwort from the space and light it, she was bitten by five or six mosquito bites.

All I can say is, don’t go hanging around in the woods at night. The mosquitoes here are too venomous. One bite will leave a big bump, and it’s very itchy!