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

The people in the yard had no choice but to surrender. They threw a few pieces of fish at the door, and the refugees left.

Fortunately, most of the refugees have saved some fish and meat these days.

The people in Lu Qingqing's team encountered this situation when they were returning from fishing.

Those people saw a dozen people dragging a lot of sacks and walking straight towards them.

"Stop! If you move any further, we won't be polite to you!"

After County Magistrate Yao finished shouting this, everyone in the team raised their swords.

The refugees took a step back in fear when they saw the cold flash of the sword.

But soon, one of the refugees coughed a few times and threatened:

"We've been infected with the plague and won't live long, so we just want to have a good meal before we die. We don't want more, you have so many bags, just give us one!"

After saying this, he raised the arm in his hand.

Seeing this, the people in the team covered their faces tightly with their scarves, not daring to even breathe.

County Magistrate Yao didn't know whether what they said was true or not. These refugees were all wearing scarves, and their faces could not be seen clearly.

The refugee who spoke seemed to understand their concerns and raised the arm he was holding and said:

"We are not bad people. As long as you give us fish, we will stay away from you."

After the man finished speaking, County Magistrate Yao had already made a decision.

Leave them a bag of fish.

They have more than a dozen lives at stake and they dare not gamble with the other side.

"Now stand back and I'll put the fish here for you!"

After hearing this, those people took a few steps back obediently.

County Magistrate Yao felt that they were still too close and signaled them to move back.

Seeing people retreating, he directed the people in the team to throw a bag of fish aside.

Lu Qingqing and her group tried to stay as far away from the refugees as possible and then left the place quickly.

Only after they had walked far away did they hear discussions in the team.

Tianfu Niang patted her chest and said:

"I was so scared! Those guys looked so skinny, their eye sockets were sunken. I'm afraid they really were infected with the plague! Luckily we didn't get too involved. If we had, we'd all have gotten sick!"

Zhuzi's wife also said:

"That's right. We catch a lot of fish every day anyway, so let's just give it to him!"

Lu Qingqing was not as optimistic as they were. If those people were really infected with the plague, the town would probably fall in no time.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingqing just wanted to leave the town as soon as possible.

But it was still snowing, and the temperature at night was terribly low.

If they set out rashly and couldn't find a suitable place to stay at night, they would probably freeze to death outside.

When the group returned to the yard, County Magistrate Yao finished telling the story, and the room fell silent.

After a while, Lu Tianming finally asked:

"Did you see the faces of those people clearly? Were they really infected with the plague?"

Everyone in the group shook their heads, and Tian Fu Niang began to explain:

"Those people were wearing scarves, so their faces couldn't be seen clearly, but their eye sockets that were exposed were sunken, making them look like plague patients."

Lu Tianming looked at the snowflakes still falling outside the door, frowned and thought for a while, then said:

"Let's wait one more day. If these people still go door to door asking for food tomorrow, they're just pretending!

But if they don't come out tomorrow, we can't stay in this town anymore and have to move on!"

There was silence in the room, and after a while, there was a sound of exhalation.

Lu Qingqing had already made plans to travel through the snow, and she began to wonder if she could use bedding to make a tent like the one in her previous life.