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

After a brief chat, Yang's father and Yang Yongyan led Lu Tianming and his group towards several empty courtyards.

During this time, many villagers heard the noise and came out to see what was happening.

When they saw that it was Yang's father who brought people here, they became less wary.

When Father Yang saw them, he greeted them one by one.

During the conversation, the villagers were very surprised to learn that Lu Qingqing and her group had come here to escape famine.

In the past two years, God has not given them much food, and they have seen many refugees fleeing famine.

All those refugees looked skinny and ragged.

Refugees who are in a better situation can still carry a small bag on their backs.

Most of the refugees only had a stick in their hands.

But the dozens of people before them were completely different from the refugees they had met before.

The row of horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts at the front of the convoy are not something the refugees can afford.

Not to mention the refugees, even the wealthy village chief's family only has an old plowing ox.

Other families in the village cannot even afford to buy a cow.

As for carriages, especially those with carriages, only the nobles in the city can afford them.

Although the carriages in front were blocked by carriages and you couldn't see inside.

But on the cart at the back of the convoy, there was only a straw mat covering it, and the bags of grain underneath could be seen through the gap.

It's easy to imagine that the carriage in front will only be richer.

The villagers looked at the carts that were loaded with goods, their eyes glued to their chests.

Logically speaking, they would be very reluctant to see dozens of refugees suddenly enter the village.

Because refugees mean food shortages, which may lead to theft and other unstable factors.

In years of famine, families do not have enough food to eat, let alone give food to refugees.

However, if the refugees had more food than they did, this reluctance would not exist.

As Lu Qingqing and her group passed by, the villagers of Linshan Village poked their heads out and whispered:

"Second brother, have you seen this? Every household has a cart full of grain. There's even more food than can fit on the carts. There are even bulging bags on the pallets behind the carts!"

Another villager said:

"That's right! They don't look like refugees to me. They have much more food than I do at home. I'm afraid they must be some wealthy family that has escaped!"

The villagers of Linshan Village also experienced two years of famine. After paying taxes, the remaining food was barely enough to keep people from starving to death.

I wanted more food, but there was none.

Every household is just tightening their belts to make ends meet.

As Lu Qingqing and her group arrived, the villagers of Linshan Village had different thoughts, but none of them had the idea of ​​not allowing them to live in.

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The first place the group came to was a small house in the middle of the village.

Father Yang knocked on the neighbor's door, got the key from there, and then led everyone in.

The yard is not big and has three rooms in total.

Several people went into the house one by one and took a look. There was no hole in the roof, and there was even a kang in the house.

After experiencing all the hardships of sleeping in the open air along the way, most people are very satisfied to have a house that is not leaky.

Not to mention, there was a kang in the room.

Soon, the residents of this courtyard were decided: the Wang family of six and Zhuzi's father, Xiaogouzi.

Then, they went to see two other houses, and Lu Tianming arranged accommodation for them.

Soon, they arrived at the last house, which was located at the foot of the mountain and was the largest one.

The yard of this house is very large, and everyone drove directly into the yard.

After stopping, the group began to walk around and look at the room.

The roofs of several rooms had holes, and not every room had a kang.

Therefore, there are relatively more areas that need repair.

However, these are nothing to the public.

Compared to sleeping in the wild before, it is already great to have a house to live in now.

Soon, everyone was assigned a room.

Lu Tianming counted the things needed to repair the house and asked Yang's father to help buy them from the village.

When it came time to give him money, Yang's father refused to take it.

"Brother Lu, you saved my son's life. Repairing the house won't cost much, so please let me do my best to show my gratitude!"

But Lu Tianming couldn't take advantage of this:

"Brother Yang, having so many of us living here is already causing you trouble. If you don't pay for the repairs, we really can't afford to live here."

Seeing that Father Yang was still refusing, Lu Tianming said helplessly:

"Brother Yang, if you don't want to accept the money for repairing the house, then I can only pay the rent. We can consider it as renting the house."

Father Yang was about to refuse but was stopped by Yang Yongyan.

Yang Yongyan has been with the people in the team for so long that he has some understanding of everyone.

After whispering a few words to his father, Yang's father stopped insisting.

Father Yang took the money that Lu Tianming stuffed into his hand and sighed that these people were truly honest people.

But since others are kind and righteous, I can't be stingy either.

Suddenly, I thought that since they had just arrived, they might not have any vegetables to eat.

So he decided to wait until he got back and ask his wife to prepare some cabbage and dried vegetables and have his eldest son send them over.

After Yang's father and Yang Yongyan left, everyone started cleaning and tidying up the house.

Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang were assigned to the east wing, which was not a very big room.

The two were very satisfied after seeing it. There was a kang in the house and there were no holes in the roof.

Besides, since there are two of them living there, a smaller room would be warmer.

The two of them cleaned the house and packed up the things they brought.

At this time, Yang's father and Yang Yongyan had already brought the villagers to move the things needed to repair the house.

Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang hurried out to help.

Father Yang also called a few villagers to help, and they worked together with the men in Lu Tianming's team.

By dark, the hole in the roof was repaired.

When Lu Tianming finished cleaning up, he saw cabbages and a large bag of dried vegetables in the yard.

When he chased to the door, he saw Brother Yang Yongxing pushing the cart away.

Knowing that people really wanted to give it to him, Lu Tianming divided the dishes equally according to the number of people.

In front of everyone, Lu Tianming said to Cui:

"Shuhe Niang, pack some things tonight and I'll send them to the Yang family tomorrow. We can't just take advantage of them."

After Cui nodded in agreement, the other families followed suit.

As for the other courtyards, a few men were sent to deliver them.

After receiving the dishes, the others also thought of the Yang family’s kindness. Knowing that Lu Tianming would go there tomorrow to return the gift, they planned to go together tomorrow.

After packing up the things to be returned as gifts tomorrow, the men began to dismantle the wooden pallets.

These dismantled sticks were all put away properly according to Lu Tianming's request.

In this world, no one can predict what will happen the next day, so we must be prepared to travel at any time.

The men were busy outside, while the women took their own basins and started kneading dough to make pancakes.

Since we bought the food, we have been living in the snow all the way. Since there is not much dry firewood, we have not eaten any food.

Now that it has finally been decided, each family has decided to make something delicious for dinner to celebrate.