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

Speaking of this, I remembered that Qin Lang went home a few days ago and told Grandma Qin that he wanted to marry Daya as his wife.

You know your own children well, and they know how they understand what marriage is.

Sure enough, after just a few questions, they found out that the Lu family wanted to sell Daya, and this little girl had nowhere else to turn, so she came to coax her grandson to marry her.

Grandma Qin has lived in the village for many years and is familiar with the temperaments of most villagers.

I know that Old Man Lu and his family are greedy, but I have a good impression of Daya. She is kind-hearted, hardworking and capable.

Grandma Qin felt that this girl was very smart.

She is old and her health has been getting worse in the past two years. She can rest assured that there is a kind and smart person who can accompany her grandson.

Looking at her grandson happily chewing on the candied haws, and then at Daya sitting quietly listening to her talk, Grandma Qin felt her heart calm down.

Before going to bed, Grandma Qin secretly gave some of the candy she bought to Lu Qingqing.

He put away the rest and specifically asked Qin Lang not to see it.

Qin Lang loves to eat candy just like Grandma Qin, but he gets a toothache every time he eats too much.

The next morning, Zhuzi's wife came running over to inform them that the village chief was going to organize the villagers to go into the mountains to fetch water again.

It has been seven days since the last time they fetched water. The first group of people who entered the mountain had already drunk all the water, and the later group of people didn't have much left either.

After Zhuzi's wife left, Grandma Qin thought about it again and again and decided to follow her into the mountains to fetch water.

Although there is no shortage of water at home now, it cannot be exposed to others.

Before setting off, Grandma Qin repeatedly reminded the two to be careful of wolves.

She was still scared by the last injury.

Lu Qingqing discovered that almost all the families in the village came this time.

Carrying various water-holding tools, a group of people marched into the mountains.

After crossing the first mountain, everyone began to be on guard against possible wolves.

But until evening, no wolf appeared.

This time the village chief arranged six people to be on night watch, and the villagers all slept very alertly.

But until dawn, there was no sign of the wolves attacking.

It was not until everyone reached the water source that they understood the reason.

The water source has dried up, and the animal footprints by the bay are dry.

Animals all live near water, so the wolves must have moved deeper into the mountains.

Everyone was dumbfounded when they saw the dried-up water source.

The last time we came here, there was still so much water and we thought it would last for a while, but we didn’t expect it to be gone so quickly.

This time when going into the mountains, many families brought the last bit of water at home to drink on the way.

A group of people stood there in a daze, and then bursts of crying erupted in the crowd, the sound filled with despair.

Lu Qingqing looked up and saw the mountains in the distance were all withered and yellow, and the endless mountains seemed unreachable.

I wonder if the villagers will decide to continue into the mountains.

After the villagers stopped to discuss, most of them wanted to return to the village.

There was also a small group who wanted to continue going into the mountains to look for water, and Lu Qingqing was of course among those who returned to the village.

Those who wanted to continue into the mountains borrowed some dry food from those who returned to the village and continued on their way in.

No one lends water, and there is not enough water for us to drink.

Lu Qingqing followed most people back to the village. On the way, she was thinking that if the people who went into the mountains couldn't find water, the villagers could only hold out for five to ten days at most.

If there is no water by then, everyone will die of thirst.

Her family is still able to live a stable life without being robbed or stolen because of their support in Lujia Village.

If it really comes to that, Lu Qingqing will have to find a way to release the water.

After returning to the village, except for those on patrol, everyone stayed at home and stayed still, minimizing activity.

Lu Qingqing was waiting for the people who went into the mountains to look for water to come back. Three days later, they finally came back.

However, the news was not good.

The people looking for water walked further in for a long time, but only saw the corpses of animals that died of thirst on the road.

The further in they went, the more dead animals they found, and the strong stench shattered the faith of the villagers who were looking for water.

They came back in a daze, and everyone seemed to be in a dead end.

There is no water source around.

Some people visited the town at the beginning of the drought, when its four wells had already run dry.

When they went to the county yesterday, they heard that the water level in the county's ancient wells had dropped sharply and was only available to city residents, who had to get water based on their household registration.

The surrounding villagers fell into dead silence, and some left and went home one after another.

Like all the villagers, Lu Qingqing eagerly hoped that it would rain.

It is now September, and it usually rains at this time of year.

Lu Qingqing calculated the time and planned to wait until the fifth day. If it didn't rain, she would find a way to release the water even if it meant taking risks.

After waiting for four consecutive days, the sun still rose high every day.

On the fifth day, Lu Qingqing was planning to go to the back mountain to find a place to release water, but she saw that the sky suddenly became overcast.

Thick clouds blocked the sun, and soon raindrops as big as beans began to fall.

People ran out of the house cheering, looking up to greet the falling rain, and swallowing it in big gulps.

After a while, the people who had come to their senses began to take out their household containers and place them outside to collect rainwater.

The eaves were filled with large and small earthenware basins, clay pots and copper pans, and soon these containers were filled with water.

People began to bring them into the house one by one and pour them into water jars.

However, not everyone is happy.

A man in the village was holding his mother's body and crying bitterly.

In order to keep her grandson alive, the old lady secretly saved the water given to her by the family since she could not find water in the village.

He fed his grandson every day when he came over, but he died yesterday of thirst.

The man cried out in regret, thinking he should have just waited one more day.

If I had cared more about my mother, she wouldn't have died of thirst.

In the past few days, a total of three families in the village have lost people. They were all elderly people who died of thirst in order to save water.

At this time of year, the funeral of the elderly is simply done. Familiar relatives come to pay their respects and then the body is buried.

After two days of continuous rain, the villagers seemed to have come out of the previous gloom.

As the cracks in the ground were washed away by the rain and the earth became moist again, the villagers began to discuss sowing.

On the third day, the rain stopped and the old farmer in the village went to the fields and thought it was time to sow.

It rained for several consecutive days, and weeds began to grow on the ground. There was water in the village's bays and wells.

At this time, some families in the village have started sowing autumn wheat.

Some cautious families waited for a few more days, and seeing that it was still raining, they felt relieved and started sowing.

Everyone thought the drought was over, but Lu Qingqing remembered that the climate during the Little Ice Age was abnormal and disasters were generally continuous.

Before the autumn planting, Lu Qingqing discussed with Grandma Qin and felt that the disaster was likely to continue and that the wheat they planted might not be harvested.

I was thinking of planting some cabbages this year so that I could harvest them before winter.

After thinking for a while, Grandma Qin decided to plant wheat on the land close to the village and plant cabbage on the land next to the back mountain, so that the cabbage could be harvested before winter.

Lu Qingqing thought about it and felt that this was the best option.

If there is a famine next year, even if the wheat cannot be harvested, she can still harvest a crop of cabbage. The villagers will not be jealous of her family because they will see that they have also lost food.

If there is no famine next year and the wheat in the fields is harvested normally, it can also be used to pay taxes.