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

After seeing Bai Xing'er and Yang Shulin off, Lu Qingqing went to the old village chief to talk about the big wooden box.

The old village chief readily agreed. When he first arrived, he bought a lot of dried large logs from the villagers to make a kang table.

There is still a lot left, so it's no problem to make a few boxes.

It just so happened that some time ago, my little grandson Shuyi wanted to learn carpentry, so I can start teaching him now.

More than ten days passed in a flash. During this time, every time the old village chief made one or two boxes, Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang would deliver them to Bai Xing'er.

It took a total of three trips to Yang Shulin's house to deliver all the boxes.

During this period, the Yang family was very polite to them.

Seeing that Bai Xing'er was fine, Lu Qingqing and her group felt relieved.

Early that morning, everyone was practicing martial arts in the yard when they saw Yang Yongyan running over in a hurry.

"Shuhe, Uncle Tianming, my father wants you to gather at the village entrance."

Lu Shuhe supported Yang Yongyan, who was running out of breath, and waited until he had caught his breath before asking:

"Yong Yan, what happened?"

Yang Yongyan thought of the blood in the yard and his voice trembled:

"Last night, thieves broke into the village. My neighbor, Aunt Sun Shu, and her family of five were all killed, and all the food in their house was taken away!"

After hearing this, Lu Shuhe's hand holding Yang Yongyan also trembled.

Lu Tianming hurriedly asked:

"Don't be anxious, Yongyan, tell me what happened first."

Yang Yongyan slowed down before speaking:

"This morning, when I went out to sweep the snow, I saw that the snow in front of Uncle Sun's house next door was not swept.

Uncle Sun and Aunt Sun have always been hardworking. They always get up at dawn and clean the doorway of their house.

I thought it was because it was too cold and they were sick, so I thought of going over to check on them.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I knocked on the door, the courtyard gate opened.

Uncle Sun’s body is in the yard!

The blood from his head was all over the ground, his eyes wide open!"

As he spoke, Yang Yongyan swallowed nervously before continuing:

"I don't know when he was killed. He's already covered in a thin layer of snow!"

As he was speaking, Yang Yongyan remembered his father's instructions:

"Uncle Tianming, Shuhe, everyone, take your stuff and follow me to the village entrance. I'll talk as we walk."

After Lu Tianming agreed, he said to the people in the team:

"Men, bring your weapons. Qu Hong, Bo Wen, you two and the women and children will guard the house. The rest of you, follow me!"

Everyone responded in unison, holding their weapons, and marched out of the door in a mighty procession.

As they walked, Yang Yongyan continued:

“I was terrified when I saw it, and I ran back to call my dad over.

After we went in to check, we found that Uncle Sun's family all had fatal injuries on their heads, and the wounds looked like they were caused by being hit on the head by a heavy object.

Aunt Sun and the children were still lying on the kang with their eyes closed. It seemed that they were knocked while they were sleeping.

Uncle Sun must have been awakened by the shock. He escaped from the house and was killed by the thieves before he could even shout.

The footsteps in the yard were so chaotic that it looked like there were quite a lot of people.

The footsteps were heading towards the village entrance, and my father called everyone to go and see what was going on.

For a moment, everyone was silent.

After a while, Lu Qingqing asked:

"Brother Yongyan, has anyone else passed by the village before?"

Yang Yongyan thought about it carefully before saying:

“Someone walked past the village a few days ago.

There has been less snow these days, so we haven’t been clearing snow as often at home.

But one time when I went out to empty the toilet, I saw someone passing by.

There seemed to be only two or three people at the time, and they were not close to the village, but on the road outside the village.

I thought it was just someone passing by and didn’t take it seriously.”

As he spoke, Yang Yongyan reacted and sighed deeply.

"Oh! If I had paid more attention at that time, maybe Uncle Sun and Aunt Sun's family wouldn't have had this experience!"

Lu Shuhe patted his shoulder and comforted him:

"Yong Yan, no one could have imagined this, so don't be upset.

Once we follow the trail and find the murderer who killed Uncle Sun's family, we can avenge them!"

Yang Yongyan nodded, and the group headed towards the village entrance in silence.

When everyone arrived, quite a few men were already standing at the entrance of the village.

When Father Yang saw Lu Tianming and the others coming, he nodded to them.

At this time, Lu Qingqing saw a lot of people gathered at the gate of Uncle Sun's house. She looked inside and followed them over.

At this time, the gate of Uncle Sun's house was wide open, and a lot of bloodstains could be seen in the yard.

Uncle Sun’s body was not in the yard. I guess it had been carried into the house.

Apart from the bloodstains in the entire yard, the most obvious thing was the messy footsteps.

The snow in the second half of last night was not heavy and did not cover up the previous traces.

Lu Qingqing walked into the yard and silently speculated on the process of the thief's crime last night based on the traces.

The lock of the main door was not broken, which means the thief did not enter through the main door.

Just now, I was outside the courtyard wall and didn't see any footprints on it.

But inside the courtyard wall, there were obvious, messy and deep footprints.

It is very likely that the thieves climbed over the wall and sneaked into the house.

Lu Qingqing speculated as she walked into the house.

On the kang in the east room, a woman and three children were still lying on the kang, and the blood flowing from their heads had stained the pillow and quilt red.

At the very edge was a man with his eyes wide open, probably Uncle Sun.

The wounds on these people's heads had already been frozen, and combined with their grayish-gray complexions, they looked truly terrifying.

The other men from Linshan Village who followed in were so frightened when they saw this situation that they turned pale and quickly left the house.

Lu Qingqing ignored them and continued to speculate the situation based on the traces.

There were still some grains scattered on the floor of the east room.

There were obvious traces of bags being dragged on the ground. It seemed that the food was piled up against the wall of the east room.

After taking a look at the situation in the room, Lu Qingqing also started to walk out.

When I arrived at the main room, I found that the door of the west room was half open.

After pushing it open, I found there was a kang in the west room.

There were a few mats piled on the edge of the kang, which seemed to have been used by people to sleep there before.

I don’t know if it was to save firewood or for other reasons, but the whole family slept in the east room.

Unexpectedly, this action cost the whole family their lives.

When I walked out of the house, I heard Yang's father shouting from outside the courtyard wall.

"Everyone, please be quiet! Please be quiet! Almost everyone has arrived. Gather around. I'll explain the situation!"

Lu Qingqing and the men in the yard hurried out of the yard.

After the villagers of Linshan Village and Lu Tianming and his group arrived, they saw that Yang's father standing above had a grim expression on his face, and they quickly quieted down and looked at Yang's father.

Father Yang's face was gloomy. After taking a deep breath, he said loudly:

"Fellow villagers, Sun Youliang's family of five were murdered!

All the food in the house was snatched away!

These people's behavior is extremely bad, we can't let them go like this.

You know, today it's Sun Youliang's family's turn, but tomorrow it will be your family's turn.

The food we save with great efforts is for us to live well with our wives and children!

Now, this group of people has become so cruel that they even spared the four-year-old Niu Niu.

Think about it, if they robbed their own house, no one would survive!

Everyone, tell me, should we catch these murderers?