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

Father Yang and the old village chief led the people, selected a location, and began to build the ice house.

The construction of the battlements and the ice house started at the same time, and everyone was busy.

Even for lunch, the women in each household would heat up some pancakes while boiling water.

Everyone worked very hard, and by the time it was almost dark, they had built four battlements.

The ice house near the village entrance has also been built.

Lu Tianming looked at the sky and told Yang's father about the situation in advance.

When Father Yang heard Lu Tianming's guess, the little bit of sympathy he had felt before instantly disappeared.

It was not until it was completely dark that Yang's father called everyone to stop.

"Okay, let's stop here for today. I have something to tell you guys."

Everyone put down their tools and gathered around Yang's father.

Father Yang then continued:

"The wave of refugees that passed by this morning may not be that simple.

Brother Lu from the North Courtyard saw those people putting away their weapons, and the hatchets in their hands were still stained with blood!

Everyone was surprised when they heard this.

They didn't observe carefully at the time, and when they heard blood on their knives, they subconsciously thought of the group of refugees who were massacred in Yinjia Village.

For a moment, the crowd was talking about it.

Seeing that everyone was on guard, Father Yang felt that his fabrication about the blood on the knife was correct.

He knew the villagers too well. If he hadn't said that, no one would have been alert.

Seeing that everyone was still discussing, Father Yang cleared his throat:

"Everyone, be quiet! Be quiet!"

After everyone stopped talking, he continued:

"I just discussed it with a few elders, and we decided to arrange for people to be on night duty starting today.

All men in the village who are over 14 and under 55 must come to guard the night."

After hearing this, some families whose children had just turned fourteen expressed some dissatisfaction.

His child is just over fourteen, and being on duty is not a good thing.

The man was about to retort when he heard Father Yang say:

"My son Yongxing is only fourteen after the New Year, but he's already a grown man.

This time, I'll include him in the count.

After all, the night watch is for the whole village.

As a member of the village, I should do something for the village!"

Yang Yongxing was not afraid of the stage, and he answered loudly:

"Dad, don't worry, I will definitely be on duty!"

The men nearby applauded after hearing this!

Now, those families with children aged fourteen or fifteen have no idea what to say.

Seeing that no one objected, Father Yang continued:

"We'll be on night watch according to the location of the houses, starting from the front of the village and working our way around to the back.

In the future, every ice house built must have two men on duty.

Tonight, Yongxing and I will be on duty, and tomorrow one person from Yongyan or Shuanzi's family will be on duty.

Does anyone have any opinions?

"no!"

Everyone shouted.

Seeing this, Father Yang said to the families living near the wall:

"To the families living near the wall, you'll have to be more careful today.

Once the ice houses are built, everyone can sleep peacefully!"

Several families agreed, and the crowd dispersed.

The next morning, not long after everyone arrived at the village entrance to work.

Then I heard someone outside the wall running towards this place, crying and shouting:

"Sister, my parents and eldest brother's family are gone!"

When Goudan's mother heard her brother's voice outside, her heart skipped a beat.

By the time I realized what he said, my legs felt weak and I shouted outside with a hoarse voice:

"Wei Ming, what did you say?"

Wei Ming outside the wall cried and repeated:

"Sister, my parents and eldest brother's family are all gone!"

Goudan's mother's head buzzed, and after she came to her senses, she climbed up the parapet.

Looking at my brother with red and swollen eyes outside the wall, I completely believed it.

"Wei Ming, what's going on? When I asked Goudan to come over a few days ago, he was fine, wasn't he?"

Wei Ming looked up at his sister, tears streaming down his face.

"It was the refugees who killed my parents and my eldest brother's family!

All the food and valuables in the house were taken away!

I found this out this morning when I was thinking of going to my eldest brother's house to borrow a sieve.

A family of seven, not one is alive!"

Goudan's mother collapsed completely on the parapet, and Goudan and his wife beside her hurriedly helped her up.

"Didn't I ask Goudan to inform you guys? How come refugees are coming in again?"

Wei Ming lowered his head:

“When we built to my eldest brother’s house, we realized there was a ditch underneath, so we didn’t build any higher.

Who would have thought that those people could climb up a two-meter-high wall just like that?

Goudan's mother was so angry that she cried and cursed:

"The ice blocks are free, but you lazy bastards didn't even build a higher wall. You've ruined my parents' lives!"

As Goudan's mother spoke, she lay on the ice wall and cried.

Everyone in Linshan Village sighed as they listened to the conversation between the brother and sister.

The families living near the wall were so frightened that they broke out in cold sweats.

Ever since the wall was built, they thought everything would be fine.

Therefore, the whole family slept soundly at night.

Now I know that something happened in the neighboring village, but I am glad that nothing happened in my own village.

At the same time, he secretly decided that starting tonight, one person at home would keep watch and they must not fall asleep again!

On the wall, Goudan's mother cried for a while.

After going downstairs and telling Yang's father about the situation, he took Goudan to pay his respects to his grandparents and uncle's family.

Goudan and his mother were tied with ropes and pulled down the wall by the men in the village.

After Goudan and his mother and several men from her mother's family left quickly, everyone quietly sped up their work.

Many people in the village speculated that it was done by the group of refugees who came to beg yesterday.

After all, the village chief said that there was blood on those people’s axes!

In this way, they accidentally guessed the answer.

In a sheltered valley, the leading man crawled out of the quilt with his neck hunched and kicked the little boy next to him.

"Little guy, go boil some water and cook, I'm hungry!"

The little boy didn't even dare to cry out in pain. He quickly got up, quickly cleared a place, and started to light the fire.

At this time, the man next to him also came out from the torn quilt and said shiveringly:

"Brother, this won't do. The weather is getting colder and colder. We need to find a house to live in!"

Another person followed suit, saying, "That's right. We've been busy all night, and now we're only getting a short nap. I'm almost frozen to death!"

The tall man thought the same thing and said in a hoarse voice:

"Okay, now we have enough food to last for a while.

Brothers, please work hard today and go for a walk around the neighborhood.

Look for a smaller village or a house with one or two families far away from the village, you know!"