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

When the three Qin family members arrived at Zhuzi's house, it was in chaos.

Zhuzi's mother grabbed Zhuzi's wife's hair and tried to snatch the key from her, but Zhuzi's wife held on to the key tightly and refused to let go.

Erni was so scared that she started crying loudly.

Zhuzi's father was holding a quilt in his hand, and Zhuzi's younger brother Erxi was holding half a bag of food in his hand.

"Youcai family, what are you doing?"

Seeing this, Grandma Qin shouted.

Zhuzi's father and his family were stunned when they saw the Qin family suddenly appear. Zhuzi's mother held on tighter when she saw someone coming.

Zhuzi's wife didn't care about the pain from her hair being pulled and called for help from the Qin family.

Seeing that Zhuzi's mother was about to take the key away, Lu Qingqing quickly stepped forward and grabbed the numb tendon on Zhuzi's mother's arm.

Feeling the pain, Zhuzi's mother couldn't help but let go of the bag.

"What are you Qin family members doing here? This is my eldest son's house."

Zhuzi's mother rubbed her arms as she spoke and glared at Lu Qingqing fiercely.

"Those who know you know you as Zhuzi's mother, but those who don't know you might think you are the bandits from that village coming down the mountain to rob us."

Grandma Qin said this to Zhuzi's mother with a cold face, then turned to look at Zhuzi's father.

"Father Zhuzi, although I'm an outsider, I've lived in Lujia Village for many years. You and my head of the family used to have some interactions. Why are you so shameless to come over and say a few words? What are you doing with all these bags?"

Zhuzi's father seemed to recall some bad experiences in the past. Seeing Grandma Qin's cold face, he laughed dryly and said:

"There's nothing to eat at home, so I came here because Zhuzi said he would give me some millet as a gift."

"You're talking nonsense! Daddy bought this millet for Erni and me to drink. There's nothing else to eat at home, and you're still trying to steal it. You're all bad people."

Dani's face was full of hatred. She glared at Wang Youcai's family and retorted loudly.

Zhuzi's father's face froze and he winked at Zhuzi's mother.

"You little loser, are you worthy of eating such good millet? My son was killed by your family. Now he's almost dead, and you still want to take away my son's food. Ugh!"

Zhuzi's mother cursed and wanted to hit Dani, but Zhuzi's wife quickly reached out and hugged Dani and Erni.

"Father-in-law, mother-in-law, the child's father is not dead yet, and you are already thinking of stealing the food. The food in this house is all grown by me with great effort. The money Zhuzi earned from doing odd jobs has already been taken away by you."

"The child's father has a high fever today and is even having convulsions. I remembered that my second brother had a fever before and the medicine the child's father sent him was not finished. I want to ask for a prescription and boil it for him to take."

"Who knew that instead of getting the medicine back, I brought back a whole family of jackals."

When Zhuzi's wife said this, she turned around and stared at Zhuzi's father.

"Father-in-law, when you separated our family, you gave us one and a half acres of wasteland out of the eight acres of land in your family."

"They didn't even give us anything we needed to split up the family business. This house is still the thatched hut Uncle Qin built before."

"Every year, we send you the annual festival gifts early, not to mention the work we have done for you. I am not lying about these things, am I?"

Zhuzi's father's face was stiff, and he said vaguely:

"It's all in the past, why bring it up again?"

Seeing this, Grandma Qin took a step forward.

"Zhu Zi's father, we have all lived in Lujia Village for decades. You know, news spreads very quickly in this village."

"Your eldest grandson is four years old now, right? He will have to marry in the future. It's not good for the parents to force their son and daughter-in-law's family to death."

When Zhuzi's mother heard this, she wanted to curse, but was frightened by a look from Zhuzi's father.

Seeing this, Grandma Qin continued,

"Besides, Zhuzi has been an honest and filial child since he was young. Once he gets through this, he will continue to be filial to you in the future."

When Zhuzi's father heard this, his expression softened and he said:

"Since we can't help with Zhuzi, let's go back first."

After hearing this, Erxi knew that he could not gain any advantage today, so he wanted to sneak away with the food.

As soon as I reached the door, I saw Lu Qingqing stride over and close the door.

"Brother Erxi, the bag you are holding is from Brother Zhuzi's house, right? No need to bother taking it to the kitchen, just put it here."

As he said that, he took a step forward and snatched the bag away.

Seeing this, Zhuzi's father quietly put the quilt in his hand on the edge of the kang and shouted to Zhuzi's mother that he was about to leave.

But then I heard Grandma Qin say:

"Since Zhuzi hasn't finished the medicine he bought for Erxi, give the rest to Zhuzi. When Zhuzi wakes up, he will be grateful for the kindness of his parents and brothers."

"Daya, go with Erxi to get the medicine. Don't make them make another trip in this cold weather."

Lu Qingqing agreed obediently and followed them to the village. Seeing this, Qin Lang hurried over to catch up.

On the way, Zhuzi's mother wanted to mock Lu Qingqing and the others.

Just as he started to behave, Zhuzi's father gave him a hard pull and he immediately became obedient.

When I got the medicine back, I saw Zhuzi's wife holding Grandma Qin's hand with red eyes. She must have been crying.

Lu Qingqing helped to boil the medicine, and when Zhuzi's wife fed him the medicine, Zhuzi woke up.

Looking at his wife's red eyes and listening to Dani's crying beside her, he also knew what had happened.

Although he knew before that his parents didn't love him, he still felt very sad, because they were his biological parents!

I used to always lie to myself that as long as I was more filial to my parents, helped with more work, and listened to my younger brother, they would love me.

After this life-and-death experience, he finally understood that he really had no parents.

When I was a child, I heard from the villagers that because his head was too big when he was born, it took a long time for his mother to give birth, which caused her to suffer a difficult delivery and injured her body. She didn't have any more children for several years.

Within two years, a monk came to the village to beg for alms and calculated that he was born to bring bad luck to his relatives. His parents believed it as well.

His mother, in particular, felt that she had been vomiting violently since she became pregnant with him, and she almost died during childbirth. She was afraid of being cursed, and she had always hoped that he would die in an accident.

No matter how much he tried to please his parents and brother, they never treated him as a family member.

After Zhuzi realized the truth this time, he was completely heartbroken.

Knowing that it was thanks to Grandma Qin's family that the family was able to keep the food to survive, he wanted to get up and thank her, but was stopped by Grandma Qin.

"Alright, Zhuzi, there's no need to talk about this between us. You should take good care of your injuries first, and we'll go back first."

On the way back, Lu Qingqing recalled that she always felt that Zhuzi's father was a little afraid of Grandma Qin.

Grandma Qin understood Lu Qingqing's puzzled look and explained to her.

When Zhuzi was a child, he often didn't have enough to eat and wandered around the village hungry.

Grandma Qin felt sorry for him and often brought him some food.

After getting to know each other for a while, Grandpa Qin felt that Zhuzi was a simple-minded child who knew how to be grateful.

Seeing that he had good physique, he thought of teaching him martial arts.

Since the Wang family probably wouldn't pay for the apprenticeship gift, he asked Zhuzi to go back and inform his parents, which would provide a clear solution.

Unexpectedly, after Zhuzi's father found out, he specially prepared a gift, but it was because his youngest son Erxi wanted to become Grandpa Qin's apprentice.