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

After dinner, Lu Qingqing fed the cooked and cooled soybeans to the two ewes.

The two ewes ate without even raising their heads, and in the end not even a drop of soybean soup was wasted, leaving the entire basin clean.

After eating, it continued to bleat at the two of them, as if begging for food.

Lu Qingqing looked at the sheep's bulging belly and left with the empty pot.

For the next three days, the entire village was under martial law.

In addition to the intensive production of ice bricks, the number of guards and patrols has also been increased.

The number of people patrolling and guarding at night has almost doubled, for fear that someone will take advantage of the loopholes.

Village chief Yang, Lu Tianming and others inspect along the wall almost every day.

Everyone was ready for battle, but the bandits were slow to arrive.

As three days passed, Yang Mazi became more and more anxious.

In the past few days, he tried to go to the ancestral hall to see Qiuyan.

But the guards refused to let him in, not even allowing him to go near the ancestral hall.

He was also excluded from the village's guarding and patrolling.

He was not even allowed to get close to the wall.

The more this happened, the more panicked he became.

Thinking of how Qiuyan asked him for help that day, his heart was torn.

The clan elders said at the time that they would wait until the situation became clear before dealing with Qiu Yan and the others.

But the bandits were slow to arrive, and the villagers might dislike them for eating the food and deal with them quietly.

When Yang Mazi thought of this, he paced around the room anxiously.

After a while, he stopped and started to pack up things in the house.

In the middle of the night, Yang Mazi sneaked out of the house carrying a sack.

It was pitch black outside at this time, so he walked lightly and headed straight for the ancestral hall.

Following the route that had been planned long ago, he carefully climbed over the wall and entered the ancestral hall.

He was very familiar with the layout of this ancestral hall.

He took two or three steps to the door of the side room of the ancestral hall, lay down on the door, and listened to the heavy snoring from inside.

Knowing that the person inside was sleeping soundly, I felt a little relieved.

Soon, he arrived at the room where Qiu Yan and others were imprisoned.

The light was insufficient, and he couldn't see the lock on the door, so he had to feel for it with his hand.

Unfortunately, the person in charge did not forget to lock the door.

Although I had expected it, I still felt nervous for a moment.

Then he left the door and walked along the wall to the window in the side room.

In summer, this window is a vertical wooden lattice like a fence.

In winter, wooden boards will be added on top to fix it.

And outside the wooden board, there was a long strip of wood blocking it.

Yang Mazi fumbled around for a while and began to unload the wood skillfully.

In order to avoid making any noise, he moved very slowly.

But even so, it still woke up the people in the house.

The Autumn Cricket pupa moved to the window and asked in a very low voice:

"The boss?"

Ma Zi was very excited when he heard Qiu Yan's voice. He suppressed his emotions and whispered:

"It's me, wait a minute, I'll get you out."

"Well, be careful and don't get discovered."

Yang Mazi heard Qiuyan's voice and knew that she was by the window, so he quickened his hands.

Soon, he took down the long piece of wood blocking the outside.

Next comes the first vertical wooden board.

After a while, a space large enough for one person to enter and exit was created.

Yang Mazi went in and helped Qiuyan untie herself.

At this time, the other two bandits had also woken up.

Seeing this, he hurriedly threatened Yang Mazi and asked him to help untie him.

Yang Mazi didn't have a good impression of these two people, but he knew very well that if he didn't do as they said, he and Qiuyan would not be able to leave today.

So, I had to help the two of them untie the ropes.

After leaving the house and trying to climb over the wall, Qiuyan was in trouble.

The wall was not low and it was difficult for her to climb over it by herself.

In the end, it was Ma Zi who threatened the two bandits to help drag Qiu Yan out.

The four of them climbed out of the ancestral hall without being discovered.

Yang Mazi picked up the sack beside him and led the three people through the village quickly according to the route that had been planned long ago.

He knew all the night patrol routes.

Although there may be changes in the next two days, they won’t be too much.

He walked carefully through the village and stopped when he was about to reach the guard ice house.

There will be patrols here, so be extra careful.

Seeing the wall right in front of him, Yang Mazi became more and more nervous, and he could feel his heartbeat getting louder and louder.

The four of them hid there for a long time but never found a suitable opportunity.

The two bandits were getting anxious waiting, but they didn't dare to go out alone.

After all, the man in front of him was from Linshan Village and must know more than him. He didn't dare to go out, so he would be even more afraid.

Finally, when the four of them were almost frozen to death, they saw an opportunity and hid on the parapet.

When they ran to the parapet, several people squatted down and suppressed their heavy breathing, for fear of being discovered.

Yang Mazi's hands were trembling as he quickly tied the rope and let Qiuyan down first.

After the four of them got down from the city wall, they left quickly.

Yang Mazi ran while looking back at the Linshan Village which was getting farther and farther away, and felt extremely uneasy.

"Qiuyan, let's go live somewhere else!

I brought some food and money, and saved enough to last us until spring.

When spring comes, I'll find a job that can support both of us."

Qiuyan looked at him and sighed:

"Brother Mazi, my mother and two children are still in Renjiahe. I can't just abandon them.

If you don't want to go with me, I..."

Listening to Qiuyan's words, Yang Mazi hurriedly said:

"No, no, I don't want to be separated from you. Since you want to go, I will go with you!"

After hearing this, Qiuyan comforted him with a few words and continued on her way.

At daybreak, Shou Gou brought the four people to Brother Nan, and Qiu Yan told them the whole story.

Brother Nan fixed his gaze on Yang Mazi and clicked his tongue twice.

"I didn't expect it. Qiuyan is so lucky that someone can come to her rescue at this time."

As he spoke, he walked up to Yang Mazi and said with a smile:

"Good brother, since you have come to us, we will be brothers from now on.

Don't worry, as long as you explain the situation in Linshan Village clearly, I will definitely not treat you unfairly.

Our Qiuyan is a good girl. You should live a good life here from now on.

If you have a few children, your life will get better and better!"

Although Brother Nan said this with a smile, Yang Mazi still felt that this man was scary.

He shrank his head, trembling with fear, and just nodded repeatedly.

When Brother Nan saw this, he sneered and said sinisterly:

"Think carefully and don't say anything wrong.

If I find out you lied, you don't want to know the consequences!"

Yang Mazi looked at Brother Nan, who was smiling wickedly, and felt more and more uneasy.

Before he rescued Qiuyan, he wanted to take Qiuyan away.

But I didn't expect that after leaving the wall, I would come to this bandit's den again.