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

Seeing Village Chief Yang and his group looking at him expectantly, Lu Tianming couldn't help but smile bitterly and said:

"Brother Yang, to be honest, we just discussed it and didn't come up with any good ideas."

Village Chief Yang looked a little disappointed, but this was within his expectations.

The tiger is the king of the forest, and it is not something that ordinary people can easily get rid of.

But this time, there might be casualties in the village again!

Thinking of this, Village Chief Yang sighed in his heart.

Their ancestors lived in this Linshan Village, and they had never heard of tigers coming out of the mountains for all these years.

Unexpectedly, I met them this year.

When everyone was silent, Lu Qingqing spoke from behind the crowd:

"Uncle Yang, I wonder if anyone in the village has poisons like aconite.

If there is one, this tiger might be eliminated."

When Village Chief Yang heard the word "wutou", it took him a while to realize that it meant "haozitou", and then he began to think carefully.

He knew about this thing. Someone had picked it in the mountains a few years ago, but he hadn't heard of it for many years.

Before Village Chief Yang could answer, Liangzi, who was standing beside him, looked thoughtful and asked the elder brother next to him:

"Brother, when Dad's leg disease was serious, did we give him medicine that contained aconite?"

Dongzi scratched his head: "I think so, but I can't remember clearly."

The more Liangzi thought about it, the more he felt that it was true. He clapped his hands and said to Lu Qingqing:

“My father’s previous medicine for leg disease contained aconite.

When I went to get the medicine, the medicine boy mentioned it and I confirmed it with him.

Aconitum is what we call rat head. Someone in the village has picked it in the mountains before!

My dad still has several doses of medicine left, it must be in there, I'll go get it!"

As he said that, Liangzi wanted to run outside, but was stopped by Village Chief Yang.

"Don't be anxious, listen to what Daya has to say."

Liangzi's face was full of anxiety, and he turned to look at Lu Qingqing beside him.

“I don’t know how toxic the Aconitum in this herb is, but if it’s really that toxic, there are two ways to treat it.

One is to apply poison on raw meat, which will kill the tiger if it eats it.

Another method is to apply poison to the arrowhead. As long as the arrow injures the tiger and the poison enters the flesh, it will be effective."

As soon as Lu Qingqing finished speaking, Liangzi couldn't wait any longer and said to Village Chief Yang:

"I really have it at home. I'm going to go back and get it now. I'm going to make that beast pay for my father's death!"

Seeing his face full of resentment, Village Chief Yang hurriedly said:

“Don’t worry, the medicine won’t go away at home. Let’s discuss the specific plan first and then go back.

Besides, the village isn't safe right now, so it's better for us to go back together."

Dongzi also whispered a few words of advice, and Liangzi gave up.

Lu Qingqing and her group discussed the specific plan in detail.

Finally, they decided to use a safer method. Each family collected some raw meat, coated it with poison, and placed it on the road that the tiger must pass.

If the meat is eaten by the tiger, the crisis will be resolved.

If it did not eat the meat, or the poison in the meat did not kill the tiger, then the only option would be to adopt the second plan.

The men in the village built a sturdy ice house next to the open space on the north mountain and ambushed inside.

If a tiger runs out from there, we can hunt it!

However, this second plan is much more dangerous and is more likely to result in casualties.

Once the plan is set, the first step is for each family to collect raw meat.

Village chief Yang was the first to respond and contributed pork intended for the New Year.

The others also responded, and Liangzi even wanted to take out all the meat in the house.

Lu Qingqing thought that the pork was scattered and had been frozen for a while, and she was worried that the tiger would not like it.

She decided to take out the venison that she had slaughtered earlier and freeze it outside so that it would not be conspicuous when she took it out.

Now that the meat is dealt with, the next thing is the most important aconite.

When Village Chief Yang and his group left, the old village chief also planned to go over and take a look, as he had seen Aconitum in his earlier years.

Seeing this, Lu Tianming instructed the remaining people in the yard to continue raising the wall, and he led a few men to follow.

Lu Qingqing went back to the house first and put a large piece of venison at the door to freeze it.

Then she followed with a bow and arrow on her back, intending to see what was going on.

If this tiger is not dealt with one day, people will be unable to sleep or eat.

When everyone went out, they carefully observed the surrounding situation.

The wind was howling outside, blowing up snow particles from time to time.

Fortunately, the tiger that everyone was worried about never showed up.

When passing through the village, many villagers stuck their heads out to ask about the situation.

Village Chief Yang briefly explained the situation without stopping.

When they arrived at Yoshiko's house, the group rushed in.

Liangzi took out the medicine and took out one of the sliced ​​herbs.

The old village chief held the dried flakes and tried to identify them for a long time, but he was still not sure whether it was Aconitum.

There is no way, the prepared medicine is too different from the one grown in the field.

But there is nothing else to do now, so I can only try it.

After picking out the aconite, Lu Tianming took the medicine away, while the others went home to get the meat.

After returning to the north yard, the old village chief found a worn-out clay pot and began to boil the aconite.

Lu Qingqing took some henbane and put it in a clay pot to boil together.

During this period, Village Chief Yang brought a group of men to deliver the collected raw meat.

The old village chief turned off the fire only when only half a bowl of the aconite soup was left.

The few people standing around smeared the aconite soup on the thawed raw meat.

Among them, Lu Qingqing applied more on her piece of venison.

However, they did not use up all the aconite soup and left some for themselves.

After all, if the first plan fails, we have to smear it on the arrow.

Before it got dark, a group of men, armed with weapons, rushed to the scene of the incident in the north of the village in fear.

Fortunately, everything was accomplished without any major problems.

So, we just have to wait and see the results tomorrow.

When Lu Qingqing and others returned to the North Courtyard, everyone in the yard was still raising the wall.

It was still unknown when this tiger would be eliminated, so their defense work could not stop.

We worked until midnight to raise the surrounding walls. Now the height of the walls has reached about 4.5 meters.

The entire wall was built of thick ice with a smooth surface.

There is no high place around the house, so if the tiger jumps from the ground, it will not be able to jump so high.

As for the gate, a wall was first built from the inside with ice bricks, leaving only a small hole at the entrance for people to enter and exit.

The high wall surrounds the house firmly, making it look very safe.

They also placed ladders throughout the yard to facilitate observation of the situation outside.

At night, Lu Tianming arranged people to be on duty.