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

Chapter 349 Surviving the Disaster

At this time, the door of the Yao family's house next door also opened. Yao Bowu walked out quickly, glanced at the Lu family's house, and asked anxiously:

"Uncle Lu, Yuan...is everything okay at home?"

"all good!"

"That's good! That's good!"

When Yao Yaobowu learned that Lu Yuanfang was fine, the anxious expression on his face faded.

After asking the questions, he didn't know what to say to his future father-in-law for a moment.

Just as he was about to pick his fingers awkwardly, people from several other rooms came out.

After greeting each other, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that no one had any accidents.

Lu Tianxin let out a long breath, looked into the distance across the high courtyard wall, and sighed:

"Hey! This cold wave is finally over!"

"That's right! It's so scary!"

Lu Tianfu responded, his tone full of relief after surviving a disaster.

In the space, Lu Qingqing had been paying attention to the movements outside. When she heard the voices outside, she pulled Qin Lang out of the space.

Even though the two of them were dressed warmly, their faces still hurt from the cold when they returned to the house.

The fire in the stove had long been extinguished, and there was no warmth in the entire room.

"You go light the stove, and I'll light these fires!"

Lu Qingqing lowered her voice and the two of them moved quickly.

Soon, the stove and several fires were lit, and the room became a little warmer.

Hearing more and more talking outside, Lu Qingqing looked back at the house and found nothing unusual, so she walked towards the door.

When I lifted the door curtain, I found that the mattress serving as the door curtain was frozen hard, as if a large piece of ice was hanging on it.

She lifted a gap in the frozen mattress, moved sideways and pushed open the door.

In the yard, Lu Tianming was counting the number of people and asking about the situation of each family while counting.

After a while, he had finished asking about the situation of each family.

During this cold wave, everyone took effective preventive measures, and since it was daytime, there were no casualties in the yard.

After Lu Tianming asked about the situation, he breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously.

Their north courtyard is located at a higher position and there is nothing to block the wind nearby, yet there are no casualties. It is estimated that there will not be any major problems in the village this time.

However, I don’t know if this cold wave will come again, so we still need to be careful.

Thinking of this, he instructed everyone:

"This cold wave has passed, but we must not let our guard down in the days ahead.

It’s nothing, try not to leave the yard!

Even when clearing snow, you must pay attention to the surrounding conditions.

If anything goes wrong, hurry back to the house.

Another thing is that a lot of firewood has been burned in each house.

After a while, everyone thought about adding more firewood and taking precautions as before.

It's Tianxin's turn to be on guard tonight, so be alert at night!"

"I got it, brother!"

Lu Tianxin quickly agreed.

At this moment, Li Rui suddenly screamed: "Oh, my horse!"

As he said this, he hurried to the stable.

The others also reacted and quickly followed.

When Lu Qingqing went over, there were already quite a few people standing in the stable.

After entering, I found that the entire stable was covered with a layer of frost, and the straw mats used for insulation in the shed were also frozen.

In the shed, only the horse on the westernmost side fell to the ground, and the rest of the horses and cows were standing in the middle.

Better than expected, the few horses and cows that were standing were still alive.

Although there was frost on their backs and heads, they were still alive.

There was a big brazier under their feet, but the fire in the brazier had gone out.

Li Rui put his hand on the neck of the fallen horse, and after a while he stood up with a frustrated look on his face.

In fact, you don’t even need to check to know that this horse is doomed.

Its body was covered with frost, its tail was frozen to the ground, and its limbs were stiffly fixed in one position.

If you get closer, you can even see that its eyes are dilated.

Lu Qingqing squeezed over and patted Li Rui's shoulder soothingly.

The person who was most sad about the horse's death was probably him.

On weekdays, Li Rui takes care of these horses the most.

Li Rui forced a smile and said as if to comfort himself:

"Fortunately, most of the horses are still alive!"

Seeing him like this, Qu Hong also comforted him:

"Yeah, it's a good thing you thought of lighting a brazier for them!

These cows and horses are able to survive thanks to your brazier!"

Li Rui looked at his master and fellow apprentices who were gathered in a circle, all with worry on their faces. He let out a long breath and said:

"Master, the horse is dead. Let's kill it and eat the meat today. It's been a long time since we last had meat!"

Master Yan knew that Li Rui seemed careless, but he was actually very thoughtful.

Seeing him like this, I walked over, touched his head, and agreed.

"Lao Wu, go get a basin and see if the blood can be released."

Li Rui said this and gave Qu Hong instructions.

When Qu Hong heard him call him Lao Wu, he was not angry for a rare time. He quietly left the stable and went to the house to get a wooden basin.

Li Rui also went back to the house to get firewood, flint, and food.

As for the water, it has frozen in the trough. I will have to boil some hot water and pour it in to melt it.

Lu Qingqing took on the task of boiling water.

While Li Rui was busy lighting the brazier, Chai Quan tried and found that the horse could not bleed at all.

I don’t know if it’s because he’s been dead for too long or because the temperature is too cold.

Seeing that the horse blood could not be released, several people decided to go back to the house and divide it.

Master Yan and several others dragged the horse out. After all, there is strength in numbers, and the horse was dragged out in no time.

At this time, Lu Qingqing brought over half a bucket of hot water and poured it directly into the frozen sink.

The cattle and horses seemed to have noticed something, and they stopped eating food and grass and came over to drink water.

Li Rui was busy with the brazier and took a look at them but didn't pay much attention. He just thought they were thirsty for too long.

Only Lu Qingqing knew that she had added a drop of space water to the water.

When she came over to check just now, she found that the surviving cattle and horses were a little listless.

After all, the team will set out again in the spring of next year and will still need these cattle and horses to carry their belongings.

If there weren't a few of them, the speed of travel would be greatly reduced.

Lu Qingqing stood by the water trough, watching the cows and horses scrambling to drink the water, and she felt a little more at ease.

When the two men left the stable, the brazier in the stable had already been lit, and there was plenty of food, fodder and water.

Lu Qingqing looked at the condition of the livestock and felt that there would be no problem for them to survive.

After leaving the stable, every family in the yard was carrying firewood from the pile.

When Tianfu Niang saw her come out, she immediately picked up a big bunch and handed it to her.

"Daya, you haven't had time to carry the firewood yet. Here, I'll give you this big handful."

Seeing this, Lu Qingqing thanked him, took the firewood, and walked towards her house.

Tianfu Niang saw her leave, and she smiled and picked up a large bunch of firewood and walked towards her house, praising her daughter-in-law as she walked:

"Daya is such a polite child, she looks like a scholar. From now on, let our little Shitou learn from her!"

Shi Xiu'er nodded seriously and agreed, and she also had her own considerations in her mind.

She sees more than her mother-in-law. Her father is a scholar, and Daya is much more capable than ordinary scholars.

This child has a strong character, is loyal and righteous, and will definitely have great development in the future.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with being on good terms with her!

Thinking of this, she remembered the chess pieces her mother-in-law had planned to make a few days ago, and decided to send some to Daya once they were finished.

On the other side, Lu Qingqing had just returned to the house with firewood when she saw Qin Lang running over and calling her.

"Daya, Senior Brother Chai is skinning a horse. Do you want to go and take a look?"

Lu Qingqing was a little curious. When did Senior Brother Chai learn how to skin animals?

However, thinking of Senior Brother Chai's strange hobbies, Lu Qingqing felt it was better not to explore them.

There is nothing to do now, so she can go over and help.

Thinking of this, she called Qin Lang, and they each carried a large handful of firewood and went over.

In the room, Senior Brother Chai was squatting by the fire, holding a shiny knife and quickly cutting up the horse meat.

The knife in his hand was covered in blood, and he would cut off a large piece of meat from time to time and hand it to Qu Hong who was helping him.

Beside him, the horse's hide had been peeled off.

The skinning technique is very good and the horse skin is very complete.

A lot of meat had already been placed in the wooden basin next to the horse skin.

Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang put the firewood in their hands aside and hurried forward to help.

At this moment, the ground was covered with blood, and every step left a blood mark.

The whole scene looked a bit bloody.