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

When Lu Tianxin heard this, he knew that County Magistrate Yao had given too much.

Removing snow in the village only takes a day, and many people are eager to do it for twenty or thirty cents.

Knowing that he was doing this for his elder brother's sake, and thinking that the medicine that his elder brother had just applied was brought by Qin Lang, he no longer refused and turned to look at Qin Lang and the others.

"Xiao Lang, Daya, are you willing?"

When Lu Qingqing heard this, she knew that they were taking care of them on purpose, so she responded crisply.

"If you're willing, we'll make sure it's clean."

Lu Tianxin smiled and nodded, then continued to look at County Magistrate Yao.

"Brother Yao, the snow has stopped now. After my nephew finishes cleaning up in the afternoon, I'll go find Brother Wang in the village."

"He used to specialize in this. If there's any repair work needed at the back of the house, he'll find a few young men to do it."

"You can live in my house with peace of mind. I will definitely fix the house up perfectly."

After the parties exchanged polite greetings and said their goodbyes, Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang took the keys given by Lu Tianxin and went home.

After telling her grandmother about the situation, Lu Qingqing wanted to go to Zhuzi's house and ask Zhuzi to come over to help watch over the things while she and Qin Lang went to sweep the snow.

But Grandma Qin thought that thieves would not dare to come again in broad daylight. Besides, the house where the snow was being swept was not far away. If there was anything, she could just knock on it a few times with a basin and they would hear it.

Unable to persuade Grandma Qin, the two of them took their tools and went to the house.

I thought I would go back after a while, have lunch at noon, and finish my work early in the afternoon before going back.

When they arrived, they saw that the house was mostly covered with snow, and the snow on the bottom floor was frozen.

Lu Qingqing asked Qin Lang to clean the unfrozen parts on top first, while she went to the side and scraped away the top layer of snow, revealing the clean frozen ice at the bottom.

Use a shovel to chop down, and when you reach the bottom, change direction until you chop out a large rectangular piece of ice.

Hearing Qin Lang still chopping ice over there, and seeing that there was no one around, he quickly put the ice into the space.

The bottom layer is separated by bamboo mats, and rectangular ice blocks are placed vertically against the walls of the space, which can save some space.

This ice will come in handy when the summer gets hot.

The two of them worked hard and cleared the snow outside the house in half a morning. Lu Qingqing took the opportunity to collect a lot of clean ice cubes.

When they cleaned the yard, they first cleared a path, went home to get a ladder, and felt relieved to see that everything was fine at home.

Qin Lang brought a ladder and climbed up to the house to clear the snow off the roof.

The house was built with solid materials. The roof tiles are indeed a little damaged, but it doesn't look like a big problem.

In the middle, the two of them went home to eat, and then went back to work with their stomachs warm.

When the yard was almost cleaned, the entire house appeared before our eyes.

The tall blue brick and tile house is square, with four main rooms and east and west wing rooms on both sides. It is built very grandly.

The furniture in the house was still there, and there wasn't much dust on the floor. It looked like someone had come to clean it regularly before.

Considering that the amount of money given by County Magistrate Yao was really large, Lu Qingqing and the others cleared the snow and cleaned the house before going to the old village chief's house to call people over.

When County Magistrate Yao saw the cleaned house, his eyes lit up.

I didn’t expect that the result after cleaning was so good, I nodded in satisfaction.

Lu Qingqing let Qin Lang take the five cents of silver and watched Qin Lang, who was so excited about making money for the first time, almost running on the way home.

After returning home, Qin Lang handed the money to Grandma Qin with both hands. As expected, the two were praised by Grandma Qin.

Qin Lang listened to the praise and proudly puffed out his chest and raised his head. This was the first time he had earned money.

Grandma Qin touched their cheeks lovingly, and they were cold to the touch.

Looking at the two children's red hands from the cold, Grandma Qin hurriedly boiled a large pot of hot water to soak their hands and feet. She also took a hot towel to apply to their faces, as the heat would prevent them from getting frostbite.

At this time, the Wang family.

The youngest son, Wang Dezhe, was lying unconscious on the kang. The skin and flesh on his chest were rolled outward due to the cut, and the area around the wound was severely frostbitten due to exposure.

The frostbitten areas turned white at first and now have large blisters.

Coupled with the curled wound, it looks particularly creepy.

At this moment, the eldest son, Wang Zeben, turned over and cried out in pain.

"Dad, my arm hurts so much, it seems to be bleeding again, please help me take a look."

Wang Kangshi hurried over and saw that his eldest son's wound was bleeding again. He shouted to the kitchen,

"Go and get the powder."

An old woman with a bruised face hurried over with a packet of medicine powder. Looking at the bloody wound on her eldest son's arm, she couldn't help but start cursing again.

"That family is unlucky. Why didn't God take them away? My son has suffered so much."

Before she could scold him again, Wang Kangshi slapped her in the face and shouted in a low voice,

"Shut your stinky mouth! If you keep yelling, everyone in the neighborhood will know about it. How can we live well?"

"I think I didn't hit you hard enough, leaving you with the energy to talk nonsense here."

Mrs. Wang covered her face and shrank her head, not daring to say a word.

Wang Kangshi carefully applied the medicine powder and wrapped it with white cloth.

Seeing his eldest son gasping in pain, and then looking at his youngest son lying unconscious beside him, a surge of cruelty welled up in his heart.

The boy from the Qin family and his little girl child bride, he just wanted to steal some food, but he was so cruel.

The family was already struggling to make ends meet, and if a few more days passed, we would be completely out of food.

When the family was at a loss, they heard from the old woman that when the Qin family went to the county town to pay grain taxes, they still had some spare money to buy cotton.

I guess there is still some food stored at home, and his family lives in a separate house in the back mountain. The old man is very stupid, and he has a little girl who is easy to deal with.

Even if you are caught stealing, you don't have to worry about losing.

It's so cold now and no one is walking around. Even if we kill them, no one will notice.

By the spring of next year, even if they were found dead, they would not be able to trace the cause back to their family.

Wang Kangshi was afraid of something happening, so he took the knife from home.

Unexpectedly, after they arrived, before they even entered the door, the youngest son was chopped to death.

Before he and his eldest son could go in, his eldest son was shot in the arm by an arrow.

In the darkness of the night, the cold light reflected by the sword and the screams of his sons frightened him so much that he quickly fled with his two sons.

As the three of them ran away, they looked back fearfully, afraid that they would be caught up.

When he got home, he remembered to cover up his tracks. Wang Kangshi took the broom from home and went out to clean up the traces.

By the time I reached the end of the village, I was exhausted.

Thinking that it was about time, and that the village was so big and the weather was so cold, no one would cooperate with them in the investigation, so he went home with peace of mind.

Now, looking at the miserable condition of his two sons, the hatred in his heart surged up again.

He has never suffered such a great loss in his life. Both of his sons were hurt by the Qin family. He will never let the Qin family have an easy time!