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

Chapter 388 Leaving

That night, Lu Tianming arranged for someone to cook porridge for these people.

As bowl after bowl of porridge was distributed, these people didn't care whether it was hot or not, and gulped down the porridge.

After eating the food, they seemed to be in much better spirits.

After the meal, the old woman regained some strength and thanked Lu Tianming and others repeatedly.

Lu Tianming looked at them, sighed, and said:

"Auntie, you still have to rely on yourselves from now on!

We are just passing through here. We will stay here for one more day tomorrow at most to search the area around the town again and kill those beasts.

The day after tomorrow, we will set off again.

After we leave, those beasts that escaped may come back again.

You guys should have a good rest tomorrow, and then you have to leave here!"

The old woman was a little disappointed when she heard this, but she also knew that the other party had done the most kind thing possible.

She bowed deeply to Lu Tianming and others. In addition to thanking them for saving her life, she also planned to take the rest of the people to live in a village farther away.

Lu Tianming had some respect for the old woman in his heart.

Those who can remain conscious and clear-headed in such an environment are extremely strong people!

Lu Tianming doesn't mind helping such people.

After settling those people, Lu Tianming led them back to the yard where they would stay for the night.

It was not until he returned that he learned that Lu Yuanfang had been kidnapped.

Even though I knew my daughter had been rescued, I was still scared and broke out in a sweat when I heard the whole process.

After Cui finished her story, she said to Lu Yuanfang with a look of regret:

"Yuan Fang, it was mother who almost hurt you!

From now on, I won’t stop you anymore. You and your sister-in-law should train well.

Today, even if you have one tenth of Daya's ability, you wouldn't take such a big risk!"

Cui's words were full of regret.

During previous training sessions, although Cui allowed her daughter to train with them, she did not allow her to train with the men.

During training, she was always watched and only allowed to be with the other women.

In addition, Lu Yuanfang had bound feet, so she often couldn't stand for long before she was too tired to stand.

Lu Yuanfang sat next to Cui, lowered his head, and said after a long while:

"Dad, Mom, I will definitely train well with Daya from now on!"

She has been under the protection of her father and brother for so long while fleeing from famine.

Although I have witnessed the cruelty of it, it was not until today that I personally experienced the feeling of despair.

The moment Daya appeared on horseback carrying a bow, the values ​​formed by the education she had received over the past ten years collapsed.

It was then that she realized that everything her mother had taught her in the past was really no longer applicable now.

In the past, she had less training, and it wasn't just because of her mother.

Among them, her own reasons were more important.

After all, she still felt in her heart that she was a woman, and since she was old enough, she would probably get married within two years.

She was worried that she had done something wrong and would displease the Yao family.

In the end, foot binding became an excuse to escape.

In fact, what does it matter even if you bind your feet?

If she had persisted more on a normal day and not stopped training because of foot pain.

Today, will I be as powerful as Daya?

Even if it's only a small part, it will prevent her from being a burden to the team and her family from worrying about her.

Maybe even help others.

Just like Daya!

In the room, Lu Tianming had no idea how this incident had changed Lu Yuanfang.

After dinner, he and Cui packed up the thank-you gifts and took Lu Yuanfang to thank Lu Qingqing before returning.

At night, except for those on duty, when the rest of the team went to rest, it was almost midnight.

Nothing happened all night.

On the second day, except for the people on duty, the rest of the team began to disperse towards the town and search for the escaped refugees.

On that day, all the refugees hiding in the nearby villages were killed.

Only a very few people heard the noise and ran away early, but they were afraid of being caught, so they ran far away and did not dare to come back.

In the afternoon, the teams returned to the town.

Lu Tianming led everyone and came to the shallow ditch with tools.

The old woman heard the noise and came over with a few people who were a little more sober.

They knelt beside the ditch and cried bitterly.

In this ditch are their closest relatives.

Lu Qingqing stood by and listened to their painful cries, feeling very suffocated in her heart.

In this era, it is difficult for ordinary people to survive even if they use all their strength.

She suddenly remembered a sentence she had read before.

Those pages of history books, between the words, all reveal the meaning of "cannibalism"!

The few short lines in history books cannot fully describe the true blood, tears and sadness.

Everyone standing by the ditch was in a heavy mood.

They were either thinking about their separated relatives or the difficulties they faced on the road to escape famine.

For a moment, the scene was in a gloom.

After a while, Lu Tianming called on everyone to bury the soil in the ditch.

They covered the ditch with shovelfuls of soil. After a long time of hard work, they finally buried all the bodies in the ditch.

After returning, Lu Tianming distributed the food and property he had found.

Most of the food was left for the old woman and her group. The remaining food and property were not much, and even less was distributed to each person.

But most people have no objection to this.

Compared to those people, their lives following Lu Tianming can really be considered very good!

On the morning of the third day, everyone got up early, replenished their water in the town, and continued on their journey.

The old woman also led her people, carrying the distributed food, and headed in another direction.

The team walked for a whole morning, but there was no one in the villages they passed by.

We didn't even encounter any refugees on the road.

At noon, the team stopped to rest and everyone was in a very low mood.

Each family ate lunch in silence, took a short break, and then set off again.

But soon, everyone no longer cared about the sadness.

The team came to a fork in the road, with two roads to the left and right, and they didn't know which to choose.

After the convoy stopped, everyone discussed for a while but could not reach a conclusion.

In the end, it was Lu Tianming who made the final decision to take the one on the right.

This was actually a helpless move as they did not have a map of this place.

If there is really no way out on this road, you can only go back and take another one.

Fortunately, I chose the right path this time!

On the morning of the fourth day, everyone returned to the official road.

The official road was built wide and flat, much easier to walk on than the small path.

But every advantage has its disadvantages. Not long after they got to the official road, they encountered refugees fleeing famine again.

Most of these people didn't have much luggage. Apart from a tattered bag on their backs, they only had the stick in their hands.

Whenever they see some green on the roadside, they will run over and quickly dig the wild vegetables into their bags.

These refugees were scattered, mostly alone or in groups of three or two.