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

Chapter 397 Yangfeng County

After the rain stopped, many refugees on the official road sat on both sides of the road to rest.

Lu Tianming looked at the tired faces of everyone in the team, so he found a flatter place and stopped to rest.

After the convoy stopped, except for the person on duty who was still guarding outside with a knife, the rest of the people collapsed exhausted on the carts.

Lu Qingqing lay in the carriage and drank a sip of warm space water. The soreness in her body gradually dissipated.

She snuggled up in the soft quilt and fell asleep in a short while.

I slept very soundly, and when I woke up I heard the sounds of children playing outside.

Seeing that Qin Lang was still sleeping beside her, Lu Qingqing quietly lifted the curtain of the car and saw several children playing beside the official road.

At this time, a lot of water had accumulated in the ditches on both sides of the official road.

Several children were picking up small stones and throwing them into the water.

Not far away, Shi Xiu'er saw Xiao Shitou trying to run into the ditch and hurriedly stopped him.

She still remembered the red and swollen faces of Lu Laosan and Sun Cui who had been drenched in mud.

It's not good to get involved in this muddy water.

At this time, a fire had been lit in the camp, the water on it had boiled, and several women were preparing food.

From last night till now, most of the people in the team have not had a proper meal.

Seeing that Qin Lang was sleeping soundly, Lu Qingqing was afraid of waking him up, so she didn't go back to the carriage.

As she came out of the carriage, the cow tied next to her saw her and mooed twice.

A pair of big wet eyes looked at people, and the eyelashes trembled.

Lu Qingqing leaned over and touched the bull's head. Seeing it rubbing her hand docilely, her heart softened.

After the man and the cow spent a rare while together in comfort, Lu Qingqing saw that a large amount of water had gone into the cow's food bowl and water bowl, so she added more.

At this time, it was almost dusk.

Lu Qingqing thought that she would rest here today, so she thought about going to the carriage to get some dry food and prepare some hot meals.

As soon as he climbed onto the carriage, he saw Qin Lang, who was sleeping soundly, lifting the curtain.

"Daya, where have you been?"

Lu Qingqing saw that he had one eye half closed, looking like he hadn't woken up yet, and replied with a smile:

"I saw other people were already cooking, so I thought I'd get some pancakes to warm up."

"Ah."

Qin Lang scratched his messy hair and moved aside to make way.

The two of them had a simple dinner, white flour pancakes with pickles.

Even so, the two of them managed to eat most of the basket of pancakes.

Lu Qingqing has become accustomed to the amount of food they eat, so she always prepares extra food every time she prepares meals.

There is no way. They have consumed too much physical energy while fleeing the famine, and eating too little will harm their bodies.

Lu Qingqing thought that after taking a nap in the afternoon, she might suffer from insomnia at night.

Unexpectedly, not long after dark, the two fell asleep again.

She slept until dawn, and when she woke up, she felt refreshed.

After experiencing a storm, the wild vegetables on both sides of the road grew more lush and flourished.

The team continued to move forward, and after a day, they began to encounter villages.

There are still a small number of villagers living in the village.

When they saw Lu Tianming's convoy passing by, they looked at them warily.

Lu Tianming wore a mask tightly on his face and went to ask them about the situation.

I learned that there was some dust floating in the air over the village a few days ago, but it cleared up after the rain.

After Lu Tianming told them that it would be best not to drink water outdoors in the next few days, he led the team on their way again.

After walking for a few more days, the team finally arrived at a county town.

The county gate was tightly closed, and above the gate, a sign read "Yangfeng County" in large letters.

Under the city wall of Yangfeng County, many refugees built simple shacks with some firewood piled next to them. It seemed that they had been living there for some time.

Those small shacks filled the area under the city wall, leaving only a fenced path at the city gate.

Seeing this, everyone in the team felt that this place was just like the previous county towns, where refugees were not allowed to enter, and they couldn't help but feel disappointed.

While Lu Qingqing and others were observing the refugees under the city wall, the refugees were also observing them.

Although there seemed to be a lot of refugees under the city wall, most of them were just one or two people.

The better ones might be a family of three or five people, and the most would be no more than a dozen people. There was no larger group at all.

A team like Lu Qingqing's, with dozens of people, armed with knives and livestock pulling carts, is really rare.

When the people in the team saw a large number of refugees, they immediately took out their knives, fearing that the refugees would gather together to rob them.

Little did they know that these refugees were also afraid of them.

At this time, Lu Tianming at the front of the team had also been observing for a while.

He called a few people and planned to go to the refugee group to inquire about the situation.

When the refugees saw them approaching, they became alert.

Seeing this, Lu Tianming raised his hands to indicate that he had no ill intentions.

Lu Qingqing and others stayed behind, keeping a close eye on Lu Tianming and his group, fearing that something unexpected might happen.

Lu Tianming carefully avoided these shacks and walked towards the person he had identified when he had observed them before.

Along the way, they passed through one shack after another and arrived in front of that man's shack.

"Brother, we are from the north and want to ask you something."

As Lu Tianming spoke, he quickly took out a vegetable pancake and stuffed it into the hands of the refugee in front of him.

The refugee was a little scared when he saw the men approaching.

After seeing the vegetable pancake, he quickly stuffed it into the weeds under his butt.

Then he looked around and saw that no one noticed, then he grinned and said:

"Okay, okay, you've come to the right person. My home is in the village nearby!

To be honest, I only come here to eat because I have nothing to eat at home.

If you have anything you want to know, just ask!"

Lu Tianming squatted down and asked in a low voice:

"Can we enter Yangfeng County? Why are you all gathered here at the foot of the city wall?"

After hearing this, the man pointed in the direction of the city gate and said:

"Last year, you only had to pay two cents to enter Yangfeng County.

Later, around the end of the year, it was said that there was a plague in the north, and the county magistrate was worried about being infected, so he didn't allow anyone to enter!

As for why everyone gathered here, it was because there was a lady named Liu in the city who was doing good deeds in order to have a child.

Madam Liu would send her servants out of the city to do good deeds from time to time.

If you meet them one day, each of you can get a two-piece pancake.

Of course, such good things don’t happen every day.

However, now that spring has arrived, I'm digging some wild vegetables nearby.

Plus the bread we get every few days, we can make do with it!"