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

Lu Qingqing sat on the shaft of the carriage and wiped the fine beads of sweat from her face with her thin sleeves.

When she encountered refugees blocking the road the day before yesterday, she was wearing a thin jacket, but now she has changed into a thin shirt.

Not only her, but most of the people in the team and even the refugees on the road also changed into thin shirts.

There's no way, the temperature has risen too quickly in the past few days.

It’s extremely hot today!

It's not even noon yet, but the scorching sun is already making people feel dizzy.

Lu Qingqing estimated that the temperature was probably over 30 degrees Celsius right now.

This temperature is acceptable if you stay at home.

But in today's environment, it's not so good.

On the one hand, the temperature has risen too quickly and the body has not yet adapted.

On the other hand, they are in a hurry to get on the road.

There wasn't even a single shade tree along the entire official road, and it was under the scorching sun all day long.

If you want to enjoy the cool air, you have to get off the official road and go to the woods nearby.

But the team was in a hurry to get on with their journey, so there was no time to rest.

But apart from the heat, there was no wind at all, which made it even more stuffy.

Lu Qingqing took out the kettle and took a few sips of boiled water. After handing it to Qin Lang beside her, she took the reins.

Qin Lang lifted the gauze that had drooped from his veil, raised his head and gulped down a few gulps of water, saying aggrievedly:

"Daya, it's too hot today!"

Lu Qingqing glanced at his flushed face and whispered:

"Go inside the carriage and wait a moment. I'll make you an ice basin filled with the snow and ice we collected this winter."

When Qin Lang heard the word "ice basin", a look of joy appeared on his face.

Just as he was about to get up and leave, he saw that her face was also red with heat, so he took the reins from her hand again.

"Daya, go in and cool down first, I'll go in after you're done!"

Lu Qingqing thought she had to go in and put the ice basin first, so she agreed.

When I entered the carriage, it was stuffy under the scorching sun and felt much hotter than outside.

She lifted the curtain of the car and let the stuffy air out while she was hurrying along.

After a while, I felt that the car was not so stuffy anymore, so I closed the curtains tightly again.

Then he took a large wooden basin and used his mind to take a large piece of compacted ice and snow from behind the mountain.

Almost the moment it was taken out, Lu Qingqing felt the coolness.

The pores that were originally open begin to contract after sensing the coolness.

Lu Qingqing shuddered and then moved the ice basin away.

Thinking of the hardship of traveling these days, I decided to eat the whole fruit smoothie.

She took a large bowl of ice from the wooden barrel in the space that was used to store clean ice, and then took out a few peaches and tomatoes.

Finally, a small amount of sugar was added to make a small portion of sugar water.

Soon, a plate of fruit smoothie was ready.

At this time, the temperature in the entire carriage had dropped.

Lu Qingqing scooped a small spoonful of fruit smoothie with a porcelain spoon and put it into her mouth, feeling the sweet and sour juice spreading in her mouth.

In one word, cool!

After eating a few bites, she felt less hot, so she went to change Qin Lang in.

Just as Lu Qingqing sat back on the shaft of the carriage, she heard Qin Lang's surprised "Wow" as he got into the carriage behind her!

He quietly lifted a corner of the car curtain, gave a thumbs-up and praised:

"Daya, you're awesome!"

"Well, come in and eat!"

Lu Qingqing said this without turning around, but the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

After all, I still have to teach myself. Look, how well the emotional value is provided!

The whole team ran until noon. Lu Tianming felt that the horse was panting from the heat, so he found a place under the shade of a tree to rest.

As soon as the car stopped, Lu Qingqing scooped up half a bucket of water to feed the horse, and quietly added a drop of space water in it.

The horse smelled the scent and put its head into the bucket to drink.

He didn't drink it all until he shook off the water on his head, moved to Lu Qingqing and rubbed his head against her.

Qin Lang brought a large handful of food to feed it, and scooped some ground corn kernels and bran into a basin.

Nowadays, horses exercise too much every day, and they can easily collapse without high-calorie food.

Just like the horse of Lu Laosan's family not far away, it is much thinner than his own horse.

The horse was not fat when it was bought. Now it has to pull such a heavy load every day and eats only grass all day. It would be strange if it didn't lose weight.

As for feeding the horses, the few families in the team who had horses before knew that they should feed them some food.

When they first set out, Lu Tianming reminded the families who had just bought horses to feed them some grains every day.

But Sun Cui was reluctant to feed the grain to the livestock. When other people fed grain to their horses, she would at most feed them some bran.

During the day, her family's carriage was always at the end of the journey.

Lu Laosan was also reluctant to feed the livestock.

He thought that feeding more grass should be enough.

Well, the problem occurred this afternoon.

Everything was fine when the team stopped, but when they were about to set off again, Lu Laosan's horse just wouldn't get up.

Seeing that other families were starting to get on the official road, Lu Laosan was so anxious that he whipped the horse hard.

The horse was beaten and cried out in pain. It wanted to get up and pull the cart, but it failed to get up after several attempts.

Feeling the whip hitting him more and more painfully, the horse just kept its head down to avoid the whip.

Seeing that the team was about to go up the official road, Lu Laosan was so frightened that he quickly ran to the front and said to Lu Tianming:

"Cousin, I don't know what's wrong with my horse. It won't get up!"

Seeing that Lu Lao San was looking anxious, Lu Tianming looked behind him.

I saw the horse from Lu Laosan's family lying on the ground, gasping for breath.

Lu Tianming frowned, told Lu Shuhe to wait here, and followed Lu Laosan to the horse.

When Lu Tianming saw the horse for the first time after getting closer, his brows furrowed.

This horse is too thin!

The spine on the horse's back was so thin that it bulged out.

Lu Tianming squatted down, touched the horse's back, and then walked around the horse to check it. Then he frowned and asked Lu Laosan:

"Do you feed it every day?"

Lu Lao San looked at Lu Tianming, who had a serious face, and said vaguely, feeling a little guilty:

"Hey, hey, feed me every night."

Looking at his expression, Lu Tianming knew that what he said was probably false.

"What are you feeding? How much is each meal?"

After hearing him ask so many detailed questions, Lu Lao San still wanted to fool him, but then he heard Lu Tianming scolding him:

"Didn't I tell you before that this horse must be fed with grain to pull such a heavy cart every day?

If you had listened to me, how could the horse be so thin!

Look for yourself, is there any horse in the team thinner than yours!

You guys went to buy horses together, and when you brought them back, Zhuzi's father's horse was the thinnest.

Now, do you look at it again?"

Before Lu Lao San could respond, Sun Cui, who was standing next to him, explained:

"It's not the boss's fault. I thought horses were similar to cows. They eat less food, so eating more grass at night should be enough."

As Lu Laosan listened to Sun Cui's explanation, his previous dissatisfaction with her ideas subsided a little.

When Lu Tianming heard Sun Cui say this stupid thing, he didn't want to argue at all and said to Lu Lao San:

"This is the last time. If you listen to your wife again, I won't let the team stop to wait for you!"