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

Seeing this, the adult in that family ran out and grabbed the back of the child's collar.

Ignoring the child's crying, he dragged the child back to the team and slapped his butt hard a few times.

Seeing this, Hu Laosan said no more and led everyone into the cabin.

The light in the cabin was a little dim, and the smell inside was not very pleasant.

Listening to the chaotic noise inside, Lu Qingqing held the horse with one hand and held Qin Lang's hand tightly with the other.

The carriage followed and went inside. After entering, it took a while for my eyes to slowly adjust.

Only then did she realize that there were already quite a few carriages parked at the innermost part of the cabin.

When everyone first entered the cabin and saw the novelty inside, they all started to discuss it in low voices.

Even though the voices were not loud, each person's words made the cabin buzz.

In a closed environment, this kind of sound is really uncomfortable.

Hu Laosan was at the front directing the parking of the carriages, intending to park the carriages as close as possible.

Many horse-drawn carriages came to this pier.

If it is not arranged properly, there may not be enough space in the cabin.

But as the noise in the cabin grew louder, the people nearby could no longer hear Hu Laosan's commands.

After shouting twice and still getting no response, he got annoyed and took out a gong from his waist and struck it twice with loud "dang, dang" sounds.

The shrill sound echoed in the cabin, and everyone fell silent.

Only then did Hu Laosan hang the gong back on his waist and yelled in his hoarse voice:

"Stop talking, do you still want to leave?

I tell you, if you don’t tie the carriages tightly, you’ll be in trouble if you encounter a turn or a rapid!

Now listen to me, everyone who has just boarded the boat, don't move. I will help you all stop one by one!"

After this shout, the cabin became quiet.

Hu Laosan led a few boatmen and began to direct everyone to stop the boat.

Then, use ropes to secure the carriage to a specially extended railing on the side.

After the carriage stopped, the horses were taken away and tied to the stable at the innermost part of the cabin, which was specially used for horses.

As for the carriages, they are fixed with special wooden frames, so people can rest in the carriages.

Boss Lu, Old Man Lu and a few unfamiliar boatmen were arranging things from the inside out.

There were too many people in the cabin and it was not ventilated, so it was not only smelly but also very hot and stuffy.

Lu Qingqing pulled Qin Lang and waited behind, unconsciously looking towards the cabin door.

Unfortunately, I never saw Da Zhuang.

After waiting there for a long time, Hu Laosan and his companions finally came near them.

At this time, Lu Qingqing could clearly see the dark red faces of Hu Laosan and others.

While directing the parking, they kept wiping the sweat off their faces with their sleeves.

When all the carriages were secured, Hu Laosan checked them one by one from front to back.

After confirming that all vehicles were in good condition, he returned to the hatch and shouted to everyone in the cabin:

"Don't untie the rope you just tied.

Otherwise, if anything happens, don’t look for me!

After the boat starts, if anyone is very seasick, they can go to the deck for a while.

But if you have nothing to do, don't run around.

If you encounter a rapid current and are thrown off the boat, you will lose your life!

In addition, someone will come to collect the toilets on this floor at Chenshi and Youshi every day, so remember to place the toilets at the hatch in advance.

Families with livestock feed their own livestock.

As for the livestock manure, someone will come and clean it up.”

As he said this, he shouted to the boatman to leave.

Before leaving, Boss Lu shouted into the cabin:

"Third brother, Dad and I will come to see you after we finish our work!"

After saying that, without waiting for Lu Laosan's response, he hurriedly followed Hu Laosan at the bow of the boat.

After Lu Qingqing finished cleaning up the carriage, she came out and looked at the situation in the cabin.

All the carriages are parked roughly in rows and columns, and there is not much space between each carriage.

But next to each carriage, there is space for two to three people to sleep.

In addition, a small aisle was left in the middle of the cabin, allowing people to pass through and go to the cabin entrance.

Next to her family's carriage was Lu Tianfu's family's carriage.

After Hu Laosan left, people started talking again in the cabin.

Lu Qingqing thought of her younger brother Dazhuang and became restless.

Judging from the appearance of Boss Lu and Old Man Lu before, Da Zhuang must have suffered a lot.

Thinking about it, she said something to Qin Lang and left the cabin.

The boat was quite large. After she came out of the cabin, she saw someone outside and hurried forward to ask where the kitchen was.

After asking two or three people, I finally arrived at a small room.

At this time, the door was wide open.

Inside, there was an elderly woman with her back to the door, busy with something.

Next to her, a skinny little boy was squatting on the ground washing vegetables.

"Dazhuang?"

As Lu Qingqing's voice rang out, the little boy suddenly raised his head.

He looked at the person standing at the door, was stunned at first, and then ran over crying.

"Big sister! Wuuwuwu~"

He suddenly threw himself into Lu Qingqing's arms, crying and raising his head again to confirm. Seeing that it was really the elder sister he had been thinking about day and night, he cried even harder!

"Sister, wuwuwu, I thought I would never see you again!"

Da Zhuang was crying and hiccuping, while hugging Lu Qingqing's waist tightly.

In the more than a year since they separated, he couldn't count how many times he almost died.

This year has been so hard!

It was so painful that he thought many times that he should stop struggling and just let it go.

Maybe the villagers said that going underground after death is more comfortable than being alive.

But it was just a thought, he still owed his elder sister food!

He had promised before that when he grew up and earned enough food, he would return it to his elder sister so that she would not be embarrassed in her husband's family.

He had heard all the discussions of the villagers before.

My eldest sister was sold to the Qin family as a child bride, and life is not easy for child brides.

What's more, the eldest sister lent him food during the famine.

He couldn't put his elder sister in a difficult position.

Fortunately, fleeing famine is not always a bad thing.

He doesn't have to grow up to return the food!

Lu Qingqing held Dazhuang in her arms and realized that the child was now very thin. When she held him in her arms, it felt like he was just a bag of bones.

Seeing that Dazhuang was crying so hard that he could hardly breathe, I helped him to breathe and comforted him.

Da Zhuang sobbed bitterly, crying out all the grievances, fears and discomforts that had accumulated over the past year.

Later, Aunt Zhang, the cook, watched this scene and also wiped away her tears.

This child is obedient and sensible, but he has an unlucky life.

The mother is gone and the father doesn't care about her. The little kid has to find a way to earn a living. It's so hard!

After a while, Dazhuang cried and cried until he felt that his elder sister's clothes were wet with his tears.

He looked at the clothes with some worry and whispered:

"Sister, I've soaked your clothes with tears. Do you have any clothes to change into?"

Lu Qingqing looked at Dazhuang's eyes, which were swollen like walnuts. Seeing that he was still concerned about his clothes, she patted him gently and comforted him:

"Big sister has clothes to change, don't worry."

Da Zhuang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Thinking about the thing I had accidentally obtained before, I wanted to pull my elder sister to where I lived.