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

After that day, Li Chengcai came to do housework every day. Except for cooking, all other work was done by Li Chengcai.

With nothing else to do, the two continued to practice martial arts. Lu Qingqing made rapid progress and was already able to fight with Qin Lang.

Erya was wearing a thick new cotton-padded coat and sitting in the house with Grandma Qin learning needlework.

Watching the two fighting, I felt curious and yearning.

Grandma Qin decided to let Qin Lang teach Erya some basic ways to strengthen her body.

When the three of them started practicing ping-pong, the whole yard seemed to come alive.

Soon, it was the Little New Year, and Grandma Qin attached great importance to the New Year festival.

On the day of Little New Year, before daybreak, Grandma Qin was busy at the stove. Various ingredients were placed on the stove. Today was the day to worship the Kitchen God.

Grandma Qin had already fried some meatballs. The meatballs were still sizzling with oil right out of the pan, and the aroma spread into the yard.

The two people who were exercising in the yard had their minds wandered to the kitchen. After quickly completing a set of punches, they ran into the kitchen in three or two steps and circled around Grandma Qin.

Grandma Qin looked at the two children with amusement, like greedy cats, and picked up the meatballs with chopsticks to feed them.

One person fed two people, and seeing that they were not full, Grandma Qin took a small bowl, picked out a bowl of meatballs for the two of them, and asked them to eat at the side.

These freshly fried meatballs have a crispy outer skin and are tender and springy inside.

As you chew it, the aroma of meat and spices blends together and blooms on your tongue, making you unable to stop eating.

In a short while, the small bowl was finished.

Grandma Qin saw that there was not much left, so she had to keep some for offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God.

But he couldn't stand the two men's eager stares and promised to make eight-treasure rice pudding for them later.

The two of them then cheered and ran to the yard.

In front of Grandma Qin, Lu Qingqing felt like a child again.

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Lu family.

At this time, the Lu family did not have any New Year atmosphere at all.

Old Man Lu and Old Lady Lu looked at the bag of grain that was only empty at the bottom, and their faces became even more tense.

Even if they saved and saved again, the bag of grain was still empty.

This winter, the family changed from eating two meals of porridge a day to just one meal a day.

Now, it seems that this meal has to be thinner.

At noon, Mrs. Lu Li went to ask Old Lady Lu for today's food, intending to make lunch.

She thought that since today was the Little New Year, her mother-in-law would at least give her some good food, and maybe she could secretly eat something if she cooked herself. She was so hungry.

As a result, looking at this amount of food, it is even less than the usual meal!

Thinking if there was anything else that I hadn't taken out, I tried to ask:

"Mom, today is Little New Year. Besides this porridge, are you going to make anything else?"

Old Mrs. Lu looked at her eldest daughter-in-law in front of her. She was as thin as a skeleton and was very greedy.

Hearing her words, I immediately became angry.

“Eat, eat, eat, that’s all you know how to do!”

"Where can we get enough food to fill your bottomless pit? Just be content with this little treat. Go and cook, and don't get in my way!"

Having said that, he wanted to go back to the house in annoyance.

After thinking about it, he was afraid that the eldest son's wife would secretly take away the food, so he turned around and followed her to the kitchen.

Mrs. Lu Li took the bag into the kitchen and was about to grab some food secretly when she heard footsteps outside. She was so scared that she let go of the food.

He quickly squatted down and pretended to light a fire. When he saw that it was Old Mrs. Lu coming over, he cursed in his heart but had to put on a smile on his face.

After the meal was ready, Mrs. Lu was responsible for distributing the porridge.

There were still some rice grains in the bowls of the old couple and their three sons, even less in their grandsons' bowls, and the bowls of their two daughters-in-law were almost full of water.

From the first and second houses, Lu Li and Lu Wang came to receive the porridge, but from the third house, only Lu Lao San could come to receive it himself.

Mrs. Lu Li carried the bowl back to the house. Boss Lu was sitting on the kang and saw that today's porridge was thinner than usual.

Thinking that Lu Li had eaten secretly again, he cursed her and wanted to hit her.

Mrs. Lu Li was so frightened that she jumped up and hid outside, and hurriedly explained,

"Master, I didn't steal any food. Mother gave me less food today. If you don't believe me, go ask her."

Mrs. Lu Li was very hungry before, so she took the opportunity to steal some food from Boss Lu's bowl while the meal was being served.

After being discovered by Boss Lu, she was beaten so badly that she couldn't get out of bed for several days.

From then on, Mrs. Lu Li didn't dare to touch the food in Boss Lu's bowl anymore.

But when it was her turn to cook, she would secretly take a little from the food given by Old Lady Lu.

Boss Lu looked at his wife who was so scared that she looked like a quail, and thought that after beating her that time, she would not dare to cheat again.

But why did mother suddenly reduce the food again? Today is the Little New Year. In previous years, we had to prepare chicken, duck, fish and meat to offer sacrifices to the Kitchen God on this day.

His mother has always attached great importance to these things, but today he only had a bowl of porridge. I guess the food at home is gone.

Thinking of this, he blamed the third brother even more. Not only did he lose all the money and food in the family, but he also stole the family heirloom and refused to hand it over.

Boss Lu already knew that the lost item was a gold hairpin, and he heard that it was very exquisite.

Unfortunately, by the time he knew it, it was gone.

Boss Lu always suspected that the third brother was hiding, but he searched every place in the house and couldn't find him.

He even kept an eye on the third brother for a long time, and went to look for him wherever he had been.

But he still couldn't find it. According to his observation, the second brother was just like him, staring at the third brother for a long time, but still couldn't find him.

The two brothers beat the third brother several times, but the third brother pretended so well that if he didn't know that only the third brother could access his mother's key, he would have believed it.

Because of this, Boss Lu blamed both his parents.

They said that he was the eldest son and most of the family property would be given to him in the future, but he didn’t even know about the most valuable gold hairpin in the family!

In Lu Laoer's room.

Mrs. Lu Wang brought the porridge back to the house. Today's porridge was less than usual, so she didn't scoop it out again.

She secretly went to see her daughter again a few days ago. Her daughter Erya has grown taller than before and has gained some weight on her face.

The Qin family are all good people and gave Erya a lot of food.

My daughter told me that she goes to Qin's house for lunch every day and eats a lot.

The last time she went to see her daughter secretly, Erya insisted on bringing her some food back when she left. How could she accept it?

Her daughter saved some food and wanted to give it to her, which made her feel warm in her heart. Her daughter was like her and knew how to be grateful.

In fact, she can eat anything, but her Erya is still so young, so she needs to eat a lot to grow up.

Looking at her husband who had become increasingly gloomy since he became lame, Mrs. Lu Wang lowered her head, a hint of mockery flashing in her eyes.

Ever since Erya was sold, she has looked at the people of the Lu family with cold eyes.

Lu Laoer is a devil in human skin. He loves no one except himself.

His daughter was sold to such a vicious family and was almost beaten to death by the old woman of the Li family, but he didn't care at all and only cared about the little food he got from selling his daughter.

She will never let him off easily!

And as for Old Man Lu and Old Lady Lu, the two culprits who sold her daughter, she will never let them go.

Now all the plants outside are frozen to death. If she waits a little longer and waits for the plants on the mountain to grow in the spring, she will be able to find the grasses she knows.

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Soon, it was New Year's Eve, and Grandma Qin asked Lu Qingqing to go to the Li family early to call Erya.

I thought the Li family would stop them, but I didn't expect that Li Chengcai's parents wanted them to take Erya away.

The family made some delicious food for the New Year, so they can eat more now that Erya is gone.

Lu Qingqing ignored them and happily called Erya to come home to celebrate the New Year.

On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, Lu Qingqing helped Grandma Qin prepare a large table of dishes.

Yesterday I steamed two large pots of white flour buns, and a separate pot of candied corn, eight-treasure rice pudding, etc.

Grandma Qin also specially took out the good wine that Grandpa Qin had hidden before.

The children drank the wine she brewed herself. Lu Qingqing had tasted some of this before. It had a low alcohol content, was sweet, and tasted quite good.

On New Year's Eve, Grandma Qin was very happy looking at the children.

After drinking a glass of wine, they started talking more.

Grandma Qin kept praising the children, especially Lu Qingqing. She was praised so much that she felt embarrassed to listen, and what was said was not like her at all.

Everyone, young and old, was very happy with the meal. After finishing their meal, they ate snacks and chatted, and laughter could be heard from the room from time to time.

Erya was too young to stay up all night and fell asleep in a short while.

Lu Qingqing had forgotten what time she fell asleep, she only knew that when she woke up in the morning she saw the red envelope prepared by Grandma Qin.

The three children got up, kowtowed to Grandma Qin and wished her a happy new year in a proper manner, and they were so happy that their teeth were showing when they held the red envelopes.