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

By the time all the people who delivered the materials had left, it was already past noon.

Each family was very happy when they saw the materials placed on the site of their house.

In a short time, these materials will become a big house.

Then they will have a home again!

Everyone started to prepare lunch with joy.

We had been eating dry food for too long while fleeing the famine, and now it was rare to have water, so every family had to make porridge for every meal.

At lunch, the village chief blew on the hot porridge bowl and said to his wife who was sitting cross-legged beside him:

"Mother, let's start building the house tomorrow.

In addition to the craftsmen led by Master Zhao, there were also people from the village who came to help. There were too many people.

I heard from my cousin that he planned to ask the women in the village to cook together during the meal.

By then, every family will have to eat.

In addition to grain, vegetables are also indispensable.

Ask your aunt this afternoon if you want to exchange some vegetables with the villagers."

The village chief's wife agreed while slurping her porridge.

Each family in the team has to start building a house. The men have to do a lot of work, and the women are also busy.

In addition to cooking two meals, I also have to help with some light chores in my free time.

After lunch, without waiting for the village chief's wife to ask.

The old village chief's wife called the women from each family, took some food and copper coins, and planned to go to the village to exchange them for some vegetables.

Lu Qingqing, Tian Funiang, Bai Xing'er and others did not follow them to the village, but went to Widow Meng's house not far from the foot of the mountain.

This Widow Meng was the more outgoing of the two women who had gone up the mountain to pick mulberry leaves.

Since Lu Qingqing and a few others had been there before with some things, the two sides were able to communicate with each other.

When they went to her house to see the silkworms, they saw a large vegetable garden next to Widow Meng's house.

Widow Meng lived alone with her son and daughter, and seemed to live a very frugal life.

In the village, every family is happy to sell some vegetables.

Therefore, after Lu Qingqing and others arrived and said hello, they explained their purpose.

When Widow Meng knew that they wanted to buy her own vegetables, she became more enthusiastic.

Because of the drought this year, the vegetables in the garden are not growing very well.

She was afraid that Lu Qingqing and the others would dislike her, so she only picked vegetables from the vegetable garden that looked good.

The vegetables in the village have never been sold at a good price, and she gave away more because the vegetables were not good.

If Lu Qingqing and the others hadn't stopped her, she would have picked a lot more.

It's hot at this time, and the picked vegetables can't be kept for long.

So the two sides agreed that they would come over every day to pick some vegetables so that they could go back and cook.

Widow Meng also specially sent a few pumpkins, which tasted good and were very filling.

Therefore, when Lu Qingqing and her friends returned, in addition to the vegetables, each of them also brought a big pumpkin.

At this time, the men in the camp had disappeared.

When Tian Fu Niang asked about it, Qin Lang, the housekeeper, said that he had gone to divide the land again.

Not long after, the women in the team who went to buy vegetables also came back, and they all had bags of various sizes.

As the women chatted, they couldn't help but talk about the vegetable gardens of the villagers.

They planned to start a vegetable garden near their home after the house was built.

Lu Qingqing listened to the women's discussion and planned to open a vegetable patch in the yard to grow some vegetables, so that there would be a source of vegetables for the space.

The yard she marked out was not small, and there was more than enough space for growing vegetables.

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In the village, Village Chief Wu has already selected the remaining three people to help build the house.

Two of them were outsiders who were on good terms with his family, and the other was Xie Laowu who had just settled here last year.

As for why Jie Laowu was chosen, it was because his wife and three daughters were good at raising silkworms.

In the village, he was the family that sold the most silk.

In his opinion, Lu Tianming and his team's building of houses this time was an opportunity to show kindness to the villagers.

After waking up from a nap, he walked out with his hands behind his back, only to hear that the team delivering materials to the people at the foot of the mountain had already left.

He heard the villagers talk about the big scene, but thinking about how many people there were in Lu Tianming's team, he didn't care.

On the other side, the old village chief led the men to work for most of the day and finally divided the land.

He asked Lu Shuyi to run back to the foot of the mountain to call people and inform everyone of the news. Anyone who wanted to go and see it could go.

As for the method of dividing the land, it was decided by drawing lots.

When everyone in the team heard the news, they were very excited. They stopped what they were doing and wanted to go over to see it together.

In the end, only a few men were left at the camp to look after the luggage, and the rest of the people all went to the fields.

The old village chief started dividing the land from the best one on the east side and asked each family to come and draw lots.

Although the divided land is the same in size, as long as it is land, there will be good and bad.

At this moment, each family looked nervously at the person who came over to draw lots.

When the person who drew the lot said the number in his hand, his family members hurried to find their own land according to the corresponding number.

Those who felt that they had been allocated good land were naturally very happy.

Those who felt that they were allocated inferior land could not help but look unhappy.

Lu Qingqing looked at Qin Lang holding the "一" character and found the piece of land at the edge.

This land is next to the original villagers of Baoshan Town and is convenient for getting water. It is considered a good land in the eyes of everyone!

After Qin Lang reacted, he ran over excitedly and pulled Lu Qingqing to the field.

He squatted down and grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground, with a rare hint of emotion in his eyes.

"Daya, this is our land!

Just like the land in Lujia Village, it belongs to both of us!"

As he spoke, he looked at Lu Qingqing seriously and said:

"In the future, I will definitely grow crops well and produce a lot of food like my grandfather did!

My grandmother used to say that a man must know how to grow crops in order to support his wife.

Daya, I will definitely farm well in the future and I will make sure you won’t starve!"

Seeing that he made the promise seriously, Lu Qingqing rarely smiled and patted his shoulder seriously.

But soon, Qin Lang became lost again and looked depressed.

Lu Qingqing was a little puzzled when she found out and asked:

"What's wrong? Why are you suddenly unhappy?"

Qin Lang was a little depressed. Seeing that there was no one around, he leaned close to Lu Qingqing's ear and whispered:

"Daya, I forgot, you have plenty of food, you won't starve!"

Lu Qingqing couldn't help but laugh and coaxed:

"Have you forgotten? You also farmed the land there!"

Qin Lang was really easy to coax. With just one sentence, his gloomy mood turned to cheerfulness and he became happy again.

At this time, the old village chief began to lead everyone to the south side to divide the land.