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

The woman couldn't suppress her smile and said happily:

"Don't worry, Miss Lu, we will sell all our silk to you in the future, so you won't be afraid of Chief Wu anymore.

My husband and three sons are all at home, so the fields are not busy right now and one son can do all the work.

I'll have them come over when I get back, this afternoon!"

Lu Qingqing smiled and sent the woman away.

Before he could sit down, another woman who had received the news came hurriedly with silk.

At this time, women in the village came out one after another with silk in their arms.

When they saw people on the road who had received the money and were returning home, they learned that they had indeed sold their goods at a high price, and they ran back home to move out all their stock.

After informing the woman she was on good terms with, Widow Meng came over with the two women, carrying the remaining silk at home.

Seeing Lu Qingqing checking here, he went forward to help check.

Soon, a long queue formed in Lu Qingqing's corner.

Because Lu Qingqing had already said that as long as the quality was up to standard, she would buy as much as she could.

Therefore, the women waiting in line behind did not show any anxiety at all.

When they saw people taking money and leaving, they felt as if they had also received money, and they couldn't suppress the smiles on their faces.

The master's wife saw that Lu Qingqing was very tired while collecting silk and satin and shouting for help.

She directly asked the eloquent Li Rui to come over, who was not only responsible for introducing the treatment of the helpers, but also for helping to maintain order.

In this way, Lu Qingqing was busy collecting silks.

Next to them, men from Baoshan Town came over one after another with tools, saying they wanted to help.

Seeing that more and more people were coming and Lu Tianming was too busy to handle it, he asked Lu Shuhe and Yao Bowu to help with the counting.

Their job is to remember the name and start date of every person who comes.

Then, arrange them reasonably at each foundation of the site.

However, there were so many people coming that soon a long queue formed here.

The men who applied for the job as helpers were not as calm as the women. Seeing that more and more people came, they were afraid that the boss would stop hiring, so they started to squeeze forward.

Seeing this, Lu Tianming quickly called over several men from the team to maintain order and calm the situation.

Lu Shuhe was sweating profusely, and he watched the men shouting but it didn't seem to work.

Seeing that the men in line were only concerned with pushing forward, he stood on a stone and shouted:

"Everyone, everyone, listen to me!

Don't crowd, we need quite a few people here, everyone who comes will have a share! "

The men from Baoshan Town who were queuing up became a little quieter when they heard him shouting at the top of his lungs.

Seeing that it worked, Lu Shuhe quickly got down from the stone, picked up the brush, and silently sped up the counting.

However, many people here have heavy accents, so sometimes you need to confirm your name several times.

But none of Lu Shu and the others were impatient. God knows how long they had been waiting for these helpers.

Just when everything was going smoothly at the foot of the mountain, Wu Hongliang finally got the news and ran to his eldest brother's house as if his butt was on fire.

When Village Chief Wu learned that silk was being collected at the foot of the mountain and the price was much higher than his, he became furious.

He jumped up and down in anger for a few times, then kicked the wooden stool next to him and broke it.

Then he held his injured foot and gasped.

The pain subsided some of his anger, and it took him a while to calm down.

After sitting on a stool and thinking carefully for a while, he drove his wife and two sons out of the house.

Then he took out a purse from the box and handed it to Wu Hongliang, saying:

"Second brother, when it gets dark, go to the home of that young widow surnamed Zhou.

Give this to her, tell her.

At three quarters past midnight, when there was no one on the street, she started shouting, saying that someone had raped her.

You must bite the bullet and put the blame on those people at the foot of the mountain."

Wu Hongliang was a little puzzled:

"Brother, aren't we planning on beating those guys up? Why make so much trouble?"

Wu Lichang glared at his brother and scolded him:

"Idiot, I just wanted to beat them up and teach those people a lesson.

Who knew they were so cruel that they would rob us brothers of our livelihood!

Depriving someone of their money is worse than killing their parents!

If we lose our silk business, no one in the village will listen to us anymore.

Just the money lost can make people die of heartache!

Do you really think that we brothers can live such a good life today just by farming?"

Wu Hongliang was still a little puzzled:

"Brother, let's raise the price too.

There are so many Wu clan members in our village, if the price is the same, they will definitely sell it to us!"

Wu Lichang looked at his stupid brother and said angrily:

"The price they charge is so high. If we charge the same price as them and make a few cents, what's the point?

Besides, if she takes a share, the remaining money will not be enough to pay the amount they want!

In short, this deal is either me or her!"

Wu Hongliang didn't know the specific situation inside, so when he heard what his elder brother said, he lowered his head and said nothing.

Wu Lichang continued to order:

"Go and inform the tribesmen again, and tell everyone who has a knife at home to take one.

Give it your all tonight and aim to cripple him.

Even if I'm brutal, don't be afraid of killing one or two people, I'll take responsibility for everyone!

Tell them that if they take active action tonight, I will help them with this year's taxes and labor service as appropriate.

Humph, if you are lazy or simply don’t come, then just wait for me!

In addition, if anyone can chop down Lu Tianming, I will reward him with two taels of silver!

Let everyone stay at home at night and wait for my order before taking action!

This time, we must drive these guys out of Baoshan Town!"

Wu Hongliang was already accustomed to following his elder brother's orders. Even when he heard that there might be casualties, he was only surprised for a moment and then left for the village.

As soon as Wu Hongliang left, Village Chief Wu began to think about what to do in the evening.

Tonight's action has only one purpose.

Beat (scare) these people away!

At this moment, he no longer cared whether the elders would scold him or deprive him of his rights as the clan leader after they knew about it.

Even after beating someone to death, it may cause a lot of trouble.

In his eyes, these things are not as important as his business!

Without this business, he will fall the same way he stood up.

Of course, he had the confidence to have someone beaten to death.

In his first year as village head, he heard about a case when he went to the county.