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

The next morning, after everyone got up, they heard Lu Laosan arguing again.

Lu Laosan directly asked Lu Laoda to return the money he had spent on him during this period.

Boss Lu was feeling guilty for accidentally injuring Sun Cui, and now he became angry as the argument went on.

In the end, no matter what Lu Laosan said, he just said like a rogue, "I have no money!"

Lu Laosan was so angry at his appearance that he was about to go up and hit him.

Seeing that this was not going to work, Old Man Lu had no choice but to step forward to stop it.

He acted as a peacemaker, persuading Lu Lao San to calm down and be considerate of the eldest boss.

At the same time, he asked Boss Lu to think about the help the third brother had given him before and asked him to be nicer.

After this mediation, Lu Lao San finally stopped asking Lu Lao Da to pay back the money directly.

But Lu Lao San did not plan to lend the house to Lu Lao Da anymore, and agreed that Lu Lao Da would have to pay back the money after one year.

After hearing this, Boss Lu stopped helping Boss Lu build the house.

After the quarrel subsided, everyone got back to the busy work of building the house.

That afternoon, Dazhuang came back with a large basket of grass and said with some concern:

"Sister, Dad is going to the city to work and earn money tomorrow.

When the time comes, I will go with you and won’t be able to come and deliver grass to you anymore.

If you want to mow the grass, go behind the mulberry trees halfway up the mountain.

There was a large patch of lush grass there, which the horses loved to eat.”

Lu Qingqing was a little surprised.

"Are you going with me? Where will you live? Have you found a job?"

Dazhuang shook his head:

"Dad said he would take me there, but we don't know where to live yet. Grandpa said we'll see after we get there."

Lu Qingqing reacted: "Did your grandfather ask you to go?"

Da Zhuang agreed: "Well, grandpa said that we don't have money to build a house at home, so we might as well go out and try. If we can make money, that's the best. If not, we can come back!"

Lu Qingqing added, "If you follow me, you won't have any food or shelter. If you can't, just stay here and follow me."

Da Zhuang thought about it and shook his head.

He knew what his father and grandfather were thinking. They wanted to get close to his eldest sister so that they could suck her blood.

He couldn't let them know that his elder sister was nice to him, otherwise it would bring trouble to her.

Just like before building the house, the eldest sister wanted to give him the money from the jade pendant so that he could build the house.

But he couldn't take it, because the money was originally intended for his eldest sister.

Besides, if he suddenly brought the money back, his father and grandfather would definitely guess that it was given by his eldest sister.

By then, it will inevitably cause trouble for my elder sister.

Besides, he is a grown-up boy, and it’s okay for him to suffer a little.

Although the journey to escape famine was so difficult in the past, he managed to survive with his father and grandfather.

King Huai was given a very good fief. As long as he works hard when he goes out, he will not starve to death.

Seeing that Dazhuang firmly refused, Lu Qingqing knew that the boy had the right idea and stopped trying to persuade him.

"Da Zhuang, when you go to Yining County, take some time to go to Suxiufang and tell Manager Cheng where you live.

I go to Yining County once a month. Once I know where you live, I will come to visit you.

By the way, if you encounter any trouble in Yining County that you cannot resolve, go find Manager Cheng.

Say you are Lu Qingqing's brother and ask him to help you."

Da Zhuang agreed seriously, but made up his mind to try not to trouble others.

After all, I owe someone a favor, and my elder sister has to pay it back.

Lu Qingqing gave Dazhuang a few more instructions, then quietly took out a few small silver coins that were easy to hide and handed them to Dazhuang.

"Keep this money. If you really can't find a job when you get there, use it to buy some food. Don't starve yourself."

Da Zhuang wanted to refuse, but Lu Qingqing stuffed it directly into his hand.

"Go back and sew a few small pockets on the inside of your clothes and hide these silver grains in them so they won't be discovered..."

Da Zhuang looked at his elder sister who was giving him caring advice, and felt warm in his heart, nodding repeatedly.

At this time, he did not forget to look at the distance. Seeing that his father was coming towards him, he was afraid that he would see him, so he hurriedly said goodbye to his eldest sister.

Lu Qingqing looked at Dazhuang running away in a hurry and felt a little worried.

In a flash, several days passed.

At this time, the temperature finally stopped rising and remained at the previous high temperature.

But in this kind of weather, you'll sweat even if you don't move.

When I started working, I was sweating like rain.

After a day's work, the handkerchief used to wipe the sweat is so wet that it has to be wrung out many times.

Lu Qingqing was afraid that everyone would become dehydrated due to the heat, so she was busy making mung bean soup every day.

Every morning before the sun comes out, they have to boil more than ten pots and put them in large wooden barrels to cool.

Often, all the mung bean soup would be drunk up in a day.

Also because of the scorching sun, everyone has to go to the fields and water the land after dark these days.

When watering at night, less water evaporates and people won’t feel as hot in the fields.

Early that morning, Lu Qingqing counted the days and found that Dazhuang had been gone for ten days.

She wanted to go and see how Dazhuang was doing in Yining County.

If that doesn't work, go and bring Da Zhuang back.

Thinking of going to the city, Lu Qingqing went to the carriage to take a look and found that the amount of silk collected was far from enough.

In addition, it was not the day to deliver the silk, so Lu Qingqing moved all the silk into Master Yan's carriage.

Afterwards, he and Qin Lang drove to Yining County.

Along the way, we discovered that the drought in the villages on both sides of the road was much more serious than that in Baoshan Town.

The situation is better in areas where villages are densely populated, as dams have been built.

At this moment, people from all the villages were busy irrigating the fields.

Unfortunately, the dam does not cover all villages.

There are no dams built in small villages with only a few or a dozen households and no other villages around them.

When Lu Qingqing passed by, she found that the land had cracked and the crops in the fields had been sun-dried to death.

Looking at the village behind the fields, there was no one there.

This scene made Lu Qingqing feel a little nervous.

She inexplicably recalled the drought she experienced just after she came here.

The situation today is somewhat similar to that time, but the temperature is more severe.

Although there are dams to store water, no one can say for sure whether it will last until the rain comes.

With worried mood, the two came to Yining County.

This time, the situation in Yining County was different from before.

There were many people sitting or lying under the trees outside the city gate.

Looking around, most people had luggage next to them, and it looked like they came with children.

Among them, the largest number of people were gathered by the river in the west of the city, and many people even lay down by the river to drink water.

Fortunately, a row of sheds were specially built outside the city gate, and a team of soldiers were on guard with knives.

Therefore, when Lu Qingqing and the other person drove by in the carriage, people gathered on both sides to beg, but no one dared to rob them.

After paying the entrance fee, the two entered the city smoothly.

At this time, the scene in the city was also different from before.

There are many beggars at the foot of the wall and under the trees.

Passing by a place in the city that hired temporary workers, I found it was packed with people.