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

Among the refugees, most of them looked at Lu Qingqing and her companions with curiosity and vigilance.

Many refugees cautiously gathered their luggage closer to them.

Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang had just walked a short distance when they were stopped by the officers nearby.

"Hey, you guys, what are you doing!"

Lu Qingqing looked inside again and saw that the entire alley in front of the county government office was blocked by the crowd.

Seeing that it would be difficult to find the person for the time being, he turned and went to the side of the official.

"Sir, we are here to look for someone. I wonder if Master Qi Yuanqi is here?"

When the officer heard Qi Yuan's name, his expression softened a little and he continued to ask:

"Do you know Master Qi? Who are you to Master Qi?"

"Sir, Lord Qi is a good friend of my uncle. Please take us to see Lord Qi."

After hearing what Lu Qingqing said, the officer said nothing more and turned around to let them follow.

Lu Qingqing and a few others followed the officers and walked through the noisy crowd of refugees.

Finally, Mr. Qi was found under a shed on the west side of the county government office, where he was handling household registration.

When Lord Qi saw Lu Qingqing and the others, he asked his colleagues to help out and he took his men to the relatively quiet county government office.

After Lu Qingqing told Lord Qi that she was going to find someone to help them settle down in Baoshan Town, Lord Qi immediately agreed.

This was not a difficult task for him.

There are more refugees in Yining County now, but there has been no order from above, so the refugees still have the priority of choosing themselves.

As for finding someone, that's even easier.

At this time, the entire county government entrance was maintained by police officers.

As long as the person is in the refugee group, he will give the order and the officials will investigate and report back.

Lord Qi settled Lu Qingqing and others in a room next door, and went out to arrange things.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, Lord Qi came over with Aunt Zhang's family, Old Third Hu, and a group of people from the Sun and Hu families.

Seeing this, Lu Qingqing hurriedly thanked Lord Qi.

Master Qi waved his hand, indicating that Lu Qingqing didn't need to be so polite, and continued:

“Miss Lu, you two can chat first.

Once you've decided where to settle down, bring your people to me and I'll handle it for you."

After Lu Qingqing and the others saw Mr. Qi off, they looked at Aunt Zhang and her group in front of them and couldn't help but sigh.

When we parted last time, he was still in high spirits, but when we met again this time, he was quite different.

It can be said that the situations of both parties are just the opposite.

Now, Aunt Zhang and her group have become very thin, their clothes are wrinkled into a ball, and they exude a foul smell.

Even the Sun and Hu families, who had been very particular before, were not much different from Aunt Zhang and her family.

Across from her, Aunt Zhang's eyes turned red when she saw Lu Qingqing.

It’s great to be able to see Daya alive!

But soon, regret came flooding back.

When Daya and Dazhuang came to ask her to go with them before they left, she shouldn't have refused.

At that time, I should have persuaded my family to go with me.

If I had left at that time, I wouldn't have experienced this.

Seeing that Aunt Zhang's eyes were red, Lu Qingqing walked up to her, took her hand, and gently patted her on the back.

Seeing this, Aunt Zhang's husband Li Fusheng took his son Li Chengye to greet Lu Qingqing and Master Yan.

Next to them, the Sun and Hu families also came forward to greet Lu Qingqing and the others.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Lu Qingqing talked about the current settlement situation in Yining County.

I also talked about the situation in Baoshan Town where they settled, and asked them to consider where they planned to settle down.

This was a big deal after all, so the people on the opposite side gathered in groups of three or four to discuss it.

Lu Qingqing looked at Hu Laosan who was standing alone in the crowd and saw that his face was full of dejection.

I remembered his wife and daughter whom I had seen before, but now they were nowhere to be seen.

She and her master's wife looked at each other and sighed.

After discussing for a while, Aunt Zhang walked to Lu Qingqing and said:

"Daya, my family and I want to go live with you in Baoshan Town!"

Lu Qingqing smiled and said, "Okay, Dazhuang would be very happy if he knew you were there."

Aunt Zhang thought of the well-behaved and sensible child, and asked with a loving expression:

"How is Dazhuang now? Has he grown taller?

Some time ago, I kept dreaming about him.

At that time, I thought I would never see him again in this life.

I didn’t expect to see you again so soon.”

Lu Qingqing smiled and said:

"Da Zhuang is pretty good, a little taller and a little fatter.

By the way, he is studying in Yining County now!

He will be back in a few days when it’s his holiday.”

Next to him, Aunt Zhang's son Li Chengye listened to his mother's words, raised his head a little, and a sinister look flashed in his eyes.

Lu Qingqing didn't notice his expression, but she found that this man was different from before.

The last time they separated, he looked down on them, holding his head high with an air of arrogance.

Now, he keeps his head down and remains silent, even his back is a little bent.

At this time, Aunt Zhang's husband Li Fusheng also came over with Hu Laosan.

Hu Laosan had his eyebrows half-drooped, and when he saw Lu Qingqing, he could only force a smile.

Li Fusheng next to him said to Lu Qingqing:

"Daya, please help Hu Laosan with his household registration.

Like us, they settled in Baoshan Town.”

Lu Qingqing nodded in agreement.

After Li Fusheng finished speaking, he saw that Hu Laosan was a little unsteady on his feet, so he hurriedly helped him sit down aside.

Aunt Zhang sighed deeply upon seeing this:

"Daya, don't blame him, he's also suffered a great blow.

His wife Cui Niang and daughter Nan Nan are both gone. They were beaten to death by someone who broke into their house to steal water!

Well, this is a long story.

Before you left Yong'an County, there was a drought there.

We were thinking that if we got any closer, it might start to rain.

Who would have thought that the weather would become drier day by day.

I don’t know if it’s because we’ve done something wrong and God is punishing us.

Later on, the water level in the well dropped even faster.

We live in the Sun family, where there are fewer people and we rely on the well water in the yard, so it's better.

Those outside can only drink water from the wells on the street.

You often have to wait in line for two days to get a small bowl of muddy water mixed with sand.

How can this little water be enough for a family of several people?

At that time, Chengye's father felt something was wrong and wanted to take us away.

He and Hu Laosan found Mr. Sun and wanted to use their connections to see if they could get out.

But at that time, the martial law at the city gate exit was even stricter, and no one dared to let anyone out even if you paid them or used connections.

We had no choice but to hide in the house.

Try to save the little water you get on a daily basis.

Every day, each person takes a small sip, just enough to wet their lips."

Speaking of this, Aunt Zhang seemed to think of the difficulties of those days again and licked her lips.