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

The further up the mountain you go, the more severe the drought becomes.

Lu Qingqing's heart beat faster unconsciously. This scene was too familiar!

This is how the severe drought she experienced in Lujia Village when she first came here began.

Perhaps the drought had already begun.

However, thanks to the reservoir built by King Huai, the crops in the fields were always irrigated with water, so there was no large-scale drought.

Thinking of the reservoir water level that the old village chief had been concerned about, Lu Qingqing quickly went to the mulberry tree to pick a basket of mulberry leaves and hurried down the mountain.

When she arrived at the reservoir, many villagers were still drawing water to irrigate their fields.

Seeing her coming, people who knew her greeted her and continued with their work.

Lu Qingqing looked at the circles of water levels in the reservoir that were clearly dropping, and knew that her guess might have come true.

At this time, the old village chief came over with a bucket to fetch water. Seeing her frowning and looking at the reservoir, he sighed and said:

"The water level of this reservoir is much lower than before we left.

During the days we were away, Old Li came to measure the water level every day.

He said the reservoir was dropping by nearly half a finger almost every day.

Alas, I don’t know how long the water in this reservoir can last.

The corn in the fields is almost ready for harvest, so I hope it can last until the autumn harvest!"

At this time, Lu Tianfu came to the old village chief with an empty bucket to fetch water. After hearing these words, he comforted him:

"Uncle, don't worry, we can water the plants as long as we can.

I think the situation this year is much better than what we had before in Lujia Village."

As he spoke, he looked around and saw that no one was coming. He went up to the old village chief and whispered:

"Besides, when each family in our team escaped here, they still had a lot of food.

Even if there is another disaster, if we save some money, we can at least survive for another year or two!

By then, the drought will be over!"

The old village chief listened to this, looked around cautiously, and scolded in a low voice:

"Tianfu, you are not allowed to brag about the fact that we have food.

If a disaster really strikes, people will fight to the death for food!"

Seeing his uncle's serious face, Lu Tianfu quickly assured:

"Don't worry, uncle. I'm keeping my mouth shut. I promise I won't tell anyone."

Seeing that he was serious, the old village chief stopped talking.

At this time, Lu Qingqing recalled the scene she had just seen on the mountain and said to the old village chief:

"Grandpa, I just went up the mountain to pick mulberry leaves and saw a lot of dead grass and trees on the mountain.

It's extremely hot today, and if a spark were to ignite, it would probably burn the mountain."

The old village chief's heart skipped a beat when he recalled the scene of him being chased by a wildfire.

After he came back from the county, he stayed in the fields and worked on the crops, but didn't pay much attention to the mountains.

Hearing this, he hurriedly called Lu Tianli who was not far away.

After a brief discussion among the few people, they decided to notify them this afternoon.

Starting tomorrow, each household in Baoshan Town will send one person to take turns to go to the mountains to remove dead grass and cut dry trees.

As for the cut wood and hay, you can take them back home and use them for burning.

Seeing that the matter was finalized, Lu Qingqing went to her own field.

At this time, the corn in the field had grown taller than a person, and small corn cobs appeared on the corn stalks.

However, the corn is still in the filling stage at this time, and it will take more than a month for the corn kernels to fully grow.

Lu Qingqing squatted down, looked over, and saw Qin Lang behind her.

She walked in half-squatting. The temperature was not very high at this time, but it was still hot and stuffy squatting in the cornfield.

From time to time, the exposed arms or face would be scratched by corn leaves.

When she went over, Qin Lang was holding a scoop and pouring water on the roots of the corn seedlings with one scoop after another.

Seeing her suddenly coming over, he wiped the sweat off his face with the towel around his neck, and came closer with a grin on his big white teeth.

"Daya, the ground is hot, why are you here?"

Seeing that his face was flushed with heat, Lu Qingqing took out a water bag from the space and handed it to him.

"You look so hot, drink some water first.

I happened to be going to the reservoir over there, so I stopped by to take a look."

Qin Lang took the water, sat down on the ground, raised his head and drank the water in the water bag in one gulp, and said with a smile:

"Daya, this water is still the best, sweet and thirst-quenching!"

As he said that, he handed the empty water bag to Lu Qingqing.

As soon as Lu Qingqing took the water bag, he grabbed her hand.

"Daya, why is your wrist scratched?"

As he spoke, he came over to check Lu Qingqing's exposed skin.

The young man's broad figure pressed forward, carrying with him the scent of soapberry and a slight odor of sweat.

Lu Qingqing looked at the young man who was searching for the wound seriously, and moved her hand forward to prevent him from getting tired from bending over.

Seeing this, Qin Lang moved forward and got closer.

His rough hands pinched Lu Qingqing's thin but slightly muscled arms, and he muttered softly:

"Daya, why are you still so thin? You need to eat more."

Lu Qingqing felt a little itchy from the calluses on his hands and struggled slightly.

Seeing this, Qin Lang moved his hands more gently.

He carefully checked and saw scratches on Lu Qingqing's ears, neck and wrists. He couldn't help but said anxiously:

"Daya, please take out another water bag so I can rinse your wound.

This cornfield is dangerous, so don’t come here next time.”

As he spoke, he took the water bag and rinsed the wound carefully.

Lu Qingqing didn't take the scratch seriously at first, but seeing him like this, her heart couldn't help but soften a little.

Thinking about the hot weather, Qin Lang squatted inside to water the plants. Lu Qingqing said with some distress:

"From now on, I'll come over at night to help you water the plants. I'll try to water them more often, so you don't have to come in the morning."

Qin Lang shook his head.

“The land is drying up quickly now, so we need to water it more.

Moreover, the grains are growing, and without water the harvest cannot be achieved.

Don't worry about me, I can do it on my own."

After hearing what he said, Lu Qingqing silently decided to follow him to water the plants every morning and evening.

At this moment, he took a scoop and started watering another row of corn.

She was holding an empty scoop, and when she bent down and walked forward, a river of water appeared in the empty scoop, and the river water flowed to the ground along the tilted scoop.

In order to allow Qin Lang to water less, Lu Qingqing deliberately increased the amount of water.

Qin Lang wanted to stop her, but he couldn't persuade Lu Qingqing, so he had to let her take a scarf from the space and help her cover her head and face.

In order to make Lu Qingqing do less work, he quickened his pace.

With Lu Qingqing's help, the two of them quickly finished watering the remaining corn.

When I got home, the sun had just risen.

The two took a shower in the bathroom and the space respectively to wash off the sweat on their bodies, and then came to the table to eat breakfast.

Breakfast was simple, just taken from the prepared food shelf in the space.

Lu Qingqing picked a plate of shepherd's purse and meat buns, a plate of corn and meat dumplings, four eggs, a small bowl of green pickles and two large bowls of warm millet porridge.

I feel especially hungry after coming back from work in the morning.

The two of them ate up all the prepared food.

Qin Lang hadn't even eaten yet, so he went to get two more buns and a big bowl of porridge.

After finishing breakfast, the two of them leaned back in their chairs and held their stomachs comfortably.

I have to say, the height of this set of tables and chairs is really suitable for dining!

Lu Qingqing leaned lazily on the back of the chair, touched the armrest beside her, and was very satisfied.

After the two of them rested for a while, Qin Lang consciously took the dishes and went to the yard to wash them.