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

Lu family.

Old Man Lu heard noises coming from the gate and hurried out to meet them, thinking they would bring back a few bags of food.

Unexpectedly, the group returned empty-handed. Before they could ask, they heard Lu Lao San crying out in pain.

"Dad, it hurts so much, please come and help me."

Old Man Lu hurried forward and supported his youngest son as he walked into the house. There was no oil lamp in the house, so the group entered the house in the dark.

Lu Li secretly went back to the house to change her pants, secretly thanking her lucky stars that it was dark and she was not seen by the villagers.

In the room, after listening to his youngest son's account of what happened, Old Man Lu was also stunned. He really didn't expect that the two half-grown children were so powerful.

They couldn't win by fighting, and they couldn't win by fighting. The village chief and Lu Tianming were still on their side.

For a moment, Old Man Lu was speechless.

The second Lu next to him was a little dissatisfied, thinking that the eldest and third were too cowardly, unable to even beat two half-grown children, and mocked:

"Big brother, third brother, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but where's that ferocity when you fought me? You can beat your own brothers, but you can't beat a half-grown kid?"

Boss Lu ignored him completely. His body was aching and numb at the moment. He shuddered again when he recalled the big fist hitting him.

He was afraid of the idiot from the Qin family. No matter what the second brother said, he didn't want to accept the challenge. If he had the ability, he could try it himself.

After all, Lu Laosan was young and hot-tempered. When he heard this, he stood up angrily, but suddenly pulled the wound. He sat down again, holding his stomach and groaning.

Still feeling angry, calling him mother,

"Mom, talk to my second brother. Are we cowards? That idiot was so strong, it hurt like hell when he hit me!"

However, Mrs. Lu did not respond at all. She seemed to have lost her soul since she came back.

Old Man Lu coughed at this time, glanced at his second son who had become somewhat gloomy since he became lame, and said,

"Alright, stop arguing. It's getting late, let's all go back and get some rest."

Old Mrs. Lu was so frightened that she developed a fever not long after she lay down that night. Her groaning woke Old Man Lu up.

Old Man Lu went to the big house to call for help, and Boss Lu asked Mrs. Lu Li to go and take care of his mother.

Old Man Lu stayed in the big house for one night.

Lu Li looked at her mother-in-law who was confused by the fever, and remembered that she had forced herself to go back to her parents' home to borrow food. She hated her so much that she put a wet rag on her head and left her alone.

No matter how much Old Lady Lu whined at night, she would cover her head with the quilt and sleep soundly.

......

The next morning, Mrs. Yao came to the Qin family with gifts to express her gratitude.

After expressing her gratitude, Mrs. Yao brought an explosive piece of news: the barbarians had already fought near the provincial capital, and the prefect had already fled.

At this moment, the barbarian army was only four or five days away from them!

County Magistrate Yao has already reported the news to the old village chief and the village chief. I think the villagers will come to a decision soon.

After Mrs. Yao finished speaking, she said goodbye, and they also had to go back to pack up.

After a while, Lu Qingqing heard the sound of a gong, probably thinking that the village chief and others had made a decision.

Lu Qingqing pulled Qin Lang towards the village entrance. Seeing that they were almost there, the village chief spoke with a bad face:

"Lord Yao received news today that the barbarians have already reached the provincial capital, and are only four or five days away from us."

When the villagers heard that the barbarians were coming to attack, they were in an uproar.

The village chief cleared his throat and shouted:

"Everyone, please be quiet. The elders have just discussed and decided that everyone in Lujia Village should flee south together."

"The barbarians are entering the pass from the northwest. To avoid them, the best direction to hide is south."

When the villagers heard that they were going to flee the famine, many of them were reluctant to leave their houses and fields, and there was constant discussion among the crowd.

The village chief called for everyone to be quiet, but the villagers were too loud. The village chief helplessly struck the gong, and when everyone quieted down, he continued:

"I know everyone is reluctant to give up their houses and land, but no matter how important these are, they are not as important as human life. If you lose your life, you lose everything!"

"Everyone has heard that the barbarians burned, killed, and looted, killing everyone, young or old, wherever they went. This time, it was County Magistrate Yao, Chief Secretary Lu, and the elders who made the decision to flee south."

"Go back later and pack up everything you want to take with you. Make some extra food. If you need anything, go to town and buy some."

"We'll set off tomorrow morning at noon. Time is tight, so we won't wait for those who haven't arrived yet. Everyone, come early. Okay, let's go back and pack up."

The crowd started talking, and when they heard the village chief calling for them to gather at the village entrance in the town, Lu Qingqing pulled Qin Lang and quickly went home.

This time we are fleeing south, and we don’t know how far we will have to go. It will be very difficult for people to pull the cart.

Lu Qingqing planned to go to the town to buy a cow and replenish some supplies.

The two men went home, took their weapons, and pulled the family cart towards the village entrance.

When we arrived at the village entrance, some villagers had already gathered. Everyone was afraid of being robbed by refugees on the road, as they had not yet forgotten the scene when they went to pay grain taxes.

Lu Tianming, Lu Tianxin, Yao Xiancheng and others were already in the crowd. When they saw Lu Qingqing and the other person, they called them over.

After waiting for a while, we saw about thirty or forty people, and the village chief shouted and called them to set off.

On the way to the town, there were many refugees digging wild vegetables. The number of refugees at this time was much less than before winter.

There were dozens of people from Lujia Village, most of them were men. The refugees on the roadside just glanced at them and then lowered their heads to dig wild vegetables. The group arrived at the town smoothly.

There were not many shops open in the town at this time. There was a grain store that was open, but the prices inside had gone up a lot.

Most of the villagers came to buy food, but when they saw that the price of food had risen sharply, they became hesitant.

Lu Tianming and County Magistrate Yao did not hesitate and filled the carriage with lavish goods, mainly rice and flour, and also asked for two bags of coarse grains.

When the other villagers saw the two buying in such large quantities, they also paid.

Lu Qingqing was not short of food, so she only bought two bags of coarse grains. The villagers were still queuing up, so it would probably take a long time to buy more.

Seeing that some shops in the town were still open and seemed relatively peaceful, Lu Qingqing made an appointment with Lu Tianming to meet at the town exit at noon, and then rushed to the livestock market in the town.

When I passed by Yuelai Inn, I saw the owner was still sitting inside, but there were not many people in the store.

Lu Qingqing thought about it, walked in and greeted the shopkeeper.

Shopkeeper Li was also very happy to see her. He hadn't seen this girl again throughout the winter and thought she hadn't survived.

When she saw Qin Lang beside her, she thought he was her brother and didn't ask any more questions.

Seeing that the shopkeeper was still sitting quietly watching over the shop, Lu Qingqing guessed that he hadn't heard the news, so she spoke directly:

"Boss, our village has received news that the barbarians have already reached the provincial capital. They are estimated to reach our town in three or four days. You'd better make preparations early."

Shopkeeper Li was very surprised to hear the news. He had indeed not received the news. Now seeing Lu Qingqing's serious face, he thought it was true.

Seeing that Shopkeeper Li didn't reply, Lu Qingqing thought he didn't believe her and continued:

"Uncle shopkeeper, I'm not kidding, this is true. Our entire village is here to purchase supplies today and will leave tomorrow."

Shopkeeper Li also reacted and hurriedly bowed to Lu Qingqing to thank her.

"Girl, I believe you. You came to tell me this news. Thank you, uncle."

Lu Qingqing waved her hand. She had been helped by the shopkeeper before, and only then was she able to earn enough money to buy seeds. Now it was considered a return of some of her earnings.

Just as he was about to go out to the livestock market, he was stopped by Manager Li.

"Girl, what are you planning to buy? I'm quite familiar with the situation in this town. Many stores are closed now, so I know most of the situation in this town."