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

Not long after we set off, children started crying and refusing to leave.

If the family has a cart or wheelbarrow, they can put the children on it.

Those who don’t have cars can only pack up their bamboo baskets and make space to put their children in them.

Behind the crowd, San Ya could no longer walk and was placed on a cart.

At this time, Erzhuang's feet began to hurt and he was clamoring to get in the car.

Qin Li'niang felt that it was Lu Lao Da who was pulling the cart, and Da Zhuang was still walking on his own. If both of her children sat on it, it would not be good.

But Erzhuang started crying, which made Lu Laosan, who was carrying the load in front, feel distressed. He turned around, hugged Erzhuang and put him on the cart.

When Mrs. Lu Li saw her son walking, she also came up to Da Zhuang and asked him:

"Son, do you want to take a ride? Do your feet hurt after walking for so long?"

Dazhuang felt the pain on his feet, but seeing his father struggling to pull the cart, he pretended not to feel any pain.

"Mom, I'm fine. I'll get in the car and rest when I'm tired."

At this time, Li Jinbao saw that his sister was no longer helping to push the cart and began to complain of being tired. When Mrs. Lu heard this, she hurried back to help push the cart.

After a while, it was Lu Li who was pushing the cart, and Li Jinbao and his family were standing beside her. Li Jinbao was even reluctant to help Lu Li carry such a heavy basket.

Da Zhuang looked at his mother running to help his uncle's family again, feeling helpless.

He clearly didn't get any food the last time he went back and was even beaten, but his mother was always like this. He soon forgot about it and became nice to his uncle's family again.

He had advised his mother countless times, but every time his mother would find all kinds of twisted reasons to refute him.

Dazhuang sighed and went to his father to help push the cart.

Boss Lu felt that the cart seemed to be lighter. He turned around and saw Dazhuang helping to push the cart. He felt relieved but also a little distressed.

The children in the family were of similar age. The two children of the third child were sitting in the car, and his own son helped push the car after walking for such a long time.

The family arranged for the three brothers to take turns pulling the cart. Since they couldn't afford to suffer any loss, they wanted to ask their wives to carry their sons into the cart.

When I turned around, I didn't see anyone, but I ran to my brother-in-law's house to push the cart.

Boss Lu was so angry that he glared and couldn't help but curse his wife inwardly for being stupid, but he couldn't speak directly in front of his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

He had to call his father to help put Dazhuang in the car. Dazhuang was a little uncomfortable in the car at first and wanted to jump out, but was stopped by Boss Lu.

When Aunt Lu saw Da Zhuang getting into the car, she couldn't help but think of her Erya. Erya was walking in front with the Li family. There were too many people and she could hardly see Erya.

Aunt Lu unconsciously quickened her pace and wanted to move forward, but was pulled back by Lu Lao Er beside her.

"What are you going to do? I'm telling you, Erya has been sold to the Li family. Don't even think about bringing her back. We don't even have enough food at home to eat."

When Lu Laoer was at the entrance of the village, he saw his wife holding Erya and talking to her, and knew that she wanted to bring back the girl who had paid the compensation.

Even if the Li family doesn't want food and wants Erya to come back, she still needs food when she comes back.

He hoped that his wife would give him a son to carry on the family line, so he was willing to support her. That girl was not worthy of eating his food.

"I'm warning you, if you dare bring Arya back, I have plenty of ways to make her disappear!"

When Aunt Lu Er heard what Lu Lao Er said, she was so angry that she was shaking all over, but she forced herself to hold it in, lowered her head and said nothing more.

If something happens on the way, the Li family will definitely not protect Erya!

She must bring Erya back to her side. Lu Laoer is now the biggest obstacle!

Thinking of this, Aunt Lu looked up and glanced at Lu Laoer's water bag.

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At the Li family, Chengcai's father was pulling the cart in front, Li Chengcai and Chengcai's mother were walking beside the cart, and Erya was following alone behind.

Chengcai's mother curled her lips, thinking that she really shouldn't have bought this little girl back then. Now they had to take this little girl with them and give her food to eat even when they were fleeing from famine.

The more he thought about it, the more regretful he felt. He wanted to vent his anger by scolding her, but just as he opened his mouth, Li Chengcai covered his mouth with his hand.

Li Chengcai was so scared that he looked forward. Seeing that no one saw Lu Qingqing, he breathed a sigh of relief and complained to his mother dissatisfiedly:

"Mom, you want to kill your son!"

Li Chengcai's mother also realized that this naughty girl couldn't be beaten or scolded, and she felt even more aggrieved. She wanted to throw Erya back to the Lu family.

But when I think about the food that was wasted, I feel sad.

Forget it, let’s leave it this way for now.

Qin Lang was driving the Lu family's ox cart. Lu Qingqing felt bored in the cart shed, so she came out and sat on the shaft, talking to Qin Lang while driving the cart together.

Lu Tianming in front was worried that the people behind him could not keep up, so he obviously slowed down and looked back from time to time to see if the people behind him could keep up.

Upon closer inspection, they discovered that seven or eight refugees had followed the team and were far behind the Lujia Village team.

Lu Tianming was alert and took people to drive away these refugees.

As soon as a group of men from Lujia Village arrived with weapons, they saw these refugees kneeling down and begging.

They said they were fleeing famine from disasters in nearby counties and had absolutely no bad intentions.

We don't need the people of Lujia Village to take care of us on the road. We just ask them not to drive us away so that we can follow behind the team and avoid being harmed by wild dogs.

Lu Tianming looked at the refugees in front of him. Among them was a couple with a child of six or seven years old, and the others were men traveling alone.

But without exception, these people were already skin and bones, and their expressions were filled with pleading fear.

Lu Tianming had seen the refugees attacking the county town, and those people had strong aggressive looks in their eyes.

The surrounding villagers were also talking about it, especially many women who felt very sympathetic towards the child.

Most villagers in Lujia Village are not too afraid of these skinny refugees. They have seen too many of them since the drought. Most of these refugees are people from nearby counties who became refugees because of fleeing famine.

Seeing this, Lu Tianming warned the refugees not to get too close and continued on his way.

Gradually, the sun rose higher and everyone was sweating from the heat, and some people at the back began to slow down.

At this time, Li Tianfu's mother ran forward and shouted:

"His uncle, Tianfu fainted!"

The old village chief poked his head out from the ox cart and saw that it was Lu Tianfu's mother. He quickly got off the ox cart and asked:

"What's wrong? What happened to Tianfu?"

Seeing this, Lu Tianming had no choice but to stop and walk to the back of the team.

It was only when I reached the back of the team that I found Lu Tianfu lying on the ground.

The old village chief hurried forward to check and called for a long time, but the man didn't wake up, so he became a little anxious.

Lu Tianming, who was standing next to him, saw Lu Tianfu's Adam's apple move, so he stepped forward to check and pinched Lu Tianfu's philtrum. As soon as he applied force, Lu Tianfu cried out and got up.

The old village chief looked at his nephew who had gotten up and looked very energetic, not at all tired. He was so angry that he waved his hand and walked back.

Lu Tianming stared at Lu Tianfu with a solemn expression.

"We're going to escape. If you dare to play tricks and delay our journey again, don't blame me for being ruthless and kicking you out!"

Lu Tianfu looked at his cousin in front of him with a cold face. He was so frightened by the aura he had acquired from being an official that he could not speak.

After Lu Tianming warned this useless cousin, he walked back and said:

"My fellow villagers, we are fleeing for our lives. The barbarians behind us may attack at any time. Their cavalry is very fast, so we must use this period of escape to increase the distance between us and them."

"I know everyone is exhausted. We will stop to rest at noon. I hope everyone will keep up with the team. If you fall behind, you will experience what a person will experience on the road. I believe everyone knows."

"Okay, the team continues!"

The group continued on their journey, and the people following behind also began to move closer together, scrambling to move forward, fearing that they would fall behind and not be able to keep up.

Lu Tianfu's mother started pulling the cart, while Lu Tianfu walked with a backpack on his back.

When the villagers nearby saw this, they all curled their lips in disdain.

A strong man doesn't pull the cart, but asks his old mother to do so.

Although the villagers looked down on him, they didn't say anything for the sake of the old village chief's face.

Near noon, there was a large forest ahead with relatively flat terrain, so Lu Tianming struck the gong to signal everyone that they could rest.

As soon as the villagers heard the gong, they hurried forward to find a shady place under the trees and sat down.

After a while, the sound of a man instructing his wife to cook could be heard from the crowd.

The men pulling the cart had exerted great effort along the way and were now tired and hungry.