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

The more Guihua thought about it, the more unwilling she felt. She approached Lu Tianxin and said coquettishly:

"Dad, I can't walk anymore. My feet hurt so much. They look like they have blisters."

Hearing this, Lu Tianxin looked down and saw that his daughter's pink cloth shoes were covered with mud and became so dirty that the original color was almost unrecognizable.

Seeing his daughter frowning and crying in pain, Lu Tianxin couldn't help but feel distressed. Guihua had never done much work since she was a child, so it was normal that she couldn't bear to walk for such a long time this time.

Lu Tianxin went forward to discuss with his father.

"Dad, Guihua's feet are blistered and she can't walk anymore. Let her sit on the ox cart for a while."

The old village chief looked back at Guihua standing there, then at the old cow panting with its tongue hanging out, and sighed, saying:

"Second brother, our cow is not as strong as other people's. It has been with us for eleven years. It is already struggling to pull so much belongings."

"Let Guihua hold on a little longer. We don't know how long we'll have to walk this way, so we need to train our leg strength."

When Guihua heard what Grandpa said, she felt so wronged that tears came out and she cried:

"You are biased, favoring my uncle's family. My cousin is two years older than me, why should she be able to ride in the car?"

"I've been walking for almost a day, my feet are blistered, and you still want me to leave."

When Lu Tianxin heard his daughter say this, he knew something was wrong. He looked forward and saw his eldest brother sticking his head out to look. He was immediately embarrassed and scolded:

"What nonsense are you talking about? I've been too good to you and spoiled you! You're even comparing yourself to your cousin. Your cousin has bound feet. How can she walk such a long distance?"

"Don't you see that girls like you are all walking? Some are even carrying luggage. Their families don't ask them to carry anything, and yet you're still making such a fuss. Otherwise, just keep following me. If you keep messing around, you won't get dinner!"

It was the first time Guihua saw her father so angry that she was so scared that she didn't dare to say anything.

Only when she saw her father go to the front to talk to her uncle did she start to sob softly.

After a while, Lu Tianxin came over and said in a low voice:

"Your uncle told your cousin to get off the carriage and walk, and you go to their carriage. Behave yourself when you get there. If you do something embarrassing again, I'll beat you up."

When Guihua heard this, she looked up at her father happily. She could actually ride in a carriage!

She raised her hand to wipe away her tears and walked quickly to the carriage in front.

The atmosphere in the Lu family's carriage was a little subtle. After Guihua got on the carriage, she looked here and touched there curiously, and made sounds of admiration from time to time.

Lu Tianming's wife, Cui, looked at Guihua, who was sitting restlessly opposite her, and thought that it was because of her clamoring to take a car that her son had to suffer by walking. A hint of disgust flashed in her eyes.

At this time, Lu Shuhe's wife, Xiao Cui, also nudged Lu Yuanfang with her elbow, signaling her to look at Guihua's actions.

Mrs. Cui had just gotten married to her husband and was in a very intimate relationship. She was displeased with Guihua after she had made such a fuss. When she saw her getting into the car with an inexperienced look on her face, she couldn't help but show a mocking expression.

Lu Yuanfang looked at the obvious expression on Xiao Cui's face, patted her hand soothingly, and signaled her to calm down.

Xiao Cui had always been good friends with Lu Yuanfang when she was still a girl. Knowing that Lu Yuanfang was a kind person, she just curled her lips and said nothing more.

Lu Tianming's mother sighed and pulled Guihua over, asking her to be quiet.

She looked at Guihua, who had displeased her eldest son's family without realizing it, and didn't know what to say in the carriage. She just tried her best to prevent Guihua from moving around.

In the evening, the team happened to pass by a village. Thinking that a lot of water had been consumed that day, they stopped outside the village.

The group stopped the car, and Lu Tianming took a few people to the village in front to negotiate, explaining their purpose and hoping to get some water from the village.

Seeing Lu Tianming's extraordinary aura, the villagers looked at the household registration they produced. They knew that the village was in the north of Yidu County, and they were all in the same county, so they became less wary.

Seeing that there were both elderly people and children in the team, he agreed.

When the village chief asked why they fled from famine, Lu Tianming bluntly said that the barbarians had attacked the provincial capital, which immediately caused a burst of exclamations.

Seeing their group fleeing with their families, the village chief believed what they said and hurriedly called the villagers together to discuss the matter.

Lu Tianming and his companions came back and asked each family to send one person to fetch water from the village ahead.

When Qin Lang heard that they needed to fetch water and saw Lu Qingqing nod at him, he went to the carriage to get a bucket of water and carried it to the village.

In reality, the water well in Lu Qingqing's space was always full, and there was no shortage of water at all. However, she still had to do a good job of preserving her appearance.

After the men went to fetch water, many women went to dig wild vegetables nearby.

Wang Kangshi lay on the wheelbarrow and asked his wife to find the farm tools and ironware at home first so that he could exchange them for some food from the villagers later.

His family was really running out of food. His wife had used the five cents of silver she earned from selling the land to buy some coarse grains, but what was left now was barely enough for a few meals.

Lu family.

Old Man Lu and his three brothers went to fetch water. There were many people in the family and they needed a lot of water.

Da Zhuang was at an age when he was very curious, so he followed them.

When Aunt Lu saw the water bag used by Lu Laoer thrown on the bamboo basket, she was delighted and quickly observed the surrounding situation.

Mrs. Lu went to help Li Jinbao fetch water, while Qin Li'niang took the child to talk to his mother, and old lady Lu closed her eyes and leaned on the luggage, tired.

At this time, the people around her were either not out or busy cooking, and no one paid attention to her.

Aunt Lu stood up and approached the bamboo basket. While packing her luggage, she quickly stuffed the water bag into her arms.

Then he continued to pack his luggage and put away the pots and pans for cooking. Seeing that Old Mrs. Lu was still sleeping with her eyes closed, he quickly walked into the woods.

This was the area designated for women to use the toilet. Seeing that there was no one around, she quickly poured some powder into the water bag, then thought for a moment and added some more.

After shaking it evenly and seeing no more powder, I put the water bag back in my arms and walked back.

I went back and put the water bag back in its place. Seeing that Old Mrs. Lu was still sleeping, I said I was going to dig wild vegetables and went out.

Aunt Lu specially dug up a lot of bitter vegetables, intending to add more when making porridge in the evening.

Aconitum is a bit bitter, so Lu Laoer would definitely drink water during dinner so that the bitter taste of the wild vegetable porridge would cover up the taste of the aconite and it would not be easy to reveal the truth.

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After Qin Lang went to fetch water, Lu Qingqing took out the things she would need for the evening.

Thinking there might be dew in the morning, he spread the bedding under the cart.

After adding hay to the cow, he specially took a basin to fill with some bran and added a handful of ground grains.

After settling the cows, she began to cook dinner. Since she had more time in the evening, Lu Qingqing planned to make something hot to warm her stomach, as it was getting a bit cold after the sun went down.

Now you can’t eat anything with a strong smell. As it gets dark, people around you start to come back.

At this time, fires were lit all over the place. Looking around, except for the area lit by the fire, other places were invisible.

Lu Qingqing took out a few eggs, added water directly into the pot, beat the eggs after the water boiled, added some salt and a little lard, covered the pot after it boiled, and turned off the fire.

After a while, Qin Lang came back with water. Seeing that Lu Qingqing had already prepared the meal, he quickly scooped some water into the basin to wash his hands.

Each of them took a hot white flour bun with pickles in the middle and ate it with egg soup, which tasted very delicious.

By now, the temperature had already cooled down. After quickly finishing the hot egg soup, the two began to wash up.

After washing up, Qin Lang saw the cow blowing in the wind next to him. Fearing that it would be cold, he went to the car and got a straw mat to cover the cow.

At this time, Lu Tianming asked his son Lu Shuhe to come and invite Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang. Qin Lang wanted to look after the luggage, so he let Lu Qingqing go by herself.

When Lu Qingqing rushed over, Yao Xiancheng, the old village chief, the village chief and the elders were all waiting for her on Lu Tianming's side. When they saw her, they all asked about the leg-binding technique.

It turned out that after dinner, Lu Tianming called Lu Tianxin over to ask about it, and he found out that the leg wrap was indeed useful. After walking for the whole afternoon, not only did his speed increase a lot, but his legs also didn't hurt.

Lu Tianming then invited the elders of the clan to come over and explained the situation. Everyone was very interested in this method.

Although Lu Tianming had also learned how to tie his legs, he wanted Lu Qingqing to tell the story.

This leg-binding method can help the villagers escape. This will be told to the village elders. In the future, if the two children of the Qin family encounter any problems in the village, the elders will also help them.