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

When they set out at noon, the village chief's mule was so tired that it was panting and refused to move forward. The village chief had to whip it a few times before it could barely catch up.

Not long after they started walking, the mule simply knelt down and refused to move no matter how much they were beaten.

Mules are not as strong as cows. Since fleeing the famine, the mules have had a hard time pulling the family carts. They have been overloaded and have not been eating enough, so they are much thinner than before.

The village chief also knew the situation. He watched the team behind them bypass them and continue forward, worried that they would be robbed if they moved too far away from the team.

He had to unload some of the luggage and let his son carry it, and scooped a bucket of water for the mule to drink. Only then did the mule get up and continue on his way.

Afraid that something might happen to the mule on the way, the village chief gritted his teeth and took out a handful of food from the bag and fed it to the mule from time to time.

Another family with a mule saw the village chief's mule like this and was afraid that something might happen to their own mule, so they also fed it some food.

In addition to hay, Lu Qingqing's cows have been secretly feeding them some grain at night, so the cows look relatively healthy now.

The carriages of Lu Tianming and the Yao family in front had always been fed with special fodder, and there had been no problems.

The old village chief was worried about his old cow. He had been unloading luggage these days.

The things on his cart were less than what other people's mules pulled, but the old ox was still very tired every day.

The old village chief saved up money for a long time to buy this cow, and he values ​​it very much.

Many farmers may not be able to buy a cow even if they save money for their entire lives. In their minds, cows are very important.

At this time, the role of cattle is needless to say when fleeing from famine.

The old village chief licked his dry lips and decided to save more drinking water at home in the future, and use the saved water to feed this old friend more water and food.

Guihua tugged at the bag on her back and rolled her eyes when she saw her grandfather staring at the cow again.

You can still ride in other people’s ox carts, but her ox is her ancestor. Her grandfather has been unloading luggage these past two days.

Lu Tianming couldn't bear to watch his father carry the things, so he put most of the unloaded luggage on the carriage.

Then, Guihua was called down by her father to continue walking, and she had to carry her things with her.

She was now holding on by her last breath and had no energy to complain.

Guihua looked at the two carriages of the Yao family and couldn't help showing a longing look.

Everyone in the Yao family rode in the car, whether they were women or men.

Guihua thought that when her cousin got married, she would still be able to ride in a carriage, but she could only marry a farmer, and a trace of unwillingness flashed across her face.

At this time, scolding came from the back of the team. It turned out to be Tiedan's mother, the famous fierce woman in the village, scolding Tiedan's wife.

Tiedan's family is not considered wealthy in the village, but Tiedan's mother is famous for being fierce and powerful.

The reason she started scolding was because she saw Tiedan's wife secretly feeding water to her daughter Xiaocao.

Since no water source was found yesterday, Tiedan's mother has been controlling the water in the house. Except for her son and two grandsons, Tiedan's wife and granddaughter Xiaocao are no longer allowed to drink water.

Starting from noon, the weather became very hot. Xiaocao was young after all, and he kept sweating and didn't drink any water, so he suffered from heatstroke.

Seeing that her daughter looked very bad, Tiedan's wife secretly took the water bag, but was discovered by her mother-in-law.

But her daughter was in great pain, so she couldn't care about anything else and just forced herself to feed her water.

No matter how her mother-in-law scolded her, she refused to hand over the water bag.

The village team was still moving forward. Tiedan heard his mother scolding his wife again. Although he felt sorry for her, he turned around and continued walking as if he didn't hear anything.

Ever since he got married, his mother has been making a fuss all the time. If he dares to show any sign of favoring his wife, his mother will try to commit suicide.

Over time, Tiedan no longer cared about these things, and it was basically his mother who scolded his wife every time.

After the famine began, Tiedan's mother took control of the family's food and took care of her two grandsons. Tiedan's wife and daughter had to dig wild vegetables whenever they didn't have enough to eat.

Fortunately, there were wild vegetables on the road. I was really hungry, so the wild vegetables and some water could make a meal.

But now, people can't hold on for long without water.

Tiedan's wife knew that if they continued like this, both she and her daughter would die of thirst, so she refused to hand over the water bag.

When Xiaocao saw her grandmother scolding, she was so scared that she hid behind her mother. Tiedan's wife straightened up to block her daughter and looked at her mother-in-law without saying a word.

Seeing that her daughter-in-law dared to resist, Tiedan's mother's face suddenly fell. She didn't care about hurrying on and directly grabbed Tiedan's daughter-in-law's face, cursing as she did so:

"You unfilial thing! You even dare to disobey your mother-in-law. I must be so unlucky to marry you!"

While cursing, he said to Tiedan in front of him:

"Can't you see your wife bullying me? It's really a waste of time to raise you. Your father passed away early. Is it easy for me to raise you with all my hard work?"

Tiedan felt ashamed when he felt people were looking at him. He stopped the car and yelled at his wife:

"You stupid woman, why don't you give me the water bag? If you talk back to me again, I'll beat you up!"

When Tiedan was four or five years old, his father went into the mountains and was bitten to death. When he was found, his body was gnawed to pieces.

Tiedan's mother is a widow raising a child. In order to avoid being bullied, she becomes more and more aggressive, but she raises Tiedan to be a soft-hearted person.

When Tiedan's mother was looking for a daughter-in-law, she chose one whose family background was not too powerful and whose personality was soft, to ensure that she could control her daughter-in-law after she got married.

Tiedan's wife has been very obedient for many years since she got married. She is strictly controlled by her mother-in-law and has to do all the work at home and in the fields.

But now, seeing that if she continued to be obedient, she and her daughter would die, Tiedan's wife no longer cared about anything else. Even for her daughter, she decided to give it a try.

Seeing that she didn't listen, Tiedan just wanted to resolve the matter as soon as possible, so he parked the car and tried to come over to take the water bag away.

However, they didn't notice that when they stopped arguing, the team in front had already walked some distance away.

The refugees traveling nearby saw the high pile of luggage on his car and the vague sight of bags of food underneath, and they all became eager to move.

Among the refugees there was a man with messy and tangled hair. He had been staring at Tiedan's car since they fell behind the group.

At this time, the team in front was moving farther and farther away, and approached Tiedan's car quietly.

At this moment, Tiedan was trying to snatch the water bag from his wife's hand. Tiedan's wife was not as strong as a man, but she protected the water bag with all her might and did not let go even though she was hit on the head and body by fists.

At this time, Tiedan's mother was feeling proud as she watched her daughter-in-law being beaten, but she found that some refugees had already approached her car. She was so scared that she rushed to the car while screaming.

"Tiedan, someone is stealing food, come quickly!"

At this time, the man with messy hair had already approached the side of the car. Hearing that he was exposed, he quickly pulled off the top bedding, pulled up the food bag underneath, threw it on his shoulder and ran away.