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

As soon as the team stopped, the cavalry came over with carts to collect food.

This time, as usual, the new bride weighed 100 kilograms and the old bride weighed 20 kilograms.

When we received the food from one of the families, they handed over a small bag of food with trembling hands.

The cavalryman who collected the grain frowned as soon as he received it, even before weighing it.

"You don't have enough food!"

As he said this, he hung the small bag of grain on the hook of the scale.

As soon as I hung up, I realized something was wrong.

The man who was delivering the grain saw his expression change, and hurriedly handed over the bulging purse in his hand, saying with an apologetic smile:

"Sir, we are really out of food at home. Here are eighty taels of silver. Please be considerate."

The cavalryman who collected the grain didn't even look at the purse. He glared and kicked it.

The man who was delivering the grain was caught off guard and was kicked backwards.

The family members nearby hurried to help.

The cavalrymen who were collecting grain ignored these people and reported to the cavalrymen standing behind them.

"Brother Zhao, this family doesn't have enough food. Bring me 12 kilograms of food to make up for the 20 kilograms!"

Hearing this, Brother Zhao arranged with a blank expression:

"Follow the rules!"

The cavalryman responded and nodded to the people beside him.

Several cavalrymen raised their swords and walked towards the family.

The sharp blade cut across the neck of the man in front, and blood spurted out.

As the man fell down holding his neck, the group of people watching nearby screamed and backed away in fear.

Soon, several screams were heard in succession.

The cavalrymen wiped the blood off their swords on the corpses, then turned to the men dodging nearby and said,

"You guys, come over here and throw the body to the side!"

The men shrank back in fear, but hurriedly stood up when the cavalry approached, cursing.

After running over, I saw the blood still steaming on the ground.

He suppressed his fear, closed his eyes and pulled the corpse's arm.

When your fingers accidentally touch your skin, you can feel the warm touch.

This made them realize more clearly that this corpse was a living person like them not long ago.

Fear spread in his heart, and the action of dragging the corpse slowed down.

Seeing this, the cavalry stepped forward and kicked him hard, cursing as they kicked.

"You useless thing, if you keep on nagging me, I'll make you go and keep them company!"

Seeing this, the men couldn't help but clench their fingers that were holding the corpse.

Dragging the corpse, he quickly ran towards the roadside.

The blood left a long trail in the snow.

After the cavalrymen finished dealing with this family, they continued to push the carts to collect the remaining food.

After this incident, people who came later would give a little more food when handing it over, for fear that they would be killed if they didn't hand in enough.

After the cavalry collected all the houses and left, the scene fell into dead silence.

The sense of crisis of food shortage is permeating everyone's mind.

Every family went back to check how much food they had left and calculate how many days they could last.

But the more I calculated, the more uncomfortable I felt.

Those with more food can last for seven or eight days.

Those with the least food can only last for two days.

Before today, many people still had a hopeful outlook.

I thought about bribing them in advance to see if I could get away with it.

This time, their fantasy was completely shattered.

Each family retreated and began to think of a way out.

Here, Old Man Zhuang and Sun Yue also took inventory of their own food.

After the calculation, both of them looked unhappy.

Their food reserves can only last for five or six days.

Now, Old Man Zhuang had no intention of setting up a tent.

He pulled Lu Qingqing and Sun Yue to sit on the shaft of the cart and discussed in a low voice.

"Qing girl, you saw what happened just now.

If we just sit there and do nothing, we'll end up like that family just now!

We have to find a way to survive!"

Sun Yue also looked solemn and whispered:

"Yes, getting food is extremely difficult nowadays.

I think the only way out is to escape."

As soon as Sun Yue said this, Old Man Zhuang looked around vigilantly.

Seeing that no one was paying attention, I relaxed a little.

He looked at Lu Qingqing, his face full of hope.

"Qing girl, do you have any ideas?"

Lu Qingqing was looking around and saw that most people were like them.

Instead of rushing to set up camp and cook, they sat together.

I also had a rough guess about what they were talking about.

She came to her senses when she heard Old Man Zhuang calling her.

“Our food can last for five or six days.

In the next five or six days, there might be a turning point.

Let us be alert day and night.

If there is a situation, we will act accordingly."

This statement is obscure, but the meaning is actually very clear.

If trouble arises, take the opportunity to escape.

But at this time, no matter who takes the lead, he will be in trouble.

These cavalrymen are not ordinary people.

Judging from observations over the past few days, this group of cavalry is most likely the close guard of King Chuang.

In other words, these cavalrymen were elites selected from tens of thousands of people.

Even if Lu Qingqing thought she was better at fighting, she didn't have the ability to fight these cavalrymen head-on.

What does the saying go? A swarm of ants can kill an elephant.

What's more, these cavalrymen are not ants, and she is not an elephant.

Even if she used up all the grenades and explosives in her hands, she would not be able to wipe out these nearly two thousand cavalrymen at once.

Without complete certainty, she would rather "find" more food than take the risk.

The three of them talked for a while but still couldn't make up their minds.

Old Man Zhuang and Sun Yue went to set up the tent in a somewhat dazed state.

After dinner, Lu Qingqing took the opportunity to go to the toilet to check the surrounding defense situation.

All I can say is that these are the three most heavily guarded places in the entire camp.

They are respectively the camp of their lord, the granary of the cavalry unit, and their reserve grain which also serves as bait.

If you really want to escape, it is not enough to rely solely on the noise made by these captured people.

There are only two breakthrough points to prevent the cavalry from chasing them.

1. Something happened in the commander-in-chief’s camp.

2. Something happened in the granary.

Logically speaking, the layout of this barracks is tight, and it is difficult for outsiders to get close to these two places.

But Lu Qingqing couldn't resist using the cheat.

Space dodging, plus explosives and grenades.

It is not impossible to get close to these two places.

Once she had an idea, she began to think about the feasibility of the plan and perfect the details.

Two days passed like this.

That evening, the cavalry had just stopped to set up camp.

A few men, under the pretext of going to the toilet, chopped down the two cavalrymen guarding there and ran towards the west.

However, these people did not run far before they were caught up and shot by cavalry.

In the middle of the night on the third day, two more people tried to escape at night, but were discovered by the guards and killed on the spot.

Because of the series of incidents, the cavalry wanted to intimidate everyone.

The bodies of the two were directly hung on a tree not far from the camp.

At dawn, many people were frightened when they saw the frozen corpse swaying in the wind.

During these three days, Lu Qingqing has also figured out the patrol situation around the lord's tent.

As a result, an escape plan was also prepared.

At midnight on the fourth day.

Lu Qingqing woke up Old Man Zhuang and Sun Yue and asked them to stand guard.

She herself slipped out of the tent quietly.