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

The Wu family at the entrance of the corridor finally breathed a sigh of relief and slowly walked down the stairs in the dark.

Seeing the Wu family like this, Lu Qingqing felt that they should know something about the inside story, so she asked:

"Manager Wu, what happened?"

Shopkeeper Wu listened to her and sighed.

“Hey, the temperature has been dropping over the past two days.

I thought of what Shopkeeper Qian Shao had told me about the coal, and thought about going to him to buy some.

But from a distance, I saw several horse-drawn carriages parked in front of the grain shop.

Next to the carriage stood a large group of men, carrying out food.

I was so scared that I ran back and took down the sign hanging at the door when I got to the shop.

The whole family hid back in the shop, locked the door, and dared not make another sound.

After half an hour, I saw those people driving into the street.

After they passed, I slipped through the street in the backyard and went to Qian's grain store in the east.

After knocking on the back door, he was relieved to see that the Qian family was fine.

However, the Qian family members all looked unhappy. "

When Shopkeeper Wu said this, his face turned grim.

“After asking, I found out that the group claimed to be traveling merchants.

When you get to Qian's grain shop, you have to buy grain.

When the shopkeeper Qian Shao saw that there were so many of them, he became alert.

After taking a closer look, I found that several of those people were armed.

There were even people guarding outside the shop with axes.

He was worried that something might happen, so he wanted to ask his family to go to the village behind to call for help.

But his family was upstairs at the time, so he had to go through the shop to go to the backyard.

He was worried about something happening, so he had to calm the merchants down first.

During the chat, I found that these people spoke in a very gangster-like manner.

In his conversation, he was asking how much food was left in the shop.

Manager Qian Shao reported less grain.

When he heard that those people wanted to buy grain, he reported the current price of grain.

Those people said that the price of grain was too high and insisted on buying it at the price of previous years.

As they were talking, someone outside the door even tried to break in with a knife.

In order to be safe, Shopkeeper Qian Shao had to sell the grain in that warehouse at a loss.

When I went there, the Qian family was discussing finding another place to hide.

Shopkeeper Qian Shao told me that this group of people are definitely not easy to deal with.

If we really settle down in Toyama Town, there will probably be more trouble in the future!

Well, my family is also afraid that those people will come looking for us, so we are thinking of moving to another place!"

After hearing what happened, Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang looked at each other.

The two of them asked Manager Wu about the approximate number of merchants in that group.

It was discovered that there were about a hundred people in this group, and they were facing the carriage in the yard.

Lu Qingqing also told Manager Wu about what she had discovered.

When Manager Wu heard that they lived in the courtyard to the west, he became even more uneasy.

To be honest, during the past two years of disasters, the total number of villagers in the entire Fushan Town was only about 200.

Among them, 40% are the elderly, the weak, women and children.

If these hundred or so men do something bad, it would be very difficult for the villagers of Fushan Town to fight against them.

This is the situation where everyone from both sides is facing each other at the same time!

Now, their home is so close to where those traveling merchants live.

If they come to us one day, I'm afraid the whole family will suffer.

Immediately, Manager Wu could no longer sit still and began to think about where to find an empty yard nearby, thinking about moving.

Just as I was thinking about it, I saw Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang in front of me.

Yes, there is an empty yard behind the yard they rented!

Moreover, the fact that these two people were able to sneak into the yard quietly in the middle of the night shows that they have some skills.

It's always better to live near them.

After making up his mind, he asked his family to pack up and move overnight.

Seeing that they were packing up, Lu Qingqing asked if the shop still had the things they needed at home.

Shopkeeper Wu thought that he might need help from others later, so he sold and gave away many things to them at half the price.

There were too many things in the grocery store and they definitely couldn't move them all in one trip, so they could only pick out the more valuable items first.

Seeing them cleaning up at home, Lu Qingqing stopped disturbing them and got up to leave.

The two men walked east along the path from the back door and when they arrived at the grain shop, they found that the backyard had been completely empty.

The braying mule was also gone.

I don’t know where the owner Qian and his family moved to.

When the two returned to the courtyard, the wind and snow had subsided a little.

At this time, Sun Yue has taken over the duty.

Hearing the two men coming back, he hurried forward with a lantern to inquire about the situation.

After learning about the situation of this group of merchants, I was not as nervous as before.

She saw Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang brushing the snow off each other, and she didn't act like a third wheel in the house.

Knowing that they both liked cleanliness, she ran back into the house.

Pour the warm water from the pot into the basin for the two of them.

After adjusting the water temperature, it is convenient for both people to wash their hands.

He went to check the stove again and saw that there was not much coal left, so he added some more.

After finishing the work, he asked the two of them to wash up and go to bed early, and then he went out.

Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang washed their hands and began to soak their feet in a basin each.

After being out for more than an hour, I was feeling a little frozen.

The two of them soaked their feet in the warm water and couldn't help but sigh in comfort.

While soaking my feet, I talked about the group of traveling merchants.

The threat posed by these hundred or so people is not that big, but it is definitely not okay if we don't take precautions.

When they built the stable, they came into contact with many villagers in the town.

Qin Lang thought about it and suggested going to Sun Laohai's house tomorrow to gather the familiar villagers.

If they could reach an agreement, they would take turns to keep an eye on the house where the group of merchants lived.

Lu Qingqing naturally agreed and added a few more words.

Qin Lang felt a little more relaxed because he had some understanding of the enemy's situation.

While the two were discussing, the water in the basin had almost cooled down.

He simply shook the water off his feet and put on the cotton slippers he wore indoors.

He stood up and got a foot cloth, wanting to help Lu Qingqing wipe her feet.

After being rejected, he sat back on the stool silently and wiped his feet clean with a cloth.

Lu Qingqing looked at Qin Lang's silent expression and worried that he was angry.

Before I could figure out how to comfort him, I saw him walking towards me silently again.

He took the foot cloth from his hand, picked up the foot washing water in both hands, and went out to pour water.

Well, it seems that she doesn't need much coaxing.

When Qin Lang came back after pouring the water, he looked at Qingqing who was still sitting on the stool, worried that she would catch a cold.

He made up his mind, took two steps forward, and easily picked the person up.

Before Qingqing could speak, she tucked the person into the warm quilt.

Worried about being criticized, he explained it very seriously.

"Qingqing, your feet have just been washed, don't let them get dirty with slippers."

Having said that, he didn't even dare to look at Qingqing's expression. He turned around and took his own foot washing water out and poured it out.

When I got outside, the heat on my face subsided a little when I was blown by the cold wind.