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

After breakfast, the four of them started a new task - digging traps.

After a night, another layer of snow fell in the yard.

Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang each took a long-handled snow shovel and began to clear the snow from the roof and the stable.

Old Man Zhuang and Sun Yue were responsible for clearing the snow on the ground.

This newly fallen snow is not difficult to clean up.

In about two quarters of an hour, the yard was cleaned up.

Just at this moment, the wind and snow stopped.

The four of them took advantage of this opportunity and immediately began to dig traps as they had previously agreed.

But the ground was frozen too solid.

When the shovel was used, it felt like it was hitting a stone.

Even Qin Lang, who was the strongest, had a hard time doing it.

There was no choice but to light a fire on the ground first.

Three fires were burning in a row, and the fire was very strong.

In order to avoid waste, Lu Qingqing took a few sweet potatoes and potatoes and threw them in.

The four of them squatted beside it, warming themselves by the fire while continuing to discuss how to dig the trap.

By the time the fire died down, the ground was almost done.

Lu Qingqing picked up the shovel, tried it out, and announced that work could begin.

The four of them acted together.

But after digging up the top layer, the soil underneath is still hard.

There was no other way, they could only continue to light the fire.

Wait until it thaws before continuing to dig.

This is quite time-consuming.

This job wouldn't be too big if it were a warmer day.

But at this time, it is very difficult to deal with.

It took the four of them two and a half days to complete the traps inside the three walls of the courtyard.

Since the trap was set by several people together, they all knew very well how to trigger it.

I pay extra attention when cleaning the snow in the yard every day.

During this period, the village sent people to the watchtower to take turns on duty every day.

Today, it is the turn of our eastern neighbor.

Tomorrow, it will be their family and Sun Laohai's family's turn.

During the daily rotation, two people are required to be on duty at one lookout tower at the same time.

Each round of duty lasts two hours.

It was easy during the day. The two people upstairs would just look outside and chat.

The night was unbearable. Not only was I sleepy, but I was also extremely cold.

Often, the hot water bottle you bring with you is only effective for an hour.

For the rest of the time, we had to rely on the thick quilts that everyone brought with them.

If the quilt is not thick enough, you can only bear it.

Therefore, after Sun Dahai came over and reminded him.

Old Man Zhuang and Sun Yue, both good at sewing, got busy.

They found the small tents and quilts that had been put away on the battlefield and sorted them out.

After finding the right one, start cutting and sewing.

For this purpose, the two of them specially went to Wang Laoer and Sun Choujiu's homes to check the sizes of the two lookout towers.

After working for half a day, I finally made a very sturdy tent.

In addition, the two also cut and sewed two thick cloaks suitable for wearing using quilts.

Lu Qingqing looked at the thick tent and thick cloak and was very skeptical.

After putting on such a thick cloak, will I still be able to get into the hole on the top of the watchtower?

Of course, this kind of speculation cannot be expressed directly under the eager gazes of Old Man Zhuang and Sun Yue.

According to what the four of them had discussed before, they would take turns in pairs.

Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang came first, and Old Man Zhuang and Sun Yue were next in line.

After knowing that the two were going to suffer the next day, Old Man Zhuang specially took out a piece of horse meat and prepared to make spicy meat strips.

Tomorrow night, if you feel hungry while on duty, you can eat something.

He had made this kind of spicy meat strips before and it was very popular.

Seeing that the piece of horse meat was not big, Lu Qingqing found out a dozen pieces of smoked rabbit meat and gave one piece to Old Man Zhuang.

Old Man Zhuang thought that it was the shopkeeper Qian Shao who bought it for her, so he didn't ask any questions and put it all in the basin of pickled horse meat.

Seeing him busy making dried meat, Lu Qingqing and Sun Yue went to prepare dinner.

Seeing the three people busying themselves, Qin Lang also consciously went to the stable to feed the horses.

In the stable, Xiaobai saw him come in, and his attitude was far less enthusiastic than when he saw Lu Qingqing.

Qin Lang couldn't help but laugh as he looked at Xiaobai lying lazily on the straw mat, too lazy to even lift his butt.

This little guy is simply a spirit.

Qingqing came in to feed it before, and her attitude was very attentive.

Well, people without space water have no right to speak.

Qin Lang silently accepted this reality.

He took out a cloth bag of feed from the shelf next to the stable and started pouring it into the trough.

When it was Xiaobai's turn, I couldn't help but give it some more fine food.

When he was unconscious before, this little guy really put in a lot of effort.

Seeing that he was the same as Qingqing, Xiaobai put some more fine food in it, rubbed his head against him perfunctorily, and continued eating.

Qin Lang didn't expect that this little guy would condescend to rub against him.

It's not easy!

He left the stable only after adding some warm water to the horse.

After checking the gate and several traps, the meal was ready when I returned to the house.

For dinner today, I made a plate of stir-fried cabbage, a plate of stewed potatoes with dried beans, and a plate of seaweed, shrimp and egg drop soup.

As for Old Man Zhuang’s spicy dried meat, it is still being smoked on the stove in the stable.

Today, four stoves are lit in the stable every day.

To prevent horses from knocking over the stoves, they were isolated by shelves.

Now it is convenient to use it to roast dried meat.

After the food was served, several people sat cross-legged at the kang table and started eating.

In this season, food gets cold too easily.

Therefore, several people ate very quickly.

They didn't even talk at the dinner table.

The two large plates full of food, along with the pot of soup, were all drunk up.

After finishing their meal, the four of them held their round bellies and sighed comfortably.

The kang under my butt is so warm that I don’t want to move.

Only Old Man Zhuang had to take care of the dried meat, so he had to run to the stable every once in a while.

Turn it over again when you see that one side is almost done.

The other three people rested their arms on the table for a while before returning to their rooms.

Since Old Man Zhuang still needed to make some dried meat, tonight's night watch would be done by the remaining three people.

After Lu Qingqing returned to the house, she lit the kang.

Thinking that he would be on duty tomorrow and the first round would last until the late night, he checked the hot water bottle in the space.

There are nine hot water bottles on the shelf, all filled with hot water.

There are also four bottles filled with cold water, which were used up before and not replaced in time.

Because I needed to use the hot water bottle, I boiled an extra pot of water today.

After filling up all the hot water bottles in the space, start soaking your feet every day.

In this kind of weather, if you survive a day's work, your feet will suffer.

Soaking your feet is not only comfortable for your feet, but also helps relieve fatigue.

In the evening of the second day, Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang had dinner early.

Seeing that there was only a quarter of an hour left, they put on the thick tent and thick cloak prepared for them by Old Man Zhuang and Sun Yue, and walked towards Sun Choujiu's house.

At this time, all the shops are closed.

Many families had even turned off the oil lamps and lay down to sleep.

The whole village was quiet. When walking in the village, the only sound was the sound of stepping on the snow.

The roads in this village are not all the same.

Some people sweep the snow in front of their homes frequently, so the snow layer on the ground is much thinner.

Some families only sweep their own yards, but the snow outside the door is very thick.

The two men carried lanterns and walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

When they arrived, the gate of Sun Choujiu's house was pushed up from the inside.

Before Lu Qingqing could knock on the door, the person on duty on the lookout tower came down to open the door.

This time, the one keeping watch was their neighbor to the east.

When they were building the stable before, the man from this family came to see it.

At that time, I just said hello briefly and left.

Lu Qingqing was surprised at the time why Sun Dahai looked at the man with such contempt.

Now, seeing the person on guard in front of him, he began to understand a little.

This time, the two neighbors sent to keep watch were actually two women.

The two men were wearing worn-out jackets that only showed the cotton wool inside, and they were curled up in the cold.

One of them, who was slightly taller, stepped forward and said tremblingly:

"Since you are here, let's go back first."

As he said this, he pulled the arm of the short and thin woman next to him and staggered back.

However, before she could take two steps, the short and thin woman fell straight to the ground.