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

The leader wanted to bring a few more people with him, but was stopped by Lu Qingqing.

"The previous deal was enough to demonstrate our sincerity. You only need to bring enough people to carry the buckets. What do you say?"

The leader looked at the alert face of the girl opposite and felt very nervous. He was also afraid that this was a trap set by the other side.

But water was too important to them, and the water they had exchanged before was not enough for them to reach the next water replenishment point, so even if it was a trap, he had to jump.

After a moment's thought, he unfolded the bundle to indicate that he had enough silver.

Then he called one of his guards and handed him the bag.

"Little girl, I have prepared the silver and money. I just hope I can get the water smoothly."

Lu Qingqing had just seen the silver in the bundle, which was four large silver ingots weighing fifty taels, and then she walked back with a group of guards.

When they returned to the hillside, Qin Lang was walking around nervously. When he saw her coming back, he quickly came to meet her.

After the guard checked and saw that the water tank was full, he handed the bag containing the silver to Lu Qingqing.

Lu Qingqing checked the silver ingots and made sure there was no problem before she walked back with an empty bucket.

Qin Lang didn't relax his vigilance until they walked a distance. As soon as they returned to the team, they met Lu Tianming who was arranging the night watch.

When he saw the two people carrying empty buckets, he knew they were going to sell water, and he sighed helplessly.

"Hey, Xiaolang, Daya, if you're short of money, just tell me. What are you going to do if there's no water after you replace the water?"

"Well, we've already changed it. I won't say anything more, but you're not allowed to change it again in the future. Bring the bucket over and I'll fill it up for you. Go back and save some for drinking."

As Lu Tianming said this, he was about to get an empty bucket.

Qin Lang dodged with the bucket and said:

"There's still water at home."

Lu Qingqing also nodded beside him. Lu Tianming knew that Qin Lang would not lie, so he said:

"Okay, if you run out of water later, just tell me, okay?"

Seeing the two nodded, he let them go back.

Not far away, when the leader's guards followed the two men to fetch water, he arranged for the guards to quickly pack up their belongings, and he ran to the place where his family members were resting to wake them up.

The lady of the family had just coaxed her son to sleep. Seeing that her son was woken up and pouted, about to cry, she hurriedly picked him up and coaxed him gently.

The lady asked while coaxing her son:

"Master, didn't you go to change the water? What happened?"

The leader took the son and patted him gently. Seeing that the son did not cry, he said:

"I was scared because I changed the water. The first few small buckets I changed were fine. You don't know, the team over there just wanted to change a full bathtub of water with me!"

When the lady heard that the water had been changed, she couldn't help but say happily:

"This is great! We finally don't have to worry about water. This much water is enough for us to get to the next county."

The leader couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this. His wife had been well-fed and well-protected by her father-in-law and mother-in-law since she was a child. She didn't know that this person was so sinister, so he explained to her:

"Madam, we are fleeing famine. That bucket of water is worth two hundred taels of silver. Two hundred taels of silver is nothing to us, but for ordinary people, they can hardly save a few taels of silver in a year."

The leader saw that the lady seemed to understand and continued:

"If they were using that bucket of water to test us, regardless of whether there was real water or not, they would have known we were rich. That team must have more than 200 people. How can we, with only a few dozen of us, compete with them?"

"So, while they're having their meal, let's hurry up and leave. If we run with our entire carriage, they won't be able to catch up. You better keep an eye on the children."

The lady then became anxious and got into the carriage with the child in her arms.

The leader saw the lady and the child get into the carriage, then ran over to watch the guards pack up.

After a while, the leader saw that the team that came to fetch water really came back with water, and he was overjoyed.

But he didn't dare to stay any longer, so he led the team to set off quietly, and only lit torches for lighting after running a short distance.

At this time, in the Lujia Village team.

Jin Bao's father took the silver in his hand, and after being happy for a while, he remembered something. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had lost out.

Before, he had only borrowed ten kilograms of grain from Old Man Lu. When he returned it, not only did he have to pay an additional 20% interest, he also gave him a scoop of water.

Water is so expensive nowadays that the scoop of water he gave me is more expensive than the food he borrowed.

Jin Bao's father gritted his teeth and muttered to himself:

"No! I have to go find Old Man Lu and get the water back. I can't let him take advantage of me for nothing!"

Jinbao's father called Li Jinbao and hurried to find Old Man Lu with ten kilograms of food. When Old Man Lu saw Jinbao's father coming, a look of confusion appeared on his face.

Jin Bao Dad handed the bag of grain to Old Man Lu and said:

"This is the ten kilograms of food I borrowed from you. Return the IOU and the water I gave you!"

After hearing this, Old Man Lu felt that Jin Bao's father was unreasonable and said angrily:

"You agreed to borrow the food, but now you're playing dirty with me. I'm telling you, it's too late!"

When Jinbao's father heard that he didn't want to return the water, his face turned red with anger.

"You are so good, old man Lu. You always take advantage of your in-laws, don't you? I tell you, you must return this water to me today!"

The two started arguing, and their voices became louder and louder, attracting the attention of the people around them.

When Boss Lu heard his father-in-law arguing with his father and saw that they were about to fight, he felt a headache.

He finally understood the situation the third brother was in last time. He had no choice but to take action.

Although he didn't like Lu Li, she was his father-in-law after all. If he took action, the villagers would spit in his face.

At this time, Old Man Lu had already started fighting with Jinbao's father, and Li Jinbao also began to help his father.

Seeing that he was at a disadvantage, Old Man Lu hurriedly called his two sons for help.

Lu Laosan was still making fun of his eldest brother. The last time, it was his father-in-law who came over and his eldest brother made fun of him.

Now the situation has changed, and it is the eldest brother's father-in-law's turn.

Lu Laosan, who was feeling happy, heard his father calling him and hurried over to help. This time he didn't have to be restrained and attacked Li Jinbao with all his might.

When Mrs. Lu Li saw her brother being beaten, she wanted to go up and help, but was stopped by the eldest brother Lu. If this woman dared to help her own family beat her husband's family, she would never be able to stay in the Lu family again.

Old Mrs. Lu was already unhappy because her eldest daughter-in-law's family came to make trouble. When she saw that Lu Li dared to go up to help, she grabbed her hair and started beating her.

Mrs. Lu Li didn't dare to hit her mother-in-law. She just protected her head and face, feeling the slap on her body.

I cursed the old woman in my heart. She was lying there dying two days ago. She has been taken care of and survived these few days. She was hit with such great strength!

Old man Lu was pinned to the ground and beaten by Jinbao's father. He turned his head and saw the old woman tearing the eldest brother's wife apart, while the eldest brother was standing by and didn't care about him at all.

At this time, the people around saw that there was another fight in Old Man Lu's house, and they watched the fun while eating and discussing it.

"This old man Lu is quite interesting. He has three daughters-in-law in total. Aside from the second daughter's family who was kicked out, the remaining two families have been coming to attack him one after another!"

"Of course, there must be something wrong with him. Otherwise, why don't other families have problems, but his family fights and makes trouble every day!"

"That's right. Every day, traveling makes people exhausted. But his family is full of energy. Look at that old man Lu. He is really old. He is being hit in the face by old man Li!"

Several old women from the surrounding families gathered together with their meals, eating and chatting. They didn't feel tired at all and watched with great interest.

While being beaten, Old Man Lu listened to the discussions around him and felt that he had lost all his face in this life in these few days.