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

"I think so too. The light is still moving; it must be them!"

"Let's go, let's get there quickly!"

As they talked, they tied their shoelaces even faster.

Once I put on my skis, I pushed off with my legs and slid down in a flash.

The skis were moving very fast, and they arrived in no time.

Sun Laohai was at the forefront. After a sudden stop, he shouted urgently:

"Cheng Kun, how are you?"

Sun Chengkun, who was at the front of the convoy, initially thought they were in danger again when he saw a light flashing in.

He had just shouted for everyone to take up their weapons and be on guard when he heard a familiar voice, which made him happy.

"It's Lao Hai!"

Inside the convoy, Sun Dahai and Sun Erhe also heard their father's voice.

He rushed out at once, shouting excitedly:

"Dad, why are you here?"

Sun Laohai stepped forward with a lantern and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that neither of his two sons was injured.

As they were talking, Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang and the others followed.

"Uncle Cheng Kun, what happened?"

Sun Chengkun looked at Lu Qingqing and the others and sighed.

"This afternoon, when the convoy reached Xiongzhaigou in the east, it had just turned a corner when it saw wild boars ahead."

At first, we only saw one, a half-grown wild boar weighing about 70 or 80 pounds.

The men in the village hadn't had enough to eat in a long time, and when they saw this small wild boar, they were tempted to eat it.

Little did they know, just as the young men chased after them, more than thirty wild boars rushed out of the ditch.

Unfortunately, there were quite a few piglets inside.

As soon as I saw the piglet, I sensed something was wrong and shouted for everyone to turn around and run back.

To everyone's surprise, the group had only taken a few steps when the wild boars charged at them, howling.

At the very front was a wild boar king weighing several hundred kilograms.

The wild boar king went berserk and charged straight at us.

In the chaos, everyone grabbed their weapons to fight back while trying to find cover.

In the middle, the two brothers, Dahai and Erhe, even used a machete to kill a half-grown wild boar.

But the remaining wild boars became increasingly frenzied, so we had no choice but to find a place to hide.

Even when they hid inside the car, the wild boars still jumped and pushed against them.

Instead, it frightened the horses pulling the cart, causing them to run around in all directions.

Fearing we might spill the coal on the truck, we had to move to another location.

We could barely handle the smaller wild boars, but the king of wild boars was too big for us to handle.

Fortunately, the sea spotted the woods next to the convoy.

We covered each other as we rushed into the woods and climbed trees to hide.

After the wild boars charged over, they kept crashing into the trees.

They circled under the trees for a long time, and only retreated when they realized they couldn't do anything to them.

During the journey, two horses were startled and ran away, but fortunately the cart did not overturn.

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingqing hurriedly asked:

"Is anyone hurt?"

Sun Chengkun's expression relaxed slightly.

"Everyone managed to dodge in time."

Only when Big Head was running did he get knocked over by a wild boar and twist his ankle.

The others were not seriously injured.

However, after two horses had ridden the train, two cartloads of coal could no longer be hauled.

In this kind of weather, and without any firewood, it's impossible for us to spend the night outdoors.

But no one felt comfortable leaving the two carts of charcoal there.

There was no other way but to take turns pulling the cart.

I originally thought I would go back around midnight at the latest.

Little did they know, this sled, which didn't look too heavy...

It's so difficult to actually pull it up.

We've only traveled this far so far after pulling all this way.

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingqing finally understood why these people hadn't returned yet.

She asked the villagers and learned that the horse had run along the mountain road.

He then picked up a lantern and looked around for any remaining traces.

Seeing that there were indeed hoof prints, they decided to go into the mountains to look for them.

While we were at it, we took out some of the pork from the slaughtered pig.

A few days ago, we almost finished eating the frozen horse meat and smoked meat we had stocked up at home.

These past few days, every time Old Zhuang cooks, he keeps complaining about not having any meat, as if he's craving it like he has tapeworms in his stomach.

This little old man is a carnivore who can't live without meat.

We've just come across a herd of wild boars, so let's take this opportunity to get some meat for Old Man Zhuang.

After thinking it over, she looked at the two empty cars and suggested to Sun Chengkun that they go straight back.

The two carts without horses were first placed at the foot of the mountain and covered with snow.

Sun Chengkun and the others were still somewhat uneasy after hearing this.

But now that we've reached this point, if we were to force these two vehicles to go back, we'd probably be walking until late at night before we even got home.

Besides, after pulling the coal cart for so long, everyone's physical strength was indeed running out.

Left with no other choice, they could only do as Lu Qingqing said.

After watching them hide the car, Lu Qingqing called out to Qin Lang, and they headed into the mountains.

Upon hearing this, Sun Laohai, who was traveling with them, became very worried and tried to dissuade them:

"Brother Lu, Brother Qin, it's really not safe in these mountains."

Why don't you come back with us?

As for the two lost horses, the elders will certainly not let you lose them.

"You agree, right, Brother Cheng Kun!"

Sun Chengkun understood what he meant and quickly agreed.

"Young Brother Lu, you should come back with us."

These mountains are inherently unsafe, let alone at night.

I'll give you the best horses from our clan to replace the two that ran away.

"We definitely won't let you suffer any losses, so you don't need to go!"

Lu Qingqing shook her head.

"From the time you lost your horse until it got dark, only about half an hour had passed."

The horses will stop running around after dark.

It seems they can't have gone too far.

Let's follow the mountain path and look for it; maybe we'll find it.

"You all go back first, don't worry about us!"

As he spoke, ignoring Sun Chengkun and the other man's attempts to dissuade him, he called out to Qin Lang and led him into the mountains.

Seeing that he couldn't stop the two, Sun Chengkun sighed.

Seeing that the wind and snow were starting again, he shouted loudly to everyone and drove the carriage back.

Lu Qingqing led Qin Lang into the mountains.

After walking for a while, I looked back and could no longer see the lanterns in front of the carriage.

He put their skis into his spatial storage and took out a rope.

She tied the two ends of the rope around her and Qin Lang's waists respectively.

In this way, if anything happens, you can take refuge in the space in time.

Seeing that the light was too dim, they took out a lantern.

The two followed the hoofprints on the ground and walked further in.

Since there's only one road into the mountains, there's no need to look around.

After walking for about fifteen minutes, the two reached the foot of the mountain.

The snow at the foot of the mountain was exceptionally deep, and Lu Qingqing, caught off guard, stepped into it.

He sank completely in, with only his head sticking out.

Qin Lang was startled and immediately lifted the person out of the snow.

Then, she held him horizontally in her arms.

Lu Qingqing was startled when she fell into the snow, but he picked her up again, her body still tense.

When she came to her senses, she saw that he was holding her, and she couldn't lift the lantern at all.

He patted him on the shoulder, indicating that he should put himself on his back.

Qin Lang easily moved the person onto his back as if he were tossing a sack.

Thus, Qin Lang was carrying Lu Qingqing on his back.

Lu Qingqing was carrying two lanterns for illumination.

The two remained in that position and entered the mountain via a small path at the foot of the mountain.