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

Old Man Lu thought again about how when his two relatives-in-law came to make trouble, the eldest and the third brother refused to attack their father-in-law, and he was beaten twice.

For a moment, I didn't know why I was protecting the food so much, and I suddenly lost my energy.

He stopped fighting with Old Man Li and just waved his hand to agree with Jinbao's father, asking Lu Laosan to take back the grain and return the IOU and water.

He lay back on the mattress, staring blankly at the night sky, tears unconsciously sliding down his cheeks.

Old Mrs. Lu was still beating Mrs. Lu, but Jinbao's father seemed to be indifferent to his daughter being beaten, and happily went back with the water and the IOU.

When everyone in Lujia Village finished their meal and were preparing to rest, the aroma of barbecue wafted over, and everyone in the team was drooling with greed.

God knows how long it has been since they last had meat. When they smelled the aroma of meat, they lost their desire to sleep even when lying on the mattress.

Many people were talking about it, thinking that the family that changed the water might be barbecuing, because they were the only ones in the nearby team who could afford to eat meat.

A greedy young man suggested:

"Why does this meat smell so good? How about we take some food and trade it for some meat?"

The head of the family heard this and scolded him.

"You're already an adult, but you're still acting like a greedy cat. How much food do we have at home to buy you meat? We don't know how long this journey will take, so just behave yourself and don't cause trouble!"

Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang also smelled the aroma of meat. They hadn't eaten meat since they set out, and all the members of the team had been together.

When people are in a state of hunger for a long time, their sense of smell will become very sensitive. Even the aroma of white flour buns will be very obvious, not to mention the smell of meat.

Once you eat meat, it's easy to be discovered.

At this moment, seeing Qin Lang was so greedy after smelling the meat, she had no choice but to take out some candy.

Fortunately, Qin Lang has always had a great passion for candy. He took the candy and put it in his pocket. He took out two candies, ate one himself, and put the other one into Lu Qingqing's mouth.

Li Jinbao was also very greedy at this time and said to his father:

"Dad, this meat smells so good! We haven't eaten meat in a long time. The team that changed the water must be barbecuing. We just changed water with them, and they look familiar. How about we trade our food for some meat?"

Old man Li’s first reaction was that he was reluctant to part with it. His family had worked so hard to exchange some food, how could he just give it away like that?

At this time, Li Jinbao's two sons smelled the aroma of meat and heard their father say that he wanted to change the meat, so they started crying.

"Grandpa, I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat!"

The two children rolled around on the mattress as they talked, and one of them kicked Jin Bao's mother in the waist, causing her to curl up in pain.

When Jinbao's father heard his two grandsons shouting for meat, he began to hesitate. His family had been a single-son family for three generations, but then two grandsons came one after another, which made Jinbao's father very happy.

I have loved these two children since they were young, but now I am starting to hesitate.

Seeing this, the two children hurriedly climbed onto Jinbao's father and acted coquettishly.

Jinbao's father couldn't stand it any longer, so he ordered his wife to take out ten kilograms of grain to exchange for some meat to appease his grandson.

There were also children from the surrounding houses who were clamoring for meat, but they all calmed down after being beaten and scolded.

At this moment, seeing that Li Jinbao's family was really going to exchange meat, he couldn't help but curl his lips and say that this family really spoiled their child.

Li Jinbao and his father were about to leave with the food, but were stopped by the night watchman, who thought they were going to relieve themselves and pointed to the back of the team.

"If you want to relieve yourself, go over there. It's not safe outside."

Jin Bao's father smiled at him politely.

"Little brother, we are going to the team over there to exchange some things."

The man on night duty saw the bag he was carrying and said nothing more.

Li Jinbao left the team and looked at the dark road ahead. He felt a little scared, but when he thought about eating meat, he clenched his fists and continued to move forward.

As they walked, they felt something was wrong. Why was it so quiet over there?

From a distance, he could see a lit fire over there, but there was no one by the fire. Jin Bao's father stopped.

Li Jinbao thought that since he had come this far, he might as well go over and take a look.

When I got closer, I found that there was no one there, only the fire was lit, and the pitch-black night was particularly terrifying.

Li Jinbao remembered the ghost stories that the villagers had told to scare the children before. He was so scared that he turned around and ran back.

When Jinbao's father saw his son running back, he quickly followed him.

It was not until he returned to the team and sat on his own mattress that Li Jinbao came to his senses. He thought he had encountered something strange and was glad that he had run back.

Only then did Jin Bao's father have time to ask his son,

"Jinbao, what did you see just now?"

Li Jinbao was still in shock and pointed in the direction of the team and said:

"Dad, there was no one in the camp over there just now, just a pile of firewood. Do you think we ran into something?"

When Jinbao's father heard this, his hair stood on end. He felt something was wrong when he walked towards that direction just now. There was no sound at all over there.

Jin Bao's father looked at the place again, and felt that there seemed to be something particularly creepy hidden in the dark night in the distance.

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and hurriedly took out the food and silver he had exchanged in the evening. He walked quickly to the fire and took a closer look. The silver was correct.

He grabbed another handful of grain and put it in his mouth and chewed it. Only after confirming that it was food did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Silver is still silver, and food is not transformed from insects. I guess that group of people are not ghosts.

The people on the other side of the fire looked at Jinbao's father's actions in confusion. They just thought he was showing off. They rolled their eyes in annoyance and turned away and stopped looking at him.

Jinbao's father didn't notice it at all. He was just feeling lucky that the food and silver he exchanged for were in good condition.

At this moment, Jinbao's father took the things back and put them away. Seeing his two grandsons looking at him eagerly, he took out a piece of bread, broke it open and handed it to them.

Although the two children were unhappy because they didn't get to eat meat, they had been able to read expressions since they were young. Seeing the expressions of their father and grandfather, they didn't dare to make a fuss and obediently took the pancakes and started to eat them.

Although Jinbao's father didn't understand the situation, he still asked his family to stay away from going out at night. Only then did the family go to bed.

When they set out in the morning and passed by the water exchange camp, Li Jinbao and his father took a special look over there and saw that there was indeed no one there and the fire had long been extinguished.

At this time, many people in the team were still talking about the smell of meat from last night, but when they saw that there was no one there for water exchange, they just thought that they had left early.

The team continued to move forward. When Lu Qingqing passed a group of refugees on the side of the road, she subconsciously glanced at them. Suddenly, her breath was choked, her stomach churned, and she almost vomited.

Then, he reacted quickly and covered Qin Lang's eyes.

Qin Lang was sitting on the shaft of the cart, still a little confused, and subconsciously tried to break free from Lu Qingqing's hand to see.

At this time, Guihua also saw it and screamed "Ah", attracting everyone around to look over.

After seeing the situation over there clearly, many people in the team vomited directly, and those who were still discussing last night's barbecue vomited even more violently.