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

As the sun rose higher, the sunlight became scorching hotter.

Sweat soaked Lu Qingqing's clothes, flowed down and dripped into the mud, and was instantly absorbed by the mud without a trace.

Lu Qingqing's hands were swollen and white due to prolonged contact with dew, and her waist was so sore that she could hardly stand up straight.

I stood up to ease the pain in my waist and looked around.

Boss Lu had just carried two buckets of water to the edge of the field and was using them to water the area where they had weeded.

Lu Li was weeding in the field next to her. After they had weeded all the weeds, Lu Qingqing and Lu Li were responsible for watering the field, while Lu Lao Da just carried the water over.

After finally making it to lunch, it was still Mrs. Lu Li who went home to pick out the food.

After seeing Lu Lishi leave, Boss Lu went to the woods beside the land to cool off, and Lu Qingqing quickly followed him.

She found an open space behind a tree a little distance away from Boss Lu and lay down.

She was really exhausted this morning. Not to mention Lu Qingqing, even her original self, Daya, had never worked in the fields for so long.

After resting for a while, Lu Qingqing did not drink the water in the bucket like Boss Lu, but pretended to urinate.

I slipped into a corner and drank some water. The water in the space was cleaner and cooler than the water outside, and it was more thirst-quenching.

In ancient times, most people drank raw water directly, which made them easily infected with parasites.

On the first day after traveling through time, Lu Qingqing boiled some more water while cooking.

With the space behind, we discovered that there were basically no insect-like microorganisms in the space.

No bugs were found on the vegetables, so I felt more at ease drinking the space water.

After resting for a while, Mrs. Lu Li came over with a rice bucket.

She first went to deliver the meal to Old Man Lu and Old Lady Lu. Today, Old Man Lu and Old Lady Lu were following the second and third wives respectively, and came over after delivering the meal.

The three of them didn't say much. After quickly finishing the meal, Boss Lu and his wife stayed together, while Lu Qingqing returned to the open space they had been in before, and they all started to take a break.

In the afternoon, the sun seemed to melt everything, and the earth was scorched like a huge steamer.

The air was so hot that even breathing felt scorching.

When watering the plants in the afternoon, I could only secretly sprinkle water on myself over and over again, which at least could relieve the heat.

At the end of the evening, Lu Qingqing felt so tired that she didn't want to move her fingers, and her head was beating fast. She probably had heatstroke.

I went back and barely finished the vegetable porridge, then secretly went out to drink a lot of space water.

I took another shower in the space and felt a little better.

I reluctantly ate some more steamed buns and went back to the house to rest.

After doing this for several days, Lu Qingqing became even darker.

Miraculously, this body gradually adapted and did not suffer from heatstroke like on the first day.

Of course, I still feel tired and my waist and legs ache every day, but my adaptability is improving day by day.

Several days passed, and finally when I woke up this morning, the sky outside was gloomy and it started to rain soon.

Old Man Lu waved his hand and said that there was no need to go out today and each room could rest for a day.

After breakfast, Lu Qingqing told Lu Li that she wanted to go see if there were any mushrooms. If there were any, she could pick some and take them home to eat.

Mrs. Lu Li hadn't eaten mushrooms for a long time, so she didn't stop Lu Qingqing from going out.

He went out in the rain carrying a backpack. There was only one straw raincoat in the house, which was what Old Man Lu usually wore.

Not to mention that they would not agree to let Lu Qingqing wear it out, even if they did, she couldn't wear it with her short stature.

Not long after going out today, Lu Qingqing met an old man driving an ox cart. She didn't expect that he would come out even in the rain.

This time a thatched shed was built on the ox cart, which could barely keep out the rain.

After asking, I found out that today is the day of the big market in the town and many people from nearby villages will be going there.

Lu Qingqing took out two cents and made an agreement with the uncle to give him another cent when they returned and take the ox cart on the way back.

Sure enough, a lot of people got on the ox carts one after another.

The road was very bumpy, and just when Lu Qingqing felt her butt was numb, they finally arrived at the town.

When she reached the town, the rain had subsided considerably. After asking the old man driving the cart about the return time, she headed towards the town.

I first came to Yuelai Inn and saw Manager Li explaining something to the waiter.

Shopkeeper Li turned around and was stunned when he saw Lu Qingqing appear.

"Girl, why are you in town when it's raining?"

Lu Qingqing hurriedly explained the purpose of her visit. Yesterday, her family went up the mountain and killed a wild boar and dug up some yams. She came to ask the shopkeeper if he would accept them.

After saying that, he put the backpack on the ground and opened the lid to reveal the yams inside.

Shopkeeper Li saw the yam, which was in good condition, and accepted it immediately. The yam weighed about 55 jin (165 catties), and the price was three wen per jin, so he gave Lu Qingqing wen.

This morning, a group of merchants from other places came to the inn. Because it was raining and they couldn't continue their journey, they stopped at the inn to rest.

When the shopkeeper was worrying about what food to prepare for the reception, Lu Qingqing came to the door.

There were about thirty or forty people in the group, and the shopkeeper directly ordered the largest wild boar and agreed with her that it would cost 35 wen per pound.

Lu Qingqing agreed with the shopkeeper that she would come over to deliver the wild boar later.

After going out, Lu Qingqing went to the pawnshop in the town. The town itself was not big, and the pawnshop also rented out houses.

After hearing Lu Qingqing's request, the owner of the pawnshop asked Lu Qingqing whether she planned to rent the house long-term or short-term.

For short-term rentals, the minimum rental period is half a month, and if it is less than half a month, it will be charged as a half-month basis.

The shopkeeper smiled and explained to Lu Qingqing that if people were only staying for two or three days, most people would directly choose the inn.

It would be more appropriate to stay here for a longer period of time if you find one.

The shopkeeper saw that Lu Qingqing was not well off, so he recommended a house at the east end of the town to her.

It turned out that it was occupied by an old lady who lived alone. After she died in the house, she had no children or nephews to inherit it, so the government took it back and asked him to help sell or rent it out.

Since everyone in the town knew what was happening to the house, it remained vacant.

The house was made of yellow mud bricks, and the lowest price was one hundred wen a month. Lu Qingqing told the shopkeeper that she wanted to stay there for half a month, and the shopkeeper agreed without much hesitation.

It was not until Lu Qingqing saw the house that she understood why it had been vacant.

The house was leaking badly and was full of dust.

There are not many houses nearby, and the security is really not good at this time. Living here is quite a test of courage.

But the good thing is that the yard wall is relatively high and the yard is big enough, which makes it convenient for her to put things away.

That's all, she had no intention of living in this house anyway.

Spend 50 cents to make an agreement with the shopkeeper, and tell him in advance when you get the key.

Half a month later, before leaving, he would put the key under the big rock at the door and would not go over to deliver the key.

There wasn't much furniture in the room, so the shopkeeper agreed.

Put the big wild boar under the kitchen shed, and put the other wild boar and the backpack containing yams into the house.

The big wild boar was for the inn, and she planned to ask Mr. Yang about the wild boar and yams in the house later.

After locking the door, Lu Qingqing returned to the inn and asked the innkeeper to borrow the inn's cart to pull the wild boar.

Without saying anything, the shopkeeper asked his servant to push the cart with Lu Qingqing to pull the pig.

When the two returned to the inn, Manager Li was shocked to see the wild boar was so big. It was rare to be able to hunt such a large wild boar.

After weighing myself, I found my weight was about 284 jin, so the total was 9940 wen.

This time the wild boar arrived just in time, and the shopkeeper could make a lot of money from the traveling merchants, so he generously gave 10 taels of silver.

He also wanted to make friends with her, thinking that the little girl's family could hunt wild animals, so he asked her to send any rare wild animals to him first.

Lu Qingqing agreed with a smile, and then asked the shopkeeper to exchange the two taels of silver for 2000 copper coins, and took the rest in cash.