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

The soldier saw that there were only two half-grown children on the household registration. After taking the silver, he went into the carriage and took a look. There was only half a bag of coarse grains and some hay inside.

After searching a few times, he found nothing valuable in the carriage. He cursed softly.

"What bad luck! I'm a poor fellow again!"

Just when I was about to let them go, I found that the cows in this family were quite strong, unlike the livestock of other families, which were thin and listless.

The soldier became interested and pointed at Qin Lang and said:

"You, unload the cart. Your cattle have been confiscated."

Qin Lang was about to lead the cows forward when he heard that their cows were going to be taken away. He nervously clenched the rope and looked at the soldiers warily.

Daya told him that this cow was very important for carrying the family's belongings, so he had to take good care of it along the way so that they wouldn't be able to snatch it away.

When Lu Qingqing heard the soldier's words, she thought to herself that something was wrong.

If the ox was confiscated, they would have to rely on the two of them to pull the cart, which would be really terrible.

At this time, the soldier saw that Qin Lang not only did not remove the frame, but also made defensive movements, and he immediately became furious.

The soldier, holding a big knife in his hand, walked towards Qin Lang aggressively, as if he was going to hit him.

The situation changed so quickly that Lu Qingqing could no longer care about anything else. She hurriedly stood in front of Qin Lang, took out a handful of silver from her sleeve and stuffed it into the soldier's hand, saying:

"Sir, this is all the money we have. Take it and have some wine to help you recover from your fatigue. But we have relied on this ox to pull the cart all the way to escape the famine. Could you please help us?"

The soldier weighed the silver in his hand, which was about four or five taels. He put it away without hesitation, looked at Lu Qingqing and said,

"This little bit of silver isn't enough to buy your cow, but what else can I buy?"

Lu Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the soldier stopped attacking.

The soldier openly asked for silver. She had a lot of silver in her space, but she couldn't take it out.

She was thin, so the small amount of silver hidden in her sleeve pocket could be explained away, but any more would only arouse suspicion.

Before Lu Qingqing could react, Lu Tianming ran out and stuffed the silver ingot in his hand into the soldier's hand.

"Brother, this is just a small token of my appreciation. I hope you can show some mercy. These two children are my relatives."

The soldier looked down and saw three silver ingots weighing five taels each in his hand, and nodded with satisfaction.

"That's fine, that's fine. We're all doing this for the higher-ups, so please don't be offended, sir."

Lu Tianming also smiled apologetically. Seeing that they were no longer making things difficult for him, he quickly led Lu Qingqing and the others in.

Lu Tianming didn't feel relieved until he entered the checkpoint. He had been worried that the soldier would search the carriage again because of the silver.

As soon as Lu Qingqing entered the checkpoint, she hurriedly pulled Qin Lang to thank him.

Lu Tianming waved his hand.

"Not to mention that Uncle Qin saved my life, you two also saved me during the previous night attack. There's no need to be so polite between us."

At this time, there were soldiers guarding the city nearby, and Lu Qingqing was not in a position to do anything. She planned to return the silver and money to Lu Tianming after entering the city.

Lu Tianming returned to the carriage. When Cui saw her husband coming back, she was so angry that she hit him and finally felt relieved.

When she saw him running out just now, Cui was so scared that she kept chanting "Amitabha".

Although she was angry that he took the risk, she also knew that her husband would not ignore Qin Lang's two children. Fortunately, he returned safely.

After Lu Qingqing calmed down the frightened Qin Lang, she noticed that there were soldiers holding bows and arrows on the city wall, and she immediately became frightened.

At the back, the village chief's family was being inspected. The village chief's wife was holding her little daughter and was hiding in the back, shivering with fear.

When the village chief saw that Lu Qingqing's cow was almost taken away, he looked at his own mule worriedly.

The soldiers were turning over the food on the cart and roughly throwing the clothes and bedding on it to the ground.

He found a few bags of food hidden under the clutter, but because the bags were too heavy, he pierced them with a knife.

I saw that what was exposed were ground whole grains in their shells, so I continued to cut through the bag underneath until I had turned it all over and it all looked like whole grains.

Seeing that there was no harvest, he kicked the iron pot to the ground in frustration.

The village chief looked at the soldiers with great distress. After he saw them leave, he stepped forward and picked up the iron pot. Fortunately, the iron pot was strong and not broken.

Seeing the soldiers waving their hands impatiently, he didn't bother to pick up the spilled food and drove the mule cart quickly inside.

As he walked, he was thankful that his mule was not targeted, and the fine grain at home was tied under the cart and was not discovered.

It was not until he saw Lu Tianming that the village chief breathed a sigh of relief. He got into the car and carefully collected the spilled grain.

The families that were inspected later had some things confiscated from them.

Fortunately, Lu Tianming notified the villagers in advance and they hid the silver and money, so no one’s silver and money were found for the time being.

When it was Zhuzi's turn, the wild dog meat that he had previously roasted was discovered.

The soldier wanted to accept it directly, but then he remembered that he had heard that some refugees ate two-legged sheep, so he asked:

"What kind of meat is this?"

When Zhuzi saw the soldier asking, he quickly answered:

"Sir, this is roasted dog meat. I encountered a stray dog ​​eating refugees on the road. I thought it was meat after all, so I killed it and roasted it."

The soldier wanted to take the dog meat away when he heard about it, but when he heard that it was wild dogs that ate refugees, he immediately threw it to the ground in disgust.

They have received quite a few refugees these days and have some idea of ​​the conditions on the road fleeing famine.

Many people starved to death, and the only way these wild dogs could survive was by eating human flesh.

When Zhuzi saw the wild dog meat being thrown away, he hurried over to pick it up.

The Wang family father and son and Aunt Lu at the back of the team breathed a sigh of relief. His family had more wild dog meat, and if it was taken away, it would be a huge loss.

Soon, they found Old Man Lu's family and Old Man Lu stepped forward to hand over the silver and money.

The soldier was already dissatisfied with the fact that such a large family only paid two taels of silver. When he saw that they did not give more money, he became even more rude when he searched their luggage.

Old Man Lu and Old Man Lu and Third Old Man Lu watched as their luggage was kicked to the ground and their food bags were cut by a knife, but they dared not say a word.

Seeing that there was no benefit to be gained, the soldier began to search for people.

Boss Lu was followed by Lu Lishi and Dazhuang. The man looked at Lu Lishi's tanned skin and her thin body like a straw, and waved his hand to let them pass.

Qin Li'niang watched her sister-in-law pass by and pulled her hair again. She was afraid of being discovered, so she covered all the exposed skin on her body with a thick layer of dust.

Qin Li'niang hid behind Lu Laosan, watched Lu Laosan and the two children pass by, and wanted to follow them quickly.

Unexpectedly, he had just taken two steps when he was stopped by the checking soldiers.

"That woman, stop!"

Qin Li'niang was so frightened that she dared not move. When Lu Laosan saw his wife being called, he was so frightened that he was stunned.

When the soldier walked in front of Qin Li'niang, he saw that the woman's hair was messy, covering most of her face.

He reached out to push the hair away from Qin Li'niang's face, and saw that her exposed face and neck were covered with thick dust. He immediately withdrew his hand in disgust.

He had just seen this woman from behind and she had a nice figure, a slim waist and a big butt, but from the front she looked no different from the other refugees.

After thinking about it, he still felt unwilling to give up, so he went around behind Qin Li Niang and touched her a few times under the pretext of checking.

Qin Li'niang was so frightened that her whole body froze. When Lu Laosan tried to come over, he was stopped by Old Man Lu.