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

After entering the official road near the mountain, she also saw the water flowing in the deep ravine.

Although the water in the ditch is not as clear as a normal stream due to the recent heavy rains.

But it wasn't that murky.

Not to mention, the water was also mixed with so much firewood and broken branches.

Suddenly, a bad thought popped into her mind.

"Quick, quick, turn back! It's a mudslide!"

With that, she turned the carriage around and drove it back.

Old Zhuang and Sun Yue behind her trusted her unconditionally.

Without saying a word, the two turned their carriage around and followed.

As Lu Qingqing walked back, she saw the person behind her standing there motionless, which made her very anxious, and she shouted repeatedly.

"It's a mudslide, hurry up the mountain!"

There's a gentler slope up there, everyone get up there and take shelter, quick!

The villagers at the front of the group saw the anxiety on her face and, though they didn't know what was going to happen, they instinctively followed.

At this moment, Qian Chengzhi, who was at the very back of the line, also heard Lu Qingqing's shout.

Trusting her, he immediately directed the team to turn around and quickly head back.

In such an emergency, people don't care about formation; whoever goes first gets to go first.

Those pushing their bikes slowly, urged on by those behind them, turned to the left side, closer to the mountain, leaving space on the right.

Those who run fast will find a slightly wider spot to overtake.

The group was climbing uphill as fast as they could.

During the journey, we occasionally heard muffled thunder that was quite alarming.

Occasionally, you can hear the sickening sound of rocks rubbing together.

Every time a sound came from the room, everyone couldn't help but tremble.

Most of them had never seen a mudslide in their lives.

But just hearing those three words tells you it's definitely not a good thing.

Seeing that Lu Qingqing and the others' carriage had already gone far ahead, everyone quickened their pace.

However, the mountain path was rugged and difficult to traverse.

In addition, it was an uphill road, and it was raining.

Even though everyone put in their best effort to climb uphill, they still couldn't go very fast.

Before long, those families pushing carts were left behind.

Those families with horse-drawn carriages went ahead.

There's even a gap between the two.

The families who were left behind were sweating profusely with anxiety.

But they would never be willing to give up their belongings in the car.

All they could do was push harder and harder, pushing the cart uphill with all their might.

At this moment, Qian Chengzhi's team was at the very front.

They lashed the reins hard against the horse's back, and the horse, in pain, struggled to run forward.

One carriage after another hurried back along the mountain road.

Beside the carriage, a line of guards ran uphill.

Not far behind them, Qin Lang was driving his carriage forward at breakneck speed, overtaking one carriage after another.

Lu Qingqing sat on the right side of the carriage shaft, observing the situation of the stream in the ditch.

Fortunately, so far, the stream has only remained murky, and there has been no sudden increase in the flow.

Suddenly, a particularly clear rumble of thunder came from the direction of the mountains to the north.

Everyone's face changed!

The family pushing the cart behind them turned pale with fright.

After a brief pause, they half-stancemed themselves and pushed the cart uphill with all their might.

As the rumble of thunder sounded, Lu Qingqing's gaze was fixed on the stream beside her.

The water in the stream began to flow stronger, and smaller stones and pieces of wood even appeared in it.

She grabbed the carriage shaft, stood up abruptly, and shouted towards the back.

"Forget about the car, run uphill quickly, a mudslide is coming!"

As soon as she shouted, most of the women in the east courtyard picked up their bundles from the carts and ran up to them.

Several others were so reluctant to part with the grain they had just bought on the train that they wanted to carry a bag of grain up the train.

Maisui's mother also wanted to carry a bag of grain, but Maisui grabbed her arm and rushed up.

Seeing that even at this point, some people were still hesitating, Lu Qingqing became frantic.

"Forget about the food, run! Your life is more important!"

She shouted several times at the top of her lungs, but she had already lost her voice.

Finally, those who had fallen far behind stopped caring about their luggage.

By this time, Lu Qingqing's carriage had already rushed to the front of the procession.

She would occasionally turn her head to observe the condition of the stream in the ditch on her right.

The water flow was getting stronger and stronger, and more and more rapid.

She even heard the distant rumbling sound seeming to be getting closer and closer.

The little white dog pulling the cart seemed to sense the danger and ran forward frantically, even faster than before.

The carriages visibly swayed as they passed the small bend ahead.

Fortunately, not far after turning this bend, we arrived at the gentler slope mentioned earlier.

Qin Lang grabbed the handle on the side of the carriage shaft, tugged the reins to the left, and pointed to the slope ahead for Xiaobai.

Little Whitey neighed in response, and veered slightly to the right as it ran, creating space for an upward surge.

Seeing the speed, Lu Qingqing knew that Xiaobai wanted to rush upwards.

He quickly stored everything he could on the carriage into his spatial storage.

The carriage suddenly felt lighter, and Xiaobai sped up even more.

As they were about to rush up the hillside, Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang gripped the handles on the side of the cart tightly.

The two of them felt their bodies suddenly lean backward.

When they got back on track, Xiaobai had already pulled the cart up the gentle slope.

But it didn't stop there. It ran forward for a while longer, until it found the highest point on the gentle slope, and then it stopped.

Lu Qingqing jumped off the carriage and quickly unloaded the frame.

Qin Lang followed suit and untied the horse that was tied to the side.

The two mounted their horses and carefully descended the gentle slope.

At this point, the muddy water in the ditch beside the mountain road was more than twice as much as it used to be.

Lu Qingqing only glanced at the ditch before riding back the way she came.

They hadn't run far when they saw Qian Chengzhi rushing over in his car.

Seeing the two walking back, he knew that Lu Qingqing and the other person were going back to rescue someone.

But going back at a time like this is far too dangerous.

Before I could even call them back, the two of them had already run far away.

"Quickly, hurry up and get the car there, then come back to rescue them!"

As he spoke, Qian Chengzhi took the lead and drove the car up the slope.

At this moment, Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang were quickly passing by carriages.

On the way, Bai Song saw them walking back and called out anxiously:

"Don't go back! The mudslide is coming soon! Come back with me!"

Lu Qingqing only had time to reply, "You guys go up first, we'll be right back!"

Before the words were even finished, the person had already run far away.

Seeing this, Bai Song angrily pounded the carriage shaft.

"Are these two out of their minds?!"

After finishing his tirade, he addressed the soldiers behind him:

"Quickly, rush up and put the cart down before coming back to rescue the people!"

When Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang rode over, they saw that the women at the very back of the group were Mai Sui and her child, as well as Huai Shu's wife and sister, who were holding the child.

At this moment, the group was running forward as fast as they could.

Upon seeing Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang riding back, he hurriedly ran towards them.

Lu Qingqing reined in the reins, stopped in front of Mai Sui and her child, and reached out her hand to them.

Maisui's mother hurriedly pushed Maisui onto the horse's back.

With a jerk, Lu Qingqing pulled the person up from the horse.

When it was Wheat Ear Girl's turn, it took some effort.

Although she was also very thin, she was still heavier than Mai Sui, a little girl.