inspire-indiana Chapter 241 It’s a plague!
Chapter 241 It’s a plague!
Lu Qingqing found some long branches and tied them together with ropes to make a frame.
After shaking it and feeling it was firm, he found the mattress he had brought back earlier.
Cut and sew the mattress into a cover according to the shape of the frame.
After putting the cover on, an ancient version of a simple tent is formed.
When the people nearby saw it, they all gathered around to study it.
County Magistrate Yao tried it and thought the tent was really good.
The entire material is very light and not heavy to carry when traveling.
The outer cover can be made in advance, and the wooden frame inside can be disassembled at any time.
When traveling, you can tie long sticks into a flat wooden pallet and place your luggage on it.
Seeing this, Lu Tianming immediately asked each family to start making tents.
The men went to find branches to make the wooden frame inside.
The women began to rummage through the tattered quilts they had brought back earlier, looking for something suitable to use as a cover.
These beddings belonged to the men who had attacked us before, and some of them were extremely dirty.
The women would take apart the bedding, wash the outer cloth, put it by the fire to dry, and then continue to use it.
We were busy until before dinner, and finally everyone's tent was ready.
Lu Tianming looked at the tents erected in the house and breathed a sigh of relief.
With this tent, you don’t have to worry about freezing to death when sleeping outside at night.
Lu Tianming looked at it for a while, then went to the yard to check the dried fish he had saved.
When I didn't go out fishing a few days ago, I also processed the frozen fish I had saved.
As a result, the only fish left to be processed are the fish that were just brought back today.
Lu Tianming arranged things. The women continued to process the fish while the men began to dismantle the tents and tie up the wooden pallets.
The group worked until midnight before they finally packed up everything.
The next day, everyone got up at dawn.
After a simple meal, the men and women gathered at the gate of the courtyard and looked outside.
Those men live not far from here. If they go out, they can be seen from here.
Everyone waited until the sun rose before they saw the beggars who claimed to be infected with the plague come out again.
They were still holding the same arm as yesterday, and they seemed to be walking better than yesterday, at least they were not shaking anymore.
When everyone saw this, they all breathed a sigh of relief!
Tianfu Niang grinned and said:
"Tianming, since everything is fine, let's continue fishing!"
Just as Lu Tianming was about to nod, he heard Wang Dahe shout at the gate:
"Did...did someone throw up there?"
When everyone heard the word "vomit", their hearts skipped a beat. If you have the plague, you will suffer from vomiting and diarrhea.
This shout called back everyone who was planning to go back to the house.
Lu Qingqing squeezed to the front and saw that at the entrance of the town, some of the newly arrived refugees were lying on the ground and vomiting.
The other refugees nearby were frightened and scattered, and the man never stood up again after falling down.
Lu Qingqing's heart sank to the bottom after seeing this. It was really a plague!
Seeing the refugees at the town entrance running towards this place, Lu Qingqing squeezed back and shouted:
"It's a plague, everyone, go back and close the door, quickly!"
The group ran back to the yard, locked the gate, and then ran back to the house and closed the door worriedly.
Tianfu Niang covered her face with a scarf and said with a worried look:
"Oh my God, you're not giving us a way to survive. Can't you just let us live in peace?"
Many people in the team also sighed deeply.
After a while, Lu Tianming stood up and said to everyone:
"Everyone has seen that person's condition. It's definitely the plague! If that's the case, we can't stay here any longer!"
Lu Tianfu leaned against the wall and asked in frustration:
"Cousin, when are we leaving and where are we going?"
Lu Tianming looked outside:
"We'll leave once the refugees at the town entrance have dispersed! As for where to go..."
Before he could finish, Yang Yongyan tugged at Lu Shuhe's clothes.
Lu Shuhe quickly replied:
"Dad, we're heading south anyway, and we don't have a specific destination. Why don't we go to Yongyan's village? His father is the village chief of Linshan Village, and he can help us find a place to stay when we get there."
Lu Tianming looked at Yang Yongyan and said seriously:
"Yong Yan, you know our team has quite a few people, and I'm afraid it will cause trouble for you."
Yang Yongyan stood up quickly:
"That's okay. There are vacant houses in the village. We can clean them up and let people live there!"
Seeing this, Lu Tianming nodded and said:
"In that case, I'm sorry to bother you!"
After both parties had made their decision, the people in the yard put away their bedding.
As for the rest of the luggage, it has been packed and placed in the yard.
Lu Tianming asked someone to climb up the ladder on the wall and keep an eye on the situation outside.
After waiting for a long time, the refugees finally entered the town.
Lu Qingqing and her group took the opportunity to leave the yard and head south.
When passing by the entrance of the town, everyone held their scarves tightly and tried to stay as far away from the fallen person as possible.
When Lu Qingqing passed by the fallen man, she only took a look at the man's face and knew that it was undoubtedly the plague.
Only after passing that section of road did everyone dare to breathe deeply.
The group continued walking south along the official road, and it started snowing again in the afternoon.
The small snowflakes at the beginning grew bigger and bigger, and later turned into heavy snow.
Everyone was anxious and could only try to speed up.
Fortunately, the heaviest luggage in the team was on wooden pallets pulled by horses.
The luggage that the other men were dragging was not very heavy.
What took the most effort for everyone was walking in the thick snow.
Fortunately, there were drainage ditches on both sides of the official road, and the snow surface was of different heights, so people did not get lost in the vast snow.
They walked until dusk, and then Lu Tianming chose a sheltered place to stop, and each family began to set up their tents.
Soon, tents of different sizes were set up at the camp.
A simple shed was built for them, including the horses.
It was a cold night, so they should have lit more fires, but they only lit two.
When they set out, although they took most of the firewood with them, no one knew how many days they would be on the road.
Therefore, everyone was very stingy when it came to using firewood.
The men and women dried their clothes and shoes at two fires respectively, and then they roasted dried fish and boiled water.
After everyone finished their meal and cleaned up, they put out the fire and returned to their tents.
Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang returned to the tent and rubbed their red, frozen hands.
Amid the howling wind outside, he tied the entrance of the tent from the inside and then entered the space.
Lu Qingqing felt the warm climate in the space, and then thought about how she was in the snow and ice just a second ago.
For a moment, there was an inexplicable sense of disconnection.
Qin Lang, who was standing next to him, kept exclaiming "Wow" after entering the space.
This was the first time he came in after the space was upgraded.
At this moment, everything seems new to me.