eurekapd Chapter 294 Qiuyan's Abnormality
Chapter 294 Qiuyan's Abnormality
Lu Tianming, County Magistrate Yao and others went to Village Chief Yang's house and came back after a long time.
Tell Lu Laosan that it’s done.
However, we have to do the same as Yang Mazi and form patrols every other day for a month.
Lu Laosan nodded in agreement.
In this way, the matter came to a temporary end.
The next day was the day when Lu Qingqing and the women in the yard were on duty during the day.
Everyone went there early and just happened to hand over to the men who were on duty in the second half of the night.
Nothing happened at night, and the men went back to sleep, yawning.
Lu Qingqing climbed up the nearby battlement with a bow and arrow on her back.
Looking out from the parapet, you can see many footprints along the wall leading from the outside road to the village entrance.
It hasn't snowed for many days recently, so these traces have not been covered up and are still very clear.
She checked several nearby battlements and found nothing unusual.
It was still early, the temperature was very cold, and there were not many people passing by on the road outside.
Only then did Lu Qingqing go down the parapet and return to the ice house.
In the ice house, the master's wife was sitting by the fire. When she saw her come in, she hurriedly helped her take off the bow and arrows.
"Da Ya, come over here and warm up. How is it? Is everything okay outside?"
When the master's wife spoke, bursts of breath came out of her mouth, which was particularly obvious in the ice house.
Lu Qingqing shook her head, took off her gloves, and put her hands close to the fire. The temperature of the flames slowly warmed her frozen hands.
She rubbed her hands and said:
"Master, it's nothing.
By the way, just get under the covers and snuggle up. I'll just watch over you from here."
The master's wife shook her head and said, "Daya, take off your shoes and put your feet aside to warm them up."
As he said this, without waiting for her to react, he helped her take off her boots and put her shoes by the fire to dry.
Lu Qingqing was a little embarrassed, but fortunately she didn't have sweaty feet.
Otherwise, my master's wife would help me take off my shoes. Since we are so close, the smell would hit me straight in the head.
After putting the shoes away, the master's wife covered Lu Qingqing with a thick quilt.
She also snuggled under the quilt, and they both looked out the wall through the door.
Although they were on duty during the day, few people from the village came.
The weather is too cold and most people don’t have enough thick warm clothes, so they will be frozen once they go out.
It was around 9:00 in the morning when refugees began to arrive one after another.
There aren't many people, just a few here and there.
They shouted loudly outside the wall, hoping that people inside would give them some charity.
But after experiencing so many migrations, the villagers have become accustomed to it.
In most cases, people don't pay much attention to the refugees outside.
Unless they attack the city walls or refuse to leave for a long time.
In these two situations, the person on duty will call the villagers over.
After a whole morning, Lu Qingqing and her master's wife hadn't even reached the parapet.
With the experience of previous guard duty, Lu Qingqing also specially brought some sweet potatoes and potatoes.
When they had nothing to do in the morning, the two of them slowly roasted these sweet potatoes and potatoes.
When it was time for lunch, the two of them heated up the hot rice and soup.
In the middle of winter, eating hot roasted sweet potatoes with hot soup will make you feel warm all over.
Around 3:00 p.m., an unexpected person came to the ice house where Lu Qingqing was on duty.
When she arrived at the door of the ice house, she seemed to be surprised that both of them were awake and was stunned for a moment.
Seeing the two of them looking at her, she smiled and asked:
"Daya, auntie, how are you today?"
Lu Qingqing was confused, but pretended not to notice.
"Sister Qiuyan is here. There's nothing going on today, and there aren't many refugees coming in from outside."
Qiuyan nodded, went into the house and began to touch the ice house, walking around and saying:
"I'm married into our village now, and I thought I'd be on duty here soon, so I came here in advance to take a look."
Lu Qingqing nodded and looked at Qiuyan calmly.
She was still wearing the same half-worn outfit she had worn at her wedding, but the clothes were bulging in the winter and nothing could be seen.
But Qiuyan always gave Lu Qingqing a strange feeling. Logically, she should have felt depressed or uncomfortable since she was sold in by her husband's family.
But she seemed to behave normally and even went to invite them the next day.
When she spoke, she was not as shy as other women.
Instead, he was very open and confident, as if he was used to this kind of scene.
Lu Qingqing became more alert to this person.
Qiuyan sat down beside the fire with a familiar manner and asked with a smile:
"Daya, what is the procedure for you to come here to guard during the day?
Tell me about it, I'll practice in advance to avoid making a fool of myself later."
Lu Qingqing said as she warmed herself by the fire:
"Nothing much, I came here this morning and handed over to the person on night duty.
However, it's usually nothing serious.
Just stay in the igloo during the day and ignore it unless there are people attacking the wall outside.
Wait until the night watchman arrives and then just leave."
Qiu Yan listened to Lu Qingqing's words and secretly analyzed the useful information. She found that there was not much, so she had to ask herself:
"Don't those on duty during the day need to patrol the village?"
Then he added:
"I heard from the head of the household that there are patrols at night. Don't women have to go during the day?"
After waiting for a while, Lu Qingqing just shook her head.
She secretly cursed the girl for being so cunning and suspected that she was deliberately refusing to reveal the news.
Thinking of this, she was worried that she would be exposed, so she decided not to ask any more questions.
In fact, Yang Mazi had already gotten almost all the information about the guard duty.
She came here today for something else.
I thought that at this time, the people on duty would feel sleepy after eating.
Unexpectedly, both of them were very alert, staring at the battlement outside, making it impossible for her to find any opportunity.
I thought of coming in to find out some information, but who would have thought that this girl was so smart.
As for the woman next to him, she just sat there and listened quietly from beginning to end without saying a word.
Qiuyan thought about it for a moment and decided to leave first.
She was afraid that if she asked any further, she would be suspected.
After Qiuyan left the ice house, Lu Qingqing quietly observed her and made sure she was far away before sitting back by the fire.
Lu Qingqing and her master's wife looked at each other and understood each other's meaning.
The master's wife said softly, "Daya, go to the village chief's house and tell him about this.
Remember, just talk about the questions Qiuyan asked and what you saw.
As for your own speculations, don't say too much.
Village Chief Yang is a smart man, he will understand."
Lu Qingqing nodded in agreement and walked quickly towards Village Chief Yang's house.