The Sweet Little Fulang

After paying the market fee, Lu Gu and Shen Xuanqing found an open space to push the cart in.

Shouting all the way, Lu Gu opened the bamboo tube and took a few sips of water, then handed it to Shen Xuanqing.I brought two benches with me today, and when I feel tired after standing for a while, I can sit down and rest.

The busiest time of the morning session has passed, and there are relatively few people buying and selling at this time.

It's already half in the morning, but fortunately the sun is not too strong today, so that people don't get dizzy from the sun. The small merchants who came early in the morning are still holding on to the unsold ones, waiting for buyers to patronize.

"Teael eggs, fresh teal eggs."

"Wild buds, just picked from the mountain."

"Auntie, come and see, my eggs are cheap."

As soon as someone came to buy with a basket, many people shouted and tried to sell the things.

There are many people who sell eggs and duck eggs. When they were hawking along the road, they met women selling eggs with baskets on their shoulders. Poor people always sell eggs carefully, for fear of breaking this precious thing. The two of them walked slowly.

And there are not many people like Lu Gu selling eggs with several bamboo baskets. When he saw a woman coming from there, he also yelled a few times.

"So many." Seeing that he packed it in a bamboo basket, the old woman couldn't help but find it novel, so she stopped to join in the fun, probed into the bamboo basket, and said, "This egg is smaller than other people's eggs."

"Yes, aunt, my chickens and ducks are smaller, and the eggs are smaller, but they taste the same, no difference." Lu Gu said seriously, and took out one in his hand for the mother-in-law to see.

Shen Xuanqing intentionally wants to help her husband, but can't stand up when selling things?

He was taller than ordinary men, and he didn't feel anything wrong when he was sitting on the back of the scooter. He got up suddenly, good guy, and scared the short and thin old woman, subconsciously took half a step back.

Seeing the frightened look on the customer's face, he was afraid that he would run away and fail to do business, so Lu Gu quickly said to her, "Don't be afraid, Auntie, this is my husband-in-law."

Shen Xuanqing felt helpless, but the other party was an old and frail woman, so she smiled apologetically, "I got up too hastily, auntie, don't panic."

The husband in front of me was gentle and weak, and the man didn't contradict him at all, so the mother-in-law calmed down, and she leaned forward to look at the eggs and said, "Oh, your husband is really tall."

Hearing this, Shen Xuanqing smiled and said: "Don't underestimate the size of this egg. It won't hurt my aunt if you weigh it by the catty. Besides, the small size also has the advantages of being small. It is small and delicate, and it weighs more than the big one. If there are children in the family who eat eggs, it’s the same for the younger ones, and you can eat a few more.”

"Yes, if Auntie wants to buy it, the price is not expensive." Lu Gu nodded in agreement beside him.

Shen Xuanqing's words made the mother-in-law stunned for a moment, and then she seemed to realize something. The life at home is not bad, and they can afford eggs and duck eggs, but they have to be careful in life. The eggs are small, but they are full of chicken yolk and white. There is no difference between big eggs. The old man in the family has many rules. He has to eat a chicken every day, and the money is the same. If you buy a smaller one, you can eat it for a few more days?

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this was the truth, so she said, "Well, give me a catty."

Lu Gu smiled and took the eggs out of the bamboo basket, Shen Xuanqing took the scale on the cart, and the mother-in-law also looked into the bamboo basket and said, "Don't give me the one that is stained with chicken feces, take that one, it's clean."

It's not troublesome to do business, besides, this woman is pretty easy to talk to, and she didn't push down the price, so I picked some clean ones for her and praised her.

Thirteen copper coins came into his hand, and Lu Gu padded his hand, which was quite heavy, before he put it into the money bag. Hearing the sound of the copper coins colliding and rattling, the smile on his face became even wider.

If it weren't for the warmth of spring, chickens and ducks would lay eggs together, otherwise a catty of eggs would cost fifteen or sixteen yuan.Fortunately, even if there are too many of these things, the price will not be too cheap. He said fourteen coins, and the mother-in-law said thirteen, and the left and right would not lose money, so they sold it.

Eggs are easy to break when walking around, so the two of them stayed in the market and sold them until the afternoon.

When eating at noon, Lu Gu ate Yangchun noodles that he hadn't tasted for a long time. After eating, Shen Xuanqing went to return the bowl and pay the money, and even took out two eggs from the bamboo basket. He was puzzled, but Shen Xuanqing said that a bowl of noodles was not enough In the past, the stall owner was asked to make two poached eggs, and it was just an extra penny or two for hard work.

When he went out to sell things, he could still eat the eggs he laid at home. Lu Gu ate very well, and his eyebrows were curved and he was very happy.

Today's business is not very good, the things on the cart are not sold out, and it is already afternoon, there are eggs and duck eggs, and it is difficult to catch the night, so Shen Xuanqing takes Lu Gu to Zhao Tuhu's house, and takes the remaining one A pheasant and three hares were sold cheaply to Butcher Zhao so that they would not have to take them home again.

The little tiger was already able to run, so Lu Gu and Zhao butcher's wife Ji Shi played with the baby for a while.

The chubby child is the most lovable, Ji smiled and said to Lu Gu, the little tiger is heavy, sometimes it is difficult for her to hold it, and she asked Lu Gu to hold it, shaking the weight.

Lu Gu couldn't help it, so he picked up the little tiger, his eyes widened slightly, and his heart was really heavy.

When Ji Shi saw it, he smiled beside him.

Little Huzi has fleshy hands and arms, just like a little prick, and many little boys talk late, he just stretched out his hand to touch Lu Gu's face, and spoke vague words that only Ji Shi could understand.

"This is Xiaomao, not mother." She emphasized to Xiao Huzi beside her.

But the little tiger is so young, when he sees the woman and husband, he only knows how to call his mother, and doesn't care so much.

It didn't take long for Butcher Zhao to stay here, and the two of them had to rush back to eat, so they pushed on the cart and left.

"Little tiger is really heavy." Lu Gu said it after he came out, the chubby milk doll is very cute, he smiled slightly.

Shen Xuanqing's Adam's apple moved slightly, and said with a smile: "Then let's have one too."

Last time when the two of them talked about their children, Lu Gu was ignorant and at a loss. Later, he thought about it alone, it is only natural for Husband to give birth to Xianggong, let alone Shen Xuanqing.

Due to the crowds on the street, he gave a very serious "hmm" in a low voice, and when he thought about having a baby, he had to, he had to...

His ears and cheeks were red, and he lowered his eyes, not daring to look around.

Shen Xuanqing didn't expect him to agree so clearly and solemnly, and she even slowed down for a moment.

It's not easy to do other things when you are away from home. The two walked forward, neither of them spoke, but they both had smiles on their faces.

When passing by the powder shop, Shen Xuanqing remembered that there was not much ointment used at night, but it was not easy to tell Lu Guming, so she said: "I see that hand ointment is used up quickly, so I might as well buy some more. In this way, look at the eggs, I will Go in and buy."

Before Lu Gu could utter a word, he entered the shop with an uneasy eagerness in his feigned calmness, for fear that Lu Gu would not let him in to buy.

However, the little husband who was waiting obediently at the door didn't understand the twists and turns in his heart at all.

When Shen Xuanqing came out, he bought two boxes of hand ointment on the surface. As for the two bottles of expensive ointment in his bosom, only he knew for the time being.

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The road was bumpy, and two eggs were broken. Lu Gu felt a little distressed, so he knocked the remaining clean eggs into a bowl and made egg drop soup.

I was delayed in the town for a long time to sell eggs, and the matter of looking at the land was put on the next day.

Waking up early in the morning with the breeze blowing, it was neither too hot nor too cold, Ji Qiuyue was fine at home, so she followed her out just to relax, and even dragged Lu Gu along, and the four of them wandered around Qingxi Village looking at each other.

Compared to the people in the town, Qingxi Village is not very big, with a total of forty or fifty households, which is not small in the countryside.

It is not easy for rural people to make a living, and all the land that can be used for farming and vegetable cultivation has been reclaimed. In addition, the imperial court also valued the land, and the land that should be measured in detail is not vague at all. Once the land deed and the house deed are established, then it's really your own.

In the past few years, when the old houses in the village were poor, most of the old houses were thatched huts, and most people moved out. No one lives there, and there are title deeds.

After looking around the village, they came to the southeast side of the village again. The Qingxi River flows around the village, and the old site is closer to the river.

"The stone mud pit is not a problem, it's just how big the land you want." Shen Yaoqing kicked the stone on the ground and asked.

Shen Xuanqing looked at this barren land, which was full of rocks and mud, and it took a lot of work to tear down the hut. Their village had reclaimed enough fields elsewhere, and no one cared about the land here. They used it as wasteland for cattle and sheep.

The wind blew across the river, bringing a slightly wet smell. He thought for a while and said, "It's better to stay here. It's just a waste of time to level it, but the land can be cheaper."

"Look at this open space, there are about five acres, which should be enough." Shen Xuanqing finished without haste.

"Five acres?" Shen Yaoqing was surprised, he thought it was just a piece of land to raise rabbits.

Shen Xuanqing smiled and said: "How much is five acres? Big brother, have you forgotten? How much land does the Gong family's Zhuangzi occupy in Fucheng? The poultry, livestock, grain, and mountain products that went there couldn’t be pulled by twenty or thirty carts.”

"Rabbits need to be raised, but we can build a house once. It's not as good as a larger land enclosure. The chickens and ducks are raised together. We have no other skills. Apart from farming, we can only collect firewood or do coolies, not to mention the tiredness." , earning only living money.”

"If you want me to say, it's better to raise more things, sell them loosely, or rely on relationships to find restaurants and taverns to supply them, it's better than being a coolie."

Some words made Shen Yaoqing think more and more, and who said it was not the case? Working as a coolie with injuries all over her body is really not as good as raising chickens, ducks and rabbits.

After returning home, they told Wei Lanxiang that the two brothers went to find Lin Zhongcai with drinks and a rabbit.

Lu Gu and Shen Yan were chopping chickens and grass in the backyard, and told her how big the five acres of land would be, and they would raise rabbits, chickens and ducks there.

The pup walked around behind them, rubbed against Lu Gu's back and barked twice. Seeing that Lu Gu was busy chopping grass and ignoring it, he stood in front of the rabbit's nest and looked inside curiously. Because he had been beaten, he knew he couldn't rush. The rabbit at home is called, and it is still a good day today.

It took two days to buy the land, and they all belonged to the same village. Shen Xuanqing was a hunter and a martial artist, and he was a decent person. He basically had no quarrel with the villagers, so he quickly bought the land of those shabby huts. The unowned vacant land, no matter whether it was measured or signed, was in the hands of Lin Zhongcai, and he and Shen Xuanqing even went to the government's side.

The barren open land is the cheapest, and Lin Zhongcai was involved in it, and finally got the title deed. In the past two days, I spent a total of six or two or three dollars, which is much cheaper than plowing the land.

Ji Qiuyue is pregnant, food and clothing are Shen Yaoqing's burden. Compared with Orion, farming is not so profitable, and Shen Xuanqing didn't let him pay for the land purchase. Talk a lot.

The two brothers had always been close and had no quarrels, and if one contributed money, the other would contribute.