The Sweet Little Fulang

Even though Lu Gu told him to come back before dinner, in order to sell more pork, Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing didn't come back with the cart until night fell.

The food was stuffy in the pot, and there was still a little bit of warmth. It is summer now, and there is no need to heat it up. Lu Gu served it to the table when they washed their hands.

"I sold it all the way to Wangli Village, and I got 580 copper coins, and nearly [-] catties of meat were sold." Shen Yaoqing was very happy, picked up the bowl and put the rice in his mouth, and shared the joy with Ji Qiuyue while eating.

Even if all the money is in Shen Xuanqing's hands, it will not be reduced by half. Of course, his family is happy to earn money, not to mention that they have eaten a lot of pork, and they can eat it for a few days later.

When selling meat, when people heard it was so cheap, many people had doubts, so the two of them told about the poisonous weed, and even cut off a small piece of raw meat and chewed it in front of others, so that others could feel at ease.

The meat has been washed with good grass water, so there is no problem. Besides, the poisonous weed has no other toxicity, which is well known. In addition, the local ruffians in the nearby villages dare not provoke Shen Xuanqing easily after being beaten. Ordinary people are mostly decent people, there are so many tricks to frame them, it is good to have meat to eat, so there is no need to be afraid of blackmail.

Oil lamps were lit in the main room, and Wei Lanxiang, who had been sleeping, came out with her clothes on. Most of the country people were reluctant to light the lamps, and they basically rested when they couldn't do their jobs when it got dark.

She heard the words and said with a smile: "I bought the stewed ingredients today, and I will stew them in the pot tomorrow morning. Didn't you leave a pair of pig ears, and then pull out two shallots in the yard, and mix the pig ears cold, Fry a plate of peanuts for your two brothers, buy a pot of good wine and drink two cups to satisfy your hunger."

"It's not that there is still liver, cut a few slices." Shen Yaoqing smiled.

"Okay, I'll cut it all for you." Wei Lanxiang stared at him with a smile, and then said: "Eat less at night, so as not to accumulate food, just eat for seven or eight cents, fill it up, I'm really hungry, wake up tomorrow morning to eat .”

Shen Yaoqing was chewing rice, and Shen Xuanqing replied: "Got it, mother."

Wei Lanxiang just returned to her room.

Lu Gu came over with a teapot and poured water for them both. They ate dry rice for fear of choking. Now that life is better, it is not a problem to eat white rice, which is much more filling than thin rice soup.

After feeling a bit full, Shen Xuanqing said: "The remaining meat is about [-] catties, let's save [-] catties to dry the meat, tomorrow I will go to uncle's house, elder brother, why don't you send some to Uncle Ji Shi's house. "

Uncle Ji Shi was talking about Ji Qiuyue's natal father, how could Shen Yaoqing not nod his head, and now Ji Qiuyue was even happier.

The dishes and chopsticks slammed lightly, and the candlelight swayed slightly with the night wind.

After eating, Lu Gu took the candlestick and went to the kitchen to wash the dishes, while Shen Xuanqing scooped up water to wash in the yard.

I splashed water on my face and scrubbed it for a while. After the heat dissipated, I felt comfortable. Not long after, the water in the clay pot on the clay stove boiled away.

There were only two bowls and chopsticks, and Lu Gu quickly finished washing them, and even added water for Shen Xuanqing's feet.

The moonlight was pleasant, Shen Xuanqing was sitting in the yard washing his feet, there was no light outside, Lu Gu brought the candlestick and went back to the room first, a pile of copper plates were placed on the table, it was very pleasant to see.

After Shen Xuanqing came in, he had already prepared the hemp rope for stringing the money, and just waited to count them together.

I sold 860 Sanwen at home. After Shen Xuanqing went out to sell meat in the afternoon, most people in the village bought it, and there were no more customers. Including the 580 Wen, today I got a total of 440 Sanwen, which is more than one tael or four.

"Good luck, it will be sold out in one day today, and we will eat the rest ourselves." Shen Xuanqing smiled and threaded twenty copper plates into a small string, so that it is convenient to go out and buy things.

As for the large dish of one thousand Wen, Lu Gu counted and spent it. Because of the money, Lu Gu couldn't distract himself from answering his words, so he smiled and didn't bother.

This time selling pork is still profitable, and they don't need to bother to raise wild boars, which is equivalent to earning one, two or four dollars for nothing.

In the hands of the butcher, a freshly slaughtered live pig can be sold for about three taels of silver, which is not as expensive as the sheep and deer he hunted in the mountains, but the victory is stable. A litter of pigs can be slaughtered in the next year, and it can be killed in a month. You can earn two or three taels for one head, and you are really a rich family in the countryside.

Speaking of which, the last time he hunted wild boars was last summer, and that time he caught a female pig. At that time, he was lucky, and the female pig he encountered had no piglets, and was not as fierce and easy to attack as a female pig with piglets.

Even so, the pig was intercepted and besieged and fell into a trap, and he found an opportunity to hack it to death without too much effort.

Wild animals are never easy to hunt, but every time I go down the mountain and sell them for money, I think it is worth counting the copper coins.

Lu Gu put on the money, and the one thousand cash was heavy. After collecting all the money, he felt his hands were greasy, so he went out with Shen Xuanqing to wash his hands.

After the two of them blew out the candles and lay down, the night was already dark.

Lu Gu lay on the bed and didn't close his eyes immediately, the joy of counting the money just now still lingered in his heart and face, no matter silver or copper, it is good.

He turned over and lay on his side, and said: "The eggs I have saved these days have not been sold yet. I will steam them in a big bowl tomorrow, and you will share some. Brother Daqing brought back fresh sesame oil two days ago."

Hearing this, Shen Xuanqing also turned over, and the two whispered for a while facing each other, Xia Nuan didn't hug each other, and fell into a dark and sweet dream while talking.

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The better the days, the richer the breakfast. Early in the morning, Lu Gu steamed egg custard in a big bowl, and it was delicious when it was sprinkled with sesame oil.

In the past, I used to squat and stand in the yard for breakfast, but now I mostly sit at the dining table.

He also heated white flour steamed buns, scooped up half a piece of pickled vegetable lumps and cut them into cubes. Everyone in the family held the white steamed buns with pickled pickles in their left hand, and used a spoon to dig egg custard from their own bowls with their right hands.

After ten or so days to dog days, hens and ducks will not be able to lay eggs well, but they have a lot of chickens at home, and they can always collect a few every day.

It has been three months since Lu Gu's little hen laid the first egg after the opening of spring, and he has saved a little over one or two just by selling eggs and duck eggs, at least three hundred cash a month.

Regardless of just earning this, it is really a lot of money for the husband who does not earn a living in the countryside. If the men in the village know about it, they will be envious to some extent.

After seeing Langzhong last time, he remembered Shen Xuanqing's words and would eat an egg every day.

After Ji Qiuyue became pregnant, because she didn't raise chickens and ducks, the old hens and ducks in the family belonged to Wei Lanxiang and had nothing to do with her, so the eggs she ate were set aside by Wei Lanxiang, and she often ate them without being treated harshly. Pass.

Sometimes when Lu Gu was cooking, he felt that he had a lot of eggs, and it would be no problem for others to eat some. When cooking eggs, he didn't take them from Wei Lanxiang's egg basket.

Today, Shen Xuanqing was at home. She ate boiled eggs for several days, and steamed an egg in a different way to change her teeth.

After eating breakfast, Wei Lanxiang was so excited that she rolled up her sleeves and went into the kitchen to show off her skills and get the braised pork out.

Lu Gu and Shen Yan carried bamboo baskets on their backs to cut grass, Ji Qiuyue was too busy at home, so she followed them to the river behind the house to relax.

Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing were also busy. They went to the new house to collect the eggs laid by the ducks at night, put the chickens in the pens, drive the ducks into the water and feed the cattle and sheep. The rabbit dung, cattle and sheep dung also had to be cleaned up.

A lot of vegetables have been planted in the new house, watering and weeding are all work, dry land and paddy fields also have to pull weeds, so as to prevent the seedlings from being bullied by weeds.

The busyness did not stop until the hottest time at noon.

The cold pork ear chili oil is bright red and green onion, fresh and crispy, and it tastes very unusual. The other heart, liver, lung and waist are sliced ​​into a bowl, which is also a cold salad. There is also a plate of peanuts mixed with cucumber, and a wine cup. Then he raised his head and drank it all, feeling extremely happy.

Lu Gu also got half a glass of wine today, he took a sip, the taste of the wine made a "hiss" sound in his mouth, his face soon turned red, and it smeared on his cheeks like a good rouge, he took chopsticks to eat meat and meat The dishes dare not touch the wine again.

No matter how busy and tired I was, I ate good wine and meat comfortably, and all my fatigue subsided.

Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing are not alcoholics. Drinking at home is mostly a drink to relieve hunger.

After the midday heat, the new house does not have much work in the afternoon, just feeding the rabbits, cattle and sheep, and pulling weeds in the field. Because of the hot weather, only the two of them went out with the meat to go to the uncle's house. home.

Lu Gu and Wei Lanxiang went to the new house to feed the rabbits, and they had to let the ducks and calves outside, and Dahui was there to watch the house. Only the boy was the most free, and he just wandered around with him every day. .

But it's good to have a dog with him. Sometimes he goes out alone to shoot rabbit grass, and he is used to staying in the mountains. It is very reassuring to have a good boy nearby.

"Oh, why is there blood?" Wei Lanxiang bent down to feed the rabbits, and saw bloodstains on one of them, and raised her voice a little.

Lu Gu came over with a basket. There were two half-sized male rabbits in this nest. One of the ears was bitten. He quickly put down the bamboo basket and separated the rabbits with Wei Lanxiang. There are many rabbit nests built. Enough for one to occupy a litter.

Rabbits are also very powerful in fighting and biting. These are all for making money, so don't bite them to death.

"Mom, why don't I dig some herbs to stop the bleeding and apply it on it." Lu Gu felt distressed when he saw the injured little rabbit dripping blood.

"Alright." Wei Lanxiang nodded.

There were all kinds of big thistles by the river, he quickly dug them back and pounded out the juice, and even the herbs were pasted on the rabbit ears. Wei Lanxiang cut a piece of cloth and helped wrap it up.

The sun was covered by the clouds, and the squinted eyes could be opened and stretched, but after a while, the sky darkened, dark clouds swept in, and even the wind changed.

The two of them were collecting eggs in the chicken coop. When they looked up at this posture, they hurriedly led the chickens back to the henhouse, picked up the egg basket and hurried to the front room.

The raindrops quickly hit the roof and the ground, and the rain became heavy in an instant, pouring down, flowing and converging on the dry ground.

"Oh, really, if I knew this, the two of them wouldn't have to water the vegetable fields in the morning." Wei Lanxiang said looking at the rain screen.

She was talking about Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing, upon hearing this, Lu Gu said, "I don't know if the two of them have arrived at uncle's house."

"Probably haven't come yet." Wei Lanxiang smiled and said: "Two young men, what are you afraid of if you get wet in the rain, they will find a place to hide."

She glanced at Heitian and said, "This rain won't last long, it will be fine after a while."

Summer is like this, the heavy rain comes and goes quickly.

The smell of earth and rain permeated the air, mixed with the hot breath, and went straight into people's noses.

There are no coir raincoats and no sewing baskets in the new house, so Lu Gu and Wei Lanxiang can only sit under the main room and watch the rain. Guaizi and Dahui also hide in, lying or standing, especially Guaizi, crooked It poked its head like a human to look at the rain curtain, but it didn't know what it saw, and it whined twice.