The Sweet Little Fulang

However, in three or two days, the weather became colder and colder. After waking up overnight, the leaves of the trees on the mountain dropped a lot. Gradually, one day, when I went out and looked at the hillside not far away, the forest was all bald, and there were not many dead leaves. on top.

The leaves of the persimmon trees have all fallen long ago, and the persimmons that should be picked have already been picked, leaving only seven or eight persimmons at the top. Sometimes birds will land on the branches to peck them.

The sky in late autumn is always not very good, the sun can't be seen, but it doesn't rain, and the wind blows the fallen leaves on the ground, making it very bleak.

There was no more green grass to play in the field, so Lu Gu took some free time to make winter shoes for Zhaoer at home. Small shoes were much easier to make than adults.

Shen Xuanqing went up the mountain a few days ago, and wanted to buy a few more fox furs before going to Fucheng to sell them.

Usually all kinds of work are exhausting, and sitting on the window edge of the room to store shoes is considered a rest for him.

The wind blows outside from time to time, so he didn't go out. He pulled up a table and chair and sat down by the window to borrow the light from outside.

Regardless of the size of baby dolls, they grow up very quickly. No matter the clothes or shoes, the big and small should be better.

He has already prepared the cotton for the winter shoes and spread it out on the table so that it can be evenly distributed to Brenner.This is the cotton left over from last year. Wei Lanxiang found it. It is not a problem to make two pairs of small shoes. When Zhao'er grows up, the small shoes can no longer be worn. Take out the cotton inside and make them bigger. shoe.

Their family is not short of money now, so there is no need to sell the little shoes they can't wear for money, and it is not necessary to give a baby to relatives, but so far no child younger than Zhao'er has been born.

A gust of wind blew, the wind was strong, and the cotton and cloth pressed by the tea bowl on the table were blown up, Lu Gu had no choice but to close the window smaller.

"Guzi, what do you want to eat today?" Ji Qiuyue called out before he entered the room.

Zhao'er fell asleep, she had nothing else to do, and the rest of the family had work to do, so she thought about washing and chopping the vegetables first, and no matter who cooks at noon, just fry them.

Speaking of which, no matter which woman or husband in the village has a child, they have to work together with the child on their backs for two or three months. Whether it is cooking or going to the fields, there is no free time to rest.

After she gave birth, she lived a more comfortable life than others. She didn't have to go to the fields, and Shen Yaoqing didn't let her weed grass, saying that the child was too young to be away from others, and she had to be by her side to take care of it. Wash clothes.

The last time her mother came to see her and her grandson, taking advantage of the fact that there was no one else in the room, she said that she was really blessed, and that she suffered more than the women in the town, so she always had a smile on her face, and became more friendly with her family Harmonious, everyone expects her to take care of her, where does she have so much temper.

"Sister-in-law." Lu Gu stopped what he was doing, he bent his eyebrows and said with a smile, "You can eat anything."

Ji Qiuyue scolded: "It's not that I don't know what it is, so I came to ask you, you just tell me what you want to eat, and I will cook today."

Lu Gu had no choice but to think about it, and said: "I used to eat egg custard, and I have collected a lot of duck eggs these days, why not steam a bowl of duck egg custard, Brother Daqing brought sesame oil back yesterday."

"This is good." Ji Qiuyue nodded in agreement, and then asked him: "What about other dishes? Mother picked a hanging melon yesterday, how about cutting it and eating it with red sauce?"

How can Lu Gu disagree with other people's cooking?

"Since there is red sauce, let's steam dry the rice and eat it today, and I'll wash the rice right away." Ji Qiuyue has always been a good cook, so she rolled up her sleeves and went out to wash rice and vegetables.

Without him busy, Lu Gu was still sitting on the chair and doing needlework, not long after he heard a few dogs barking outside, and he understood it as soon as he heard it.

Shen Yan came back after feeding the poultry at the new house, and when she looked up, she saw Lu Gu in the window, and said, "Brother Guzi, you haven't finished yet."

"No, the soles of the shoes need to be thinner." Lu Gu replied, and Dabai ran into the room when he saw him, wagging his tail constantly.

He had a needle and thread in his hand, so he didn't play with Dabai, so as not to poke him with a long needle.

Shen Yan squatted down to wash his hands in the wooden basin, and said, "I just walked back from the back and saw Wu Tai digging rat holes in the field. I don't know how much food I can dig out."

People are poor and have nothing to eat, so they have to think of various ways. She and Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing also dug field mouse holes in the ground two years ago. Sometimes when they are lucky, they can dig out a few catties of grain, and when they come back, they can wash it and eat it for several days. .

"Brother Guzi." Shen Yan put the cloth towel on the wooden frame, and said: "It's okay now, let's join in the fun."

Lu Gu was a little hesitant. It's true that nothing happened today, but it doesn't sound good to be surrounded by a man and watch someone dig a rat hole.

"Let's go, Grandma Wu is here too. When I came back, I saw Axia and her second brother digging earth dragons by the river. Let's call them as well." Shen Yan, like everyone else, has She was a bit more playful when she was young. Although digging out rat holes was done by poor people, no one knew what was inside before digging them out. Naturally, she was curious and wanted to join in the fun.

Ji Qiuyue scooped up water to wash the vegetables. Seeing that her sister-in-law really wanted to see it, she smiled and said to Lu Gu, "Gu Zi, you can go with her to see it, otherwise she won't be able to rest in her heart."

Since there were so many people, Lu Gu had no scruples anymore, making shoes was not a rush job, so he went out with Shen Yan.

Dabai followed behind the two of them, today Shen Yaoqing was chopping firewood at the new house, so he didn't pay much attention to him, told him to go out and play for a while.

In the field, Wu Tai took a shovel and shoveled the hole. He had a dull temper. He didn't talk much when he saw people, and he was not good at talking. He took a look at the four Shen and Yan who surrounded him, pretending not to see them, and buried his head in shoveling the soil without saying a word. Fat, often the villagers scolded him for not being able to give a fart with a stick.

Clutching a pocket full of patches in her hand, the grandma of the Wu family saw that it was Shen Yan, and even chatted a few commonplace words, probably because she was poor, every time she met the second roommate of the Shen family, she muttered If you can chat a few words, if you are other people in the village, you will not dare to talk to them so as not to attract disgust.

Wu Tai didn't pay attention to people, but with the Wu family's grandma, Shen Yan didn't leave, and looked curiously at the gradually exposed mouse hole.

Squeaking twice, Lu Gu was taken aback when he saw the field mouse jumping out, and quickly hid to the side. The field mouse ran very fast, and then fled away, and he didn't know where it was hiding.

"Oh, it's quite a lot." Axia's hands were covered with wet mud dried by the wind, and she poked her head to see the grain in the rat hole, and couldn't help saying, "It must be at least three or four catties."

The grandma of the Wu family was overjoyed, she took a step forward, and opened her pocket with trembling hands, Wu Tai glanced at the four people around, and confirmed that none of them had any intention of robbing, then put down the shovel in her hand, and squatted down Grab the food, there are not only rice in it, but also chai beans and peanuts.

After seeing the excitement, Shen Yan was satisfied, and after talking to Grandma Wu, she left with Lu Gu and Axia.

The wild land is close to the new house, and Ah Xia and her second brother went to dig the dragon again, so Shen Yan said: "Brother Guzi, let's go this way and go to the house to see how Brother Daqing is doing the firewood."

Lu Gu didn't have much to do today, so he nodded and agreed: "That's fine, maybe I can collect a few eggs."

Dabai was used to staying in the new house, so he ran ahead and entered the back door first.

Shen Yaoqing was chopping firewood, and Wei Lanxiang was tending the vegetable field, pulling up all the withered vegetables, and digging up the ground with a hoe to plant a few rows of winter vegetables.

"Mother." Lu Gu shouted.

Wei Lanxiang looked up and saw the two of them, then smiled and said, "I'm not doing needlework at home today, why are you here?"

Seeing that she was wiping her sweat, the water bowl outside the vegetable field was empty, Lu Gu hurriedly walked a few steps forward to pick up the bowl, and replied: "He Yanyan just saw Wu Tai digging a rat hole, it's close to here Let's take a look and collect eggs by the way."

Wei Lanxiang nodded: "The rooster did crow, but I was too busy digging the ground to look at it."

Lu Gu took the bowl to the front and poured a bowl of water for her, then walked to the chicken coop, Shen Yan had already gone in with the bamboo basket and picked up three eggs on the ground.

He found two in the chicken coop, searched around and found nothing else, and then they came out.

The spring chicks raised by Wei Lanxiang are now starting to lay eggs, and they can collect a lot of eggs and duck eggs every day. The female ducks are okay, they lay eggs at night, so just get up in the morning and go to the nest to touch them. If you lay eggs during the day, you can find them by looking for them in the chicken coop.

As long as he was at home, Lu Gu basically never stopped eating an egg a day, and sometimes he stopped eating for a day or two if he didn't want to eat.

Shen Yan went out first with the bamboo basket, and he closed the fence gate to prevent the hens from running around.

Before he had taken two steps, he heard Dabai barking in front of him, and several people in the courtyard looked over curiously.

Shen Yaoqing, who was at the front, stopped chopping firewood, stopped Dabai, and recognized the person who came in from the front yard was Luo Biao, and quickly put down the long ax in his hand to meet him.

"Brother Shen." Luo Biao shouted loudly, carrying a jar of wine and an oiled paper bag in his hand.

Shen Yaoqing took the things and said with a smile, "Come as soon as you come, bring something."

"The wine is for the two elder brothers, and this snack is for Mrs. Wei and sisters-in-law." Luo Biao smiled all over his face. After speaking, he looked around the main room, obviously curious about the new house.

Someone came to the house, and Wei Lanxiang stopped working. She also knew Luo Biao, had been to the house once, and had a good relationship with Shen Xuanqing.

"Old lady Wei." Luo Biao was very polite to the Shen family, and even asked Shen Yan how his sister was well when he saw Shen Yan.

Wei Lanxiang liked such an obedient young man very much, especially when he offered him a special gift, poured tea for him after taking a water bowl, and asked, "Since I'm free today, I must have a meal before leaving."

"Definitely." Luo Biao agreed with a smile without being overly polite with them.

Shen Yaoqing knew why he came today, Shen Xuanqing had told him before going up the mountain, but he had just arrived, so it was not easy to ask those questions directly, seeing that Luo Biao was new to the house, he led them to the back.

Lu Gu didn't have much impression of Luo Biao, so we met for the second time, but since he wants to keep people for dinner, he can't just fry two bowls of dishes today, he took the egg basket from Shen Yan's hand, and asked Wei Lanxiang in a low voice: " Mother, sister-in-law wants to fry hanging melon and steam a bowl of duck egg soup today, is it okay to do both? Do you want to add one more?"

Wei Lanxiang pondered for a while. She had heard from Shen Xuanqing that Luo Biao was a nice person, and she was sincere to him, so she said, "Well, let your sister-in-law beat a few more eggs when steaming duck eggs, then cut some bacon, and soak the dried bamboo shoots." Let’s fry some bacon and bamboo shoots, there are autumn vegetables in the yard, dig one and fry it.”

Two or two of the four dishes is better. It is not necessary to have too many dishes for only one person. Meat and eggs are already very good.

"Okay, I got it." Lu Gu went back with the basket, and Shen Yan followed him home because of the arrival of outsiders.

This time Dabai did not follow them.

Luo Biao took a look around such a big house, full of admiration. When Shen Xuanqing approached him before, he told him that he built a house with a few acres of land in the southeast of the village to raise poultry and livestock. Building walls and building houses cost a fortune.

But looking at it today, the house is very well built. According to this, it is used to raise livestock and grow vegetables. At least the family can eat and drink well, and can sell money to supplement it.

Therefore, when he came here today, he went straight to the southeast of Qingxi Village. Naturally, such a big house was easy to find, and he saw it at a glance.

Looking at the hens in the coop for food, Luo Biao patted the fence, and said with a smile, "No wonder Second Brother Shen said that the family's eggs and duck eggs can also be provided for the building. It's really good to raise so many."

Not to others, but to the Shen family, he didn't hide it. Since Shen Xuanqing was not around, he told Shen Yaoqing about it.

He has already negotiated with the building, and he will buy rabbits from here in the future. They will be fat and thin according to the season, and the price will definitely change in autumn and summer. For example, fat rabbits in late autumn cost 45 yuan a piece. Take ten of them back from the building.

This price surprised Shen Yaoqing. Before going up the mountain, Shen Xuanqing told him that as long as the rabbit is fat these days, as long as it is not less than [-] Wen, it is fine. He never wanted Luo Biao to raise the price quite high.