The Sweet Little Fulang

The cold wind is howling, the sky is gloomy, and it gets dark earlier in winter in Japan. To save lamp oil, farmers eat dinner earlier than before.

Shen Yan went to wash the dishes today, Lu Gu entered Ji Qiuyue's room and held Zhao'er for a while, Ji Qiuyue had enough milk and fed the child well, and she became a little heavy in her arms.

He was hugging her, but he never thought that Zhao'er's chubby face would suddenly change. Soon, the swaddle became hot and humid, and his hands and sleeves were also wet. He hurriedly said, "I pissed."

Winter is not as convenient as summer. Dolls can’t be frozen, so they naturally have to wear thicker clothes. It’s not so convenient for Lazar, who always changes clothes. Fortunately, they provide enough small clothes so that the children don’t have to wear them.

"Let me come." Ji Qiuyue has long been used to Zhao'er urinating or defecating in her arms. After taking the child, she glanced outside the door and said, "It's not early today, the wind is so strong, you and the second brother are still Go there early, it will be dark later."

"En." Lu Gu nodded, wiped his hands and sleeves with a handkerchief, then picked up the sleeves placed by the bed and put them on his hands. Just now he was thinking that it was time to pass, it was very windy today, The weather is not good, it is estimated that it will snow at night.

Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing sat in the main room weaving rabbit cages. Whether it was the old house or the new house, there were long bamboo strips cut everywhere. The more rabbits were raised in the house, the more rabbit nests were not enough, and the cages had to be used, and the bamboo was cut down the mountain. Money, there's no harm in making up a few more.

Wei Lanxiang is weaving bamboo baskets, and their family has a lot of fields, so they have to use bamboo baskets for transplanting and harvesting. They will hire people if they are too busy, but they don't have to prepare more bamboo baskets.

"It's getting late, why don't you go over?" Lu Gu came out and asked, the window in Ji Qiuyue's room was closed, and he looked at the sky outside the door of the main room, it was already dark.

"Go quickly." Wei Lanxiang raised her head and said, the wind is so strong, although it is not far from the new house, it gets colder as it gets later.

"Got it, mother." Shen Xuanqing put down the half-woven rabbit cage, clapped his hands and got up, and left with Lu Gu.

As soon as the two of them left the hospital, there was a howling cold wind. Lu Gu felt that his face was a little painful. Fortunately, both of them had badger fur collars around their necks, so the wind couldn't get in, otherwise they would still be shivering from the cold. .

Because it was hard to speak on the windy road, a lot of cold wind was swallowed by opening their mouths. The two of them did not speak much, and hurried to the new house. As soon as they opened the courtyard door, a few sporadic snowflakes fell.

When the door was opened, the family's six dogs, big and small, surrounded them, wagging their tails and approaching them, making them both a little unable to walk.

Before going back to eat, Lu Gu had already fed the dogs. A few days ago, Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing went up the mountain to kill a few fat badgers. Including him, they didn't like to eat badger meat very much. It happened that there were many dogs at home, and there was less hunting in winter. I don’t have much meat for the dogs, so I’ve been mixing badger meat and steamed buns with mixed noodles these days to give them some meat, and they can also grow fat, fat and strong to survive the cold winter, right?

There were still red embers in the brazier, and the two of them took light and dry grass fluff to blow on it. In such a cold day, if they couldn't take a bath, they could at least soak their feet and pour soup, so that they could rest at night.

"I forgot to put away my shoes." Lu Gu just scooped two ladles of water into the clay pot, remembering the shoes he forgot to put away in the afternoon, the sun was still there during the day, but it didn't change until after the afternoon, he and Shen Xuanqing were in a hurry to go home for dinner, Just forget about it.

"I'll collect it." Shen Xuanqing hugged the bundle of firewood and threw it on the ground, then went to the corner of the front yard and brought back two pairs of cotton shoes.

"Still wet." He leaned his shoes against the aisle wall, wagging his tail and sniffing as soon as the two puppies were put down.

Clothes are not easy to dry in the cold weather, so Lu Gu added enough water to the clay pot, put the lid on it and said, "The sun will come out in two days before drying."

"En." Shen Xuanqing nodded in response.

Because he usually wasted on shoes, Lu Gu said: "You still have some shoes, not bad for that pair, didn't mother make you a new pair two days ago, enough to wear."

"I know." Shen Xuanqing smiled. He usually doesn't care much about clothes and shoes. Since he said this, he asked: "What about you, do you want to make two new clothes and shoes? I remember that the cloth I bought before seems to be still Not used up?"

Lu Gu sat in front of the clay stove to bake his hands and some traces of being wet by his child's urine. It happened that he had worn the clothes for several days, and he took them off at night and waited for the weather to be sunny before washing them. Hearing this, his eyes were slightly bent, and he said, "Yes. I haven’t run out, but I have enough shoes and clothes, and I don’t need to make new winter clothes from last year.”

The clothes made last year were only worn for one winter, and they are no different from new ones to country people, especially for Lu Gu. He already has four pairs of cotton shoes that he can change and wear, and he has several clothes inside and out. How can I make new ones, and I can't even wear them.

That being the case, Shen Xuanqing didn't say much, as long as he was well dressed, he also pulled a small stool and sat down, warming the fire while waiting for the water to boil.

The fire was warm, the pup squeezed between their legs to warm up in front of the clay stove, and the boy was whining and barking. Recently, he has been so narrow-minded, Lu Gu and Shen Xuanqing ignored him, otherwise he was too used to it caught.

Guaizi has always been smart, seeing that no one cares about him, he doesn't want to bark to fight for favor. A dog went to play with the bamboo cuju ball in the hall. It was newly made by Shen Yaoqing. The previous cuju ball was too old, so it was not It is big and strong, and has been bitten by several dogs. Last time they and Shen Yan broke it by kicking and playing in the backyard.

The cuju ball rolls to the side of Lu Gu, he picks it up and throws it away, Guaizai, Dabai and the two puppies all run to chase after it, because Dabai is so close, it bites on the cuju ball first The colored rope on the other side was picked up, and Guaizi was not happy, so he bit the colored rope on the other side to fight for it.

The wind was getting stronger outside, and it sounded like something was crying and howling. Before it was completely dark, Shen Xuanqing got up and said, "I'll go to the back and have a look."

"Yeah." Lu Gu added two more sticks of firewood to the clay stove, and made the fire more intense so that he could wash his feet and go to bed as soon as possible to avoid cold legs and feet.

The snowflakes were blown wildly by the cold wind. It must be very cold tonight. Shen Xuanqing added straw to the poultry nests to keep them warm so as not to freeze.

When he returned to the main room, Lu Gu had already lit the oil lamp, and the dim candlelight reflected a little light. As he opened the door and poured in the cold wind, the flame flickered, and Lu Gu quickly reached out to block it.

After washing up, the two of them closed the doors and windows together, and then brought the candlesticks into the house.Mrs. Tang in the quilt has been put away, and once she gets in, it is warm, even if there is no place to cover the heat, it will not look unbearably cold.

After lying down, Lu Gu pulled up the quilt and covered his mouth and nose. At night, it was so cold that he couldn't even breathe in, so he was warmer.

Shen Xuanqing, who was sleeping outside, blew out the candle, and the quilt on the bed stirred, and he got in. After finding a suitable posture, he groped for his husband's hand under the quilt, and played with it for a while.

Lying on the same bed is really close together, people can't help getting closer, Lu Gu's smiling eyebrows are hidden by the darkness, he actually likes Shen Xuanqing's gentle kisses on him.However, tenderness soon turned into another kind of assault, covered by night, and nothing could be seen.

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The days passed quickly, and it was the twelfth lunar month in the blink of an eye. There were more kinds of work at home than last year, but correspondingly, the money earned was also more. A litter of rabbits grew up and went to the brothel and Yang Xian's tavern in Jixing Town Sometimes Shen Xuanqing went to the mountains to hunt in winter, or drove a mule cart to the town to sell rabbits along the street.

Brothels are different from taverns and restaurants. Only customers who go to drink flower wine will eat in them. Ordinary people will not go in. They sell rabbits on the street, but it does not affect the business in the buildings, because there are not many scruples.

Lu Gu also makes some handkerchiefs and nets from time to time. Sometimes the embroidery workshop receives more, sometimes less, but it doesn't matter. For him, he can earn a few copper coins. Sometimes he will sit on a mule with Shen Xuanqing When I drove to the town, I chatted along the street and sold some. Now that I have raised mules, the journey is not as laborious as before.

As soon as the twelfth lunar month enters, the Five Bean Festival and the Laba Festival are over, half a month is gone, and the days are counted, and the New Year is very close, and the winter slack is all right, and the people in the village are more or less starting to prepare.

Waking up early, Wei Lanxiang took a basket of peanuts to Sanfang's house for a visit, and when she came back, the contents of the basket turned into red dates. Their family planted three acres of peanuts, and if they wanted to make some date cakes, they couldn't go there empty-handed.

After eating, Lu Gu didn't go back to the new house, he took out the date pits one by one in the kitchen, cooked them in a pan later, smashed them to make date cakes.He said yesterday that he wanted to make jujube cake, so he naturally had to do some work today.

"It smells really good." Shen Yan walked in and said while rolling up her sleeves. She picked up a date and ate it. The red date was fragrant, sweet and soft, very good.

She worked with Lu Gu, and opened her almond eyes and said, "Brother Guzi, didn't you hear that you weren't here this morning? Brother Daqing said, in the spring of next year, I will go to my third uncle's house to dig two jujube tree seedlings and plant them. Over there in the house, after two or three years, we won't have to ask Uncle Third for anything, we'll have something to eat ourselves."

Lu Gu laughed as soon as he heard it, and his eyes became brighter: "That's good, the yard over there is big, plant two trees and water them well."

"That's not it." Shen Yan nodded her head in response, and she was also very happy that there were more and more things in the house, so she wouldn't have to go hungry in the future, would she?

Because the red dates were soft and sweet, the two of them ate them while digging out the date stones, keeping their hands and mouths busy. When talking about what to plant at home, both of them were very happy.

After digging out the date pits, Shen Yan wiped the fire, and Lu Gu added water to the pot. After the dates were in the pot, Shen Yan sat in front of the stove and added firewood. He had nothing to do, so he took a steamed bun from the drawer and ate it.This is a steamed bun left over from lunch. It is cold, but softer than other steamed buns.

"Aren't you full?" Shen Yan asked curiously when she saw him eating again, it wasn't long before lunch.

Lu Gu's cheeks were puffed out and he couldn't speak, but his brows and eyes were crooked and smiling, and he swallowed and said, "I'm full, but I want to eat again as soon as I move. Maybe it's because it's been cold recently, and I always want to eat more. Otherwise, I always feel unreal in my stomach.”

Shen Yan nodded. When it's cold, people just want to eat more. She does the same thing sometimes. She only feels warm when she's full.

As the twelfth lunar month goes on, it is time to put shopping on the agenda, and there are also more people going to the market in the village. This is Lu Gu's second New Year in Shen's house, so he is naturally happy, but his appetite has increased recently. Sometimes what he ate was not much different from Shen Xuanqing's, and he even wanted to eat meat when he saw Tian'er.

No one in the family thought about anything else, including Lu Gu himself. He only said that he was greedy, and he was a little embarrassed. Fortunately, there were many chickens, ducks and rabbits at home, so it didn't matter if they killed a few. Shen Xuanqing even went to Meng Dayue in the neighboring village. I bought ten catties of pork and some bone sticks, and let him eat them.

Because of the cold weather, no one said it was boring to eat meat at home. Lu Gu even learned to be smart about eating meat. He went back to his hometown early every day to cook by himself, otherwise sometimes Wei Lanxiang would only cook vegetarian dishes.

Seeing that there were still ten days before the Chinese New Year, taking advantage of the good weather, Lu Gu tore down the mattress and asked Shen Xuanqing to wring it out with him in the yard after washing.The water splashed to the ground, and the cute boy who was wandering around their feet suddenly ran away in shock, and both of them laughed.

Shen Xuanqing was here to feed the poultry and clean up. Lu Gu cleaned up and went back to the old house to cook. Seeing that he likes to eat meat these days, Wei Lanxiang smacked a lot and was chopping ducks in the kitchen.

"Mother, let me come." Lu Gu rolled up his sleeves and walked in. He never thought that he would smell the fishy smell of duck meat as soon as he passed by. It stands to reason that he was used to the smell, but now for some reason, his stomach suddenly churns. Nausea, I can't suppress it.