The Sweet Little Fulang

As soon as the sun came out in the early morning, there were many people on the street. The water seller was pushing a wheelbarrow, and the wheel creaked and creaked on the bluestone board. Set up a stall, you can smell a lot of food aroma.

After the Chinese New Year, the Spring Festival couplets pasted in front of every household are still very new. Passing by umbrella shops and lantern shops along the street, umbrella makers and lantern makers are hanging up things, and the umbrellas and lanterns are shaking when the wind blows.

The mule walked on the street with four hooves, Shen Xuanqing sat in front of the cart pulled by it, and drove the cart all the way to the alley next to the brothel.

Early in the morning, other shops and stores were open, and the clerks and bosses were busy, only the people in the brothel got up late.

He knocked on the small door, and someone came to open it soon after he registered his name. They worked together to unload the rabbit cage on the cart. After moving in, Shen Xuanqing took away the empty rabbit cage from last time. Today, he didn't meet Luo Biao. , He didn't ask the little chef to shout, each of them has their own things to do, and it's the same when we come back next time.

The six rabbits cost 270 renminbi. After he put away the money, he said goodbye to the little chef, and then drove the mule cart back and left.

From another month to mid-February, the litter of 56 rabbits will be ready to be sold for half a year. Now some green grass has sprouted, and in a few days, they can go digging in the wild fields on the mountain and remove the rabbits. After a litter is fed, it will definitely grow fatter than it is now.

In addition to the brothel, there is also the tavern of Brother Yang Xian in Jixing Town that will be delivered every few days, because it is his own person, and there is such a big face as Lao Yangtou and his wife. It was sold there for 35 cents each, which was a little cheaper than the market price outside, but it was also reasonable. If you buy more, it will be cheaper. He has to send ten of them each time. After all, the tavern is not a gold-selling cave like a brothel Well, if Yang Xian didn't need the fur, he could still sell the rabbit skin.

Rabbits really grow so much and fast, they can't keep them all the time, no matter how high or low they are, as long as they sell it, they will get money, and they themselves will not lose money. This year's winter will bring in more money than in previous years. Sometimes he even fights with Shen Yaoqing. A cart of firewood came to the town to sell, and a penny of copper coins was saved as money, which was enough for daily expenses.

There were so many people in the town that it was difficult to drive the mule to run. Shen Xuanqing didn't wave the whip very much. At the door of the silver shop, he pulled the rein to stop the mule, got off the cart and shouted inside: "Man, help take out the things .”

He came alone, in case the mule got frightened and ran away in the street, it would be hard to chase him.

The clerk who was cleaning the silverware inside heard the movement, and when he saw him, he took a bracelet wrapped in red cloth from the cabinet and ran out.

The clerk held the red cloth open with his palm, and said with a smile on his face, "You pass."

Shen Xuanqing picked up the silver bracelet and examined it carefully. This bracelet was thicker than the one he bought for Lu Gu before. When the sun shone silver, it shone brightly. There were patterns of ears of grain carved on it. This pattern was drawn by his master before. , the original model was engraved on it.

"It's this." He was very satisfied, wrapped the bracelet in red cloth and stuffed it into his bosom, then he opened his purse and gave the money to the shopkeeper, because the shopkeeper didn't come out from it, and when he gave the money, he said: "The money will be paid in this way." It's all over."

"It's all ready, the shopkeeper has ordered you to pay the deposit, and you only need to pay the rest." The clerk took the money with a smile on his face, said a few words and walked slowly, and then went back to talk to the shopkeeper. pay an account.

In the yard, Lu Gu had nothing to do and was basking in the sun doing embroidery work. He added some firewood to the clay stove under the eaves, and stewed several bone sticks in the big clay pot on it. The dogs at home, big or small, were surrounded by mud. Turning around the stove, the boy was still barking, and the puppy followed him and learned to bark like that.

The meat and bones are stewed by Lu Gu himself, and there are few vegetables that can be eaten in winter, just cabbage, radish and winter bamboo shoots. He likes to eat meat recently, and Shen Xuanqing often buys it, either when he goes to the town or to Meng Dayue.

He also felt greedy when he smelled the smell of meat, and he thought that there would be a lot of stewed meat bones, and when Shen Xuanqing came back to eat together, his mother and elder brother could pick up a few bones and eat them when they came, which was very cheap.

Both the clay stove and clay pot are quite hot, even though two long pieces of the bone are sticking out, Lu Gu taught the gluttonous boy a lesson before, he spanked his butt a few times, and Da Hui was watching, and the others The dogs didn't dare to pick up the bones and eat them. The two puppies were a little shorter, not as tall as the clay pots, let alone worry about it.

Guaizi was really greedy, sobbing and whimpering sounded like he was about to cry, Lu Gu bit off the embroidery thread and looked up at it, Guaizi came over to rub his calf with a whimper, wagging his tail trying to please him.

"Why are you so greedy, wait a minute, cook for a while, Erqing will come back and give you bones." Lu Gu couldn't do anything with it, rubbed his head and whispered a few words of comfort.

Seeing that Lu Gu didn't move, the boy whimpered a few times, and put the dog's head on Lu Gu's lap, acting like a coquettish kid.

"Oh, oh, you go down, my legs are covered with your hair." Lu Gu wanted to push the dog's head down, the trousers were not easy to wash, but the boy didn't want to, so one person and one dog started to push and refuse.

It wasn't until the big grays yelled at the door and ran out that Guai Zai reluctantly walked away. It didn't go to meet Shen Xuanqing, and stood by the clay stove with straight eyes, staring at the meat and bones, It was only after Shen Xuanqing entered the door that it wagged its tail twice perfunctorily.

Having raised so many dogs, Shen Xuanqing thought that he was not bad for dogs. He never thought that Guaizi was so worthless. Because of his fleshy bones, he could even forget his "father", so he bent down and patted Guaizi's ass with a smile.

The mule stood in the yard, and it moved its hooves a few times because the dogs surrounded it. After Shen Xuanqing moved the newly bought large iron pot from the cart, he untied the rope on his body, and said: "The butcher in Zhao I bought three catties of meat there, and I see that you like to eat bones and sticks recently, so I bought more, and stewed it if you want to eat, and there is enough firewood at home."

Lu Gu looked at the big iron pot on the ground, and the meat and bones inside, and couldn't help laughing.Several dogs also gathered around to look at the iron pot, so he took out the meat and bones inside, put it in the cage drawer in the main room and covered it.

Shen Xuanqing led the mule to the backyard, worried and said: "Don't move the pot and cart, I'll move them later."

"Okay." Lu Gu agreed with a smile, and carried the wooden basin to the water tank to scoop up water.

When Shen Xuanqing tied up his mule and came over to wash his hands, he had already tasted the bones in front of the clay oven, took a bite out of a small root, and the flesh was separated from the bone without much trouble, and he almost sprinkled some salt.

"You also bring a bowl." Lu Gu turned his head and said with a smile, he pinched the small bone in his hand and gnawed a few bites of the meat.

With this movement, all the dogs in the house barked.

Shen Xuanqing picked up the bowl on the table, he didn't use the bowl to put the bones, but he was afraid that the meat on the bones would be too rotten and fall off. Seeing that Lu Gu couldn't wait to stand in front of the clay stove and gnaw the bones, he smiled and brought the chair over to let him sit down, and then Bring the salt bowl, dip some salt to taste more delicious.

He lifted the big clay pot and put it on the ground, and put the other clay pot with water on it to burn in the tandoor. After a while, the water would be hot no matter whether he washed his hands or drank it.

Before noon, the two of them gnawed four or five meaty bone sticks here, and even the two puppies each got a small bone, lay down on the ground, hugged and gnawed.

Basking in the sun and gnawing bones really satisfies Lu Gu. His appetite has been increasing recently. If he didn't want to save a few bones for the rest of the family, he would have finished eating with Shen Xuanqing.

Wash off the greasy hands with wild bath beads, while Lu Gu was wiping his hands, Shen Xuanqing took out a piece of red cloth from his bosom, smiled and opened it in the palm of his hand.

The silver bracelet is bright and silver, so you can tell it's a new one at a glance.

"I'll change it for you." Shen Xuanqing was very happy. She was too busy before and during the Chinese New Year, so she didn't bother to buy a piece of jewelry for Lu Gu, and the silversmiths were also resting during the New Year's Eve, so they only made up for it today.

Lu Gu was wearing last year's one on his left wrist, and he hadn't taken it off since he put it on, and it was still new for only a year, so Shen Xuanqing bought him another one.

He wanted to say too much. It can be seen that Shen Xuanqing was so happy that he didn't say anything, the corners of his brows, eyes and lips were curled up, and he reached out to take the bracelet. When he saw that it was engraved with grain ears, he was full of joy. I couldn't put it down because of the silver bracelet. Shen Xuanqing bought him a silver hairpin with ears of grain in the past, and he was very happy after touching it.

After taking off the old bracelet, he put the new bracelet on his wrist, felt it around, raised his head and said with a smile, "It looks good."

Shen Xuanqing became more and more happy, wrapped the old bracelet he took off with red cloth, handed it over and said: "It's fine, put this one away, and wear it differently, the sun is not so bright after a long time, I'll take it to the town Give it a wipe."

"Yes." Lu Gu took the red cloth, agreed and walked into the room.

The mule ran back and forth, and it was time to feed some fodder after resting for a while, so Shen Xuanqing went to the backyard to do some work.

As soon as Lu Gu stuffed the red cloth into the bottom of the box, he heard a dog barking outside, it was Wei Lanxiang and the others who entered the door.

Get up early and have already fed the poultry. Today is a good day. Wei Lanxiang, Shen Yan and Shen Yaoqing carried a shovel and took a small hoe to the river to dig dragons. The chickens and ducks didn’t eat much bugs all winter. These are in the basket The writhing earth dragon fills them up.

The three of them came back with mud on their bodies, Lu Gu hurried out to scoop up water to wash their hands, seeing that the bones were all stewed, Shen Yan washed them very neatly, picked a bone stick and ate it without drying his hands.

"Sprinkle some salt." Lu Gu handed her the salt bowl.

Gnawing the bones with your hands is the most satisfying. Shen Yan's mouth is full of oil, and he didn't forget to giggle. Wei Lanxiang and Shen Yaoqing came over to eat after washing their hands, with smiles on their faces, so they can eat as they please Meat has had a really good day.

Lu Gu added water to the clay pot for boiling water, and said with a smile, "Erqing bought another three catties of meat and some bones when he came back. I want to have some more tomorrow."

"Did the second one buy the pot?" Wei Lanxiang saw the big iron pot on the table as soon as she entered the door, walked over there while eating, and touched the iron pot with the other hand.

"That's not true." Lu Gu put down the gourd ladle and said, "In the future, you can also cook here. You don't have to go home when you are plowing in spring and harvesting in autumn. You can rest here after eating."

Hearing this, Wei Lanxiang nodded straightly, isn't it? The busy farming is really tiring, sometimes it's hot and tiring, and I don't want to take an extra step.It’s also good to have a pot and stove, and you can eat on both sides.

After feeding the mules, Shen Xuanqing walked into the main room, saw the ground dragon writhing with the mud in the basket, smiled and said: "So many."

"I dug several ditches, and even my shoes got wet in them. I wanted to come back, but it would be troublesome to wash my shoes, so I might as well dig more." Wei Lanxiang walked towards the front yard, and didn't think there was anything wrong just now. , Now that I say it, I feel cold on my feet, I'd better put it in the sun for a while, and then go back and change my shoes after eating.

Shen Xuanqing picked up the heavy basket and walked to the backyard, chopped it casually and threw it to the chickens and ducks to eat. Although it was mixed with wet mud, the weight of such a large basket was not light, enough to feed for two days.

For these chickens and ducks, Wei Lanxiang is very caring. After feeding them, they will not lay soft eggs. After the spring of this year, she wants to hatch more chickens and ducklings. Batch, can continue to sell later.

She gnawed a bone and threw it to the dog. Lu Gu saw it and handed it another bone.

Wei Lanxiang smiled all over her face. After catching it, she suddenly saw that the silver bracelet on Lu Gu's wrist was brighter than before, and subconsciously said, "Oh, is this a new bracelet?"

Lu Gu was a little embarrassed, but still nodded and said, "Well, Er Qing just came back and said he bought it in the town."

Wei Lanxiang has the money from Shen Xuanqing in her hand, and she seldom cares about how Shen Xuanqing spends it. It's not fun, she heard this and said with a smile: "If you buy it for you, you will wear it. It's different now. If the second boy doesn't give it to you If you buy it, it’s not justified.”

"Yeah." Lu Gu responded with a smile. Since the diagnosis of the happy pulse, everyone in the family told him to take care of it with peace of mind, so he settled down. The family has no worries about food and drink. Shen Xuanqing also bought him jewelry, and his heart was naturally sweet. Noisy, very little trouble.