The Sweet Little Fulang

The funeral of the Wu family was done in a quiet and quiet manner, and there was no suona to blow drums. Fortunately, there were relatives who came to mourn and express their condolences, so they were not too lonely. Because the banquet was not big, several elderly women from Wei Lanxiang helped People boil water, but they are not so busy.

Lu Gu didn't go out much these days, just stayed at home, Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing rested in the mansion at night, Shen Yan came to sleep with him and the child last night.

After the three-day moratorium, the men in the village had a vegetarian feast at noon, and hurriedly lifted the thin coffin up to the south slope for burial.

Because their family is the last one, the front door is the only way to go up the mountain, and they can hear the movement outside, as long as people in sackcloth and filial piety don't enter the door, it's nothing to pass by the door.

Lu Gu coaxed Brother Ling to sleep after eating the milk fruit. He heard the movement of the coffin being carried outside, but he didn't pay much attention. He patted the child and continued to coax him until Brother Ling fell asleep. He put him on the bed and covered him. Good quilt, just took out Shen Xuanqing's red belt from the box and put it on the bedside, and will change it when I come back later.

Wei Lanxiang was helping the Wu family. She didn't go to the cemetery, but she also slept in the mansion for the past two nights. After all, there are two children in the family. He brought in the firewood and lit the brazier by the fire under the tandoor.

"Yanyan, take out your mother's red belt." He turned on the brazier and shouted into the room.

"Hey, I got it." Shen Yan agreed, changed into clean clothes and took them out. Seeing Lu Gu crouching over the fire, he asked, "Brother Guzi, do you have any clothes to wash?"

The weather is cold and the water is cold, and most of their clothes are washed by boiling hot water. It is not worthwhile to wash only one person's clothes, as most of them are washed together.

Lu Gu fixed the brazier, stood up and said, "I don't have any, only Lingjun's diapers and trousers need to be washed. When Big Brother and Erqing come back, they have been digging graves and digging soil for the past few days, and they are dirty even if they think about it. wash."

"Okay, then wait for the two of them to come back." After Shen Yan finished speaking, she called into Ji Qiuyue's room: "Sister-in-law, what about you, do you have anything to wash?"

Ji Qiuyue was patting the disobedient Zhao'er to sleep, when she heard the words, she replied, "I have two here, which are stained with this brat's urine, and I'm planning to wash them today."

"Well, there are so many clothes, let's wash them together later." Shen Yan said, then went outside to get the wooden tub from the eaves, and put her clothes and Brother Xiao Ling's diapers into the room.

Not long after, Wei Lanxiang came back, and Guaizi went out to play, but she didn't hear the barking, and she stood in front of the courtyard and called for the brazier before she entered.

Lu Gu went over with the brazier, and when she stepped over, Shen Yan handed her the red belt to put on again, so that she felt at ease.

"Okay, it's one thing, tell me to rest too." Wei Lanxiang sat on the chair in the main room and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although I haven't been tired these few days, I heard a lot of crying at the funeral, and the Wu family is poor. The poor can't even afford oil, and they are struggling. They even found a small bag of wheat grains from under the broken bed of Wu's grandmother. The wheat grains were stained with mud, and it looked like she had picked them up from the ground one by one before she was alive. She was reluctant to eat them even in the bitter cold of winter and hid them.

I also heard from the Wu family that before she died, she patted the bed board with her hands, pursed her mouth and said nothing, and after digging it out, she guessed that it was a ration she left for her children and grandchildren in the family. feel good.

Lu Gu put the stack of bowls back into the kitchen, and seeing Wei Lanxiang sigh, he took out a bag of sweet-scented osmanthus crisps for her to eat.

The Wu family was too poor, and Wei Lanxiang couldn't bear to eat at his house at all. She was indeed a little hungry at the moment, and said while eating, "Guzi, are there any leftovers at noon?"

Lu Gu quickly said: "No, mother, I thought there was a banquet over there today, so I didn't stay, I'll do it right away."

"Well, I said I wanted to eat, but seeing how poor the Wu family is, we have food and drink for ourselves, so we can save them a life-saving meal." Wei Lanxiang sighed, and said, "Give me some steamed buns to fry. Just a bowl of cabbage."

"Understood mother." Lu Gu agreed, rolled up his sleeves and walked to the kitchen, Shen Yan followed behind to help him.

Since there wasn't much to eat at the Wu's Vegetarian Banquet, they reheated a few more steamed buns and stir-fried a lot of cabbage, and filled a bowl for Wei Lanxiang, and there was one bowl left. See Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing come back to eat later do not eat.

Zhao'er didn't want to sleep today, twisted his body and moaned, Ji Qiuyue couldn't coax him, so he had to carry him out again, and play with Wei Lanxiang who was resting in the main room.

Wei Lanxiang hugged her eldest grandson, sighed and told Ji Qiuyue about the sack of wheat grains. It's really pitiful for people to be poor.

Speaking of last year's winter, it was freezing cold, she went to the field by the river to dig grass roots for rabbits, and met the Wu family grandma who was also digging grass roots. Unlike their family, the grass roots dug by the Wu family grandma were eaten by herself , There are no wild vegetables in winter. Although the Wu family has dried wild vegetables in the sun, they can eat frugally. The grandmother of the Wu family will dig out every time the sun is good. She eats some grass roots, and the rest of the family can eat more dried wild vegetables.

Seeing how pitiful the grandmother of the Wu family was, Wei Lanxiang told her to wait by the river without making any noise. She scooped up a few bowls of rice in a small linen bag at home and asked the grandmother of the Wu family to stuff it into the broken bamboo basket. Take it back secretly, so as not to be seen by others in the village and make some gossip.

The life of their family is getting better these days. The people in the village usually get along on the surface, and they are all kind, but there are some jealous people who have nothing to do behind their backs. It is better to be cautious and low-key. Even Wei Lanxiang didn't tell the family. People, only she knows that before the Chinese New Year, she secretly helped the Wu family's grandma twice.

But giving money is not a lifetime job, she has done her part anyway, and she just needs to have a clear conscience.

The Wu family is struggling, so it is okay to make ends meet, but it is absolutely impossible to get medicine for illness. Where can I get the money to treat the old woman?

Wei Lanxiang sighed and sighed, Ji Qiuyue poured tea for her at the side, and comforted her a few words, Zhao'er couldn't understand what the adults were saying, drooling and stretched out her arms to pick the sweet-scented osmanthus cakes on the table next to her, half her body was small They all leaned out, fearing that he would fall on his back, Wei Lanxiang quickly hugged her eldest grandson, she hadn't hugged her eldest grandson in the past few days, so she smiled and took out a handkerchief from her arms to wipe Zhao'er's saliva.

While talking with Ji Qiuyue, while waiting for Lu Gu and Shen Yan to cook, she unknowingly thought about saving a coffin book for herself.

People often say that young men save money for their wives, to marry a wife and husband, and after death is equally important. No matter how old a person is, he needs to save some coffin books, make good wood and some funeral things, so as not to die Nothing, only a thin coffin or a straw mat in the end of life.

Her two sons are filial, and they give her money every year. Now the money in her hand can afford good birthday materials for the country people. When it comes to good wood, there is something to do.

But right now she is holding her elder grandson, and there is a younger grandson sleeping in the room, which is not enough for Wei Lanxiang. Although she does not shy away from buying birthday materials, she wants to live a few more years, and besides, her body He was also tough, and it was still early to leave the funeral, so he didn't say these words in his heart.

Just fry a cabbage, and it will be ready soon. Lu Gu filled the vegetables and asked her to eat first. Not long after seeing someone passing by with a shovel in front of the door, he knew that Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing should come back, and put the brazier in the courtyard Po Wang, took a look at the gate of the courtyard, and really saw it.

When a man eats outside, he will not pick up the dishes on the table all the time if he is particular about it, Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing are really not full, so Lu Gu brings the vegetables and steamed buns to them both.

After finishing the work in the village and not interfering with it any more, Shen Xuanqing got up early the next day in a mule cart, and went to Jixing Town with Shen Yaoqing. Many family members wanted to discuss it. Lu Guyin wanted to look after the child. He didn't understand the doorway there, so he didn't follow.

"Brother Guzi, if you really open a shop over there, I'll go and have a look." Shen Yan was very pleasantly surprised by the fact that her family wanted to buy a shop. The town is farther away. I heard that after arriving at Jixing Town, walking more than a dozen miles will be Yuqingfu City, which she has never been to.

Lu Gu was playing with Xiao Lingjun in his arms, and their little Shuang'er was really pretty when she smiled, and couldn't help kissing her soft cheeks, and said with a smile: "It's natural, but we won't know until Er Qing comes back." .”

That being said, he was busy taking care of his children with a calm face, but he was a little nervous with anticipation in his heart, not knowing whether he would buy it or not.

On the road, Shen Yaoqing was driving today, and Shen Xuanqing was sitting on the other side. As soon as his brothers arrived in Jixing Town, they went straight to Lao Yangtou's house. Buying a shop was a big deal, and Lao Yang led them to the grocery store on the way. By the way, he called Yang Xian at the tavern.

The four of them walked together, and Yang Xian said, "I've inquired about this shop. It's not big, and it can only accommodate one counter, three shelves, one table and four benches. I also know the shopkeeper. 60 taels, I thought, if I really like it, I can get it for 50 taels."

He glanced at the shops facing the street, and said: "Like the few here, the location is good, and they are a little bigger than his one. The house deed and land deed are only 80 taels, and the extra is only 91 hundred taels. The location of his place is not bad." Not bad, but the pavement is not very spacious, so it’s worth 60 taels.”

Shen Xuanqing had never bought a shop before, but he had inquired with Luo Biao before, and it was indeed what Yang Xian said, except for the spacious area with taverns and restaurants, or even bigger inns, a shop with a good location would be worth more. Several hundred taels of silver.

The big ones are shops, and the small ones are called shops. Generally, shops can’t be sold at a high price, but even five or sixty taels is a lot of money. For a small business shop, it’s fine if it can pay back its capital in a year. Very good, if the business is close, it will take more time.

Jixing Town is half the size of Fenggu Town. After all, it is closer to Fucheng. There have been no war disasters in the past ten years. Three or four, more and more prosperous.

Shen Xuanqing walked and watched all the way. After two streets, he came to Xixing Street. The shop at the end of the street was just a grocery store for sale. It had been emptied, let alone tables, chairs and benches. No rags were left, it was empty, which made people surprised and secretly amused, the person who came to collect debts was really powerful, the so-called empty words were not a lie.

This is a shop facing the street, half the door is open, and you can see everything when you stand on the street before you come in. After all, there is nothing. And the windows were unloaded and stolen.