The Sweet Little Fulang

Early the next morning, Shen Xuanqing went to Wang Mutou's house. It was unacceptable that the table creaked when chopping meat, so he specially picked a good board from a pile of wood in Wang Mutou's courtyard.

The table needs to be made bigger, two meat chopping blocks are needed, and there are wooden racks for hanging meat, at least four, and he just asked to make six. More is better than less. These things It must be fully prepared, so that after the opening, this will not be short today, and tomorrow will be short of that.

He explained to Wang Mumu in detail that if four of the wooden frames are finished, they will be sent to him, and the remaining two can be made slowly. Wang Mutou has dealt with wood all his life, and this table wooden frame is not a delicate thing. Nodding his head, he promised to reassure him that he will do well.

After paying the deposit, Shen Xuanqing said, "Uncle Mumu, then I'll go first."

"Okay." Wang Mutou stuffed the broken silver into his arms, sent him out, and said: "Gai Minger is ready, I'll ask Boy Cheng to send you home."

"Okay." Shen Xuanqing agreed and left.

The carpenter agreed, and I have to go to the iron shop. It doesn't matter if you sell rabbits, chickens and ducks, but if you slaughter pigs and sheep, you have to get a few big iron hooks for hanging meat. A piece of pork is not light, and the rope is not good. Hanging, together with knives, butcher knives and chopping meat and bones, you have to get three or two new ones anyway.

Shen Xuanqing walked home, thinking in her mind that she would have to spend a lot of money before opening, and earn back slowly after everything was in order.

Before the spring plowing, even the river water still had some icy debris to be seen, the weeds on the bank of the field had not yet sprouted green tips, and it was not yet time to mow the grass and dig wild vegetables, so he arrived at the mansion first.

Before the sun came out in the morning, he, Shen Yaoqing and Wei Lanxiang, Ji Qiuyue had already fed and drank the poultry and swept those that should be swept. Now Shen Yaoqing was shoveling manure in the backyard, and Ji Qiuyue hugged Zhao who had just woken up. My son was basking in the sun in the courtyard, and Wei Lanxiang was carefully tying dried bamboo into a broom.

The brooms are made for the shop, they want to sell butchers and live in them, they have to sweep them, they have a lot of feather dusters, just take one.

Sitting there, Wei Lanxiang raised her head when she heard the movement, and said, "I just let the millet dry the quilts that I want to take. I heard from your elder brother that there is a small yard behind the shop, and the laundry and quilts can be laid out at that time." That's fine, if you really can't let it go, go to your master and wife to dry it."

There are few people who open shops to dry clothes in front of the door, so how to do business by blocking the door.

"Understood mother." Shen Xuanqing agreed, hugged Zhao'er and gently squeezed a small fleshy hand. The chubby little paw was really fun, and he couldn't help showing a smile.

"Mother, the weather will be warmer next month. I guess there should be spring chicks at the fair. This year is different from previous years. Brother Yang doesn't say that there are fewer chickens and ducks. The brothel has to keep supplying them. In the shop They still need to be sold. This year we need to raise more chickens and ducks. Only fifty or sixty are not enough. Each of them will raise a hundred or so. If I’m not at home then, you and your elder brother can go and buy some chickens and ducklings. Our yard is big, so don’t be afraid. I can’t afford it, so I buy too much.”

Wei Lanxiang's subordinates paused, and couldn't help clicking their tongues after hearing what he said. Now they have too many chickens and ducks, and they want to raise more. But she thought about it, and now she has to send them to the brothel at least twice a month. Rabbits and chickens and ducks, the number of rabbits is seven or eight, and there are more than thirteen or four. If there are more chickens and ducks in a month, they will send about ten of them to each other, so don't raise more.

First, in the winter, they kept [-] chickens and ducks for sale, in order to raise them until spring to lay eggs and hatch chicks and ducklings. Last month, they only sent rabbits to the brothel.

"Even if there is too much to eat in the building, it doesn't matter, just keep it in the backyard." After Shen Xuanqing finished speaking, she bumped Zhao'er in her arms, and Zhao'er giggled.

It is no problem to raise chickens and ducks for two or three years. The old chicken soup and the old duck soup want old birds.

Shen Xuanqing held Zhao'er up in the air, made a gesture of throwing it high, and then quickly caught it, making Zhao'er laugh all the time, not afraid at all.

Throwing high, the child does not have enough strength in his hands to dare to do it casually. Zhao'er is older now, and in the mother's womb, he ate better than other children in the village. Now he is fat, not as thin as other milk dolls. You have to be honest to dare to play like this.

After playing for a while, Shen Xuanqing returned the child to Ji Qiuyue, and said: "I will pick ten pairs of big ones among the young rabbits to be breeding rabbits, and I can produce thirty or forty more rabbits every two months. It’s not going to work, let the elder brother look at it and replace it. There is no breeding for three months in winter, and the remaining one hundred or so big ones, keep sixty for the brothel, and give them away in these three months, and the remaining five or six. It's enough to take ten to the shop."

There are still 26 small rabbits, which were born by five female rabbits in the early winter, and it will be exactly half a year in three months. By then, I am not afraid that I will not be able to continue to go to the brothel. For these twenty or so rabbits, I specially raised them in winter. In the firewood room, a brazier was used to hold the fire, for fear of freezing to death.

In addition, rabbits are different from chickens and ducks. Brothel diners still eat less. If you prepare [-] rabbits a month and sometimes you can't finish them, these are enough.

"Brother Yang, if he wants rabbits, give him a few. If there is not enough in the shop, I can just take the dogs up the mountain to hunt them out." Shen Xuanqing said, rolled up his sleeves and went to the backyard to pick out breeding rabbits.

Shen Yaoqing came out of the rabbit shed with a dung basket, saw him and asked, "Are you ready?"

"Well, I'll bring you here when I'm ready." Shen Xuanqing then said: "There are still rabbit nests and cages available, so I'll pick ten more pairs to make breeding rabbits, as many as possible."

"That's true." Shen Yaoqing nodded, he paused and asked: "In this way, the rabbit's nest will have to be built two more rows."

Shen Xuanqing smiled and said: "Exactly, the sun is good these two days, and I am not busy. I will saw the wood after I finish picking the rabbits."

After a brief discussion between the two brothers, the work came. Most of the country people were diligent and did it as soon as they said it, without any ambiguity.

In the middle of the morning, Lu Gu coaxed Brother Xiaoling to sleep, Shen Yan was doing needlework in his hometown, he had nothing to do, seeing that Shen Xuanqing hadn't come back, he wandered around the mansion.

In front of the firewood house, Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing each took a saw to saw the wood, and the saw was squeaked, and the sawdust fell all over the ground. Their house only had one saw. The Chen family borrowed it back, and the two of them worked faster together.

Knowing that they have acquired another ten pairs of breeding rabbits, and that they need to build a rabbit nest, Lu Gu can't help, and the sound of sawing wood is really harsh, so he went to the front and poured a bowl of hot tea for Wei Lanxiang, and hugged Zhao'er to play.

The sun was very strong, and Dahui and the others lay down in the front yard to bask in the sun, and fell asleep while basking in the sun.

Wei Lanxiang used a rope to wrap the broom handle tightly and tightly, and then wrapped a few times with cloth to hold it. There is not so much work involved in making a broom by yourself, as long as it is not sticky to hold, she held it up and looked at it. That's it, put it aside.

Zhao'er was already able to walk forward with the belt around her waist, and now it was Lu Gu who was following the child, holding the end of the belt tightly.

"Take, take." After Zhao'er entered the main room, he walked straight to the table. He had already seen the steamed buns on the table, stretched out his hand to reach his mouth and yelled.

"Why is it so edible." Ji Qiuyue broke off a small piece for him.

Wei Lanxiang had nothing else to do, and seeing her eldest grandson's feet getting harder now, she seemed happy, took the belt from Lu Gu's hand, and let Zhao'er walk around the main room and the yard.

After a few days of busy work at home, I have to go to the shop to cook pots and stoves, and boil hot water when slaughtering poultry and livestock.

The two brothers Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing went as usual. They brought two baskets of straw to mix with the yellow mud. Take it far away.

After the mule cart was harnessed, Lu Gu was also here, helping to put the shovel, broom and feather duster on it.

"Build the stove quickly, and I'll be back at night." Shen Xuanqing said with a smile, not in a hurry to live in the shop before it opened.

"Well, I'll save food for you two." Lu Gu agreed.

Seeing that all the things to be put on the car have been put away, Shen Xuanqing said again: "The third grandma remembers to give the money at the market price, and I am asking to see who else in the village wants to sell it. Accepted, if there is no one, I will go to the neighboring village to inquire about it when I come back."

"I know, don't worry." Lu Gu smiled and nodded.

Jixing Town is thirty miles away. Shen Xuanqing didn't delay too much. After giving instructions, he drove the mule forward with a whip. The road was bumpy, and he was afraid that the things on the cart would fall. Today, Shen Yaoqing sat on the back of the cart. .

After the two of them left, Lu Gu helped sweep the mansion, and went to Sanfang's house with Wei Lanxiang after he was done.

Yesterday afternoon, Zhou Xiangjun took Shen Yu to their house to visit. He mentioned that he wanted to go to the town to sell chickens and ducks. Two old chickens and two old ducks have been raised for three years, and they don’t lay much eggs. Sell them for some money. After a while It is best to buy a few spring chicks to raise.

Shen Xuanqing happened to be at home, and when he heard this, he was asked to keep it. Those hens and ducks in their house can lay eggs, so they don’t move if they can, but if they want to open a butcher shop, they can’t have too few things. Even if it doesn't make any money for a while, the first day it opens, so that there will be more things in the shop, so that there are not only rabbits.

As soon as they entered, Chen Xinlian and Shen Yu were both at home, and they were invited to sit down in the main room, pouring water and offering jujube cakes to eat.

The two families have always had a good relationship, which is far from being comparable to that of Dafang.

After chatting for a while, Lu Gu was thinking about the little brother Ling who was sleeping in his hometown. Now that brother Ling is older, he can recognize his family members. After waking up, Shen Yan can coax him well, but as a mother, he must worry more, so he said: "A Mom, Erqing said let me take the chickens and ducks home today, and it will be convenient to take them to the town later.”

There is no need to run to the town, and there is no need to sell along the street. Zhou Xiangjun would not be unhappy. He smiled and said, "Okay, I will catch it right away."

After he finished speaking, he called Shen Yu to the backyard, Lu Gu and Wei Lanxiang followed, there were four of them.

Zhou Xiangjun and Shen Yu helped to send the chickens and ducks to the big house. These four are from outside. If they were put into the chickens and ducks, they might fight. It would be bad if they were injured. Lu Gu used the old fence to build a small area against the wall. Enough for these four to wander around.

Putting the chickens and ducks in, he took out the prepared copper plates from his pocket and strung them up with ropes, a total of [-] yuan. The old chickens and ducks that don’t lay eggs are currently worth [-] yuan each. Shen Xuanqing is also the same. He said so.

Zhou Xiangjun originally thought about his relatives, and Shen Xuanqing wanted to sell it in a shop, it would be okay if it was cheaper, so he refused because he didn't think there would be a short story.

"Just take it, why are you being polite with his two little ones, I can't cheat you, grandma."

Wei Lanxiang persuaded him a few words, and he accepted it.

Only these four are not enough, according to what Shen Xuanqing said, at least get a few more for appearance, Wei Lanxiang is also concerned about the shop, Lu Gu went back to see the children, she simply called Zhou Xiangjun to come together Neighboring villages asked who would sell chickens and ducks.