The Sweet Little Fulang

After the table and wooden frame were finished, Shen Xuanqing didn't ask Wang Chengzi to send them home. After setting up the mule cart, Shen Yaoqing and Shen Yaoqing went to Wang Mutou's house.

As soon as the two of them entered the door, they saw four wooden frames placed in the courtyard. The legs of the wooden frames were firmly supported on the ground, and they looked solid.

Wang Mumu was planing wood, when he saw them coming, he put down the plane in his hand, and said, "The rest of them will be finished in two days, or should they be put in the yard?"

Shen Xuanqing patted the wooden frame to see if it was stable, and replied: "Those two are troublesome to send home, these four are enough for the time being."

"Okay." Wang Mumu nodded, and after the two of them were satisfied with looking at the things, he helped carry the wooden frame and table to the mule cart.

Wang Chengzi also came out to help, and together with Shen Yaoqing tied up the contents of the cart with a long hemp rope, so that the mule cart could run on the road without fear of falling.

Four wooden racks were piled on top of each other, tied up at least one way, and there was a table and two chopping blocks. Such a large cart was heavy.

Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing sat in front of the cart, one left and one right, the whip was waving in the air, and the mule moved forward.

"I've been running a lot lately, I'll be done in two days, so let it rest for a few days." Shen Yaoqing laughed.

The mule he bought was tall and strong, strong and strong, good at bearing heavy loads and enduring hard work. In the eyes of the country people, such animals were born to pull carts and grind mills.

"That's not it." Shen Xuanqing, who was sitting on the other side, smiled and said, "I'll eat more fine grass later, don't I still have better sweet corn roots at home, chop it up and mix it with grain bran and chafed bean noodles, so it's easy to feed. "

Most of the mules at home are fed with fine fodder, and they have never been treated badly. Naturally, the livestock that work hard for the family like this must be well taken care of, otherwise they will be sick and weak, and they will be fat and strong.

"Naturally." Shen Yaoqing nodded in agreement.

The two of them rushed to Jixing Town at the time when there were many people in the morning, and there were people coming and going on the street in front of the shop, and when curious people passed by, they poked their heads into the shop to see what they were selling.

The two brothers unloaded the car and moved things, and they were busy for a while. Adjacent to the west of the shop was a noodle shop. When they got up early, they sold pancakes sprinkled with sesame seeds.

The owner of the noodle restaurant is an old couple. The restaurant has been around for some time. The old woman and the old man are powerful, and they are still in charge of the house. The son and daughter-in-law come to work in the back kitchen every day, and they hire two waiters to run around and yell.

Recently, Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing often went to Jixing Town, and when they were too busy to eat at Yang's house, they ate a bowl of noodles at Xi Neighbor's house, which was convenient because they were so close.

And the shop next door to the east is a shop opened by a fortune teller, and some words such as divination and divination are written on the guise hanging at the door. Mrs. Zhao said that she went out for a wandering, and she didn't know when she would come back.

The shop has been tidied up, they carried the table and set it up at the door, and moved down four wooden shelves, two on the left and right, leaving an aisle for people in the middle to hang meat on the wooden shelves, like rabbits, chickens and ducks. After slaughter, there is no need to hook with iron hooks, just hang them with twisted hemp ropes.

Shen Xuanqing looked inside and outside, the originally empty shop gradually filled up, he looked at it and smiled: "That's it."

The door at the door is longer than the usual table, blocking most of the way out, but it doesn't matter, people are standing inside to chop meat, just leave an opening where they can walk.

He didn't have a knife in his hand, but he still raised his hand to try it up and down. He didn't say anything, but he affirmed in his heart that it would be like this when chopping meat in the future, and then he put the meat chopping block on the table to try.

Shen Yaoqing moved the wooden frame firmly. When Hu Ping was running a grocery store before, he laid bricks on the floor to make it fairly flat. The wooden frame did not shake after it was put on. He smiled and said, "It's just right."

Shen Xuanqing, who was standing in front of the table, heard it and turned around to look, with the same smile on his face. It was not open today, so he moved the table by the door back and put it next to the wall.

"Brother, just watch here. I'll go to the iron shop, and when I come back, I'll eat a bowl of noodles next door." He said and walked out.

Shen Yaoqing agreed to come down, and saw the mule at the door panting and snorting, so he walked into the second door, went to the haystack in the backyard to hold a bundle of hay, and picked up two wooden barrels on the side of the aisle near the wall, one old and the other new.

In front of the butcher's shop, there is no horse-holding post or manger, but there is a bluestone platform between the thighs and the east neighbor. Squeeze the thread ends and balls in the shop, or choose vegetables and peel beans, whatever you want to use.

He took off the car cover, put the hay on the bluestone slab, greeted Mrs. Zhao from the noodle restaurant on the west side, and went to the street to fetch water with a new wooden bucket.

Just after lunch, there were not many people in the noodle shop. Mrs. Zhao was sitting at the door of the noodle shop pounding dried peppercorns with a green marigold-patterned forehead band on her head, and she agreed.

Just now when Shen Xuanqing walked past her door, she greeted her, telling her that she was still smiling until the corners of her eyes were wrinkled.

Not to mention that young men are fond of color, older women also love to say a few words to handsome and talking young men.

This has nothing to do with other things. Not all people are like this. When they see a good-looking man or woman, most people will pay attention and want to take a look.

One, Shen Xuanqing, is handsome and tall, and the other, Shen Yaoqing, is not bad, and is more joking than Shen Xuanqing. Recently, the two of them have gradually become familiar faces in the neighborhood.

The butcher's shop went west, until there was a square well in the open space at the end of the street. It was a good well built by a rich man named Qian in Jixing Town. It was nearly 20 years ago. After a few years of drought and no rain, the Qingxi River dried up. Various places along the river tried to drill wells to get water.

Like Fenggu Town, Jixing Town is also built on the banks of the Qingxi River, with docks and boats, but Xixing Street is far away from the river, and people nearby have to cross more than half of the town to fetch water from the river, and most of them come to this well beat.

Shen Yaoqing brought back a bucket of water, poured most of it into an old wooden bucket, and put it in front of the mule for drinking. He went in and took a bowl out, and scooped up half of the bowl to quench his thirst.

He pulled the chair in the corner of the shop and sat down to rest, waiting for Shen Xuanqing to come back.

Shen Xuanqing's mattresses and clothes were brought over, the stove in the backyard had been set up to dry, and a straw shed was built on the top of the pot and stove to keep out the wind and rain. purchase.

Now I just wait for the auspicious day of the zodiac to arrive, and then I can start a business.

Before Shen Xuanqing came back, Lao Yangtou and Yan Shi were greeted first.

"Master, mistress, sit down quickly, the second boy has gone to the iron shop." Shen Yaoqing got up quickly, although he didn't ask for a teacher, but he kept shouting after Shen Xuanqing, so he seemed close.

Old Yang looked at the furnishings, raised his hand to press the table, and patted a few wooden frames, and nodded when he saw that they were all stable.

Yan Shi also took a look around, and it was enough to make it clean and tidy. She held a red cloth bundle in her hand, and she didn't even bother to sit down when she came in, and said: "These red paper cutouts should be pasted quickly. In some rooms, more red will add joy, and it will be opened soon."

She was so kind, and besides, she brought all the things, so Shen Yaoqing naturally wouldn't shirk it, and said with a smile: "When I came, my mother was still saying that we should buy some stickers. Erqing and I are thinking about not being in a hurry."

Yan opened the bag, and there was still half a bowl of paste in it. She took out the bowl and put it on the table for chopping meat, and said, "You young people are like this, don't worry about anything, and you will open for business in two days, so don't wait too long. Get it right, otherwise, it’s time to panic.”

She took out the things inside, and because Shen Yaoqing was tall, she ordered this one to be pasted here and that one to be pasted there, and the old and the young got up and walked around.

Old Yang had a cigarette rod pinned to his waist, and just as he touched it, he thought of borrowing a fire from Xilin's house, and squatted at the door to smoke a couple of puffs, but Yan Shi saw it, stared at him and cursed: "Damn old man, it's no use coming here, I don’t know how to help me, I’ve been wandering around all day long or looking at the cigarette pole, go, put this on the door of the second boy’s house.”

Old Yang was being scolded all day long, and his face had not changed for a long time. He put the cigarette stick back to his waist, took the red paper, dipped his fingers in some paste, and went to the back.

After Yan finished scolding him, she turned her head to look at the cut-outs that Shen Yaoqing had pasted on the walls on both sides, her face became so jovial, her face became pleasant, and she nodded her head in approval: "Well, this is a good post, the height is just right."

Shen Yaoqing pasted red paper on the door of the shop outside, holding back a smile and saying nothing.

Mrs. Yan also went outside to watch, and made him work while complaining: "Your master, that old bastard, I washed the noodle bowl yesterday and told him that he couldn't hear me, and he didn't come for a long time. Your sister-in-law is not at home, so I went to the tavern to be busy." , I couldn’t move the noodle jar, and I couldn’t see anyone, so I had to put it down on the ground and get out.”

"After I finished scrubbing, I grunted and gathered strength to help me up. The old thing actually came back from the door. It made me angry. I told him to clean the bowl, but he forgot and went out to play."

No wonder Master didn't say a word when he was scolded today, it was because of a guilty conscience.

Because she is an elder, Shen Yaoqing doesn't want to talk too much, so she just smiled and said to Yan Shi: "Master, don't be angry, we will open in two days, and you have to come over to fill the place."

Yan Shi pursed his lips and smiled.

After a while, Shen Xuanqing took back the big iron pot. The iron pot was tied with hemp rope. There was a cross knot in the middle of the pot, so that it could be carried with one hand, so as not to use both hands. There were four big iron hooks and a few knives in the pot. He took it back together.

Every day passed quickly, everything was ready in the shop, and the auspicious opening day came in a blink of an eye.

The sun was just right in the middle of the morning, and Lu Gu packed a bag, which contained Xiao Lingjun's diapers and a small set of clothes. The child Laza was different from adults, he couldn't speak, sometimes he urinated so much that even his pants were wet, he had to be in the town If you stay for one night, you don’t have to take it with you. It’s not spring and summer, and you’ll panic if you don’t change your urine in time after getting wet.

Because he didn't know when he would come back tomorrow, he brought more milk fruits, a total of sixteen, and carried them in a basket. By the way, he also put the burden in the big bamboo basket.

The basket was full of Brother Xiaoling's things, he didn't have anything himself, he just carried a purse in his pocket, in case he needed money, it would be easy to have it with him.

It will open tomorrow, so I will definitely have to kill pigs in the morning. Jixing Town is farther than Fenggu Town, so I have to leave earlier. Brother Xiao Ling is really young. They discussed going one day earlier, and let Shen Shunwang and Shen Yuping take care of the family for the past two days.

Shen Xuanqing is going to pull the big pig over in a mule cart today, because no one is watching in the shop, the rabbits, chickens and ducks pulled over yesterday are temporarily placed in Yang's house, as for Lu Gu and the others, Shen Yaoqing has already borrowed Lin Shouyi The family's mule cart, after all, is as big as a fat pig, and there is no place for people to sit on it once they are lifted onto the cart.