The Sweet Little Fulang

On the second day after the family returned from Jixing Town, Shen Yaoqing still borrowed Lin Shouyi's family's mule cart, drove to the town early in the morning, and sent 25 rabbits to the butcher's shop. If there were too many rabbits to sell, if Yang Xian's Tavern If you want a rabbit, just go to the butcher shop to get it, so you don't have to send it.

When he arrived, he was still helping to kill rabbits and chop meat in the shop, and he didn't come back until the afternoon.

Lu Gu hugged Xiao Ling who was awake and went to the mansion, and the boy followed behind him. On the way, he met a dog from the same village, and went to sniff each other. At the fork in the road, I saw Shen Yaoqing who was unloading the mule cart at the door of Lin Shouyi's house.

"Brother." He called before approaching.

Shen Yaoqing agreed, and seeing Brother Ling with wet eyes, he smiled and said, "Our Brother Ling is crying again."

After he finished speaking, he nuzzled and blew a whistle that fluctuated like a tune, and Brother Ling laughed in Lu Gu's arms.

Lu Gu hugged the child and said, "No, I just woke up crying all the time."

Brother Ling stretched out his arms to want Shen Yaoqing to hug him. Shen Yaoqing was suddenly happy, took off the car cover, and said with a smile: "I am happy today? This is to save face. Wait, uncle pushes the cart in first."

The two of them were talking, and Lin Shouyi's daughter-in-law came out with a bowl. Seeing Xiao Lingjun smiling, she asked, "Have you two eaten? Didn't you have something to eat at home?"

The Lin family had lunch late today, so they only had it now, and the others were sitting in the main room, seeing Shen Yaoqing pushing the cart in, they offered to eat some.

Lu Gu had eaten just now, and Shen Yaoqing ate the same in the town, the two declined a few words, Shen Yaoqing tied the mule to the stone trough under the tree in front of the door, used the mule cart for two days, and will give the mule a hug later Bale hay.

Seeing brother Ling stretching out his hand for him to hug, Shen Yaoqing patted his hands and clothes, happily took his little nephew and hugged him.

Lu Gu walked towards the mansion together with him, and asked, "How is Erqing's today?"

Speaking of this, Shen Yaoqing smiled even more, and said: "It's very good, pork is sold cheaply. People who didn't know yesterday got the news today, and they all rushed to buy it. There was also the tavern on the corner. They bought [-] pork at a time. When I went back, it was a tavern, and it was cheaper to give them a penny. When I left, there were only about [-] catties left in the shop, and I sold six rabbits, not as many as yesterday."

"Yeah." Lu Gu nodded after listening, that's good, the business is slowly getting started, isn't it?

The two of them turned into the side road, Guai Zai took the lead and rushed over like a gust of wind. When Lu Gu entered the yard, he saw him fighting and playing with Xiao Huang.

To say that this year, the boy is a bit more stable, he is no longer so naughty, but he is still not as calm as Dahui, and his temper is still like a child.

Ji Qiuyue boiled water in the back to wash Zhao'er's dirty clothes. Shen Yaoqing was playing in the main room with Brother Ling and Zhao'er in his arms. He would help Ji Qiuyue when he had nothing to do.

Last year, Shen Xuanqing always took a few days every month to go hunting in the mountains. Now she was looking at the shop in the town and stayed a little longer, which was not so unaccustomed to Lu Gu. At home, Wei Lanxiang and Shen Yan helped take care of the children. , not so tiring.

He understands the truth that a butcher shop can't close every now and then. If people who want to buy meat can't find it, they won't go there gradually.

Shen Yaoqing went to the mountain to pick Ling Geer's milk fruit, even if Shen Xuanqing was not there, he didn't worry about the child not eating.

After six days in a row, Lu Gu put on the tiger hat and piggy shoes for Brother Ling in the room. It was windy today, and the child was used to going out every day. When he couldn't stay in the room, he would always take him out for a walk. , The piggy shoes were made by Ji Qiuyue, and because Lingjun had several pairs of tiger-toed shoes, he made a different pair.

The wind was not strong outside, and the sun was not so cold. He carried Xiaoling out, and Shen Yan was mending her old clothes. She was busy with spring farming or mowing grass, so she didn't feel bad about wearing old clothes.

Sitting on the chair, she saw Lu Gu hugging Brother Ling, and raised her head to play two brisk clicks of tongue at the child to amuse her.

Watching her sewing, Lu Gu said, "Your second elder brother has two old clothes that are torn and have not been thrown away. Originally, he wanted to wear a pair of clothes, so he picked one and repaired it. I can wear it in the fields."

After he came to Shen's house that year, the wedding dress was sold, and the shabby clothes he wore were also torn apart and shredded. There were really not many old clothes, and the fields were muddy, so he was reluctant to wear good new clothes.

The two were talking, when they saw the boy who was out to play wagging his tail while rubbing against Shen Xuanqing's calf, and came in from the door whining.

Lu Gu's eyes were full of surprises, he didn't expect to come back today.

Shen Yan was also a little surprised, and smiled with a pair of almond eyes: "Second brother, you just came back?"

"Well, just arrived, the mule cart is parked over there." Shen Xuanqing nodded, walked up to Lu Gu and bent down to clap her hands. Sure enough, Brother Xiaoling stretched out his arms for him to hug when he saw this posture.

"Ouch." Satisfied in his heart, he took Brother Ling with a smile, got up early this morning to shave his beard, and kissed his son's cheek.

"Have you eaten yet?" Lu Gu had a slight smile on his face, because of his bright eyes, his smile was very pretty.

"No, I got up early and sold the chickens and ducks, and after I took the remaining five rabbits to Brother Yang, I drove the car back without stopping." Shen Xuanqing was so happy hugging Xiao Lingjun who still remembered him, and thought he would be separated. For several days, the son did not recognize him.

"Then I'll cook, you take a rest and drink some water." Lu Gu said, and poured him a bowl of hot tea before going to the kitchen.

After Shen Yan sewed the last few stitches and cut the thread, she also got up and went to the kitchen. She helped boil the water to heat up the steamed buns, and the two of them made it faster together.

"Brother Ling, have you thought about Father, huh?" Shen Xuanqing sat down with her son in her arms, and asked with a smile.

Brother Xiaoling couldn't speak yet, so he was picked up vertically, and he stood on Shen Xuanqing's thigh with his feet, knowing that the adults were talking to him, so he tilted his head to listen, and when Shen Xuanqing finished speaking, he "wow" He answered twice, but no one could understand what he was saying.

"Think about it, Dad knows that our brother Ling is the most obedient." Shen Xuanqing pretended to understand, and asked and answered herself with a happy look.

"Woo." Guaizai squatted at his feet, raised his head to look at him and Brother Xiaoling, as if imitating children to speak.

Shen Xuanqing was used to speaking softly with the child, and she didn't change her tone for a while, she casually comforted the boy, and said with a smile: "Okay, you are good too."

Brother Xiaoling heard Kuaizai's voice and turned to look at it. Guaizai tilted his head and wagged his tail.

At noon, there was half a bowl of fried bacon with winter bamboo shoots left, so Lu Gu only fried a bowl of cabbage and served it quickly.

No matter how simple the food at home is, it is incomparable outside. Shen Xuanqing ate five big steamed buns in one meal. After eating, he felt comfortable in his stomach. He took a sip of hot tea and said with a smile: "Everything in the shop is sold out, old chicken The old duck was sold at the market price, and he didn’t make a few pennies, but he didn’t lose money, there were a total of forty rabbits, the first two days were cheap, and the sales were the fastest, and seventeen rabbits were sold in two days.”

He put down the tea bowl, took Xiao Lingjun into his arms again, and said: "Pork is cheap to sell. Because of the capital, it is the rabbit who has made the most of it. It has only been seven or eight days. The rabbit has been sold for more than nine yuan, which is almost a tael of silver." .”

After hearing this, Lu Gu's eyes lit up. After doing this calculation, the rabbit sold for a penny a day, which is really not bad.

The shop is small, so the earning is naturally not that much. For larger shops like others, there are more appointments per day. However, Lu Gu doesn't often walk outside. How would he know this? How much it is, just be down-to-earth, why compare with others.

What's more, in addition to the ones they sell themselves, they also send seven or eight dozen or so to the brothel in Fenggu Town every month.

"Nowadays, we sell a live rabbit for 38 renminbi, and the price is not lowered. The skinned one is 25 renminbi, and the price is not much bargained, but this is for individual customers. Like in Brother Yang's tavern, the rabbit is not as fat as it was in autumn and winter. He wants to save some rabbit skins to sell, and he is not an outsider, besides, he is generous. He told me about this, and since he is open-minded, I am also not narrow-minded and stingy."

"Thirty Wen is a whole number. He has helped a lot, and these are all as they should be."

Shen Xuanqing kissed her son in her arms, and said with a smile: "Other taverns and restaurants cost two cents, and a live rabbit costs 32 cents. Those who open the restaurant are not ready-to-eat, and most of them are taken home for a few days. "

Lu Gu listened carefully to what he said, and wrote down the price of the rabbit. If he went to the town in the future, he would know how to sell it.

Brother Ling didn't want to sit down anymore, so Shen Xuanqing had to get up, walked around the main room with him in his arms, and said, "There is nothing for sale in the shop, so I thought about closing the door and coming back, resting overnight and going there tomorrow."

"Well, take a rest for the night and change your clothes at night. I'll wash them for you tomorrow." Lu Gu asked him with a smile after finishing speaking: "Where's the change?"

When they came back from Jixing Town that day, Shen Xuanqing was wearing different clothes.

"It was dirty the day before yesterday. My wife saw it and asked me to replace it. She helped wash it in the backyard." Shen Xuanqing replied.

Lu Gu nodded, so it was like this, because the animals had to be slaughtered in the shop, and the flesh would be splashed when chopping the meat, Shen Xuanqing wore mostly old clothes recently, even if it was stained with blood, she didn't feel bad.

The second son came back, and Wei Lanxiang hurried back to his hometown after finishing his work in the big house, and he was relieved after asking about eating.

There was a wind blowing outside, and Ling Geer's skin was tender. Shen Xuanqing was reluctant to hug her out, and kept walking around the main room. When she saw her come back, she said, "Mother, go back to the Gu family and borrow a loom to weave some pieces of linen. The meat is hung on a wooden frame." It’s good to cover it, it’s okay now, when it’s hot in the day after tomorrow, if flies and insects land on the meat, it looks too pickled, and the pork and mutton covered should be longer, and the chickens, ducks and rabbits will be cut into small ones.”

"Okay, what's the problem? I'll go to your Aunt Lian's house to weave tomorrow." Wei Lanxiang agreed, and then asked him, "How do you eat these days? Go to your master's house?"

Shen Xuanqing smiled and said: "It's probably like this. Every day when the master is free, he hangs around my side. When it's time for dinner, either he comes to call or the teacher's wife comes over. I also ate a few meals in the noodle shop. I didn't start the fire myself. Then I thought, Just move the rice noodles and cabbage to the master's side."

Because he wanted to eat in the town, Wei Lanxiang packed a sack of rice and a sack of ground white flour. He didn't know how to knead the noodles, so he could make a rice soup anyway. There was no shortage of meat in the butcher shop. As for vegetables, he took ten The big cabbage is gone, and there is a small jar of sauerkraut, which is enough to eat for a while.

This is the case with young men, and it is not unusual for them to not start fires very much.

Wei Lanxiang thought that this was fine, so she said, "Okay, from now on you can only go to eat, don't be restrained."

After she finished speaking, she continued: "Let your mistress steam some steamed buns, and you bring them back to the shop. If you get hungry at night, there will be sauerkraut, so you don't have to worry about having nothing to eat."

The mother's other concerns can't be helped, so she can only tell her to eat and dress.