The Sweet Little Fulang

After half a month of searching and looking, the family's second mule was brought back.

Ji Qiuyue was very happy these two days. People in the village knew that their family had bought another mule. Many people came to see it. She could finally say that it was bought by their family Daqing. The son went back to her natal family and drove the mule cart to show her natal family, so that they would also know that Shen Yaoqing was capable.

The mule he bought this time was still tall and strong, and Shen Yaoqing, who was weak, looked down on it. For the country people, a tall horse with a dozen taels or 20 taels could not afford it.

In the middle of the morning, it was neither cold nor hot. Lu Gu carried Ling Geer to the mansion to play with Zhao Er. After holding him for a long time, his arms were a little tired, so he pulled the wooden cradle out to the yard, and put Ling Geer in the cradle to sit. Seeing this, Zhao'er was originally sitting on a small chair and gnawed a small piece of steamed bun in her hand, but when she saw this, she stood up, holding the cradle with a chubby hand, and raised her foot to step in and sit together.

"Okay, I will hug you." Lu Gu said with a helpless smile. Fortunately, the wooden cradle was bigger, and the two children could barely sit in it with their legs touching each other.

The child was always restless and couldn't sit still, Zhao'er's legs were longer than Ling's, and he almost kicked Lingjun when he moved, Lu Gu quickly held his leg and said, "Don't move around, you're kicking younger brother, right? "

Zhao'er was pretty good today, she didn't move her legs unless she was allowed to move her legs, and sat opposite Xiao Ling to eat steamed buns.

Now day after day is warmer, the steamed buns are cold but not hard, he eats while dropping the scum of the steamed buns, Lu Gu wipes his mouth and chin with a handkerchief from time to time, as for the ones that fell off his body and the cradle, he will take Zhao’er out later Clean it up again.

Brother Ling yelled twice, and stretched out his hand to reach for Zhaoer's steamed buns. Zhaoer was a miser, and shrank his fat hands behind his back, which made Brother Ling pucker up and want to cry.

Ji Qiuyue, who had made the bed, came out and saw her son so stingy, she laughed and scolded: "How much did you eat in a while, what's wrong with giving your brother a bite?"

Zhao'er was holding the last bit of steamed bun in his hand, and even though no one was reaching out to snatch it, everyone stuffed it into his mouth in a hurry, his fleshy cheeks moved, and he clapped and spread his palms like an adult, and greeted Brother Xiao Ling Er indicated that there was no more.

Lu Gu saw that their spirits stretched their arms, and their little fingers were touching his brother's mouth, as if they were about to take the steamed buns out of Zhao'er's mouth, so he hurried into the main room to break some steamed buns, and said with a smile: "You are still young, Don’t dare to eat too much.”

On the contrary, Ji Qiuyue was at the side to encourage Xiao Lingjun: "Our brother Ling is very powerful, that's all, let him out and see if he dares to be stingy in the future."

Lu Gu smiled and said nothing, and after stuffing steamed buns into Brother Xiao Ling's hand, he stopped pinching Zhao'er's mouth.

"Look at you, you have to rush to sit on my brother's cradle, squeeze him, get down." Ji Qiuyue scolded and took Zhao'er out of the cradle.

"No, no!" Zhao'er twisted and struggled a few times, but he didn't twist his mother. Fortunately, when he turned his head and saw half a steamed bun on the table in the room, he immediately stopped moving.

"I still want to eat!" Ji Qiuyue raised her voice involuntarily, but she would cry if she didn't make a show for Zhao'er, so she had to break off half of it for him, and eat the rest quickly, don't let the bastard see the food, or it won't Always want.

Brother Xiao Ling is now seven months old, and has three small white deciduous teeth, chewing on broken steamed buns and smashing them in his mouth.

"It's true that girls and boys are both more worry-free than bastards, and they eat gentle ones." Ji Qiuyue took a wild vegetable basket and sat down to choose vegetables. Seeing Ling Geer being so clean and gentle, she was full of love in her heart.

Lu Gu chose together with her, and Xiao Huang, who was sleeping in the courtyard, barked at the courtyard door just as she started. The two of them looked up together and saw that it was Grandma Ajin bringing the taller Xiao Shunzi coming.

"Grandma Ajin." Ji Qiuyue called out, stopped Xiao Huang and asked with a smile, "Are you free today?"

Lu Gu got up and brought out two benches so that he could sit down.

"Oh, this little girl is really handsome." Grandma Ajin couldn't help saying happily when she saw Little Ling sitting in the cradle, such a beautiful and white milk doll is rare in the countryside.

The chubby Zhao'er was eating steamed buns and walked up to Xiao Shunzi and looked up at him. Grandma Ajin saw Zhile and said, "Oh, it's really the same as the one in the same year's painting."

After talking a few words around the child, she asked, "I heard that kid Qing bought a horse mule back?"

Before Shen Xuanqing was born, Shen Yaoqing was the only person in the village with the word "Qing" in his name, and sometimes he was called Qing Boy.

Speaking of this, the joy on Ji Qiuyue's face immediately came up, and knowing her intention, she led the people to the backyard, and said as she walked, "No, there are many things at home, and the second brother is driving the mule cart to Jixing. Town, we also want to send rabbits to Fenggu Town, there is no mule cart so it is really stumbling, let’s keep borrowing someone else’s, it’s not suitable, so I just bought one.”

Xiao Shunzi followed the two of them to the backyard, looked around and didn't see the big goose, and let out a sigh of relief. Last year, he was screwed by the big goose, and he still remembered the pain until now, if it wasn't for thinking about it A mule won't come alone.

Zhao'er will leave, and will walk up and down the steps cautiously while leaning on the wall, Ji Qiuyue didn't hug him, and let him walk slowly behind the adult's ass.

Lu Gu picked up Ling Jun, saw that he had finished eating the steamed buns in his hand, so he stroked the scum in his heart, and went to the backyard together.

The mule was grazing. Grandma Ajin stood outside the enclosure and looked at it for a long time. She clicked her tongue and said that it looked like a good animal. Then she asked how much it cost and other trivial matters.

Ji Qiuyue and Lu Gu talked with her for a while, and she wanted to see the rabbit again, so she led her to the rabbit shed.

The duck house and the goose cage are at the back, and there are no big geese in the front, so Xiao Shunzi is very skinny, and uses grass to tease the rabbits and wants to play with their ears, but most of the rabbits are timid, and they shrink into the nest when strangers approach, not many from.

Seeing him touch the latch of the cage door, Ji Qiuyue hurriedly stopped her with a smile: "Don't, the cage can't be opened. It's hard to catch the rabbit if it runs away. Your two brothers are not here at the moment, so I won't chase the rabbit away."

"You little ungrateful person, if you keep messing around, I won't beat you." Grandma Ajin cursed afterwards.

Xiao Shunzi withdrew his hand, he was naughty since he was a child, he was used to being scolded and beaten, his left ear went in and his right ear came out, but this was in someone else's house, so he still remembered the rules, so he didn't mess around anymore.

Satisfied after watching the horse mule and the rabbit, Grandma Ajin took Xiao Shunzi back after not staying for too long. There was still work to do at home.

Ji Qiuyue and Lu Gu sat in the front yard again to choose vegetables, which were dug yesterday afternoon, and the wild vegetables were a bit wilted overnight, but it didn't matter, and at noon they were boiled with water and then cut into a piece of dried tofu.

I didn't go back to my hometown until later, and I didn't wash the wild vegetables I chose.

Lu Gu picked up Xiao Lingjun who was in the wooden cradle again, and let the child stand on his lap for a few times to play with.

Zhaoer squatted in the courtyard and poked the ground with a short wooden stick, afraid that he would poke herself. Ji Qiuyue squatted next to him and watched. Children are not serious or serious, and they are easy to be injured when adults are not in front of them. After having a child, Shen Yaoqing seldom asked her to do the work in the field, she just took good care of the child. If the son was injured, it would not be her fault.

Like her, Lu Gu seldom does rough and heavy work nowadays, and doesn't do much work in the fields or feeding livestock. The two of them often look after the children together, whether they have a companion or not.

Now that it is spring, Wei Lanxiang and Shen Yan are herding cattle and ducks, and there are more than ten acres of fertile land to be weeded and plowed. After getting busy, cooking and washing are naturally their jobs, and they help each other. Just better than one person.

Even so, the two of them don't have to carry their children up and down the mountain, which is a comfortable life envied by many people in the village.

Rural people have to plant the land and dig wild vegetables, and they have to go up the mountain to collect firewood for fire, pull bamboo shoots, pick fungi, and wild tea. Women and husbands with children either carry the children in bamboo baskets or carry them on their backs. After being able to walk and run, I was afraid of making trouble at home and breaking things, so I took them with me to the ground. The adults were busy nearby, ignoring the children. The children sat on the ground, or played and rolled in the ground, and they were often covered with mud.

Although it is a common thing, Wei Lanxiang had two grandchildren with great difficulty, how could he be willing to let the child do this, squatting back and forth on his back, getting up and bumping, and being exposed to the wind and sun, how could such a small child feel good.

In addition, Shen Yaoqing and Shen Xuanqing also love their sons. They have studied and often walked in the town. They have seen the situation of small rich families raising children. Comparing the two sides, the country people are poor and pitiful, and the children are even more pitiful. , even if I work harder and suffer more.

The sun was getting brighter, and it was a bit dazzling to sit outside, so the two of them moved into the main room. Zhao'er got a hand of dirt, and Ji Qiuyue patted it for him. Seeing that it was not clean, she got water for him to wash.

Xiao Ling sat on Lu Gu's lap obediently, Lu Gu picked up the rattle on the table and shook it for him, and said, "Sister-in-law, it's so good to catch the sun tomorrow, play some rattles at the old house at noon, give him Each of them makes two pairs of small shoes."

The child grows fast, and the spirit is fine. Zhaoer's shoes from last year will not be worn this year, Ji Qiuyue nodded: "Okay, mother has some cloth, I will look through your elder brother's old clothes tomorrow, I remember him There is an old suit that has been repaired many times, so I just took it off."

While talking, Lu Gu caught a glimpse of a figure at the back door in the distance, even though they were far away, he knew it was Chen Dongdong and his in-laws. Brother Dong came with his in-laws when he got up early, and pulled the old cart to pull weeds outside.

Recently, the grass is not as vigorous as in summer, and the sickle still can't be used, and they are mostly stretched out. Chen Dongdong usually makes a cart in the morning, goes home to rest and cook at noon, and builds another cart in the afternoon, accumulating copper coins scatteredly.

After they came over, Ji Qiuyue lifted the teapot and asked with a smile, "Uncle, auntie, drink tea."

"No, no, I haven't finished drinking what's in the bamboo tube." He Liushi waved her hands and refused. She is not tall, with a yellow and thin face, but now there is a little smile on her face, and she is no longer as sad as before, always frowning. of bitterness.

She and He Zhi's father, He Cheng, went back first. When Chen Dongdong saw Xiaoling and Zhaoer, he stopped to tease the children.

"So cute." He shook his rattle and smiled, at least he lost a little bit of his former cowardice in front of Lu Gu and Ji Qiuyue, and he smiled more when he was able to speak a few words.

Last year, mowing the lawn made their family earn at least six or seven hundred cash, not to mention that He Zhi helped encourage them to mow a lot of weeds when he was at home. Life is much easier than before. During the New Year's festival, if you have money to cut two catties of meat, you can also afford a big piece of tofu. How can you not be unhappy.

Ji Qiuyue smiled and said, "It's almost spring plowing. If Uncle He and Aunt He don't go to the fields, then tell them to slow down and get a cart of grass a day."

She and Lu Gu had to take care of the children, and the spring plowing was too busy to take care of mowing the grass. He Zhi's parents couldn't do the heavy work in the field, so they wanted to say it earlier.

"Well, I'll ask my parents to come over then." Chen Dongdong smiled and agreed, and he would go to the riverside to carry water with Mrs. He and Liu when he went back, so he went home first.

From behind Ji Qiuyue watched him step out of the courtyard door, and then sighed softly when she couldn't see him, and when she saw Lu Gu looking over, she said in a low voice: "I went to the third grandma's house yesterday, and heard third aunt Wu and grandma Xia chatting together. Talking gossip, mentioning Brother Dong, saying that he can't bear children, married for a few years, and there is no movement, it's really gossip, counting her as the worst-mouthed, she loves to make irresponsible remarks, and she doesn't even look at his family Wu Lao Silian The daughter-in-law can't even ask for it, so let's talk about others."

"Brother Dong is too thin, it must be because he is weak that he didn't get pregnant." Lu Gu also disliked those who gossip behind their backs, and subconsciously justified.He knew that Ji Qiuyue had been chewed on her tongue before, and after she had Zhao'er, Wei Lanxiang felt elated.

Ji Qiuyue felt the same, and replied casually: "No, I see that the red marks on the brows of Brother Dong are getting better, take it easy, and I'm afraid there will be several babies."

Hearing this, Lu Gu smiled, and said in agreement: "Definitely."

The two of them talked with each other for a while, and when they saw Shen Yaoqing came back from the field, they didn't need to lock the courtyard door, so they took the children back to their hometown to cook.