The Sweet Little Fulang

Early the next morning, Lu Gu woke up and lay on the bed for a while. When he sat up and dressed, he turned his head and found that Brother Ling had also woken up. He looked at him with big black eyes and smiled. .

Today is really embarrassing, he didn't cry a bit, he smiled and bowed his head, playing tongue to tease Lingjun: "Look who wakes up."

He dressed and stood by the bed, and moved the child over to put on thick clothes. It was a bit cold early in the morning.

Shen Xuanqing, who had washed up in the courtyard, came in and saw that Brother Ling had woken up, and took her from Lu Gu's arms with a smile to hold her.

"He doesn't want to urinate right now, remember to wait outside to get one end." Lu Gu reminded, and went outside to scoop up water.

Today I want to take the child to the town together, and it’s not too late to hurry until it’s dawn and it’s not so cold. Shen Xuanqing hugged her son and was happy. After Lu Gu, the smile on the child's face gradually disappeared, and he lost his expression, so he had to whistle a few times to tease him.

In the yard, Lu Gu scooped up the water for washing his face. Seeing Guaizi yawning and stretching his waist, he scooped a scoop of water into the dog food bowl, Guaizi walked over and bowed his head to drink.

Now it's not late autumn and winter, and there is no need to boil the water for washing face. Shen Xuanqing got up the earliest, and she has already ordered the clay stove to boil water for drinking in clay pots.

After washing, he went into the kitchen to heat up breakfast in a big pot, when he heard the movements of Wei Lanxiang and Shen Yan in the main room.

"Mother, brother Ling peed, you change your pants."

Shen Xuanqing's voice sounded before seeing the two of them coming to scoop water.

"Here we come." Wei Lanxiang agreed as he walked into the room.

He heard the sound and sat down again, just changing his pants, he didn't need so many people, he usually held him when he got up early, and he remembered to let the child pee. if.

"Brother Guzi, you go to see the house today." Shen Yan came in with a wooden basin and said while scooping up water.

"Well, what do you want, I'll bring it to you when I come back." Lu Gu smiled, and just went to look at the house. Before it was time to move, he went with Wei Lanxiang and Shen Yaoqing. Shen Yan wanted to stay with Ji Qiuyue. Watch the house at home.

"I don't have anything to bring, I told my mother, and let her come back and buy me a couple of shortbreads." Shen Yan scooped up water, picked up the wooden basin, and said with a smile, "When the second elder brother really buys the house, I will buy it for you." Go and see."

Lu Gu nodded and smiled, "That's natural."

After breakfast, the sun came out to dispel the coldness of the morning. Shen Xuanqing saw that the water tank was almost bottomed out, so she carried two wooden buckets and ran back and forth several times to fill up the water tank. Then they went to the mansion .

Wei Lanxiang carried a bamboo basket, which contained milk fruits and two clean diapers, and Shen Yan also carried one, which was breakfast food for Ji Qiuyue and the others.

As soon as he came over, he saw that Shen Yaoqing had pulled the two carts to the gate of the courtyard, and even brought out two large bags of grain, which were for Li Laiqing.

The carts used by the two mule carts are newly built, larger than the old cart used by their family to pull grass.

"He came here early, before I got up, I heard a knock on the door, gave a straw basket, and told him to come if he wanted tea and hot water." Shen Yaoqing smiled.

The weeds pulled from the field are usually brought back for the pigs and sheep to eat. Pulling the weeds takes a lot of time and effort. After pulling the grass once, how can we just throw it away casually? A few more baskets of grass every day are not afraid of starving the animals.

"These two bags." He patted the sack and said, "He went home for lunch at noon. It just so happened that Uncle He and the others didn't need a cart at that time, so they had to pull it back. The two hundred catties of grain for the first year had already been given."

"Alright." Shen Xuanqing nodded, first rolled up her sleeves and went to the backyard with Wei Lanxiang and Shen Yan to feed the poultry.

Zhao'er just woke up, Ling Ge'er rubbed his eyes and looked lazy, Lu Gu pulled out the wooden cradle and let the child lie in the cradle.

Ji Qiuyue and Shen Yaoqing were eating breakfast. He fetched water and asked Zhao'er to squat down to help wipe his eyes and face. The fleshy face was soft, and the child's skin was very tender. He squatted by the wooden basin like a round Tuanzi, he smiled as he rubbed it.

"Happy to see my aunt?" Ji Qiuyue sat by the cradle, gnawed steamed buns and shook the rattle for Brother Ling. Seeing the child smiling at her, she started talking to Ling Jun.

After Shen Yaoqing ate two steamed buns in a few mouthfuls, she got up and went to the backyard to get busy.

After finishing their work in the middle of the morning, several people moved twenty rabbits onto the cart. The butcher shop has been closed for several days, and it will have to open for business tomorrow. The reason for driving the two mule carts is also for this. Shen Xuanqing will not come back at night. So Shen Yaoqing had to drive to pull Wei Lanxiang and Lu Gu.

Before leaving, because there were only Ji Qiuyue and Shen Yan left at home, and the house was too big, Li Laiqing wanted to come over to ramy noodles. He was a man, so he was a bit shy. After getting on the cart, Wei Lanxiang told them: "No! There are cakes, get some hot tea, and call your third grandma to come and accompany me, Xinlian and Brother Yu are also here, if they do needlework, let them come over to do it."

"Understood mother, don't worry, didn't Yuping say two days ago that he wanted to use a dog to go up the mountain to hunt down rabbits, and I even called him to come." Ji Qiuyue agreed with a smile.

The mule cart swayed, Lu Gu hugged the child and talked and laughed with Wei Lanxiang all the way, bumping to Jixing Town.

After unloading the rabbit, it was almost noon, so I simply had a meal at the noodle restaurant next door.

Turning around the corner on the east side of Xixing Street, and walking a little way on Nanji Street, Shen Xuanqing pointed to the entrance of the alley in front and said with a smile: "This is Pearl Alley."

As he walked, he said, "Yazi is at the other end, you wait here, I'll call Yazi, the key to the door is in his hand."

Shen Yaoqing nodded: "Go, we'll wait at the entrance of the alley."

So Shen Xuanqing stepped forward, Lu Gu switched arms to hold brother Ling, and the three of them walked a little slower, looking at the shops along the street while walking.

After arriving at the entrance of the alley, Wei Lanxiang poked her head to look inside. This pearl alley was wider than the willow branch alley behind the butcher shop. She secretly thought that it must not be cheap.

Not long after, Shen Xuanqing and Yazi Shao came over, and they walked into the alley and stopped in front of the sixth courtyard.

Shao Yazi unlocked the lock, raised his hand as a gesture of "please", and stepped into the house door together with Shen Xuanqing.

This is a small house that you just entered. It is not too big or small. It is enough for a family to live in. There is a stone table and four stone benches in the open space on the east side of the front yard, a persimmon tree on the west side, and a stove on the southwest corner. house.

Lu Gu looked around the courtyard with the child in his arms. He is quite knowledgeable now. The layout of this house is simple, and the houses are not too many, and they are affordable by the country people.

"There is only one wing, but the room is big. If there are many people, it can be divided into two." Shao Yazi walked to the door of the east wing, and opened the door to let them see. A small house like this is naturally more beautiful. It is not allowed to enter the big house twice.

Wei Lanxiang took a look at the East Wing, then went to the West Wing again, it was considered big.

Going to the main house in the north, there are three rooms including the main room and the houses on both sides. Lu Gu and Wei Lanxiang looked around.

What made Shen Xuanqing fancy about this house was that it had a backyard, a woodshed and a barn, and there was a well in the backyard, so you didn't have to go out to fetch water.

As soon as he came to the backyard, Shen Yaoqing walked to the well, looked down at the well water, let the bucket fall down, fetched half of the bucket of water and grabbed the well rope to hang it up, stretched out his hand to lift the water, then raised his eyes and smiled: "well water It’s cold, I heard people say that when eating melons and fruits in summer, people with wells hang melons and fruits in it, it’s ice and cold.”

"It's like this in our family." Shao Yazi grinned and said, "With this well water to fetch, you don't have to go outside with a bucket, and don't bother with the water sellers. Don't talk about it for a year or two, ten years or eight years." It will save a lot of water money every year.”

It is precisely for this well that it costs an extra ten taels of silver. If an ordinary family buys a house, they must live in it for a long time.

There are wells and front and back yards, a few houses are enough for family members to live in, and it is only one street away from the butcher shop. This house is the best that Shen Xuanqing can buy. There is actually another one in Xixing Street, but It was a big mansion with a second entrance, so the price was naturally high.

Shao Yazi was the best at winking, and when he saw that they wanted to discuss, he immediately went to the front with a smile, telling them to turn around, and he would wait in front, and he would come if he called out for anything.

"Mother, how are you doing?" Shen Xuanqing was the first to ask the old lady.

Wei Lanxiang looked around and said, "That's good, but I don't know the price."

He paused, thinking it was meaningless to hide it, and then said: "This is a shop facing the street, not in a remote place on the outskirts of the town. Fortunately, the house is small and has beds, but no tables, chairs, and extra heads. It's expensive here. A total of 80 taels on each well.”

Not to mention Wei Lanxiang, even Lu Gu opened his mouth, 80 taels.

Seeing their appearance, Shen Xuanqing took Brother Ling from Lu Gu's arms, and said with a smile, "80 taels looks like a lot, but it's close to the shop, and I can take care of it. It's convenient to come back for dinner. It's like a remote alley, and it's cheap." It’s cheap, and there’s even a small courtyard of 35 taels, with five or six rooms, but it’s far away, and I’ll go to see the shop then, how can I feel at ease when I leave you at home with your children alone.”

Ling Jun was hugged in front of him, facing Lu Gu, perhaps in a strange place, he stretched out his arms to return to Lu Gu's arms.

"I've agreed with Shao Yazi on the 80 two. You don't need to pay for other money, and he will help you run with the official seal." Shen Xuanqing gave the child to Lu Gu, and he searched for it in Jixing Town for more than half a month. I am satisfied with this house, otherwise I would not bring my family to see it.

Wei Lanxiang looked at the eldest son, saw Shen Yaoqing nodding slightly, thinking that she didn't pay for the house, she gritted her teeth and nodded, 80 taels of silver.

After Shen Xuanqing looked over, Lu Gu hesitated, and finally nodded, but he was also thinking in his heart, 80 taels of silver.

Since everyone was willing, the matter was settled like this. Several people pushed open the door of the firewood room to look, and even opened the door of the backyard to have a look. Behind them was the back alley of Pearl Alley, a row of people walking livestock and firewood carts. , considered particular about.

A few people came to the front yard again, Shao Yazi was waiting, and when he heard that he wanted to buy it, the smile on his face became wider and he became more attentive.

"After moving here, mother, if you want to come, you will have a place to live." Shen Xuanqing was very happy.

When he said this, Lu Gu looked around, with a slight smile on his brows and eyes, which was completely different from the state of mind just now, and they will live here from now on, close to Shen Xuanqing.

Picking a day is worse than bumping into it. Since everyone is here today, there is no need to delay the signing of the deed. Shao Yazi asked them to wait, and went back to the Yaxing Bank to get the house deed, land deed, paper and pen.

There were exactly four stone benches in the yard. After sitting down, Lu Gu looked up at the persimmon tree on the west side. Just like at home, he could also eat persimmons here. Thinking of the name Pearl Alley, his eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and he said in his heart. Nice to hear.