The Sweet Little Fulang

After Shen Xuanqing drove the mule cart for a long distance, she stopped beating the mules. The official road was flat, and she ran very smoothly, even the unhappiness of meeting bad people disappeared with the wind.

Jixing Town is far away. Lu Gu must be happy to see a dwarf deer this time. Last time he went hunting, he only caught a wild sheep. Brother Ling is so big, he has never seen a deer before, no I know what it will look like when I see it.

Thinking of this, he became happy again, and left Lu Daxiang and Du Hehua behind, thinking that next time he could catch a more beautiful merlu and show Brother Ling.

He didn't know that after Du Hehua met Lu Wen, she cried and complained that she had no money, but when she got the silver taels, her tears stopped immediately. Lu Gu, dissatisfied with their family's good luck, cursed profusely.

After Lu Wen heard this, he no longer felt relieved before, and lowered his eyes and remained silent.

The life of the Shen family was like that in the past, the mud legs could only be scraped in the soil, even if they were raising rabbits, the feces were dirty and smelly, and after a little comparison, although he was only a concubine in the Li family, he didn't have to do any rough and tiring work. , There are a lot of delicious food and spicy food.

Now Li Mingshan's illness is cured, and he no longer stays in bed, but because of his illness, not to mention his alcoholism, his temperament has changed drastically, and sometimes he drinks too much, and scolds everyone he sees, even him.

Luo Hongsi has also been scolded, but her natal family is a silk and satin factory in the town, and she gave birth to a son, Mrs. Li, who valued her very much. She was not afraid at all. Li pointed to the sky and cursed nonsense, and the child kept crying. After Mrs. Li found out, she sent someone to drag Li Mingshan away.

He used to love to hear Du Hehua talk about how Shen's family lived as a countryman, and he knew that his original choice was right when he compared it, and he felt at ease.

He and his children have a lot of money for food and clothing, and their life is better than that of the country people, but Li Mingshan is no longer his reliance, life is not as beautiful as before, and he has to watch his face carefully.

Now Du Hehua said that Shen's family bought a house in Jixing Town, and Lu Gu lived in the town, he lowered his eyes and gritted his teeth, regretting it was too late, only the word good fortune echoed in his heart.

Shen Xuanqing didn't care about them for a long time, as long as they didn't cause trouble.

After he drove the mule cart to Jixing Town, he entered the main street not far away, and saw a familiar figure outside the crowd at a glance, Lu Gu was hugging Brother Ling, and Ji Qiuyue and Zhao'er were watching the stall of performing tricks.

There are men, women and children watching the excitement. To avoid the men, they only stay on the periphery of the crowd, and the children don’t mention it. The two adults stand on tiptoes and look inside, while moving along the gaps in the crowd, very energetic and happy. How can there be such a thing in the village? The liveliness can be seen.

There were many onlookers, the mule cart slowed down, and the crowded crowd gave way to both sides when they saw the mule approaching.

Before Shen Xuanqing came to the front, he heard the applause from the crowd. After the sound passed, someone inside the venue beat the gong and said something. Give it if you want."

The country people see that there are very few people in the performing arts, they just join in the fun, but they see that the jugglers work very hard. After all, it is not so easy to support a family. Lu Gu was hesitating to pick up his purse when he suddenly heard a familiar voice and turned his head. Seeing that Shen Xuanqing was a few steps away, she smiled in surprise.

"I have some copper coins here. You go and throw them away. I want to look at them for a while. I'll wait ahead." Shen Xuanqing jumped out of the cart and planned to lead the mule. .

He took out a small purse from his pocket, there was no broken silver in it, it was all copper plates.

"Okay." Lu Gu took the purse with a smile, playing tricks to make people throw more money, a big man breathed fire and danced with fire dragons, the crowd cheered again, he ignored Shen Xuanqing and turned his head to watch the excitement.

The copper coins splashed out, Lu Gu distributed some of the twenty or so copper coins in the purse to Zhaoer, Ji Qiuyue threw the child to the capable girl holding the gong, and threw it into the gong with a bang, Zhaoer Smile with joy.

Children will follow suit. Seeing his elder brother like this, Ling Geer stretched out his arms and wanted to play. Lu Gu stuffed a few copper coins into his little hand, and then grabbed Ling Geer's hand and led him to the copper plate together. Throw on the gong.

Seeing the child throwing money, the girl with long braids was very cooperative and raised the gong to catch it, with a crisp and bright smile on her tanned face.

"There are too many people, let's go back." Ji Qiuyue said, I went out to watch it for a while today, adults and children were happy, it's time to go back.

"En." Lu Gu agreed, stuffed Shen Xuanqing's empty purse into his arms, and walked forward with a child in his arms. Sure enough, Shen Xuanqing was waiting for them on the side of the street with few people.

"Wang!"

Guaizi stood on the cart and jumped off when he saw them, Shen Xuanqing ignored it this time.

Brother Ling knew his big dog, and looked down at the good boy who was wagging his tail and rubbing against Lu Gu's leg.

Lu Gu saw the prey in the car and the grown sheep at home, and asked with a smile, "You want to sell the sheep?"

As soon as they came over, Shen Xuanqing led the mule and walked slowly forward, nodded and said: "I haven't slaughtered pigs recently, and selling some mutton will make the shop more stocky and lively."

The main street is spacious, but there are many pedestrians, so it is not good for the three of them to go side by side. Lu Gu and Ji Qiuyue gradually fell behind the mule cart with the child in their arms, and Guaizai walked beside them, followed behind and then went back.

After arriving home, Shen Xuanqing got the sheep and dwarf deer out of the cart in the backyard. Seeing brother Ling hugging Lu Gu, he pointed to the dwarf deer and said to brother Ling: "Look, dad caught the dwarf deer. Zhao'er hasn't seen a deer yet."

Brother Ling blinked his eyes, and followed Father's fingers to look at the dwarf deer on the ground. His eyes were really curious, and he looked at it for a while without blinking.

"Deer." Zhao'er spoke quickly like an adult, knowing that it was a deer.

"What—"

The sheep blew again and again, Zhao'er imitated the tongue, laughed and clucked to imitate the sheep.

Brother Ling is not very good at talking yet, but he is consciously learning. He looked at Zhaoer, and then his milk voice was soft and soft, and he gave a short "baa".

"Ouch." Shen Xuanqing smiled all of a sudden, and was so happy that she subconsciously groaned, and boasted, "You really learned."

Lu Gu was even more happy, his eyes curled up with a smile while holding the child.

While the dwarf deer was still alive, Shen Xuanqing didn't go to the shop after lunch, but went to the restaurant and the rich man's house in the town to ask if there was any wild animals.

He met some people in Jixing Town. Wild animals like deer are much rarer and nicer than rabbits and wild boars. Ordinary people can't afford venison, but rich people are different. They make game to attract friends. It is a kind of face.

Many people knew that he was a hunter, and his knowledge in the mountains was better than others, and he was invited to go hunting in the mountains, but he didn't refuse, and gradually became familiar with him, and the prey would be easy to sell in the future.

Their lives are not as good as those of rich and powerful families, but they talk and laugh, and have troubles, but most of the time they are happy and happy, and they can save money and have it, and they can live a good life.

Autumn is rustling, the mountains and forests are bleak, and the yellow leaves are falling all over the ground.

In the slightly open forest, three hounds suddenly sprang out from their hiding places. The ground was kicked out of the soil with a force, splashing on the dead leaves behind them, and their four claws galloped and leaped, startling the fallen leaves and birds.

Shen Xuanqing didn't even take off the longbow, and walked out from behind the tree, watching the big grays chasing the rabbits. In the bamboo basket on the ground behind the tree, two hares whose fur was stained with blood had already been caught.

After autumn, he stopped hunting foxes, and he was not idle, so he found another way to make money.

There is a small pen workshop in Jixing Town, which collects rabbit fur to make brushes. After mid-autumn, the hares are fat and have thick skin and smooth hair. He shows the rabbits raised at home to others.

However, domestic rabbits have to be sold for meat, and sometimes they are slaughtered when customers come. The pen workshop only needs to send the rabbit skins.

The ones shot on the mountain are sometimes heavy on the mouth of the dog, or killed by a single blow with a bow and arrow. If the meat is not sold out, it will not be too distressing. You can either eat it at home or give it to relatives and friends. Recently, even dogs eat meat every day, which is meat. In the season of fattening, the fur of six dogs, big and small, is smooth and smooth.

After quickly chasing the rabbit, the hounds stopped chasing it. He whistled, and the boy ran back with his head raised and the hare in his mouth. Big Gray and Big Black trailed a few steps behind.

This time it was the one that caught it first, Shen Xuanqing took the rabbit out of the dog's mouth, glanced at the injured and shivering fat rabbit, and rubbed the boy's head as a reward.

Because he only sold furs, he didn't limit the dogs to capture them alive. It was reasonable to get them as soon as possible, and he could kill a few more dogs a day.

Guaizi sticks out his tongue and wags his tail, happy and excited.

It was still early at this time, and he went up the mountain with dry food, rested for a while, took the dog to the river to drink water, and then looked for traces of fat hares in the mountains.

In the early morning of the next day, the autumn mist was white, and the farmers in the countryside still got up early. Before winter came, they had to pick up mushrooms and dig sweet roots and other mountain products, so as to save more to survive the winter.

Shen Xuanqing harnessed the mule cart and put all the twenty or so rabbits he had caught in the past few days on it. Shen Yan also got up early, and went to Jixing Town with him on the cart.

Even Guaizi jumped into the car, and it became more and more proficient, and even squatted next to Shen Yan's calf.

"Slow down on the road, don't run too fast, remember to ask your elder brother to come back early, don't delay too long, it's getting dark now." Wei Lanxiang told her at the door.

Shen Yan said with a smile: "I know mother, I will come back."

"Mother, we are leaving." Shen Xuanqing said, waving the whip to let the mule go forward.

Shen Yan hadn't been to the town for a long time, and she had a small bundle on her lap. It was a stack of handkerchiefs she had saved up for several months. She planned to sell it to the embroidery workshop in Jixing Town. Shen Xuanqing had negotiated with the embroidery workshop before, so it was still It's the price of four pennies a piece.

One of her is to sell handkerchiefs, and the other is to go out for a stroll. Ji Qiuyue and Shen Yaoqing are looking at shops in the town. Today, as soon as Shen Xuanqing passed by, they drove back in a mule cart, and she followed them. Stay overnight.

Now the family is not too busy. After all, in autumn, the winter wheat has already been planted, and the paddy fields and rice have been harvested. After the autumn harvest, they are busy, so there is no need to worry about it.

Li Laiqing is a long-term worker employed by their family, and he has to pay a year's wages. There are not many jobs in the field now. After mid-autumn, the weeds have turned to decline and no longer grow wildly, so let him help feed the poultry at home. For a man, Cutting grass to extract water is not a heavy job.

The cart squeaked as it ran, and the wheels turned and rolled over the ground.

Along the way, the greenery in the mountains, forests and fields gradually disappeared. Fortunately, at the beginning of autumn, they called He Zhi also to cut the grass, hoping to get more cars, and even took care of the meals for He Zhi's family for a few days at the busiest time. Although it was only one meal, it was very interesting.

At that time, even their family members, especially Wei Lanxiang and Shen Yaoqing, went out to mow grass with big bamboo baskets on their backs, fearing that there would not be enough food for poultry and livestock in winter, so they were so busy for several days.

Now the hay at home not only fills the thatched house, but also piles up three stacks outside, plus several stacks of wheat straw and rice oranges. In winter, we go to the mountain to dig grass roots and tree roots. The mountain is undulating and continuous. The big mountains, as long as they are diligent enough, can make the livestock survive the winter no matter what.

It was a little cold to get up early, and the fog gradually dispersed. Everything I saw along the way revealed the desolation and silence of autumn and winter, and even the sky looked less blue.

Shen Yan's body was swaying with the cart, she rubbed her face, wrapped the badger fur collar around her neck tightly, even covering part of her ears, and then stuffed her hands into the cotton sleeves again to warm up.

It was cold, and there was still wind when running. Shen Xuanqing, who was sitting in front of the car and driving the car, was also dressed thickly and wore a badger fur collar. When he opened his mouth to speak, the cold wind poured in. The two of them didn't say a few words all the way until they entered Jixing. After the town.

The mule cart slowed down, Shen Yan stopped curling herself up next to the boy, her back straightened, and she looked curiously at the streets on both sides with her clear almond eyes.

Guaizi has long been familiar with Jixing Town, and is also familiar with driving. He has no interest in the shops on the street, but when he sees a few dogs running by the street, he looks over at once.

When they arrived in Jixing Town, it was already dawn, the sun came out, and there were more people than those who woke up earlier. Shen Xuanqing jumped out of the car and led the mule forward to avoid bumping into pedestrians.

Shen Yan was tightly wrapped when she was on the road, with her head bowed and her mouth and nose buried together in the badger fur collar. Now she raised her face, revealing a youthful and beautiful face. Although the sun is not as white as Lu Gu's skin, it is still white. It is definitely not black or yellow, and it is smooth and delicate, especially the almond eyes, which are clear and moist.

It's just that after this year, she was only fifteen, and she was the youngest in the family. She had her mother and elder brother as backers. When Ji Qiuyue first married, she had no children. She was young, so she took her with her all day long, and she was also taken care of by her sister-in-law. Even though he was poor, he never had other worries, so no matter his demeanor or appearance, he looked a bit childish.

Speaking of girls at this age, some of them are already married, but in their Daxia, there are many girls who are married at seventeen or eighteen. When they are not married at the age of 19, the government will force the marriage.

She has grown taller this year, seeing that she has grown taller and her appearance has grown a bit, she is gradually becoming an adult, Shen Yaoqing and Wei Lanxiang had to find a good husband's family for her, so they had to find her early.

Their family is no longer short of money, so naturally they are not in a hurry to marry their daughter. Wei Lanxiang only gave birth to this youngest daughter. It can't be confused, otherwise the girl will be angry when she gets married.

Shen Yan has no father, Shen Yaoqing and Shen Xuanqing are elder brothers, so the younger sister's lifelong affairs are naturally on her mind. She is still young this year, and she is not in a hurry to get married right now, so they are also picky about their sister-in-law, one will not do the other No, there are always places that are not pleasing to the eye.