The Sweet Little Fulang

Shen Xuanqing washed his face with cold water in the courtyard, and he was completely awake. When he took the dog from the backyard, Lu Gu had already taken the cloth bag Wei Lanxiang prepared from the kitchen, which contained the baked cakes yesterday. .

"Erqing, bring the cake." Wei Lanxiang lay on the bed, and heard someone shouting through the window from outside.

"Understood mother." Shen Xuanqing agreed, and after carrying the hatchet and hemp rope on her back, she took the cloth bag and Lu Gu and walked to the door, saying: "I'll go out and you close the courtyard door and go back to sleep."

In the past, after he left, Shen Yaoqing would come to close the door later, but today it is different with Lu Gu.

The village was too quiet, so everyone in the room could hear them talking. Wei Lanxiang heard Lu Gu send her son to the door, and became more and more satisfied with her new husband, as a young couple should be like this.Seeing that she didn't need to go out and close the courtyard door by herself, Shen Yaoqing turned over and continued to sleep.

The wooden door creaked, Lu Gu stood at the door, under the gray sky, the tall and strong man led three dogs and turned his head, seeing Lu Gu was stunned, he said: "Okay, go in quickly."

Lu Gu then closed the courtyard door according to his words. Maybe he got up too early, Shen Xuanqing's deep and steady voice gave him a strange feeling, but he was not afraid, just like when he broke an egg, Shen Xuanqing helped him Hide it from others.

The man he feared most was a good man.

Lu Gu realized this again, he could faintly hear the cooing of the chicken in the backyard, the rooster hadn't crowed yet, it was still early in the morning, he went back to his room and lay down.

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A wisp of green smoke billowed up, Lu Gu was boiling water and adding firewood in the kitchen, there was a thick baked pancake today and no need to steam it, he sat on the small stool in front of the stove and added firewood while eating.

The Shen family needs to drink a bowl of hot water when they get up in the morning. The doctors here often say that drinking unboiled water hurts people, so even if the half pot of water will be cold after a while, it is boiled water after all, so it will not harm the body. , Now it is summer again, it is more enjoyable to drink after cooling down.

After eating half of the thick pancake, the water boiled. He used a long spoon to push the wooden pot cover to the corner of the stove, otherwise, if he was not careful, the white steam would burn his hands and arms. He used to eat It's a loss, of course I know how powerful it is.

Ji Qiuyue swept the yard and came in. Seeing several bowls of hot water on the chopping board, Lu Gu was still scooping up the last bowl, so she brought the usual wooden basin full of water. Usually, if there is too much water to put away, I use this to hold it. , Whoever wants to drink water can just take a bowl and scoop it out.

She poured water into the bottom of the pot again, and asked Lu Gu, "Can the loach kill?"

When I was at Lu's house, Lu Gu didn't dare to touch the things he ate. Du Hehua watched him closely, and even went to change the tofu, and even if it was slightly broken, he had to beat and scold him. It was obvious that the tofu residue was in the basket. , Du Hehua also said that he had no skin or face and dared to steal it.

When killing fish and chickens, Lu Gu was sent far away, and he would not come back until the Lu family had finished eating.

When he was hungry, he searched for food randomly, and ate whatever he found. He also ate loach, but because he didn't have a knife or a pot, he had to spend a long time on his own to wipe the fire with flint, and then used a branch to pierce the loach he dug. The whole rack was roasted on the fire, and it was not killed at all.

But when you come to Shen's house, you can't say that you don't know anything, it's not free, Lu Gu hesitated, looked at Ji Qiuyue and whispered: "I'll try."

Ji Qiuyue knew at a glance that he couldn't do it, and she didn't force her, and said, "I'll teach you. Loach has no scales and is easy to kill. Just cut open the stomach and clean the contents."

The two squatted outside the kitchen, teaching the other. Shen Yan came over to join in the fun when she saw that loach was about to be stewed. Ji Qiuyue grabbed her, a strong man, and said, "You feed the ducks with what you took out later."

Lu Gu is not stupid, even smart, especially when he was doing it, he looked it over, grabbed a loach from the basin, took the scissors from Ji Qiuyue's hand, and learned it well. Students, he became more proficient in the last few lines.

"After frying the medicine, take this pot and put it on the medicine stove to stew the loach." Ji Qiuyue took out a black pot and said, "Just sit outside and watch the fire, and you don't need to do anything else."

Lu Gu quickly nodded in response, these days he ate meat every day and slept well at night, his complexion and energy were better than before.

The small miscellaneous fish was too small, and after two days of raising it, it spit out sand, and it was not even necessary to open it up, just scrape off the fine scales on its body. He cut the overly long loach in half with scissors, and put it into the clay pot together with the small miscellaneous fish .

Shen Yan dug a piece of ginger from the vegetable patch at the base of the courtyard wall, so that the loach and small fish can get rid of the cold smell. The farmers grow these onions, ginger and garlic themselves, so as not to have to spend money to buy them.

She went to the kitchen and cut a few slices of ginger, and when she came out, she took a piece of burning firewood from the bottom of the stove to light the stove for Lu Gu.

Lu Gu took the firewood, a few sparks fell on his shoe, and he quickly brushed it away with his free left hand.

Seeing that his feet were still the red embroidered shoes when he got married, Shen Yan asked casually, "Brother Lu Gu, why are you still wearing these?"

After getting married, the red shoes should be worn except on the day of returning home for three dynasties, and they should be put away afterwards. It stands to reason that this pair of wedding shoes should be worn when visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year, so as to show the identity of the new husband.

It's not that Lu Gu doesn't know this rule, but he doesn't have other shoes, so he can't go barefoot.

After finishing speaking, she also remembered that there were only two summer clothes and a pair of shoes in the box that Lu Gu brought as a dowry, so she couldn't change at all, so she said angrily: "Look at me, I forgot this, just wait, I'll ask mother .”

Hearing this, Lu Gu was startled, and wanted to stop her from asking, how dare he ask the Shen family for something.

Shen Yan's voice was not loud, but Wei Lanxiang was sitting under the eaves of the hall doing needlework, and she also looked at Lu Gu's feet. She heard Shen Yan's talk about the dowry box, and she complained to Du Hehua in her heart. It was neat, there was nothing wrong with it, but it made her forget about it.

It seems to outsiders that they have no worries about eating and drinking recently, and they still have meat every day. Obviously, they are not poor. As a result, the new husband does not even have a pair of shoes for washing. It is a joke when it is spread. She is in charge of the family money, and she knows how much she has. , now it's only two coins to pay for it.

The wound on Lu Gu's head is still not healed, no matter the change of medicine or the daily medicine is money, although Shen Xuanqing paid for it with private money, but most of the money her son got from selling his prey was given to her , How many pieces can you have left in your hand?

Now that she has recognized Lu Gu, Wei Lanxiang doesn't want to complain anymore. Although she has never studied, she also knows that a person must have a conscience, and she can't drive Lu Gu out just to save money. Looking ahead, thinking about how to live well is the right thing to do.

Before Shen Yan could speak, Wei Lanxiang said, "I see, you go about your business."

Lu Gu was uneasy. Seeing him like this, Wei Lanxiang secretly shook her head and sighed. She was too timid, so she could only comfort her: "Don't worry, you have clothes at home. Don't you still have old clothes that you cut to make shoe uppers?" Just right."

Knowing that she was referring to the torn clothes that Du Hehua gave, Lu Gu didn't want to throw them away after changing them, and even washed them in time, in case he could change if he had no clothes to wear.

"Mom, I cleaned that one." He whispered.

Wei Lanxiang nodded and said, "It's just right, you can fetch it."

No matter how reluctant he was, Lu Gu went into the room and took it out. Wei Lanxiang asked him again: "How big are your feet? I wonder if there are shoes like yours at home."

After hearing what Lu Gu said, she took out Ji Qiuyue's shoes and asked Lu Gu to compare them on her feet, and said, "I have the same foot as your sister-in-law, so it's easy, and you don't need to cut it."

She looked at the clothes on Lu Gu's body, thinking that Du Hehua, that black hearted person, dressed Lu Gu in nice clothes, so she said casually: "Your black hearted stepmother actually dressed you well."

After listening to Lu Gu, he thought for a while and said truthfully, "This is what Lu Wen doesn't want."

It turned out to be what was left by Lu Wenchuan, and Wei Lanxiang immediately knew why. Before Shen Xuanqing got married, no matter who she asked about Du Hehua, they all said that she was a nice person, and even Lu Gu cleaned up. A few clothes that Lu Wen didn't want supported the scene, and others had already seen that Du Hehua was not good to Lu Gu.

She flipped through the ragged clothes and said to Lu Gu: "I can make two pairs of shoes for you, and the rest can be used by Shen Yan to make up two pairs. She has grown up recently, and her feet have also grown. In the past few days, I’ve been shouting that my shoes are rubbing my feet.”

Being able to get two pairs of new shoes was not worn by Lu Wen. Lu Gu said that it was a lie to be unhappy, but because of the temper he had developed for a long time, he didn't dare to show his joy at all. He only whispered: "Listen to your mother. of."

Seeing him so obedient and obedient, Wei Lanxiang couldn't help but love him a little more in his eyes.

Lu Gu went to cook medicine to make a fan. She was doing needlework and thought, the shoe uppers are enough, but some time ago, because of getting married, she used a lot of coarse cloth to make new shoes for the family, and now the leftover shoes and The fabric is not enough for the soles of four pairs of shoes, so I have to think of a way.

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At noon, Lu Gu drank a whole bowl of loach soup. Wei Lanxiang specially gave him a large bowl, saying that it would be better if you replenished it more. The Shen family doesn't care about whoever drinks more or less of something new.

But for Lu Gu, he cherishes it very much. The white soup is delicious, just sprinkled with salt, it is delicious. The loach and small miscellaneous fish are stewed, even the thorns are soft, which is much better than the one he roasted with fire.

After washing the dishes, Lu Gu was going to help Shen Yan chop the chicken grass, but Wei Lanxiang told him to go out with a big basket on his arm, so he obediently followed.

Shen's family lives behind the village, and they can meet people along the way outside the village. Wei Lanxiang joked with the villagers, and even made Lu Gu recognize many people, calling them grandma and aunt, and when they arrived at the door of Shen Shunwang's house, they deliberately Let Lu Gu remember that this is his third uncle's house, and if he wants to come here in the future, he will know the family.

Although Lu Gu's voice was low, he shouted timidly all the way without ambiguity, and remembered everything he said to Wei Lanxiang in his heart.

He followed Wei Lanxiang all the way to the east without stopping, and suddenly realized that he was going to the town. Fenggu Town was about ten miles away from Qingxi Village, passing through four or five villages.

Young men with fast feet may take two to three quarters of an hour. Peasants don’t have carriages to ride in like rich and powerful families. If you don't hurry, you can take a breather along the way.

When she got to the town, Lu Gu knew what Wei Lanxiang was here for. She took out the wedding dress that Lu Gu wore from the basket covered with cloth. This dress can't be worn later, so it's better to sell it for some money.