The Sweet Little Fulang

The bamboo poles slapped the surface of the water, and the water splashed up. A group of teal ducks quacked and swam back into the pond in panic.

Lu Gu drove the duck from Youyuan back, otherwise he would have gone down the river.

Before dawn, Wei Lanxiang took Shen Yan and the villagers to the town to catch the morning market. He saved a basket of eggs and a basket of duck eggs to sell, so he came to release the ducks today.

There is no need to harvest chicken grass these days, and the family has chopped up a lot of grass. Most of the grass that chickens love to eat near the pond has been pulled out by Shen Yan. If you want to find it, you have to go far away. I lost my duck and didn't dare to stay too far away.

The sun was not too hot at Chenshi, so he walked back to the white stone and sat down.

The sky was blue and the trees were green, the river was rushing, and the sun was shining on his face. When he raised his head, his eyes narrowed unconsciously, enjoying the heat of the sun in such tranquility.

In the past, there was not enough food and clothing, and there were always piercing scolding in his ears. Sitting quietly like this was rare for Lu Gu. It was even like a rebirth for him. Everything seemed to be far away.

He lowered his eyebrows all day long, he didn't even dare to raise his head, but now he raised his head to look at the sky, the clouds and the sun, which was new to him, and gradually he lost his mind, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The quacking duck call brought him back to his senses, even if he was alone, he was still a little flustered, afraid of being seen and saying that he was lazy.

He rubbed his hot cheeks, got up and pulled out a kind of grass with slender stalks nearby. This kind of grass can burn pots like straws when dried, and it is also a soft firewood for igniting firewood. When does it take to ignite.

Summer is almost over, and while the sun is still hot, it is always right to dry more hay and stockpile it.

The grass was too much and too heavy, and the long grass that was rubbed out was not strong enough. Although the way back was short, if it fell apart, it had to be tied up again, which was very troublesome. Lu Gu ran back to get the hemp rope. He came and went in a hurry, After taking the hemp rope, I came back and saw that the ducks were foraging in the water well, and my heart was relieved.

Before eating at noon, he thawed grass and dug wild amaranth, which can be eaten fresh or dried. This thing grows quickly and abundantly by the water, so he dug a lot and tied it with straw rope. Bring it back.

Ji Qiuyue saw him coming back from driving the ducks with a big bundle of grass on his back and wild vegetables in his hand, so she hurried over to catch them. Seeing so many wild amaranths, she said, "It's just right, I'll mix it with mixed noodles tomorrow. Steam a pot of vegetable buns and eat."

In order not to let the meat go bad, they have been working hard to eat it every day, and today they still have the last bowl of chicken. Although the past two years were hard and there was not much to eat, how much can they eat now? It won't feel boring, but if you eat it continuously for five or six days or seven or eight days, you will inevitably want to eat vegetables. Steaming a fresh wild vegetable bun will not make you hungry.

Ji Qiuyue said that it would be steamed tomorrow, but the more she thought about it, the more greedy she became, so she simply said: "It's better to wash it later, let's eat it at night."

Lu Gu wouldn't say no to anything she said, and nodded in good agreement. After he drove the ducks back to the backyard, he came back to spread the bundle of grass to dry.

Not long after Wei Lanxiang and Shen Yan came back, the family washed their hands and ate.

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Ducks eat twice a day, get up early to drive out once, and drive out again after noon, but sometimes they are too busy to go out, Shen Yan will go to the pond by the river to cut some aquatic plants and come back to feed them.

It's a long way to go to town today, she is young, she feels tired and doesn't want to go out to release ducks, so she carries a bamboo basket and pulls Lu Gu to go with her to cut water plants by the pond.

The two of them worked very quickly, and the bamboo basket was full in a short time, and it was very heavy. Shen Yan didn't move his back all of a sudden, and was pulled backward by the weight. Fortunately, Lu Gu supported her from behind.

"Too much." Shen Yan said in his mouth, but also showed a silly smile, with a pair of almond eyes curved, innocent and childish.

She was about to recite it again when she saw Shen Yaoqing turning from the front of the house with two empty wooden barrels in her hands, and she came to fetch water from the river.

Before he got close, he realized that the basket behind Shen Yan was too heavy, and asked with a smile, "Can't you carry it?"

"Brother Daqing, come quickly." Since there are rescuers, even though he can still move his back if he persists, Shen Yan simply throws the job to Shen Yaoqing.

"You said you two, if you can't carry it, you won't make less." After he finished speaking, he poked Shen Yan's forehead, then put down the wooden barrel, and went back first with the bamboo basket on his back.

Shen Yan and Lu Gu carried the empty bucket and walked up the river for a while before stopping. The wooden bucket was not too small. According to the strength of the two of them, they had to hold their breath when they filled it with water, and they could only lift it up with both hands at the same time.

The two of them each had a bucket, but they both brought water to the shore, Shen Yan said to Lu Gu: "Wait for Brother Da Qing to come over and let him carry it back."

When he was in Lu's house before, Lu Gu couldn't carry such a full bucket, he always carried it back with a half-filled bucket, so he had to run a few more times.

Fortunately, fetching water in these villages is usually done by men. Before Lu Daxiang was old and frail, Lu Daxiang would go there most of the time. Otherwise, the villagers would see him as a twin who was ordered to do such heavy work as fetching water. , They all have to be said behind the scenes, and Du Hehua didn't dare to be so obvious at that time.

Shen Yaoqing carried the water several times until the water tank at home was full.

Ji Qiuyue washed the amaranth while Lu Gu boiled water in front of the stove. When the water boiled, she poured a pot of amaranth into it, blanched it and then put it in cold water, so that it would not be so hot.

After chopping the wild amaranth, she and Lu Gu squeezed the water out of the vegetable with balls of hands.

"I'm going to dig noodles." Ji Qiuyue saw that there were not many leftover vegetables, so she cleaned up the broken vegetables in her hands, took the bowl to the noodle bowl and dug four and a half bowls of mixed noodles.

Lu Gu squeezed the last amaranth out of the water and put it in a basin. Ji Qiuyue could do it by himself without his help. He saw that the fire in the stove had not been extinguished, so he took a few sips of water from a bowl .

Even at the end of summer, as long as the kitchen is burning, sweat drips down their faces, Ji Qiuyue couldn't move her hands, so she raised her arms to wipe them.

The kitchen chopping board was right in front of the window. Shen Yaoqing saw her so hot in the yard, so she took a cattail fan and stood outside the window to fan her.

Lu Gu didn't dare to look at the two of them, and went out of the kitchen with lowered eyebrows. I don't know what Shen Yaoqing said in a low voice, but Ji Qiuyue raised her voice slightly and scolded: "Go!"

Seeing that there was no other work to do at the moment, he went back to the house to rest, the window of the room was open, and he could hear Shen Yaoqing talking and laughing with Ji Qiuyue in the yard.

He didn't listen to what the two of them were talking about, his brows and eyes were slightly condensed, but he thought of Shen Xuanqing.

Unlike Ji Qiuyue and Shen Yaoqing, he didn't dare to talk too much in front of Shen Xuanqing, and even looked at that tall and strong man with fear. Besides, he was sold by the Shen family, and he was originally married to Zhenger Bajing It's different, he boldly thought about joking with Shen Xuanqing for a while, compared with this, he thinks it's the best at the moment, he is not a person who can talk, so it's better not to do things that he is not good at.