The Sweet Little Fulang

Woke up early and the sky was bright, Lu Gu and Shen Yan took their children to the butcher shop. Yesterday Shen Yaoqing brought a fat pig from home. It was already the beginning of winter, and it was cold. The meat can be stored for a long time, and it sold better than in summer. I want to come over and collect money for the famous meat.

Brother Ling is used to playing in the shop, because he got up too early today, afraid that he would cry, Lu Gu brought him preserved fruit, let him sit at the table to eat, Brother Ling didn't dare to watch the scene of killing pigs, and stood alone It is also fun to eat and play.

People came and went in front of the butcher shop, and it was busy until almost noon, and a few came here to buy the main meat here and there.

When Shen Yaoqing delivered meat to two or three taverns and restaurants, Lu Gu untied his apron and said, "Brother, let's go back to cook first. It's windy today, so I'll go over and make you a pot of wine and have dinner." Come over and have a drink to warm your body."

Shen Yaoqing nodded and said: "Okay, you can beat it with a small gourd, you can't drink that much."

It's okay to be busy in the morning, and keep walking. In the afternoon, there are fewer customers, and most of them are sitting. The shop door can't be closed. When the cold wind blows from front and back, even if you hug Mrs. Tang, you can't stand it. Sometimes drinking some wine can warm you up.

Hearing this, Lu Gu took the small gourd hanging on the wall.

Shen Yan, who was collecting money, counted carefully, threw dozens of copper coins into the money basin, then took off her apron, picked up the bamboo basket and walked out with him.

In the bamboo basket are some winter bamboo shoots and a sling of cut meat. Now they don’t need to buy meat for eating. The winter bamboo shoots are passed by the shop when someone is hawking along the street in the early morning.

Brother Ling grew up a bit. Although the child is not fat, he wears thick clothes and is not easy to hug in winter. Besides, he is having fun, so he doesn't want to be hugged. He holds Lu Gu's two fingers and dangles. There was still a cry in his mouth from time to time.

The wine shop is on another street, the three of them walked that way, the north wind was strong, Lu Gu gathered his collar, but the villain who was holding his right hand suddenly let go, he quickly grabbed Brother Ling who was running forward Son.

"Why did you forget again? Didn't Ah Mu tell you that you can't run around in the street, you have to hold Ah Mu or your aunt."

He held Brother Ling's hand tightly in the palm of his hand, and he didn't dare to let go even though there were not many people on the street.

Some time ago, Shen Yaoqing brought a rabbit from his hometown, and said that a family in Fenggu Town had lost their doll, and they couldn't find it, and they all said it was abducted by a kidnapper.

Since then, he and Shen Yan did not dare to be distracted when looking at the children. Children are not sensible at all, not to mention being abducted. , but I have to watch it under my nose all the time.

"Ah Mu, I want to eat the sugar man." Brother Ling was quite obedient after being caught, he didn't lose his temper, but kept his eyes on the sugar man.

Lu Gu told him before that if he got lost, he would not be able to see his mother, father, aunt and uncle. He was timid, and he was very scared when he couldn't hear his mother, and even cried for a while.

It's not that Lu Gu deliberately frightened him, children don't understand the truth, and the only way to frighten him is to say this.

"If you want to eat, just say, what are you running, aunt will buy it for you." Shen Yan laughed beside him.

So Brother Ling grabbed her two fingers with his other little hand and burst out laughing.

"Okay, buy a small one." Lu Gu said standing in front of the candy stall, then turned to Brother Ling and said, "Didn't Grandpa Zheng say that if you eat too much candy, your stomach hurts, and then you have to go to the doctor again?" museum."

Brother Ling remembered that Grandpa Zheng was a doctor in the medical clinic. He subconsciously covered his stomach, not daring to yell about buying bigger ones, and stood beside him eagerly looking up at Shen Yan.

The child was young, and in the past few months he either had stomach troubles or a fever. He had two or three troubles, and he couldn't eat too much sugar. Shen Yan also knew that, so he took the smallest one and stuffed it into Brother Ling's hand.

Tang Ren is very sweet, and Ah Mu doesn’t often buy it for him. Brother Ling licked it a few times, and then he was a little reluctant to eat it. He held the small wooden stick in his hand and looked at it happily.

After drinking from the wine shop, Lu Gu subconsciously looked towards the street entrance. This is the only way to enter the town. If Shen Xuanqing came back, he would definitely go here.

Jixing Town is bigger than Fenggu Town, so there are naturally more people. People in good times can wear warm clothes, and some even wear leather hats, but there are more people with patched clothes. Wearing a cotton-padded jacket, it can be seen that even the sewing has been done with care.

As for the poorer ones, their clothes are thin and tattered, their hands are barely tucked into their sleeves, and they walk forward against the wind. The cold wind can only shrink their necks, but the wind is merciless, no matter where it gets in, it will go smoothly. If you blow in through the cracks, you can't hide. The poor people who are more diligent collect firewood or do short-term labor to make a living, so they won't freeze to death or starve to death.

People came and went, many people passed by on the street, but Shen Xuanqing was never seen.

There was a peddler carrying stacks of candied gourds to sell along the street. When Brother Ling heard it, he looked over there. He knew that Ah Mu would not buy it for him, so he raised his hand and held Shen Yan's sleeve, and whispered softly, "Auntie! .”

Shen Yan looked down at him, and untied the crooked tiger hat for him, and fastened it under the chin again. This tiger hat can cover the ears, and it can be covered after it is tied, otherwise the child's ears will be cold It was red, and she tied it and said: "Okay, there are sweets for people to eat, so I won't buy them today."

Brother Ling was a little aggrieved, but he laughed again after licking the candy figurine in his hand, it was so sweet.

"Go, let's go back, it's time to cook." Lu Gu looked away from the street.

Shen Yan knew what he was looking at. The second elder brother left in early August, and now it's winter, and he has been gone for three months. Before he left, he said that he would be back in three months at the most.

Lu Gu waited like this, and then he led Brother Ling to the entrance of the town every day, sometimes as an excuse to come to buy things, sometimes he simply didn't say anything, and just looked around the official road as soon as he came, but half a month passed , I never saw Shen Xuanqing, nor did I see the cavalry.

It's snowing again.

Lu Gu was standing under the eaves, his complexion had not been very good for the past few days, and he didn't smile much.

The snow started to fall in the middle of the night yesterday, and it has not stopped until now. The sky is gloomy, and the snow flakes are relatively large, and a thick layer has fallen on the ground.

Shen Yaoqing was sweeping the yard, trying to find a way to walk.

On the white snow, the place where the boy walked left a string of paw prints. He didn't go hunting this year, and he was often in the town. Some of the bones and meat scraps in the butcher shop belonged to him, and he ate more meat and hair than in previous years. Thick, not afraid of the cold at all, because it is a hunting dog, it is not so fat and bloated, it still runs like a gust of wind, vigorous and brave.

Lu Gu looked at the sky for a while, and didn't stay idle. He took a shovel to help shovel the snow. After being so busy for a while, his body gradually warmed up.

After the front yard was done, the snow was piled up under the trees and in the vegetable field. He was about to walk to the backyard with Shen Yaoqing when he heard the child in the room calling Eminem.

Brother Ling is older than before, and he seldom cries after waking up, sometimes he just gets up by himself, probably because he felt cold today, so he didn't get out of bed.

"I'll go." Hearing this, Shen Yan, who was heating water for breakfast in the kitchen, added some firewood to the bottom of the stove, clapped his hands and walked into the house.

As soon as she entered, she saw a small ball of quilt. She smiled, pretending not to see it, and asked why she couldn't find their little Lingjun. Brother Xiao Ling, who covered his head in the blanket, didn't hold on for a while, and laughed to himself out.

Lu Gu was sweeping snow in the backyard, and when he saw Ling Jun, who was in a round dress, running over and hugging his legs, he had a smile on his face.

He put down the big broom, picked up his son, kissed his fleshy cheek, and said, "Auntie boiled eggs for you, and you can peel them yourself later, okay?"

"Okay." Brother Ling agreed, seeing that his eyelashes were wet, he stretched out his little hand to touch it.

Lu Gu's eyes were covered by a small hand, and he blinked with a smile.

His eyelashes were long, and he swept across Brother Ling's palm as soon as he moved. The child giggled. After playing for a while, Shen Yaoqing, who was shoveling snow, straightened his back and said with a smile, "Come on, uncle will take you to build a snow lion."

The rabbits were sold out yesterday, and there were only five or six chickens and ducks left. The snow was so heavy that it was difficult to walk on the street, so it’s okay to be late. If there is someone in a hurry to buy, everyone in the two or three streets nearby will know that they live here. It will come naturally.

Brother Ling was playing in the snow while watching his uncle build up little snow lions, and Guaizi was watching the children play, running around and playing in the snow, barking, and the backyard was very lively for a while.

The snow lion piled up a prototype, because the pile was small, it was just to play with the children, Shen Yaoqing didn't make it too detailed, and had to go to the shop.

"Brother Ling, come, peel the eggs and eat." Seeing that the two of them seemed to have something to say, Shen Yan called the child into the main room. After playing for so long, the little hands were red.

Hens don't lay eggs well in cold weather, and eggs are precious, so Lu Gu only eats one every now and then, most of them are cooked for the children.

Half a month ago, he was thinking that Shen Xuanqing would be back soon, so he saved up some eggs. Shen Xuanqing likes to eat scrambled eggs. The road is hard, so he must not be able to eat well, so he must make up for it when he comes back.

Shen Yaoqing leaned the shovel under the eaves, let alone Lu Gu, even he began to worry.

Before Luo Biao followed the cavalry to the north, and he would come back within three months at most. It has been three and a half months, but there is no news at all.

When Shen Xuanqing left, she said that she had to go home for the winter before the winter, and the snow fell several times, big and small, and she never disappeared.

He paused and said: "Brother Yang Xian said that there is a cloth shop owner over there, and he is going to Fucheng to buy good goods. I was thinking about spending some money and asking that person to inquire in Fucheng to see if the cavalry team is here. Where to sell horses, you will not come back until they are sold out.”

"That's good." Lu Gu nodded hastily, he only wanted to look around the town, there were more people in that prefecture, and most of the horse teams were going around to sell horses in various prefectures, maybe the horse sale was delayed.

"Well, I'll go to the cloth shop first, the shop is not in a hurry." Knowing that he was worried, Shen Yaoqing comforted him: "Don't worry, Erqing will be fine."

"En." Lu Gu nodded his head heavily, and someone comforted him, so he felt a little relieved.

After breakfast, Shen Yaoqing went out.

Seeing Lu Gu's earnest eyes before leaving, he smiled and talked to Shen Yan, and his face didn't collapse until he walked out of the courtyard, feeling extremely depressed.

Shen Xuanqing has always been prudent, if he is delayed outside, he will write a letter to report his safety without thinking about it, if he sells horses in Yuqingfu City, it is the matter of the cavalry, it has nothing to do with Shen Xuanqing, he drove the carriage back by himself.

But these are all his guesses, if it is really delayed on the road, and it is cold and snowy, it will not be easy to go.

As he walked, he reassured himself that when he was outside, there was always something that would trip his legs.

Ask someone to inquire about the news, and spending some money is the fastest way. Even so, until the end of winter, there was no news of Shen Xuanqing. In previous years, the horse team traveled to Yuqingfu City and several big cities around it. This year, even the horse team did not come back.

When Lu Gu learned that Qiu's family was also inquiring about the whereabouts of Qiu Boss and Qiu Laosan, he completely panicked.