The Sweet Little Fulang

Seeing that Lu Gu's face turned pale in an instant, Shen Yaoqing had no choice but to say: "I'll ask about the Qiu family today. They often go outside, so they must have more connections than us. Boss Qiu is used to traveling outside, and he has signs. Help, Erqing is quite capable, so she must be fine."

However, these words can't comfort anyone at all when the entire cavalry team is alive and dead.

Sitting alone in the main room for a long time, Lu Gu didn't regain his composure. Shen Yan opened his mouth several times to talk to him, but before he could speak, he almost cried himself.

She and Lu Gu have been waiting for the second brother to come back these few months. She never thought that such a thing would happen. Two days ago, she was still telling Lu Gu why the second brother didn't know how to write a letter and came back. His face turned pale, and he knew that he had made a mistake, so he bowed his head and dared not speak again.

"Sit here and eat by yourself. Auntie will cook for us. It's cold in the courtyard. Don't go out. Remember to stay away from the clay stove. It will hurt if you burn it." She gently pressed Brother Ling to sit on the small stool next to Lu Gu. Next, I broke off half a soft steamed bun for eating.

"Yeah." Brother Ling nodded his head, took a bite with the steamed bun in his hand, looked at Auntie, and then at Eminem.

Although the child is young, he can feel the changes in the family. Lu Gu is not in a good mood these days, and even Ling Jun has not been mischievous, and stays obediently.

Lu Guwu was in a daze, he didn't even know what he was thinking, and when he came back to his senses, it was Brother Ling who was standing in front of him and patted his knee.

"Em, I'm thirsty."

The child's soft voice sounded, and he froze for a moment before saying, "Okay, Emmy will pour you some water."

"Where's aunt?" He asked casually.

"Aunt has gone to cook." Brother Ling stood on tiptoe and put his hands on the edge of the table to watch him pour water. The half steamed bun had already been eaten.

"Warm water, just right." Lu Gu handed him the bowl.

It was cold, and the tandoor was placed by the table. He lifted the lid of the pot and scooped some hot water. He heard the sound of Shen Yan cooking in the kitchen, and said, "Go to bed and play. Emma will put a Tang Pozi under the bed for you." Keep it warm, okay?"

Brother Ling, who was drinking water from a bowl with both hands, didn't bother to speak, and nodded after putting down the bowl: "Okay."

He didn't run around today, and he didn't dare to ask E'mu to go out to play. Sitting here, his feet and hands were cold when the wind blew, and it was just right to get into the warm bed.

Lu Gu took the child into the room, and after they settled down, he went to help in the kitchen. He let Brother Ling stay on the bed because he was afraid that no one would watch. If the child touches the clay stove, it is different from adults. Incredible.

After getting busy, he had to look towards the main room while chopping vegetables, for fear that Ling Jun would run out to play by himself while the adults were not paying attention. Whether he or Shen Yan, it looked fine on the surface, but the kitchen was much more silent than usual.

On the second day of the twelfth lunar month, there was only one month left to celebrate the New Year, so Shen Yaoqing inquired everywhere, and drove the family members of several men in the mule cart and horse team to Yuqingfu City early this morning.

Lu Gu and Shen Yan took Brother Ling to watch the shop, no matter what, they had to live on, not to mention that if they didn't do anything, they would just sit at home and just think wildly.

In the afternoon, a husband came to buy rabbits, not fur but meat. He asked Shen Yan to watch in front, and he went to the backyard to kill the rabbits.

Recently, Shen Yao has been running outside without touching his feet. He took Shen Yan and Brother Ling with him, and he became more and more proficient at killing rabbits or chickens.

He was sitting on the small stool, the rabbit skin had already been peeled off, and he was about to open the guts, his hands were inevitably stained with blood, when he suddenly heard the sound of mules and carts outside, before he could get up and go over, there was a lot of voices and footsteps, Shen Yaoqing came back , He stopped his hands, looked up at the elder brother standing in front of him who was almost choked up.

In Tianying Ridge to the north, a month and a half ago, someone went into the mountain to gather medicine, and found a dozen corpses under the cliff, most of them were killed by arrows, and there were no wooden symbols on their bodies to prove their identity. The herbal collector reported to the official.

It's just that Tianying Ridge is far away from Yuqingfu City, so it's not so easy to find out.

"I didn't find out about it in Fucheng. I was about to come back, but I ran into the Qiu family. When I heard the news, they went to their house to see their appearance and appearance. It was someone from the cavalry. They brought the corpse back yesterday. It was left in the government office, so I went to check it out, and there was no Er Qing."

Having said that, Shen Yaoqing wiped his eyes and choked up a little: "I will look for it tomorrow, and there are no Boss Qiu and Lao San Qiu there. Their family is going to Tianyingling Prefecture, and I will go too."

Shen Xuanqing didn't come back for a day, and these things couldn't be hidden, and she couldn't hide them, so she could only tell the truth.

Lu Gu still sat there, he didn't move after listening, until Shen Yaoqing tentatively called Guzi.

He clenched the knife tightly in his hand, pursed his lips and lowered his head to continue killing the rabbit, without saying a word, but his hand didn't stop.

Seeing him like this, Shen Yaoqing moved his feet, sighed heavily in his heart, and went out first.

Lu Gu was the only one left in the backyard, he still didn't speak, he lowered his head to work, but suddenly, there was water dripping down, and after the rabbit was cleaned up, he washed his hands in the basin next to him, and then raised his arm to wipe away his tears.

There was a lot of noise in front of the shop, most of the men in the cavalry were from Fenggu Town, not all the corpses lying in the government office, some found the corpses of their own men or sons inside, others, like Shen Yaoqing, did not find them, and followed him on a mule When the car came back, after finishing talking, each of them shook their heads and sighed, wiped away their tears and went home.

At the door of the butcher shop, the husband who bought the rabbit heard about it. He couldn't hear the whole story from a few words, but he guessed it was close to ten. I'm afraid the situation is not very good. He stood in front of the shop and hesitated for a moment. Such a big incident happened in his family , if the rabbit is not killed well, he will not want it, why bother to blame it.

Before he could speak, Lu Gu came in from behind carrying the killed rabbit.

"Grandma, take it." His eye circles were a little red, but there was nothing wrong with his words and actions, and he smiled faintly when he collected the money.

When Shen Yaoqing and Shen Yan said this, their voices were kept low, and they didn't dare to let the children hear them.

Lingjun was young, sometimes he couldn't understand what adults said, but when he saw that his aunts and uncles didn't look well, he sat on the small stool obediently and didn't speak. When Lu Gu came to hug him, he hugged Eminem's neck tightly and hugged him tightly. On Lu Gu's cheeks, a pair of big ignorant eyes carefully looked at the adults.

The town is so big, most people are idle in winter, and some gossip and rumors can be spread as soon as there is a little wind.

Shen Xuanqing didn't come back, and the family fell into the dark clouds. Even Wei Lanxiang and Ji Qiuyue in their hometown couldn't live safely. Shen Yaoqing sent someone back to the village to bring a message, telling them to be safe and calm, and he and the Qiu family went to Tianyingling. Look around.

Even the Gu family got the news, Gu Chengyue and Gu Auntie rushed to see, they didn't dare to say much in front of Lu Gu, they asked Shen Yaoqing behind his back, Gu Chengyue's elder brother Gu Chengyuan was a boat dealer who traveled a long way to fetch goods for others , I also know some people, and said that he can ask his cousin to help inquire.

Shen Yaoqing drove the mule cart away, no one came home to pull rabbits, the shop was no longer open, there were a few chickens and ducks left, Lu Gu wanted to keep them for Shen Xuanqing, and wait for him to eat when he came back.

It hasn't snowed in the past few days at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, so the road is easy to walk.

After Lu Gu and Shen Yan sent him out, they sat in the yard for a long time, while Brother Ling was playing beside him, and Boy was lying on the ground, even his brows and eyes seemed to be tainted with melancholy.

"Guzi, Yanyan." Yan came in from the outside carrying a basket, and she almost shed tears when she saw the two big and one small.

Last night, Shen Yaoqing went to find Shen Xuanqing, and asked her and Lao Yangtou to help take care of the house. So many people died in the horse team, and the second boy disappeared. How could she rest? She cried several times at night. After getting up early and settling down at home, Nier and the little grandson let Lao Yang watch over him, and came here first.

"Come on, Auntie brought you delicious food. I'll cook for us at noon and make egg custard for our sweetheart Lingjun." She said, holding the ignorant and quiet brother Ling in her arms, Distressed like something.

Several people talked, Lu Gu was no longer so silent.

He had thought about it, waiting for Shen Xuanqing to come back, what to do with a sad face, Brother Ling still counted on him to take care of it, how could he sit still.

Shen Yan and Gu Chengyue's marriage still had some things to settle, but when Shen Yaoqing went out, something like this happened to their family again, the Gu family didn't rush to deal with it, so they put it down first.

Because Gu Chengyue is a man, it is not easy to come here often, so he asked his mother and eldest sister to come over if they have something to do, and accompany them to disperse.

On the fifth day, Shen Yaoqing didn't come back, the sun was quite high, Lu Gu removed Shen Xuanqing's quilt for washing, and took out Luo Biao's bedroll to dry.

Shen Yan was cooking in the kitchen, and Xiaohong next door led Brother Ling to play. He was relieved to hear the child's laughter next door in the yard.

"Brother Guzi, call Brother Ling back, and I'll scoop up rice for us." Shen Yan shouted from the kitchen.

He soaked Shen Xuanqing's thick winter clothes in the big wooden basin, got up when he heard the words, and replied: "Okay, I'll go and have a look."

In the courtyard next door, Mrs. Liu is also cooking. In her courtyard, there is Lu Fulang from the alley next door. She is about the same age as her. Lu Gu usually calls grandma when he sees her.

Lu Fulang has a broken mouth, loves to gossip behind his back, and loves to take advantage of him. Sometimes Mrs. Liu is nice to him, and sometimes she is not willing to associate with him when she is taken advantage of too much. Now their family is going to eat, and Lu Fulang is still relying on it. Not leaving, Mrs. Liu muttered dissatisfaction in the kitchen, but she still gave in and asked him to eat at home.

"No, no, no, my husband isn't here, so I can just go back and do whatever I want." Lu Fulang said, but he didn't move.

Mrs. Liu was not a very stingy person, but Lu Fulang seldom let her take advantage of her. Hearing this, he cursed secretly, didn't say much, just dawdled in the kitchen.

Lu Fulang put down the sole of the shoe in his hand, and saw Brother Ling playing in the yard, he knew him, the child was only two years old, even so, he didn't hold back the gossip.

"People say that your father died outside, do you know?"

As soon as Lu Gu walked to the gate of Liu's courtyard, he suddenly heard this sentence and looked over intently, but it was Lu Fulang who was talking to Brother Ling.

There was a buzzing sound in his mind as if it had exploded into a blank space, a burst of anger burst out from the bottom of his heart, he didn't know how he got in, he grabbed the crying brother Ling and pulled him back, pointed at Lu Fulang's nose and cursed: "You are blind, you have a rotten gut, if you say this in front of your children, you are not afraid of being struck by lightning."

When he caught gossip behind his back, Lu Fulang shrunk his neck all of a sudden, obediently daring not to respond.

"Tell me, who died? Tell me!"

Lu Gu's hands were trembling. Seeing that Lu Fulang didn't speak, he stopped pointing at him. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, his whole body began to tremble, and tears flowed out unconsciously. He took a step forward and firmly grasped Lu Fulang's collar.

"Hit someone, beat someone!"

Lu Fulang immediately yelled that Sapo was the best at playing tricks on him, and between the two of them tugging, he realized that Lu Gu would not be able to fight, so he immediately stretched out his hand and was about to scratch Lu Gu's face.

Even though he had never fought with anyone before, Lu Gu subconsciously dodged a step back and almost tripped over Ling Geer who was hiding behind him crying.

The cry of the child suddenly became louder, and Mrs. Liu hurriedly carried the child to the side.

Lu Gu had never been so angry like today, his brain was dazed, his tears stopped flowing, his eyes were flushed with anger, without thinking, after avoiding Lu Fulang's hand, he slapped him with all his strength.

Lu Fulang was careless, busy grabbing Lu Gu's hair, he was so close, he raised his hand to block it, but he was half a step too late, his cheek was touched, and half of his face burned instantly.

Unlike the husband in the town, Lu Gu had to do a lot of work when he was in his hometown, he was unambiguous in carrying water and farming, and he still had some strength.

It's just that he had never fought before, and Lu Fulang still grabbed his hair, causing his scalp to hurt.

"Come on, come on, come on!" Mrs. Liu put the child beside her and hurried up to fight.

Shen Yan heard Brother Ling crying just now when serving dinner, and now she also ran in. She didn't know what happened, and separated Lu Gu and Lu Fulang together with Mrs. Liu.

Seeing Lu Fulang grabbing Lu Gu's hair, she cried and cried, but her hands were quick, grabbing Lu Fulang's hair and pulling it to the side fiercely.

"Damn it, little whore, I'll drive you crazy!"

Lu Fulang was dragged out by his scalp, how could he feel better, he yelled like butchering a pig, and all the neighbors ran in.

When Lu Fulang let go, Lu Gu slapped Shen Yan again, and he didn't know where the strength came from. When Lu Fulang waved to hit Shen Yan, he grabbed the opponent's wrist and wrapped his hands around him to prevent Lu Fulang from scratching him. Bite down with one bite.

Before the fight started, seven or eight women and husbands were chattering, and the three of them were quickly separated in the confusion to prevent the fight.

Brother Ling and Shen Yan were both crying, Lu Gu wiped away his tears, he couldn't hold back his breath, and asked Lu Fulang in front of everyone: "I just ask you, did you open the eyes of the sky or saw my Erqing with your own eyes?" Dead body?"

"You told the child that he was dead, do you have evidence? Do you have a corpse? If you have a corpse, bring it out to me. If not, you curse others to die with empty words. What is your conscience?"

"The neighbors are all around, you told me clearly today, did you see him die?"

He gritted his teeth and asked sharply, but the tears couldn't stop flowing down.

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Liu and the others glared at Lu Fulang, even though Shen Xuanqing was very likely to die outside, but the Shen family was still looking outside, why would they say this in front of them, it would be worse than exposing the fault in person.

When Lu Fulang saw that the situation was not right, he always stared at him sideways, and immediately became anxious, denying, "I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything."

"You didn't say, that's why I cursed my Er Qing to die?" Lu Gu was also anxious, his voice raised a bit.

"I'm talking about Dongsheng. It's fine if you like to gossip. It's too insincere to curse someone to death."

"That's right, I'm not afraid of rotten mouth and guts."

"People say that misfortune comes from the mouth. If you love to chew your tongue so much, you won't be afraid of the wind."

The neighbors know what kind of person Lu Dongsheng is, and they can't bear to watch it now. You made him feel ashamed with your sarcasm, and he was about to defend himself, but was interrupted again.

"It's better to keep your mouth shut. If you dare to say such a thing in front of a child, we won't dare to associate with you in the future."

"That's right, brother Ling is only two years old, and you gossip about a baby. How can you do things like this? Are you not afraid of being punished by God?"

Lu Fulang only had one mouth, and he didn't dare to offend so many people. With half of his face swollen, he swallowed his anger and walked away. After going out, he only spat at the gate of Liu's house, but he didn't dare to be seen.

"Auntie, grandma, I'm going back first." Lu Gu picked up Brother Ling, wiped the tears on the child's face, told seven or eight older people, and went home with Shen Yan.

The neighbors knew that their family had something to do, so they nodded and told them to go back and rest quickly, don't care too much about the black-hearted Lu Dongsheng, and treat him as if there is no such person in the future.

Mrs. Liu was the most angry, scolding Lu Dongsheng bloody after Lu Gu left.

She actually heard what Lu Dongsheng said to Brother Ling, but before he could stop her, Lu Gu entered the door, making her feel ashamed, why today, the lard was blinded, and she asked Lu Dongsheng to chat and do needlework.