The Sweet Little Fulang

Deeper in the mountain forest, Shen Xuanqing also found a place to eat dry food. He took out the cloth bag from the basket. The bread was already cold, but his heart was warm.

He thought of Lu Gu, but his husband was not around, so he had no choice but to give up, even the smile in his eyes was replaced by sadness, he sat down with no expression on his face, and ate the white cake after drinking saliva.

Before he knew it, he thought of Lu Gu again. His little husband is obedient and hardworking. He wants to make it for him when he hears that others are so cute. She looks pretty when she smiles, but she is too thin.

That day at Zhao Tuhu's house, he saw Lu Gu hugging the child, and he still remembers it. Wang Langzhong also talked about childbearing. Now that he calmed down, he thought a lot. The first thing was to earn more money. , with white flour, new rice and meat to eat, Lu Gu will be well-fed and fat. Otherwise, when it comes time to give birth, if he is too thin, he will suffer.

Besides, you need to be rich to raise a child. The poor people in the country can marry and have children, but the children are as thin as monkeys. They either run around or work early in the day to work for others. , have to suffer more than ordinary farm children.

He has studied and often went to the town, and he has seen more people and things. Now that he thinks about childbirth, he naturally does not want his children to suffer and suffer for others to herd cattle and work, no matter whether it is a boy or a girl. Shuang'er, it's best to be able to read, at least you won't have to suffer from illiteracy in the future.

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What was Shen Xuanqing thinking about alone? Lu Gu didn't know, he continued to search along the stream after eating, and walked back after more than an hour.

It was just over halfway in the afternoon, and it was still too early for the sun to set. The reason why he was walking back now was that he was afraid of the mountains and forests after dark, and because he walked along the stream for a long time, and went to other nearby streams to search for it. If you want to go back, you have to follow the water to find the way you came, which takes more effort, so naturally you have to leave early.

Under the bamboo basket were [-] to [-] small purple crabs, and green snails wrapped in big leaves. There were several big bags, at least two hundred, and it took him a long time for just these, not long after the sun rose in the morning. At this moment, it is also fortunate that there are few people here, otherwise there would be nothing like this in a day.

On the purple belly and green snails are sweet buns with water celery and red and yellow. The tender green water celery is neatly stacked. He picked more than half of the basket. Because the bamboo basket is big, there are quite a lot of these, and it can be eaten for a long time.

Finally, when he found the way to go back, Lu Gu saw a few edible fungi by the roadside, and picked them up. In the deep mountains where there are many things, as long as you know what to eat, you won't starve to death.

As he was walking, he saw a big fallen tree in the distance, so he probed the grass with a wooden stick, and when he saw that there was no snake and queen, he turned in, and the big gray didn't make any noise, presumably there was nothing hidden in it.

When he came last time, he found that the tree had fallen down. It should have been there for a long time, but because he was anxious to go back after picking the fungus last time, he didn't go to see it.

This tree has been down for a while, and it is all rotten. As Lu Gu imagined, there are several clusters of black fungus growing on it. This thing does not only grow on the rotten wood, sometimes it can be seen on the tree, but it needs to be climbed or used to grow. Hook down the long bamboo pole.

There are not many black fungus, and he only eats them a few times after picking them all up and drying them, but he didn't miss them. Isn't these things just accumulated little by little.

The mushrooms and black fungus were placed on top of the cress. Lu Gu saw that there was nothing to pick here, so he went back to the road just now, and came back to see after a while, maybe the fungus would grow again.

The sky is blue and far away, and the mountain breeze is warm. It really is autumn and the air is refreshing. With so many things, Lu Gu's mood is also more relaxed, with joy in his eyes and heart.

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Before Shen Xuanqing left in the morning, he gave him the key to the courtyard door. As soon as Lu Gu came back and opened the door, he ran to the backyard to see the chickens and ducklings. He thought they were grazing, and he went outside to pluck young grass and chop it up. If he was not busy at the moment, he would have to go to the river to dig earthworms. They would eat both chickens and ducks, and they would grow flesh after eating them.

After finishing all this work, he packed up the things in the bamboo basket. There were red and yellow sweet buns. The red ones were too ripe and the skins would be easily broken when bumping and colliding on the road. So he also picked yellow fruits with thick skins and ate them today. No, it can be eaten after a few days of ripening, and I have picked a lot.Now that I know where there is a sweet bun tree, I will go there again before going back down the mountain, and bring some to Shen Yan and the others to taste.

He took out a lot of cress, bamboo plaques piled up in a pile, and then there were a few packages of green snails with thin shells, some of which had only one layer of leaves, which were crushed by crab claws, and some green snails were exposed. He put them in the wooden basin. Pour water and drop a few drops of oil, pour all the green snails in, and keep them for a few days to spit out sand.

As for the small purple belly crabs at the bottom, most of them were alive. He picked out a dozen or so and scrubbed them clean. He was going to fry a plate for Shen Xuanqing to try something new, and put the rest in a bucket, sprinkle some salt and raise them for two days. They also used bamboo plaques to buckle and press the wood to prevent them from climbing out.

The newly picked black fungus was inedible, so he took out a bamboo plaque and put it on to dry, and soaked it to eat after drying.

Bamboo baskets, bamboo plaques, and bamboo baskets. He made some bamboo baskets last time, but he felt that they were not enough for such a use. No wonder there are so many bamboo plaques in the homes of the people who gather herbs and mountain products in the village to dry.

There are still some bamboo strips from the previous two days, so he will have to weave some more when he is free tomorrow.

The autumn vegetables planted in the front yard are no longer wilting, and they are watered every two days to make them look juicy, just fried with mushrooms, mixed with cress, and purple belly, this meal is very good.

When Shen Xuanqing came back in the evening, Lu Gu had already cooked. The hot dishes and rice wine were stuffed in the pot, and they were still warm when they were brought out.

Shen Xuanqing was washing his hands in front of the kitchen door, and when he saw Lu Gu bring out a bowl of small crabs from the mountain, he said with a smile: "There is this, did you run away today?"

"Well, I went to touch the green snails and saw some in the water, so I caught them back, and some are in the bucket." Lu Gu replied in a low voice, because today's harvest is quite good, he is really happy in his heart, and the relationship with Shen Xuanqing is also considered After getting a little familiar, he hesitated and continued: "There are also sweet buns and cress, and I fished out the pickles. The jar is empty, so pickle some sour cress to eat instead."

As soon as Shen Xuanqing entered the door, she saw the washed watercress on the bamboo plaque. Hearing this, she nodded and smiled, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

For some reason, these words made Lu Gu feel a bit unspeakable, as if he could decide some things, but he is very cautious and petty, so how could he ask such a question.

Because sweet buns were hard to come by, when he put away the bowl and went to the kitchen to get steamed buns, he saw the washed red fruit, so he took two to the main room, lowered his head and handed them over, whispering, "Here you are."

Seeing the fruit in his hand, Shen Xuanqing was stunned for a moment before taking it with a smile, something melted in her heart and it was warm.

The cold cress is fresh and tender, and the fried small crabs are spicy and numb. With the addition of fried vegetables with mushrooms and rice wine, both of them are full and refreshed.

It was getting dark, and Shen Xuanqing was about to close the courtyard door after feeding the dogs, when Da Hui who was eating suddenly raised his head and barked outside, the two small dogs also barked, and Lu Gu, who was washing dishes in the kitchen, was caught The sound startled me, I have lived here for so long, I have never heard a dog bark like this before at night.

Fortunately, it wasn't some wild beast, and the barking of the dogs was not very intense. A figure came out from the woods in front of the courtyard, and Shen Xuanqing recognized it carefully. .

"Amitabha, Lord Shen, I went to the mountain to collect herbs, but I couldn't make it down the mountain at night, so I came to disturb your quietness again, and I still look at the sea." Huitong stood still in front of the courtyard, and did not rush in.

Shen Xuanqing saluted him back and said, "Master Huitong, fast forward."

"Thank you, Benefactor Shen." Only then did Monk Huitong come in.

Seeing that Shen Xuanqing was going to push the gate of the courtyard, he helped to lift the thick tree trunk before the bamboo basket was unloaded, because he was a monk before, although he was not as tall as Shen Xuanqing, he still had some strength.

He turned around and saw Lu Gu, chanted a Buddha's name and asked, "What is the honorable name of this benefactor?"

"My husband, his surname is Lu and his name is Lu Gu." Shen Xuanqing smiled.

"It turned out to be the benefactor Lu, disrespectful and disrespectful. The poor monk Huitong is a monk of Jingxin Temple." Huitong gave the Buddhist ceremony again.

Lu Gu quickly folded his palms and whispered, "Master Huitong."

He met the monk twice, but he never spoke, so he was inevitably a little nervous and reserved.

Shen Xuanqing was familiar with Huitong. When the other party went up the mountain to collect herbs and couldn't go down, he would come to spend the night and leave some medicinal materials when he left. He asked, "Master, have you eaten? There are vegetarian dishes here, and the oil is also vegetable oil."

"That's it, thank you very much." After saying that, Huitong took out a pack of dry food from the unloaded bamboo basket, and he went to the kitchen to boil water and heat dry food without his help.

Shen Xuanqing grabbed a large handful of cress from the bamboo plaque and took it in. Huitong knows how to cook vegetables, so it's always good to eat some hot vegetables and rice after running in the mountains for a day.

Seeing two bowls of red sweet buns on the chopping board, Lu Gu picked quite a lot, Shen Xuanqing only took a smaller bowl, and said before going out: "Master, you can eat this fruit as much as you like."

"Thank you." Huitong, who was burning the fire, nodded his thanks without being overly polite.

Lu Gu just drove chickens and ducks in from the backyard, Shen Xuanqing took the bowl of sweet buns to the main room, and said: "I will let Master Huitong eat that bowl, if you want to eat later, I will pick it with you, pick it up." Better come back."

This was brought back by Lu Gu after a long journey, and he was anxious to give it to him as soon as he came back. How could he spoil this intention, so he had to tell him.

And the monk Huitong used to help the old Orion to see a doctor and gave back the medicinal materials, but he didn't take any money. The same is true for the poor people. It is enough to show that he has a good heart. .

"It's better, we can't finish it, so it's okay to let it go." Lu Gu whispered, the sweet buns will go bad if they are kept for a long time after they are so red. The yellow astringent fruit can be eaten after two days of ripening.

"Hmm." The smile on Shen Xuanqing's face was even bigger, he knew that his husband was a rare good husband in the world, and in order to reassure Lu Gu, he also told about Huitong's medical treatment to the old Orion.

Now that Lu Gu felt that he should give others more food, such a good monk, how could he be stingy with this little thing.

It was getting dark, and there was an extra monk Huitong, and later he would lay a mattress in the east room to rest at night, so Shen Xuanqing lit the oil lamp, and by the way, took out the things in the bamboo basket by the light.

The stupid tits and rabbits he had caught had already been locked in a cage in the firewood house. There were still chestnuts wrapped in big leaves in the bamboo basket, which he picked up when he passed by. Now he took them out and peeled one for Lu Gu. Crisp and crisp, it will taste even better when the sun comes out tomorrow.

Few people peeled something for Lu Gu to eat, except his mother, who had a sweet chestnut in his hand, he carefully raised his head, and looked at Shen Xuanqing who was peeling chestnuts with drooping eyebrows and eyes under the candlelight.