The Sweet Little Fulang

Shen Xuanqing looked at the money bag embroidered with lion patterns, it was more delicate than the ones he had used before, and it was not too small, it was more than enough to hold the two or three hundred copper coins on hand.

The peasants are poor, mostly made of coarse clothes and few bright colors. When he was young, his home was fine, but Wei Lanxiang’s embroidery work was not as good as Lu Gu’s. If he can make it at home, there is no reason to buy it outside. Besides, he doesn't pay much attention to these things, as long as he can hold money.

After Lu Gu gave him the purse, he lowered his head and said embarrassedly: "I'll go serve the food."

The food in the kitchen is already ready, just waiting to be eaten.

Shen Xuanqing looked away from the money bag, the day's hard work seemed to be wiped away after receiving the money bag, it was made for him by his husband.

He unconsciously showed a smirk, and when he saw Lu Gu brought out something, he quickly stuffed the purse into his arms, stepped forward courteously, and because of the surprise and excitement in his heart, he snatched Lu Gu's words, and said, "I'll come."

Those star-like eyes looked over with a smile, which made Lu Gu slightly flustered. Recently, he knew that Shen Xuanqing was handsome, but he didn't expect that his smile would become even more handsome. He didn't dare to look more, thinking it would be rude. offend.

When the two of them sat down to eat, the smile on Shen Xuanqing's face remained undiminished, and the money bag was still in his arms, and he used this to pack the 20 taels of silver that he had exchanged after going down the mountain.

There are often people in the family, so it is more at ease to put the money down the mountain, so as to avoid the need to carry it back and forth up and down the mountain.

The fish soup was delicious, and there was a bowl in front of both of them. Lu Gu tasted two bites, and the salt was just right. He only stewed two small fish, and the big ones were killed and wrapped in coarse salt. Keep it for two days.

The river is so close, and there are only two of them catching them. Once the nets are caught, they almost never miss. So they often eat fish on the mountain, and they don’t like anything if they eat too much. .

Shen Xuanqing's mind was always on the purse in her arms, it was a joy, like a blossoming of joy.It's just that he suddenly remembered something, stopped his chopsticks, hesitated and asked, "During the Lu family, you and Lu Wen could do these things?"

Lu Gu, who was eating, raised his eyes in a daze, but he didn't realize what he was asking, because he mentioned the Lu family, he felt a little uneasy.

"Money bags and sachets." Shen Xuanqing added.

It turned out to be this, Lu Gu nodded subconsciously and said, "Well, he will do it too."

Shen Xuanqing heard that something was wrong, and asked again: "Then he often makes it and sells it to subsidize the family?"

Lu Gu was stunned for a moment, put down his chopsticks, his brows were puzzled, and he denied, "He often said that he wanted to study and copy books, and occasionally he did one or two, Du..."

He paused and continued: "Du Hehua took his and the ones I made and sold them in the town."

From Lu Gu's point of view, it's definitely not something that Lu Wen does often.

When he was in Lu's house, Lu Wen ignored him. In the village, they seldom went out together. Because they were boring and not talkative at that time, and Du Hehua threatened him again, so they seldom talked to the villagers. Gossip together, so I don't know how Du Hehua brags about Lu Wen to outsiders.

And even if he heard someone praise Lu Wen, he bowed his head and left because of his cowardice. People often say that he is out of sight and out of mind, so he won't be sad if he can't hear it.

Hearing this, Shen Xuanqing frowned. At the beginning, the matchmaker told him that Lu Wen was sensible and caring, and that he was not a young master who didn't do any work. It turned out to be a lie, but it made sense, if Lu Wen was really like what the matchmaker said Well, how can you do things like crazy.

He hated the Lu family even more, but after seeing Lu Gu's uneasy expression, he felt a sense of gratitude that made him stretch his brows. Fortunately, it was Lu Gu who married back, not a villain like Lu Wen.

"It's nothing, I'll just ask. When we got engaged, Du Hehua told the matchmaker that he made the purse and sachet, but now it seems that's not the case." Shen Xuanqing said a few words, seeing Lu Gu in a daze, he hesitated , and said: "You do these well, better than anything I have seen in the town."

When Lu Gu heard that Du Hehua put the sachet he made on Lu Wen's head, he felt awkward and uncomfortable, obviously he made a lot of it.

It's just that before the grievance surfaced in his heart, he heard Shen Xuanqing say that he was good.

The word "good" made him bow his head shyly, and he felt joyful because of the compliment, so he couldn't help whispering: "This purse is big, it can hold a lot of money and a lot of copper coins, I also bought other cloth heads, and I will give it to you." Sew a small money purse, which can hold scattered silver and a hundred or so copper coins, and it can be used when going out."

When I was at home at the foot of the mountain, Shen Xuanqing caught a glimpse of Lu Gu's sewing basket, but didn't pay attention to it. His mother and sister-in-law often do some needlework. He thought Lu Gu was also doing it, so he didn't think about it at all. Make him a purse, and let him leave all the bad things behind. Nothing is as happy as my husband making things for me.

"Okay, give it to me when you're done." He promised again and again, and urged him earnestly as if he was afraid that Lu Gu would not give it.

"En." Lu Gu nodded, and asked one more question: "Then do you have any patterns you want to embroider?"

Shen Xuanqing said: "I will use whatever you do, and besides, I don't understand these things."

Hearing this, Lu Gu thought for a while, it's better to use tiger stripes, and it doesn't feel appropriate to use anything else.

Although I talked about the bad things in the past, but after I stopped talking about it, the meal was still very happy.

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The autumn wind rolled up the yellow and green leaves on the ground, and the sun was still quite strong at noon. In the large fence outside the courtyard, the fluffy chickens and ducklings croaked from time to time, pecking the grass and chasing insects.

Lu Gu released them today, and picked peppers outside the courtyard with a bamboo basket.

He was afraid that the ducks would swim along the river when he couldn't see them, so they didn't put them in the pond. Anyway, the ducks also ate the leaves of the caterpillar fungus, so they were locked in the fence with the chickens.

Autumn peppers are turning red, bright red peppers are numb, and they should be picked within two days, otherwise the peppers will be dried and cracked by the sun, and it will be difficult to pick up when they fall to the ground, and it will be worthless if sold.

Bunches of bright red peppercorns were picked off and thrown into the nearly full bamboo basket at his feet. His hands were black and dirty after picking them all morning, and there was a smell of numbness. Be careful, or it will hurt if you prick it.

There is only one person in Lu Gu. The two pepper trees are quite big, and there are a lot of peppers. He has only picked half of them now, and he will have to work all afternoon like this.

Just picking it off is not enough. If the sun is good these days, it will be in the sun for two days. After drying, you can store it up. This thing is not a vegetable. Even if you use it for every meal, you can’t eat much. If so, a large bamboo basket may not be eaten until the beginning of next spring. After a while, I will go down the mountain and carry a basket back home.

Once before, he saw that Ji Qiuyue fried the dried peppercorns in oil when cooking, and the oil became numbing after it was taken out. After heating it up, it poured it on the cold dishes with a prickly sound. It tasted very special. .

Because he wanted to finish this job earlier, Lu Gu worked alone for a whole day. He ate two steamed buns at noon and served with sour cress to satisfy his hunger. Even dinner was a simple meal. The eggs, which are not willing to eat, are stuffed in the pot together with Zamian steamed buns, and they just wait for Shen Xuanqing to come back and cook some rice wine, pour some rice wine and add some water, and boil it to drink, which is faster than cooking rice soup, and there is no need to worry about setting fire.

It's simple, but compared to the spicy fried rabbit meat in fish soup before, it's good for country people to eat scrambled eggs.

When Shen Xuanqing came back in the evening, he heard a dog barking and hurried out from the side of the west wall, and three dogs ran over to surround him. During this period of time, even the black dog was familiar with him, but because of the previous incident, Lu Gu still likes Dahui the most.

His hands were black and dirty, and he didn't touch the heads of the three dogs.

Shen Xuanqing unloaded the heavy bamboo basket at the gate of the courtyard. Seeing that he hadn't finished his work, she also went to look outside the west wall.

"Not much." Seeing that there were not many peppers left on the pepper tree, he simply picked them together with Lu Gu, and it would not be too late to eat later.

The chicken crowed in the fence circle, the fence door was closed, and Big Hui stood upright, resting its front paws on the bamboo fence and looking in. It seemed relieved, and after getting down, it regained its composure. The fine dog itself is not very stupid, and he will follow suit, and imitate it and take a look inside.

Lu Gu and Shen Xuanqing turned their backs to them, but they didn't see this scene.

Shen Xuanqing ran in the mountains for a day and didn't see Lu Gu that day. She also wanted to talk to Fu Lang when she came back, so she thought of a wording and asked, "What's for dinner today?"

Homely words are the best and most natural. When he comes back, Lu Gu rarely asks what he got, so he has to ask Lu Gu.

He wasn't annoyed if Lu Gu didn't ask him, he was a timid character, and every time he took something out of the bamboo basket, Lu Gu would squat beside him and watch and listen carefully.

Upon hearing that rice wine was still to be cooked, Shen Xuanqing said: "Then you cook it first, and I'll pick the rest and carry it back."

That being the case, Lu Gu obeyed and went back first. When he saw Shen Xuanqing's big basket at the gate of the courtyard, he wanted to take it in, but he didn't move it. He was so heavy that he had to give up.

When the sky darkened, Lu Gu cooked the rice wine and put the food on the table. He was about to go out to call Shen Xuanqing for dinner when he saw him coming back with the pepper and bamboo baskets driving the chickens and ducks.

After a day's hard work, he was able to rest after closing the courtyard door. The black dirt on Lu Gu's hands could not be washed off after several times of washing with wild bath beads, but it could only slowly fade away. That's how it was when picking peppercorns. He was not in a hurry, just washed it It will be clean in a few days.

"The fish and shrimps in the river are getting fatter, and the loach is fatter too. I won't go out tomorrow. I will cast a net by the river to catch some fish, then catch some purple belly and green snails, and take them down the mountain to sell in two days." Shen Xuanqing finished eating I took a bite of scrambled eggs, and I was satisfied. There were not many eggs brought up the mountain this time, and I had eaten them twice. This time, there should be no more eggs.

When it comes to this season, some people say, "When the autumn wind blows, the loach is fat, and the loach is better than the ginseng in early winter" (Note). In the past few years, I have learned from the people in Fucheng that they pay attention to "eating autumn". Hexian is sold well in restaurants and restaurants in the town. Why not sell some money at this moment, purple belly and green snails are quite expensive.

Shen Xuanqing is tired of running around in the mountains and forests every day. She has no horses or carts, and runs around on two legs. After a long time, the hard-hit people can't stand it. Now she doesn't have to work hard to earn money, but also wants to change her job Rest your legs.

The other one is his selfishness, he seems to be getting more and more familiar with Lu Gu, but he can only see him when he comes back at night, besides, he has never experienced what other people say about being newlyweds. Don't mention anything else, it's inevitable that I have some thoughts in my heart, and I want to spend more time with Fu Lang.

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Note: "When the autumn wind blows, the loach is fat, and the loach competes with ginseng in early winter" comes from a folk proverb, not original.