The Sweet Little Fulang

Qingxi River flows out of the mountains, moistens the earth wherever it goes, and flows to unknown distances.

In the wide section of the river in the distance, boats can be seen swaying. From a distance, it looks small. It really looks like a flat boat, and people and poultry must rely on boats to cross the river.

There is a bridge in the narrow section of the stream, this bridge is called Liangzhang Bridge, Lu Gu walked across the bridge with Shen Xuanqing carrying a small bamboo basket on his back.

Niujiazhuang is on the other side of the Qingxi River, far away. It takes almost [-] minutes to walk along the river bank to the Liangzhang Bridge. Most of the villages and towns here are built along the river. Fork the road and turn to the southwest avenue, follow the avenue, Fenggu Town is in front, but after getting off the bridge, according to what Shen Xuanqing said, you will reach Niujiazhuang after one more village.

There was a flood of people on and off the bridge, traffickers carrying loads and yelling, there were needles, threads, brain knives, groceries, and candied fruit, candied cakes, and biscuits. The woman with the basket led the child, and the child stretched out his hand to eat candied haws, but his arm was crushed. The woman grabbed hold of it and hurried down the bridge.

The bearer carried a small sedan chair onto the bridge from the opposite side, and the curtain of the sedan window was gently pushed aside, and the husband sitting in the sedan chair looked out.

The gray-haired but elegant little old lady wore a black embroidered forehead band on her forehead. She was riding a donkey led by a half-grown boy in the front, and the donkey's hooves pattered to her mother's house.

Liangzhang Bridge is similar to the bustle of the town. There is a big market on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, and people from all over the world will come to the market to buy and sell things.

The ships on both sides of the bridge under the bridge were unloading. Shen Xuanqing used to carry large bales and unload timber here, so she was quite familiar with the surrounding area.

The candied haws seller passed by with a pile of firewood on his shoulders. Lu Gu had never even been to Fenggu Town a few times before, let alone come here. He was watching curiously, when he heard Shen Xuanqing yelling to stop the candied haws seller.

Seeing a customer coming to ask, the peddler grinned and asked courteously: "A string of three pennies, how many strings do you want?"

"One string is fine, pick a big one." Shen Xuanqing took out a new purse embroidered with tiger patterns from her bosom. It was sewn by Lu Gu when he was free these days. It was given to him the night before, and when he went out today Just put it on.

"Okay." As soon as the peddler collected the money, he took a piece from the firewood pile. The size of his pile was fairly uniform, otherwise it would be difficult to sell if he was picked on.

Shen Xuanqing put the purse in her arms, but didn't intend to take it, so the peddler handed it to Lu Gu.

There are seven or eight red fruit wrapped in sugar syrup. People often sell this thing in the streets and alleys of the town, but country people don’t buy it easily. Where can they get so much spare money? Besides, it’s a favorite food for children, and some adults still hate hawthorn. It's sour.

The peddler left, Lu Gu looked up at Shen Xuanqing with the sticks of candied haws in his hand, his eyes worried and cautious.

"Let's eat." Shen Xuanqing said.

A bunch of candied haws is not a precious thing. Since it came out, Liangzhangqiao is like a small fair. It’s nothing to buy a snack for my husband. When he was young, he went to the fair with his family to eat delicious food. When he was going to the big market, what he loved most when he returned to the village and his peers was what his parents bought and ate.

For the country folks whose circumstances are not bad, it seems necessary to go to the market to buy something that they don't usually eat.

Shen Xuanqing walked down the bridge, Lu Gu took a half step behind and followed him, he hesitated before biting into the top red fruit, it was wrapped in syrup and very sweet, and the bit of flesh was sour, he tasted it and thought It's not good to eat alone, so I turned my head and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to eat?"

Before he finished speaking, the candied haws were handed over to Shen Xuanqing.

"No, you eat." Shen Xuanqing doesn't like candied haws very much.

After the two got off the bridge, it was still bustling. The fortune-teller who set up a stall twisted his beards to explain his hexagrams, and all kinds of snacks were fragrant. There were many people sitting in the tavern and teahouse. When he saw the shortbread seller, Shen Xuanqing paused and went to buy I ordered two shortbreads, which cost six Wen.

The hot shortbread was wrapped with a small piece of oil paper, and could be eaten in the hand. The pancake was not big, but it was better in that it was oily, crispy and soft. Shen Xuanqing gave one to Lu Gu, and the other one was settled by himself in two or three bites.

With something to eat in both hands, Lu Gu didn't know which one to eat first. After making a choice, he finished the shortbread first, otherwise it would be cold.

He couldn't help looking at Shen Xuanqing when he was eating, and even when his mother was around, he never bought him two delicious foods once, filling both hands.

After being cautiously startled, an indescribable joy surged up, making his eyes brighten when he looked at Shen Xuanqing, but gradually, there was an inexplicable sourness quietly permeating his heart and eye sockets, he He never thought that there would be someone who treats him as well as his mother and buys more things than his mother.

So when Shen Xuanqing turned his head, he saw that his little husband's eyes were wet, showing a bit of pity. He was shocked, but he couldn't figure it out. He didn't know what happened, why he cried, and asked immediately: "What's wrong? Why are you crying?"

Hearing that Lu Gu shook his head subconsciously, meaning it was nothing, he thought for a while before saying: "It's a little sour."

Shen Xuanqing glanced at the candied haws he was about to eat, and felt relieved. It seems that he can't buy this one next time. The hawthorn can make people cry, and said, "Don't eat it if it's too sour."

The sourness Lu Gu said was the sourness in his heart, but he is not very good at expressing emotions, he still feels embarrassed when he speaks out, and he is also afraid of being scolded as a mourner, and he is still embarrassed when his emotions are broken as soon as he opens his mouth. To explain again, originally he lowered his head slowly, but when Shen Xuanqing said that he would not be allowed to eat, he hurriedly said: "It's not sour, there's only one left."

Shen Xuanqing thought it was a pity for him, but she couldn't grab it and throw it away, so she didn't say any more.

Walking from the pharmacy door on the street to the north, there are still people coming and going on the road, but the street under the bridge is not as lively as the street under the bridge, and it is all farmland and wild land.

After passing a village, we arrived at Niujiazhuang.

Lu Gu followed Shen Xuanqing to find a dog owner. The bitch was lying in the front yard, and four puppies were playing around her. After a while, one of the puppies wanted to get into her belly to breastfeed her. The bitch got up and left without letting go. to eat.

Niu Hong, in his 30s, was smoking a cigarette, and brought the biggest pup over, saying, "Just this pup, take it home so it can be raised and kept healthy."

The gray-blue pup is plump, he held the back of the neck and lifted it up, his eyes are bright, his whimpering sound is not small, his limbs are thick and fat in the air, and his paws are not small, he can see it at a glance. strength.

Ya Gouwa is a male Gouwa, Shen Xuanqing thinks his appearance is very good, and he will feel relieved to follow Lu Gu when he grows up, so he gave Niu Hong the agreed one tael of silver, and the mastiff like Langqing is more expensive than other dogs , but worth it for Orion.

After hugging the pup, Niu Hong sent the two of them out. At the end, he said that if anyone wanted a pup, let me tell you that he has one here. Shen Xuanqing nodded and said yes, and left with Lu Gu.

Returning along the way, Lu Gu held the pup in his arms with his hands. He originally wanted to put it in the bamboo basket, but once he put it in, the pup kept barking away from the bitch, so he had to take it out again.

The pup was very lively and not afraid of people at all. He barked a few times in his arms and arched his head in his palm. After he stopped barking, he bit his cuff and licked his fingers a few times, whimpering in his throat. Ugh, let Lu Gu stroke its fat and round body to soothe it for a while.

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The puppy was raised for Lu Gu, so he took it with him when he went up the mountain the next day.

Big Hui and the two small dogs were very curious about the arrival of the pups. They approached cautiously and sniffed the scent. The pups were not too afraid of the big dogs and wanted to play with them. They whined and barked, more courageous Hui Hui was bigger and more lively when he was young, and Shen Xuanqing thought that he would be a monkey in the future, so he had to be trained well so that he could be more stable when he grew up.

After entering the mountain, the two of them cooked first, and Lu Gu took the pup out of the bamboo basket and played in the yard.

The pup is two months old. He can run around and bite. He usually plays and learns from the bitch. Now that there is a big dog, he also wants to play and bite. It is bigger than other puppies. , The mouth and teeth are not as good as those of a big dog, and soon because of its too skin, it was pushed down by the paw of the gray and white fine dog, and it pressed against its neck with its teeth bared.

The pup screamed in alarm, but did not break free from the big dog's paws, twisting its fat body and barking, the sound really killed it, so scared that Lu Gu hurried out of the kitchen to protect and drive the little dog away Finally, the puppy made a pitiful whining sound and moved towards his feet.

"If you don't really bite, just scare it." Shen Xuanqing was chopping firewood in the yard and waiting for the meal to be ready. When he saw the puppies playing, he didn't care. Dogs would fight and play, but seeing Lu Gu was so anxious, he also came over to take a look. There was no injury at all, and besides, the pup is so fat, it looks tough enough to be beaten.

It turned out to be like this, Lu Gu then put down the pup in his hand, in fact, with Shen Xuanqing in the yard, nothing would happen.

The pup had learned a lesson and dared not approach the big dog again, but it was not honest and went to catch the big ashes after a while.

Da Hui was lying on the ground sleeping, and the big furry tail became the target of the puppies. It seemed a little impatient to wag its tail. The pup got up and swept across the ground, then got up and found a place to lie down again.

In the kitchen, Lu Gu uncovered the red cloth bag on the wine jar. The green snails were soaked to the tune of [-] or [-]. When he opened it, the red snail meat floated on top of the wine jar. He took the wooden basin used on the stove.

Last time I touched a lot of green snails, but fortunately I bought two jars of wine, otherwise one jar would not be enough, Shen Xuanqing saved some wine before soaking the snails, this time I went up the mountain and bought another jar of five catties.

After pouring, there is still powder residue of the green snail shell in the wine jar. Compared with other snails, this kind of thin-shelled green snail is very wonderful. After spit it out for a few days and wash it with sand, soak it in the wine directly, and the shell itself will be fine. Once it is gone, the red snail meat is separated, and it can be eaten with just one stir-fry.

Lu Gu only poured out one jar, and the remaining jar would not spoil if soaked in wine, so he brought it back home.He scooped out the snail meat and the still clear layer of wine on it, and Wei Lanxiang had prepared autumn peppers and boiled soybeans for him yesterday, so he just fried them today.

There are a few green ones in the autumn hot peppers, and he cuts them up. They look good with the red hot peppers. Add soybeans, and put them into the pot one after another as soon as the oil boils.

They don’t grow many autumn chili peppers, so they asked the villagers to exchange some. This chili pepper is not very spicy. When it’s out of the pot, sprinkle a handful of green autumn vegetables, red, yellow, and green. It looks pretty good. Beautiful, the red snail meat tastes fresh and slightly spicy, and has the aroma of wine. It is really a good dish to accompany wine.