The Sweet Little Fulang

During the autumn harvest season, rice chaff can be seen everywhere in Qingxi Village. There are chaff and rice bran on the ground outside the village. These chaff are not thrown away. Every family sweeps up and saves them to feed chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep. , poor people dare not throw it away, rice bran is something that can satisfy hunger and satiety.

After getting up early and eating, Lu Gu chopped up a large dustpan grass, mixed it with chaff, and took it to the backyard to feed the chickens and ducks.The pup followed him, because it would bite chickens and ducks, Lu Gu had no choice but to ask Shen Yan to take it away and play in the front yard.

Harvesting autumn rice was busy at home. Before going down the mountain, Shen Xuanqing told him that he would stay at home for ten and a half months. He was worried about the chickens and ducks. When he went down the mountain, he locked the chickens and ducks in a bamboo cage and pulled them down with a cart. Now it's only half grown, no bigger than a hen or a duck, and it can fit in a bamboo cage.

The hens were cooing and the ducks were quacking. They were kept separately in two fence enclosures. After the chickens poured out the grains, they poured them out for the ducks. Finally, the bamboo dustpan was turned over and patted on the back to remove the residue. shoot down.

With an empty dustpan in one hand, he was stippling in the air with the other, counting the chickens and ducklings who were pecking at them, and he was relieved when he saw that none of them were missing, but he watched the limp chick in the corner turn to the other side Why is there blood on the body?

Lu Gu became a little anxious, went in and caught the chick, and found that it had wounds on the back of its neck and the base of its wings, and its feathers were stained with blood.

What should I do? Do I want to get some herbs? Thinking about it, he looked carefully at the other chickens and ducklings. Fortunately, only this one was injured, so he hurriedly grabbed the chicken and went to the front yard up.

Shen Xuanqing was entering the door with Shen Yaoqing, they had just gone out to inquire about the price of new rice, and they negotiated to bring some new rice to the town to sell in the next two days when the price was good, when they looked up, they saw Lu Gu's anxious expression.

"What's the matter?" Shen Xuanqing's eyes fell on the chicken in his hand, and he stepped forward to check the injury, and finally said: "It's okay, it's just a small injury, it must have been pecked by a big chicken, don't worry about getting some herbs gone."

Lu Gu also thought that it should be the big chicken who bullied his little chicken, the big dog would not bite, and the puppy has been in the front yard today, so it can only be the big chicken.

"Can I separate them?" Lu Gu asked in a low voice, the chickens were not raised in one litter, so he thought it was better to separate them.

Shen Xuanqing couldn't help it, and said, "Okay, I'll go to plant the fence. The old fence that was pulled out before has not been burned, so it can be simply surrounded. It doesn't need to be too much trouble, and it will go up in a few days."

Shen Yan was sitting under the eaves doing needlework, and the pup was biting the leg of the stool she was sitting on. When she heard what they were saying, she interjected, got up and said, "Brother Guzi, there are herbs for bleeding on the hillside, I will give it to you right now." You take it."

Lu Gu nodded hastily, put the chicken in the bamboo basket, and said, "I'll go with you."

When the two of them came back from picking the medicine, Shen Yan smashed a stone to make a green medicine juice, and Lu Gu carefully found a rag, when the chicken shook when it was put on, the medicine would fall off. It's better to wrap it around.

After the two of them finished, Shen Xuanqing also tidied up a small fence in the backyard, drove the chickens and ducks into it, and separated them from the big ones.Lu Gu put the injured one in as well, and re-chopped fodder for the chicks and ducklings.

He originally wanted to keep the injured one alone in the front yard, but seeing the lively and sturdy appearance of the pup, he could only bite the leg of the stool, so he had no choice but to give up.

Speaking of which, the cub is quite close to Lu Gu. Once Shen Xuanqing left on the mountain, there were only the two of them left. Compared to the chickens and ducks, the cub really looked like a child. He followed Lu Gu wherever he went, with a pair of bright black eyes open. He tilted his eyes and yelled a few times, his small ears swayed with his head, sometimes his fat little paws would step on his shoe uppers, and his fat, round body was not to mention very cute.

When Lu Gu returned to the front yard, the pup who had been yelled at by Big Hui did not dare to go to Big Hui again. It found a corner and lay down, with its small head resting on its two front paws. His eyes looked pitiful and aggrieved.

Seeing this, Lu Gu walked over, knelt down in front of it, patted its head, pinched one of its ears, and said, "If you behave well, Big Hui won't kill you."

No one talked to him in the mountains, and the pup was sometimes too naughty, so he couldn't help but pick it up and preach a few words, the pup was human, even if he couldn't understand what he was talking about, he would still wag his little tail and tilt his head to listen.

As Lu Gu said, he picked up the pup on the ground, turned around and saw Shen Xuanqing coming out of the main room, and stood there in a little embarrassment, thinking that no one would talk to a dog like that, if he was heard, he would definitely laugh at him.

The pup was touched and hugged again, and the grievance disappeared. He barked twice in his arms, licked his fingers and played with him and bit him a few times. It hurt but it didn't hurt.

Shen Xuanqing did hear Lu Gu talking to the pup. Lu Gu usually had a low voice, or he would lower his head and talk in such a low voice, looking timid, and whispered to the pup, but Shen Xuanqing felt that it seemed a little different, so he looked at Lu Gu subconsciously. Valley.

Compared to him, Lu Gu seemed more comfortable with the puppies.

After noticing Lu Gu's embarrassment, Shen Xuanqing narrowed her gaze, thought for a while before saying, "It's been so many days since I've been carrying it, so I should give it a name."

He didn't mention what happened just now, and didn't make fun of him, so he asked Lu Gu to quietly put back his raised heart, thought for a while but couldn't figure it out, so he whispered: "I don't understand this, come here."

People in the country name their dogs according to their colors, mostly rhubarb, big gray, black, or Wangcai. Shen Xuanqing remembered that Lu Gu made the pup behave better, and thought that this dog is really tough, why not call it a dog? Good boy, you have a good temper.

"Good boy, big boy, call me that first." Shen Xuanqing said, without much thought for a name, the pup was raised in the country, and when he grew up he called him big boy. He has never studied, so it is not convenient to call him by a polite name.

Good boy, Lu Gu touched the name, hugged the pup and called out good boy, but the pup was busy biting his sleeve and didn't respond to the name.

Shen Xuanqing saw it and said: "It will know after a while."

"Yeah." Lu Gu nodded, his sleeves were covered with saliva, and he put the pup down.

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At the time of You, the sun was slowly setting towards the west, a fire was set up in the yard, and the firewood was crackling. Lu Gu and Ji Qiuyue sat in front of the small fire and roasted rice and fish.

Shen Yan pierced a slightly larger one with a clean wooden branch beside him, and even rubbed pounded prickly ash noodles and chili noodles on the belly of the fish, and also leaned forward to roast it.

This is what Shen Yaoqing asked to make. He said that he often eats stewed fish, and he is tired of it, so he wants to eat it differently.Country people sometimes catch fish in the river, and they are reluctant to fry or stew them with salt, so they simply build a fire by the river and eat them casually, just to fill their stomachs.

They were grilling fish at home, what to do if they were tasteless, so they took out the pepper noodles and chili noodles according to what Shen Yaoqing said. The autumn rice fish hadn't been eaten two days ago, so they killed it for fear that it would stink. Wrap it with coarse salt, and now you don't need to spread salt when it is baked on the fire.

The three of them grilled together for a while, Ji Qiuyue saw that Shen Yan's fish had turned black, and quickly said: "It's burnt, lift it up."

Shen Yan happily lifted the wooden branch a little higher. She smelled the spicy and numbing smell, so she said, "Sister-in-law, let me taste whether it is done or not."

"It's definitely not cooked inside." Ji Qiuyue was used to cooking and knew about it, but even so, she couldn't stop the gluttonous Shen Yan.

"It's quite delicious outside." Shen Yan tore some burnt fish meat, it wasn't completely black, it was different from the usual stewed fish. Slightly numb and slightly spicy.

"It's okay, you tear and eat while roasting, and you'll finish eating after roasting." Ji Qiuyue joked with her with a smile.

Wei Lanxiang came out of the room when she heard the commotion, and was happy to see them talking and laughing, so she brought a stool over and baked one too.

Shen Yaoqing caught a lot of autumn rice and fish in the fields, and he ate the rest today, not taking up space in the kitchen, and if he wanted to eat fish in the future, he would go to the river to catch fresh ones.

The pup smelled the scent and approached, Lu Gu was afraid that the fire would burn it, so he stopped it with his feet, but luckily it didn't jump into the fire, it must have seen the power of the flames.

Wei Lanxiang glanced outside the door and said, "Daqing and the others should be back too."

"That's right, when we went out, Daqing said that he would be back around this time." Ji Qiuyue said, turning over the wooden branch in his hand, so that the fish would be cooked evenly.

Although Lu Gu didn't speak, he also glanced outside the door.

Shen Xuanqing went to the town to sell new rice. The two brothers were pulling the cart and pushing it behind, which was lighter than one person.

While talking, Dahui, who was lying down and sleeping, raised his head and yelled at the door twice, then got up and ran out. Wei Lanxiang knew at a glance that his son had returned.

Not long after, Shen Yaoqing entered the door with an empty cart, smelled the smell of grilled fish and smiled, "Coincidentally, I just came back."

Ji Qiuyue just laughed at him: "Just worry about your greediness."

Shen Xuanqing came in behind, and immediately met Lu Gu who was looking outside the door. Although the money for selling rice had nothing to do with him, it was all his elder brother's, but the family was naturally happy with the harvest, and her husband was also waiting at home By myself, I feel better.

Shen Yaoqing took care of the land, watering the land, weeding and fertilizing, he was mostly busy, Wei Lanxiang and Shen Yan were at home, and he and his wife took care of it more, so the harvest in the field was naturally in his hands, and the Shen family had no objection.

At this moment, he didn't say much when he came back from the sale of the money. At night, he would pay Wei Lanxiang some money from the old lady's public office, and save some money for himself, and his life would gradually get better.

"Go wash it quickly, take the steamed buns and put them on the mat, this fish can eat the skin." Wei Lanxiang said to them.

The two brothers washed their hands and faces with water. Wei Lanxiang turned her head, the joy on her face was undiminished. The whole cart of rice was sold, and the price should be good.

She turned the fish in her hand, thought for a while and said with a smile: "Tomorrow, I will go to Da Chen's house to pick some long beans, fry them with red sauce, and fry an egg. I have saved some these days. The plate is enough, let's steam dry rice tomorrow, and steam it with new rice, try it and be happy."

The long beans fried in red sauce are salty and delicious. It is best served with dry rice. At the end of the meal, there is no food. Divide the sauce and mix it with rice. It is delicious, let alone steamed new rice. It is crystal clear and plump, and the steamed rice is also mellow and soft. It is delicious and sweet even if you don’t eat vegetables.

Lu Gu has never eaten this dish, so he doesn't know how delicious it is. Shen Yan has eaten it twice, and at the end of the meal, he took a piece of steamed bun and wiped off the remaining traces of the sauce on the bottom of the bowl, and he couldn't bear to let it go. It's also because she didn't eat much good food in the past two years, which made her feel that this dish was the most delicious, but now hearing that it will be eaten tomorrow, she swallowed greedily.