The Sweet Little Fulang

In the early morning, the mountains were misty, and a wisp of cooking smoke wafted from the high-walled courtyard in the deep mountains and forests. Lu Gu sat silently in front of the stove to boil water, looking a little tired.

The pup came in from the outside and rubbed his head against his calf. He stroked the pup's furry head and pinched its soft ears. Then there was a smile on his face, and he whispered, "Are you done eating?" When the big grays come back, if you catch rabbits again, you will have meat to eat."

The big dog was not there last night, and the pup didn’t want to sleep alone in the main room. He barked at the door of his room and scratched the door with his paws. He had no choice but to open the door and bring in the sack, and let the pup sleep under the bed.

Besides, Lu Gu couldn't sleep alone. The mountains and forests were too quiet at night, and sometimes you could hear the screams of unknown night birds outside. Fortunately, the closed doors and windows were solid. The kind that is propped up outwards is much stronger than a lattice window pasted with paper if it is tightly closed.

Sleeping at night without the tall man next to him, it seems that something is missing, worry and fear are unavoidable, Lu Gu wakes up from a dream, wakes up but can't remember what dream he had, only knows that his heart is terrified, and he can't bear it until late at night. Sleep well.

The light of the fire reflected on his face, driving away the coldness of the early morning. After the steamed buns were warmed up, Lu Gu sat on the small stool in front of the stove to eat and drink. It was cold, and the fire at the bottom of the stove gradually went out but there was still some heat. There are still a lot of cress, he picked up a few and ate them.

He was sitting and eating, and although the pup had eaten, he still stood up, resting his fat front paws on his lap, wanting to smell the cress in his hand.

"So greedy." Lu Gu said, and pinched a small piece of sour cress for the pup to smell. Sure enough, the pup turned his head after smelling it a few times, and didn't want to eat it. Lu Gu threw it into the stove after smelling it. bottom, and elbowed the pup's paw off his leg.

Shen Xuanqing didn't know if he would come back today, Lu Gu thought so, he didn't delay after eating, and went to work as usual.

He waits for the sun to come out to dry things every day, otherwise the fog and dew will be heavy when he wakes up early, and the mushrooms and goji berries that are about to be dried are taken out too early and become damp again.

Shen Xuanqing said that the dwarf deer also likes to eat mushrooms, but these fungi were picked up by Lu Gu from many places, and they are good things for people. He would not be willing to give them to the dwarf deer, and they had to be dried and kept for stewing soup and vegetables in winter Woolen cloth.

The thick trunk of the top door was heavy, so he moved to the left door panel with all his strength, took the sickle and went out to mow the grass, and brought back a large bundle to feed the dwarf deer and pheasants.

Patting the grass clippings and dirt on his body, Lu Gu and the dog let the chickens and ducks out again. The dog ran back and forth, barking at the chickens and ducks from time to time, learning how Lu Gu chased the chickens and ducks, and locked the chickens in a large enough cage. Looking for food by himself in the fence, Lu Gu led the ducks to the pond.

The pond was quite big, and every day it was released, the ducks were stopped from swimming into the river. Even the dog cubs learned to stand by the narrow ditch leading to the pond, barking loudly and threatening the ducks to swim back.

The ditch is relatively narrow, and as soon as the ducks swim here, they can meet the dog standing next to it, and when the dog barks, it will hurriedly paddle its paddles and swim back.

Today, as soon as the ducks entered the water, the puppies ran to the ditch and squatted, their stocky backs looked very reliable.

Lu Gu saw that it was so smart that a dog could take care of ducks without the big gray around. He really liked it, so he walked over to pet the pup wagging his tail, and said with a slight smile, "Good boy, you are so good. Then you stay here and watch, I'll go back and fetch water from the wooden bucket."

When Guaizi saw him leaving, he subconsciously wanted to follow him, but when he turned his head and saw that the duck was still in the pond, he stayed by the side again.

Lu Gu ran back and forth five times, fetching water from a clean place upstream, filling up the water tank, his body warmed up as soon as he moved, and it wasn't so cold anymore. He went to the river again with the fish basket to see what he had set the day before yesterday. Net, I often watch Shen Xuanqing get off the net, and he will try it sometimes, as long as he is diligent, he can learn everything by doing it.

The dense net he lowered caught some fish and shrimp. Fortunately, he came to see it now, and there was a big fish flopping inside. Seeing that the fishing net was about to be broken, he quickly collected it and squatted by the river to pick it, because it was far away from the fish. The pond is not far away, and the puppies also ran over.

He didn't want any fish or shrimps that were too small, so he threw them into the river again, and got the big fish out of the net. Out of the water, the big fish slapped its tail on the ground, and the water on its body splashed away. Puppies that get too close together.

"Wang Wang!"

How could the pup be so easy to provoke? He immediately barked loudly at the fish, and tried to hold the big fish with his paws to bite, but the big fish hadn't exhausted its strength yet, and it was thumping quite violently, so it didn't succeed for a while. .

With a smile on his face, Lu Gu also tried to catch the big fish. This fish was so powerful that he could feel the strength of the fish tail hitting the ground when he stretched out his hand. It was not easy to be slapped, so he first caught five small miscellaneous fish. I poured it into the fish basket with the river shrimp, looked at the fishing net again, and had to mend it later.

Turning his head to look at the ducks, fortunately, they didn't swim into the river, but Lu Gu still walked over, picked up the long bamboo pole that had been placed by the pond and hit the water surface, driving them into the pond.

The big fish had no strength to toss, so Lu Gu put the fish into the fish basket before the pup bites, otherwise people won't be able to eat it.

Shen Xuanqing is not here, he can't finish the big fish stewed by himself, besides, there are small fish and river prawns, when Shen Xuanqing comes back to stew mixed fish soup and stir-fried shrimps, he will eat very well, this big fish might as well be killed Hang them up and dry them in the sun, and keep them for winter.

In this case, Lu Gu went back to get the knife and scissors. The pup was smart, and saw that no one was looking after the duck after he left, so he went back to squat by the ditch, and looked back at the fish basket, as if he was afraid that someone would steal it.

Lu Gu is very proficient at killing fish, he scrapes the scales of big fish and small fish, and throws the viscera into the pond for the ducks to eat.

Remembering that he hadn’t dug loach recently, the sun was hot now, and it wasn’t cold in the sun, so he took off his shoes and socks and went to the river to dig up the mud to find the loach. The loach would have to be raised for two days to spit out the sand, so Shen Xuanqing wouldn’t be too cold if he didn’t do it today. Come back, I will definitely come back tomorrow, just in time to eat.

The fish soup is stewed with miscellaneous fish, and the stewed loach will be a little too much, so cut the loach into long pieces and fry it, add some dried chili and pepper, and fry it with a little more oil to make it spicy.

There is a lot of work to be done, while Lu Gu is digging the mud, he is thinking that it is time to pick goji berries tomorrow. Once he gets busy, he forgets the loneliness of being alone, and there are puppies barking from time to time, and ducks quacking. It is still lively .

In the middle of the afternoon, he drove the ducks out of the pond, shut them in the fence with the chickens to let them eat grass, cut the grass himself and carried it to the backyard for the dwarf deer to eat, and found sour red berries and other things outside. Grass fruit feed.

The pair of wild rabbits that Shen Xuanqing caught alive before were still alive, and they were brought home when the autumn harvest came down the mountain. Because the mother was pregnant, she didn't bring the cubs, so Shen Yan raised them. When she turned around and made a litter, the cubs could be raised up. to sell.

The sun moved to the west, and before evening came, Lu Gu drove the chickens and ducks back to the backyard. Before cooking, he looked east at the door for a while, although his eyes were disappointed, he still went back to cook and work.

After eating alone, he also ate for the puppies. It was still bright, so he took a needle and thread and sat in the yard embroidering sachets.

When the afterglow of the setting sun fell, he thought that Shen Xuanqing would not come back, and thought that he would put the gate on the top of the courtyard after the flower was embroidered, but before the flower was embroidered, he heard a dog barking in the distance, and the dog pup After shouting, Lu Gu couldn't care about anything else, put down the things at hand and ran out in a hurry.

Shen Xuanqing came back, with two red fox skins hanging from the long fork on her shoulders,

There are quite a lot of equipment used in hunting, such as bows, arrows, slingshots, long guns and long forks, hatchets and machetes can also be used. This time he will spend the night in the deep mountains. Several knives of different sizes were brought.

He also carried a bow and arrow, but it was useless, because feathered arrows would damage the fur. When hunting foxes, most hunters used long slingshots to hit clay projectiles. It is best to stun them, but it depends on the hunter's eyesight and ability. Responses are quick.

Skinning is a bloody job, and it is not easy for Lu Gu to see it, so as soon as the fox was caught, Shen Xuanqing peeled off the fox's fur and brought back only the fur.

"You're back." Lu Gu ran forward, excited by joy and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Well, I'm back." Shen Xuanqing said with a smile. Seeing that Lu Gu was in a hurry to help him carry the bamboo basket, he handed over the long fork. This one is light, but there are all kinds of things in the bamboo basket. of.

Lu Gu walked beside him and watched, and whispered, "This is fox fur."

Shen Xuanqing was very happy when she heard her husband's voice, and said, "Yes, this is the one. If you fight a lot this year, I will leave you some fox fur quilts to keep you warm at night in winter."

Beating a fox is not an easy task, otherwise the fox fur would not be sold very expensively. Shen Xuanqing wanted to leave a few furs for Lu Gu, as it got colder in the mountains, and at night there was a fox fur blanket that was light and warm.

And his mother didn't wear fox fur yet, so it's not good to be so obviously partial to Lu Gu, if it was made into a fox fur quilt, it would not be as conspicuous as fox fur.

Besides, if you make fox fur quilts, it doesn’t matter if the color of the fox fur is not good. Kill a few more stupid mixed-haired foxes and make fox fur quilts for his mother. Older people don’t have as good a winter as they did when they were young. .

Lu Gu wanted to say that he didn't need it, it would be very warm with a cotton quilt, and it was more important to sell it for money, but he didn't know how to refuse, Shen Xuanqing was so happy, he didn't dare to go against his kindness, he nodded in agreement, I was thinking about what to say when the time came.

Back in the yard, Lu Gu was about to cook, put down the long fork and said: "Today, there are fish and shrimps in the net. It takes a lot of time to stew the fish. I'll fry river shrimps for you, and rice wine."

"Okay, you can do whatever you want." Shen Xuanqing unloaded the bamboo basket, and Jun's face was full of smiles.

Lu Gu was cooking in the kitchen, and listening to Shen Xuanqing's movements outside made him feel more at ease. The movement of big dogs and puppies playing and fighting made the courtyard lively, and made him feel at ease and no longer afraid.

After a hot meal, her husband sat beside her, and Shen Xuanqing was never so satisfied.

Because he spent the night outside, his body was unavoidably dirty, and after running in the mountains for two days, sweating was unavoidable. After eating and resting for a while, he said he wanted to take a bath, and Lu Gu went to the kitchen to boil a large pot of water for him. Shen Xuanqing moved the bathtub into the kitchen, adding a big firewood to the bottom of the pot later to make it warmer.

It was already dark, there was a lot of water boiled, Lu Gu also took a bath, he washed first, now it was Shen Xuanqing's turn, he went into the room and made the bed in the dark, reluctant to light the lamp and lay down, besides, there was nothing to do at night Do.

After Shen Xuanqing dried her hair by the fire in front of the stove, she also went to bed in the dark after entering the room.

Lu Gu hadn't slept yet, and he really felt at ease after lying next to someone. Shen Xuanqing came to hug him without saying a word, closing his eyes and going to sleep.Unexpectedly, Shen Xuanqing couldn't sleep, and gradually became restless.