The Sweet Little Fulang

Shen Xuanqing put down the cart leaning against the wall, tidied it up today, and can leave directly tomorrow morning.

Lu Gu has already woven two long chicken coops, which are about the same length as the cart, and seven ducks and eight chickens can squeeze inside, and if they can't fit, they can be carried down in bamboo baskets.

Put the chicken cages on the trolley first, and grab the chickens and ducks tomorrow morning and stuff them in.

There was still a gap in the cart, Shen Xuanqing picked up the sack containing wild bath beads and put it on, Lu Gu picked two baskets and poured them into the sack which was more than half full, it was really heavy.

Although this thing is not very valuable, one copper plate can buy a lot, but every family can't live without it. In winter, the wild bath bead tree has few and small knots. Sell ​​some money.

After tying up the fungus pocket, Lu Gu looked at the wild vegetables he had dried, and the horse dent vegetables were the most. He dried a full sack, not to mention six people, ten people would be enough to eat.

There are also other dried wild vegetables. There are not too many sacks to separate them, so they are packed together. There are also a lot of half sacks.

Ground vegetables and black fungus are rarer than wild vegetables. Lu Gu packed them in clean cloth bags separately, but the black fungus was less.

After the medicinal material Lu Gu is dried in the sun, the bundles that should be tied up have already been tied up. The most common one is mugwort leaves. I made a sack. Fortunately, it will become lighter after drying and not so heavy.

Goji berries and dogwood fruits are used as medicine in pockets. Goji berries have gradually faded during this period, and there are not so many. Put three or four pockets under the bamboo basket, and then put camellia and medicinal materials in it. A bamboo basket is worth a lot. Finished.

As for the sweet nest roots, Lu Gu didn't dig much afterwards, and there were only five or six leftovers to eat in the past few days, and they were steamed when they were brought up at home, so you don't need to take them out after eating.

"Do you want to take chestnuts and hazelnuts?" Lu Gu asked as he pulled out the bamboo basket containing medicinal materials.

Except for the chestnuts that they picked up with their family before, the two of them went to the woods to pick up some if they wanted to eat them, and there are still some left over to eat today.

"There are still some at home, how many? If not, take them down." Shen Xuanqing walked over while talking.

"It's not much, there's only a little left, I'll just pretend." Lu Gu replied, he knew there was one at home, so he asked.

"Yes." Shen Xuanqing agreed, seeing that the bamboo basket was full of medicinal materials, she took it and said, "It's too cold at night, put it in the main room first, so you can see it at any time so you won't be afraid to forget it."

"Okay." Lu Gu nodded, and brought out a few cloth bags from the low room.

A bag of dried mushrooms, half a bag of black fungus, a bag of dried ground vegetables, and a bag of wild camellia. The dry goods are relatively light. He glanced at the cart. It was too heavy to pull. He simply put these four bags into the bamboo basket. carry on.

Badgers and hares and pheasants will be taken down tomorrow, and stuffing these wild animals into sacks is fine, but there must be a gap, otherwise it will be difficult to carry.

Shen Xuanqing came to the low house to take a look again, and said: "Porchetta and mugwort leaves are not heavy, put them on the chicken coop, and when the car is loaded tomorrow, take a bundle of hemp rope, so you won't be afraid of falling."

After he finished speaking, he started. After getting out the two sacks, Lu Gu saw that there was only food left in the low house, and there was nothing else to bring, so he brought out the bamboo basket, closed and locked the door, and the low house was finished.

In the kitchen, you don’t need to take salt, dry peppers and the like, you have to take half a jar of honey with you. As for the jar of pickles, Lu Gu opened it and looked, and there is still a smaller jar. I have pickled sour cress several times before, so I will pickle it with salt instead. pimple.

Country people in Yangui buy less salt, so they pickle more pickles. After all, pickles need a lot of salt, and most people can't afford them. Lu Gu only learned how to pickle pickles after he came to Shen's house. When he was in Lu's house, most of them were pickles. Occasionally, Du The hot and sour cowpea pickled in lotus still keeps him on guard.

After the salty lumps are marinated, they can be sliced ​​and shredded. Sliced ​​slices are usually eaten with steamed buns in the hand, and shredded ones are eaten with chopsticks when eating.

Last time I went home, Ji Qiuyue also cut the salty lumps into small cubes, then chopped some ginger, poured hot oil on it, stabbed it, and then mixed the ginger and pickles evenly, the oil is salty and salty , Break open the hot white flour steamed buns and put them in. It's delicious to eat only this without vegetables.

Ginger is a good thing to dispel the cold and warm the stomach, but there is not so much minced ginger, and the taste of ginger is quite light.

The pickles used a lot of salt, which is precious. Last time they went to a restaurant, although they only ordered meat, Lu Gu heard that someone in the restaurant was asking for pickles to go with wine. He couldn't hear the noise clearly. It seems that it is fifteen or so, which is precious.

He was a bit reluctant to squat in front of the jar, and when he saw Shen Xuanqing coming in, he whispered, "Eat some today and tomorrow, and I want to take the rest with me in a bowl."

He looked reluctant, Shen Xuanqing couldn't help laughing, and said: "Just take it."

The mountain road was far away, Dahui and Dabai had to run for a while back, and it took Shen Yaoqing and the others a while to walk up. Lu Gu made more for lunch, but he and Shen Xuanqing ate first without waiting.

In the afternoon when Lu Gu was packing the clothes of the two of them, he heard the big black barking in the yard and ran out.

He hurriedly went outside the courtyard with Shen Xuanqing, and soon saw Wei Lanxiang, Shen Yaoqing and Shen Yan, Dahei and the dog running up beside them, wagging their tails happily.

"Mother, brother." Shen Xuanqing shouted, and Lu Gu also shouted.

Da Hui Da Bai didn't keep up, and the dogs were tired from running back and forth for such a long distance, so they were left to rest at home.

Tired and hungry after walking all the way, with the food in the pot, Lu Gu first went to the kitchen and lit the stove to heat it up. It's better to eat warm ones when it's cold, so it won't hurt your stomach.

"Brother Guzi, look at the silk flowers on my head." Shen Yan approached Lu Gu and said with a smile.

There is a small light yellow silk flower next to the two buns on her head, which is quite pretty, Lu Gu raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "It's so pretty."

Shen Yan was even happier when she heard Wei Lanxiang outside saying that there were badgers, and she only needed to heat the fire without help, so she went to the woodshed to see the badgers.

The food was hot and served on the table. Shen Xuanqing and Lu Gu had nothing else to do, so they lit the brazier and sat beside them to roast. He asked casually, "Sister-in-law at home?"

This was a common saying, but Shen Yaoqing, who was eating, hadn't swallowed his mouth and couldn't speak, but raised his head and smiled a little foolishly, Wei Lanxiang was even more happy, and said: "Your sister-in-law is happy. "

"The mountain road is too far to let her go up." Shen Yaoqing smiled.

Shen Xuanqing was a little surprised, and then laughed. Ding Xingwang, a member of the family, was naturally happy, and said, "The rabbits and pheasants will not be sold, and they will be used for sister-in-law's health."

"Okay." Shen Yaoqing didn't refuse, she naturally wanted to eat better if she was pregnant.

Shen Yan was still young, and she was only a half-grown child, but knowing that she was going to have a nephew or niece, she couldn't be unhappy.

Lu Gu is no exception, Shen's family treats him well, Ji Qiuyue is pregnant, of course he is also happy, remembering that Ni'er called him Xiaomao, he thought that in the future there will be a little child in their family who will call him Xiaomao.

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It's not easy to build a house in the deep mountains, there are only two rooms where people can sleep, because Shen Yaoqing came up, his brothers slept in the east room, Lu Gu, Wei Lanxiang and Shen Yan stayed in the west room, one night passed.

Early the next morning, the journey was not in a hurry, and the family did not get up to clean up until the sun came out.

Wei Lanxiang and Shen Yan were cooking and lighting the fire in the kitchen, while Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing were holding badgers in sacks in the woodshed.

This thing is not small, and it is so fat. After catching fifteen or six badgers, there are only two sacks. There are six or seven living badgers. These days, they have been tied with ropes to their front paws and mouths. Untie the rope on the mouth, otherwise they will make a hole and escape, and the teeth are too sharp.

The pup followed into the firewood room and barked at the fat badgers when they saw them on the ground. The live badgers kicked and kicked, and they rushed to bite. The badgers had thick and durable fur, and Shen Xuanqing picked up a little blood from their bites. The back of the neck was pulled away.

The pup was smart, he had seen the big gray chasing the rabbit, Shen Xuanqing had also trained it, he knew to let go, after being thrown out of the woodshed, when he heard Lu Gu's movement in the room, he wagged his tail and went in to rub his legs.

After all the quilts were folded and rolled up and stuffed into the big box, Lu Gu folded his and Shen Xuanqing's thick winter clothes and put them on the bag, and they didn't need to take the two thin clothes with them in winter.

As for the book in the box, Lu Gu hesitated for a while and did not dare to touch it. Shen Xuanqing dressed up as a badger and walked out of the woodshed. He saw him standing there motionless from the window, so she went to the window and asked, "What's the matter?" ?”

Lu Gu turned around quickly, hesitating and speechless.

Standing in front of the window, Shen Xuanqing saw the box and saw his posture, even his cheeks were a little red, and he immediately knew what was going on. There were so many people in the courtyard, he made a fake cough, pretending not to care, but He lowered his voice and said, "Take it."

"Erqing, do you want to bring this basket of straw?" Shen Yaoqing asked in the firewood room.

"Take it." After Shen Xuanqing finished speaking, she didn't dare to look at Lu Gu's face, and went to the backyard to catch the chickens and ducks, so that they could be put into the chicken coop and taken down.

The grass velvet was saved by Lu Gu, besides this basket, there is a small pile in the corner of the firewood room, which will be useful for lighting a pot next year.

The bundle was packed, and only the two of them knew the books hidden in the clothes.

After eating and drinking, Lu Gu tidied up the kitchen neatly and loaded the van outside. After a round of inspection, there was nothing else to bring, and a group of five people went out the door with each carrying their backs.

The burden was originally meant to be carried by Shen Yan, which was lighter than the bamboo basket, but now that there were invisible things in it, Lu Gu did not dare to let others carry it.

Shen Yan carried a basket of grass wool, Wei Lanxiang carried a basket of dried mushrooms and black fungus, and Lu Gu's sewing basket inside.

The basket containing medicinal materials was relatively heavy, and Shen Yaoqing was carrying it on his back. He and Shen Xuanqing took turns pulling the cart, and Shen Xuanqing was pulling the cart first.

Lu Gu closed all the doors that should be closed, and bolted the windows. When he locked the courtyard door, he saw that there were still some autumn vegetables left in the courtyard.

This kind of vegetable can live until early winter. If it is planted in the ground without digging, sometimes you can still see some greenery after it snows, dig it out and remove the frozen rotten leaves. The thick stems are usually not eaten, but the elders will grow thicker in early winter. After being frozen, it will not be so astringent. Peel off the outer skin, cut into slices and blanch in water, and you can also stir-fry fresh vegetables.

There are a lot of plants in the house at the foot of the mountain, in front of the yard and behind the house. Although these autumn vegetables are a bit of a pity, Lu Gu didn't dig them.

After he locked the door, he turned around and walked down the hill with Shen Xuanqing and the others. Dahei was running ahead, and the dog was chasing the big dog and barking, his ears were shaking as he ran, and his body seemed to be bouncing. It is also excited when there are so many people, and the barking of dogs echoes in the bleak mountain forest.

The wind is rustling, the ground is full of dead leaves, it's time to go home.