The Sweet Little Fulang

After the orange peel is squeezed out, the fragrance is more obvious, and it feels refreshing.

Lu Gu had only heard about oranges before, but had never eaten them. Hearing Shen Xuanqing laughing at him, he was a little embarrassed, and lowered his eyebrows and pretended to peel the oranges to ease the embarrassment.

Shen Xuanqing smiled, knowing that her husband was shy by nature, he felt awkward after a little teasing, so he quickly peeled off two pieces of oranges and handed them over.

With the cool orange next to his lips, Lu Gu raised his eyes to look at Shen Xuanqing, under the gaze of such beautiful star eyes, his ears turned red and he opened his mouth to bite.

"Eat them all and then bite them." Shen Xuanqing stuffed two pieces of oranges into his mouth.

Lu Gu did as he said, and after biting it in his mouth, the sweet, sour juice of the orange gushed out, like a clear mountain spring overflowing his mouth.

It turns out that oranges are so delicious.

He looked up at Shen Xuanqing, his surprise could be seen without saying a word.

Shen Xuanqing also ate a piece of orange, and the sour taste came out after the first bite, and the sweetness soon came. The orange is a bit cold in cold weather, but it tastes very good.

Seeing that Lu Gu was surprised and happy, he smiled again, and gave Lu Gu the rest of the oranges. After hesitating for a moment, he took out another thing wrapped in red cloth from his bosom. long branches.

"For you." Shen Xuanqing seemed a little embarrassed, and slightly pursed her lower lip, but the smile in her eyes did not dissipate.

Holding oranges in both hands, Lu Gu first put the oranges on the chopping board, took the red envelope and opened it carefully, inside was a brand new silver hairpin with rice leaves and ears carved on the end.

The grains of rice leaves are distinct, even the ears of rice on the ears are very clear. There are two ears of rice, one is straight and the other is bent downwards. dexterity.

Shen Xuanqing fell in love with this hairpin right away at Jinyinxuan. Because the grain ears were carved realistically and meticulously, the work took some time and the asking price was a bit more expensive, but he still bought it.

He didn't know why, but when he saw the hairpin, he felt happy, put it in his arms and hurried back, forgetting about buying the horse spoon, and only remembered it when he got home.

Lu Gu had never seen such an expensive silver hairpin, let alone wearing it, and when he got married, he had only a wooden hairpin on his head.

"For me?" He raised his head and asked Shen Xuanqing in a low voice, with expectant and apprehensive eyes.

"Well, it's for you." Shen Xuanqing nodded.

Ears of grain are grains of grain. When he was a child, his mother told him so when he embroidered grain ear patterns on his sleeves and collar.

Lu Gu tightly held the silver hairpin in his hand, his eyes gradually became slightly wet.

Shen Xuanqing didn't know what was wrong with him, she scratched her head and felt a little helpless, and asked in a low voice, "Don't you like it?"

No one likes a crybaby, Lu Gu blinked his eyes twice to force back the wetness, shook his head and whispered in a nasal voice: "No, I like it very much."

He laughed again as he talked, his smile was shallow but bright, Shen Xuanqing was too tall, standing in front of him prevented him from seeing other people and things.

"That's good." Shen Xuanqing also laughed, the fire was still burning at the bottom of the stove, Shen Yan went to eat oranges, he said: "I'll light the fire."

"En." Lu Gu wrapped the silver hairpin in a red cloth and stuffed it into his bosom, with a smile on his face all day long.

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The sun was overcast and cloudy, but fortunately there was no snow or wind. The early winter was here, and everyone in any village was preparing to stockpile food and firewood for the winter. Every family had prepared a lot of rice, noodles, pickles, cabbage, cabbage, and radishes. For several days, many people were chopping firewood on the mountain.

The people at the foot of the mountain are farther away from the town, but it is convenient to cut firewood in winter. There are trees everywhere, and the mountain forest is fairly dense. If you cut it this year, it will still grow next year, and new trees will grow up in two or three years.

The second room of the Shen family is no exception. Cutting trees and firewood is mostly done by men, but Lu Gu and the others can also help carry the firewood back. Ji Qiuyue is left at home to cook and boil water, so he can eat and drink when he is hungry or thirsty.

Tie two bundles of firewood with hemp rope, hang them on a strong long branch, Lu Gu picks them up and walks home.

With a sound of "Wow", the pup sprang out from the nearby forest. He didn't know how wild it was in the forest, with dead leaves hanging on his body.

Lu Gu didn't care about it, as long as he didn't run far away, he was used to running wild on the mountain before, so it's not good to be too restrained when he comes back.

It can be said that there is no road on the mountain. Trees and stones block the way, and the walk is rough and bumpy. Ordinary people go up the mountain to walk with bamboo baskets on their backs. Pulling a cart is a very laborious task.

In the past two days, Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing were chopping and chopping with long axes and machetes. They had no time to pull a cart, and the three of them, their wives and children, had no use for a cart. Shen Yan was young and carried a bundle of firewood. It works, their house is the closest to the mountain in the village, and the front mountain is not too far away, so the firewood house gradually fills up after running down.

Of course, what Lu Gu and the others picked were mostly thin branches, and the remaining trunks were piled up together. Most of the trees that were cut down were thicker than the mouth of a bowl. Trees that were too thick and heavy were not easy to cut down. Even so, It is troublesome to use a saw to saw wood on the mountain. When the time comes, if you have cut enough, take a bundle of hemp rope, if it is too heavy, tie a few less, and find a few men in the village to carry it back together.

Every family in the village has to prepare firewood. Today, Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing will help the Shen family to carry the wood. It is a mutual favor.

As soon as Lu Gu entered the courtyard, Ji Qiuyue put down the needle and thread in her hand and said, "Is the millet thirsty? This honey is warm enough to drink."

"Go and put it, I'll get it for you." She hurried into the kitchen without waiting for Lu Gu's answer.

"Okay." Lu Gu was a step behind her but still agreed, and went to the firewood room to untie the two bundles of firewood and pile them neatly with the others.

Ji Qiuyue took the bowl and came to the door of the firewood room, looked inside and said, "It's quite a lot, and you can rest in another day and a half tomorrow."

The more firewood there is, the warmer the winter will be. You don’t have to brave the severe winter to cut firewood on the mountain. Seeing so many firewood, Lu Gu felt very at ease, and nodded in agreement: “Well, soon.”

He came out with hemp rope and long branches, took a few sips from the bowl in Ji Qiuyue's hand, and the sweet honey water made his smile even sweeter.

Seeing that Ji Qiuyue was wearing a hairpin with a phoenix tail inlaid with silver beads on his head. The silver hairpin was new, so it was very bright. Silver hairpin.

In the past two days, he ran up and down the mountain, and he was reluctant to wear it. He was afraid that if it was dropped, he would put it in the room for peace of mind.

Besides, women are okay, some hairpins on their heads are customary, but the twins in their country always wrap their hair with cloth towels, which is similar to men. How can anyone wear such silver hairpins? Think about it, if someone looks at him, he will Back off a little.

Ji Qiuyue didn't know what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "It's cold, and I think there are still a lot of pears. In the evening, grab some goji berries, add some red dates, and boil them with brown sugar. Listen to others eating, let's eat it today."

The people in Huangtang Town are also called Bingtang. They often see brown sugar in the countryside. When they see lumps of yellow sweet sugar, they call it according to the color. The brown sugar at home was bought by Shen Yaoqing, thinking that his daughter-in-law would eat it too. thing.

Most of the meat at home was bought by Shen Xuanqing, and this year I kept the badger skin, and made a fur collar to protect the neck. Ji Qiuyue usually has a little selfishness, and no one else will say it. Otherwise, she would think about it in her heart, but her family has always been kind to her, and she should have something good for her family to taste, and it's nothing to hide it.

"Okay." Lu Gu agreed with a smile, and went out to pick firewood after drinking the honey water.

The whole family was busy on the mountain for three days. On the afternoon of the third day, Wei Lanxiang knew where the third house of the Shen family was cutting trees, and went to call Shen Shunwang and Shen Yuping. On the way, she met Shi Dachen's family again. Da Chen was also brought in as a labor force.

Shen Yuping is one year younger than Shen Xuanqing. He is only seventeen this year. He is not short. Like Shen Yu, he has big eyes with piercing eyes. Because of these eyes, his six-point face is also eight-point hansome.

"Yuping needs to practice more. This skill in chopping firewood is good, and my father-in-law and mother-in-law will praise me in the future." Shen Yaoqing said with a smile when he saw his cousin coming over.

Shen Shunwang and Zhou Xiangjun have been showing Shen Yuping's favorite girl Shuang'er in the past few days. They came to the second room of Shen's house to talk twice, and asked Wei Lanxiang to help find out more, so he said so.

Shen Yuping is younger, and the third wife of the Shen family has always had a good life, and he has never experienced any hardships. He looks more immature, and when he thinks of marrying a wife, he scratches his head and smiles innocently, showing his white teeth. His father, Shen Shunwang, sees his silly son Lecheng like this. He laughed out loud, patted his son on the back of the head, and scolded: "How old is he, he doesn't have any maturity, don't be silly, go to work!"

Shen Shunwang and Shen Shunfu are somewhat alike, they are also able to work hard, they are good at farm work, they can also drive carts, and they even drove carts for others. Although they cannot afford carts and horses, they can It is no problem to earn some driving money, and the family can eat a lot of oil and meat every few days, and they can save some money.

Almost everyone in the countryside is a good hand at work. It was already afternoon, and there was no time wasted. The man tied up several trunks and carried them home. took one.

"Brother Guzi, why don't we get two." Shen Yan felt that the wood wasn't too heavy after lifting it up.

She was only 11 years old, not even as tall as Lu Gu, she was thin and short, and before Lu Gu could speak, Wei Lanxiang smiled and said, "You and your brother Guzi can just carry one."

"Okay, mother, we're going back first." Shen Yan nodded, they didn't need to tie up the wood, they were faster than a few men, Lu Gu was in front and she was behind, and the two of them went down the mountain first.

After the firewood is cut, it needs to be sawn off section by section, so that it can be stuffed into the firewood shed, so as not to pile it up in the yard and get wet when it rains or snows.

Saw wood in the yard, no need to run outside, there is only one big saw at home, Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing take turns to fight, sometimes they are not there, they help the Chen family and the third uncle to carry the wood, Lu Gu and Wei Lanxiang are there The saw in the yard cannot be done by one person, and it will be easier for two people to use a large saw.

There were sawdust in the courtyard for several days, and these sawdust were not thrown away. They were light and dry in the sun, and they could be used as fire starters and grass velvet.

After lunch, Lu Gu finished washing the dishes and saw Shen Xuanqing sawing wood in the courtyard, so he went over and carried the sawn pieces to the woodshed, put down and then raised his hand, one of them was accidentally scratched by the rough bark on the back of his hand and fingers , the skin was broken but only a little blood oozes out, and the blood stopped when it was visible to the naked eye.

This is the case when doing rough work, Lu Gu took a look and didn't pay attention to it. After going out, Shen Xuanqing caught a glimpse of the broken skin on the back of his hand, stopped what he was doing and asked, "Scratched?"

"Well, there's no bleeding, it's okay." Lu Gu replied, seeing a lot of sawdust on the ground, he went to get the broom again.

In winter, frostbite is easy to develop, and it is dry, and the hands are prone to chapping. In the past two years, Shen Yan had frostbite on his hands, which was painful and itchy, his fingers were red and swollen, and the scabs looked even more miserable.

So last year when he hunted badgers, he left badger oil for his family to wipe his hands and feet. He also bought some cotton and asked Wei Lanxiang to sew a tube sleeve for Shen Yan. If you can pull it up your arms and put it on the sleeves, you can stuff your hands into the sleeves when you don’t work in winter, and the cotton is sewn into the cloth to keep you warm.

Chilblain has grown in a year, and it is easy to grow old in the future. I don't know if Lu Gu has developed it.