The Sweet Little Fulang

It was another warm sunny day, and many people gathered at the head of Qingxi Village to bask in the sun, including adults and children, and it was very lively.

When the mud whistle sounded, several children blew it with all their strength, and compared each other to see who could blow the loudest. Some even blushed, showing that they had held their breath.

There were two four or five-year-old boys each holding a cloth tiger, howling in their mouths, saying that their big tiger was the most powerful. The two cloth tigers bumped their heads together, trying to defeat each other.

Five or six-year-old girls and little Shuang'er are mostly quiet, sitting on small stools or bricks and stones to play with each other's braids, or pairing flower ropes in pairs.

In the open space on the other side of the big tree, several six or seven-year-old children were playing tops, the small whips in their hands were crackling, and the tops were spinning on the ground.

For those who played well, the spinning tops never stopped, and even the adults watching from the side shouted, and some men even took the small short whips from the children's hands to whip the spinning tops for a while with itchy hands.

The idle men here are squatting or standing, a few people gather together to chat and have fun, under the trees and under the wall over there, the old people are warming themselves and gossiping, and the married women and husbands sit together doing female red needlework, and each has their own words. .

Nothing else to do today, Lu Gu and Wei Lanxiang Ji Qiuyue went to the entrance of the village to join in the fun, otherwise it would be boring to stay at home all day.

Fifteen and sixteen girl Shuang'er is just about to get married when she grows up. If she is not married, she is no longer a child. There are a lot of men at the entrance of the village, so it's not good to wander around here. They didn't come out, so I recruited a few good friends to stay at home. Doing needlework together and talking can also relieve boredom.

Shen Yan was not too young, so he had nothing to say to the children at the entrance of the village, so he brought an embroidered bag to find Caixia and the others.

A horse's head was pasted on the bamboo pole, and four or five boys rode on the bamboo horse and held twigs as long swords in their hands, sweating from playing and shouting.

After the autumn harvest, many people sold money. Only when the winter is free will they be able to send their nine-year-old and ten-year-old children to private schools. At this moment, Lu Gu was sitting next to Ji Qiuyue, and he heard several women say that their sons had gone to private schools. I recognized several words in a few pages of the book.

Shen Xuanqing and Lu Boss got up early to go to Fucheng to do the land deed, and they estimated that they would not come back until evening. When they were at home just now, Shen Yaoqing led the three of them to recite the three-character scriptures, and they did not come out until they had finished writing.

They came to the entrance of the village to have fun, while Shen Yaoqing took advantage of the warmth and pulled a cart to the town to sell firewood, jujubes and winter bamboo shoots.

A bamboo dragonfly flew over and hit Lu Gu's shoulder and fell off. He subconsciously picked it up, and saw a little girl wearing a tiger hat coming over. She looked like she was only three years old, her little dark face was flushed, but she couldn't see it. Fleshy, with big black eyes.

"Is it yours?" Lu Gu asked her in a low voice.

The little girl was very shy, she just nodded and said nothing, Lu Gu smiled and gave her the bamboo dragonfly.

The child took the bamboo dragonfly and ran away, together with several other little girls, Xiao Shuang'er, rubbed their hands together for a while, then let go of the bamboo dragonfly and flew towards the sky.

Speaking of which, all children can wear the tiger head hat, and wear it to keep out the cold in winter, but most of them in the village wear it for little boys, and they value men more, like this little girl who is obviously loved by her mother, and her clothes are patched like most children. But it's very clean, unlike other children who play all day and get a lot of dust and dirt, the tiger-head hat on their head is made, even Ji Qiuyue told Lu Gu that it looks good.

The sun warms the world and drives away the winter chill.

However, not everyone has the hustle and bustle in the world. In the eldest room of the Zhang family, Li Wanyun was still cooking in the kitchen in thin clothes, her fingers were red and swollen, and her expression was sluggish and gloomy.

Zhang Zhengzi passed her first seven days, and old Zhang had a broken leg and couldn't go out. She was a woman and couldn't move it. At most, she called Quan Ziniang to help, and carried old Zhang out to sit in the yard to bask in the sun.

The only son died, and Mrs. Zhang would be in a daze for a long time without speaking, until she saw Li Wanyun, as if she had found someone to vent her anger, and scolded her when she got angry, she looked a little crazy than before.

Outside the kitchen, old Mrs. Zhang's abuse gradually died down. She is old, and her body has lost her vitality due to injuries, so she has to rest after cursing for a while.

Although Zhang Zhengzi didn't beat her anymore, Li Wanyun's life is still difficult. Yesterday, old Mrs. Zhang's natal family came to see the old lady. Li Wanyun poured tea for her. Before she could say a word, Mrs. Zhang began to cry, Said she was not filial, first killed Zhang Zhengzi, and refused to feed the old woman.

There was another commotion over this matter, and the second wife of the Zhang family also came over. Since the old lady was old and lost her son, the blame fell on her.

"hiss."

Li Wanyun stopped chopping vegetables, her mind was so distracted that she didn't even know what she was thinking, her finger was cut and bleeding was coming out.

She put her icy fingers into her mouth, her eyes still gloomy and lifeless.

The days are muddled and there is no way forward.The kitchen couldn't see the sun, so she shivered from the cold.

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After dinner in the evening, Lu Gu was washing the dishes, Shen Yan brought in a jujube cake and shared half with him.

The jujube cake was made for Ji Qiuyue, Shen Yan was greedy after eating, and was afraid that Wei Lanxiang would say that she was too gluttonous, so she said that Brother Guzi wanted to eat it too, so she brought a small one and came over.

Lu Guteng couldn't open his hands, so Shen Yan stuffed him in his mouth directly. The jujube cake was soft and sweet, with a rich jujube fragrance. Eat it boiled with sugar, or boil it in plain water.

"I'll boil the water." Shen Yan ate, and when Lu Gu finished scooping up the water and wiped the cauldron clean, he went outside to hold the firewood, and washed and soaked his feet at night to burn more.

Lu Gu went outside the door to wash the pot of water. Before he could go back, he saw a tall figure in the distance. Shen Xuanqing came back, and Da Hui and the puppy who were playing in the village followed by his legs.

When he got closer, he held the wooden basin and smiled slightly, and said, "Have you eaten? I'll warm up the rice for you."

Shen Xuanqing also laughed, and the two of them walked home with a "hmm".

As soon as she entered the door and saw Wei Lanxiang, Shen Xuanqing said, "Mother, the official seal is done."

"Just build it." Wei Lanxiang felt more at ease. Although it was Shen Xuanqing's land, they did not have a separate family and lived together. After Shen Xuanqing went up the mountain, Shen Yaoqing was the only one who did the work in the field. I also need to help. The more land I have and the more rice I harvest, the better my life will be.

Since he bought it by himself, Tian Qi and Shen Xuanqing kept it by himself, and he went into the room to put it away, and after a while Lu Gu also came in.

"I put the cage on the shelf, and when Yanyan boils the water, it will be hot." After not seeing each other for a day, Lu Gu was still trying to find something to say, even he himself didn't know why.

Yanyan was learned by him and Ji Qiuyue. Because Shen Yan was young, the family usually mixed up their first and last names, or their nicknames. shouting.

"Tian Qi, you keep it." Shen Xuanqing handed the Tian Qi to Lu Gu.

Now that Lu Gu has read a lot of characters, he opened the land deed and saw that there was a red official seal on it, and a thin piece of paper was their family's five acres of dry land.

"And this." Shen Xuanqing took out a red envelope from his bosom, which contained something.

Hearing that Lu Gu raised his eyes, he saw a silver bracelet in the opened red envelope.He was a little panicked, and he couldn't tell who Shen Xuanqing bought it for.

How can ordinary people buy two silver jewelry in a short period of time, besides, the silver hairpin is still new and has never been worn, so Lu Gu didn't think about the bracelet on himself.

"You wear it, the hairpin is easy to fall off, this one won't fall off." Seeing him in a daze, Shen Xuanqing took his left hand, put the silver bracelet on his hand, and said, "Wear the hairpin again during the Chinese New Year, you won't If you want to comb it, you can find a sister-in-law, and you can also find a mother, they know how to do it."

The new clothes for the family to wear during the New Year are almost ready, and Shen Xuanqing knows that he is also happy to let her husband wear new clothes and hairpins.

Lu Gu's hands were clenched together, and Shen Xuanqing put on him with a little effort. It was not too big or too small, and it was just right. The shiny silver bracelet had exquisite patterns. The first time he wore the bracelet, he felt that his wrist was a little heavy, and it was very comfortable. presence.

"The thin ones are for Shen Yan, and the thick ones are for my mother. They both have some to wear during the Chinese New Year." Shen Xuanqing took out two more silver bracelets, and said, "I will buy some nice ones for you in the future, or you can buy them if you like them." What jewelry, just tell me."

Lu Gu always thought simple, Shen Xuanqing bought him a hairpin and bracelet because he valued him, now he couldn't say anything else, whispered "um", couldn't help but tugged at the corner of Shen Xuanqing's clothes, raised his head and met those star eyes After looking away, he moved away embarrassedly.

Shen Xuanqing looked at him with a smile. Although the two were silent, they were both very happy.

After a while, Shen Yan shouted from the kitchen: "Second brother, the meal is hot."

"Okay, I'm here." Shen Xuanqing agreed.

Lu Gu loosened the corner of his clothes, blushed and said, "I'll go get it."

After speaking, he hurried to the kitchen.

"Mother, I bought it for you. I will bring a new bracelet for the Chinese New Year." Shen Xuanqing saw Wei Lanxiang when she came out, and took out the bracelet.

Wei Lanxiang was rubbing peanut skins in a dustpan. It will be the twelfth lunar month in a few days. No matter whether it is five beans or Laba, you have to cook beans and peanuts. She looked up and saw that Shen Xuanqing bought her a silver bracelet, and wiped it on her clothes. Only dared to take it, and asked with a smile on his face: "Is this worth a lot of money?"

"You don't have to worry about it, just wear it." Seeing that she was happy, Shen Xuanqing showed her Shen Yan's bracelet again. It was a little thinner, but it was just right for her young age.

Wei Lanxiang used to have a lot of silver jewellery, but they were all sold off later.

It just so happened that Shen Yan came into the main room, and when she heard that it was a bracelet for her, her almond-eyed eyes widened, and Shen Xuanqing couldn't help laughing when she saw her like this.

"Second brother, is this really for me?" She took the bracelet and asked.

"Of course." Shen Xuanqing asked her with a smile, "Big brother or second brother?"

"Second brother is good." Shen Yan replied without thinking, but Shen Yaoqing who came out of the room heard it, and immediately pulled her pigtails, and said with a smile: "Okay Shen Yanzi, you said hello to big brother yesterday, I'll eat the fish white for you."

Shen Yan protected her pigtails. Yesterday she ate the fresh fish caught by Brother Daqing, and Brother Erqing bought her a bracelet today, so she was very entangled in her heart. She hesitated and said carefully: "Then Big Brother and Second Brother both it is good?"

It was Wei Lanxiang who felt sorry for her daughter's braids, and raised her hand to slap Shen Yaoqing's hand that wanted to pull Shen Yan's braids, and scolded with a smile: "Don't pull your hair anymore."

Only then did Shen Yaoqing stop with a smile. He knew that he did not make as much money as his second brother, but he was not jealous either. Everyone has their own destiny.

Besides, he himself has the strength to work in the fields, and earns no less than other people in the village. Now that he doesn't have much money, he can't buy bracelets for his sister and mother, and he can make them both happy by buying a rope and cloth.

Shen Yan wore the bracelet beautifully, and she didn't think the two elder brothers were annoying.