The Sweet Little Fulang

The wind came faintly, carrying a strong and bitter medicinal smell.

Lu Gu was drying chili peppers while basking in the sun in the yard. There was not much chili noodles left, so he covered his mouth and nose with a cloth to avoid choking, coughing and sneezing.

Shen Xuanqing was chopping firewood at the door of the woodshed.

"Wanyun is decocting medicine again." Lu Gu glanced over there and said.

"This medicine is really bitter." Shen Xuanqing replied smoothly.

The day before yesterday, when they were still hooking toon on the mountain, Li Wanyun ran to Lin Zhongcai's house in tears, saying that her mother was dying, and took the land deed and said that she would sell it for money to buy medicine.Because she is a woman, it is not easy to show up in public to discuss land sales with the men in the village, so it is right to go to Lin Zhong.

Selling land for medical treatment is very common in the countryside. Lin Zhongcai went to Zhang's house to take a look. Seeing that Mrs. Zhang was really dying, he took his hand and shouted medicine and medicine weakly. It could be seen that he wanted to live, and he went there trembling. Refers to the land deed in Li Wanyun's hand, anyone can see that she wants to sell the land for medicine.

Saving people's lives is a major matter, Lin Zhong didn't dare to delay, he couldn't find a buyer in a short while, so he first lent Li Wanyun a tael of silver to get the medicine.

Just after dinner that day, Lin Zhongcai came to their house to look for Shen Xuanqing, and asked if he wanted to buy the Zhang family's land.First of all, Shen Xuanqing wants to buy a few more acres of land. He knows that hunters are always richer than farmers, and they can use cash to buy medicine for Li Wanyun. Moreover, they are relatives, so they come here first to ask if they have good land. Take care of your juniors.

Although Zhang Zhengzi is a lazy eater, his family's paddy fields and dry land are fertile fields. When his father was around, he worked hard and earned his fortune. Later, his mother sold his sister for a good price and bought fertile land, totaling six acres. Five acres of paddy fields in dry land, as long as the seeds are sown, the land is fertile, and with a little care, it can produce a lot of rice noodles a year.

Besides, Zhang Zhengzi didn't play around to the point of idleness back then, and he would take care of the plowing field even if he had a stutter, so he didn't waste the fertile land.

Because it was in the same village, the paddy fields of the second room of Shen's family happened to be next to Zhang's, so Shen Xuanqing knew better about the situation of his paddy fields.

It was confirmed that Lin Zhongcai, the head of the village, would take over the land deed, and when the land deed was stamped with the official seal, after passing through the official road, even if the relatives of the Zhang family wanted to make trouble, Shen Xuanqing agreed.

Li Wanyun is a woman, and Shen Xuanqing will go to the Fucheng by herself to get the official seal. When she arrives at the Fucheng, she only needs to say a few more words, as long as she pays the land tax, it can be done well, and those who can go to pay the tax are honest farmers. People, how can I not do it, I asked Boss Lu to go there with me, just to avoid the government's inquiries and save trouble.

A total of eleven mu of land, from Li Wanyun's point of view, there is no hatred with the old Zhang family, Shen Xuanqing bought it all at the price of five taels of silver per mu, and the five mu of paddy fields have nothing to grow in winter. But the winter wheat has already been planted in the six acres of dry land, watered and fertilized, and it will be harvested in May.

When handing Li Wanyun 55 taels of silver, Shen Xuanqing glanced at her.

Xu Shi's hunting skills became more proficient, and his intuition became more acute. When he followed Wei Lanxiang to see Lao Zhang, he felt that the other party was no longer good.

Unlike his close relatives, Mrs. Zhang has beaten and scolded Li Wanyun in the past two years. He felt that buying medicine was a waste of money, so he should try to break out of the quagmire of the Zhang family.

But thinking about it again, if Li Wanyun wanted to save someone, that would be someone else's business, so why would he be so talkative, and he would get the reputation of not treating injuries and illnesses.

Besides, when he rescued his father back then, he never let go of any chance. Now, if he persuaded others to give up medical treatment, wouldn't it be unconscionable, and he didn't say anything in the end.

Field food is the foundation of a farmer. Now he has [-] acres of dry land and [-] acres of paddy fields in his hands, plus the original few acres of land at home. As long as the land is well taken care of, even farming is enough for food and clothing throughout the year.

That is, half of the money in my hand has gone. I spent a total of 80 taels on the land, and I spent a lot on preparing new year’s goods before the New Year’s Eve. Now I only have a little over 100 taels in my hand.

Thinking about the money, Shen Xuanqing split another piece of firewood and said: "The ice in the river has melted, see if we can catch winter and spring fish tomorrow, and then go and chop some firewood later, and come back after catching fish." Take it to the town to sell."

Winter and spring fish are as long as the length of an adult's finger, about two fingers wide. The meat is tender and has few spines. It can be stewed and fried. Children can grow taller after eating it, but the river is cold in early spring and it is not easy to swim. Into the water under the dense net.

But there is also a way, just use bamboo to weave fish cages, put them into the water after weaving, if the bamboo is too light, use stones to press it on the cage, so as not to float up and run along the water.

The Shen family had a fish cage made before, and Shen Xuanqing dug it out from the utility room after chopping firewood.

Lu Gu hasn't been to the town to sell things for a long time. Thinking of the colorful zippers he made in his free time after the Chinese New Year, he stopped the stone pestle in his hand, raised his head and said, "Then I'll go with you and sell some incense sticks. There are sacs and collaterals."

I also embroidered some handkerchiefs. Brand new handkerchiefs are embroidered with flowers. Even if they are sold cheaply, they are only worth three pennies each.

"Okay." Shen Xuanqing patted the fish cage, and the layer of dust covered immediately rose up, so he didn't pat it anymore. This thing doesn't need to be washed, it will be washed away in the river tomorrow.

After the beginning of spring, the ice and snow melted, everything came back to life, earning more money than in winter, everyone in the second room of the Shen family was busy.

The river was cold, so Shen Yaoqing rowed a wooden boat into the water in order to put some fish cages in. Ji Qiuyue and Shen Yan were releasing ducks at the pond behind the house, looking up from time to time to see her husband who put the fish cages.

The fishing was left to Shen Yaoqing, and Lu Gu and Shen Xuanqing went up the mountain to collect firewood.

He carried a small bamboo basket on his back and planned to dig some wild vegetables on the mountain. Don’t look at the wild vegetables everywhere after mid-spring, but he gnawed cabbage and radishes all winter. Now even the people in the town are rare for this fresh green Food, the price is good.

The year before last was cold, and there were very few wild vegetables in the early spring. That year they were sold for four to five yuan a catty.

Big Hui and the dog cub followed them. It was early spring, and the dog cub had grown up again. The thick winter coat had not yet faded, and he looked strong and healthy. Running around in the mountains was exciting, and his ears were shaking.

Digging wild vegetables is very familiar to Lu Gu, he was not far away from the place where Shen Xuanqing collected firewood, and in a short while the bamboo basket was half the size.

In a few days, the spring bamboo shoots will come up, and even if you don't go into the deep mountains, you can still sell them. He shakes off the mud from the roots of wild vegetables, thinking about earning money.

Relying on mountains and eating mountains, as long as you work hard, you can earn money. Of course, the money you earn is the best in your own hands, and you will feel at ease in your heart. Unlike before, he didn’t even have a penny. .

Hearing the sound of the dog barking away, he stood up and shouted into the mountains: "My boy!"

"Wang!"

Guaizi replied, and ran over after a while.

Lu Gu picked up the bamboo basket and was about to go to Shen Xuanqing to have a look, when a thin figure gradually appeared on the hillside not far away, it was Chen Dongdong, the husband of the He family.

Because Chen Dongdong was timid and weak, he couldn't speak loudly, which made him feel easy to get along with, so he said with a smile: "Brother Dong, you also come to dig wild vegetables."

Chen Dongdong was wearing a patched clothes, shorter and thinner than Lu Gu, with less red marks between his brows, he also got along with Lu Gu, he pursed his lips and showed an unusual smile, shy and jerky.

Guaizi ran over, it was too strong, and in Chen Dongdong's eyes, it was vicious, so he couldn't help being a little scared.Fortunately, Lu Gu called the pup back, so his eyes were stable.

"Are you alone?" Lu Gu patted the pup on the head. Although this place is not a deep mountain, it is also far away from the front mountain. The man is okay, and a woman with two children always has to worry about entering alone.

"He Zhi is behind." Chen Dongdong walked over and said, seeing the bamboo basket in his hand, he said, "You have dug so much."

"Yeah." Lu Gu smiled, his brows and eyes were curved, and he no longer worried when he heard that He Zhi followed him.

While speaking, another figure appeared on the hillside, who else could it be except He Zhi.

Unfamiliar with him, He Zhi hesitated when he saw Lu Gu, and nodded slightly, and Lu Gu nodded back.

"Guzi, let's go dig wild vegetables first." Chen Dongdong glanced at his husband, said goodbye and went to the other side, where Lu Gu had already dug, and there were not many more to find.

Staying at home for the past few months, Lu Gu already knew about the He family from Wei Lanxiang.

Not to mention Chen Dongdong, the clothes on He Zhi's body are also patched. It's not that they are lazy. There is a sick old woman and a lame father in the family. They are old and easy to get sick. Well, there are other things to spend money that are stumbling hands and feet. I can spend as much as I earn, and my life is a bit stretched, poor.

He Zhi is usually a silent person, and he seldom speaks to others when he is bullied, but he is honest and enthusiastic. If someone in the neighborhood has something to ask for help, he will rarely refuse, so even if he If someone tried to bully him, the neighbors would help him scold him.

And even if they are so poor, it's not like some men beat their husbands to vent their anger.Chen Dongdong lived with him in poverty, but was never beaten.

There are often people in the village who beat their wives and husbands. Chen Dongdong sometimes thinks that his rare luck is to marry the right person. His natal family is also poor, so he doesn't feel that the life of He's family is so bad.

Chen Dongdong and the two left, and Lu Gu also took the pup to find Shen Xuanqing.

"Er Qing?" He had just walked a long way, but now he didn't hear the sound of chopping firewood, so he called out to the front.

"Here." Shen Xuanqing leaned out from behind the shaded trees, and he was bending over to bundle firewood.

When Lu Gu walked over, he had already tied up a large bundle of firewood.

"Do you still want to fight?" Lu Gu asked.

"Yeah." Shen Xuanqing nodded: "Put two bundles, and then pull them to the town with a cart, and sell more."

"Then I'll go dig wild vegetables." Lu Gu thought for a while and said, "Isn't there still a shorter rope, I can carry it back if you gather some more later."

"Okay." Shen Xuanqing knew that he was diligent, so he could just tie up a few less and let him carry it back, so he could carry it for fun.

Lu Gu saw shepherd's purse under his feet, so he squatted down to dig it, and the pup took advantage of the opportunity to rub his legs and back, it was called a clingy person.

Feeling the weight on his back, Lu Gu laughed and said, "Why are you so heavy?"

The pup was brought up by him alone. Because he was so smart, he was like a child, and his tone seemed to be coaxing a child.

He couldn't understand human words, but the pup knew he was talking to him, so he whimpered and groaned, rubbing against Lu Gu more and more tightly.

Shen Xuanqing heard it next to him, and remembered that Lu Gu called him Er Qing just now, usually Lu Gu stayed with him all the time, and rarely called his name.That voice sounded extremely waxy and soft, obviously other people also called him Erqing, but the same two words seemed to have changed in Lu Gu's mouth, lingering and intimate.