The Sweet Little Fulang

Not all girls are good at embroidering, such as handkerchiefs, sachets, etc., if the embroidery is not good, it is better to buy it.

In addition, the handkerchief wipes sweat and hands and face, it is very useful, everyone must have one on everyone, and this thing is also cheap.

Along the way, the handkerchiefs in Lu Gu's bamboo baskets sold the best. Because of the beautiful embroidery patterns and delicate stitches, the handkerchiefs were the most popular among women and husbands.

He was already selling it cheap, only three cents a piece, but he didn't give in when he bargained, and when he came out of Thrush Mei Alley, all the twenty-three handkerchiefs he brought with him were sold out.

This Thrushi Alley is a place where the wealthy families of Fenggu Town gather. The girls in the boudoir do not want to show their faces outside. Usually, there will be a woman or a grandmother who will bring a handkerchief and sachet embroidered by the embroidered mother to their home. Pick and choose, there are cheap selling methods, expensive ones are expensive, and the prices are different.

It is also because Lu Gu's embroidery is good, and at first glance, he has put a lot of effort into it, and people are willing to buy it without perfunctory.

He had a good luck today. As soon as he entered Thrushi Alley and started selling it, he said three cents a piece, and the old woman in the middle was about to enter the door with a vegetable basket. When she heard the price, she turned around to look at the price and wanted to buy herself a flower handkerchief. , At this sight, she even recruited the husband of the family she was serving, and when she saw that things were good, she bought five of them.

In fact, a small rich family is not much different from most ordinary people. At most, they are well-off and can hire people who can serve them. Unlike the big family, there are various rules of not going out.

When Lu Gu and the others were talking in the alley, two or three nearby households heard it and went out to watch.

Lu Gu naturally smiled when he met someone who was good at talking. He didn't need Shen Xuanqing to help him. He knew how to say it and sold two or three sachets and nets.

He was an auntie and auntie. He was cute, fair-skinned and beautiful, and his clothes were clean. It made the older aunt and husband feel happy when they saw it. This business was much easier to do than before.

A sachet cost 40 wen, and when he arrived, he gave that grandma a handkerchief, and she was so happy that grandma told him to come next time and buy it.

After coming out of Thrushi Alley, he was obviously much happier.

In fact, not all grandma and auntie were kind and pleasant just now. There was a woman in gold and silver who looked down on his things, raised her chin to look at people, and said a few stinging words, but he was busy doing business with others. Well, you can't take the grievances into account when you collect the money.

That's why he suddenly felt that what other people said was really nothing. If the business couldn't be done, then change it to someone else. There will always be someone who can take a fancy to his embroidery work. Besides, he thinks his embroidery work is not bad, his mother. When it was still there, people in the town once named it.

Shen Xuanqing saw that he was so happy, the joy of earning money was almost written on his face, and his mind was too guesswork, so he asked with a smile, "How much did you earn?"

When Lu Gu was selling things just now, because it was all women and husbands, he stepped aside a few steps and waited beside him.

Lu Gu mentioned that Qian's eyes were bright, and he turned his head and said while thinking: "One sachet was sold for 40 wen, 22 handkerchiefs were sold, and the last one was given away, and it was 66 wen. Luozi sold four small ones for twenty cents."

"Yeah." He paused, and after calculating in a low voice, he raised his head and said to Shen Xuanqing, "These are one hundred and twenty-six pennies in total."

"That's so much." Shen Xuanqing smiled. He only sold 60 cents of firewood for the trolley, so he said, "You earn a lot today."

The praise made Lu Gu a little embarrassed, but the smile on his face did not disappear. After the winter break, he did embroidery work at home, and most of it was worn at home. He didn't come to town in the cold weather, so there were few sales. This time, it was just thrush The alley was sold for more than 100 pennies, and I was happy and excited.

He didn't know how to express his joy, his eyebrows were curved, and he reached out and quietly tugged at the corner of Shen Xuanqing's clothes. There were many people on the street, so he gently pulled twice for fear of being seen, and soon released it.

Someone came from the opposite side with the cow, the cow fluttered its tail and pulled it, and fell to the ground. The people on both sides hurriedly avoided it. Shen Xuanqing pushed the scooter to the side and gave way. Lu Gu was behind him, waiting for the cow to pass by. Later, the two avoided the cow dung on the ground to find Shen Yaoqing.

Back home, the sun was setting, and Li Wanyun was decocting the medicine again. The strong and bitter smell of medicine wafted in the wind and could be smelled by several nearby households.

The firewood, Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing were both beaten, half of each of the sixty men, so it was clear that there were not so many twists and turns.

The wild vegetables were dug by Wei Lanxiang and Shen Yan, and Shen Xuanqing was the master. He gave Wei Lanxiang fifty of the seventy-four copper plates for selling wild vegetables, and the remaining twenty-four to Lu Gu, and he did not let Lu Gu. Gu suffered a loss and gave Lu Gu all his 30 wen of firewood money.

Because the Dongchun fish was the fish cage that Shen Yaoqing placed, he didn’t want it, so he would go to the fish cage tomorrow and sell the money and take it by himself.

The handkerchiefs and sachets sold by Lu Gu do not need to be divided. He bought the needles and thread and embroidered them himself. It has nothing to do with others. Shen Xuanqing asked how much the items in his basket were sold on the way back, and shared the money when he came back. did not move those.

After dinner, Lu Gu went back to the house and lit a candle to count the money.

The money for wild vegetables was 24 coins, and Shen Xuanqing gave him 30 coins. In addition to the 126 coins, he also sold five small nets one after another in the town. When he came back, someone bargained, and he was in a hurry. When I got home, the last two were sold for four cents, a total of twenty-three cents.

Two hundred and three copper plates were piled on the table, and when they moved, they clattered, which sounded really crisp and pleasant.

"Don't put it in the big bag?" Shen Xuanqing asked when he saw that he had brought a smaller purse.

"No, go to Aunt Gu to buy needles and thread with these tomorrow." Lu Gu grabbed a handful of money and stuffed it in. He had two colors of embroidery thread, so he had to make up for it. He also had to buy silk for handkerchiefs. Buy more These can be good for a long time.

Due to the high price of the sachet, only one is being sold today, so it is better to make more handkerchiefs and put some on the net.

He was thinking about making money when Shen Yan shouted in the kitchen that the water was boiled, put away the money bag and went out to wash with Shen Xuanqing.

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The drizzle was like silk, and the mountains and forests were misty.

It is said that spring rain is as expensive as oil. Don't take this rain lightly, but after a while outside, you will get all wet. Lu Gu came back from outside with a basket of shepherd's purse.

He was wearing a bamboo hat but no shoji, and his back and two sleeves were wet.

It has been raining for the past two days. Shen Xuanqing thought that Lu Yuan didn't let him go to town to sell wild vegetables. The family didn't lack that money. He was digging these today because he wanted to eat wild vegetable buns. eat.

The wild purslane at the back of the house has also been posted. After this rain, it will grow wildly in the future. At that time, I can make purslane buns, which are also fresh and refreshing.

When he ran back, he saw the dog puppy playing in the yard without fear of the wind and rain. His body was soaked wet, and he couldn't help sighing in his heart. Just now, the good boy wanted to follow him out, but he didn't let him, because he was afraid of getting wet. live.

The dog is not afraid of being soaked all over, just afraid that it will run over and scratch.

"Go." Seeing it running excitedly, Lu Gu hurriedly drove it away.

There are times when the good boy is disobedient, just like now, he rushed over and rubbed his calf.

It was quite cold when the wind blew, and Lu Gu couldn't stop it. Fortunately, his trousers and clothes were wet, so he didn't care too much when he had to change them later.

Who would have thought that the puppy would shake his fur when he stood beside him, and that fur fluttered and splashed all over the body. He wanted to run away, but he didn't have time, and was thrown into the water by Shen Yan's laughter.

"Brother Guzi, it's your turn now." Shen Yan stood under the main room to watch the fun. Yesterday afternoon, the dog dumped her in water, and now she can't stop laughing when she sees others "suffering".

Lu Gu wiped the water splashing on his face with his sleeve, full of helplessness but still smiled, put down the basket and changed into clean clothes first.

The shepherd's purse had been hit by the rain, and he was afraid that it would not eat well. He washed it twice and blanched it in boiling water. Ji Qiuyue went into the kitchen when he was making noodles, and went to the doctor a few days ago. Be careful what you eat, you can only watch it now.

"Do you want to smash garlic?" She glanced at Shen Yan who was peeling garlic again, and when she thought of wild vegetable buns dipped in garlic vinegar sauce, she was so greedy that she swallowed, but she couldn't eat them.

The wild vegetable buns hadn't been made yet. The more she thought about it, the more greedy she became, but she knew that she couldn't eat it. Perhaps it was because she was pregnant. Her eyes were wet when she looked at it, and she wanted to cry.

Shen Yan's finger had a small wound with a barb pulled out. Because it was very small, he didn't pay attention to it when peeling the garlic. The wound was a little painful at the moment, but he could bear it. He looked up at his finger and wanted to talk to Ji Qiuyue. , I saw her eyes wet without thinking.

"Sister-in-law." Shen Yan spoke carefully.

Ji Qiuyue was a little embarrassed when she found out, thinking that someone so big has wet her eyes because of her stuttering, she was really useless, she couldn't help laughing again, and said, "It's okay, I'm just greedy, who would have known so much after a body I can’t even eat it, I’m really suffering, I can eat a basket when my baby is born tomorrow, so don’t rob me of any of you.”

She smiled again, and Shen Yan and Lu Gu were relieved at once.

"Well, it's all yours, we won't eat it." As soon as Shen Yan opened his mouth, Lu Gu nodded in agreement, and said, "I'll also smash garlic to make sour vinegar sauce."

Ji Qiuyue didn't dare to listen any more, so she ran away from the kitchen, and she didn't know what she said to Shen Yaoqing in the main room. Lu Gu only heard him laughing loudly and then begging for mercy, thinking that he was beaten.

The wild vegetable bun with more vegetables than noodles is soft and fresh, steamed and dipped in garlic vinegar sauce, it is really refreshing.

Lu Gu made it so small that he could finish it in two or three bites. Shen Xuanqing only felt satisfied after eating seven or eight in a row.

Shen Yaoqing ate a few, smiled and broke off a small half of the wild vegetable bun, dipped it in the juice, and got up to deliver it to Ji Qiuyue who was hiding in the room. To relieve cravings, eat meat if you can’t eat wild vegetables. If you can’t, go to the mountains to dig up some spring bamboo shoots. After the rain, the bamboo shoots are the most tender when they grow. Boiled in water and stewed with black chicken, it is also a fresh dish.

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When the sky is clear, many people are digging wild vegetables in the wild fields on the mountains, and there are also people fishing for winter and spring fish by the river, and people hiding in the eaves after the rain come out.

The same is true for Lu Gu, the mountains and forests are empty, and he lives a stable and full life day after day.

This afternoon, he had just returned from digging purslane, and took a branch to hang the mud from the soles of his shoes in front of the courtyard gate. The rain stopped but the ground was not completely dry, and a lot of wet mud was stuck on the field after walking around.

"So much." Wei Lanxiang came out of the courtyard and took the bamboo basket in his hand.

Before they could go in, the two saw Quan Ziniang hurried out of Zhang's house, and when they saw Wei Lanxiang at the door, they walked over and said in a low voice, "Sister-in-law Zhang is gone."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Li Wanyun crying in Zhang's courtyard.