The Sweet Little Fulang

The wind is howling, the sky is overcast, and it gets dark earlier in winter. Farmers eat dinner earlier than before in order to save lamp oil.

Today Shen Yan went to wash the dishes, Lu Gu went into Ji Qiuyue's room and hugged Zhao'er for a while, Ji Qiuyue had plenty of milk and fed the child well, she sank a little in her arms.

He was holding it, and he never thought that Zhao'er's fleshy face suddenly changed. Soon, the swaddle became hot and humid, and the sleeves of his hands were also wet, and he quickly said, "I peeed."

Winter is not as convenient as summer. Dolls can’t be frozen, so they should be dressed thicker. Lazar is not so convenient. They always change clothes. Fortunately, they have enough small clothes so that the children will not have to wear them.

"I'll come." Ji Qiuyue has long been used to Zhao'er either urinating or pulling in her arms. After taking the child, she glanced outside the door and said, "It's not too early, the wind is so strong, you and the second brother are still Go early, it will be dark later."

"Yeah." Lu Gu nodded, wiped his hands and sleeves with a handkerchief, and then picked up the sleeves that were placed beside the bed and put them on his hands. He was thinking just now that it was time to pass. It was very windy today. The weather is not good either, and it is expected to snow at night.

Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing are sitting in the main room building rabbit cages. No matter in their hometown or in the new house, there are long bamboo strips that have been chopped up everywhere. Money, there is no harm in making up a few more.

Wei Lanxiang is weaving bamboo baskets, and their family has a lot of fields. They have to use bamboo baskets for planting and harvesting.

"It's getting late, why don't we go?" Lu Gu came out and asked, the window in Ji Qiuyue's room was closed, and he looked at the sky outside the main room, it was already dark.

"Come on over." Wei Lanxiang raised her head and said, the wind is so strong, although it is not far from the new house, the colder it gets.

"Got it, mother." Shen Xuanqing put down the half-made rabbit cage, clapped his hands, got up, and left with Lu Gu.

The two of them had just left the hospital when a cold wind whistled in front of them. Lu Gu only felt a little pain in his face, but fortunately both of them had badgers leather collars around their necks, so the wind couldn't get in, otherwise they would shiver. .

Because it was hard to talk on Fengda Road, a lot of cold wind was eaten with one mouth. The two of them didn't say much, and hurriedly walked to the new house. As soon as the courtyard door opened, a few snowflakes fell.

When the door was opened, all six dogs in the family gathered around, wagging their tails and leaning forward, making them both unable to move a bit.

Before going back to eat, Lu Gu had already fed the dogs. A few days ago, Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing went up the mountain to hunt a few fat badgers. Including him, they did not like to eat badger meat. It happened that there were many dogs in the family and less hunting in winter. I don’t have much meat for the dogs, so I mixed badger meat and steamed buns with mixed noodles to give them a meat meal these days, and they can also grow fat, so they can survive the cold winter.

In the brazier, there were still red embers that had not yet been extinguished. The two of them brought light and dry grass velvet over to blow them on fire. In such a cold day, if they couldn't take a bath, they could soak their feet and pour a soup on them, so that they could rest at night.

"I forgot to collect the shoes." Lu Gu just scooped two scoops of water into the clay pot. He remembered the shoes that he forgot to collect in the afternoon. The sun was still there during the day, but it only changed in the afternoon. He and Shen Xuanqing were in a hurry to go home for dinner. Just forget about it.

"I'll collect it." Shen Xuanqing took a bundle of firewood and threw it on the ground, then went to the corner of the front yard and brought back the two pairs of cotton shoes.

"Still wet." He leaned his shoes against the aisle wall, wagging his tail and sniffing as soon as he put down the two puppies.

It was not easy to dry clothes in the cold weather, so Lu Gu added enough water to the pot, closed the lid and said, "The sun will come out in two days before drying."

"Yeah." Shen Xuanqing nodded and replied.

Because he usually pays for shoes, Lu Gu added: "You still have shoes, not bad for the same pair. My mother made you a new pair two days ago, enough to wear."

"I know" Shen Xuanqing smiled, he usually doesn't care about clothes and shoes, since he said this, he asked: "What about you, do you want to make two new clothes and shoes? I remember that the cloth I bought before seems to be still there. Not used up?"

Lu Gu sat in front of the mud stove to bake his hands and was wet with a little child's urine. It happened that he had been wearing this clothes for several days. He took it off in the evening and waited for the weather to clear before washing. Hearing this, his eyes were slightly bent and he said, "Yes. I haven’t run out, but I have enough shoes and clothes, so I don’t need to make new winter clothes last year.”

The clothes made last year have only been worn for one winter. To the country people, they are no different from new ones. Lu Gu is even more so. He already has four pairs of cotton shoes that he can wear, and he has several clothes inside and out. How can I make a new one, I can't even wear it.

That being the case, Shen Xuanqing didn't say much, as long as he was dressed, he also pulled up a small stool and sat down, waiting for the water to boil while heating the fire.

The fire was warm, the puppy squeezed from between their legs to the mud stove to rub the heat, and the good boy was whimpering. Recently, he has been so careful, Lu Gu and Shen Xuanqing ignored him, otherwise he would be too used to it. on.

Good boy has always been smart. Seeing no one pays attention to it, he doesn't deliberately call for favor. A dog goes to play with the bamboo woven Cuju ball in the hall. This is a new composition by Shen Yaoqing. It's big and strong, and has been bitten by several dogs. The last time they and Shen Yan were kicking and playing in the backyard, they broke it.

The Cuju ball rolled to Lu Gu, he picked it up and threw it into the distance. Good boy, Da Bai, and two puppies all ran to chase after him. Because Da Bai was close, he first grabbed the Cuju ball. When he picked up the colorful rope, the good boy was not happy and grabbed the other side of the colorful rope to fight for it.

The wind was getting stronger outside, and it sounded like something was crying and howling. Before it was completely dark, Shen Xuanqing got up and said, "I'll take a look at the back."

"Yeah." Lu Gu added two more pieces of fine wood to the tandoor, so that the fire was more vigorous, so that he could wash his feet and go to bed as soon as possible to save his legs and feet from getting cold.

The snowflakes were fluttering about in the cold wind. It must be very cold tonight. Shen Xuanqing added some straw to the livestock nests, and covered them to keep them from freezing.

When he returned to the main room, Lu Gu had already lit the oil lamp, and the dim yellow candlelight reflected a little light. As he pushed the door in and poured in the cold wind, the flames flickered, and Lu Gu hurriedly reached out to block it.

After washing up, the two of them closed the doors and windows together, and then brought the candlesticks into the house. Mrs. Tang in the quilt has already been put away, and when she gets into it, it will not look unbearably cold even if there is a place that is not covered with heat.

After lying down, Lu Gu pulled the quilt up and covered his mouth and nose. At night, it was so cold that even his breath was cold, so he felt warmer.

Shen Xuanqing, who was sleeping outside, blew out the candle, and when the quilt on the bed moved, he got under it. After finding a suitable position, he found his husband's hand in the quilt and held it for a while.

Lying on a bed is really close, making people unable to help getting closer, Lu Gu's smiling brows and eyes are blocked by darkness, he actually likes Shen Xuanqing kissing him a few times. But tenderness soon turned into another kind of assault, covered by night, and nothing could be seen.

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The days passed quickly, and the twelfth lunar month entered in the blink of an eye. There are more activities at home than last year, but correspondingly, the money earned is also more. A litter of rabbits grew up and went to the brothel and Yang Xian's pub in Jixing Town. It was delivered several times. Sometimes Shen Xuanqing went to the mountains to hunt in winter when he was idle, or drove a mule cart to the town to sell rabbits along the streets.

The brothel is different from the tavern restaurant. Only the guests who go to drink the flower wine will eat in it. How can ordinary people go in. They sell rabbits on the street without affecting the business in the building, because there are not many scruples.

Lu Gu also often makes some handkerchiefs and nets. Sometimes the embroidery workshop collects more, sometimes less, but it doesn't matter. For him, how many coins can be earned, and sometimes he sits on a mule with Shen Xuanqing. I drove to the town and talked along the street to sell some. Now that I have mules, the journey is not as laborious as it used to be.

As soon as the twelfth lunar month, the Wudou Festival and the Laba festival are over, the time of the small half month is gone, and the days are counted, and it is very close to the New Year.

Wei Lanxiang picked up a basket of peanuts in the morning and went to Sanfang's house. When they came back, the contents in the basket became red dates. Their family planted three acres of peanuts. If you want to make some jujube mud cakes, you can't go there empty-handed.

After eating, Lu Gu didn't go back to the new house. He took out the jujube cores one by one in the kitchen, waited for them to be cooked in a pot, and smashed them to make jujube cakes. Making date cakes was what he said yesterday, saying that he wanted to eat them, so he naturally had to do some work today.

"It smells really good." Shen Yan walked in and rolled up her sleeves and said, she picked up a date to eat, the red date was fragrant and sweet, very nice.

She worked with Lu Gu and said with wide almond eyes, "Brother Guzi, didn't you hear when you weren't here in the morning, Brother Daqing said that when the spring starts next year, he will go to the third uncle's house to dig two jujube seedlings and plant them. In the house, after two or three years, we don't need to ask the third uncle to ask for it, we can eat it ourselves."

Lu Gu laughed when he heard it, and his eyes became more radiant: "That's good, the yard is big over there, plant two trees and water them well."

"It's not." Shen Yan nodded in response. She was also very happy that there were more and more things in the house. She didn't have to go hungry in the future, right?

Because the red dates are soft and sweet, the two of them dig out the jujube pits and eat them without any time in their hands and mouths. When they talk about what to plant at home, they are both happy.

After taking out the jujube pits, Shen Yan lit the fire, Lu Gu added water to the pot, and when the jujubes were in the pot, Shen Yan sat in front of the stove to add firewood. This is a steamed bun left over from dinner at noon. It is cold, but softer than other steamed buns.

"Aren't you full?" Shen Yan asked curiously when he saw that he was eating again, not long after lunch.

Lu Gu's cheeks were bulging and he couldn't speak, but his brows and eyes were full of smiles. He swallowed and said, "I'm full, but when I move, I want to eat again. Maybe it's been cold recently, so I always want to eat more. Otherwise, it will always feel unreal in the stomach.”

Shen Yan nodded. When it's cold, people just want to eat more. She does this sometimes.

As the twelfth lunar month went on, things to buy should be put on the agenda. The number of people going to the market in the village also increased. This is the second Chinese New Year for Lu Gu to come to Shen's house. Sometimes the food is not much different from Shen Xuanqing's. He even wants to eat meat when he sees Tian'er. When he can't eat it, he panics. It is Shen Xuanqing who sees him fidgeting and asks and realizes that he wants to eat meat.

No one in the family thought about it, nor did Lu Gu himself. He only said that he was greedy and a little embarrassed. Fortunately, there were many chickens, ducks and rabbits at home. I bought ten catties of pork and some bone sticks, and let him eat them.

Because of the cold weather, I didn't see anyone saying that I was tired of eating meat at home. Lu Gu even more, he learned to be smart about eating meat, and went back to his hometown in advance every day to start cooking by himself, otherwise Wei Lanxiang would only cook vegetarian dishes sometimes.

Seeing that there are ten days before the Chinese New Year, Lu Gu took advantage of the good weather, and took off the mattress. After washing, he called Shen Xuanqing to wring it out in the courtyard with him. The water rushed to the ground, and the good boy who was wandering around at their feet suddenly fled away in shock, and they both laughed.

Shen Xuanqing was here for feeding the livestock and sweeping the sprinkler. Lu Gu cleaned up and went back to the old house to cook. Seeing that he likes to eat meat these days, Wei Lanxiang was in the kitchen chopping ducks.

"Mother, let me come." Lu Gu rolled his sleeves and walked in. He never thought that he would smell the watery smell of duck meat as soon as he passed it. It stands to reason that he was used to smelling it, but now, for some reason, his stomach suddenly turned upside down. I'm so sick, I can't hold back.