The Sweet Little Fulang

In the evening at Yang's tavern, Lao Yang asked someone to call his third son, Yang Yi, too. Originally, he wanted his daughter-in-law and children to be with him, but Yang Yi's daughter-in-law has been sick for the past two days. Just brought the baby over.

Yang Yishu reads well and is a scholar. Now he is teaching in the academy in Jixing Town. He and Yang Xian have both practiced boxing and kicking with Lao Yangtou when they were young. They are also men from the countryside, so even if they wear green shirts, they are easy-going. It is easy-going, and he speaks a little more elegantly, but he does not seem to be as weak as some teachers.

The second child of Lao Yang’s head was a girl, and he also sent someone to call. Yang Yujun married a butcher who sold meat in Jixing Town, and he lived a good life. When Yang Yi came from the west of the town, he met Yang Yujun and the butcher Qian, came together.

Yan Shi and Lao Yangtou are getting old, so they are naturally happy to be seen by someone, not to mention Shen Xuanqing's own apprentice, which is even rarer. Naturally, more people are needed to accompany him, especially Yan Shi, who can show off to others. The second boy is more filial.

Shen Xuanqing brought a lot of things. Jixing Town is far from the mountains, so mountain goods are not uncommon. I will give Yang Yi, Yang Yujun, and the others some to bring back to taste, especially the autumn vegetables. There are so many that they have dug up, and they can't finish it. Withered, it is better to score a point.

They are all the sons and daughters of Lao Yangtou, and Shen Xuanqing has no objection to distribute them. He also knows that there are many Yang family members, so he brought some of them here. Otherwise, only Lao Yangtou and his wife would not be able to eat them.

The cook cooked a table of specialty dishes, and good wine was served, and everyone sat around eating, drinking and laughing, which was very lively.

Lu Gu sat next to Shen Xuanqing, his words were less restrained, and most of the time he was listening to other people's words. Shen Xuanqing brought him a dish from time to time. When Mr. Yan met Zhile, the second boy would be considerate to the husband.

It was getting dark after eating, and everyone went to Yang Xian’s house to sit and joke for a while. After eating the wine and meat, they lit lanterns and sat in the courtyard. Play, adults are joking.

Yan Shi also took the cloth that Shen Xuanqing had pulled for her out of the box to show off to her daughter. Look at how good the cloth is, and she also took out the fur of the hare to show it. There are so many skins that you can buy a lot from outside. The money was brought to the old man to make furs, and to make her a pair of shoes, as well as those chestnuts and hazelnuts. I took some baskets for the second and third families to take back to eat.

As the night got darker, Yang Yi and Yang Yujun left with Qiucai carrying a basket. Yang Xianming had other things to do in the tavern tomorrow, so Mrs. Zhang took the child to sleep first.

Lu Gu was also led by Mrs. Yan to take a simple shower, and was still soaking his feet in the house to relieve fatigue. Mrs. Yan was very rare in Shen Xuanqing, and he was also very rare in his husband. He smiled and told him to take a rest after wiping his feet, and went out by himself.

The excitement passed, and he was quiet in the room alone, and felt a little awkward. Lu Gu was really tired, so he lay down on the bed first.

Shen Xuanqing was still talking to the old hunter in the yard.

Everything in the mountains has gradually faded away for Lao Yangtou. When he is old, he always likes to talk about the old days. When he was young, hunting in the mountains was hard and tiring. The pleasure is unforgettable.

Both of his sons have a living in the town, and no one has learned the hunting craft, which is a pity, and when he took Shen Xuanqing, he was already old, and in recent years, he has grown old, even if he is good at identifying traces. It is still the same as it was in the past. When you go to the mountain and take a look at it, you will know that something is haunting.

Old Yang was smoking a cigarette stick and listened to Shen Xuanqing say what he had encountered in the mountains and how he caught it. In the dim light, his eyes were nostalgic, as if he had seen everything in the mountains and forests in these words.

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In the morning, Lu Gu woke up when he heard the movement outside. It was too late last night, and he was drowsy before Shen Xuanqing came in.

Ni'er got up, and she just got up to see if the uncle and mama from yesterday were still there. Mrs. Yan shouted from outside the door, Lu Gu had already dressed and got out of bed, and turned to see Shen Xuanqing sitting beside the bed. Shoes, quickly opened the door.

Yan Shi was busy going to the kitchen to boil water and hot food, and Nier pulled Lu Gu's hand in, curiously looking at Shen Xuanqing who stood up, her eyes gradually moved up, and she even raised her head, this action made Shen Xuanqing stand up. Xuan Qing laughed, and Lu Gu's eyes were also dyed with a light smile.

Ni'er raised her head, she was too tall for Xiao Shen Xuanqing, Xu was feeling tired, so she turned her head and said to Lu Gu, "Little mammy, I want to eat hazelnuts, grandpa didn't get up."

She pulled Lu Gu to go out, the bamboo basket was on the table in the main room, so Lu Gu had to go with her.

One big and one small squatted on the ground and knocked on the hazelnuts. Lu Gu looked at Ni’er and remembered that Ni’er called him little mama. He didn’t feel anything when he was called. At this moment, Xu was not completely awake when he woke up, and he suddenly felt that he If you get married, it's like becoming an adult, and will be called a little mama by a child.

Shen Xuanqing poured hot water and told him to wash his face in the courtyard. Lu Gu's thoughts were interrupted. Before he got up, he couldn't hold back. He touched Ni'er's chubby cheek. Nothing responds.

After staying at Yang's house for most of the day and the afternoon sun was not so hot, Shen Xuanqing went back with Lu Gu.

Mrs. Yan and the old Yangtou escorted them out of the alley, and Shen Xuanqing stopped them when they were about to send them off. The old man and the old lady were very old, especially Mrs. Yan, whose legs were not as neat as before. The daughter-in-law is busy in the tavern and has children to look after.

The empty scooter was really easy. There was only a large bag of various pastries that Mr. Yan went out to buy in the morning in the bamboo basket, as well as a few new snacks in the town.

After coming out of the alley, I went to Changxing Street. When I went back, I had to pass the Yang Family Tavern. Shen Xuanqing walked for a while and stopped at the door. He went in and said goodbye to Yang Xian. Yang Xian brought him a jar of good wine and asked him to take it back to taste.

When Lu Gu and Shen Xuanqing walked to the oil workshop on Changxing Street, they smelled the fragrance of sesame oil. Shen Xuanqing stopped again. He didn't bring a pottery when he came out. I bought some clay pots together, and when I went back, I kept some for my family and brought some to the mountain.

It's not that they don't have oil mills there, but since passing by here, it smells really good, so it's better to buy it.

Pedestrians are in a hurry, and they are also among them.

Lu Gu followed Shen Xuanqing on the circuit, until the setting sun slanted, and only entered the house when it was twilight. As soon as he came back, Wei Lanxiang started to serve the two of them with food and vegetables, and he should be hungry after this journey.

Shen Xuanqing took the pot into the kitchen. Wei Lanxiang, who was serving rice, smelled it and smiled, "This sesame oil is really fragrant. I'll steam an egg tomorrow. Let's drizzle some sesame oil on it and try it."

"How is your teacher and wife?" she asked again.

In the early years, when the Yan family was still in Qingxi Village, they had a very good relationship with Wei Lanxiang. Later, Shen Xuanqing became a teacher. Even if there were occasional bickering and anger, it would be fine in two days. .

Shen Xuanqing nodded and said yes, and briefly told her about the people and things she saw in the past. Hearing that Nier was chubby and lovable, Wei Lanxiang didn't say anything, but she also wanted to hug her grandson in her heart. granddaughter.

Now that life is getting better, not to mention the second child, the eldest daughter-in-law should also have a baby, but even if this kind of thing is urged, she can't be in a hurry, she can only raise points with the eldest son and the eldest daughter-in-law in private.

His legs and feet were tired from the journey. After washing at night, Lu Gu was lying on the bed. Speaking of which, he had only been in the Shen family for a few months. He stayed outside for a night last night. home.

He looked at the top of the bed tent and thought about his thoughts. For a while, he thought of the word home, and then it was something else. It was difficult for him to fall asleep in a short time.

Before the lights in the room were turned off, Shen Xuanqing poured water for his feet outside and came back.

Lu Guyuan was already lying down. When he saw him coming in, he sat up with his arms propped up, hesitantly looking at the man beside the bed who wanted to blow the lamp.

Seeing this, Shen Xuanqing didn't turn off the lights and asked, "What's wrong?"

Lu Gu, who was worried, did not dare to raise his head to face it, lowered his eyes and asked in a low voice, "Will you go up the mountain tomorrow?"

"Do you want to go up or not?" Shen Xuanqing asked him patiently.

"The day after tomorrow is the anniversary of my mother's death." Lu Gu was a little nervous, but still said, "I want to go see it."

Shen Xuanqing paused for a while, then said, "Then wait for the grave, and talk about it after the day after tomorrow. I'll take you to buy yellow paper ingots tomorrow."

Lu Gu looked at him, full of gratitude, and finally solemnly "um" with a slightly nasal tone.

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On the day of Lu Gu Niang's death, he and Shen Xuanqing took a bamboo basket and carried a pile of offerings and yellow paper incense candles, and went to the hillside behind Anjia Village to go to the grave.

When he was thinking about his thoughts alone, he thought that now that he has money in his hand, he must burn a lot of paper money ingots for his mother, so that she can spend money underground. He didn't dare to bother Shen Xuanqing at first, but Shen Xuanqing wanted to take him to buy it. He bought a lot and even brought offerings.

The grass on the grave is high, and the autumn is not yet strong and dry. No one will take care of the Lu family. Lu Gu and Shen Xuanqing first pulled the grass from the grave.

Because it was Lu Gu Niang, Shen Xuanqing knelt beside Lu Gu, took a branch and set it on fire, adding paper money and ingots into it.

"Mother, you can buy whatever you want with so much money, you don't have to save it. I made the wolfberry by myself, and I'll burn some for you to try. There are also hazelnuts and chestnuts, which I picked up in the mountains. I ate a lot of them. , you eat too."

"Offering fruit." Lu Gu turned his head to look at Shen Xuanqing, and said with a slight choking: "The offering fruit was brought to you by Erqing, you can eat it if you want, it's all yours."

Seeing that Shen Xuanqing also burned the new rice, his eyes were moist, and he said, "There is also new rice. This year, we have made a lot of new rice and steamed it to eat. It is very fragrant. I ate several bowls, and when I came, Erqing Brought it to you too."

The offerings that should be sacrificed were done, and the things that should be burned were finished. Lu Gu wiped away his tears and was about to kowtow when Shen Xuanqing spoke.

"Mother, don't worry, I will take good care of the millet and keep him fed and clothed."

Lu Gu didn't expect that Shen Xuanqing would call her mother, and was stunned with tears in his eyes. After Shen Xuanqing finished speaking, he told him that it was time to kowtow, and then he regained his senses.

After getting up, Lu Gu slightly bent over and patted the soil on his legs. He patted and couldn't hold back his tears, but he didn't say a word again. It was Shen Xuanqing who noticed the tears falling on the ground.

The last time I saw Lu Gu crying, he accidentally dropped the egg, but he didn't cry for a long time, and it wasn't like he is now. He didn't make a sound at all, but the tears couldn't stop.

After Lu Gu straightened up, he still lowered his head. He wanted to slow down, but when he thought of the mother-in-law just now, tears still flowed down his face.

Shen Xuanqing had never seen this battle before, the nine-foot-tall man was at a loss, and clumsily wiped the water on Lu Gu's face.