The Sweet Little Fulang

After the orange peel is squeezed out of juice, the fragrance is more obvious, which is quite refreshing.

Lu Gu had only heard of oranges before, but he had never eaten them. He was a little embarrassed when he heard Shen Xuanqing laughing at him. He lowered his eyebrows and pretended to peel the oranges to ease the embarrassment.

Shen Xuanqing smiled, knowing that her husband was shy by nature, and he was embarrassed after a little teasing, and quickly peeled off two oranges and handed them over.

With the cool orange on his lips, Lu Gu raised his eyes and glanced at Shen Xuanqing. Under the gaze of such beautiful star eyes, he blushed slightly and opened his mouth to bite.

"Eat it all before you bite it." Shen Xuanqing stuffed two oranges into his mouth.

Lu Gu did what he said, and after biting it in his mouth, the sweet and sour orange juice poured out, like a clear mountain spring overflowing in his mouth.

Oranges are so delicious.

He raised his eyes to look at Shen Xuanqing, and he could see his surprise without speaking.

Shen Xuanqing also ate a piece of orange, the sour taste came up at the first bite, and the sweetness came quickly. The weather was cold and the orange was a bit cold, but it tasted very good.

Seeing Lu Gu surprised and happy, he smiled again, gave Lu Gu the rest of the oranges, hesitated, and took out another thing wrapped in red cloth from his arms, the thin strips seemed to be wrapped in roots long branches.

"For you." Shen Xuanqing seemed a little embarrassed, and pursed his lower lip slightly, but the smile in his eyes did not fade away.

Lu Gu held the oranges in both hands, so he put the oranges on the chopping board first, took the red envelope and opened it carefully. Inside was a brand new silver hairpin with rice leaves and rice ears carved at the tail.

The grains of the rice leaves are distinct, and even the grains on the ears of the rice are very clear. There are two ears of rice, one is straight and the other is curved downward. dexterity.

Shen Xuanqing took a fancy to this hairpin at a glance at Jinyinxuan. Because the carving of the grain ears is realistic and meticulous, the workmanship will take some time, and the asking price is a little higher, but he still buys it.

He didn't know why, but he felt happy when he saw this hairpin, and hurried back in his arms, forgetting about buying a horse spoon, and only remembered when he was about to get home.

Lu Gu had never seen such a precious silver hairpin, let alone wearing it. When they got married, they were nothing but wooden hairpins and hairpins.

"For me?" He raised his head and asked Shen Xuanqing in a low voice, with anticipation and anxiety in his eyes.

"Well, for you." Shen Xuanqing nodded.

Ears of grain are grains of millet. When he was a child, his mother told him such words when he embroidered ear of grain on his sleeves and collar.

Lu Gu tightly grasped the silver hairpin in his hand, and his eyes became slightly wet.

Shen Xuanqing didn't know what was wrong with him.

No one likes someone who loves to cry. Lu Gu blinked his eyes twice to force the wetness back, shook his head and whispered in a nasal voice, "No, I like it very much."

He said and smiled again, the smile was shallow but bright and bright, Shen Xuanqing was too tall, standing in front of him made him unable to see other people and things.

"That's good." Shen Xuanqing also laughed, the fire was still burning at the bottom of the stove, Shen Yan went to eat oranges, he said, "I'll set the fire."

"Yeah." Lu Gu wrapped the silver hairpin in a red cloth and tucked it into his arms, keeping the smile on his face all day.

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Clouds covered the sun, but fortunately there was no snow and no wind. The early winter was here, and no matter which village people were ready to stock up on grain and firewood for the winter, they had prepared a lot of rice, noodles, pickled vegetables, big white sauerkraut, and radish. Recently For a few days, many people were chopping wood on the mountain.

The people at the foot of the mountain are far away from the town, but it is easy to cut firewood in winter, and there are trees everywhere. The forest is still dense. It is cut down this year and will grow again next year. Small trees and new trees will grow up in two or three years.

The second room of the Shen family was no exception. Chopping trees and firewood was mostly done by men, but Lu Gu and the others could also help carry the firewood back. Ji Qiuyue was left at home to cook and boil water, so that he could eat and drink when he was hungry and thirsty.

He tied two bundles of firewood with hemp rope and hung them on a long sturdy branch. Lu Gu picked it up and walked home.

"Wang", the puppy came out from the woods next to him, and he didn't know how wild it was in the woods, with withered leaves hanging on his body.

Lu Gu didn't care about it, as long as he didn't run far away, he was used to running wild in the mountains before, and it was not good to be too restrained when he came back.

It can be said that there is no road on the mountain. Trees and stones block the way, and the walk is rough and bumpy. Ordinary people walk up the mountain with bamboo baskets on their backs. Pulling a scooter is a very laborious task.

In the past two days, Shen Xuanqing, Shen Yaoqing and the two brothers have been chopping and chopping with long axes and hatchets. They have no time to pull the cart. The three women and their children have no use of the cart. Shen Yan is young and carries a bundle of firewood. It works. Their house is the closest to the mountain in the village, and the front mountain is not too far away. The firewood house is slowly full after running down.

Of course, the ones that Lu Gu and the others picked were mostly thin branches, and the remaining trunks were piled up together. Most of them were trees that were thicker than the mouth of the bowl. Trees that were too thick and heavy were not easy to cut down. Even so, It’s really troublesome to use a saw on the mountain to saw wood. When it’s time to cut enough, take a bundle of hemp rope. If it’s too heavy, bundle up a few less, and find a few men in the village to carry it back together.

Every family in the village has to prepare firewood. Today, I help the Shen family to carry it. Tomorrow, Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing will also help other people to lift the wood. It is a mutual favor.

As soon as Lu Gu entered the courtyard gate, Ji Qiuyue put down the needle and thread in her hand and said, "Is the millet thirsty or not, this honey is warm enough to swallow."

"You put it away, I'll get it for you." She hurried into the kitchen without waiting for Lu Gu to answer.

"Okay." Lu Gu slowed her down but agreed, and went to the firewood room to untie the two bundles of firewood, and stacked them neatly with the others.

Ji Qiuyue took the bowl and went to the door of the firewood room. She looked inside and said, "It's quite a lot. You can rest in a day and a half tomorrow."

The more firewood, the warmer it will be in winter. There is no need to brave the severe winter cold to go to the mountains to chop firewood. Seeing so much firewood, Lu Gu felt very at ease, nodded and said, "Well, soon."

He took out the hemp rope and long branches, took a few sips from the bowl in Ji Qiuyue's hand, and the sweet honey water made his smile even sweeter.

Seeing Ji Qiuyue wearing a hairpin with a phoenix tail inlaid with silver beads on her head, the silver hairpin was new, so it was very bright. Silver hairpin.

In the past two days, he was reluctant to wear it, and he would keep it in his room for peace of mind if it fell off.

Besides, women are fine, it is customary to have some hairpins on their heads, but their country couples always have cloth towels wrapped around their hair, similar to men. No one wears such a silver hairpin. If someone looks at him, he will Back off a bit.

Ji Qiuyue didn't know what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "It's cold, I think there are still a lot of pears. In the evening, I grabbed the wolfberry, put in some red dates, boiled it with brown sugar, and it was hot, sweet and dry. Listen to others eat it, let's eat it today too."

The people in Brown Sugar Town are also called Bingtang. Brown sugar is common in the countryside. When they see a block of yellow sweet sugar, they call it by color. The brown sugar at home was bought by Shen Yaoqing. thing.

Most of the meat in the family was bought by Shen Xuanqing. This year, the badger skin was left. One of them made a fur collar to protect the neck. Ji Qiuyue usually has a little selfishness. Otherwise, she would have calculated it in her heart, but her family has always been kind to her, and she should have something good for her family to taste, so what is it to hide and tuck away.

"Okay." Lu Gu agreed with a smile, and after drinking the honey water, he went out to pick up firewood.

The family was busy on the mountain for three days. On the afternoon of the third day, Wei Lanxiang knew where the third room of the Shen family was cutting down trees. She called Shen Shunwang and Shen Yuping in the past, and met the Shi Dachen family on the way. He also used Da Chen as a laborer.

Shen Yuping is one year younger than Shen Xuanqing. He is only seventeen this year. He is not short. Like Shen Yu, he has big eyes and piercing eyes. Because of these eyes, his six-pointed face is also made into an eight-pointed. hansome.

"Yuping needs more practice, the skill of chopping wood is good, and my father-in-law and mother-in-law will praise him in the future." Shen Yaoqing said with a smile when he saw his cousin coming over.

Shen Shunwang and Zhou Xiangjun have been talking to Shen Yuping about the girls who are optimistic about other people these days. They came to the second room of Shen's house to talk twice, and asked Wei Lanxiang to help them find out more. That's why he said that.

Shen Yuping is a little younger. The life of the three-bedroom Shen family has always been good. He has never suffered any hardships. He looks younger. When he thinks of marrying a daughter-in-law, he scratches his head and smiles, showing his white teeth. The stupid son is happy like this, so his father Shen Shunwang can see it. Laughing loudly, he patted the back of his son's head, and scolded: "How old you are, you have no old age at all, don't be silly, just go to work!"

Shen Shunwang and Shen Shunfu are somewhat similar, and they both have the temperament to work hard. They are good at farm work, and they can drive large carts, even horses and carts for others. Although their own family cannot afford carts and horses, they can If I can earn some money to drive the car, it is no problem for my family to eat a big meal every few days, and I can save some money.

Almost everyone in the countryside is a good worker. It was already afternoon, and they didn't waste time. The man bundled up several trunks and carried them to the house. Lu Gu and Shen Yan couldn't carry too much, so they picked up slightly thinner pieces of wood to carry them. got one.

"Brother Guzi, why don't we get two." Shen Yan raised the wood and felt it was not heavy.

She was only eleven years old, and she couldn't even compare to Lu Gu. She was thin and short. Before Lu Gu could speak, Wei Lanxiang laughed and said, "You and your brother Guzi can just carry one."

"Okay, mother, we will go back first." Shen Yan nodded, they didn't need to tie up the wood, they were faster than a few men, Lu Gu was in front and she was behind, and the two went down the mountain first.

After the firewood is chopped, it needs to be sawed section by section, so that it can be stuffed into the firewood room, so as not to pile it in the yard and get wet in the rain and snow.

There is only one big saw in the house. Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing take turns to go into battle. Sometimes they are not there, so they help the Dachen family and the third uncle to lift the wood. Lu Gu and Wei Lanxiang are there. A saw in the yard can't be done by one person, but it is lighter when two people pull a big saw.

There were sawdust in the yard for several days, and the sawdust was not thrown away. The sun was light and dry, and it could be used as a fire guide and grass velvet.

After lunch, Lu Gu saw Shen Xuanqing sawing wood in the yard after washing the dishes, so he went over and carried the sawn sections to the woodshed, put them down and raised his hand, one accidentally scratched the back of his hand and fingers with rough bark , the skin was broken but only a little blood was oozing out, and the blood stopped when visible to the naked eye.

This is how he often does rough work. Lu Gu took a look and didn't take it to heart. After going out, Shen Xuanqing caught a glimpse of the broken skin on the back of his hand, stopped the work in his hand and asked, "Is it broken?"

"Well, there's no blood, it's not in the way." Lu Gu replied, seeing a lot of sawdust on the ground and went to get the broom.

In winter, frostbite is easy to develop, and it is dry, and the hands are easy to dry and crack. In the past two years, Shen Yan had frostbite on his hands, which was painful and itchy, his fingers were red and swollen, and the scabs looked even more miserable.

So last year when he hunted badger, he left badger oil for his hands and feet at home. He also bought a little cotton and asked Wei Lanxiang to sew a sleeve for Shen Yan. If you can pull it up your arms and put it on your sleeves, you can stuff your hands into the sleeves when you're not working in winter. The fabric is sewed with cotton to keep it warm.

The frostbite has grown for a year, and it is easy to grow older later. I don't know if Lu Gu has grown.