The Sweet Little Fulang

It was another warm and sunny day. There were many people in the village head of Qingxi Village to bask in the sun. There were adults and children, and it was very lively.

The mud whistle sounded, and several children slammed it with all their might, comparing each other to see who could blow the loudest.

There were two little boys of four or five years old, each holding a cloth tiger, and they all said that their big tiger was the most powerful.

The five- or six-year-old little girls and the little twins are mostly quiet, sitting on small stools or bricks and stones, playing with each other's braids, or turning over flower ropes in pairs.

In the open space on the other side of the big tree, several six- or seven-year-old children were playing the spinning top.

Some played well, and the spinning top never stopped. Even the adults watching on the side gave a good shout. Some men even had itchy hands. They even took the small whip from the child's hand to beat the spinning top and played with it for a while.

The idle men here are either squatting or standing, and a few gather in a group to joke and make fun. Over there, under the trees and the walls, the old people gossip in the sun, and the married women and husbands sit together and make women's red needles, each with their own words. .

There is nothing else today, Lu Gu and Wei Lanxiang Ji Qiuyue went to the village to join in the fun, otherwise it would be boring to stay at home all day.

The girls of fifteen or sixteen were when they were getting married. They were no longer children if they were not married. There were a lot of men in the village. It’s not good to walk around here. Doing needlework together, talking can also relieve boredom.

Shen Yan was not too young, so she had nothing to say with the group of children at the entrance of the village, so she brought Xiu Bianzi to find Caixia and the others.

A horse's head was glued to the bamboo pole, and four or five boys rode on the bamboo horse and used twigs as long swords.

After the autumn harvest, many people sold the money, and in the winter, when they were free, they would have money and time to let their nine- and ten-year-old children go to private schools. At this moment, Lu Gu was sitting next to Ji Qiuyue, and he heard several women say that his son was studying. Several pages of the book recognized several words.

When Shen Xuanqing and Boss Lu got up early to go to Fucheng to do the land deed, they would not be able to come back until evening. When they were at home, Shen Yaoqing led the three of them to recite the Three Character Classic, and they didn't come out until they finished writing.

They went to the entrance of the village to be lively, while Shen Yaoqing took advantage of the warmth and pulled a trolley to the town to sell firewood, jujubes, and winter bamboo shoots.

A bamboo dragonfly flew over and fell on Lu Gu's shoulder. He picked it up subconsciously, and saw a little girl wearing a tiger's head hat coming over. She looked no more than three years old. He was fleshy, and his eyes were black and big.

"It's yours?" Lu Gu asked her in a low voice.

The little girl was very shy, she just nodded without saying a word, Lu Gu gave her the bamboo dragonfly with a smile.

The child ran away with the bamboo dragonfly, and together with the other little girls, Xiao Shuanger, rubbed their hands together for a while, and then let go of the bamboo dragonfly and flew towards the sky.

Speaking of which, all children can wear the tiger hat, and it is worn in winter to keep out the cold, but most of the villagers wear it for little boys, and they value men more. This little girl is obviously loved by her mother, and her clothes are patched like most children. But it is very clean, unlike other children who have been playing all day and rubbed a lot of dirt. The tiger head hat on the head is made of it. Even Ji Qiuyue told Lu Gu that it looks good.

The sun warms the world and drives away the winter chill.

However, the liveliness of the world is not for everyone. In the Zhang family's big room, Li Wanyun is still dressed in thin clothes and cooks in the kitchen, her fingers are red and swollen, and her expression is gloomy and gloomy.

Zhang Zhengzi passed his first seven days, and the old Mrs. Zhang couldn't go out because of her broken leg. She couldn't move the house as a woman. At most, she called Quanziniang to help, and brought Mrs. Zhang out to sit in the courtyard and bask in the sun.

The only son was dead, and the old Zhang Shi sometimes froze for a long time without speaking, until he saw Li Wanyun, who seemed to have found someone who could vent his anger.

Outside the kitchen, Mrs. Zhang's scolding gradually diminished. She was old, and her injuries would have damaged her vitality, so she had to rest after scolding for a while.

Although Zhang Zhengzi didn't beat her, Li Wanyun's life was still difficult. Yesterday, the old Zhang's family came to see the old lady, and Li Wanyun poured tea for her. Before she said a word, the old Zhang began to cry. Saying that she was not filial, she killed Zhang Zhengzi first, and then did not give her wife any food.

Because of this matter, the second room of the Zhang family also came over, because the old lady lost her child because of her old age, and the blame all fell on her.

"hiss."

Li Wanyun stopped cutting vegetables, and she was so distracted that she didn't even know what she was thinking, her finger was cut a little and bleeding was coming out.

She put her cold fingers in her mouth, her eyes still gloomy.

It was a dark day, and there was no way forward. She shivered coldly as the sun didn't shine in the kitchen.

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After dinner in the evening, Lu Gu was washing the dishes, and Shen Yan brought in a piece of jujube cake and gave him half of it.

The jujube cake was made for Ji Qiuyue. After eating, Shen Yan became greedy, and she was afraid that Wei Lanxiang would say that she was too greedy, so she said that Brother Millet also wanted to eat it, so she came over without taking a small one.

Lu Guteng couldn't open his hand, so Shen Yan just put it in his mouth. The jujube cake is soft and sweet, with a strong jujube fragrance. This thing is better than pears. It is not afraid of cold weather in the room. Eat it boiled with sugar, or boil it with water.

"I'll boil the water." Shen Yan was eating, and when Lu Gu finished scooping the pot of water and wiped the big pot clean, he went outside to grab the firewood, wash his feet and soak his feet more at night.

Lu Gu went to the door to wash the pot of water, and before he went back, he saw a tall figure in the distance. Shen Xuanqing came back, and Da Hui and the dog cub who were playing in the village followed his legs.

When he got closer, he held the wooden basin with a small smile and said, "Have you eaten yet, I'll warm you up."

Shen Xuanqing also laughed, and the two of them walked home with a sound of "um".

As soon as he entered the door and saw Wei Lanxiang, Shen Xuanqing said, "Mother, the official seal is sealed."

"It's fine." Wei Lanxiang felt more at ease. Although it was Shen Xuanqing's land, they didn't have a separate family and lived together. After Shen Xuanqing went up the mountain, Shen Yaoqing was the only one to do the work in the land. It is also necessary to help. The more land you have and the more rice you have to fight, the better your day will be.

Because it was bought by himself, Tian Qi and Shen Xuanqing kept it by himself. He entered the room and put it away, and Lu Gu also came in after a while.

"I put the cage on the shelf, and the water will be hot when Yanyan boils it." After a day, Lu Gu was trying to find something without saying a word, and he didn't even know why.

Yanyan was learned by him and Ji Qiuyue. Because Shen Yan was small, the family usually called him by his first name or by his nickname. Wei Lanxiang either called him by his first name or Xiaonier and Xiaoni. son's cry.

"Tian Qi, you keep it." Shen Xuanqing handed over Tian Qi to Lu Gu.

Now that Lu Gu has recognized a lot of characters, he opened the land deed and saw that it was covered with a red official seal, and a thin piece of paper was their family's five acres of dry land.

"And this." Shen Xuanqing took out a red envelope from his arms, which contained something.

Hearing that, Lu Gu raised his eyes and saw a silver bracelet in the opened red envelope. He was a little embarrassed, a little unable to hold Shen Xuanqing for who bought it for.

How could ordinary people buy two silver jewelry in a short period of time, and the silver hairpin was new and never worn, so Lu Gu didn't think about the bracelet on himself.

"If you wear it, the hairpin will fall off easily, but this one won't fall off." Seeing him stunned, Shen Xuanqing pulled up his left hand, put the silver bracelet on his hand, and said, "If you wear the hairpin again during the Chinese New Year, you won't. When you comb, you can find A-sister-in-law, and you can find your mother, they will know."

The new clothes for the family to wear for the New Year are almost ready. Shen Xuanqing knows that he is also happy that his husband can wear new clothes and new hairpins.

Lu Gu's hands were clenched together, and Shen Xuanqing put on him with a little strength. It was not too big, not too small, just right. The silver bracelet was exquisitely designed. The first time he wore a bracelet, he felt that his wrist was a little heavy. presence.

"This is a thin one for Shen Yan, a thick one for my mother, and the two of them have some for the New Year." Shen Xuanqing took out two more silver bracelets, and said, "I'll buy something nice for you in the future, or if you like it. What kind of jewelry, just tell me."

Lu Gu always thought simple, Shen Xuanqing bought him a hairpin and bracelet because he valued him. He couldn't say anything else at the moment, so he whispered "En", couldn't help but tugged at the corner of Shen Xuanqing's clothes, raised his head to meet the pair of star eyes After looking back, he looked away again embarrassedly.

Shen Xuanqing looked at him with a smile. Although the two of them didn't say anything, they were very happy.

After a while, Shen Yan shouted from the kitchen, "Second brother, the rice is hot."

"Okay, I'm here." Shen Xuanqing agreed.

Lu Gu loosened the corners of his clothes, his cheeks turned slightly red and he said, "I'll take it."

After that, he hurried to the kitchen.

"Mother, I bought it for you. Bring a new bracelet for the new year." After Shen Xuanqing came out, she saw Wei Lanxiang and took out the bracelet.

Wei Lanxiang was rubbing the peanut skins in the dustpan. The twelfth lunar month will arrive in a few days. Whether it is Wudou or Laba, you have to cook beans and peanuts. She looked up and saw that Shen Xuanqing had bought her a silver bracelet and wiped her hands on her clothes. He dared to take it and asked with a smile on his face, "Is this worth a lot of money?"

"You don't need to worry about it, just wear it." Seeing that she was happy, Shen Xuanqing showed her Shen Yan's bracelet again.

Wei Lanxiang used to have a lot of silver jewelry, but all of them were sold later.

It just so happened that Shen Yan came into the hall, and when she heard that it was a bracelet for her, a pair of almond-eyed bosses, Shen Xuanqing couldn't help laughing when she saw her like this.

"Second brother, is this really for me?" She took the bracelet and asked.

"Of course." Shen Xuanqing paused and asked her with a smile, "Is the eldest brother better or the second brother better?"

"Hello, second brother." Shen Yan replied without hesitation, but was heard by Shen Yaoqing who came out of the room, and immediately pulled her braid off and scolded with a smile, "Okay, you Shen Yanzi. Yesterday, I said hello to eldest brother, Yubai is for you to eat."

Shen Yan protected her braid. Yesterday, she ate fresh fish caught by Big Brother Daqing. Today, Brother Erqing bought her a bracelet, so she felt extremely entangled in her heart, so she hesitated and said carefully, "Then the big brother and the second brother are both it is good?"

It was Wei Lanxiang who felt sorry for her daughter's braid, raised her hand and hit Shen Yaoqing's hand, who wanted to tug on Shen Yan's braid, and scolded with a smile, "Don't pull your hair any more."

Shen Yaoqing then smiled and accepted it. He knew that he didn't earn as much money as his second brother, but he wasn't jealous, and everyone had their own fate.

Besides, he has the strength to work in the field, and earns no less than others in the village. Now that he has saved a lot of money, he can't buy bracelets for his sister and mother, and buying a rope and head cloth can also make them happy.

Shen Yan wore the bracelet beautifully, and she didn't feel that the two brothers were annoying.