The Sweet Little Fulang

Cutting wheat is not easy, and threshing wheat is not so easy. Every day, I make my face ashen, and the sweat gets even more dirty on my face. It was dry and itchy, and it made me uncomfortable.

The old cow pulled the stone mill with a rope and rolled it back and forth on the wheat. At this time, Shen Xuanqing was leading the cow. Shen Yaoqing and Lu Gu were holding long forks and turning over the wheat. The grains were completely shed.

After turning it over again, Lu Gu straightened his waist and rested. Right now, he was only turning it, but his waist only hurt when he was cutting the wheat.

He wrapped a cloth towel on his head, so that the fly ash would not get his hair too dirty, and his mouth and nose were covered with a cloth.

Recently, the sky has been beautiful, the sun is shining, and there is no sign of rain. It was the time of threshing wheat, no matter how hot it was, no one would look forward to the rain, otherwise once the wheat germinated, it would be dry for half a year.

Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing both slept here at night. They were busy watching the show during the day and night, and even had to bring their meals. The good thing is that they don't need to make a bed and sleep on the cornfield, and there is a room to live here.

"It's been a good year this year." Wei Lanxiang wiped the sweat from her face, leaning on a wooden fork and said, "When I was a girl at home, it rained one year when I threw the wheat, and my grandmother was hugging her in the field. The wheat stubble was crying, the harvest was not good that year, so I could only live by tightening my belt."

"We'll be fine this year." Shen Yaoqing interjected beside him.

As he spoke, Shen Xuanqing took the old cow and pulled Shi Nian over, and it was rolled and rolled again, and the dust was raised again.

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It took several days to crush and thresh, and the tired people were too tired, so this is not the end. They dry it in their own yard, instead of pulling the milled wheat home. After picking out the straw, the wheat is spread out to dry.

The 13 mu of land has produced more grain than before. Wei Lanxiang’s favorite thing to do every day is to go to the new house, squat in the wheat, grab the hot wheat kernels, and look at them. It leaked out of her hand, and a handful was full of grain. She stood under the sun and squinted her eyes to see, and her nose was full of burning dust and the smell of wheat.

During the day, they flattened and pushed the wheat piles away, and at night they had to roll them up and put them under the main room to prevent the rain.

If you don’t have time to put it away at night, the grains will easily sprout out in the rain, and they will heat up when piled together. You can feel the heat when you put your hand in it. , it is easy to grow hair.

In this way, it is necessary to work hard every day and be cautious, and only the grains that have been dried and dried can be stored well.

After it was completely dried, it was only two days before Shen Yuping got married. Because it was new grain, some people came to the countryside to collect it. The price was still high, and the price of grain always fluctuated very quickly. Keeping it steady, Shen Xuanqing took the lead, leaving enough for the family to eat, and the rest of the wheat was smashed.

Because they have both rice and wheat here, and they eat it together, they don't need to keep all the wheat.

When the grains are finished, the shady low house is full of new wheat, not only the six or seven large sacks on the mud platform, but also the seven tall and wide-mouthed urns on the ground. The urns are filled with wheat straw and yellow mud. The lid is sealed, so that it can be stored for a long time, and when the sack is finished, the wheat in the urn is scooped out to grind the noodles.

When people are poor, they have no other choice but to exchange food for money and things, and if they eat, they will be gone.

There is a lot of grain this year, but I can't say year by year. If there is surplus grain at the end of the year, I will be more assured for the second year. For this reason, Shen Xuanqing also discussed with Shen Yaoqing, and they took the trolley to the Liangzhang Bridge to buy ten A new urn, along with the shop, took two days to pull the urn back.

There are fifteen old and new urns in the family. When the rice is harvested, the remaining eight urns are filled. Let alone a year, so much rice and noodles, if you save a little, will be enough for two or three years. , There are too many low houses in the big urn, but fortunately there are new houses now.

Lu Gu had never seen so much food, and when he thought that the whole family would no longer have to go hungry, his eyes were filled with joy.

Although it took a lot of money to buy the urn, and after conversion, I didn't earn much from the grain this year, but no one would feel that it was a loss. Grain is the foundation of survival.

"Ours can be considered a granary." Shen Yaoqing patted the cold urn, so happy that he could not see his teeth.

Shen Xuanqing just nodded and hummed, without saying much, but he also smiled. Recently, he has been tanned and thin again, but his star eyes are exceptionally bright.

It is often heard that the granaries of the big families are full, and the rice grains can't be eaten at all. He hadn't thought about it before, but this time he has stockpiled grains, and he has a passion in his heart. One day, their family will also have a lot of food that they can't finish eating. The granary of rice and noodles, that's what it means to be solid!

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On the auspicious day of the wedding, the people who welcomed the relatives were beating gongs and drums to carry the sedan chair to Chenjiagou. People from the three rooms of the Shen family came and went, eating, drinking, laughing and having fun.

Wei Lanxiang brought Lu Gu over to help. At this time, Zhou Xiangjun's mother's family came. He had to pay attention to eating a mouthful of noodles. He didn't need to do anything else, just give him a few bowls of noodles in the kitchen. It's okay to stutter, which means, I'll have to sit down later.

There was not much firewood, so he carried a basket to the wheat straw pile built at the door and smoked half a basket of wheat straw. After the wheat was beaten, the wheat straw was also dry, and new wheat straw was piled up in front of every house as firewood to burn.

"Millet." Zhou Xiangjun wore red and green, which was a festive gesture, and said, "I'll lay a poached egg in your grandma's bowl."

"Understood mama." Lu Gu nodded with a smile.

The grandmother that Zhou Xiangjun mentioned was Shen Yu and Shen Yuping's grandmother. They called grandmother as grandma and grandmother as grandma. Lu Gu and Shen Yu were of the same generation, so naturally they also called grandma.

It's hot, even in the morning, cooking in the kitchen can make you sweat all over, and the water is rolling away. Lu Gu picks up the noodles with long chopsticks and divides them into bowls. Among them, there is the bowl of poached eggs. The tip was given to the grandmother of the Zhou family.

There are many people coming and going, and it is lively, but men and husbands and wives are all mixed together, so no matter whether it is a wedding or a wedding, it can be called a mess, and the valuables in the family need to be more careful.

"Yanyan, do you and Brother Yu eat noodles?" Lu Gu asked when he saw Shen Yan and Shen Yu.

They have been eating and drinking at Sanfang's house for the past two days. Today, they are going to welcome their relatives and worship the church. The focus is on Shen Yuping. There are many people who come to give gifts. Yes, Shen Yan and Shen Yu had not left the cabinet. The men who welcomed the relatives were eating at the banquet, and they didn't come out of the room.

"Brother Guzi, I was going to find you." Shen Yan was hungry, and they both went into the kitchen with him.

This year, they raised a lot of chickens and ducks, and they ate them every day when they were doing farm work. Shen Yan didn't like to eat poached eggs anymore, so he only beat an egg for Shen Yu.

The person who greeted the kiss hadn't come back yet, so the guests at home couldn't sit still, no matter whether it was tea or cakes and fruits, Shen Xuanqing also went to pick up the kiss, Lu Gu felt that it was too noisy outside, and many people who didn't know would boil water in the kitchen , Occasionally feel too hot to hide in Shen Yu's room and sit for a while to cool off.

When there is a happy event in the village, count the children the happiest, grab a handful of fruit or snacks, and a group of children, big and small, are eating and playing outside, running and screaming. Thinking like this, it's just fun.

"It's back, it's back!"

The first person with sharp eyes to see the welcoming party in the distance was a child standing at the entrance of the village. When one person shouted, the other children followed suit. People gathered in the third room of the Shen family heard about it, and many came out to see it. They arrived at the door later. When it comes to throwing coins, they all smile and wait, and the short one has to stand on tiptoe.

The firecrackers rang out, crackling and exploding, and red paper splashed all over the floor.

The sedan chair was carried back, and Shen Yuping, who was walking in front, was dressed in red with a happy face.

As soon as the copper coins were sprinkled, many people at the door looted and looted them. Those who should be picked up on the ground can get a few pennies as much as they can, and even children are among them.

Because there were too many people in front of the door, Lu Gu couldn't squeeze in, so he had to stand in the door and watch, with a jingle, a copper coin spilled far away and landed in front of his feet. Qiuyue embroidered it.

Although he only had a penny, he was so happy that he bent over to pick it up, but a dirty little hand picked it up first.

It's Xiao Shunzi from Ah Jin's family. Xiao Shunzi has always been naughty and bold. He has been playing crazy with the children of Shen's relatives for the past two days. His hands are dirty and his face is dirty. He clenched the penny in his hand and said: "I grabbed it first."

Complaining about something with a child, Lu Gu smiled lightly and said, "Then you can take it, I don't want it."

Without being scolded by the adults, Xiao Shunzi's slightly collapsed body straightened up. He snorted from his nose like a little adult. .

It can be seen that Lu Gu is empty-handed. At first glance, he is a husband who has no ability to grab things. He hesitated for a while, thinking of the two fruits in his left hand, and his expression became tangled.

"Sunja, come quickly."

Before he made a choice, he heard the call of his peers, and hurriedly got out of the crowd to play, for fear of being a step behind.

The firecrackers rang, and the suona, gongs and drums blew for a while, and then Shen Yuping carried the newly-married wife with the red hijab back out under the laughter and gaze of the whole village.

After the excitement, the newlyweds entered the new house, and a banquet was opened in the courtyard outside.

Xikou invited his aunt who could cook in the village, and someone of his age like Wei Lanxiang helped out, so Lu Gu could go to the table when he had time.

"Gu Zi, take Shen Yan and Shen Yu to find a seat, hurry up, there will be nowhere to sit later." Wei Lanxiang was washing vegetables, her hands still in the wooden basin, when she saw that there were tables, chairs and benches in the courtyard, she hurriedly Call Lu Gu.

"Understood mother." Lu Gu promised to bring his sister and brother to dinner. He looked like an adult on the face. In fact, he was still nervous in his heart. There were too many people. Couples and women sit at many tables.

"Guzi, come quickly." The husband and wife picked up a clean table with the baby in his arms. There were people coming and going in the courtyard. He also felt ashamed of being alone. When he saw Lu Gu, he hurried to say hello. Woolen cloth.

After Shen Xuanqing and a few men in Chenjiagou finished talking, they saw Lu Gu at a glance, walked over and said with a smile: "You guys go quickly."

"Well." Lu Gu nodded and led Shen Yan and Shen Yu over.

Shen Shunwang and Zhou Xiangjun are not stingy people, not to mention the rich meal, which makes the Chen family feel that their family will not treat the married girl badly, just like when Shen Xuanqing got married, they also have ten dishes and one soup, and the guests can eat it. Well, it is also very face to spread out.

Lu Gu sat at a table with people of similar age, and the spicy fried rabbit meat served was very fragrant, but he and Shen Xuanqing often eat it on the mountain.

When summer arrives, the pheasants are also active, sometimes digging up seeds and missing grains in the fields.

They are all relatives of their own family. Shen Yuping doesn't hunt very often. The pheasants on the table were helped by Shen Xuanqing. Some of the eggs from Sanfang's family were brought from their family. Saving time is not enough.

This is the first time that Lu Gu has been seated in a serious manner. It has been a long time since his mother took him to the dinner table when he was a child. I just remember that the dishes on the table at that time were only some sauerkraut and tofu. OK

The real brother sitting next to him likes to laugh, and he even said a few more words with him. There are also men around who are drinking and punching and shouting. This seat is really lively.

One dish after another was served, and the elderly lady ate the table and pulled it straight, afraid to eat less. Their table was not bad, they were all young women and young husbands, so they wanted to be proud, not like old people and children. eat.

Lu Gu’s favorite is to sit on a slice of pork and simmer it in a large pot.

At the end of the meal, he put down his chopsticks and drank two sips of tea to relieve the greasy taste in his mouth. The oil and water were all poured into their own bowls and taken away.

"Guzi, come." Seeing that he had finished eating, Wei Lanxiang waved to him.

"Mother." As soon as Lu Gu entered the kitchen, a bowl was stuffed into his hand.

"Bring it back to your sister-in-law, there are slices of meat at the bottom." Wei Lanxiang made a bowl of meat and vegetables for Ji Qiuyue at home, and put a steamed bun with white noodles on top. It was just hot from the pot. .

"Understood." Lu Gu obediently agreed, and walked outside with a bowl. Seeing that Shen Yan had also finished eating, he asked, "Are you going back, I'll bring a bowl to my sister-in-law to eat."

"Go back." Shen Yan pushed the chair back, got up and went home with him.

It's noon now, and it's getting hotter and hotter. After walking a few steps under the sun, I can't keep my eyes open. After returning home, Ji Qiuyue was just hungry. Feel comfortable and look better.

The chickens, ducks and rabbits in the backyard have been moved to the new house a few days ago, and even the sheep have been brought over. Qiuyue is over, and others feel uncomfortable too.

Another advantage is that although there are still flies in the house, there are obviously many fewer. As long as the food in the kitchen is covered and closed, there is no fear of flies falling on it.

The bowl brought back is their home, and the bottom of the bowl is marked with red paint, so there is no need to return it.

People in the countryside don’t have too many bowls and chopsticks for weddings, so they can only borrow them from neighbors. Not to mention chopsticks. It was stolen, and the bowl edge was deliberately nicked, and few people were willing to steal the broken bowl.

When he came back, Wei Lanxiang told him that he didn't need to go there anymore. This is the village's rule. It was the same when Shen Xuanqing got married. In the end, it was the aunt and grandmother who left behind to wash the dishes and clean up the courtyard. Yes, people have to bring things with them when they leave. A young couple like Lu Gu, even if they want to stay, can't get ahead.

The day passed, the excitement gradually passed, the weather was too hot, and the farming was busy and tiring before. Not only did Ji Qiuyue go back to the room to rest after eating, but Lu Gu and Shen Yan also went to sleep.