The Sweet Little Fulang

The wind stopped and the sky was hot, the sun was scorching hot, and the ground was emitting bursts of heat. When people sat in the shade and looked into the sunny slope, they only felt that the ground was whitened by the sun, and they didn’t even want to squint.

The dog is lying on the ground sticking out its tongue and panting. All day long, it can only be active in the morning and evening, and it becomes lazy at noon.

The flower branches in the yard attracted buzzing bees, and Zhizizizi screamed tirelessly on the tree, but there was no wind, and the leaves didn't move, making people drowsy.

Standing under the sun at noon can dry and scorch people. No matter how diligent and capable people are, they have to avoid the sun.

Lu Gu and Shen Xuanqing were lying on the bamboo mat, both fans fanning their hands, and they were still sweating hot.

Shen Xuanqing put up one leg, shook the paddle fan to fan himself, and then fanned Lu Gu inside the bed, saying, "I heard that the hollow of the porcelain pillow can be filled with cold water, and even if the pillow is not filled with water, it is made of porcelain ice. , I'm going to the town left and right, and buy two to come back and try."

There were only two Mrs. Zhu in the family, one let Ji Qiuyue hold her to sleep, and the other let Wei Lanxiang take her to the room. They were all young and did not compete with their elders.

It's not that the two of them can't sleep after they lie down, so they talk about buying Madam Bamboo and selling a fan in the afternoon.

The fan was embroidered by Lu Gu. It was a good sale in hot weather. Twelve pieces were embroidered, and the tassels on the handle were also fastened.

As for Mrs. Zhu, this thing is not expensive. If everyone can hold one, it will be cool to sleep. Either Shen Yaoqing will go to the neighboring village to buy a few, or they will drop by the way when they come back from town, and wait a while. It's not too late to discuss with everyone in the family after waking up.

In summer, the days are long, and it would be great for the country people to take a nap in the afternoon, but most of the ordinary people have to sit at home to do other chores, and few of them can rest.

Lu Gu used to be like this. He didn't go out to dig wild vegetables on a hot day, but Du Hehua sent him to do embroidery work, and he never stopped. Therefore, this summer, he was able to rest at noon, and his life was a lot easier for him.

His trousers and sleeves were rolled up, exposing his big arms and thighs. Shen Xuanqing was lying beside him, just like him, only the two of them in the room didn't have to avoid it.

Compared to Lu Gubai's raw arms and legs, Shen Xuanqing looked a little darker. His limbs were slender and strong, and his bronze muscles looked very strong.

The scorching sun was scorching hot, I was talking, I was tired from a busy morning, and I closed my eyes and fell asleep. The hand that shook the fan sometimes shook, sometimes I forgot to move, and then I kept the last bit of sobriety and put the fan down. On the stomach, the raised arms can be lowered to rest.

Before going to bed, the two of them brought a basin of hot water into the room to wipe their bodies, which would cool them down, but they were already lying down, and no matter how hot they were, they didn't want to get up and move.

The palm fan in Lu Gu's hand rested on his stomach, and the palm fan in Shen Xuanqing's hand was still shaking slightly, sometimes when he woke up, he still remembered to give Lu Gu a fan.

There were two people squeezed on the bed. Lu Gu fell into a drowsy sleep. After the bamboo mat under his back was warm, he closed his eyes and did not wake up. He subconsciously moved his body to find a cooler place. Shen Xuanqing.

Their arms were next to each other, and after a while, they were sweating lightly where they touched, not to mention him, even Shen Xuanqing moved out of the bed, feeling better after being separated.

When the place was hot, they turned around and changed to another place. Both of them were like this. Although they didn't sleep well enough, they took a nap anyway.

After waking up from this nap, the sun was not so bright. Lu Gu wiped the sweat from his forehead, pushed a few strands of sweaty hair behind his ears, put on his shoes and went outside to wash his face. The water was drying under the sun. After the hot water, the wind blows after washing, and I feel cool all of a sudden.

"Hurry up, mother added brown sugar and boiled it today. It's completely cool." Shen Xuanqing brought out a bowl of mung bean soup from the kitchen and handed it to him.

Country people have nothing to drink to cool off the heat, a bowl of mung bean soup is already the best drink, not to mention sugar.

Lu Gu took a sip. Although there was not much sugar, it was still sweet. The mung bean soup was cold and sweet after drying for so long.

He gulps down the soup, which is really enjoyable. At the end of the bowl, there are soft and sweet mung beans at the bottom.

In the past in the Lu family, this kind of sweet soup could only be drunk during the Chinese New Year, not every year. It can be seen that the Shen family is rich and prosperous in Shili Ba Village this year.

It's been too hot these few days, Wei Lanxiang boils mung bean soup every day, sometimes wakes up to drink it in the afternoon, and sometimes enjoys it when he comes back from work. , to be able to drink such a bowl of soup, I only feel that my life has been saved.

Shen Xuanqing smiled and watched him swallow, and said, "Go buy some lotus seeds and come back today, lotus seed soup is also to cool off the heat."

Lu Gu was chewing the soft glutinous mung bean. Hearing that, he nodded and agreed, but was speechless.

Although the sun was not as strong as noon, it was still hot after walking downstairs for a while. The two stayed at home for another half an hour, and went to the new house to spread out the thatch that was cut yesterday to dry, and then pile it up in the thatched hut. , accumulate it, and use it whenever you want.

The calf has grown up a bit, and it has been too hot recently. It always has to go to the river to bubble, and the ash will follow it out of the back door. No one needs to go there. The calf will come back on its own when it has had enough bubbles.

Da Hui never bites people, but he knows how to protect his own livestock. There was a villager who saw a calf drinking water by the river and came over to touch the calf. , said he was almost bitten.

Shen Xuanqing knew that he did not reprimand Da Hui in the future, but instead gave him a few more pieces of meat, and he was more vigilant outside, in case he encountered a cow stealer.

Wei Lanxiang went swimming with the duck, and with her outside, she could also watch the calf on the way.

Lu Gu carried a bamboo basket and Shen Xuanqing went out to town. There were twelve fans in the basket, which he carefully covered with a handkerchief to save dust on the road.

As for Mrs. Zhu, Shen Yaoqing said that he would go to the neighboring village to buy rabbit grass without them having to worry about it.

Speaking of which, two days ago, the family said that they would buy a few Mrs. Bamboo, but they were so busy with work that they didn't pay attention to it for a while, and it became so hot in the blink of an eye.

The sun was bright and dazzling, and they both wore bamboo hats when they went out, so as to provide some shade, so that they could open their eyes to see the road.

The bamboo basket was really hot on the back, and the clothes could get wet after going back and forth, so Shen Xuanqing carried a single-rope bamboo basket on his waist.

They finally arrived in Fenggu Town under the sun. The two rested in the shadow of the house, took off the bamboo hats on their heads and used them as fans to shake, and the wind from the fans was quite strong.

"Here." Lu Gu handed over the bamboo tube and took out the handkerchief in his arms with the other hand to wipe the water on the corner of his mouth.

Shen Xuanqing was also thirsty, raised his head and drank a few big mouthfuls.

This time, the town only sells fans, and Lu Gu said, "Why don't you go directly to Thrushi Alley and see if anyone wants it there."

The bamboo tube was empty. I only brought this one when I came out today. I have to ask for some water later. Shen Xuanqing plugged the lid, nodded in agreement, and headed towards Thrushi Alley.

When it was time for Shen, there were more and more people on the street one after another, and Lu Gu was walking and selling: "Wan fan, embroidered fan."

He took two handfuls from the basket and held them in his hands, motioned to the woman and husband passing by the road, and shouted, "Fans are cheap, thirty-five cents a pair."

Before selling the fans this time, he asked Mrs. Gu in the village. The town sells a cheap embroidered fan for 30 yuan. Most of the fans have less embroidery. He has many embroidered patterns, and the handle of the fan has fallen. Although the colorful tassel is said to be thirty-five cents, if someone else negotiates the price, he will not lose if he sells it for thirty cents.

The colorful embroidered branches on the fan are gorgeous and beautiful. After shouting for half a street, a fat man called him with a cloth basket on his back: "What kind of patterns do you have on this fan?"

Lu Gu hurriedly showed him the two fans in his hand, then took three or four out of the bamboo basket and said, "There are many, you can choose whatever you want, mama."

"It's good to be happy." The fat man picked up the fan with magpies and plum blossoms embroidered at it for a while, then raised his eyes and asked him, "How about cheaper?"

Lu Gu didn't answer immediately, and said with a light smile, "Mamma, look at this fancy style, it takes up most of the fan's surface, and this tassel pendant, thirty-five wen is not expensive anymore."

The fat man flipped around with his fan. His family was in the town, so he knew the market price. Speaking of which, this flower and bird embroidery was so exquisite that it would be cheap to sell it for forty cents in a shop, but it was a habit. They were all from the countryside, so he asked for a few more words. Seeing that Lu Gu would not let go, he finally had to pay.

When he took out the money, he had an unhappy look on his face, pouting as if he had suffered a loss, but as soon as he turned around and walked home, shaking the fan twice, he was still happy, cheap and good-looking, and happy words. The head is fine.

Thirty-five copper plates were put into the purse, and when they were touched, Lu Gu frowned, carefully stuffing the purse into his arms.

The two of them walked towards Thrushi Alley again, and Shen Xuanqing said in a low voice, "Wait a minute, you should still say forty fen, and ask the customer to have more than a bargain, and maybe some people will buy it if it is only two fen cheaper. Drop it down to thirty-five wen, so that you can give in and give in."

The fat man just now was willing to buy it even if the price could not be lowered, he knew that the price of the embroidered fan in the town was definitely not low.

That's right, the country people don't use a fan, they're all paddle fans. Most of these delicate things are bought by people in the town, and those who can afford it don't care about the 30 or 40 yuan.

Hearing the words, Lu Gu whispered, "I wanted to say a few more words. If he can press 30 wen, he will be fine, but he didn't want to buy it. I heard from Aunt Gu that the cheapest fan in the town is 30 wen, but that's fine. It is less embroidered."

He usually doesn't talk to Shen Xuanqing very much about embroidery.

After listening, Shen Xuanqing glanced at the fan in his hand and said, "Then it's really cheap for us to sell 35 wen, just do as I said, at least 35 wen, don't press down any more, you buy Embroidery threads and plain fans have capital, and they are no worse than others' embroidery."

Indeed, he asked Aunt Gu to buy the fan side and handle. Sujuan and silk thread were also money. The cost of these twelve fans was about 300 yuan. Among them, the fan and Sujuan were the most expensive, and only twelve were needed. It cost him nearly two hundred cents, and embroidery thread bought one hundred cents.

He had to work at home, and these were embroidered by him. He originally thought about thirty cents a handful, but he could earn sixty cents, which is a lot of hard money.

Hearing what Shen Xuanqing said, Lu Gu nodded and wrote it down. It would be better to sell a few more copper plates.