The Sweet Little Fulang

After the new year, there is no snow, but the spring has not yet arrived, and the sky is still not so warm. The grandmother of the Wu family is getting old, and Kubaba tightens her belt to survive the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month, but she has not survived the harsh spring and cold at night. Typhoid fever, the family had no money to prescribe medicine, and went away after a few days.

The Wu family was so poor that they couldn't even decide on their son's marriage, not to mention expensive matters such as funeral banquets. If the relatives had not provided some money and bought a thin coffin, they would have only been able to wrap themselves in a broken straw mat.

They all belonged to the same village. Back then, when the second house of the Shen family was poor, the Wu family never took it lightly. Every time the grandmother of the Wu family saw them, she would say a few words. According to the custom of the village, Xiang brought some rice and noodles over.

Most of the country people are poor, and even if they don’t eat as much food at weddings and funerals, they have to rely on relatives and villagers to help them, and that’s what they get.

Because Lingjun was too young, Lu Gu stayed at home to watch the children and did not pass. After learning that the grandmother of the Wu family had left early in the morning, Wei Lanxiang dug out the red paper. The red paper is pasted on the doors and windows of the house.

As soon as the wind blew the red paper in Shen Yan's hand, the red paper squeaked, and the cold wind swished. It was really cold. Fortunately, it didn't rain or snow. They glued the red paper tightly so that it wouldn't be torn by the wind.

"Today has really given Uncle a lot of face." Ji Qiuyue picked up Brother Xiaoling in the room and smiled.

Just now, when Lu Gu was making a paste, Lingjun woke up. She hugged Zhaoer and came over to coax her. She never thought that Brother Xiaoling would recognize her today. The red apron, by the way, also put it on for Brother Xiaoling.

On the bed, Zhao'er was playing on the quilt. The chubby figure looked stocky. He was holding Xiao Linger's rattle in his hand. Just called to make a fuss.

"Others are fragrant." Ji Qiuyue glanced at her son and scolded her with laughter. Sometimes Lingjun was eating milk fruit when Zhao'er saw him. It's not that he is robbing his mother's milk. If he is in a hurry, he knows how to bully his younger brother.

Lu Gu came in after pasting the red paper. Seeing that she was holding Lingjun, he picked Zhaoer up and played with her, making Zhaoer giggle with joy.

It was windy outside, they didn't go out of the room, they only played in the house. Now Zhao'er is over a year old, and sometimes playing on the bed, she can grab the head of the bed and stand up, her chubby arms and legs are very strong, and the former is still limping. Learn to take a step.

Shen Yan put away the paste bowl and red paper, and came in with a sewing basket. Seeing that they were all on the bed, she moved the bed table and came up herself.

After this year, although her birthday hasn't come yet, according to what they say, she is fourteen, she is already a big girl, and she will kiss her in a year or two. It can be seen with the naked eye that she has grown and no longer looks like her. He was as short as before, and even his appearance had changed a bit, and he was no longer so immature.

In the past, she only knew how to play without heart and soul. Now that she has grown up, she knows that she needs to practice more embroidery and needlework. In the future, no matter what, it is always right that she can earn a little money from needlework.

Most of the hijabs for daughters and twins in the countryside are made by themselves. Poor people can’t afford too much red cloth, so they can only wear one red hijab. Their family has a good life and can afford enough red cloth to make wedding gowns. Wei Lanxiang She is slowly preparing a dowry for her.

Not only Wei Lanxiang, but she has saved a little money in her own hands for the past two years, and the family members do not want her.

When Ji Qiuyue saw that she was making handkerchiefs, she smiled and said, "It's getting warmer tomorrow, I'll go back to my mother's house, I'll take two new handkerchiefs for my mother, and tell them to see our Yanyan's craftsmanship. gain knowledge."

It was just two handkerchiefs. Shen Yan couldn't bear it. She nodded and agreed: "What's the matter? All the good ones are in that basket. You can just pick up the ones you like."

Several of their sister-in-law, aunts and nephews sat on the bed talking, laughing and playing. Wei Lanxiang came back not long after, took a few bowls from the family and lent them to the Wu family for two days.

The door was open to see the main room, Ji Qiuyue asked, "Mother, how is it?"

Wei Lanxiang took a bowl and scooped hot water from the clay pot. In the morning, the grandmother of the Wu family had just left, and some things in the Wu family had not been sorted out. Seeing that there were not enough dishes, she simply went home to drink water and brought a stack of bowls over there. .

She wiped her mouth and said, "That's it, stay alive for three days as usual, turn around and wait for Erqing to come back, and tell him and Daqing to come find me over there to see when the grave will be dug. If there are not many people willing to dig graves, we should accumulate virtue and do good deeds.”

"You two also turned out the red belt and put it on. The baby at home is small, so you collided carefully." She warned, and added: "I'll take a few bowls at home, and you can cook at noon, if I eat there, I'll eat it. If you don't come back, if you don't have anything to eat there, remember to leave me some food."

"I know mother, you go." Ji Qiuyue promised, if she and Lu Gu wanted to take care of the children, and Shen Yan was a girl who had not left the cabinet, otherwise today, in addition to Wei Lanxiang, they would also have to help.

Shen Xuanqing went to deliver the rabbits again today. It was different from the winter time. Now there is less rain and snow, and the road is smooth and smooth. At that time, as long as it snowed and the snow melted and the ground was muddy, he and Shen Yaoqing had to be together. Going to drive the car, once the wheel of the car gets stuck in the mud, many people have the strength to push the car.

He got up early in the morning and left early, and only when he came back in the afternoon did he know that the grandmother of the Wu family had gone. To him, digging graves was just a matter of strength, and it was nothing. food.

Before he went to Wu's house, he first went back to his hometown for lunch and was going to dig a grave. It was not easy to sleep with Lu Gu and the children in the past two nights, and he would definitely rest at the big mansion at night.

Several people in the family and Wei Lanxiang have already eaten. Shen Xuanqing came back late today. As soon as he entered the yard, Lu Gu asked Shen Yan to hold Xiao Linger and go to the kitchen to serve the meal by himself.

"You and eldest brother are resting there for the past two days. I have found the red belt. I will put it on for you when I come back and enter the courtyard." Lu Gu sat next to him and watched him eat.

Shen Xuanqing smiled and said: "Okay, I'm going to Jixing Town today, Master happens to be in the tavern, I wanted him and Big Brother Yang Xian to help pay attention to see which shop is going to sell, I never thought there was a shop. , originally sold groceries, needles, threads, brains, pots and bowls, and sometimes vegetables, fruits and vegetables, because they only sell goods, the store is not as big as other stores."

Hearing this, Lu Gu's eyes lit up. He had heard Shen Xuanqing say that Lingjun was studying before, and there was only a school for Shuang'er who went to the town, but if he wanted to rent a house, he would be far away from home. I will go back, but they can't help with farming and raising livestock. They can't sit around at home and eat the mountains. They must find a job to do and make some money.

Running errands or doing chores for people is definitely better than opening a shop to make more money.

Shen Xuanqing said again: "I heard from the master that although the shopkeeper is only a small business, he can earn a little money all year round, and he doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking, but unfortunately he loves to drink. , I dare not say more, I will be beaten if I say too much.”

He took a mouthful of rice soup, and after swallowing what was in his mouth, he said: "That man drank more and more last winter, and he even gambled with people when he was drinking. Anyway, I didn't lose all my money, only that one shop was left, and someone else asked for a debt to open the door, and the shop was emptied, if I hadn't called my relatives to go there, I almost couldn't even keep the title deed of the shop."

"Now that their family can't turn around, and there is no silver and copper left, the old lady still finds an acquaintance to pay on credit, and gets some rice and vegetables to eat. The purchase cost is gone, and they are discussing to sell the shop to pay the remaining debt. Pay it off, keep some capital in your hand, get some groceries, and start again as a pick-me-up salesman."

"That's it." Lu Gu took a sip of water to moisten his throat. He had no one to teach reason or good words. After listening to this today, he felt that gambling was sinister. Fortunately, the two men in their family were just drinking. , Gambling never touches.

Shen Xuanqing ate two mouthfuls of vegetables, and then ate a big mouthful of steamed buns. After the rice and noodles are abundant at home, they eat fine white noodles and miscellaneous noodles. Because fine grains are very popular, whether they are steaming steamed buns or rolling noodles, they always eat white noodles because of selfishness.

He grabbed half a bowl of vegetables into his mouth two or three times, and then said, "I have asked Master to inquire about how much it costs to see that shop. I'll go back in two days to see the shop first. Okay, let's just buy it and start the business slowly first, there are still several years until Linger's schooling, so I'm not in a hurry.

Really want to buy a shop, Lu Gu's eyebrows are squinted, and he is a little nervous while looking forward to it. After all, it is a town, which is different from their countryside.

He added two thin sticks of wood to the tandoor, then sat back and asked, "Then let's still sell meat?"

On New Year's Eve, the two of them kept their year old, and they talked about it. When doing business, there must be some differences.

Shen Xuanqing drank the remaining half bowl of rice soup, put down the bowl and said with a smile: "I only know the craft of hunting, and I don't know anything about the business next to me, so I do dirty work like peeling skin and bloodletting, and I am used to slaughtering sheep and pigs, except for hunters. , can only be a meat butcher."

"We have rabbits, chickens, ducks, and pigs and sheep in our family. Isn't it just right to sell meat? It makes less money than hunting. I go up the mountain for a few days in a month or two and call my brother to look at the shop, and then I can hunt sheep. Hunting deer, earning this money will not be delayed, even if you hunt for eighty-one hundred taels a year, that's enough."

Their family is small, and they used to be poor and unable to open the pot. They were only steadfast when their feet were ploughing the fields. No one had ever thought about the great wealth and wealth.

"I make some handkerchiefs and play a few nets. I don't earn much. I should have dozens of hundred copper coins in a month. In the future, Lingjun will buy snacks and eat flowers." Speaking of the future, Lu Gu always Convinced of Shen Xuanqing, he couldn't help but put aside his uneasiness and thought about it, and said with a smile, "There are also eggs, duck eggs, once the spring starts to lay eggs, if Lingjun grows up and wants to eat eggs, keep some for him, and the rest will be less. It can be sold for one or two hundred cents."

"Well, that's it, you can earn some snacks for the two of you in your spare time, and you can buy whatever you want." Shen Xuanqing listened to him carefully, and nodded solemnly at the end. He also liked Lu Gu's talk about their future days. Make people happy.

However, there are still things to do in the past two days. Shen Yaoqing came to look for him before he finished eating. It was only two or three days of digging the graves. .