The Sweet Little Fulang

At the dinner table, Lu Gu didn't dare to come out. After coming in with Ji Qiuyue, he realized that Wei Lanxiang didn't come out to eat, and that the bowl of noodles that no one touched belonged to him.

Shen Xuanqing ate fast, and he finished eating in three or two seconds. He put down the bowl and went back to the room first.

After only Lu Gu and Shen Yan were left on the table, he took a breath and was no longer so stiff and nervous, but after all, he didn't dare to move the dishes on the table, and lowered his head and only ate noodles and soup, which was far better than what he had eaten before. Gotta be better.

Suddenly, there was a chopstick and pork liver in the bowl. Lu Gu was stunned for a while, and when he turned his head, he saw that Shen Yan held up the chopsticks and hadn't retracted his hand.

"It's so much, it's okay for you to eat a few mouthfuls." Shen Yan's almond eyes were clear, but she seemed a little unfamiliar and cautious because she was not familiar with him.

The same is true for Lu Gu, because he is too timid and looks a little dull, unable to even speak.

Fortunately, Shen Yan didn't care about this, she was full and got up to clean up her tableware.

Lu Gu hurriedly ate the meat and noodles in his bowl. He was a little bit at a loss, and he felt remorse in his heart. Why did he eat so slowly? If Shen Xuanqing knew about it, he would suffer.

He completely forgot that he was late and others ate earlier than him, for fear that if he didn't work diligently, he only knew that eating would annoy the Shen family.

"I'll wash it." His voice was low, and he gently took the empty bowl from Shen Yan's hand.

When he was in the Lu family, it was often not his turn to eat, but he had to wash the dishes. Lu Wen was determined not to do it, not to mention his half-brother Lu Wu, who has now changed his place. He did not dare to slack off.

There was a lot of food left over tonight, and the angry Shen family didn't have much appetite, they were full after filling their stomachs.

Shen Yan didn't grab him. Besides, seeing how pale he was and how thin he was, he seemed to be frightened if he spoke louder, so he didn't dare to speak more.

Ji Qiuyue, the leftover vegetables and meat from the wedding banquet, had already put them away, and Lu Gu put the leftovers in the cage, his eyes fell on the basin that had not been poured after washing the vegetables, and he asked Shen Yan who came after him softly, "Is this the basin? "

Seeing Shen Yan nodding, he put the empty bowls and chopsticks in, squatted down and took the loofah and started to wash.

Shen Yan seemed to be curious about him, and squatted down opposite him.

Lu Gu speaks less and is timid, but Shen Yan is still a little girl, and she has no bad intentions. She just gave him some meat to eat, so she is not so vigilant and nervous about Shen Yan.

He was stupid, and he was afraid of saying the wrong thing, so he buried himself in the dishes to hide his helplessness.

And Shen Yan tilted her head and looked at the bride in front of her. She thought that Lu Gu was not as good-looking as Lu Wen, but her eyebrows and eyes were not that bad, but she was too thin. What a nice person.

But when she thought of Lu Wen's repentance of marriage and Du Hehua scolding them, she felt that Lu Wen was not very good. If she were to meet Lu Wen in the future, she would never give her a good look. How could there be such a person.

At this time, Ji Qiuyue came in. She was full after eating a few mouthfuls. She went back to her room and rested for a while. She heard that there was no movement in the main room outside.

Seeing a wounded person washing dishes in Lu Gu, she wanted to talk about Shen Yan, but she felt really tired today, and Shen Yan was also frightened today, so she stopped talking.

Besides, she could also see Lu Gu's embarrassment. If she didn't do some work, she probably wouldn't even know where to put her hands and feet. Washing the dishes wasn't such a big job.

She took another wooden basin from the side, scooped out the clean water and put Lu Gu's washed bowl into it and rinsed it.

Someone helped, and Lu Gu quickly finished washing. Just as he was about to take out the dirty water and pour it out, Ji Qiuyue grabbed it first. He had no work to do, so he stood in the kitchen and stared blankly for a while.

Ji Qiuyue put the empty basin away and said to him, "I'm tired today, just scoop up some water to wash and go to sleep."

Lu Gu nodded, Shen Yan closed the courtyard door, and followed Ji Qiuyue to wash in the courtyard. She wiped her face and turned around to see Lu Gu's pitiful and cramped look, pointed to her basin and said, "Why don't you use me? of?"

After she finished speaking, she remembered that there was a new wooden basin for the newcomer in the second brother's room, but thinking about it again, it should have been for Lu Wen.

Although the second brother said that he bought Lu Gu, she really didn't know what identity Lu Gu was at home.

"Forget it, you can use this." Shen Yan couldn't understand this matter, and there was a bit of sadness on her round face.

There are many trivial matters in getting married. The whole Shen family gets up to work from dawn, and in the afternoon, they go to Anjia Village to quarrel and fight with others. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are physically and mentally exhausted. .

Lu Gu was the only one left in the courtyard.

It was already dark, and the Shen family did not light any lights, but there were stars and moons in the sky, which illuminated the yard coldly.

A bowl of hot noodle soup with beaten eggs and oily water made Lu Gu, who was often not full, felt a little warmer.

He washed his face and looked up at the semi-circular moon in the sky. The surroundings were so quiet that he felt as if he was alone.

He was dumbfounded, stared at the bright moon for a long time, and finally thought to himself, wait until the fifteenth full moon to go to the grave, otherwise if he dies, no one will go to his mother's grave.

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The sun was rising, and the sky was already bright. In the Shen's firewood room, Shen Yan squatted in front of the haystack, stretched out a finger and gently poked the face of the person in the haystack.

Lu Gu, with the blood-stained linen cloth wrapped around her head, didn't wake up. She was a little startled. She subconsciously reached out and probed the end of her nose for a while, and then she was relieved after breathing lightly.

The rest of the Shen family also got up. Shen Xuanqing was washing his face when Wei Lanxiang called him into the room.

"Mother." He said while wiping his hands with the towel.

Wei Lanxiang leaned on the square pillow and sighed when she saw her second son, and then asked, "What are you going to do with him?"

It is self-evident who this "he" is.

Hearing this, Shen Xuanqing frowned slightly, obviously not thinking about it. After thinking for a while, she said, "Mother, it's him."

Although it was an expected answer, Wei Lanxiang lowered her legs in annoyance, unable to express her regret, pursing her lips with a face full of unwillingness and discomfort.

Shen Xuanqing knew what his old lady was thinking. He originally wanted to marry him a good husband, but he became Lu Gu, but after this incident, he no longer had any thoughts and expectations for marriage, and persuaded in a low voice: "I owe him. I bought 10 taels of silver from my uncle’s house and said that it will be repaid in May of next year. I don’t mention it. There is still half a year before the New Year’s Day, and I need money. When will it be clear?"

"Alas." Wei Lanxiang sighed, how could she not understand this truth, she was just unwilling.

For Shen Xuanqing's marriage this time, the 20 taels of dowry could barely get together, but the marriage was not only a dowry, but also other expenses. After the account was calculated, the money in her hand was not enough to see, so she could only borrow from her mother's family. The eldest brother got ten taels of silver.

In fact, if Shen Xuanqing was unwilling to ask Lu Gu, it was not impossible to find the money when the debt was repaid, but the men in the countryside who could not marry a daughter-in-law when they were old would be ridiculed, and the older they were, the worse they would be hard to find.

When Wei Lanxiang saw the expression in his second son's eyes, he knew that he had made a decision. No matter what, it's not too bad to take Lu Gu to make up the number, the money is gone, at least he can get a person.

She rubbed her forehead and said, "Okay, I see, you can go."

In this regard, when Lu Gu was asleep, he became Shen Xuanqing's husband, not what he thought last night, he was a servant who was bought to be a cow and a horse for the Shen family.

What Shen Xuanqing did not say was that if he changed someone, he would not necessarily want it. The reason why he recognized Lu Gu was because of the few words of conscience that Lu Gu said yesterday, which made him understand that it was with other Lu family members. different.

It was precisely because of those two words with blood on their faces that the rest of the Shen family didn't have that much resistance to Lu Gu. Besides, they were not the ones who broke their hearts and lungs. willing.

in the woodshed.

The drowsy Lu Gu woke up because of the poke on his cheek. After he saw Shen Yan's face clearly, he realized that it was already bright outside, and his bloodless face changed a bit with fright, and he was about to get up immediately. Go out to boil water to work.

Who would have known that he got up too quickly, and before he could stand firm, he was black in front of him. If it wasn't for Shen Yan's quick hands and eyes to support him, he might have fallen.

"What are you in a hurry for? There's no ghost driving you." Shen Yan was puzzled, she helped him sit down again, and took a few hay from his hair.

After the darkness in front of him passed, Lu Gu was no longer dizzy. He stood up with the firewood pile on the other side.

Shen Yan followed him out of the firewood room, and said as he walked, "Your medicine is fried, you can drink it after eating."

There was an unpleasant smell of medicine in the yard. Lu Gu was very unfamiliar with others helping him decoct medicine. When he was at home, once he was sick, he would either get over it or go to the backyard to decoct medicine by himself. The stepmother would scold him when he floated out.

Shen Xuanqing came out of the room and saw the bloodless face, and his feet froze.

Last night, he heard the slight movement of Lu Gu opening the door of the firewood house. At that time, he was upset. He turned over a few times and felt that as long as no one ran away, he would not care. Besides, it would be inappropriate for a pair of children to be called into the room by him. .

As for Lu Gu just woke up just now, he understands. Yesterday, he was broken and his head was bleeding. His body was thin. there is nothing.

After seeing Shen Xuanqing, Lu Gu obviously showed a bit of cowardice, and even stopped when he was going to work in the kitchen.

At this time, Wei Lanxiang shouted from the room: "Shen Yan, go and put the chicken out, it's getting late."

"I know mother, let's go now." Shen Yan replied, she threw away the hay she was playing with, took the bamboo basket hanging under the kitchen eaves and went to the backyard. I wondered what the origin of Lu Gu in their house would be in the future.

The somewhat familiar Shen Yan left, which made Lu Gu even more uneasy, and almost wrote the fear of Shen Xuanqing on his face.

Fortunately, Ji Qiuyue stood by the kitchen window and looked out, and said to Lu Gu, "Wash your face, and come in when the meal is ready."

Realizing his fear, Shen Xuanqing frowned slightly, but he still entered the main room, otherwise Lu Gu's head would have dropped to the ground.