The Sweet Little Fulang

The smoke from the cooking wafted up, the cloudy day was not very warm at first, and the wind blew not long after, Shen Xuanqing didn't want to eat for a long time, so Zhou Xiangjun and Shen Yu sat down for a while and left.

Shen Xuanqing came back late, not in time for lunch. At this time, it was not time for the rest of the Shen family to eat dinner, so he was the only one to eat.

Lu Gu fried a plate of eggs for him. In the morning, Shen Yaoqing bought a piece of meat from Meng Dayue, a neighboring village. He cut some meat and fried it with autumn vegetables. The autumn vegetables became greener and more fragrant when they saw the meat and oil.

The smell of meat provoked the dog to wander under the table and rubbed Shen Xuanqing's calf. While Wei Lanxiang wasn't paying attention, Shen Xuanqing threw a piece of meat for it, and the pup wanted to ask for it after eating, so he ignored it.

"Good boy, come here." Lu Gu brushed the pot, but the water in it was not scooped out. After Shen Xuanqing finished eating, he had to wash the dishes. There was residual temperature at the bottom of the stove, and the water was hot in the pot. Seeing that the puppy didn't hear it and continued to be annoying, he took it with one front paw and dragged it away, away from Shen Xuanqing.

"Do you want to eat?" Shen Xuanqing asked when he saw him coming.

Lu Gu shook his head and said, "No, you eat, we have eaten."

The dog ran to Shen Xuanqing without paying attention, tilted his head and barked, no one paid any attention to it, he squatted down and looked at Shen Xuanqing.

The family was all there, Lu Gu was embarrassed to sit at the table to eat with Shen Xuanqing, he went out after a short pause, picked up some fine wood and carried it into the kitchen. Cooking.

It was cold in the late autumn, and it was dark earlier than before. It was just dark, and the Shen family went back to their rooms after washing their hands.

There were candles lit in the room, Lu Gu and Shen Xuanqing soaked their feet together, he sat on the edge of the bed, Shen Xuanqing took a chair and sat opposite, put mugwort leaves in the wooden basin, the water became darker, and the white feet were hidden under the water, Occasionally, he accidentally touched Shen Xuanqing's feet when he moved, and he lowered his head and did not dare to move.

Pulling over the bamboo basket on the side, Shen Xuanqing took out the money bag from under a large ball of hemp rope, opened the mouth and saw a lot of ingots and silver ingots inside.

Seeing so much money, a smile appeared on his face, he raised his eyes and said to the dumbfounded Lu Gu: "The total is two hundred and sixteen taels, and the two silver foxes are of good color. Even the master said that this is good. There was no money to buy the seed coats in Fucheng, so they sold them for a high price. One piece was only thirty taels. The remaining red fox skins had ten pieces of smooth and thick fur, one piece of skin was ten taels, and the remaining seven pieces were slightly less. One sold for eight taels."

Fox fur is rare. It is light and warm in winter and looks good. Rich people like it the most, so it can sell for so much money, not to mention the village. Even in Fenggu Town, 200 taels is a lot of wealth.

Shen Xuanqing took two silver ingots from the purse and handed them to Lu Gu, then said with a smile, "The silver ingots of fifty-two ingots are too large, I asked the stewards to take them into small ingots of twelve ingots. Twenty, and the remaining sixteen taels are loose silver."

Fenggu Town is a town after all, even twenty taels of silver ingots are not very useful, let alone fifty taels, and it is inconvenient to carry such a big lump on the body.

The silver ingots of 10 taels are not too small. Lu Gu only felt that these two were heavy in his hand. He had seen silver ingots of 5 taels and 1 taels before, and the 1 taels were the most compact. For a thousand pennies, you can also exchange a piece of silver in the town.

"You take it, buy whatever you want to eat." Seeing him holding the silver and not speaking for a long time, Shen Xuanqing was dumbfounded and couldn't help but laugh.

Unexpectedly, Lu Gu handed it back after listening, and Shen Xuanqing was puzzled.

"You, if you save it, twenty is the whole amount." Lu Gu was a little stumped when he spoke too much money. He looked up and said seriously, "Two hundred and two whole dollars."

Seeing that Shen Xuanqing didn't answer, Lu Gu was a little anxious, so he stretched out his hand to pull Shen Xuanqing's hand, spread out and put two silver ingots in his palm.

"Okay, you can take these broken silver flowers." Shen Xuanqing smiled even more, remembering that there were still 38 taels in the box, and 8 taels could be taken out for daily use, and the remaining 230 taels would be saved up. it is good.

"Yeah." Lu Gu nodded lightly and agreed, but he was thinking, he has enough money to buy needles and threads, so why would he need to spend Shen Xuanqing.

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The next day was still cloudy. The chickens and ducks had been on the mountain for several days. Lu Gu was a little worried. Now that the two are more familiar with each other, Shen Xuanqing can sometimes guess what he is thinking.

After eating breakfast, Shen Xuanqing said to Wei Lanxiang, "Mother, let's pack up and go up the mountain later."

"So soon." Wei Lanxiang got busy as soon as she heard it, and packed dried persimmons for the two of them, and said, "It's not too heavy for you two to pack a little, it's nothing to eat, you go hunting and bring a few, and chew when you're hungry. Chew."

"Mother, take these. In the future, I will buy meat to make sausages at home, make new clothes for you and Shen Yan, and buy her a silk flower or something." Shen Xuanqing said, handing over ten pieces of loose silver.

Sometimes in the village, there will be merchants who carry the burdens, and it is easier to use the broken silver, not to mention that the village women in the countryside can't spend the ten taels of silver ingots at a time, and they will attract the wind when they take them out.

When he went to Fucheng this time, he saw a girl about the same age as Shen Yan wearing a small silk flower on her head. Shen Yan only had a headband, which she usually only wears when she picked mountain flowers on the mountain, and she wilted in a day or two. She loves these flowers again. Son, he just wanted to buy some for his sister, but he didn't understand this, and besides, Lu Gu didn't like flowers, so he didn't buy them.

"Okay, mother got it." Wei Lanxiang laughed hard and put the silver into her arms carefully. When she fell asleep last night, she wanted to ask the second child how much the fox fur sold for this time.

It takes a year or two for a countryman to save 10 taels of silver. After taking so much money, she stopped thinking about it. Shen Xuanqing was too old, and she had an idea, not to mention her husband.

After getting used to going up and down the mountain, Lu Gu quickly packed up. Shen Xuanqing went to the backyard to release the two small dogs, pushed the scooter and went out.

Wei Lanxiang escorted them out and warned, "I just went to Fucheng yesterday, and now I have to travel the mountain road again. Remember to take a break when you get to the mountain."

"Mother, I understand." Shen Xuanqing agreed, and Lu Gu also said goodbye, and the two walked into the mountains with four dogs.

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Having enough money in hand will make people feel at ease. This winter, there is no need to worry about money. After going up the mountain, Shen Xuanqing is no longer in such a hurry to hunt.

It was obviously colder in the mountains. As soon as I opened the door, Lu Gu went to cook first. After walking this way, tiredness and hunger were inevitable, and I felt warm when I ate some hot food.

There were not many things to bring up the mountain. The scooter was no different from the empty one. Shen Xuanqing put the shoes and clothes in the room. When he saw that the chickens and ducks were alive and well, he went to the kitchen to help Lu Gu make a fire.

After the two rested for a while after eating and drinking, Shen Xuanqing went to the backyard to clean up, while Lu Gu washed the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen.

Just now Shen Xuanqing said that the next time I go home, I will buy some big bone sticks with meat and stew them. After the stew is cooked and simmered, the meat on the bone sticks is just sprinkled with a little salt, and it tastes delicious when gnawed.

Even if he hadn't eaten it yet, Lu Gu felt very happy just hearing him say that.

I don't know why, he likes to listen to Shen Xuanqing say what to eat in the future, and every time Shen Xuanqing brings it back, he is not greedy for anything else, even if it is just a salted duck egg and a small bowl of pickles, he feels that there is a special hope for life. At least I can eat enough, not like before.

The sky was getting cloudy. Lu Gu packed up the kitchen and took a look at the sky. He picked up the bamboo basket and sickle and went outside to cut grass. Da Hui and the dog followed him out.

The two of them often walked on the ground in front of the courtyard. The grass was sparse, exposing a large area of ​​drab ground. He often mowed grass on the mountain, and he also took care of the outside of the courtyard. The grass that circled the courtyard was either cut off or removed with a hoe. Otherwise, the grass is too high and dense, and it is easy to get snakes and insects.

Lu Gu remembered the snake slough he encountered last time, so the old man will get bigger after sloughing. Fortunately, he didn't encounter it, in case it was a poisonous snake. When winter comes, the snakes in the mountains will all go to sleep where they can't see, so don't be afraid.

But he thought again, in winter he and Shen Xuanqing went back down the mountain, and they couldn't touch the snake at all.

Most of the leaves of the pepper tree outside the house have fallen off, and it looks a bit bare, and the thorns on the tree have not changed, which makes people want to avoid it subconsciously.

Lu Gu picked up a basket of grass that chickens and ducks like to eat, and then carried it back when it was full.

Shen Xuanqing shoveled all the chicken and duck dung in the backyard, and the ground was clean and neat. He also ordered the smell of green medicine leaves. As soon as Lu Gu came back, he smelled the burnt medicine. When the scorching nose passed, the medicine turned ashes. When it is cold, the slightly mild medicinal smell fills the air, and it will smell better.

Just as Shen Xuanqing was about to leave the backyard, he saw Lu Gu coming over with a bamboo basket of grass on his back. He took it and said, "I'll chop it up. You can boil some hot water and pour it into Mrs. Tang. You can make needlework later in case your hands are cold."

There was nothing else to do when he went up the mountain today. He knew that Lu Gu couldn't be free, so he would definitely do something. It was cold and windy, so he had to use it after he bought Mrs. Tang.

Hearing this, Lu Gu remembered that little old lady Tang with a carved pattern, her eyebrows and eyes twitched, she nodded in agreement, and happily went to boil water.

Not long after, white steam emerged from the pot, Lu Gu added a piece of firewood to the bottom of the stove, got up and went to the room to fetch Mrs. Tang.

As soon as I came in, I saw the quilt on the bed. It had been covered for a while, and when it was time to unpack and wash, the list should also be changed. There was a bag on the table, which contained Shen Xuanqing's new shoes and their respective clothes.

Lu Gu unpacked, put the shoes and clothes into the box, and opened another box to get clean quilts and sheets.

As soon as he took the quilt out, he saw a book under the quilt.

Lu Gu was stunned for a moment, why didn't he remember that there were books in the box.

Shen Xuanqing, who had finished chopping the chicken grass, didn't see him in the kitchen, so he went into the room to look for him, who would have seen this scene.

As soon as Lu Gu thought about it, he knew that the book belonged to Shen Xuanqing. He didn't touch other people's books. It wouldn't be a sin if it broke. As for the three big characters "Qiankun Tu" written on the cover, he didn't know them, and his expression didn't change at all. Put down the quilt.

Even if you know them, these three words seem to be serious on the surface, and most people will not think of other places.

Shen Xuanqing was so nervous that she stood at the door and didn't dare to come in, only when she saw that Lu Gu didn't move the book in the box was relieved.

As soon as Lu Gu put down the quilt, he turned around and saw him, and said worriedly, "If you don't take out the book, it will be bad if the quilt is stuffed in if the pages of the book are wrinkled."

It is not easy for a countryman to go to school, and it is even more difficult to buy books. In Lu Gu's opinion, any book is precious.

He had never read or read, and would only write his name on the ground with a twig crookedly. His mother asked the literate women in the village to learn it, and then taught him to write. His mother can't write well, so naturally he can't write well, but he knows what two characters his name is.