MTL - The Sweet Little Fulang-Chapter 34

Shen Xuanqing looked at the money bag with the embroidered lion pattern. It was more delicate than the one he had used before, and it was not too small. It was more than enough for the two or three hundred copper plates he had on hand.

The peasants were poor, and they mostly wore coarse clothes and common clothes with few bright colors. His family was fine when he was a child, but Wei Lanxiang's embroidery life was not as good as Lu Gu's. If he can make it himself, there is no reason to buy it outside. Besides, he doesn't pay much attention to these things. It's good to have money.

After Lu Gu gave him the money bag, he lowered his head and said embarrassedly, "I'll go serve the dishes."

The food is ready in the kitchen, just waiting to eat.

Shen Xuanqing looked away from the purse, and after receiving the purse, the tiring work of the day seemed to be wiped away. This was made by his husband for him.

He smirked unconsciously. Seeing Lu Gu brought something out, he quickly put the purse into his arms and stepped forward eagerly. Because of the surprise and excitement in his heart, he grabbed Lu Gu's words and said, "I'm coming."

Those star-like eyes looked over with a smile, causing Lu Gu to be a little flustered. Recently, he knew that Shen Xuanqing was handsome, but he didn't expect to be more handsome when he smiled, so that he didn't dare to look at it, he felt that it would be disrespectful. offend.

When the two sat down to eat, Shen Xuanqing's smile did not diminish, the purse was still in his arms, and the twenty taels of silver that he had exchanged for after going down the mountain would be packed in this.

There are often people at home, and it is more secure to put money down the mountain, saving you having to carry it back and forth when going up and down the mountain.

The fish soup was delicious. There was a bowl in front of them. Lu Gu tasted two bites. The salt was just right. He only stewed two small fish. Save it for two days.

The river is so close, and only the two of them catch it. Once the net is dropped, there is almost no chance of a miss, so they often eat fish on the mountain. .

Shen Xuanqing's mind was always on the purse in his arms, it was a joy, like a happy blossom. It's just that he suddenly remembered something, chopsticks stopped, hesitantly asked, "When you were in the Lu family, you and Lu Wen could do these things?"

Lu Gu, who was eating, raised his eyes blankly, but he didn't realize what he was asking, because he mentioned the Lu family, and he felt a little uneasy in his heart.

"These are the money bags and sachets." Shen Xuanqing added.

It was this, Lu Gu subconsciously nodded and said, "Well, he can do it too."

Hearing this, Shen Xuanqing was not quite right, and asked again, "Then he often sells it to subsidize his family?"

Lu Gu was taken aback for a moment, put down his chopsticks, brows and eyes were confused, and denied: "He often said that he would study and copy books, and occasionally do one or two, Du..."

He paused and continued: "Du Hehua took his and the ones I made to sell in the town."

From Lu Gu's point of view, Lu Wen's behavior is definitely not something he does often.

When he was in the Lu family, Lu Wen ignored him. When the two of them seldom went out together in the village, because Du Hehua was sullen and reluctant to talk at that time, Du Hehua coerced him and scolded him, so he seldom talked to the villagers. Gossip together, so I don't know how Du Hehua blows Lu Wen with outsiders.

And even if he heard someone praising Lu Wen, he bowed his head and left because he was cowardly in his heart. People often say that if he can't see, he won't be upset, and he won't be sad if he can't hear it.

Hearing this, Shen Xuanqing frowned. The matchmaker told him that Lu Wen was sensible and considerate. He was not a two-er young master who didn't do any work. It turned out to be false, but it made sense, if Lu Wen was really like the matchmaker said. Well, how can you do such things.

He felt more and more disgusted with the Lu family, but after seeing Lu Gu's anxious expression, he raised his brows with a sense of happiness. Fortunately, it was Lu Gu who was married, not a villain like Lu Wen.

"It's nothing, I'll just ask. When we got engaged, Du Hehua told the matchmaker that he made the purse and sachet, but now it doesn't seem to be the case." Shen Xuanqing said a few words briefly. Seeing Lu Gu stunned, he hesitated. , and added: "What you have done is better than anything I've seen in town."

When Lu Gu heard that Du Hehua put the sachet he made on Lu Wen's head, he felt awkward and uncomfortable, because he had done too much.

It's just that before the grievance came to his mind, he heard Shen Xuanqing say that he was fine.

The word "good" made him bow his head shyly, and he was delighted by the compliment, so he couldn't help but whispered: "This purse is big, it can hold a lot of money and a lot of copper coins, I also bought other cloth heads, and I'll give them to you. Sew a small purse, which can hold loose silver and a hundred or so copper coins, which can be used when going out."

When he was at home at the foot of the mountain, Shen Xuanqing glanced at Lu Gu's sewing basket, but he didn't care. His mother and sister-in-law often did some sewing work. He thought that Lu Gu was also doing it, so he didn't think about it anywhere else. Make money and purse for him, and he will leave his troubles away. Nothing is as happy as your husband making something for him.

"Okay, give it to me when you're done." He promised again and again, and warned him as seriously as he was afraid that Lu Gu wouldn't give it.

"Yeah." Lu Gu nodded and asked another question, "Then do you have any styles you want to embroider?"

Shen Xuanqing said: "I use what you do, and I don't understand this."

Hearing this, Lu Gu thought for a while, then it's better to use the tiger pattern, and it always feels inappropriate to use anything else.

Although I talked about the bad things in the past, but after I stopped talking about it, this meal was still happy.

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The autumn wind rolled up the yellow-green leaves on the ground, and the sun was still quite strong at noon. In the large fence outside the courtyard, fluffy chickens and ducklings called from time to time, pecking grass and chasing insects.

Lu Gu released them today and picked peppers outside the courtyard with a bamboo basket.

Afraid that the ducks would swim along the river when he couldn't see them, they didn't put them in the pond. Anyway, the ducks also ate Cordyceps leaves, so they were locked in the fence with the chickens.

The autumn peppers are red, and the fresh red peppers are numb. It must be picked during these two days, otherwise the sun will dry and crack the peppers, and it will not be easy to pick up when they fall on the ground, and they will be worthless if they are sold.

Strings of bright red peppercorns were pinched and thrown into the bamboo baskets that were nearly full at his feet. His hands were black and dirty all morning after picking them, and they smelled of numbness. There were also hard thorns on the peppercorn trees. Be careful, or it will hurt to prick.

There is only one person, Lu Gu. The two pepper trees are quite big, and there are quite a few peppers. He has only picked half of them now, so he will have to work all afternoon.

Just picking it off is not the end. If the sun is good these few days, it will be dried for two days. After drying, it can be stored. This thing is not a vegetable. Even if it is used every meal, it will not eat much. If so, a large bamboo basket may not be eaten until the spring of next year. After a while, I will go down the mountain and bring a basket back to my family.

Once before, when he saw Ji Qiuyue cooking, he deep-fried dried peppercorns. After taking them out, the oil became numb. After it was heated, it was poured on the cold dishes with a squeak. It tasted different. .

Thinking of finishing this task earlier, Lu Gu was busy all day alone, eating two steamed buns in the afternoon and eating sour cress to satisfy his hunger. Even dinner was a simple meal, a bowl of fried vegetables and mushrooms, and a plate of before. The eggs that I didn't want to eat were stuffed in the pot together with the miscellaneous noodles and steamed buns. I just waited for Shen Xuanqing to come back and cook some rice wine, pour some rice wine and add some water, boil it and drink it. It's faster than boiling rice soup, so I don't need to worry about it.

It is simple to say, and compared to the previous spicy fried rabbit meat in fish soup, it is very good for people in the countryside to usually eat a scrambled egg.

When Shen Xuanqing came back in the evening, he heard the dog barking and quickly came out from this side of the west wall. Three dogs ran over to surround him. Even the black dog has been familiar with him since then, but because of the previous incident, Lu Gu is still the favorite.

His hands were black and dirty, and he didn't touch the heads of the three dogs.

Shen Xuanqing unloaded the heavy bamboo basket at the gate of the courtyard. Seeing that he was not finished, he also looked outside the west wall.

"Not much." Seeing that there was not much left on the pepper tree, he simply picked it with Lu Gu, and it was not too late to eat later.

The chicken was barking in the fence, the fence door was closed, and Da Hui stood upright, with his front paws on the bamboo fence, and looked inside. Seeing that he was relieved, he regained his composure after coming down. The fine dog itself is not very stupid, and it will learn to do it, and it will learn to take a look inside.

Lu Gu and Shen Xuanqing turned their backs to them, but did not see this scene.

Shen Xuanqing ran in the mountains for a day. He didn't see Lu Gu that day. When he came back, he wanted to talk to his husband. After thinking about the words, he asked, "What are you going to eat today?"

Homely words are the best and most natural. When he came back to Lu Gu, he rarely asked what he had hit, so he had to ask Lu Gu.

Even if Lu Gu didn't ask him, he wasn't annoyed. He was timid, and every time he took something out of the bamboo basket, Lu Gu would squat beside him and listen carefully.

Hearing that rice wine was still to be cooked, Shen Xuanqing said, "Then you go to cook first, and I'll carry the rest back after picking it up."

That being the case, Lu Gu obediently went back first. When he saw Shen Xuanqing's big basket at the gate of the courtyard, he wanted to take it in, but he didn't lift it after a while.

When it got dark, Lu Gu cooked the rice wine and put the food on the table. He was about to go out to call Shen Xuanqing to eat when he saw him come back with chickens and ducks with a bamboo basket with peppercorns on his back.

After a day's hard work, he could rest after closing the courtyard door. The black dirt on Lu Gu's hands was washed several times with wild bath beads, but he could only slowly fade away. Picking peppers was like this. He was not in a hurry and washed it. It will be clean in a few days.

"The fish and shrimp in the river are fat, and the loach is also fat. I won't go out tomorrow. I will cast a net by the river to catch some fish, and then go catch some belly purple and green snails, and take them down the mountain to sell in two days." Shen Xuanqing finished eating. I scrambled eggs, and my heart was satisfied. This time, I didn't bring many eggs to the mountain. I have eaten them twice, and this time I should have no more eggs.

As soon as this season arrives, some people say, "The autumn wind blows, the loach is fat, and the loach races with ginseng in the early winter" (Note), although the early winter has not yet arrived, but the loach is already fat by now, and even after the autumn, the river is fresh and plump, Fenggu Town In the past few years, I have learned that people in Fucheng pay attention to "eat autumn". Hexian sells well in restaurants and restaurants in the town. Why not sell some money while belly purple and green snails are quite expensive.

Shen Xuanqing is tired from running around in the mountains and forests every day. There are no horses or cars. He only runs around on two legs. As time goes by, people who are beaten by iron can't stand it anymore. Rest your legs.

The other is his selfishness, and Lu Gu seems to be more and more familiar with him, but he can only see him when he comes back at night. Besides, he has never understood what other people say about the newly married Yaner. Not to mention other things, it is inevitable that I have some thoughts in my heart, and I want to spend more time with my husband.

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Note: "When the autumn wind rises, the loach is fat, and the loach competes with ginseng in the early winter" from a folk proverb, not original.