The Sweet Little Fulang - Chapter 156

It was too cold at night, the water in the water tank was frozen, and the stone troughs in the cattle and sheep pens also had ice balls. The four sheep, big and small, even ate and drank, and they were given some hay in the middle of the morning, but they never got cold or hungry.

The calf has also grown a bit. The ground of the cow pen is thickly paved with hay. The cow is also afraid of cold. It is natural to keep warm in such a cold day. The other half is easy to get in and out of.

It was lying on the thick haystack, and when Shen Xuanqing came in with the hay in his arms, it stood up, and came with hot air from its nose.

Seeing that the stone trough where water was fed on weekdays was frozen, Shen Xuanqing carried an empty bucket to the front hall, scooped up the hot water boiled in the clay pot, mixed it with cold water to warm it, and grabbed a handful of firewood beans into the water. Soy flour, two large handfuls of grain bran, stir and then take it to the cow pen and pour it out.

Although the calf had not yet started to work in the fields, a stone salt brick was placed on the stone trough. The cows are much better fed.

On the other side, Lu Gu and Wei Lanxiang finished feeding the rabbits, and then chopped hay and wort leaves mixed with wheat bran and bran for chickens and ducks to eat.

Shen Yaoqing shoveled the rabbit dung and dumped it in the back corner of the yard. The cow and sheep dung was mixed in the hay stack. The hay was all added yesterday.

After feeding the livestock, there is nothing else to do. The snow is still falling, but the sky is brighter.

There is no stove here, and we eat in the old house, but it’s still early, and Lu Gu and Shen Xuanqing didn’t go there. It’s too cold, and the dog wants to cook the fire. If you don’t know what’s burning, it’s better to stay here safely. If the chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep in the backyard are screaming, you can watch it in time.

Moreover, Lu Gu’s needles and threads have been brought over in the past few days, and it is the same for embroidering the soles of shoes here.

After Wei Lanxiang and Shen Yaoqing left, due to the strong snow and strong wind, the doors and windows were closed tightly and they were stuffy. They had to leave a gap and light a brazier in front of the main room window to keep warm, so that the four dogs could occupy an area and surround the fire. .

When it didn’t snow before, Lu Gu and his family came back after picking up a lot of firewood on the mountain. Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing went to chop firewood again. The firewood houses on both sides of the house were stocked up. On a snowy day like this, burning firewood to keep warm Most comfortable.

The flames rose, and there were two sections of dried bamboo in the brazier, which crackled as they burned.

Lu Gu rested for a while, and after his hands were warm, he felt that he had nothing to do, so he handed Mrs. Tang on his lap to Shen Xuanqing, and took the embroidery stretcher from the sewing basket next to him.

Sitting in front of the window can be brighter, and there is a fire, so embroidery will not cost the eyes.

Compared with women and husbands, men can do very little work in their free time in winter. It is snowing and it is not easy to go out hunting, so they can only stay at home. After drinking for a long time, the wine brewed by Wu Shun’s house in the village is not as good as the winery in the town, but it is cheaper.

However, Shen Xuanqing didn’t want to go out today, sitting next to Lu Gu, chatting while roasting the fire next to the husband’s legs, sometimes looking at the flowers embroidered by Lu Gu.

Now that it’s alright, Lu Guxiu’s handkerchief weaving cloud embroidery workshop will receive it, four cents a piece, which is one cent more expensive than when he went to the town to sell on the street. It was Shen Xuanqing who came back from Fucheng and went to the embroidery workshop boss to talk to him. The embroidery workshop needs to do business to make money, but only the embroiderers in the workshop can’t do much. There are many husbands who sell handkerchief embroidery to the embroidery workshop like Lu Gu.

It was only after seeing the things that the boss was willing to accept it. Lu Gu embroidered handkerchiefs with fine and delicate stitches, and the color embroidery looked good in both patterns and colors, and was not rough at all.

Shen Xuanqing originally wanted five cents a piece. Although he asked Luo Biao the price of the handkerchief, the price of the embroidery workshop is definitely different. For the sake of safety, he first went to Shen Yutao to inquire, Shen Yutao gave a few shops in the town He is an accountant and often works in the town. He likes to be cheap, but he has a little conscience. In addition, he used to be short-sighted. When he saw him in the past and asked about things, he helped him to find out.

The handkerchiefs of the country embroiderers were cheap. There were three cents less and four cents more. There was no five cents, so he had to give up. The boss saw that Lu Guxiu’s things were good, so the matter was done, Lu Guxiu. Gu didn’t need to go out to the streets any more, he just took the handkerchief embroidered to the embroidery workshop.

“Is this a butterfly playing with peony?” Shen Xuanqing now recognizes some embroidery patterns, how could he have the patience to look at them before.

“Yes.” Lu Gu’s embroidery needle was threaded through and in again. There were few flowers on the handkerchief, only a few embroidered on the edges and corners. It was quick to make. This peony flower is not big, and the butterfly is also small. of.

Otherwise, he would not have only sold them for three cents before. The colorful embroidery thread was not cheap. He had embroidered a few flowers before, but they were all used by his family, so it was not worth selling them.

It was still snowing outside, Shen Xuanqing had nothing to do, got up and picked up three sweet nest roots from the corner, took a piece of firewood and pulled the brazier, buried the sweet nest roots in the ash pile below, and set up two more firewood for the brazier, momentum The weakened flames rose again, and he leaned back on the bamboo chair, holding Mrs. Tang very lazy, but looking very relaxed and comfortable.

The good boy hummed twice, moved his claws and squatted in front of the brazier again, he was quite courageous and was not afraid of the flames.

Seeing that Lu Gu was busy doing embroidery work, Shen Xuanqing didn’t bother him much, and the two didn’t say a few words, but the intimacy was unmatched by anyone.

Not long after, he reached out to touch Lu Gu’s hand. Although he lighted the brazier, he kept moving around and was far away, not as hot as when he was holding Mrs. Tang before, so he said, “Take a break, cover it up and warm it up again. Do.”

“Okay.” Lu Gu didn’t shirk. He took Mrs. Tang and put his hand on it. His brows and eyes were full of light smiles. Since last winter, he had been wearing thick clothes and holding Mrs. Tang’s arms, and he had never had frostbite on his hands and feet.

Shen Xuanqing sat up again, took Lu Gu’s hand and said, “Simmer the pork ribs at noon, when the snow stops, if Meng Dayue’s side kills the pigs again, buy some fat meat and come back to boil lard, stir-fry the vegetables and stir-fry. eat.”

“Speaking of which, we should also raise a few pigs. There are still a lot of open spaces in the backyard. It’s winter time. I will build a pigsty together with Daqing brother and slaughter it next winter, so I don’t have to worry about eating pork, and I can sell some more. money.”

Raising pigs is a big event. Lu Gu was so happy when he heard that, his eyes lit up. As a result, they had all kinds of livestock. He was extremely happy, even if Shen Xuanqing fiddled with his fingers, he didn’t care.

Shen Xuanqing, who had taken advantage of it, touched her husband’s hand, feeling soft and warm, and her heart was a little itchy, but she didn’t know how to relieve it, and said with a smile, “Even pigs eat a lot, and fighting hogweed is also a job. But if you can hire He Zhi, you and your mother won’t have to work so hard.”

“As long as the spring starts, the grass will grow taller, and it will be easy to mow the grass. My mother, I, and Shen Yan are the three of us.” Lu Gu wanted to pull his hand back, but Shen Xuanqing didn’t let it go.

Shen Xuanqing knew that he was afraid of spending too much money, and persuaded: “Cow, sheep, chickens, ducks, rabbits, and pigs, all of them have to graze. It’s up to the three of you to cut grass every day. It’s enough, but sometimes you have to go to the ground. , is too tired.”

Lu Gu didn’t say anything, just frowned lightly, thinking about the pros and cons seriously. In his opinion, every family has to work, and every day is tiring, but he is happy when he earns money. He hired He Zhi and Brother Dong before. It’s because you have to prepare hay for winter, and you have to spend money.

Seeing this, Shen Xuanqing pondered and smiled and said: “This time is different from the past, I have specially found an embroidery workshop for you, only three pennies for two pallets of grass, and four pennies to embroider a handkerchief, if you don’t go to cut grass, you will save time. If you embroider two pieces a day, won’t you make five pennies?”

When he said this, he called Lu Gu Daigo to the top, and his eyes were stunned.

The women and husbands in the village embroidered handkerchiefs and liaised with each other.

Shen Xuanqing spoke again: “If you want me to tell me, you don’t have to go to grass in the future, do the embroidery work well, and then serve the chickens and ducks well, duck eggs also have ten or eight articles a day, these are the important things. What’s the money for hiring someone to cut grass?”

“Why don’t you say so?”

“Yes.” Lu Gu was a little caught off guard by the question, and repeatedly agreed. In his heart, he felt that it would not be good for him not to work on grass, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that Shen Xuanqing’s words made sense.

Seeing his gloomy expression, Shen Xuanqing smiled.

It’s not that he doesn’t let Lu Gu work. After all, there are so many livestock in the family, but now he has money. Since Lu Gu likes to embroider things, he can still sell those handkerchiefs, fans, etc., so why not ask him to do it. In the future, people will be hired for grass farming. Lu Gu is already weak, so he doesn’t need to be so tired.

What’s more, you need to make your body fat so that you can get pregnant.

Lu Gu has always trusted Shen Xuanqing. Now that he has said this, he will no longer be troubled, and he will stretch his brows again. His hands were already warm, and he wanted to pull it back to continue working, but Shen Xuanqing still wouldn’t let go, and even bit his fingertips with his mouth open, and lightly rubbed the pulp of his fingers with one of his fangs.

It was so charming and ambiguous that Lu Gu’s heartbeat was immediately chaotic. Fortunately, only the two of them were here.

However, Shen Xuanqing didn’t realize anything, and after biting it, he relieved the slight itch in his heart.

As the sky got brighter, the snow and wind became lighter. Before noon, the two locked the courtyard gate and walked to their hometown. Otherwise, Wei Lanxiang would have to face the snow to call them back for dinner.

The stewed pork ribs are very fragrant. The horse spoon is placed on the tandoor, and the broth is chubby. It has been stewed for an hour.

The smell of meat is really enticing. With such a heavy snowfall, people can easily become cold and hungry. Therefore, before the meal, the family sat down around the tandoor, holding a bowl in each hand, and scooping the meat and bones from the soup. and cabbage leaves.

Even if there is no chili, such a hot and fragrant broth can make people feel hot, no longer afraid of the cold wind and snow outside.

After eating, Lu Gu thought that he hadn’t come to cook, so he went to the kitchen to wash the dishes. In the courtyard, Shen Yaoqing took a long broom to sweep the snow, so that he could sweep out a path to walk, saving more and more money. Can’t scan.

He buried his head in washing the dishes, and thought that Shen Xuanqing was resting in the room. It didn’t take long for him to put the tableware and chopsticks away when he heard a few puppy cubs barking. When he came out of the kitchen, it was Shen Xuanqing. Xuan Qing took the two chubby and chubby khaki puppies back from Lin Jinhu’s house in the snow.

Shen Xuanqing held one by one in front of him, the puppy kicked its legs in the air from time to time, barked, and suddenly Lu Gu raised his eyebrows and smiled in surprise.