The Sweet Little Fulang - Chapter 190

The funeral of the Wu family was quiet, and there was no suona. Fortunately, there were relatives who came to cry and express their condolences, so it was not too lonely. Because the venue was not large, several elderly women from Wei Lanxiang helped to help. When people boil water, they are not so busy.

Lu Gu didn’t go out much these days, just stayed at home, Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing rested in the big mansion at night, and it was Shen Yan who came to sleep with him and the children last night.

When the three days passed, the men in the village had a vegetarian feast at noon, and rushed to the time to lift the thin coffin up the south **** for burial.

Because their house is the last one, and the front door is the only way to go up the mountain, and they can hear the movement outside, as long as people wearing burlap and filial piety don’t enter the door, it’s fine to pass by the door.

Lu Gu coaxed Brother Xiaoling, who had finished eating the milk fruit, to sleep. He heard the movement of the coffin being lifted outside, but he didn’t pay much attention. He patted the child and continued to coax him until Brother Xiaoling fell asleep, and he put it on the bed to cover him. The quilt was good, so I took out Shen Xuanqing’s red belt from the box and put it on the head of the bed. I’ll change it later when I come back.

Wei Lanxiang was helping at Wu’s house. She didn’t go to the cemetery, but she also slept in the big mansion for the past two nights. After all, there are two babies in the family. The firewood came in, and the brazier was lit by the fire under the tandoor.

“Yanyan, take out your mother’s red belt.” He poked the brazier and called into the house.

“Hey, I see.” Shen Yan agreed, changed into clean clothes and took them out. Seeing Lu Gu squatting there to catch the fire, he asked, “Brother Guzi, do you have any clothes to wash?”

The weather is cold and cold, and most of their clothes are washed with hot water. It is not cost-effective to wash only one person’s clothes, and most of them are together.

Lu Gu got the brazier ready, stood up and said, “I don’t have any, only Lingjun’s diapers and pants need to be washed. When the eldest brother and Erqing come back, they are digging graves and breaking ground these days. wash.”

“Okay, then wait for the two of them to come back.” After Shen Yan finished speaking, she called to Ji Qiuyue’s room again, “Sister-in-law, what about you, do you have something to wash?”

Ji Qiuyue was patting the disobedient Zhao’er to sleep, she heard the words and replied, “I have two pieces here, stained with this stinky boy’s urine, and I am planning to wash them today.”

“That’s it, so many clothes, let’s starch together later.” Shen Yan said, and went outside to get the wooden tub, and went into the room to put her clothes and Xiaoling’s diaper pants in.

Not long after, Wei Lanxiang came back, and the good boy went out to play, but she didn’t hear the barking. Before she entered the door, she stood in front of the courtyard and called to bring her a brazier.

Lu Gu walked over with the brazier, and after she stepped over, Shen Yan handed her the red belt to put on again, so she felt at ease.

“Okay, it’s one thing, tell me to take a break.” Wei Lanxiang sighed in relief while sitting on the chair in the main room.

Although I haven’t been tired these days, I heard a lot of crying at the funeral. The Wu family was pitiful. The poor couldn’t even afford oil. The grains of wheat were stained with mud, and at first glance, she picked them up from the ground one by one during her lifetime, and she was reluctant to eat them even on a bitter and cold day like winter, so she hid them.

I heard the Wu family say that before she died, she patted the bed board with her hands and pursed her lips without saying a word. After she found out, she guessed that it was a ration she left for her children and grandchildren. feel good.

Lu Gu put the stack of bowls he brought back into the kitchen. Seeing Wei Lanxiang sighing, he took out a packet of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes for her to eat.

The Wu family was too poor, and Wei Lanxiang couldn’t bear to eat at his house at all. She was really hungry at this moment, and she said, “Guzi, is there any leftovers at noon?”

Lu Gu said quickly: “No, mother, I thought there was a banquet there today, so I didn’t leave it, I’ll do it now.”

“Hey, I said I wanted to eat, but seeing how poor the Wu family is, we have food and drink at home, so we can save them a life-saving meal.” Wei Lanxiang sighed, and added: “Give me some steamed buns to fry. A bowl of sauerkraut will do.”

“Understood mother.” Lu Gu agreed, rolled up his sleeves and walked to the kitchen, Shen Yan followed behind to fight him.

Since there wasn’t much to eat at the Wu family’s vegetarian banquet, the two of them heated up the steamed buns a little more and sautéed the sauerkraut a lot. They gave Wei Lanxiang a bowl, and there was one bowl left. We’ll see Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing come back to eat later. Do not eat.

Zhao’er didn’t want to sleep today, twisted her body and hummed, Ji Qiuyue couldn’t coax her, so she had to carry him out again and play with Wei Lanxiang, who was resting in the main room.

Wei Lanxiang hugged her eldest grandson and sighed and told Ji Qiuyue about the bag of wheat grains. It is really pitiful for people to be poor.

Speaking of last winter, when the weather was freezing cold, she went to the wild field by the river to dig grass roots for rabbits, and met the grandma of the Wu family who was also digging grass roots. Unlike their family, the grandma of the Wu family ate the grass roots dug by herself. , There are no wild vegetables in winter. Although the Wu family has dried dried wild vegetables, they can eat them frugally. The grandmother of the Wu family will come out to dig whenever the sun is good. She eats some grass roots, and the rest of the family can eat more dried wild vegetables.

Seeing that the grandmother of the Wu family was pitiful, Wei Lanxiang told her to wait by the river without making a sound. She went to the house and scooped up a few bowls of rice with a small burlap sack, and asked the grandma of the Wu family to put it in the broken bamboo basket. Take it back secretly, so as not to be seen by others in the village and make some rumors.

Their family is getting better now, and the people in the village are usually decent on the face, and they are all friendly, but they can’t be jealous, and they have to talk nonsense behind their back. People, only she knows, before the Chinese New Year, she secretly helped the Wu family grandma twice.

But it’s not a lifetime thing to help, she has done her best, and she has no guilt in her heart.

The Wu family was poor, so they could make ends meet, but it was impossible to take medicine when they were sick. Where could the money come from to treat the old lady.

Wei Lanxiang sighed and sighed, Ji Qiuyue poured her tea next to her and comforted her a few words. Zhao’er couldn’t understand what the adults were saying. They all reached out, afraid that he would fall over, so Wei Lanxiang quickly hugged her. She hadn’t hugged her eldest grandson well in the past few days, so she smiled and took out a handkerchief from her arms to wipe Zhao’er’s saliva.

She was talking to Ji Qiuyue, and while Lu Gu and Shen Yan were cooking, she unknowingly thought about saving herself a coffin book.

People often say that the money saved by young men is for the wife, to marry a wife and husband, and the aftermath is equally important. As a person gets older, he needs to save some coffin books, and make some wood and some burials, so as not to die. There is nothing, and at the end of his life, he will only end up with a thin coffin or a straw mat.

Both of her sons are filial, and they give her money every year. Now, with the money in her hand, she can buy longevity materials that are good for the villagers. Any good wood will do.

But now she is holding her eldest grandson, and there is still a young grandson sleeping in the room, which is not enough for Wei Lanxiang. Although she is not shy about buying longevity materials, she wants to live a few more years, and her own health He was also tough, and it was too early to leave behind, so he didn’t say these words in his heart.

Just stir fry one cabbage, and it will be ready soon. Lu Gu served the vegetables for her to eat first. It didn’t take long for him to see someone passing by with a shovel in front of the door. He knew that Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing should come back and put the brazier in the courtyard. Biao Wang, took a look at the gate of the courtyard, and really saw it.

The man was eating outside, and he was particular about not picking up the dishes on the table all the time. Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing were really not full, so Lu Gu brought the dishes and steamed buns to them.

After the village was busy, there was no more interference. When he got up early the next day, Shen Xuanqing set up a mule cart and went to Jixing Town with Shen Yaoqing. Many family members could discuss it. He didn’t understand the doorway there, so he didn’t follow.

“Brother Guzi, if you really open a shop there, I’ll go take a look then.” Shen Yan was very pleasantly surprised at the fact that her family wanted to buy a shop. She grew up so much, and the furthest she has been to Fenggu Town, Jixing The town was farther away. After hearing about Jixing Town, she had to walk a dozen miles further and it was Yuqingfu City, which she had never been to before.

Lu Gu was playing with Xiao Lingjun in his arms, and their little Shuang’er laughed really beautifully, he couldn’t help kissing his soft cheeks, heard the words and said with a smile: “It’s natural, but we won’t know everything until Erqing comes back. .”

Having said that, he was busy taking the child with a calm face, but he was nervous with anticipation and wondered whether he would buy it or not.

On the way, Shen Yaoqing was driving the car today, and Shen Xuanqing was sitting on the other side. As soon as the brothers arrived in Jixing Town, they went straight to Lao Yang’s house. Buying a shop was a big deal. Lao Yang led them on the way to the grocery store. By the way, I called Yang Xian in the tavern.

The four of them walked together, and Yang Xian said, “I have inquired about this shop, and it is not big, so there is only one counter, three shelves, and one table and four benches. I also know the shopkeeper, and he said that Sixty taels, I’m thinking that if I really like it, I can get forty or fifty taels.”

He glanced at the shops on the street, and said, “Like a few here, the location is good, and it’s a little bigger than his own. The house deed is only seven or eighty taels, and the excess is only ninety-one hundred taels. The location is not bad, but the pavement is not very spacious, where is it worth sixty taels.”

Shen Xuanqing had never bought a shop, but he had inquired about it with Luo Biao before, and it was exactly what Yang Xian said. Except for the spacious place where taverns and restaurants are opened, or even larger inns, a store with a good location is worth the price. Several hundred taels of silver.

The big one is a shop, the small one is called a shop. Generally, the price of the shop is really not too high, but even if it is fifty or sixty taels, it is a lot of money. For a small business shop, you can make a return in one year. Even if it is very good, if the business is close, it will take more time.

Jixing Town is half the size of Fenggu Town. After all, it is closer to Fucheng. There have been no wars or disasters in the past ten years. After three or four articles, it became more and more prosperous.

Shen Xuanqing walked all the way and looked at it. After two streets, he came to Xixing Street. The shop at the end of the street was a little bit in the middle. It was the grocery store that was going to be sold. No rags were left, it was empty, which made people surprised and secretly amused. The person who came to collect debts was really powerful. The word “empty” is not a lie.

This is a shop facing the street. Half of the door is open. When you don’t come in, you can see everything from standing on the street. After all, there is nothing. Even if a thief comes and wants to steal something, no one can catch or take it unless the door panel is closed. And the windows were unloaded and stolen.