Chapter 152

But after three or two days, the sky became colder and colder, and when I woke up one night, the leaves of the trees on the mountain fell off a lot. Gradually, suddenly one day, when I went out and looked at the hillside not far away, the woods were all bald, and there were not many dead leaves. on top.

The leaves of the persimmon tree have fallen off early, and the persimmon fruit that should be picked has already been picked, leaving only seven or eight persimmons on the tip, and sometimes birds will fall on the branches to peck.

The sky in late autumn has never been very good. I can’t see the sun, but it doesn’t rain either. The wind blows the leaves on the ground, which is very depressing.

There was no green grass to fight in the field, so Lu Gu picked up an empty space to make winter shoes for Zhao’er at home. Small shoes are much better than adults’ shoes.

Shen Xuanqing went up the mountain a few days ago, and wanted to get a few more fox skins before going to Fucheng to sell them.

Usually all kinds of work are laborious, and sitting under the window of the room to take shoes is a rest for him.

It was blowing from time to time outside, so he didn’t go out. He pulled up a table and chairs and sat down by the window, so that he could borrow the light outside.

Don’t look down on baby dolls, they grow up very quickly, no matter whether they are clothes or shoes, they need to be good, big or small.

He had the cotton in his winter shoes ready, spread it out on the table, and spread it evenly to Brina. This is the cotton left over from last year. Wei Lanxiang rummaged through it and found it. It is not a problem to make two pairs of small shoes. When Zhaoer grew up, the small shoes could not be put on. After dismantling the cotton inside, they could make them bigger. shoe.

Their family is no longer short of money, and there is no need to sell the little shoes that they can’t wear for money. It is not impossible to send a baby to a relative’s house, but no child younger than Zhao’er has been born yet.

A gust of wind blew, and the wind was not small. The cotton and cloth pressed by the tea bowl on the table were blown up, so Lu Gu had to close the window a little smaller.

“Guzi, what do you want to eat today?” Ji Qiuyue called out before he entered the room.

Zhao’er fell asleep, she had nothing to do, and everyone else in the family had work to do, so she thought about washing and cutting the vegetables first, and then noon whoever cooks, just fry them.

Speaking of which, after a woman or husband in the village has a child, he has to carry the child to work together for two or three months. Whether it is cooking or going to the field, he has no time to rest.

After she gave birth to a child, she lived a more comfortable life than others. She didn’t have to go to the fields. Shen Yaoqing didn’t let her cut grass, saying that the child was too young to be separated from others. Laundry.

The last time her mother came to see her and her grandson, when there was no one else in the room, she said that she was really lucky and suffered more than the women in the town, so she always had a smile on her face and became more friendly with her family. Harmony, everyone takes care of her and takes care of her, where does she get so much temperament.

“Sister-in-law.” Lu Gu stopped what he was doing. He curved his eyebrows and smiled, “You can eat anything.”

Ji Qiuyue said angrily: “I didn’t know what it was, so I came to ask you, just tell me what you want to eat, and I’ll cook today.”

Lu Gu had to think about it and said, “I used to eat egg custard a lot, and I have collected a lot of duck eggs in the past few days. Why don’t I steam a bowl of duck egg custard. Brother Daqing came back with sesame oil yesterday.”

“That’s good.” Ji Qiuyue nodded in agreement, and then asked him, “What about other dishes? My mother picked a dang melon yesterday, cut it up and smothered it with red sauce. How about eating it?”

How could Lu Gu disagree with others cooking.

“If you have the red sauce, then let’s steam the rice and eat it today, and I’ll go wash the rice.” Ji Qiuyue has always been good at cooking, so she rolled up her sleeves and went out to wash the rice and wash the vegetables.

He didn’t need to be busy, Lu Gu was still sitting on the chair doing needlework, and it didn’t take long to hear a few dogs barking outside.

Shen Yan came back after feeding the livestock in the new house. As soon as she looked up, she saw Lu Gu in the window and said, “Brother Guzi, you haven’t finished yet.”

“No, the soles should be thinner.” Lu Gu replied, and Da Bai ran into the room when he saw him, wagging his tail constantly.

He had a needle and thread in his hand, so he didn’t play with Dabai, so that the long needle would not poke it.

Shen Yan squatted down and washed her hands in the wooden basin, and said, “I just came back from the back and saw Wu Tai digging a mouse hole in the wild. I don’t know how much grain I can dig out.”

If people are poor and have no food, they have to think of various ways. She and Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing also dug field mouse holes in the ground two years ago. .

“Brother Guzi.” Shen Yan put the cloth towel on the wooden frame and said, “It’s all right now, let’s join in the fun too.”

Lu Gu was a little hesitant. Today is really fine, but it doesn’t sound good to watch people dig mouse holes around a man.

“Let’s go, Ama Wu is also there. When I came back, I saw Axia and her second brother digging dragons by the river. Let’s call them too.” Working hard, she was a little more playful when she was young. Although digging mouse holes was done by poor people, no one knew what was in them before they were dug out. Naturally, she was curious and wanted to join in the fun.

Ji Qiuyue scooped up the water and washed the vegetables. Seeing that her sister-in-law really wanted to see it, she smiled and said to Lu Gu, “Gu Zi, go with her to see it, or she won’t be able to rest in her heart.”

Since there were so many people, Lu Gu no longer had any scruples. Making shoes was not a rush job, so he went out with Shen Yan.

Da Bai followed behind the two of them. Today Shen Yaoqing was chopping firewood at the new house, so he didn’t pay much attention to him, and told him to go out to let the wind out and play for a while.

In the field, Wu Tai took a shovel and put it in the shovel hole. He was sullen. He didn’t speak much when he saw people, and he was not good at speaking. He glanced at the four Shen Yan who were around him, and pretended he didn’t see it, buried his head in shoveling soil and said nothing He was often scolded by village men for not being able to make a fart with a stick.

The grandmother of the Wu family, who was holding a pocket full of patches in her hand, saw that it was Shen Yan, and even chatted a few words at home. Maybe because she was poor, she often saw people from the second room of the Shen family, and squeaked. If you can talk a few words, if there are other people in the village, you will not dare to talk to people, so as not to attract disgust.

Wu Tai ignored the people, but with the grandmother of the Wu family there, Shen Yan didn’t leave, and looked curiously at the gradually exposed mouse hole.

After screaming twice, Lu Gu was startled when he saw the vole that came out, and hurriedly hid to the side. The vole ran very fast, and then fled away, not knowing where to hide.

“Oh, it’s quite a lot.” Axia’s hands were full of wet mud dried by the wind. She probed her brain and saw the food in the mouse hole, and couldn’t help but say, “This must be at least three or four catties.”

The grandmother of the Wu family was overjoyed, took a step forward, opened her pocket with trembling hands, Wu Tai glanced at the four people who were looking around, and confirmed that none of them wanted to grab it, so she put down her shovel and squatted down. Grab the food, not only rice, but also chai beans and peanuts.

After watching the lively scene, Shen Yan was satisfied, and after talking to Aunt Wu, she left with Lu Gu and Axia.

The wild land is close to the new house, and Axia and the second brother went to dig the earth dragon again, and Shen Yan said, “Brother Guzi, let’s go this way and go to the house to see how Brother Daqing is chopping the wood.”

Lu Gu didn’t have much to do today, so he nodded and agreed, “Alright, maybe I can collect a few eggs.”

Da Bai was used to staying in the new house, so he ran in the front and took the lead in the back door.

Shen Yaoqing was chopping wood, while Wei Lanxiang was tending the vegetable field, pulling up all the withered vegetables, turning over the ground with a hoe, and planting several rows of winter vegetables.

“Mother.” Lu Gu shouted.

Wei Lanxiang looked up and saw that it was the two of them, then smiled and said, “I’m not doing needlework at home today, why did I come here?”

Seeing that she wiped off her sweat and the water bowl outside the vegetable field was empty, Lu Gu hurriedly took a few steps forward to pick up the bowl, and replied, “He Yanyan just saw Wu Tai digging a mouse hole, it’s near here, just Come take a look, and collect eggs by the way.”

Wei Lanxiang nodded: “The chicken is indeed crowed, I was busy turning the ground and didn’t go to see it.”

Lu Gu took the bowl to the front and poured a bowl of water for her, and then went to the chicken pen. Shen Yan had already entered with a bamboo basket and picked up three eggs on the ground.

He found two in the chicken coop, and after a round of searching, there was nothing else, and the two came out.

Wei Lanxiangyu’s spring chicks are now laying eggs. They can collect a lot of eggs and duck eggs every day. The female ducks are fine. They lay eggs at night. Just go to the nest in the morning and touch them. The hens lay eggs. Eggs are laid during the day, and you can find them by looking for them in the chicken coop.

As long as he is at home, Lu Gu basically never breaks an egg every day. Sometimes he doesn’t want to eat, so he breaks it for a day or two.

Shen Yan took the bamboo basket and went out first. He closed the fence gate to save the hens from running around.

Before he took two steps, he heard Dabai barking in front of him, and several people in the courtyard looked over curiously.

Shen Yaoqing, who was at the front, stopped chopping wood, he stopped after drinking, and after a while, he recognized that the person who came in from the front yard was actually Luo Biao, and quickly put down the long axe in his hand to meet him.

“Brother Shen.” Luo Biao shouted loudly, carrying a jar of wine and an oiled paper bag in his hand.

Shen Yaoqing took the things and said with a smile, “Come here and bring something.”

“The wine is for the two brothers, and this snack is for Mrs. Wei and sisters-in-law.” Luo Biao smiled and looked around in the main room, obviously curious about the new house.

Someone came to the house, Wei Lanxiang no longer works, she also recognizes Luo Biao, came to the house once, and has a good relationship with Shen Xuanqing.

“Mother Wei.” Luo Biao was very polite to the Shen family, and even when he saw Shen Yan, he asked how well his sister was.

Wei Lanxiang likes such a good-natured young man very much, especially someone who specially gave him a gift, took a water bowl, poured tea for him, and asked, “If you have time today, you must have a meal before leaving.”

“Definitely.” Luo Biao did not get too polite with them, but agreed with a smile.

Shen Yaoqing knew why he came today. Shen Xuanqing had told him before going up the mountain, but it was not easy to ask them directly when they just came. Seeing that Luo Biao was new to the house, he led the people to the back.

Lu Gu didn’t have much impression of Luo Biao, so this is the second time, but since he wants to keep people for dinner, it is not enough to only cook two bowls of vegetables today. He took the egg basket in Shen Yan’s hand and asked Wei Lanxiang in a low voice: ” Mother, sister-in-law wants to fry dang melon today and steam a bowl of duck egg custard, are these two okay? Do you want to add another one?”

Wei Lanxiang pondered for a while, she had heard Shen Xuanqing say that Luo Biao was a good person, and she was sincere to him, so she said: “In this way, ask your sister-in-law to beat more duck eggs, cut some bacon, and soak the dried bamboo shoots. Now, let’s fry some bacon and bamboo shoots, there’s no autumn vegetables in the yard, so I dig one and fry it.”

Two or two of the four dishes are better, only Luo Biao is alone, there is no need for too much, it is already very good to have meat and eggs.

“Okay, I get it.” Lu Gu went back with the basket, and because an outsider came, Shen Yan followed him home.

This time Dabai didn’t follow them.

Luo Biao looked around in such a large house, full of admiration. When Shen Xuanqing asked him before, he told him that he had encircled a few acres of land in the southeast of the village to build a house to raise livestock. Building walls and houses cost a fortune.

But today, I can see that this house is very well built. If you keep livestock and grow vegetables, at least you don’t have to worry about food and drink, and you can sell money to subsidize it.

That’s why he came here today and went straight to the southeast of Qingxi Village. Such a big house is naturally easy to find, and you can see it at a glance.

Looking at the hens in the chicken pen, Luo Biao patted the fence and said with a smile, “No wonder Second Brother Shen said that the family’s eggs and duck eggs can also be provided to the building. It’s really good to have so many.”

He didn’t say anything to others or to the Shen family. Since Shen Xuanqing was not around, he told Shen Yaoqing the matter.

He has already negotiated with the building. In the future, rabbits will be bought from here. They will be fat and thin according to the season. The price will definitely change in autumn and summer. Like a fat rabbit in late autumn, one is forty-five cents. I want to bring ten of them back to the building.

Shen Yaoqing was a little surprised at this price. Before going up the mountain, Shen Xuanqing told him that the fat of a rabbit at this time should be no less than forty cents.