Their family, Lu Zhou, took scissors and cleaned up the fish, cut them, cleaned them, and threw the internal organs to the chickens.

Seeing that he was back, he disapproved very much: "Brother, there are fish in this river, and I can also fish them, so I don't have to spend money to buy them." ”

Yes, you're lucky to be able to catch two in a day. Lu Xu didn't bother to break with him, and rubbed his head, "Do you know why you don't have sugar to eat?" Because you're disgusting. ”

Lu Zhou: "......"

He pouted, "Brother Jun Qi gave it to me, but I didn't ask for it." ”

But his eldest brother didn't listen to his explanation, and had already taken Layue and Wenzhen to catch the snails.

Lu Zhou was depressed, hey.

Lu Xu took two small ones to catch snails by the stream, and after a while, the fourth uncle's Xiaoman, the third uncle's Xiaoyu took Lu Fu to the stream to play, Xiaoyu was eight years old, Xiaoman was seven years old, and Lu Fu was two months younger than Layue, only five years old. A few little beans are not old enough to serve as laborers, and they play together carefree every day.

Since there was a child laborer, Lu Xu sat by the stream and instructed a few little beans to catch snails for him, and drew cakes for his younger brothers and sisters in a leisurely manner: "Whoever catches the most will buy candy for him tomorrow." ”

Lu Xu rubbed his sore shoulder, his right shoulder was worn out of the skin, and it hurt a lot when he moved, and he didn't know how Yan Junqi was.

Layue held a handful of snails and put them in the basket at Lu Xu's feet, and asked curiously with a small face, "Brother, are your shoulders uncomfortable?" ”

Lu Xu rubbed her little twitch, "It's okay, my brother will rest for a while." ”

Look at how cute his sister is, and he knows that he cares about him if he is comfortable, and then look at Yan Wenzhen, a stupid boy, who doesn't know how to care about his own brother, he caught a snail and gave the big stuff to Layue.

Lu Xu watched it with relish.

The sun began to set, Lu Xu took half a basket of snails home, left Yan Wenzhen to play with Layue, and then sent the little beans home one by one.

There are four brothers in the previous generation of the Lu family, and their names are more than auspicious, and there is a daughter in the middle who married into a neighboring village.

The location of the old house of the Lu family is in the middle of the village to the east, the square adobe yard, spacious and strong, the eldest Lu Ji and the third Lu You are all married in the old house, when the fourth Lu Yu wants to say that he is pro, the family has not been able to live, the two elder brothers discussed the division of the family, the younger brother is young and has no savings, the house is given to the younger brother, the land is divided into six parts, the four of their brothers and their parents have a share, the second Lu Qing fifteenth is left for military service, his share is counted to his parents, planted by the three brothers together, collected the grain and sold the money, all to be handed over to the parents.

The two elder brothers didn't want anything but land, so Lu Yu took the initiative to ask his parents to live with him and support him for the elderly. Now Lu Xu's grandparents still live in the old mansion's house.

In short, the Lu family is quite harmonious.

Lu Ji died in forced labor, Mrs. Lu fell ill when she heard the news, and she lay down for more than a month, and she did not get better, and the family did not tell the old lady about Lu Xu's illness, for fear that she would not be able to stand it.

Lu Xu has always been reluctant to come, mainly because he still doesn't pinch it in his heart, when he thinks of his grandmother, he is still the one who helps him chase dogs and geese with a stick, scolds his father for not being a thing, and comforts him that it is nothing if he doesn't study well, and the lively old lady who has not studied well for three generations in their family.

Xiaoman called grandpa when he entered the door, pulling Lu Xu's thoughts back.

Lu Wuzhu chopping firewood in the yard, he had a leg hurt a few years ago, a little lame, can't walk fast, don't want to go out to make people laugh, just make a basket at home to chop wood, he is very thin, not tall, but very energetic, strength is also great, he weaves a rattan basket, with old rattan, woven out of a big and strong, boxy, carrying food, building a house and transporting stones can not be broken, chopping firewood is also neat, the length is too much, neatly stomped on the wall.

Seeing them coming, he put down the axe and shouted that they would play by themselves, and he limped towards Lu Xu with his mouth tensed, grabbed Lu Xu's shoulder and wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything, muttered a few times, and patted him on the shoulder, "Okay, ah, you have to be good." ”

Lu Xu remembered his grandfather.

His grandfather didn't like to talk either, he kept his head busy all day cooking, he went to make the noodles, and when others gave him meat, he took it home and stuffed it in the pot, and when they came back from school, he gave it to him and his cousin to eat. Later, he stayed in the dormitory, and his cousin also went to college in other places, and when he came home on the weekend, his grandfather sneaked to the entrance of the village to pick him up, and took him to the small supermarket in the village with his schoolbag.

If you look closely, his two grandfathers don't look alike, and their eyes are similar.

Lu Xu's already broken shoulder was patted painfully, and the pain made him burst into a little tears, and quietly endured it back, his heart was sour, and he pursed his lips and nodded sullenly.

Lu Wuzhu patted him on the back again, this time he was able to control his strength, and landed on his back gently and gently, "Go into the house to see your grandmother." ”

Lu Xu snorted, lifted the curtain and entered the house.

The old lady lay on the bed and fell asleep groggy, heard the movement and opened her eyes to see that it was him, and vaguely called him "Xu Baby" to sit up on the edge of the bed, Lu Xu sat down, the old lady grabbed his hand and shed tears, and shouted "My miserable doll" in her mouth.

Lu Xu didn't know if she was talking about him or his father.

When I thought that the old lady died of a daughter when she was young, the second son died outside in battle, and the eldest son died outside, I felt that it was the old lady who really suffered.

The children she has worked so hard to raise are less than sixty, and there are no three.

Even this eldest grandson has changed the stuffing......

Lu Xu looked down at the two hands that grabbed his hands, thin and wrinkled, doing farm work all year round, and his hands were full of either calluses or thin small cuts, and even his hand prints were spent.

Lu Xu rubbed her hands, cleared her throat, and comforted her, "It's all over grandma, I'm older, I can earn money and support my family, you take care of yourself and take care of your body." ”

The fourth aunt came in with water and persuaded her, "Yes, mother, you have to take care of your body, and you can't worry about the children." ”

The old lady wiped her tears and was full of sorrow.

Lu Xu couldn't see it, so he had to change the topic, "Fourth aunt, how much grain is your family, there are people on the dock in the town who collect grain, one stone of grain is 5,000 Wen, old grain, beans, and millet are also collected." ”

Aunt Lu was taken aback, "Yes, there are a lot of savings at home." ”

In the past few years, grain prices have risen year by year, and every household has increased the price of grain and so on, but it is far from the supermarket price if you give so much at once!

Lu Xu said: "Then you can keep the rations for the summer harvest, pack them up, and ask Lu Xuan to load them and sell them at the dock tomorrow." ”

Aunt Lu responded and yelled anxiously to see the grain in stock.

Lu Xu didn't stay long, and called Xiaoyu and Lu Fu to go to the third uncle's house.

The third uncle's house is a little farther away.

The third aunt is more active than the fourth aunt, and she wants to buy cows.

The third uncle and three aunts are diligent, the eldest son Lu Hui is also older, fifteen or sixteen is already more capable than many adults, and he grows in the field all day long either weeding or topdressing, and the third aunt is worried about building a house for him to marry a daughter-in-law, and has opened five acres of barren land at the edge of the village, if there is a cow, Lu Hui does not have to work so hard.

Her family originally had an old cow, and then died of old age, I wanted to buy another one, but just in time for the war, the price of cattle soared, not to mention, most of them were also requisitioned to transport grain and grass, she saved for several years, every time she saw that she could buy a calf, and always missed. Lu Xu's father was buried, and the money was not enough, and the third uncle's family borrowed the most.

I heard that the price of food was high, and she was the happiest. Seeing that the summer harvest is approaching, how can you save a little and gather some wild vegetable beans to survive the summer harvest.

"I'll ask Xiaohui to pull a cart tomorrow morning and go to your fourth uncle's house to call Xiaoxuan."

"Okay."

The third uncle's family has an old cart that can transport grain.

Lu Xu left from the third aunt's house, and his cousin Lu Hui hadn't come back from the field yet, Lu Xu shook his head secretly, he still had to sell his fried snails.

Back home, Yuan Manniang had already picked a basket of wild vegetables and came back and was hanging on the clothesline.

Lu Rui lay on the side of the basket and dragged a wild vegetable into his mouth.

"If you can eat it, you can eat it?" Lu Xu took him aside, wiped the soil from his mouth, and took the wild vegetable leaves in his hand, he was not happy, and shouted.

Yuan Manniang heard the movement and saw that he was back, patted the soil on his body and prepared to cook, "Xu'er, the fish is not fresh, shall we steam it or cook it to eat?" ”

Lu Xu: "No, I'll do it." ”

Yuan Manniang asked: "But do you want to sell it?" ”

Lu Xu shook his head, "Don't sell it, let's eat it ourselves." ”

Yuan Manniang nodded, "Hey." ”

Seeing Lu Xu enter the kitchen, she followed two steps, stopped again, scratched her head, and still didn't find a chance to ask Lu Xu whether the snail was sold or not.

She pinched her fingers tangledly, hung up the wild vegetables again, and saw that Lu Xu was busy in the kitchen, so she carried the basket and pulled Lu Rui to the river to wash the basket and wash the baby.

Dinner was approaching, and all the housewives were washing rice and vegetables by the stream, and when they saw Yuan Manniang leading the children over, they asked, "Manniang, what did your family do yesterday, spicy and spicy?" ”

Yuan Manniang said kindly: "My family has cooked snails. ”

Sister-in-law Su asked, "Boiled snails?" ”

"You don't know, Xu Wazi wants to sell snails, yesterday I brought a group of little dolls to him to touch, and our second baby also touched it, and I don't look at what it looks like now." The second baby girl washed the wild vegetables and said sharply.

The third grandmother next door asked: "In the morning, I saw Xu Wazi carrying a basket out, but went to sell snails?" ”

Yuan Manniang was very proud, but she was used to keeping a low profile, and said reservedly: "Yes, I went to the market early in the morning to sell." ”

The second baby mother is very disdainful, they feed the snails here to the ducks, who spends money to buy them? "Can you sell it?"

Yuan Manniang was a little unhappy, "Why can't you sell it?" I tasted good, better than meat. ”

A few people laughed.

"Look at it, she's still annoyed!" Erwaniang laughed: "We haven't eaten a few meals of meat, I don't know, but Xu Wazi is a filial child, and meat will be indispensable in the future, and Manniang's blessing is behind." ”

Everyone's expressions were a little subtle in an instant.

They are all neighbors for many years, who still doesn't know whose family's affairs? Lu Xu is filial, he is filial to his father and mother, but there is nothing to do with Yuan Manniang's stepmother, who doesn't know that Lu Xu has never called her a mother for so many years.

Yuan Manniang must have been angry before, but in the past two days, Lu Xu has been close to her a lot, Erwa Niang deliberately stabbed her, she didn't hear it, although the speech is still not very good, but it makes sense to ponder and ponder, "What meat is not meat, the children will be smooth and smooth in the future and be able to start a family, even if I am worthy of their father." ”

The corners of the second baby's mouth twitched, shook off the water on the vegetable leaves and stood up, and said in her heart that most of Lu was dead, who else would she show it? Her family can't eat the food and return the meat......

The second baby mother wrinkled her nose, and suddenly smelled a fragrance, "What smells so fragrant?" ”

The third grandmother asked: "Manniang, is it your baby who cooks snails again?" ”

Yuan Manniang shook her head, "No, Xu'er is cooking fish at home." ”

Second Baby: "......"

Chapter 8: Lying to the Kids

The fragrance of the Lu family wafted out for a while, and the neighbors could be regarded as sinful, and when they came home after a busy day, they were so hungry that their chests were close to their backs, so they could only eat wild vegetables, and they smelled for a while!

I smell it as soon as I cook it, and it hasn't dispersed after eating, why does it take so long to cook a fish?!

The second baby mother suspects that this is Yuan Manniang's deliberate show!

Isn't it just a fish? Her cold wild vegetables are said to be delicious in all neighboring towns.

The second baby pinched the mixed noodles steamed buns, pouted with her little face, "Mother, I don't want to eat wild vegetables, I want to eat fish." ”

The second baby is girly, "Don't eat and be hungry!" ”

The second baby pouted and bit the steamed bun tastelessly, her mother is really fierce, and it is better for her mother to be in Layue.

At this time, Layue and her mother were sitting in the courtyard, and they were so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs. Like their neighbors, they are also staring at their kitchen, why is it not okay? It's not good!

Lu Xu sat on a small bench and guarded the fire, standing still.

This kind of small miscellaneous fish, less meat and more spines, if you don't crisp the fish bones, it will be troublesome to eat, since you want to be crispy, then you can only stew slowly, and you can't be in a hurry.

He looked at the sky, it was not dark, at most six or seven o'clock, what was the hurry, he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and he continued to wait!

Yuan Manniang didn't dare to urge him, so she urged Lu Zhou, "Zhou'er, go and ask your brother, do you want firewood?" ”

Lu Zhou snorted, hugged the bundle of dry branches and came with a small face.

Lu Xu: "Wait another quarter of an hour." ”