Lu Xu scoffed: "It's the New Year, and no one is passing by, do you still have to go up the mountain to catch rabbits to eat?" ”

They laughed: "We just bought something, and we don't feel safe throwing it here." ”

Lu Xu: "Don't you have a cave, put it in, take away the food that is easy to bring, leave everything that is not easy to bring, just find a few wooden planks to plug the cave." ”

"How can you prevent that?"

"Prevent what?"

"Wolf! Wild boars, badgers, and people are not there, and they will definitely be gnawed in the winter. ”

"Then let them have a full year, too!"

In the end, they couldn't resist Lu Xu and agreed to go to Dengzhou City for the New Year.

Lu Xu was satisfied.

They couldn't go home, a big reason was because Lu Xu went to Qinglong City again, delaying their return to their hometown for the New Year, and everyone else went home, leaving them to eat and sleep in the barren mountains and mountains, and Lu Xu's conscience was uneasy.

He could see that they didn't want to spend money to find a place to live in a nearby town, so he simply let them walk a little more to Dengzhou City.

In their own territory, there is no such thing as spending money, they used to live, and Lu Xu didn't have to worry about thieves in the New Year's shops and inns.

After admonishing them, Lu Xu and the others continued southward.

The mountainous area of Chongning is also difficult to walk through the wind and snow, but thanks to the villagers of the nearby mountain villages who saw them and came to help push the cart, they were able to cross the mountain smoothly.

Lu Xu has been running for a year, and he is more or less familiar with the people on the business road, and when they see the banner of their Guanyang Alliance, they know that it is him, and they are willing to come over to help in the wind and snow, Lu Xu is full of gratitude.

Lu Xu still had some sugar and red envelopes left in his hand, and gave them away.

This time, no one asked them if they would come again, but said goodbye briskly in the snow: "See you next year!" ”

Entering Chongning County, Lu Xu unexpectedly met a small caravan in Guanyang.

Trapped in the city by heavy snow, they are being forced to take a break and eat Chongning's special scones in a small shop.

"What are you?"

"Sell New Year's goods! Collect the mountain goods! ”

They stayed in Chongning together for another day, and only then did they accompany them on their southward journey until the snow stopped.

Lu Xu looked at their half-empty car and guessed that business must be good.

In the town south of Chongning, there are also small traders in Guanyang and Wenqiu, most of them only have a board car, or brothers, or fathers and sons, like merchants selling New Year's goods next to the town, even the winter snow is not cold Their enthusiasm for making money.

Lu Xu asked them if they wanted to go back together, most of them had to sell for a few more days.

"It's still early, I'll be back after fifteen!"

Lu Xu had no choice but to urge: "Look at the weather, don't brave the snow and walk the mountain road." ”

On his way back, he passed by the Luo family's inn and asked them when they would return.

They had already discussed, "Fifteen will open for another day, and sixteen will go back." ”

Lu Xu: "That's right, if you meet a merchant who has returned to your hometown, you can help each other." ”

"Don't worry!" The Luo family saw that there was a vacant seat in their car, and asked them to bring back the mountain goods and specialties they had saved for their families.

When I arrived at Guanyang County, it was already the tenth day of the lunar month.

There is light snow in Guanyang County, and there are children on the street wearing cotton jackets and pants and carrying baskets to sell wax plums.

Lu Xu didn't know where they picked them from, so when he saw them, he went to ask.

"There's an uncle on the dock who rows a boat for sale! He couldn't sell it alone, so we bought it cheaply and sold it in the alley. ”

Lu Xu: "You're not cold, aren't you?" ”

"It's not cold!"

"It's not cold when you run!"

The children were babbling.

Lu Xu: "Then you should be companions, be careful of the ice, don't fall." ”

Agile children don't take it seriously at all.

"Do you want it?"

"Buy a few and go back to Auntie and Layue!"

They all knew Lu Xu.

Lu Xu smiled and took out the money, "Bring me a few." ”

Lu Xuan also said: "Give me a few too." ”

The brothers divided a basket of wax plums and continued to walk with their own arms.

Lu Xu looked down the street, and at this time, there were no fewer people on the street than usual, and there seemed to be more people carrying baskets to buy New Year's goods.

Lu Xu went to the warehouse with wax plums, and it happened that Lu Wen and Lu Yong were moving goods in the warehouse, and they saw the two of them with a bouquet of flowers, as if they had seen a ghost in broad daylight.

Lu Wen: "What are you two big men doing buying flowers?" ”

Lu Xuan: "Give Hanlu!" ”

Lu Xu: "Who said that men can't buy flowers?" I heard that I was admitted to the top prize and also patrolled the streets. ”

Lu Wen's face was full of shock, but then, he looked out of the alley again, "Where did you buy it?" I'll buy one for Natsu. ”

Don't go home and take a look, the eldest aunt has it, the wax moon has it, the cold dew has it, but Xiaoxia doesn't.

Lu Yong also said: "Then I'll buy some for my sister too!" ”

Lu Xu pointed the way: "The street in front, if you don't have it, go to the dock to find it." ”

Lu Wen and Lu Yong unloaded and loaded the goods for the two of them, and ran to buy flowers together.

In the evening, the wax moon, cold dew, and Xiaoxia are all hairpins with beautiful wax plum blossoms.

Hanlu took out the rouge given to her by her friend and put on makeup for Xiao Xia and Layue.

This year's rouge was sent by her friends and relatives from the south, and Hanlu looked good-looking, so she exchanged a small box of pastries with others.

After the three little girls finished their work, they also painted Lu Rui with a red face, and Lu Rui, who had no aesthetics, held a flower and jumped up and down the yard with joy.

Yan Junqi, Lu Zhou, and Lu Le came back from school, and when they saw Lu Xu at home, their eyes lit up with excitement.

Lu Zhou rushed towards Lu Xu, "Brother! ”

Lu Le also ran over: "I said that my uncle must have come back, and my grandmother and aunt have all closed the door!" ”

Lu Xu picked up Lu Zhou and shook it, "Very good, it's a little heavier!" ”

He looked at the bedroom Nunu, Yan Junqi was dumbfounded, and quietly went in with his bookbag, and saw a jade-colored thin mouth bottle on his desk, with a budding plum blossom inserted in it.

When he went to bed at night, Lu Xu asked Yan Junqi if Qi Daqi had a tradition of championing hairpins.

Yan Junqi nodded: "Yes." ”

Lu Xu was curious: "What kind of flower is the hairpin?" ”

Yan Junqi shook his head: "I don't know." ”

Lu Xu: "Then I'll give you a hairpin, a lottery!" ”

Without waiting for Yan Junqi to refuse, Lu Xu put on his shoes and ran over, picked up the wax plum in the bottle, cut off a hairpin-like flower branch, and inserted it on the top of Yan Junqi's head.

The next morning, the whole family went to work, and even Lu Zhou and Lu Le, who had just taken annual leave yesterday, went to the ready-to-wear store and grocery store to help.

Approaching the end of the year, the shops in Guanyang are generally closed before the twentieth day of the lunar month, and around the fifteenth is the peak of purchasing New Year's goods.

This year, Guanyang is more profitable than in previous years, and the people in the city are willing to spend money more than in previous years.

Taking advantage of the fact that the river has just begun to freeze and does not affect the passage, merchants from various villages and towns have come to the county seat to buy goods, and go back to the last two or three large gatherings before the busy year.

If the village is close to the county seat, it is even more convenient to take a boat or walk, and go directly into the city to buy.

Many people also took advantage of this to carry the burden into the city to sell handicrafts.

What basket rolling pin, broom dustpan, lantern toy......

There are many people in Lujia Village who go to the city to buy as companions.

This year, almost every family in the village is doing short-term work in the mountains, and every family has extra money, especially those who do embroidery for the Lu family, and they can save a few taels of silver all year round.

At the end of the year, the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law couldn't hold it back.

During the New Year, I went into the city to shop, but the little girl who was not out of the cabinet was one of the few times when she could go to the street at will.

Some people take boats, and those who save money walk from the mountain roads.

Now that the mountain road is easy to walk, and they are not afraid of light snow, Lu Hui and they go into the city every day to deliver sheep and eggs, and they have already swept the small mountain road clean.

The family was so busy doing business that they didn't even eat breakfast at home.

In the morning, only Lu Xu, an idler, and the three children of Layue, Wenzhen, and Lu Rui were left in the family.

Yuan Manniang was afraid to worry about the three of them, and since Lu Xu was at home, she asked him to take care of the children at home.

Before leaving, she instructed Layue that her brother was tired from going out, and he should have a good rest when he went home, and they played at home by themselves, and they couldn't go to trouble his brother.

Layue got the task of taking care of the two younger ones like a big sister, Wenzhen naturally didn't have to say it, she always said what she said.

Lu Rui is disobedient, but Layue watches closely, and he can't run into Lu Xu's room.

Lu Rui was playing with snowballs in the yard, rolling and seeing Yan Junqi come back with a food box.

He ran after Yan Junqi to the kitchen, and then ran behind Yan Junqi's ass into Lu Xu's bedroom.

Layue and Wenzhen washed their hands and ate, and when they saw that Lu Rui was following Yan Junqi, they didn't call him.

Yan Junqi pushed the door in, saw that Lu Xu was still asleep, put the food box on the table, and walked to the side of the bed lightly, "Are you awake?" The meal is still hot, eat here or sleep a little longer? ”

Lu Xu stretched out his arm from the quilt, yawned and stretched, "When?" I want to eat under the covers. ”

He just wanted to be coquettish, so he stretched out his hand to pull Yan Junqi, only to hear the door squeak, revealing a one-foot-wide crack.

Lu Rui of his family grabbed the door panel and stepped on the threshold, staring at him with big black grape-like eyes, and said in a childish voice: "Light! Brother Guangguang"

Lu Xu: "......"