Lu Xu stood up holding the tree and called "Uncle San" in a deep voice.
Lu Youzheng squinted his eyes and looked into the village. Leng Buding was startled by him.
"Xuwa? What are you doing hiding behind the tree?"
Lu Xu patted the dirt on his body and said, "I--can't sleep, let's take a walk!"
Crowd:...
Soon, they, a group of strong men who had returned from corvee service, knew how Lu Xu walked -
As soon as they entered the village, they were warmly welcomed by the villagers holding hoes and sticks.
Everyone on both sides fell silent, and then the voices of "Dad!" "Brother!" "Brother!" rang out incessantly. The whole Lujia Village was boiling. The female family members who were hiding at home opened the door and ran away with their ears pricked up to listen. When they came out, the old lady with weak legs and feet was tied up like a hot wheel, and she rushed into the crowd to look for her children, shouting "My son!"
The third aunt also ran out from the third grandma's house. The third uncle was walking home when he heard someone calling him from behind. When he turned his head, the third aunt rushed towards him and beat him.
The whole village was crying and laughing, and the commotion lasted until midnight.
Lu Xu and Yan Junqi also took their family members home from their third grandmother's house. Looking at the bustle of the village from a distance, the two families felt endless sadness in their hearts.
Someone is back.
Some people can't come back.
Yuan Manniang stood at the door of her house and stared at the mountain road, tears falling unconsciously.
The fire at Lu Xu's house was still on fire, and the deep-fried dough sticks were only half fried. Seeing that the big and small ones were depressed, they couldn't sleep for a while, so they simply asked Lu Zhou to go to the next door and ask Yan Junqi's family to come to their house to eat fried dough sticks.
"It's the first time I've made it, and it was quite successful. Is it delicious?" Lu Xu sat in the yard, cooling off with a fan, chatting with Yan Junqi.
Yan Junqi's eyes were also red, and he looked a little depressed. Listening to his words, he cheered up and smiled, "It's delicious."
Compared with adults who are overwhelmed with sorrow, children are ignorant. La Yue and Wenzhen already know that their father is sleeping in the grave and will not come home again. They are envious when they see other people's fathers coming back, but they have already Some habits, fried dough sticks quickly dilute the sorrow. Lu Rui was even more heartless. He didn't cry when he was woken up. He gave him half a piece of fried dough stick and happily gnawed it until his face was covered with oil.
Lu Xu let out a long sigh and patted Yan Junqi and Lu Zhou.
Every family was cooking, and the smoke from cooking stoves in the village lasted until late at night.
Lu Xu didn't sleep well, so he simply didn't go to the county to sell snails the next day. Instead, he took his whole family to visit Lu Ji's grave to report that his third and fourth uncles were back well.
There were so many people visiting the grave today. Lu Xucai came down the mountain and saw his third uncle and fourth uncle coming with wine.
When they saw Lu Xu's family, big and small, they couldn't help but blush.
When they left, the three brothers walked together. When they came back, their eldest brother had already been buried in the grave.
"Xuwa, if you encounter any difficulties, tell me and your fourth uncle. We don't live together, but we are also a family. My fourth uncle and I see that you and Xiaohui Xiaoxuan are the same. Do you understand?"
"I see Uncle San, go up and talk to my dad." Lu Xu asked Lu Zhou to give Lu You the basket containing fried dough sticks, "The fried dough sticks fried last night, Third Aunt and Xiao Xia haven't eaten all night, you guys Take it back and try it."
Coming down from the mountain, Lu Xu saw that Lu Zhou was not in high spirits, so he took him to the river to pick reed leaves, and he had a whim to make some rice dumplings.
I have dried dates at home, add some sugar, they taste sweet and I feel good.
Lu Zhou had almost collected all the reed leaves that were easy to pick on the shore. Lu Xu went to sell snails and had many reed leaves. Lu Zhou came to the river to pick up snails and reed leaves when he had nothing to do, and kept them for him.
Lu Xu stood in the water picking leaves, while Lu Zhou put them into the basket and skillfully looked for snails on the rocks. Lu Xu felt soft-hearted and could not help but tease him.
Lu Xu: "If you pout your mouth higher, you can tie the donkey."
Lu Zhou pursed his lips and denied, "I didn't."
Lu Xu: "Zongzi are delicious and can be sold for money. When I make money, I'll buy you candies."
Lu Zhou: "I don't eat sweets."
Lu Xu: "Then what do you want to eat? I'll buy it for you."
Lu Zhou squatted by the river, raised his little face and said, "I think..."
He clenched his hands, paused for a while and said, "I want to help you make money."
Lu Xu tilted his head, feeling that he was not telling the truth, "Then think about it. After today, I won't buy you anything you want."
Lu Zhou's eyes darkened, but he nodded, "I don't want it."
Lu Xu was speechless, wondering what else was going on in his little mind. But Lu Zhou became stubborn, his mouth was like a clam shell, and he refused to ask questions.
Lu Xu took him to play by the river for a while, making Lu Zhou wet before leading him home.
As soon as they entered the house, Lu Hui led Xiao Yu and asked them to go to his fourth uncle's house for lunch at noon.
The third uncle and the fourth uncle had been away for several months without even sending a message back. The old lady was worried every day, for fear that something might happen to them again. But this time they came back safely, and the old lady felt much better.
After Lu Zhou changed his clothes, the whole family went there together. It is rare for a large family to get together. The fourth uncle went to the town early in the morning to buy wine, meat and vegetables. The fourth and third aunts brought Han Lu and Xiao Xia to make a table dishes.
New Year's Eve, but that's it.
At the dinner table, when the third and fourth uncles talked about it, they realized that the canal had not been completed yet, but the court was afraid of delaying the farming season, so they let their farmers from other counties come back to harvest in the summer. They only arrived in Guanyang yesterday evening. Those who had traveled a long way were forced to live in a post house. They could not afford to live in a hotel, and they were reluctant to spend money to rent a boat. They discussed with others from the same village and walked back together through the mountain road in front of Guancheng Gate.
"Why is my mountain road so easy to walk? It turns out that Xuwa repairs it every day." The third uncle thought that Lu Xu took the mountain road to save money, and felt guilty and pitiful.
Speaking of the joke last night, the third uncle and the fourth uncle praised Lu Xu for being smart and bold, but Lu Xu was modest, "It was Jun Qi who asked me to light the torch and go over to have a look, and it was he who guessed that it wasn't a Bandit, or Jun Qi." Qi is great."
The fourth uncle nodded, "The kid who has read the book is really awesome."
They have sympathies, not to mention the adults who are officials, even the clerks who take care of them must be able to read and write.
It's a pity that there isn't even a private school in their village. Thinking about the cost of studying, I can only sigh.
After the family dinner, Lu Xu returned home. Seeing that Lu Zhou was still unhappy, he couldn't help teasing him, "What's wrong with you? Tell me, and I'll give you some advice."
Lu Zhou looked at him, opened his mouth, then tightened his mouth and said nothing.
Lu Xu had no choice but to grab his head and rub it, "Such a little kid thinks of more things than me."
Lu Xu thought that he was probably in a bad mood because he was idle, and he had to find something for Lu Zhou to do. Zongzi still has to be made!
He called the whole family together for a meeting and preached to the whole family how delicious the rice dumplings were. Lu Zhou was unhappy, and Lu Xu resorted to his killer move: "We can still sell them for money! If we make them and eat them well, I will transport them to the county." Sell, sell and see."
Lu Zhou's lowered head was indeed stiff.
Lu Xu secretly clicked his tongue and thought: I can't cure you, kid? Little money addict!
He started to assign tasks with great enthusiasm: "Twelve months is responsible for watching over Lu Rui. Mom soaks the rice, Lu Zhou washes the leaves and dates, and I will collect some firewood. We will gather at home in an hour and let's start packing!"
La Yue and Yuan Manniang: "Okay!"
Lu Zhouqiang cheered up: "...Okay!"
Lu Xu took the machete and carried the basket up the mountain to pick up branches. Big trees were difficult to chop down, so he could chop down random small trees. After a while, when the branches dried up, they could be broken down and used as firewood.
He cut down some small trees, picked up the dry and broken ones and threw them into the basket.
His family uses a lot of firewood, and Lu Zhou picks it up bit by bit when he is not at home. Sometimes when he meets Lu Hui, Lu Xuan, or other relatives of the same clan in the village, he will help Lu Zhou chop more.
Lu Xu moved his arms and lowered his head to work for a while.
Before he went down the mountain, Lu Hui came to find him.
Lu Hui was one year younger than Lu Xu, and taller and stronger than Lu Xu. Seeing him coming with an axe, the two brothers simply chopped down a few trees with a diameter of three or four inches, and dragged the branches back down. The leaves are fed to the chickens, the branches are dried in the sun and prepared for burning, and the trunks are stored first so that they can be used in the winter when they are completely dry.
"My mother said she wants to learn how to fry fried dough sticks from you."
"I know, I've already agreed with Third Aunt."
"My mother said I have to use an iron pot, but other pots can't be used?"
"No, the oil temperature is too high and the pottery won't be strong. Third aunt will come to my house to make it first. Once she becomes proficient and earns money, she can buy the pot."
Lu Hui thought about it and said, "Well, trouble, brother."
"No trouble, it's just that I have to wait a little longer before I can repay the money I borrowed from you."
Lu Hui smiled shyly and said, "There's no rush."
"Why don't you rush, doesn't Third Aunt want to buy a cow?"
Lu Hui was helpless, "Now I can only buy calves, so I can't help."
Lu Xu remembered what Yan Junqi had speculated, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say it. If the battle was not over and the iron ore really opened up, then Lu Hui would be happy in vain.
"Wait and see, maybe there will be a big cow in the future. Give me the axe, and you can rest for a while."
The two of them changed jobs, Lu Hui went to cut small branches, and Lu Xu continued to cut trees.
After working hard for a long time, the two of them dragged the tree home. The third aunt, Xiao Xia, Xiao Yu, and fourth uncle Jia Hanlu and Xiao Man gathered around Yuan Manniang to watch the embroidery. Yan Mu next door was also there, watching Yuan Manniang embroidery and teaching her a few tricks. How to match the color of a small one, how to change the thread and hide the thread.
As soon as Lu Xu entered the house, everyone was dumbfounded by the female relatives in the yard.
La Yue was also dragged into learning, but she was not very interested in embroidery. When she saw him coming back, she happily took the opportunity to run away, "Brother, mother has soaked the rice!"
Okay, since there is so much hard work, come and make rice dumplings!
Rice is grown in many places under the jurisdiction of Guanyang County. There are paddy fields in their village, and some people grow rice. However, rice is expensive and the yield is not high. Every household only eats rice during the New Year and festivals, and basically sells the harvested rice.
They don't even eat any rice, and no one makes any rice dumplings. Lu Xu asked, not only was the poor in Lujia Village reluctant to eat rice, but there was no such thing as rice dumplings in Guanyang.
I heard that Suji Pastry has rice cakes, but I don't know how they are made.
Lu Xu brought rice, reed leaves, dates, and sugar to the big table in the yard and began to teach.
There was no glutinous rice, so Lu Xu could only make do with japonica rice. He hasn't eaten rice for a long time, and the japonica rice is also very fragrant.
Dates are expensive, divide one into four parts.
Crush the sugar, fry the flour, mix it with the sugar and use a little water to form a small sugar ball to serve as the sugar filling. You can also make bean paste filling, Lu Xu thought suddenly and had no time to prepare.
There is not enough sugar filling, so I just wrap it with white rice dumplings.
Once cooked, dip into sugar and eat.
Lu Xu used reed leaves to demonstrate. The way he taught the wrapping was still leaking rice, but his cousin Xiaoxia and his third aunt had already learned it.
When Yuan Manniang and Han Lu also learned how to do it, and Xiaoyu, who was eight years old, and Lu Zhou, who was ten years younger than ten years old, were able to do it slowly and decently, Lu Xu voluntarily quit and made a fire to do the logistics work.
He is not suitable for this!
Their female relatives became proficient in wrapping rice and started chatting, "City people are really good at eating and are very particular about their food." "Why haven't I thought of wrapping rice in reed leaves before?"
Lu Xu smiled sullenly as he lit the fire. Yes, yes, he learned it from the city.
After cooking the zongzi, everyone gathered together to unpack the zongzi and eat the zongzi.
Several of them were overcooked, and the other four corners were sharp, but they were all good. Lu Xu tasted one first, it was not as good as candied dates, not as good as bean paste, not as good as egg yolk, not as good as meat dumplings, but it was not bad when dipped in powdered sugar.
Lu Xu felt nostalgic in his heart, ate it in a few bites, and then picked up another one.
Those who had never eaten rice dumplings were not as picky as him, and they all devoured them with bright eyes.
A pound of polished rice costs fifty cents. It contains sugar and dates. It's sweet and sticky. Isn't this delicious? Do you want to go to heaven?
Han Lu especially loves to eat. After eating one after another, she asked Lu Xu with puffy cheeks, "Brother, do you want to sell rice dumplings in the future? I'll make them for you. How much do you let me eat every day?"
The third aunt laughed at her, "You are such a big girl, and you are still so greedy. If your mother hears this, she will scold you again."
Han Lu didn't care, her mother couldn't scare her.
Lu Xuzhile said that several brothers and sisters in their family are all a bit boring, except for their fourth uncle Hanlu and Lu Xuan. They are twins and have been quarreling since they were young. No one can control their quarrels, and their personalities are very jumpy. Take off. Lu Xuan also cares about face, and the cold dew has been smashed out of the jar. Anyway, her family knows what kind of temper she is. It is impossible for a lady to be a lady, and she does not hide that she is a snack food at all.
Lu Xu: "Okay, you come. If the package is too much, I will pay you wages, as long as you can come."
Han Lu was stunned and sighed.
There are only three children in their family. Lu Xuan works in the fields and Xiao Man is only seven years old. She is the main supporter of the housework.
After Lu Xu finished teasing her, he filled a basket with rice dumplings and asked her to take them home to her grandparents to try. Everyone who saw them would share the rice dumplings, and they would be distributed to her third aunt's house, fourth aunt's house, her grandparents, and the Yan family.
Lu Hui ate two in a row and was too embarrassed to eat any more. Seeing that Lu Xu was still pretending, he kept shouting that enough was enough.
Grandparents don't live in his house, except his father, Lu Wen, and Lu Fu have all eaten here, how can they pretend to be more than the fourth uncle's house.
Lu Xu is counted according to the head, and their dumplings are not big, so there are two for each person, just to taste.
The third aunt said she didn't want anything, "You have to sell it for money. Rice is so expensive. If you just taste one, you won't be able to eat it."
Lu Xu said forcefully: "If you don't accept it, Han Lu won't dare to accept it anymore."
The third aunt took three.
Han Lu chuckled, but didn't take it out, "My family, you're welcome."
The third aunt shook her head, "Look, your mother will definitely scold you when you go back."
Han Lu stuck out her tongue, "I'm going to grandma's house!"
The third aunt asked Lu Hui to take the rice dumplings back to Lu You and the others to try, and then asked Lu Xu: "Xuwa, when will we sell fried dough sticks?"
Lu Xu was surprised. The third aunt was still hesitant yesterday, but why was she suddenly determined today?
When he asked, the third aunt said: "These fried dough sticks are auspicious and will bring prosperity to our family. We just fried them last night, and your third and fourth uncles came back. It was dark last night and I couldn't take a closer look. Today, I saw this The fried dough sticks are so beautiful, golden and like gold."
It doesn't matter whether she has seen gold or not, she thinks it looks like gold!
The third aunt suggested to Lu Xu with burning eyes, "I think we might as well call it Gold Bar?"
Lu Xu didn't hold back and laughed immediately.
Third aunt, I didn't expect you to be such a third aunt!
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