Lu Xu discussed it carefully with Lu Rui: "Throw this away, and my brother will cook meat for you tonight."
Lu Rui was stubborn, he didn't, not only did he not throw it away, but he also wanted to skewer it!
He couldn't sleep either, and was chasing grasshoppers in the grass nest with his short legs. Lu Xu sneered. With his speed, which grasshopper could he catch?
Lu Xu stayed away from him and lay down on the edge of the mat to take a nap.
He thought Lu Rui would get tired of playing for a while, but his brother's perseverance was amazing. They harvested wheat all afternoon, and Lu Rui spent the entire afternoon catching grasshoppers. If he couldn't catch them in the hay nest, he ran to the fields to look for them. He didn't fall down and was covered in dirt.
His elder sister, elder brother and mother-in-law felt sorry for him, and even the elder brother, sister, uncle and uncle next door also looked down upon him. Except for his ruthless eldest brother, everyone contributed a little bit. When the wheat was harvested in the evening, Lu Rui carried it in his hand. Several strings of grasshoppers.
He pulled the heads one by one, and the rows were all neat and clean. He stretched out his hand towards Lu Xu and said, "Ah!"
Lu Xu inexplicably heard the word "roast".
Lu Xu loaded up the wheat, pushed the cart and ran away. He didn't want to bake, and he definitely wouldn't do it!
He Lu Xu, a little gourmet expert, doesn’t eat grasshoppers, bullfrogs, rabbit heads, or brains. In short, except for fish, shrimps, and seafood, he doesn’t eat anything whose shape can be seen!
Lu Xu ran away, and Lu Rui became anxious. He carried the grasshopper and chased after him. He couldn't catch up with Lu Xu's long legs. He screamed when he couldn't catch up.
The neighbors all laughed miserably. A big man like Lu Xu was chased away by a little bean curd.
Hutou: "Look at how brave your brother is. Come on, I'll bake it for you!"
When Lu Xu unloaded a cart of wheat into the yard and returned, a fire had been lit in their field, and several little carrot heads surrounded the city and were eating roasted grasshoppers.
Lu Xu took a look and saw that the fire was born from the tiger's head and the grasshopper was caught by his younger brother. How come Lu Wen had a few bites and ate more land than his younger brother?
Lu Xu asked: "Why are you here when you are not harvesting wheat at your house?"
Lu Wen: "My mother asked me and my brother to help."
Lu Xu looked into the field and saw that Lu Hui was helping Yuan Manniang bundle wheat. Lu Hui also pushed his cart.
With Lu Hui's help, the food delivery was much faster, and it was all harvested before it got dark.
In the twelfth lunar month, I was picking up fallen wheat ears in the field with a basket. Lu Zhou and Yan Junqi helped push the cart, while Lu Wen and Lu Rui were still squatting on the edge of the field, guarding the fire and roasting grasshoppers, eating them like cats with colorful faces.
Lu Xu went over and stamped out the fire, picked up Lu Rui, picked up the collar of Lu Wen's clothes, "Go and help the twelfth lunar month carry the basket!"
Lu Wen's mouth was full of darkness, and he did not forget to ask: "Brother, do you eat meat at night?"
"Don't eat!"
In the summer, food cannot be stored. The meat he brought back from the county has long been eaten up. Only one big carp is left in the water tank. Lu Xu plans to take care of the fish at night.
Lu Wen ran after him: "Lanyue said your family eats meat at night!"
Lu Xu put Lu Rui on the cart, "Your family doesn't eat meat at night?"
Lu Wen: "My mother said she ate it two days ago, but she won't eat it today."
Lu Xu was delighted. His cousin was one year older than Lu Zhou. He was not good at work, but he was the first to eat.
Lu Xu groaned, "Will your family help grandpa harvest wheat tomorrow?"
Lu Wen: "Go."
Lu Xu: "Tomorrow I will take Lu Zhou with me. You tell the third aunt that you don't need to send food to grandpa. I will take it over at noon."
Lu Wen instantly understood the overtone: "Cooking meat?"
Lu Xu: "Make meat."
Lu Wen: "Then I will go tomorrow too!"
Lu Wen helped Lu Xu push the cart in a helpless manner, "Brother, don't forget my share."
Lu Xu: "Okay."
He called La Yue over, threw the basket into the cart, and pushed it back with Lu Wen.
In the evening, Lu Xu was cooking, and Yuan Manniang took Lu Zhou and La Yue to spread wheat in the yard.
His yard is large and the front of the yard is spacious, so he doesn't have to crowd the threshing floor. People who live in the middle of the village generally have crowded yards, and they can't get sunlight in front of and behind the house, so they have to go to the threshing floor early. Before there was no separation of households. , his father and his third and fourth uncles took turns sleeping there at night guarding the wheat.
If you don't look good, someone will steal it.
For carp fat, Lu Xu braises half of it and slices the other half for porridge. The pure wild carp in the river has no fishy smell and has a smooth and tender texture. No matter how you cook it, it is good.
He washed two fish bladders and gave them to Lu Rui to play with. His brother finally forgot about the grasshopper for a while, and after washing the little black face, he turned into a fair and tender cute little brother.
Perhaps the roasted grasshoppers he had just eaten aroused the glutton in his stomach. During dinner, he was still not satisfied after finishing the braised fish, so he suggested: "Brother, let's go catch cicadas and eat them!"
Lu Xu: "..."
Listen, what is the word that goes with his sister who is as cute as a dumpling? eat!
Lu Xu deeply reflected on himself. He should make more money, try to make his family eat more meat, and forget about the wild protein as soon as possible!
If he didn't go, of course someone would go. Han Lu led Xiao Man to call Lu Zhou. Lu Zhou dug out a small bamboo basket only as big as an adult's palm, took a bamboo pole and led the twelfth moon to catch cicadas.
The small steps are bold and high-spirited.
Lu Xu was speechless. Among their brothers and sisters, Lu Zhou and Lu Xuan had the best eyesight and were the best at catching cicadas. Most likely, Lu Xuan was tired today and Han Lu couldn't make a move, so he came to his house to look for Lu Zhou.
Lu Xu wanted to take a bath, so he took Lu Rui with him, causing Lu Rui to scream, "Look at your dirt, you've turned into a tabby cat!"
Lu Zhou and Lu Yue didn't go home after they took a bath. Lu Xu looked at the door several times, feeling uneasy, so he lit a lantern and went out to look for the child.
You wouldn’t know it if you didn’t go out, but many children in the village were looking for cicadas around the tree.
A group of children ran past under the old willow tree beside the road, and soon another group ran past.
The summer harvest is the time when there are many cicadas. They chirp endlessly all day long. The adults are tired and just want to sleep, but the energetic children have fun.
In the evening, the cicada monkey emerges from the soil, climbs up a nearby tree or grass with high branches, finds a position, lies down and begins to shed its shell and transform into a cicada. If you go out early, you have to look for it on the ground. When it gets dark, you have to Look for them on the grass and leaves. It is best to catch cicadas when they are shedding their shells.
There were no flashlights in this era, and few could hold up lanterns. A group of children groped for cicadas in the dark, relying solely on the moonlight to illuminate them. They listened to the sounds to identify their location, and looked closely to see which leaf or branch had a protruding patch. , just take a closer look, it might be a cicada, it might be a tree tumor, or it might be some other insect. From time to time, you can hear children shouting.
If it's too late, the cicadas will climb high and fly away. If they poke them down with a pole, most of them will be empty shells. They also want the empty shells. If they get more, they will take them to the town drugstore to sell cicada sloughs, and they can always get some candy money.
Lu Xu asked all the way, and found his family Lu Zhou in a small forest with many trees beside the village. It was a small forest where villagers collected firewood. It was no more than fifty steps across and there were a bunch of shadowy heads. Lu Xu stood nearby and took a casual look. There were heads all up and down the trees, and no one knew how many children were inside.
Lu Xu called out "Lu Zhou", and first heard Tie Yue calling "brother". After a while, six heads, big and small, ran out.
In addition to Han Lu and Xiao Man, Lu Wen also came out with Xiao Yu.
However, Lu Wen didn't even take a pole, so Lu Zhouhanlu knocked it and Xiaoyu went to pick it up.
Han Lu disliked him to death and encouraged Xiao Yu not to feed him.
Lu Wen: "I'll bake it for Xiaoyu!"
Lu Xu thought to himself, with your skills, the grasshoppers were roasted into charcoal, and Lu Rui took a mouthful of black ash.
Lu Xu helped them catch cicadas for a while. If Lu Zhou saw something that was out of reach, he would knock it.
It's a bit fun to catch, but I won't be too sensitive to eat him.
Seeing that they were going to bake by the stream, Lu Xu hypnotized himself with the intention of helping his younger brothers and sisters to supplement protein, and asked the six little carrot heads to follow him home and fry!
Lu Xu didn't want to touch cicadas, especially those that were in the process of deformation, with half of their shells cracked, and wings that hadn't grown yet. He felt pain for them when he saw them.
He ordered Lu Zhou and Han Lu to go to the stream to wash and drain the water. Lu Xu turned on the hot oil and let Han Lu put it in.
Han Lu was still half a year shy of her fifteenth birthday. She had been cooking at home for more than three years and had never fried anything before. She treated it like boiling water to boil dumplings. When she put the cicadas in, she was startled by the crackling sound of oil.
Lu Xu gloated: "I asked you to drain the water. Is it hot?"
Han Lu shook her head, getting excited as she stared at the golden cicadas floating on the oil in the pot. This taste was better than roasting! She snatched Lu Xu's colander, and quickly mastered the skill. She picked it up while scooping it up, not forgetting to complain about Lu Xu: "Brother, look at how courageous you are, you are not as good as Lu Zhou!"
The corner of Lu Xu's mouth twitched. I heard that Han Lu had already started talking about getting married. With her free character and unruly reputation, what kind of husband should she find in this era?
After the cold dew was fried, Lu Xu poured it into the wok, sprinkled it with salt, poured in the seasonings, and fried it again. It was just fried and tasteless, and it didn't taste good at all.
He brought it out, and the whole family devoured the carrots one by one. They ate deliciously in the twelfth lunar month. They even tore off the wings and shells for Lu Rui and only fed him the soft meat from the belly of the cicada. Lu Rui's little mouth squeaked, and it was oily. Woof.
Lu Rui was still thinking about his big brother, so he grabbed a wobble and handed it to him.
Lu Xu hid quickly, "Brother doesn't want to eat, you can eat it yourself!"
Not to mention the oil in one hand, knowing that the eyes are from the head to the head, he is not as bold as Lu Rui!
Lu Rui was avoided again. He said "Ah" and became depressed. His brother avoided him for a day. He wondered if his brother hated him! Lu Rui felt aggrieved and went to find Lu Zhou. His second brother didn't dislike him, so he ate cicadas out of his hand and wiped his paws.
Lu Rui looked at his empty hand, grabbed it, and showed it to Lu Zhou.
Lu Zhou: "You've already eaten three, you can't eat any more."
Lu Rui: "Ahhhhhh!"
Lu Zhou: "Then you call me brother and I will give you another bite."
Lu Rui: "Ah..."
Yuan Manniang came out with the soup, smiling happily.
The whole family was teasing Lu Rui, but Lu Wen was left to concentrate on eating. Lu Xu asked him, "Has Third Uncle gone to see the cows?"
Lu Wen: "I saw it. My brother and my father went there together. We looked at it for two days and didn't buy it."
Lu Xu: "No cows?"
Lu Wen: "Yes! My brother said that a calf costs fifty taels, and a working calf costs eighty taels. My father said that maybe the cattle dealers are asking for prices blindly because they are rushing to harvest and plant in the summer. We will see after a while."
Lu Xu was speechless.
Lu Wen: "If you ask me, why should I look at it? My father is reluctant to buy it even if I look at it. My sister said to hire people, but my mother said that the harvest from an acre of wasteland is not much, and the work of the hired people is not as good as what we can do at home. Look carefully. Brother, haven't you made money? Why don't you buy it? It will save you the effort of driving the ox cart to the county during normal times, and you can just lend it to my house for use during busy farming times."
Lu Xulu was delighted. This boy didn't eat for free, he was obsessed with it. "Do you know why our village sells grain by water?"
Lu Wen shook his head.
Lu Xu: “Because the mountain road is too narrow to walk on it!”
Lu Wen regretted: "...Hey."
Lu Xu: "Even if I can walk, why should I not buy a donkey instead of a cow?"
Lu Wen: "That's right."
Lu Xu: "Why don't you help your father do more work?"
Lu Wen waved his hands solemnly: "I'm only eleven, still young!"
Lu Xu smiled and said nothing, and the next morning, he took the sickle to replace the basket in Lu Wen's hand, and said lovingly: "The job of picking wheat ears is the job of Layue, Lu Fu and Xiaoman. Come, you are responsible for cutting the wheat." .”
The author has something to say:
Lu Wen: I’m still young!
Lu Xu: I'm working so you can rest?
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