The sweet little Fulang Chapter 96 Part 2

    Lu Gu didn't realize it, he was even happy to mention his childhood playmates, and he was willing to tell Shen Xuanqing about it. Due to the friction of the previous few years, the innocence and joy of his childhood seemed so pure and full of happiness, even his tone of voice was lively.

     However, Shen Xuanqing felt chest pain and shortness of breath. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath in the dark. He originally wanted to tell himself that it was when Lu Gu was a child and he didn't need to care, but the more he thought about it, the angrier he became.

    When they were young, most of the men were wild, and they liked to gather together to play wars and ride horses. When they played wildly, they would dislike the burdensomeness of the delicate Shuang'ers and girls, so it was better to play happily by themselves.

    From what Lu Gu said, that Liu Fang would fight with people, and even fought back. He was definitely not a quiet bookish person. He was older than Lu Gu, but he would take Lu Gu out to play, and made up grasshoppers. It was obvious. He treated Lu Gu as a young husband!

    In front of his eyes, a beautiful but timid, weeping little Shuang'er, whose hair was torn off, took another little man's grasshopper and burst into laughter. He almost drowned in the sea of ​​vinegar, and his sour chest was full of gnashing of teeth. anger.

    "Brother Liu Fang gave me sweets when he left, and said he would come back to see me later, um..."

    Lu Gu finally talked a lot, and wanted to tell Shen Xuanqing about his joy, but he was suddenly kissed.

    Shen Xuanqing changed from today's gentle and considerate, as if he was ruthless, so that he didn't even have time to react, and immediately fell into prison.

    The next day, Lu Gu couldn't get up in the morning, his whole body was sore and limp, and his limbs were weak.

    The puppies barked in the yard, and everyone in the family got up. He opened his eyes when he heard the sound, and his stomach was sore and swollen when he moved a little.

    He heard Shen Xuanqing and Wei Lanxiang outside saying that he felt a little unwell last night when he saw the cold wind blowing along the Lantern Road, and he wanted to sleep more.

    The rest of the Shen family had no doubts, and Shen Yan even came to see him in the room.

    "Brother Guzi, how are you?" Outside the bed curtain, Shen Yan raised his hand to lift the curtain.

    Lu Gu was terrified, but fortunately, he could not tell that he was well covered with the quilt.

    "He hasn't woken up yet, the bed curtains prevent the wind from blowing in, let him sleep first." Shen Xuanqing came in from the room in time and stopped Shen Yan's hand.

    "Don't worry, it's just a little cold. I gave him pills before." He opened his eyes and said nonsense without changing his face, which is far inferior to Lu Gu.

    "That's fine, let brother Guzi go to bed first." Shen Yan didn't hear Lu Gu's answer, so she thought he was awake, and still didn't become suspicious, turned around and went out.

    Shen Xuanqing got up early and opened the window to diffuse the smell in the room, but the bed curtain was replaced with a thick one in winter. He was afraid of being too cold when he opened the window to breathe, so he didn't lift the bed curtain. Afraid that others will smell it.

    After Shen Yan left, he used the excuse that he was afraid of the cold wind, closed the doors and windows, and then opened the curtain to see if Lu Gu was awake.

    Eyes collided, Lu Gu looked away as quickly as if fleeing, Shen Xuanqing rarely treated him like this, and for some reason last night, she was tossing and tossing for most of the night.     The man standing by the bed was a little at a loss, and after being bored for a

    long time, he asked: "Are you hungry?"

He said, "I want to wash first."

    "Okay, I'll go scoop up water." Shen Xuanqing quickly brought in hot water.

    Unexpectedly, after Lu Gu propped himself up to sit up, he took a look at the wooden tub in his hand to wash his face, his face flushed and asked him to change the basin, and then took a handkerchief to wipe his body.

    The dazed Shen Xuanqing came to his senses, and did as he was told with red ears, and even saw Lu Gu's hands were weak, and even helped to scrub him very "caringly".

    Even though they were already familiar with each other, Shen Xuanqing had never done such a thing before, and her breath gradually became warmer.

    Lu Gu was a little uncomfortable, his heart trembled slightly, he just felt ashamed, he hesitated to speak a few times, and finally bowed his head and acquiesced.

    After he regained his strength and put on clean clothes, the two of them stared at the messy mattress that had been lifted and fell into embarrassment and thought.

The sweet little Fulang Chapter 111 Part 3

　　It was easy to kill prey by shooting arrows or digging traps when hunting, but it wasn't easy to capture it alive. He took great pains to track the ram, fearing that it would run away if he missed the target or be killed accidentally, so he drove the hunting dogs to outflank and hunt it very cautiously.

　　When Lu Gu heard about the lamb, his smile widened. He also thought of the calf and said, "If we have a few more, we can herd the calf and sheeps together in the future."

　　"Yes." Shen Xuanqing nodded in agreement, and then said, "There are already five female rabbits at home. I will catch more female rabbits before going down the mountain this time, and pick out the strong ones to raise. Female rabbits can give birth every two months, if ten female rabbits can give birth to baby rabbits, maybe forty or fifty baby rabbits can be born at one time. They can be sold after raising them for half a year, and they can also give birth to several cubs after a year."

　　He didn't think too much about it when he was at home, but now the more he talked about it, the more Shen Xuanqing felt that raising rabbits was indeed a good livelihood. However raising rabbits needed to have a large space, otherwise they would be crowded together, smelly and damp, they would easily die.

　　Now that he had one less hunting dog, he couldn't easily go deeper into the mountains. If he could successfully raise rabbits, as long as he worked hard during this period, he wouldn't have to worry about running out of rabbits to sell in the future, and he could also focus on more valuable prey such as sheep and deer.

　　Lu Gu was surprised. If there were forty or fifty baby rabbits in two months, wouldn't there be a hundred baby rabbits in four months? How could they raise so many? So he asked, "Then we will need to make a lot of cages."

　　They were thinking the same thing. Shen Xuanqing smiled and pulled the black-hoofed sheep into the house and said, "I was thinking about this too. Before we went up, I asked elder brother to build a rabbit hutch in the backyard. The five female rabbits at home are not yet ready to give birth, so there is no rush. When we go down the mountain I'll see if I can buy a piece of land to raise rabbits in the future."

　　Want to buy land?

　　Lu Gu was stunned when he heard this. In the countryside, chickens and ducks were raised in the backyard, and even rabbits were raised at home. Yet Shen Xuanqing said he wanted to buy land to raise them.

　　He thought again, if there were too many rabbits, there wouldn't be enough space for so many cages at home, and even rabbit manure would pile up a lot.

　　The two of them tied the sheep in the corner of the backyard. The injured front leg of the black-hoofed sheep had been treated and applied with medicinal herbs, and it had stopped bleeding. Otherwise, the bloodstains left after leading it all the way would have been enough to attract wild beasts following the smell of blood.

　　Shen Xuanqing saw that the sheep was in good spirits, so he didn't worry too much. He turned to Lu Gu and said, "These are just my random thoughts. I will discuss it with elder brother and the others when we get home. Let's eat first."

　　He had been running outside all day and only ate a few steamed buns at noon, so he was inevitably hungry.

　　Lu Gu quickly said, "I've prepared everything. Just wash your hands and you can eat."

　　It was getting dark, and they finally sat down to eat after the gate was locked. The meal was good, with bacon slices fried with young buds and wild vegetable, also a bowl of egg drop soup.

　　The puppy was running and jumping in the yard, and the setting sun stretched its shadow very long. Shen Xuanqing ate the hot soup and hot dishes, and felt comfortable and warm from the bottom of his heart. He was hungry, so he also wolf down some white flour buns. Lu Gu sat opposite him, eating slowly and occasionally smiling at him, which made his fatigue and hardships disappear.

[狼吞虎咽 láng tūn hǔ yàn: lit. to wolf down one's food (idiom); fig. to devour ravenously, to gorge oneself]

The sweet little Fulang Chapter 111 Part 2

　　Lu Gu ignored the two of them and went into the kitchen to light the stove. He grabbed two handfuls of young buds, washed them clean, and once the water in the pot was boiling, he poured the boiling water into the buds to blanch them. This was enough for him to eat alone.   

　　There was half a bowl of chicken meat left over yesterday. The tender buds had a lighter taste when stir-fried, so he fried them together with the chicken meat. It would be good to finish the leftover meat so that Shen Xuanqing could eat fresh food when he came back in the evening.

　　After blanching the buds in water, they were no longer bitter and were tender and refreshing. Lu Gu ate them all by himself.

　　Stir fry young buds with chicken and rice were enough for him alone, after eating his stomach was warm and satisfied. For people who worked hard every day to make a living, being able to eat well was the happiest thing in the world.

　　After cleaning up the kitchen, Lu Gu rested in the room for a while. The puppy and Dabai were playing outside. With them around, there was no need to worry about wild animals breaking into the yard.

　　After a short nap, he carried a wooden bucket to the river to fetch water. He carried half a bucket of water but hadn't entered the yard yet when he saw the Sichuan pepper tree outside the house. He thought that he hadn't watered it since he came a few days ago, and he would have to rely on the tree to produce peppers in the future. These peppers alone would be enough for their family to eat for a year, so there was no need to exchange or buy more. So he put down the wooden bucket, took out a hoe, loosened the soil, and poured half a bucket of water on the tree roots.

　　Weeds could grow easily. There were weeds sprouted sparsely in the area where he and Shen Xuanqing had weeded before. Snakes and insects were most likely to hide in the grass. The two of them had weeded around the yard before. However, because he encountered a snake today, Lu Gu didn't put the hoe back after watering the pepper tree.

　　He first ran five times to fill the water tank with water, then he picked up the hoe leaning against the mud wall to dig up the weeds, and hoed the open space around the courtyard. If the ground was flat and there were no weeds, there would be no place for snakes, insects, rats, and ants to hide. Thinking of this, Lu Gu became more enthusiastic about weeding, and he was very busy alone.

       The puppy was running around nearby. The trees around the yard had been cut down, leaving a large open space for the sun to shine through. Now there were only a few tree stumps that hadn't been dug out on the ground. The puppy was sniffing and urinating on the tree stumps to mark its territory and warn other living things.

　　Life in the mountains was never idle. After Lu Gu prepared dinner, he kept it in the pot for a while before waiting for Shen Xuanqing to come back.

　　"Sheep."

　　When he and the puppy ran outside, they saw Shen Xuanqing dragging a black-hoofed sheep back. He was immediately delighted. The sheep was alive, so they could keep it in the yard and there was no need to go down the mountain so quickly.

　　The black-hoofed sheep's front leg was injured, which happened to be its left leg, just like Dabai's. However, its injury was less serious and it could walk with a limp.

　　The puppy had always been smart and clever, and sometimes quite naughty. When he saw the black-hoofed sheep walking with a limp, he tilted his head as if thinking about something, and then he raised his left front leg and limped along, causing Shen Xuanqing to chuckle and kick him in the butt.

　　Lu Gu smiled with his eyes curved. After the puppy was kicked, he put down his left front leg, shook his fur, ran over and rubbed Lu Gu's leg.

　　"It's a ram, we didn't catch a female. Many female animals have their cubs now. They hide well and are smart." Shen Xuanqing told Lu Gu about his experience of a day outside.

　　Before he got married, he lived alone in the mountain. Now, there was someone waiting for him when he came back every day. Facing his fulang, even if he was a man of few words, he still wanted to tell Lu Gu about what he saw and what happened while he was hunting.

　　Hunting in spring was quite restricted, most likely the cubs wouldn't survive without their mothers, therefore hunters like him wouldn't hunt the female animals with cubs or pregnant animals during this period. For animals like sheep and deer, they would only hunt the male animals.

　　As for rabbits and pheasants, it wasn't a big deal, because there were plenty of rabbits and pheasants on the mountain, so it wouldn't be a big deal even if they killed female rabbits or pheasants.

　　"If we can catch a ewe, we won't sell this ram. We'll raise them at home and they can give birth to lambs in the future." Shen Xuanqing said with a smile.

　　Ever since he came up with the idea of ​​raising rabbits, he had been thinking about whether he could raise more other animals. He earned money from hunting in the mountains, and if he could catch these animals alive and raised them at home, let them give birth to cubs. If he raised more, he could earn another income.

The sweet little Fulang Chapter 111 Part 1

 Chapter 111

　　The forest was lush and green, but there were still some dry grass from last year on the ground. The puppy trampled past with his four hooves, and pricked up his ears alertly when he heard any movement. The puppy now was strong but not fat, with smooth and thick fur, he looked very agile and smart.

　　Lu Gu came over from behind carrying a bamboo basket. When he saw some edible young buds, he picked them off. These buds looked a bit like wild camellia when they blossomed, but they couldn't be used to make tea, they could only be eaten as vegetables.

　　Most of the vegetables they planted at home still hadn't grown, so they didn't bring them with them when they went up the mountain. They only brought winter melon, loofah and spring vegetable seeds, which they planted in the front and back yards two days ago. As for the vegetables they wanted to eat, they could find all kinds of wild vegetables and leaf sprouts all over the mountains, so they didn't have to worry about not having anything to eat.

　　Lu Gu jumped on the spot, jumped high, grabbed a branch from a high place and pulled it down, pinching off the tender buds one by one. He took a step back before letting go of the branch in his hand to avoid scratching his face.

　　His hands and body were covered with leaves and dust, so he patted them off before picking up the bamboo basket and continuing his search. He didn't stop until the basket was almost full.

　　This place was not far from the bamboo forest. Lu Gu thought for a moment, turned around and shouted, "Guaizi, let's go to the bamboo forest and dig two bamboo shoots."

　　"Woof!" The puppy barked and followed, no longer playing around.

　　Whether he was digging or picking things, most of the time he would bring a hoe or a sickle with him. Firstly, it was convenient to use, and secondly, it was a precaution in the mountains. Although he came to pick young buds today, before going out he remembered Shen Xuanqing's words, he said that he must be careful when going out, so he brought a short hoe with him.

　　It was almost noon and he felt a little hungry. He thought he should dig two big bamboo shoots and then go back to cook, so he grabbed the handle of the hoe from the bamboo basket behind him and took it out.

　　The bamboo forest was right in front of him, only a few steps away. Just as Lu Gu was about to go in, the puppy suddenly started barking at the bamboo forest, barking continuously.

　　He was startled and looked over with the hoe clenched in his hand. He found a green snake entangled on a thin bamboo not far away. The snake's body was twisting and circling slowly, which made his scalp numb.

　　Bamboo snakes are poisonous. Even though he had never been bitten, Lu Gu felt weak in the knees. He decided not to eat bamboo shoots today. Thinking of this, he said, "Guaizi, hurry up and go back."

　　As he spoke, he stepped back, and after taking a few steps, he quickly turned around and walked so hurriedly. The puppy followed him immediately when he saw him walking, without rushing into the bamboo forest.

　　After walking a long way and reaching an open area on a downhill slope, Lu Gu slowed down, patted his chest and slowly exhaled.

　　He was quite afraid of snakes, but at least he managed to stay calm and his legs and feet didn't tremble. Wei Lanxiang was most afraid of snakes. When they were digging wild vegetables in the front mountain, they saw half of an old snake skin in the grass. Wei Lanxiang was so scared that her hands and feet were shaking, and she called him and Shen Yan tremblingly.

　　There had always been snakes in the mountains. He was very lucky that the one he encountered today was wrapped around a bamboo and far away from him. If it was hanging on a tree branch, walking under the tree and suddenly seeing a hanging snake, he would be scared to death.

　　Lu Gu rested here for a while. There were a lot of bushes on the way back. There was no road here, so he had to walk around randomly. Sometimes he couldn't avoid it, so he picked up a long branch on the ground to hit the grass.

　　When picking up the branch, he was afraid that there might be small snakes or insects on it, so he kicked it with his toes and only dared to pick it up after he was sure there was nothing on it. The bamboo snake just now really scared him.

　　He felt safe holding the hoe in his hand. If he really found snake, he could swing it to scare it. So he didn't put it back into the bamboo basket, but walked back with a branch in one hand and a short hoe in the other hand.

　　"Woof woof."

　　When he unlocked the gate, Dabai called out from inside.

　　As soon as the gate opened, the puppy rushed in first and buried its head in the water bowl. The tied-up Dabai stood up and limped a few steps. Perhaps because of the pain in his legs, he lay down again after a while.

The sweet little Fulang Chapter 110 Part 3

 As they kissed, they became in the mood go further. Shen Xuanqing took out a porcelain bottle from under the pillow and without even turning on the light, he poured out some ointment.

　　At home, because there were so many people around, they rarely had sex, let alone used this. In the past three days, considering the long and difficult mountain road and how tiring it was to walk, they stayed quiet at night, at most kissing and touching for a while.

　　The last time they did it was more than twenty days ago, so Shen Xuanqing naturally hadn't used this ointment for a long time.

　　After being married for nearly half a year, Lu Gu had gradually become familiar with this kind of intimacy. He tried to control his voice, but couldn't help but pant when his passion reached its peak. The joy revealed in his panting made Shen Xuanqing, who was biting his shoulder, stop. Then the world spun around and the situation became different.

　　The forest was quiet late at night. The puppy was awakened by the intermittent crying coming from the room. He barked once, but was unaware of the danger. The noises in the room gradually became blurred, and he lay down and fell asleep again.

　　Shen Xuanqing originally wanted to satisfy his craving, there were only the two of them here, he didn't have to worry about being heard, so he just enjoyed it.

　　At home, Lu Gu had to cover his mouth before he dared to do it, but there was no need to do that here. Since he had seen the qiankun pictures, he had learned a lot and put them into practice one by one. After realizing that Lu Gu was also enjoying the pleasure, even though he made Lu Gu cry, he felt that it was a happy cry and there was no need to hide it anymore. As for himself, he felt even happier.

[乾坤 qián kūn: Heaven and earth; Yin and Yang]

　　The next morning, the gate was still closed, but the dogs in the main room were let out and were playing happily in the yard.

　　After feeding the dogs, Shen Xuanqing had no intention of going out hunting, so he went into the room and sat on the bed.

　　Lu Gu didn't sleep well. He opened his eyes and saw it was him, then closed his eyes and fell asleep again. He was so sleepy that he didn't want to say a word. His whole body felt like it was falling apart and he felt uncomfortable everywhere.

　　Seeing that Lu Gu still wanted to sleep, Shen Xuanqing lifted the quilt a little and secretly looked at the marks on Lu Gu's body. It would be fine if he didn't look, but when he did, his face turned red immediately.

At night he couldn't see the marks caused by his grip and bites, if he didn't know that he wasn't hurt, he would have thought that Lu Gu had been abused.

      He quickly tucked in the quilt and took Lu Gu into his arms. His face flushed as he thought to himself that he should restrain his strength in the future. If he couldn't dabble and stop, he could just taste a little to satisfy his craving. This way, Lu Gu wouldn't get tired and maybe he could satisfy his craving every day, which would not be bad.

[浅尝辄止 qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ: lit. to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into; to attempt half-heartedly; content with a smattering of knowledge

　　Lu Gu, who was in a deep sleep, had no idea what he was thinking. Otherwise, if he woke up now, after what he had suffered last night, he would have shaken his head and cried in refusal. How could he spend the whole day thinking about this matter alone and not doing anything else?

　　"Woof."

　　The tied-up Dabai rested for a night and recovered a little. Seeing the puppy playing in the yard, he lay on the sack and barked twice.

　　Over the next few days, apart from Dabai's injury, nothing else happened to the two men and four dogs, and they lived a peaceful hunting life as usual.

The sweet little Fulang Chapter 110 Part 2

 

　　Since Shen Xuanqing was going to the northern forest, which wasn't far away, and Lu Gu had nothing else to do in the yard, he just went along.

　　Before leaving, Shen Xuanqing tied up Dabai with a rope, fearing that moving around would be detrimental to his recovery, and placed a bowl of water and steamed buns where he could reach.

　　There were few people coming into the deep mountains and forests, only hunters or herbalists. There were many wild animals in the northern forest, and also many traps, people didn't come to the northern forest often, so rabbits and pheasants were easy to find. Dahui quickly caught one and brought it back to Shen Xuanqing, placing it at his feet.

　　The puppy hadn't caught anything yet, but he was very excited. After Shen Xuanqing shouted at him, he stopped barking, otherwise he would alert the prey in the woods.

　　After discovering the trace of a gray rabbit, the puppy leaned forward and arched his back in a hunting posture. Shen Xuanqing gave a light signal, and he dashed like an arrow, startling the grass and rolling up the fallen leaves. He really ran faster than a rabbit.

　　When the puppy was little, he was well fed, so he was fat and round. He was always in front of Lu Gu's eyes, so Lu Gu didn't notice many changes and differences. Now when he saw the puppy running back with the rabbit in his mouth, looking very agile and powerful, he suddenly felt that the puppy had grown up.

　　After catching four rabbits and a pheasant, they returned with their three dogs.

　　The puppy showed off his power again today. He was very proud and happy. He ran around with his tail wagging.

　　Before the sun went down, Shen Xuanqing killed a rabbit and shared it with the dogs, giving the most to Dabai. While washing his hands, he looked up at Lu Gu who was packing up the sewing basket and said, "It's still early, can you boil some water for me to wash. There's a lot of dirt in the forest and I carried Dabai all the way, so I'm a little dirty. Now that there's sunshine, I can wash my hair and dry it in the sun."

　　"Okay, I'll boil some water for you." Lu Gu agreed, put away the sewing basket, and carried the firewood into the kitchen.

　　While he was boiling water, Shen Xuanqing moved the bathtub into the kitchen. Before going down the mountain last year, he turned the bathtub upside down on the ground to prevent too much dust from accumulating. This time, he could just wipe it a little and it was clean.

　　Today was not a peaceful day, and they only felt a little peace after they lay down at night.

　　"How long will it take for Dabai's injury to heal?" Lu Gu asked in the darkness, unable to sleep.

　　"It's hard to say. It should be two or three months. We'll take Dabai down the mountain in a few days and raise him at home." Shen Xuanqing said as he thought about hunting in the future. Dabai was injured and couldn't move, and Guaizi was left for Lu Gu. There were only two hunting dogs left.

　　There were many ferocious beasts in the mountains, such as jackals, tigers, leopards, wild boars and bears. It was not easy to deal with them. When he was still learning, Lao Yang took him through dangerous situations. They had seen tigers and wolves, and narrowly escaped death.

　　After he started his apprenticeship, he had spotted traces of tigers and avoided them from afar. Hunter was more capable than ordinary people, but he was alone and couldn't fight alone. If he really wanted to catch tigers or leopards, he must work together with other hunters.

　　He wasn't the only hunter living in the mountains, but they were far away and each had his own territory. The people lived better than before, and there were not so many people who wanted to risk their lives to catch ferocious beasts. They usually catched rabbits, pheasants, and larger animals such as sheep and deer.

　　Two years ago, there were people in Yuqing City who wanted bear paws. The price was very high, which was worth many people taking the risk. He had just finished his apprenticeship at that time and was tempted because his family was short of money. However, Wei Lanxiang found out about it and was afraid that he would get into trouble, so she tried to stop him for two days. Later, he heard that several hunters in Liangzhang Bridge teamed up to catch a bear, but they were unlucky. Not only did they not catch the bear, but two people also got injured. He was not very skilled at that time, and his family would not let him go, so he had to give up.

　　Now only two dogs could follow him out. To be on the safe side, he thought it was better not to go deeper in the next few months to avoid encountering meat eating animals.

　　Thinking about his worries, Shen Xuanqing turned over and hugged Lu Gu in his arms, he said, "It's good for Dabai to stay at home. I'll ask my elder brother to build a rabbit nest. We'll raise more rabbits in the future. Dabai can't run, but he can guard the house at night to prevent thieves."

　　Lu Gu agreed when he heard it. There were many chickens and ducks at home. When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, they needed a dog to guard the yard.

　　"Did you apply peach blossom cream on your face?" Shen Xuanqing smelled the sweet scent of peach blossom on his face, and couldn't help but kiss him.

The sweet little Fulang Chapter 110 Part 1

 Chapter 110

　　Seeing Lu Gu was anxious, Shen Xuanqing spoke before he could ask any more questions: "I'm fine. Dabai got a big wooden thorn stuck in his foot. He was chasing pheasants on a slope at the time. After getting stuck, he couldn't stand and rolled down, breaking his front leg."

　　Xiquan dog has long legs and is good at running and hunting, but its legs seem easy to break due to its length, so it's best suited for chasing prey on plains. In the mountains, it's very restricted and needs to be more careful.

[细犬 xìquǎn: also known as xigou or xiliegou, a breed of sighthound native to china]

　　Shen Xuanqing had worried about this before, and it finally happened.

　　Tibetan mastiff is large in size, with thick and strong legs. If trained well, it's no worse than Xiquan, but it's expensive. 

       These two xìquǎn dogs were brought to him by Lao Yang three years ago. He had no money at that time, so Lao Yang persuaded his relatives to sell them to him for only a hundred copper coins. Since he had come across such cheap hunting dogs, there was no reason not to buy them. The sooner he could raise them, the sooner he could start hunting.

[Dabai and Dahei: xìquǎn dog; Dahui: tibetan mastiff]

　　Dabai had difficulty walking and the mountain road was rugged. The large bamboo basket behind him contained several tools. Today he also stuffed a hatchet into it. The hatchet alone was shiny, and when he walked, it swung around with force, and it might hurt Dabai. On the way back, he mostly held him in his arms, and only put him down when he was tired and let the dog walk a few steps.

　　Lu Gu found that he had no injuries, only the sleeve was missing. He knew what happened by looking at the cloth wrapped around Dabai's leg. The blood on his clothes must be Dabai's. He was relieved. He looked at Dabai with a worried look and asked, "Have you removed the thorn?"

　　"I pulled them out, I also crushed some medicinal herbs and applied it. I can't go hunting today. Fortunately, I didn't go far and could bring them back." Shen Xuanqing replied. After returning to the yard, he put Dabai on the ground.

　　The puppy surrounded Dabai and whimpered, looking very worried.

　　The injury on the front legs was less serious than on the hind legs. Dabai could barely struggle to walk on three legs. Now that he was home, he lay on the ground and didn't move, Shen Xuanqing couldn't help but feel distressed.

　　Shen Xuanqing heard him whimpering softly, so he said, "I'll take Dahui to collect some medicinal herbs. The medicine to stop the bleeding on the sole of the foot needs to be changed every two or three days. Don't let him move around. When I come back, I'll feel the bones and see if it needs a wooden board."

　　"Okay, I understand." Lu Gu nodded and took note.

　　The sun was shining brightly in the yard. Shen Xuanqing didn't leave immediately after he finished speaking. He looked at Lu Gu's smooth and soft black hair scattered behind him. It was always like this when he dried his hair, and he couldn't take his eyes away.

　　After noticing Lu Gu's puzzled look, he coughed lightly and made an excuse: "Remember to give Dabai some water. I'm leaving first."

　　Dahei followed subconsciously, but was stopped by Shen Xuanqing, so he turned around and walked to Lu Gu's feet.

　　After he left, Lu Gu scooped up some water and brought the dog bowl, handing it to Dabai for him to drink. Seeing that his left front leg was broken and it couldn't move, and that the cloth strips were stained with medicinal herbs juice and blood, he couldn't help but feel pity for him, so he squatted beside him, stroking Dabai's head and comforting him.

　　It was easy for dogs to get their feet stuck when running and walking in the mountains. Every time the puppy lifted its foot and limped, he would check if there was anything stuck in the sole of its foot or between its toes. Only after pulling it out or taking it out would the puppy feel relieved. The same was true for Dahui and the others. Shen Xuanqing usually paid close attention to this.

　　He didn't expect that Dabai had such bad luck today. He pricked his foot and rolled down the hillside, breaking his leg.

　　While squatting on the ground, his hair kept sliding in front of him. Lu Gu then remembered that he hadn't tied his hair. As he had just washed his hair today, he was reluctant to get it dirty, so he washed his hands before combing and tying his hair.

　　After Shen Xuanqing came back, he helped to straighten and clamp Dabai's broken front legs to prevent them from growing crooked in the future.

　　After finishing his work, Shen Xuanqing found a clean piece of fine linen and said, "The medicine to stop bleeding is simple. Just mash these medicinal herbs and apply it to the sole of the foot and then wrap it with linen."

　　He was going out hunting later, so the task of changing the medicine would naturally be handed over to Lu Gu. He had brought a lot of linen cloth with him before, just in case he got injured. Clean linen cloth was always better than cloth torn from the clothes.

       "Okay, I know how to do it." Lu Gu put the linen in the basket and left it outside so he wouldn't have to look for it again.

　　It was still shen shi, when Shen Xuanqing saw that he had tied his hair up and could no longer see the scene before, he felt regretful but didn't show it. He sat down to drink some water and rest before saying, "I'll go around the north to see if there are any rabbits. I'll feed them well these few days and take care of them."

[申时 shēn shí: 3-5 pm]

The sweet little Fulang Chapter 109 Part 3

　　The days in the mountains were as calm as water. After two days of rest, Shen Xuanqing went hunting. There were no chickens or ducks to feed, so Lu Gu didn't need to mow grass. There were only the two of them eating in the mountains, and there weren't many clothes to wash, he wasn't used to suddenly have so much free time.

　　They didn't bring any chickens or ducks this time, so the large bamboo fence outside was useless. However, Shen Xuanqing didn't dismantle it. In the future, if he could catch living preys, he could put them inside during the day to graze, so that Lu Gu didn't have to mow grass and carry it back every day. If it was a pheasant, he could tie up its wings or cut its feathers so that it couldn't fly.

　　Lu Gu saw that the grass in the area circled by the fence was growing luxuriantly. Crickets and grasshoppers jumped through the grass from time to time. Those bugs were quite big. He thought it would be a pity that there were no chickens and ducks to eat them

       There were not many mushrooms to pick in spring. There were plenty of wild vegetables, so they were not rare anymore. He couldn't sell them, just dug enough for the two of them to eat.

　　Lu Gu had nothing to do, so he washed his hair and did needlework in the yard while the sun was shining. The puppy was sleeping on the ground, its big furry head pressing against his legs. Just now it had rested its head on his feet, but it was a bit heavy so he couldn't move his feet.

　　The furry and warm feeling at the ankles could be felt through the clothes. The puppy ate a lot and often ate meat, so its fur was very smooth.

　　It was raised to keep Lu Gu company. Shen Xuanqing seldom took it out hunting because it was dangerous in the deep mountains. Although there were no wolves, jackals, tigers or leopards nearby, he still had to be on guard. His dogs had sharp ears and a sharp nose, so they were alert and smart. Even if they couldn't win the fight, they could still detect something was wrong early on.

　　With them, he would have a way out even if he got lost in the mountains. The deep mountains and forests were the most solitary and terrifying, there were patches of forests everywhere. Helter skelter, confused and disoriented, would make those trees all look the same. It was difficult to get out if someone got lost in there alone.

　　Lu Gu had been in the mountains for so long. Whether picking wild aquatic plants, gathering mushrooms, or catching crabs, it was always Shen Xuanqing who had taken him there before or pointed him to places where there would be no danger, or he just walked along the river bank.

　　Being timid also had its advantages. At least he wouldn't wander into the mountains and forests. Otherwise, if he really got lost in the forest, it would be difficult for Shen Xuanqing to find him even with the dogs in such a big and deep mountain.

　　The sun was warm, so his hair dried quickly. Lu Gu had work to do, so he didn't get up to tie his hair up. He concentrated on embroidering the peonies on the handkerchief. The wealthy families in the town liked this kind of handkerchief with more flowers, because it looked expensive and beautiful, so it sold well.

　　It was impolite to have disheveled hair and it must not be shown in front of outsiders. However, he was alone here and the puppy only knew how to sleep and play, so how could it understand human etiquette.

　　"Woo." The puppy suddenly raised its head and its ears stood up.

　　It got up and looked at Lu Gu, then ran and barked outside the door.

　　Usually this noise meant Shen Xuanqing had returned. Lu Gu put down the embroidery frame and walked out. Before he went out, he heard Dahui's voice in the distance.

　　The puppy ran over, but Lu Gu was not as fast as it. When he saw Shen Xuanqing putting down the limping Dabai on the ground, his heart tightened and he also went forward.

　　"What's wrong?"

　　They came back just after noon. The left front paw of Dabai was wrapped in cloth, and blood was still oozing out. Lu Gu's heart skipped a beat when he saw it, and he quickly looked at Shen Xuanqing to see if he was injured.

The sweet little Fulang Chapter 109 Part 2

　　It was colder on the mountain. Lu Gu stood by the window and saw Shen Xuanqing coming out of the woodshed, so he raised the black clothes in his hand to show him.

　　Shen Xuanqing didn't enter the room, but stood outside the window and said, "Take it along. I'm going to wear it when hunting. It won't be pity to wear out old clothes."

　　"Yes." Lu Gu nodded and said again: "I brought you three pairs of shoes, two pairs of old ones and one new pair, is that enough?"

　　Running around in the mountains naturally wasted money on shoes. Shen Xuanqing said: "That's enough. I'll see what else to pack up after I finish taking out the manure."

　　"Yeah." Lu Gu smiled and his eyes slightly bent. They were going up the mountain tomorrow, and he didn't know what was going on in the mountain and forest.

　　——

　　After living at home for a winter, Lu Gu was a little reluctant to leave. The cart was loaded with rations and other things. Since it was heavier, Wei Lanxiang and Shen Yaoqing helped them push it up the gentle slope.

　　"Okay, you go. You still have to clean the house when you get there. Take out the bedding to dry it while the weather is good, otherwise it will get wet." Wei Lanxiang warned them, she watched them walk away before going home with Shen Yaoqing.

　　The puppy was lively and active, always carefree, running ahead, stopping and looking back when it was far away, barking at Lu Gu and Shen Xuanqing, as if to tell them to follow.

　　The deeper they went, the fewer people. They crossed the mountains and forests and walked along the high slopes. There were four dogs following them, and the dogs were barking constantly. The road to the mountain became much more lively.

　　The puppy was young, but like Dahui and the others, he also remembered the direction of the forest house. The puppy and the two small dogs ran over first. When Lu Gu and Shen Xuanqing arrived, the three of them either squatted in front of the door or kept sniffing at the door, waiting for the door to open.

　　This year they went up the mountain a little later, and the winter snow had already melted and dried up. Due to the strong spring winds, the door panels were covered with a layer of dust. When Lu Gu unlocked the door and pushed it open, he was choked by the flying dust.

　　He coughed twice and fanned the dust in front of him with his hands. He bent down and lifted up the wooden threshold and put it aside so that the cart could enter.

　　Shen Xuanqing untied the rope from his shoulders, stepped forward to take a look at the yard, and said, "Let's tidy up first, we need to sweep the yard, and we will pull the car in later, otherwise it will take up space."

　　"Yes." Lu Gu agreed, searching for the keys to the main room and kitchen in his pocket sleeves as he walked inside.

　　No one had lived in it for several months, so the house was cold and damp. They took a bench and sat in the courtyard to rest. They sat down for a while to relax their legs and feet. After that, taking advantage of the strong sun, they took out the bedding to dry in the sun.

　　The yard was too dirty, and when they swept it with a big broom, dust was bound to fly around, so he spread the quilt on the cart outside, and Shen Xuanqing carried the mattress and placed it directly on the bamboo fence outside, which had just been swept of dust.

　　The fence was made high at that time so that the mattress wouldn't drag on the ground. Just pat it off if it got a little bit of dust. Besides, a sheet had to be laid out when sleeping at night.

　　After walking up the mountain for a long time, it was already noon. The two of them didn't take much rest. They had to clean up everywhere inside and outside. They were so busy that their feet didn't even touch the ground. It wasn't until the evening that they were almost done.

[脚不沾地 jiǎo bù zhān dì: lit. feet not touching the ground (idiom); fig. to run like the wind]

　　Dinner was very simple. Shen Xuanqing bought a new big ladle (马勺) and brought it with them. He reheated pancakes in the kitchen, and Lu Gu made scrambled eggs on the clay stove. They went hand in hand very quickly.

　　When they finally lay down, it was completely dark.

　　The bedding was different after being dried in the sun. After a long day of traveling and working, Lu Gu lay down with his limbs spread out and didn't want to move.

　　The same was true for Shen Xuanqing. The candle had been blown out. He said in the darkness that he would take a rest tomorrow and go hunting the day after tomorrow. In the first sentence, he could hear Lu Gu saying yes, but there was no movement after that.

　　He fell asleep so quickly.

　　Shen Xuanqing smiled, turned over and hugged his fulang.

The sweet little Fulang Chapter 109 Part 1

 Chapter 109

　　Swallows were flying and sparrows were chirping on the branches.

　　The window of the west room was open, and Lu Gu could be seen packing clothes in the courtyard. It was time to go up the mountain tomorrow.

　　The weather was sunny and warm, and it wasn't too cold even if the wind blew in when you stayed at home. But if you went out and walked into the open fields, the wind would be strong. Children often flew kites these days.

　　They also bought two kites a year ago, a swallow kite and an eagle kite. The whole family took advantage of the opportunity to fly them two days ago. Shen Yan was the happiest person that day.

　　In the woodshed, Shen Xuanqing used a shovel to shovel rabbit dung into the dung basket, poured it into the backyard and accumulated it. Later they would use it to fertilize the fields so that the wheat seedlings and rice would grow better.

　　He raised six small rabbits and five big rabbits. The big rabbits were caught alive by him and his dog. Two of them injured their legs. After shoveling the manure, he leaned his shovel on the woodpile and went forward to take the two injured rabbits out and look at them, now the they were completely healed and there was no recurrence of ulceration.

　　He stuffed the two big rabbits back and looked at the half-grown little rabbit in the cage. The rabbits grew very fast. They were more than four months old now. Apart from being slightly smaller than the big rabbits, there was no big difference.

　　Because they were domesticated, the rabbits were fed well with grass and vegetables every day, and none of them were thin. When he came to feed the rabbits two days ago, he found that the small ones had indeed grown up, and both the male and female rabbits showed signs of being in estrus. Fortunately, he had prevented this and raised the male and female rabbits separately

　　In the past two years, he caught living rabbits and raised them at home. If the rabbits gave birth, he raised the baby rabbits they gave birth to and sold them when they were big enough, so he had enough experience.

　　Although a litter of rabbits could mate and produce babies, it depended on luck. If he was lucky, the baby rabbits would survive, but if he was unlucky, several would die. The three living rabbits he caught later were to separate the baby rabbits in this litter.

　　After all, more than four months was a bit too young. It was better to raise them for another month. When they were strong, they would be used as breeding rabbits. After two months, a litter of rabbits would be born. After feeding them for the first half of the year, they would become fat rabbits. The three living big rabbits he later caught were separated from the little rabbits from this nest.

　　The big rabbits were locked together since half a month ago. He was afraid that the baby rabbits would be too small to survive in the winter. Now that the weather was warm, they could give birth as many as they wanted.

　　"Brother." Shen Xuanqing shouted outside.

　　"Did you call me? Wait a minute." Shen Yaoqing was watering the vegetable garden outside. He lifted the bucket and poured out the last bit of water before coming over.

       "By the end of next month, these six little rabbits will be mated. Then you can sort them out and don't let the litter be randomly mated." Shen Xuanqing said. The three big rabbits he later caught were all male, and the remaining four were female, it didn't matter, because any male rabbit could be used, as long as they were not from the same litter.

　　"I'll catch a few more living female rabbits later and pick out the strong ones as breeding rabbits." He pondered and said, "If we raise too many rabbits in the future and there is not enough space in the woodshed, we might as well build a rabbit hutch in the backyard, so it won't take up too much space in the woodshed."

　　Shen Yaoqing lifted the dung basket and put it outside so as not to block the way. Hearing this, he asked, "You mean you want to raise more?"

　　Shen Xuanqing nodded and said: "Yes, you have raised them before, so there's no need groping in the dark. Selling ten or twenty of them is just a small amount of money, but if we raise forty or fifty we can earn more. They will grow up quickly and can be sold in half a year, so it’s better to raise them."

　　Rabbits were more expensive than chickens and ducks. A fat one could be sold for at least thirty copper coins. If there were fifty of them, it would be one thousand five hundred copper coins. They could earn one tael and five hundred copper coins in about half a year, or at least one tael of silver in half a year.

　　They had thought this way before when they were raising rabbits, but they were really short of money at that time and couldn't afford to wait more than half a year. Later, they even sold the breeding rabbits to pay off their debt.

　　Shen Yaoqing felt his heart stirring up when he heard it. It was nothing more than collecting more rabbit grass on weekdays. He, their mother and Shen Yan were all at home. For the three of them, if they could earn an extra one or two taels of silver a year. Five hundred copper coins was a lot in the village. Country people like them rarely spent money on food and drink, and every copper coin saved could become a family fortune.

　　"It's not impossible to build a hutch, but rabbit can dig holes. It's definitely not possible to build it like a chicken coop or a duck pen." Shen Yaoqing pondered.

　　The two of them were thinking about raising rabbits when Lu Gu called out from their room: "Erqing, do you want to bring this black cotton coat with patches on the sleeves?"

　　"Okay, you go pack up first. You have to leave early tomorrow morning. Don't worry about the rabbit hutch. I will take care of it." Shen Yaoqing patted his second brother's arm.

　　Shen Xuanqing lifted the dung basket and nodded: "Okay."

The sweet little Fulang Chapter 108 Part 5

 

　　Lu Gu had never touched anything like rouge and face powder before, so buying it for the first time made his heart beat faster. He was worried as he thought about it, and he was so distracted that he didn't even notice that he had left the town.

　　As soon as Shen Xuanqing stopped, he also stopped. When he came back to his senses and was about to ask what was going on, his lips were wiped for a little while by Shen Xuanqing's thumb.

　　Shen Xuanqing froze when he realized that his hands were a little dirty, which was in stark contrast to Lu Gu's fair cheeks.

　　When he sold bamboo shoots and wild onions, weighing them would definitely get his hands dirty, but his handkerchief had been used to wipe sweat. Since the lip balm had already been rubbed all over, it was better to wipe it all off, went back and let Lu Gu wash it again. 

　　Lu Gu's lips were rubbed a bit heavily, and Lu Gu frowned unconsciously. He didn't avoid it out of trust, but he still looked up at Shen Xuanqing in confusion.

　　Some people coming out of the town came to their side. After rubbing, Shen Xuanqing felt a little annoyed when he saw that Lu Gu's lips had turned red due to his rubbing, which was not much different from lip balm.

　　"What's wrong?" Lu Gu asked anxiously.

　　Shen Xuanqing walked forward carrying the bamboo basket. After walking a few steps, he muttered: "Don't wipe it again."

　　These words made Lu Gu feel more and more at a loss. He thought there was something wrong with him. He thought it was because he had applied lip balm and it didn't look good, so he responded with red ears in embarrassment, "Yeah."

　　The two of them walked forward in silence. After a while, Shen Xuanqing turned around and saw him looking embarrassed. Later, he realized that he didn't explain clearly, but he didn't know what to say at all.

　　The reason why he ruthlessly wiped off the lip balm on Lu Gu's lips was because he was haunted by jealousy.

　　The price of a box of good lip balm in the town was 160 copper coins. It was completely different from the one that the villagers used to give Lu Gu. After applying it, he looked so beautiful and delicate. On the way out of the town, many men paid attention to Lu Gu, and he wanted to glare back at them.

　　Fortunately, those people were not as tall as him and didn't dare to make mistakes at will.

　　As soon as they came out of the town, there were fewer people around them. The red color on Lu Gu's lips made him feel bad the more he looked at it. After wiping it off, he felt better.

　　"Don't think too much. I didn't think it through just now. This thing is expensive and not many people in the village use it. The facial cream and hand cream have no color and is not eye-catching when you use it. The lip balm is too red, if the villagers  see it, they might have red eye. It's not worth it to be talked about behind your back. You will have another opportunity to use lip balm later. It's not a festival now, and it's too conspicuous to put it on."

[红眼 hóngyǎn: lit. Red eye; to become infuriated, to see red, to be envious, to be jealous of]

　　Shen Xuanqing made an excuse, and the more he said it, the more serious his face became. Lu Gu couldn't help but believe it.

　　Lu Gu thought what Shen Xuanqing said was right, today was not a festival, and dressing up differently from others was indeed eye-catching. Lu Gu believed it without a doubt and nodded in agreement: "Well, I understand. We won't buy it if we don't need it in the future, otherwise it will be a waste of money."

　　With this conclusion, not only Lu Gu but Shen Xuanqing also returned to a good mood.

　　On the way home, they met two acquaintances from a neighboring village, and the four of them walked back together.

　　Lu Gu and Lin He's wife were walking in front. Shen Xuanqing was tall. While chatting with Lin He, he caught a glimpse of the small boxes in Lu Gu's bamboo basket and suddenly remembered that he had bought another ointment in the cosmetics shop before. The person who sold it to him was a clerk in the shop. A bottle of ointment worth eight copper coins and could be used for some time.

The sweet little Fulang Chapter 108 Part 4

 

　　After Shen Xuanqing smelled the facial cream on Lu Gu's hand, the shopkeeper applied another three kinds of face creams on Lu Gu's hands one after another. He gently applied the face cream on the back of Lu Gu's hand, and it could be seen that the skin with face cream on it became much more smooth and moisturized, while the areas that were not applied looked dry.

　　All four kinds of face creams were good. Lu Gu was hesitant and couldn't choose which one he should buy. In the end, Shen Xuanqing said he wanted the peach blossom and red plum blossom ones.

　　The one with peach blossom fragrance was indeed good, while the red plum blossom had a faint of fresh and elegant flavor. Without deliberately smelling the face cream box and Lu Gu's hands, he could inadvertently smell a fragrance. The faint fragrance floated and drifted in the wind.

　　"Sir, you have a good eye. These peach blossoms and plum blossoms are the best-selling ones." The shopkeeper closed the lid of the facial cream and handed over the two boxes that Shen Xuanqing wanted. People doing business always speak nicely, so the shopkeeper took the opportunity to flatter them.

　　Before he mentioned the price of the two boxes of facial cream, he said, "Sir, I also have hand cream here. Apply some after washing your hands every day. It can moisturize your hands and make your skin more delicate. Would you like to take a look?"

　　Shen Xuanqing just noticed that Lu Gu's hands were a little dry, so he nodded and said, "Bring it here and let me see."

　　"Okay, please wait a moment." The shopkeeper smiled even more.

　　"Do you want to buy hand cream too?" Lu Gu asked in a low voice. He had to do a lot of work every day, whether it was weeding, digging wild vegetables, chopping wood and cleaning up rabbit manure, it was easy to get his hands dirty. He had to wash his hands several times a day. Wouldn't it be a waste of a good thing if he had to apply hand cream and then wash his hands over and over again? Not to mention that he also had to cook and wash dishes.

　　Shen Xuanqing knew what he meant, and after a moment's hesitation, he said, "Boss, please give me the cheaper hand cream, give me two boxes."

　　"It's not a waste to wash your hands with the cheap ones." He turned and said to Lu Gu.

　　The shopkeeper then took out two boxes of cheap hand cream, came over and said with a smile: "This is good, only fifty copper coins a box, but it's good for hands."

　　The price of a small box was fifty copper coins. Lu Gu wouldn't even dare to think about it before, it was a sky-high price.

　　Shen Xuanqing opened the box and took a look, then said, "Okay, this is it. How much is the facial cream?"

　　The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Not expensive, three coins a box."

[钱 qián: coin, one tenth of a tael.

1 tael silver = 10 coins = 1000 copper coins]

　　The price of a small box facial cream was three hundred copper coins, which was much more expensive than the hand cream. Lu Gu blinked and thought it was too expensive, but before he could say anything, Shen Xuanqing took out his purse (荷包 hé bāo) from his bosom.

　　"A total of seven coins." Shen Xuanqing counted the money and handed it over.

　　The shopkeeper took the money and said with a smile, "Okay, thank you very much."

　　He said casually, "Please come here often. I have rouge and face powder, as well as lip balm (口脂)."

　　At this point, he paused, looked at Lu Gu and said with a smile: " It's hard to find suitable color for lip balm. If you don't mind, why don't you two stay for a while and let my wife help this fulang try it out? or he can also try rouge if he wants."

　　Seeing that Shen Xuanqing was obviously moved, the shopkeeper didn't wait for them to answer and shouted to the back: "Dingxiang, come out and help the customer put on lip balm."

　　"Coming, coming." A beautiful woman walked out. The rouge and powder on her face were just right, making people feel beautiful and comfortable at first sight.

　　After she helped Lu Gu put on the lip balm, she looked at him and smiled: "This color is really suitable. It would be even better if there was some rouge."

　　Lu Gu's lips were originally light in color, but after applying the slightly red lip balm, they suddenly looked fuller. It wasn't ostentatious but made his whole face brighter. The color of his lips matched the red mark between his eyebrows, making him look extremely beautiful.

       Lu Gu looked at himself in the bronze mirror and felt a little at a loss. When he raised his eyes, he saw Shen Xuanqing's blank gaze. He became more and more embarrassed. There was a blush on his cheeks even without rouge.

　　"This lip balm can also moisturize dry lips. It's best to use some when your lips are dry and chapped." The shopkeeper didn't forget to show his skills at the side.

　　"Uh-huh." Shen Xuanqing came back to his senses and became rarely embarrassed in front of outsiders. He asked: "Forget about the rouge, how much does this lip balm cost?"

　　When he and Lu Gu left the cosmetics shop, the shopkeeper even sent them off. This business was quite big.

　　There were facial cream and hand cream in the bamboo basket, and he even bought a box of lip balm. Lu Gu could smell a little bit of the scent of lip balm on his lips. His face was still hot, and he felt embarrassed and shy. How could country folk pay particular attention to appearance? Besides, he had never applied lip balm himself, so he didn't know how to use it even if he bought it. What would happen if he applied it but it didn't look good, he would become a laughingstock.

The sweet little Fulang Chapter 108 Part 3

 

　　There were wild green onions grew in the fields outside Fenggu Town, so they didn't sell as well as spring bamboo shoots, only two copper coins per catty.

　　Lu Gu worked diligently and honestly. A bundle of wild green onions weighed seven or eight catties, and the largest bundle weighed about ten catties. After the rabbits and spring bamboo shoots were sold, the wild green onions were only sold for fourteen copper coins.

　　It was almost an hour past noon, but after walking for so long, they couldn't help feeling hot and tired, so they found a shady place to stop and rest.

　　Shen Xuanqing took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. His fulang had prepared many embroidered handkerchiefs for him, therefore he had become more particular and no longer wiped the sweat with his sleeves casually.

　　After wiping his sweat, he glanced at the wild green onions in the basket and said, "There are still about ten catties left. Why don't we sell them at a low price so we don't have to carry them back again?"

　　It was lighter to carry empty bamboo basket. The road home from the town was not far but not close either, so Lu Gu nodded. Shen Xuanqing was taking a breath and resting, when a pedestrian passed by them, he shouted: "Wild green onions, one copper coins per catty, it's cheap."

　　Seeing that he was selling seriously, Shen Xuanqing smiled beside him.

　　Because they didn't want to carry more home, Lu Gu and Shen Xuanqing sold and gave away the last few catties wild green onions. They only got about twenty copper coins from all the wild green onions. If Wei Lanxiang saw this, she would scold them for being prodigal.

　　The bamboo baskets were empty, even their steps became lighter.

　　When passing by the cosmetics shop, Shen Xuanqing slowed down his pace. He turned to look at Lu Gu. Shuang'er's fair cheeks were flushed with heat. Today, when Lu Gu was breaking bamboo husks in the bamboo forest, he accidentally scratched his left cheek with a bamboo branch. There was no bleeding but there was a slightly red scar.

       Compared to several wealthy fulangs he had met in the town, Lu Gu was exposed to the sun all day long, so naturally his skin was not as fair as others. As Shen Xuanqing looked at him, he felt that the skin on Lu Gu's face and hands seemed a little rougher than when he first got married.

　　As a Shuang'er who was unmarried, naturally he had to help with housework, but he seldom went far out of the village. But after they got married, Lu Gu followed him up and down the mountains and often went to the town, so he naturally experienced more hardships along the way than before he got married.

　　"What's wrong?" Lu Gu asked in confusion when he saw that he didn't leave.

　　There was a cosmetics shop next to them, and there was a different kind of fragrance entered their noses.

　　Shen Xuanqing smiled and said, "Now badger oil is no longer useful. I'll buy you a box of face cream."

　　Lu Gu had only used cosmetics after he got married. He didn't know how to apply it himself, so a village woman did it for him. Country people mostly used the cheapest ones, even so they were reluctant to apply more, but it wouldn't work if you apply it only a little.

　　Fortunately, this was the case, otherwise, not to mention Lu Gu, everyone who was close to him would be hit by the strong but unpleasant fragrance.

　　Most of the people who bought cosmetics were from the town. Lu Gu had never been to such a shop before, so he looked a little nervous. But when Shen Xuanqing turned around and headed for the shop, he had no choice but to follow.

　　Shen Xuanqing put down the shoulder pole, placed the bamboo basket outside the door, grabbed Lu Gu's wrist and went in.

　　As soon as they entered the shop, he saw the shopkeeper standing behind the counter, dozing off with his head propped up. Shen Xuanqing didn't see the clerk, so he said, "Shopkeeper, bring two boxes of face cream you have here."

　　The shopkeeper was startled and took a look at the two villagers in front of him. They were neatly dressed, with no patches on their clothes, especially the silver bracelet on the fulang's hand. He knew what was going on, so he kept saying, "Wait a moment, wait a moment."

　　The shopkeeper found four boxes of face cream on the wooden shelf at the back, turned around and put them on the counter. He put on a smile and said, "Sir, please have a look. We have a lot of stuff here. These boxes are all good. Applying them on the face can moisturize the skin and make it more fair. The fragrance lasts for a long time, and it's fragrant but not unctuous. It's top-quality goods."

　　"This box has jade orchid fragrance, this box has peach blossom fragrance, this one has peony fragrance, and this one is red plum fragrance." The shopkeeper opened the boxes one by one so that people could see the face cream inside.

　　As soon as the box was opened, a light floral scent emerged, which was better than any powder Lu Gu had used before. He looked at the face cream in the boxes with a little surprise.

　　The shopkeeper was most proud of the things in his shop. Seeing the customers were amazed, his smile became even bigger. Seeing that the two of them were hesitating about which one to buy, he took out a few small porcelain bottles from under the counter and said, "If you don't know which one to choose, stretch out your hand and I'll apply some for you."

　　As he spoke, he used a small wooden stick to pick up some face cream from the bottle and applied it on the back of Lu Gu's outstretched hand.

　　"This one with peach blossoms fragrance." There were no other customers at the moment, so the shopkeeper was very patient.

　　"Let me smell it." Shen Xuanqing was a little curious, so he took Lu Gu's hand and sniffed it. The scent of peach blossoms was a little sweet and quite pleasant.

　　Lu Gu's ears turned slightly red when Shen Xuanqing did this in front of outsiders, but Shen Xuanqing and the shopkeeper looked like there was nothing wrong, so he had no choice but to let Shen Xuanqing smell it.

The sweet little Fulang Chapter 108 Part 2

 

　　The more wild green onions he pulled, the more he got, and finally there was a big pile. Lu Gu found some thin grass stems like long ropes, twisted three of them together to make a grass rope, which was stronger. He then divided the wild green onions into three large bundles, tied them up, and piled them on the ground.

　　This side happened to be the way down the mountain, so he didn't carry the wild green onions back to the bamboo forest. His bamboo basket was full, so he would wait and see if Shen Yan or Shen Xuanqing could help him bring back the wild green onions.

　　"Woof!"

　　Hearing the familiar barking, Lu Gu turned around and saw that it was indeed the puppy. He called out "Guaizi" and the puppy ran even faster.

　　The puppy ran towards him, then he kept rubbing against his legs and whimpering.

　　Now the puppy was almost as big as an adult dog. According to what Shen Xuanqing said before, he should be called Daguai (when he grew up, but Lu Gu always forgot and still called him Guaizi.
[大 dà: big, great; 乖 guāi: (of a child) obedient, well-behaved, clever; 仔 zī: young animal]

　　Touching the puppy's head and pinching his ears, Lu Gu kept smiling. After hearing another dog barking, he looked up and saw Shen Xuanqing coming with Dahui and the others.

　　"Brother Guzi." Shen Yuping was holding a dead rabbit in his hand. He had satisfied his urge to chase rabbits today. His already big eyes became even brighter. He was younger than Lu Gu, and because of Shen Xuanqing, he naturally had to call him brother.

　　Shen Yuping was eager to show off to his family. After he greeted the others, he raised the rabbit in his hand and said, "Mom, Yu'er, look what I caught."

　　Dahui and two big dogs ran over and circled around Lu Gu, but Lu Gu looked at Shen Xuanqing and didn't care about them.

　　"My basket is full, I broke off some thin bamboo shoots. Mother said we should go home and stew them with meat." The smile in his eyes seemed to be flashing with a faint light. After separating for half the morning, he was a little anxious to tell Shen Xuanqing what he had done, but because of his temperament, he was obviously restrained in his words.

　　"So many." Shen Xuanqing also smiled, and said when he saw the wild green onions on the ground, "My basket isn't full, just stuff them in."

　　"Yeah." Lu Gu pushed aside Guaizi and big dogs who squeezed each other to rub against his legs, and started to put the wild green onions into the bamboo basket that Shen Xuanqing had taken down.

　　"Quail?" he asked when he saw what was in the basket.

　　Shen Xuanqing pushed the quail and two rabbits aside and said, "Well, when Yuping was chasing rabbits with the dogs, I saw this thing running over and shot two of them with my slingshot. I used too much force and couldn't catch them alive. Otherwise, I could have caught a female quail and raised it so I could eat quail eggs in the future."

　　Finally, he added, "Sister-in-law has a bad appetite recently. Let's see if she wants to eat quail meat."

　　"Yes." Lu Gu nodded. Ji Qiuyue had a poor appetite these days. Sometimes she would vomit after eating a few bites. Today, he went up the mountain to dig bamboo shoots to give her something fresh. Seeing that Shen Xuanqing was about to stuff three bundles of wild green onions into the basket, he frowned and said, "It's too heavy."

　　"It's okay." Shen Xuanqing didn't take this seriously.

　　Without waiting for Lu Gu to go into the bamboo forest to carry the bamboo basket, Shen Yuping, who was carrying Shen Yu's basket, also helped him carry his basket. It was getting late, and it was time to go back for lunch, so the group set out on their way back.

　　——

　　For lunch, there were both stir-fried bamboo shoots and braised bamboo shoots with meat. The others were not picky, they waited first to see which dish Ji Qiuyue could eat. The bamboo shoots were fresh, tender and crispy, with a strong bamboo shoot fragrance, and the meat inside was not greasy at all.

　　Both types of bamboo shoots were cut and stewed with the meat. The tastes were slightly different, but not too different.

　　After lunch, Shen Yan washed the dishes. Lu Gu took out some thin spring bamboo shoots and two big spring bamboo shoots, and pickled them into pickled bamboo shoots. Eating it with rice was delicious and could get rid of greasiness.

　　The rest were all sold in the town. These bamboo shoots would become old and tough if left for too long, and the taste would be much worse, so they must be sold while they were still fresh. Their house was so close to the mountain, so if they wanted to eat fresh bamboo shoots again, they could just go up the mountain to dig them.

　　Lu Gu also left some wild green onions for home and found a place in the vegetable garden to bury the roots with soil so they wouldn't wilt easily.

　　After he finished cleaning up, Shen Xuanqing took a shoulder pole and picked up the two bamboo baskets. Lu Gu also carried a bamboo basket, which contained the two rabbits he had caught today.

　　Fenggu Town was bustling with people coming and going. It was already past noon, so the two of them didn't go to the market, but walked through the streets selling their wares.

　　It was the time for eating spring bamboo shoots, therefore their bamboo shoots were sold quite well, four copper coins per catty (0,5kg). Shen Xuanqing had been selling things like this longer than Lu Gu, so when others asked the price, he would say six copper coins, and after a few bargainings he would reduce it to four copper coins.

　　A large spring bamboo shoot weighing two and a half catties was sold for ten copper coins, which was a lot for country people. Shen Yan had put in the effort to dig the large bamboo shoots, so she should at least be given some copper coins. Lu Gu kept a record of every large bamboo shoot he sold. He didn't dig many large bamboo shoots, so the money from the sales should all be given to Shen Yan and Wei Lanxiang

The sweet little Fulang Chapter 108 Part 1

 Chapter 108

　　The igniter grass in the mountains and wild fields was only over three inches long, and there was still a month or two before it would grow tall and could be used. The accumulated igniter grass had been almost burned over the winter, so Lu Gu had to go up the mountain to pick pine needles or old bamboo husks, bamboo leaves could also be burned.

　　The weather was warm and sunny, and a lot of thin spring bamboo shoots that were slightly thicker than a finger sprouted in the bamboo forest. Lu Gu found a place where there were many bamboo shoots. There was a crisp crunching sound as he broke off the bamboo shoots one by one and put them neatly into the bamboo basket.

　　He was searching alone in the dense and deep bamboo forest, and from time to time he could hear the sound of dogs barking in the distance. It was Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yuping who were chasing the rabbits with their dogs. Wei Lanxiang also came with them. They were not far away, they could hear his voice if he shouted loudly, so he wasn't afraid, 

　　After the bamboo basket was filled with thin spring bamboo shoots, he stood up to take a rest, put the heavy bamboo basket on his back and walked to the other side of the bamboo forest to find Shen Yan and the others.

　　Bamboos and spring bamboo shoots were different. There was also bamboo shoots buried in the ground and had to be dug out. Shen Yan and Shen Yu didn't want to pick up the old bamboo husks, so they dug out the bamboo shoots with hoes.

　　"Mom, Ama (shuang'er aunt)." Lu Gu walked this way and first saw Wei Lanxiang and Zhou Xiangjun picking up old bamboo husks.

　　Wei Lanxiang saw the full bamboo basket behind him and said with a smile: "There are so many. When we get back, mother will braise meat with bamboo shoots for you to eat."

　　The spring bamboo shoots were fresh and tender, especially the ones that were just cut off today. They were really fresh, and braised bamboo shoots with meat was a must. Lu Gu nodded hurriedly: "Yes."

　　Since they met, Lu Gu didn't go to another place. He put down the bamboo basket and helped them pick up old bamboo husks. This thing had burrs that could hurt hand. It was alright to just pick up the ones on the ground. Some bamboo husks hadn't fallen off yet, so they had to reach out and break them. Children with tender skin or people who were not used to doing this kind of work naturally find it uncomfortable.

　　Old bamboo husks were prickly, but they could be burnt very well when dried and could easily ignite, so many people picked them up.

　　Coming to the bamboo forest alone would feel a bit eerie and quiet, but fortunately there were many of them. Lu Gu picked up old bamboo husks for a while and vaguely heard the sound of Shen Yan digging bamboo shoots.

　　Wei Lanxiang pressed the bamboo husks in the two big bamboo baskets. Seeing this, she shouted: "That's enough Guzi. There's no need to pick up anymore."

　　Hearing this, Lu Gu stopped picking bamboo husks up. He had five in his hand. He couldn't bear to throw them away, so he came over and stuffed them into the bamboo basket.

　　"I have picked enough, let's go find Shen Yu and the others." Zhou Xiangjun also pressed the bamboo husks in his bamboo basket very firmly. The two of them brought big bamboo baskets today, otherwise the bamboo husks they picked wouldn't be enough for a few days and would have to come back to pick them up again.

　　Digging bamboo shoots could only be done slowly because digging soil was a laborious task. Shen Yan and Shen Yu were definitely not as fast as Lu Gu in breaking off spring bamboo shoots.

　　Shen Xuanqing didn't come over, so the five of them took turns digging the soil. The spring bamboo shoots in the ground had bright yellow tips, which were much easier to find than the winter bamboo shoots. Even though the tips of the spring bamboo shoots were small, the spring bamboo shoots exposed after digging through the soil were thicker than the wrist. One big spring bamboo shoot weighed two or three kilograms.

　　Due to the season, no matter how big the spring bamboo shoots were, they were still very tender. It was best to use a hoe to cut off the roots after digging them up, using hand would easily break them.

　　They only brought two hoes. When it was the others' turn to dig, Lu Gu rested aside. He looked outside the bamboo forest, but he still didn't see Shen Xuanqing's figure. After a while, he heard the sound of barking dogs. He stopped looking around, thinking that Shen Xuanqing would come to find them naturally after they caught the rabbits.

　　"Mom, I'm going to pull the wild green onions." He said when he saw wild green onions growing outside the bamboo forest, he went over.

　　The roots of the pulled out wild green onions were covered with soil, and the soil fell off after shaking them vigorously.

　　People who wanted to keep on living had no time to spare. After Lu Gu pulled out the wild green onions near him, he looked back and saw that four people were still digging bamboo shoots. He thought he might as well find more wild green onions so that he could stir-fry them with bacon or eggs when he got home. He could also take it to the town and sell it.

　　The green onions at home were just planted a few days ago, they hadn't grown up yet. No one cared about the wild onions on the mountain, as long as the weather was warm, the seeds hidden in the wild fields on the hillside would germinate and grow faster.

       He searched nearby. The spring grass was lush and the snakes in the mountains were no longer hibernating. Fortunately, it was not summer yet and the grass was not that tall, otherwise he would have to use a branch to check whether there was a snake in the grass or not.

The sweet little Fulang Chapter 107 Part 5

 

　　River bank.

　　Shen Xuanqing rinsed the knife and iron plier in the water for a long time. Although killing the thief didn't cost him his life, it was possible only when the thief was caught with the stolen goods. Huang Da didn't steal anything today. It was him, Da Chen, and others who colluded to make an excuse to cause trouble. Without the stolen goods as evidence, it was naturally difficult to kill him.

　　The thief's feet were slippery and he often came out at night. He didn't have free time to squat in front of Huang Da's house, so he might as well beat him up while he was still in the village.

　　But Huang Da shouldn't have done anything like that, offending Lu Gu by saying dirty words and making irresponsible remarks.

　　The world now was not peaceful and secure. Let’s not talk about Lu Gu, his family still had Shen Yan, who hadn't got married. Shen Yan often brought the ducks at home to the river, and sometimes she was alone. Now that Shen Yan had grown up and would get married in two or three years, she had to be on guard when she went out.

　　It was this incident that reminded him. When Shen Yan went out, he would ask his family to follow her. He thought that two people were better than alone. Anyway, they were just watching the ducks behind the house. It was not far away, even Ji Qiuyue could accompany her.

　　This kind of lowly scum like Huang Da was a coward, but if he felt he couldn't protect himself, he would be extremely courageous at some point. There were several girls and shuang'ers who had grown up in the village, and all of them were from innocent and good families. Not to mention other men, this kind of idler man who was always restless and had bad intentions must be beaten first and let him get scared, at least he wouldn't dare to mess around in their Qingxi Village.

　　In fact, he never wanted to kill anyone. Who would be willing to take a human life? Besides, Ji Qiuyue was pregnant, and their family was going to have a new baby, so he couldn't kill him.

　　He cut Huang Da's tongue just to scare him. He only cut a little bit. Originally he felt he had vented his anger after breaking Huang Da's leg, but after Wei Lanxiang told Shen Yaoqing the incident again, he remembered the disgusting words Huang Da said to Lu Gu, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he let him off lightly. Moreover, Huang Da fainted after his legs were broken. He didn't know if this person had enough brains to learn from his mistakes, so he just came over to have a look, in case his nature was hard to change, and he had to deal with it again.

　　When he came over, he actually heard Huang Da scolding him behind his back, and he couldn't help but deal with it.

Shen Xuanqing held the short knife and iron plier and swung them in the river. The water splashed and the dirt was washed away. Then he picked up the wet knife and iron plier and stood up. He shook off the water drops on his hands and walked home.

　　After he was fifteen years old, he rarely fought with others. The last fight was at the Lu family. The Lu family embezzled his family's twenty taels of silver. Due to the power of the Li family, he could only endure it. However Du Hehua was too aggressive and cursed him. He got angry and broke Lu Daxiang's leg. Since he couldn't get the money back, naturally he couldn't let the Lu family enjoy it for food and drink, and medicine for injuries was the most expensive.

　　A few days ago, he heard someone tell a joke about the Lu family. Lu Daxiang's lame leg hadn't healed yet, because the money was in Du Hehua's hands, and she was unwilling to spend more money to treat his lame leg. The two of them had originally been united in mistreating Lu Gu, but now they had a small quarrel every three days and a big quarrel every five days over money. It had become a common laughing matter in Anjia Village.

　　The reason why Du Hehua dared to argue with Lu Daxiang and refused to back down was because of Lu Wen. She always told others about her son-in-law all the time and showed off in Anjia Village that she had a rich and powerful son-in-law. However Lu Wen was just a concubine. Not to mention Old Lady Zhang (Li Mingshan's mother), even Li Mingshan had never been to Anjia Village once. They didn't regard them as their mother-in-law or relatives at all. Not all country people were stupid, and those who knew the truth laughed at her behind her back.

　　As soon as he turned into the village, Shen Xuanqing saw the puppy playing with the dogs. There were more people, so he put the knife and iron plier behind his waist without deliberately exposing them.

　　"Woof!" The puppy ran over excitedly, his ears dangled, and he seemed to be having fun.

　　"Where have you been?" Lu Gu asked as soon as he came in and put the rabbit cage on the ground.

　　"I took a walk by the river." Shen Xuanqing replied, there was no need to tell Lu Gu about those dirty things.

　　Rabbits often stayed in the woodshed. They were taken out to see the sun every few days and leave them in a semi-shady place to allow them to take a breath of fresh air, otherwise it would be too damp.

　　The six little rabbits that were born last winter were already half-grown. The nests were thickly padded and a brazier was lit during the coldest period. They all survived. Together with the three living rabbits caught during this period, there were a total of eleven rabbits, including the old rabbits. It was a lot. Lu Gu stuffed them with grass and looked up at Shen Xuanqing after he was done.

　　"What's wrong?" He felt something strange, and he had a worried look on his face.

　　Shen Xuanqing smiled and said, "It's okay, it's just that my hair is dirty and I want you to boil some water."

　　It turns out to be this, boiling water is not difficult. 

        Seeing the bright smile on his face, Lu Gu also curved his eyes and smiled faintly.

The sweet little Fulang Chapter 107 Part 4

 

        Shen Xuanqing had practiced hunting skills. When setting traps and waiting for prey to be trapped, he had to hide in the woods or lie on the ground motionless. Needless to say, he must concentrate and hold his breath. Sometimes the prey he wanted to catch had a very sharp nose, and he had to take a bath to reduce the smell on his body, or apply tree sap on his clothes and body to confuse the noses of wild animals.

　　He had been practicing for more than three years, and had become more and more proficient in various skills. If he really didn't want people to hear any movement, he could remain silent, not moving, and only breathe lightly. Huang Da couldn't even match the physical strength and eyesight of an ordinary farmer, let alone find him here.

　　Huang Da himself didn't even turn his head when he woke up. He just cursed and vented his anger, others could see it in the blink of an eye.

　　There was air leakage everywhere in the broken thatched hut, and the old tables, chairs and benches were either cracked at the bottom or rickety. Shen Xuanqing sat on the only good long bench. He was tall and couldn't be ignored when he sat there. The sun behind him leaked out of the holes in the straw wall, and his expression was somewhat unclear against the light.

　　Seeing that Huang Da finally looked over, he turned the short knife in his hand, crossed his legs, looked sideways, and asked coldly: "Who is calling whom?"

　　The sharp blade of the knife turned and casted a cold light. Huang Da was almost frightened to death, his legs were trembling, and he immediately knew that he was really scared: "Grandpa, grandpa, please spare my life, spare my life..."

　　Shen Xuanqing put down his crossed legs and reached out to grab something from the table next to him. The table with four legs of different heights shook a few times.

　　Huang Da saw clearly that he had a short knife and iron pliers in his hands. He gasped in shock. He sat up with his hands on the broken bed board, stood up and tried to run away. Unfortunately, Shen Xuanqing came over and, kicked him down, stepped on his chest and leaned forward.

　　"Spare my life, spare my life..." Huang Da was stepped on the chest, and the bright short knife was slapped on his face several times. The sharp blade seemed to be cold, and it looked so sharp and dazzling in the corner of his eye. Even if he wanted to use all his strength to lift Shen Xuanqing's legs, he wouldn't dare.

　　The cold tip of the knife was suddenly inserted into his mouth when he was begging for mercy. His tongue had no time to avoid being scratched, and his mouth was filled with the taste of blood.

　　Huang Da was like a chicken being strangled by the neck, a short gurgling sound came from his throat, and he opened his mouth wide and didn't dare to close it.

　　Shen Xuanqing originally leaned forward slightly, but when Huang Da opened his mouth, he leaned back. The smell was so strong, it was so disgusting that it could make people vomit.

　　Taking advantage of Huang Da's opening of his mouth, he withdrew the short knife in his right hand and quickly clamped Huang Da's tongue with the iron pliers in his left hand.

　　The taste of iron mixed with the taste of blood spread in his mouth. Huang Da whined twice. After his tongue was clamped tightly, his expression became more and more frightened. His small eyes widened to the extreme, and Shen Xuanqing's eyes were filled with cold light.

　　"The wind is strong, and the tongue is easy to slip, so it's better to cut it." His tone was no different from talking about daily life. As he spoke, the short knife came up again, and the blade cut Huang Da's tongue.

　　"Woo." Huang Da was so frightened that he burst into tears. He shook his head and tried to free his tongue from the iron pliers in his mouth. Howe, after realizing that the blade was scratching his tongue, he didn't even dare to move. No matter how cruel and unreasonable the local ruffian was, he wouldn't slowly cut someone else's tongue with a knife. Huang Da's eyes were so wide that they were about to burst.

　　There were many similarities between hunters and butchers. They were used to cutting meat and peeling skins. Shen Xuanqing cut off his tongue without mercy. As if, in his eyes, Huang Da was just a prey to be slaughtered, quite worthless.

　　The blade cut into the soft flesh of the tongue, and blood mixed with disgusting saliva dripped down.

　　Suddenly, Shen Xuanqing smelled a strong smell of urine. He frowned and let go of his hand in disgust, taking a few steps away.

　　His tongue was no longer pulled by the iron pliers. Huang Da's head was knocked on the wooden board. Tears and snot ran down his face, and his mouth was still bleeding. His tongue was cut and his speech became slurred, but he still desperately begged for mercy. If his leg hadn't been broken and he couldn't turn over, he would have kowtowed eight hundred times to beg for mercy.

　　"I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore..."

　　Shen Xuanqing understood what he meant, he just said: "There will be no next time."

　　Huang Da nodded like a fool, his courage was shattered by this experience. Not to mention Shen Xuanqing, he wouldn't dare to run into Lu Gu in the future.

　　After Shen Xuanqing came out of the hut and could no longer see his figure, Huang Da fell limply on the wooden bed as if he had lost all strength. His trembling legs were barely stable. He wanted to wail and cry bitterly what kind of sin he had committed, but he couldn't even speak clearly.

The sweet little Fulang Chapter 107 Part 3

 

　　"What's going on?" Shen Yaoqing hurried back with a hoe. He was working in the field just now. When someone passed by the field, he said that Shen Xuanqing was fighting with someone, so he hurried back.

　　Wei Lanxiang found someone to talk to, fuming with rage, crackling and rattling, she told him the matter again, and no one else could interfere. After she finished speaking and venting her anger, then she thought about Huang Da's broken leg, which made her feel more comfortable.

　　After the chaos and shouting in the yard, it finally calmed down.

　　Lu Gu was collecting rabbit droppings in the woodshed when he heard the voices of Shen Yan and Dahui driving the ducks back outside: "Yan Yan?"

　　"It's me." Shen Yan responded.

　　The puppy was barking and making trouble, and the sound of the duck's flapping wings could clearly be heard. They must be hiding from Guaizi.

　　After lunch at noon, Lu Gu and Shen Yan fed chickens and made hay. Shen Yaoqing took Ji Qiuyue to wander around the river and gentle slopes to relieve her boredom. They were also afraid that eating too much food would be bad for her health. Wei Lanxiang sat on the eaves while making clothes for the baby, but Shen Xuanqing was nowhere to be seen. When he went out, he didn't say where he was going. The family was very busy, everyone was busy with their works and no one cared to see if he was at home or not.

　　Qingxi Village was a village with mixed surnames. There were families who had escaped from the disaster and some who had moved out of the mountains. When they gathered together, they gradually became a village.

　　Nowadays, the houses built by the villagers were better than before, but there were still some old houses that hadn't been demolished scattered around the village.

　　Huang Da's family was still the same shabby thatched house. His parents had died long ago, and he himself was light-fingered. He never forgot to lead away a goat in passing when he went to relatives' houses. Therefore, his uncle's family didn't even care about him after they brought him back, just left him directly, for fear that he would rely on them. 

[顺手牵羊 shùn shǒu qiān yáng: lit. to lead away a goat in passing (idiom); fig. to steal sth under cover of an emergency, to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain]

　　Huang Da's name was something his father, who couldn't read a word, thought about for a long time. The country people were poor, and all they could think of 'the divine steed Feihuang gallops' was to make more money and turn the family's dilapidated thatched hut into a blue-tiled house. Unfortunately, his father could only live in a broken thatched hut until his death, without even seeing half of the blue tiles.

[达 dá: to attain; to reach; to amount to; to communicate; eminent]

[飞黄腾达 Fēi huáng téng dá: lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom); fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's career]

　　After passing out for an unknown amount of time, Huang Da gradually woke up and felt the excruciating pain of his broken leg. The blood on his face was still there, and it looked like scabs on his face. After rubbing it hard, it turned into powder and fell off.

　　"Son of a b*tch." He rubbed the bloody scab beside his eyes and cursed as soon as he woke up.

　　Huang Da was not good-looking at all, however if made himself look upright, he could still look passable.  But his eyes were always wandering around, looking at who had something. When he went to town, he always stared at other people's purses. Anyone who saw him would know that he was not a good person, they would clutch their purses and walk away quickly. If a woman or fulang showed a little bit of their wrists and arms, he would stare at them intently, with an evil light emitting from his small eyes, not knowing what dirty things he was thinking about.

　　At this time, Huang Da's face was covered with blood, and his broken leg was in excruciating pain if he moved it even a little bit. Sweat was pouring from his forehead, and the sweat was mixed with dirt. His mouth was still filthy, and what he said became more and more vulgar.

　　Now that the weather was getting hotter, at noon, there was still a stinking smell on his body from not taking a shower all year round, and his clothes were extremely dirty. However, he seemed not to be able to smell it, and his heart was full of resentment at this moment.

　　"Good you Shen Xuanqing, wait until I catch you, I have to beat you, let you kneel down and call me grandpa." He shouted and cursed bitterly, his voice breaking with excitement.

　　"Hiss." Huang Da felt a lot better after cursing, and then hissed softly because his legs hurt.

　　His leg must be broken, but there was no one to take care of him. He had to find a way to eat and drink, he also had to ask langzhong to heal his leg, and he had to crawl over.

　　"Who called whom?"

　　Huang Da was thinking about what to do when he suddenly heard this sentence. When he turned around and saw Shen Xuanqing standing a few steps away, he screamed "Ah" in fright, and his eyes suddenly widened, as if he had seen a ghost. He said stammeringly: "You, you, you...how did you get in?"

　　He was lying on the moldy wooden bed with half of it rotten. He hadn't moved much since he woke up. He didn't hear any sound. Even the sound of breathing in and out was only his own. He only opened his eyes to look at the sky and cursed people. He didn't expect that there was someone else in his thached hut.