Ning Yi said nothing and went out and got on the carriage. The shopkeeper originally wanted to get some crabs, but seeing that his boss was leaving, he couldn't wait any longer.
He said to Qin An, "Catch me a bucket tomorrow morning and I'll have someone come get it." After that, he hurried out of the yard.
Watching the carriage go away, Su Yan closed the courtyard door and went to the kitchen, where the man was washing dishes with his sleeves rolled up.
As soon as she was about to clear away the chopping board, Qin An turned to look at her and said in a low voice: "Go sit in the main room and rest. You have been busy for so long."
"Nothing, I'll take a break after we finish working together."
Su Yan quickly cleared the dishes on the chopping board. The kitchen was cleared up in a short while, and the two of them left the kitchen one after another.
Passing by Su Yan's old room, Qin An opened the door and went in. Almost everything in the room was ready, except for the quilt on the bed.
Originally, she planned to buy a red bedding, but Su Yan said it would not be very useful in the future, so she bought two new plain beddings.
At this time, Su Yan also walked in, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I'll make the quilt."
Qin An took out two new sets of bedding from the cabinet. He paused and asked Su Yan unnaturally, "Which set should I lay down first?"
"Cyan, I'm going to get the quilt." Su Yan turned around and went out, and came over after a while holding a thin quilt.
Qin An reached out to take it, and then began to assemble the quilt without saying a word. After he finished assembling it, he looked at the woman from the corner of his eye and said, "Look at what else is missing in the house. There are still a few days left before I can buy it."
Su Yan scanned around and found that everything in the room was ready. She shook her head and said, "There's nothing missing."
Qin An said "hmm", bent down and patted the folds on the quilt, "I'm going up the mountain. I won't be back tonight, so close the door."
"I guess I'll be back early tomorrow morning."
Thinking that he was going to spend the night in the mountains and didn't have much to eat, Su Yan wanted to go with him. "There's nothing going on at home. I'll feed the chickens more corn and we'll go up the mountain together."
"I'll make you some food in the cave, and you can hunt by yourself."
After saying that, she turned around and went out.
With a smile that couldn't be concealed, Qin An locked the door of the room, took a basket with a water bottle and some food, and finally took Su Yan's cloak, so that he wouldn't get cold when sleeping under it at night.
Xiao Huang and Xiao Bai were wandering around him. Qin An poured all the leftover rice in the steamer to them and said in a low voice: "Eat for now, I'll give you meat when I get back."
The couple took their things and went hunting in the mountains. The villagers looked at them again and again, but they saw that they could not earn enough money for hunting.
Goudan's mother wanted to bring some tofu to the Qin family, but found that the door was locked. She turned around and went back. Before she got home, the woman next door called her.
"Damn it, you made tofu?"
"My mother-in-law gave me some. Come on, take this piece to your family."
Goudan’s mother-in-law’s relationship with the family next door is pretty good, but it’s just superficial, and she still says bad things behind her back when she should.
All the women in the village are like this, so they can't keep their mouths busy.
The woman accepted it unceremoniously, thought of something and asked, "Is the Qin family planning to celebrate something happy? I saw them buying a lot of things that day."
Goudan, his mother doesn't like to talk about the Qin family. After all, the couple treats their family very well.
Furthermore, Su Yan is not a talkative woman, and I have never heard her gossip about other people.
But thinking about these women always saying that Su Yan was shameless and following Qin An, she nodded and said, "Yes, Qin An and Su Yan will get married in a few days."
"Qin An bought a lot of things for Su Yan, including a lot of hairpins and bracelets, which made me so envious."
Upon hearing this, the woman felt sad and said in a strange way: "We are all together, what else can we do?"
"Qin Anxin feels sorry for Su Yan. I won't say anything anymore. I'm going home."
Goudan's mother returned to her home and saw Jiang Caifu making a hairpin. She went over to take a closer look and said happily: "It looks pretty good."
"I've done so many hair extensions, and if they don't look good, my hands will become useless."
Jiang Caifu gave her a stool and said, "Don't walk around when you're pregnant. Why did you bring the tofu back again? You're not at home?"
"Not here, maybe he went to work in the fields."
Goudan's mother put the tofu on the table in the main room, then sat next to him, and said: "The Qin family gave our family this job, and we can't be stingy when we get married."
"Let's go to town together tomorrow to buy them two pairs of good shoes."
"Sure, you can buy a pair for your wife when the time comes."
"I told you not to spend money frivolously. My son is going to kiss you."
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Over here, cave
Qin An checked the fence of the cave. After there was no problem, he took the bow and arrow and said, "I will come back for dinner after dusk."
"You're nearby, don't go far."
"good."
Su Yan watched him go away, then took a small broom to clean the cave. Fortunately, she came, otherwise Qin An would have had to deal with it casually for another night.
It was still early when the cave was cleaned, so she wandered around and picked up seven or eight mushrooms, some black fungus, and other wild vegetables.
I actually picked up a lot.
The sun was gradually setting, and it was almost time. Su Yan started cooking. There were no bowls in the mountains, so she just cooked it in one pot.
The pot made a boiling sound and was filled with steam.
When Qin An came back with two pheasants, what he saw was a pretty young woman dressed in coarse cloth, squatting and stirring the pot with chopsticks.
It's obviously nothing special, but he just enjoys this kind of day.
He is happy that someone is waiting for him to come home for dinner.
No longer a cold pot and a cold stove...
Just as Su Yan was about to get up and go out to see if he was back, she saw him standing not far away. She immediately said happily: "Brother Qin."
Qin An came back to his senses and strode over, threw the pheasant into the empty basket, glanced at the mushrooms on the ground, "There are a lot of mushrooms in there, I'll take you to pick them up before it gets dark after you eat them."
Wash your hands with water from the earthen jar afterward.
"Okay, save the chicken for stew on the day of the wedding." Su Yan said with a smile.
She took the bowl and chopsticks and handed them to him, and said: "Eat more, you have to go hunting at night."
Qin An ate most of a pot of wild vegetables. It was probably because Su Yan had been squatting for a long time and she stood up and staggered. Qin An immediately supported her and asked worriedly: "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just squatted for a long time." Su Yan told him not to worry.
Qin An didn't say anything, but after a while he came in with a wooden stake from outside, put a rag on it, and said, "Sit on it."
"I'm going to pick up the mushrooms, but you shouldn't go."
He picked up the basket and was about to leave. Su Yan quickly stopped him and said, "Brother Qin, I want to go."
"Okay." Qin An's expression softened.
After closing the fence, Qin An just took a few steps and stopped quickly. He turned around and took a step or two. The next moment, his rough big hand was holding Su Yan's white hand.
Su Yan glanced at the rough man's face. The sun was setting now, and the last ray of light from the woods fell on his left eye. His thick eyelashes were slightly yellowish.
The rough guy is really handsome.
She smiled and said: "Brother Qin, has anyone said you are very handsome?"
Hearing this, Qin An paused for a moment, and raised his other hand unnaturally to wipe his face, for fear that there would be something dirty.
"No."
"You are very handsome." Su Yan said sincerely.
Qin An's ears turned red, and he didn't care about it, but when Su Yan praised him, he couldn't help but feel happy.
He looked at her out of the corner of his eye, and his somewhat sinister eyebrows softened at the end.