Qin An picked up the basket, obviously not selling it. He had sold these all year round and knew better than anyone how much he could sell. If it didn't work, he would go to the county town at night.
"Eighteen taels."
The uncle was a little embarrassed, "This is too expensive. I can't even sell wine at this price."
Seeing that the young couple was about to leave, he said "Hey" and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll buy it. I just made a few jars of liquor and have nothing to soak it in."
"You didn't take the snake gallbladder, did you?"
Qin An put down his backpack and said, "No, you can see for yourself." After saying that, he caught the dead snake and showed it to him.
The children who were watching screamed in fright. The uncle looked around for a few times, then took the money and gave it to Qin An, "Next time you get it, bring it to me."
Qin An said "hmm" and after putting the money away, "Is there any water? Wash your hands."
The uncle pointed to the kitchen over there. Qin An fetched water and washed his hands. Fearing that there was still a snake smell, he raised his hand and asked several times. There was no smell before he walked out.
Su Yan was now wearing close-fitting clothes, which highlighted her figure. With her pretty face, many men noticed her.
He secretly looked over at her again and again.
Seeing that many men were looking at Su Yan, he frowned, walked over and put his arms around Su Yan's waist, "Let's go."
Feeling the big hand on her waist, Su Yan was stunned for a moment, and then followed him out of the shop.
Not long after leaving the house, Qin An stopped and said in a low voice: "Let's go to town together from now on, don't come alone."
With him, it doesn't matter what she wears, he will protect her.
Su Yan naturally knew that her face could easily cause trouble, so she nodded and said, "Okay, Brother Qin, let's buy some ribs and stew them back."
Qin An withdrew his hand from her waist, and then held her hand tightly with his big hand. The two went to the pork stall. Qin An picked a piece of ribs with more meat, "I want this one."
They're getting married soon. He won't be going to town these days, so he needs to buy more.
Su Yan didn't know what he was thinking, "It's too much, just half."
"It's okay. I'll smoke the bacon if I can't finish it." Qin An gestured to the uncle to weigh it quickly, and the uncle weighed it happily, "It's seven pounds and two taels in total. If you count four pounds, it's one hundred and five cents."
Qin An counted the coins and gave them to him, his eyes fell on the withered grass beside his stall, "Can I give you some withered grass?"
There is a snake in the basket on the back, and it needs dry grass to cushion it.
The uncle hugged him neatly, and Qin An carefully put it in the basket, and finally put the ribs. After that, he bought a lot of dry goods.
It was already the Chinese New Year, and he was still hoarding so many things. When Su Yan saw that he wanted to buy more, she quickly grabbed him and said, "Brother Qin, that's enough. Come back and buy again when it's gone."
Qin An was carrying a basket on his back, glanced at her from the corner of his eye, and said in a low voice: "There will be no time to go to the market in the few days after the wedding." After saying this, his ears turned red.
Su Yan didn't realize what he said, "Just a few days, that's enough."
"There are candied haws over there. Bring a bunch back to Goudan. He gave me a piece of his rice krispie pancakes that day."
"good."
Qin An glanced at the woman, seemingly not realizing that getting married would be tiring.
The two of them were carrying full baskets home again. Su Yan was just about to get candied haws for Goudan when Goudan ran over and said, "Aunt Qin, I'll give you some maltose. My brother bought it for me."
"Is your brother back?" Su Yan took it with a smile.
Goudan nodded, "My mother asked him to come back, saying that Aunt Qin and Uncle Qin were getting married."
"Aunt Qin, what is marriage?"
Su Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She took the candied haws and handed it to him, "When you get married, you live together. Take the candied haws and eat it with your brother."
As soon as Goudan saw the delicious food, he didn't care what marriage meant. "Thank you, Aunt Qin." After saying that, he took it and ran away.
I almost fell down.
Su Yan was startled. He ran away before she could help him. She couldn't help but laugh, "This kid just makes a fuss."
"Brother Qin, you go back to the house and take a nap, I'll go cook."
"No need." Qin An carried the backpack and went to the kitchen.
Su Yan followed in and took his wrist into the room without saying anything, "Don't be so brave, I only slept for an hour or two."
"You should sleep a little longer, and the ribs should be stewed for a while."
Qin An had no choice but to lie down and sleep for a while. When the woman went out, he opened his eyes again.
In fact, he couldn't sleep.
We're getting married in four days.
Although they are still two people, Su Yan is his wife...
Two people have to live a lifetime together.
Thinking of this, he smiled innocently, closed his eyes and rested for a quarter of an hour before getting up and going to the yard to chop wood.
As soon as Su Yan put the rice out of the pot, she heard the sound of crackling. She turned around and looked outside. The man who was lying on the bed just now was now chopping firewood in a single piece of clothing.
She was a little helpless, this man couldn't take any time off.
She didn't say anything, otherwise he would probably have fleas all over his body if she forced him to sleep.
There were no green onions in the kitchen, so Su Yan went out to the wall and pulled out two handfuls of green onions. She smiled and looked at Qin An, who was chopping firewood, and said, "Brother Qin, are there fleas on the bed?"
Qin An naturally knew that she was teasing him. He frowned and said nothing, but couldn't help but glance at her back.
The woman's waist is not too thin, but she looks very well-proportioned.
During the New Year, Su Yan ate meat every day and naturally gained some weight without doing much work, but she didn't care.
It’s good to have enough food these days.
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The afternoon before the wedding, the Li family didn't know who they heard from who told them that they were going to get married. They came over to ask, but Qin An didn't plan to tell them, otherwise they would have to give something away.
But when people come, they don’t hide it anymore.
Hearing this, Jiang Yan was a little angry at Qin An: "You too, you didn't say anything about such a big deal as getting married. Even if you don't do it, you still have to tell us."
Then she said to Su Yan: "Sister, are you ready?"
"Nothing to prepare, we can just have a meal together tomorrow." Su Yan nodded.
Jiang Yan didn't say anything. She glanced at the Qin family's yard. She had long heard that the Qin family was renovating a house, but she never had time to come and take a look.
Now I felt a little relieved that Qin An, a rough guy, finally got a wife.
Don't worry about whether you are a widow or not, as long as the couple lives a good life, it is better than anything else.
"Okay, we'll come over tomorrow morning to help cook."
Jiang Yan came and left in a hurry with her children. Su Yan quickly stuffed some dry goods for them to eat on the way.
When they were gone, she turned around and entered the courtyard, "Brother Qin, I'm going to clean up the house. You go catch two chickens and kill them, otherwise you won't have time tomorrow."
Qin An said "Yeah", strode out, and soon came back with two chickens. The roosters were almost eaten by them.
The two of them busied themselves around until it got almost dark. They ate some rice noodles, washed up and went back to the house.
Su Yan was sitting on a stool wiping her hair. She caught the man's gaze from the corner of her eye and asked, "What's wrong?"
Qin An's cheeks turned red, but fortunately the room was dark and he couldn't see it. He said in a low voice, "Are you scared?"
He said something out of the blue, but Su Yan didn't understand what he meant. She realized it later and asked about getting married, "Don't be afraid, Brother Qin, are you a cannibal?" After saying this, she laughed.
She didn't know that Qin An really wanted to "eat people".