The master originally didn't care much about the couple. After all, the tall man in his twenties was studying and was not as dedicated as the children.
Unexpectedly, it was almost Chinese New Year, and I still came to see him with my things, and now I was cooking for him. I was so embarrassed when I thought of my old face.
Su Yan didn't cook any big dishes, just meat and vegetables. She wiped her hands and said, "Master, eat it while it's hot, or it will get cold after a while."
The master felt even more embarrassed when he smelled the fragrance, "Excuse me, I'll give you as much silver as you need."
"No, then you eat slowly, and we will go back to the village." Su Yan was afraid that he would be uncomfortable, so she asked to leave.
As soon as the couple was about to go on a long journey, the master called out, "Wait a moment."
After saying that, he got up and went into the room, quickly taking a book to Qin An.
He looked serious and said: "Don't look at this book. It's thanks to it that I was admitted as a scholar."
"You may not know some words. Come to me when you have time and I will teach you."
Qin An lowered his head and glanced down, then carefully placed the book in his arms and said in a low voice, "Thank you, Master."
Seeing that he cherished it, the master was very satisfied, "It's my turn to thank you two, so I won't give it away to you."
It was gloomy outside, and the Qin family did not dare to stay in the town for too long. After all, there were only thin quilts in the attic, and they were afraid they would get cold.
Qin An was not afraid of the cold, but he was afraid that his wife would be cold. He was about to pass by Goudan's house in a hurry to go home.
Goudan's mother stood in the yard and greeted them, "Sister, come over for dinner later."
"My family recommends tofu."
Su Yan poked her head out of her hat and said, "Okay, let's put some things away when we go home."
"No rush, I'm still pushing. Are the sweet potato fries sold out?"
"Sold out."
"Just sell them out. Of the few kilograms of sweet potato chips you gave me, my dog Dan secretly ate most of them."
The two of them said a few words, and then the carriage moved forward and stopped at the entrance of the courtyard.
As soon as he got home, Qin An immediately turned up the stove, mixed some warm water, waited for it to boil, poured it into the soup pot, and finally handed it to Su Yan.
"Houhui."
After saying that, he picked up the soft-soled shoes that his wife wore at home from the door, warmed them around the stove, and squatted down to change her shoes.
Su Yan was already used to it and looked at him with a smile, "Thank you, sir."
With a smile on his face, Qin An raised his head to kiss her, then lowered his head to rub her cold feet with his hands, and then put her shoes on after they were a little warmer.
"Bake for a while, and I'll make some sugar water."
"You change your shoes first." Su Yan motioned him to take care of herself first.
Qin An responded: "Okay." After saying that, he walked to the door and took off his shoes. He lowered his head and smelled it slightly. There was a smell of sweat.
If he had left it alone in the past, he would take out the cushion inside and put it in the footbath at the door for fear of offending his wife.
Soon he walked to the kitchen.
Seeing this, Su Yan stood up and came in with a wooden basin, poured some warm water from the pot, then put in the soap locust and rubbed it carefully.
When Qin An came in, he saw his wife squatting to wash his insoles. He felt warm and said: "Daughter-in-law, I'll wash them."
"It will be washed soon." After Su Yan finished washing it, she wrung it out slightly, stood up and hung it on the stove.
The man handed the sugar water to her, "Do you want more sugar?"
She took a sip, shook her head and said, "That's enough, you can drink some too."
After saying that, she stared at the belly of Dahuang next to her, which was so round that it was a little abnormal, "Ms. sir, is Dahuang pregnant with a baby?"
Hearing this, Qin An turned to look at Dahuang, frowning slightly, then looked at Dabai, "I don't know."
After saying that, he stood up and squatted next to Dahuang, stretched out his hand to touch its belly, and after a while he said: "It should be."
Hearing this, Su Yan couldn't laugh or cry, "I would have bought some big bones for it to eat. I'll ask Aunt Wang if she has any bones later."
Qin An had no objection, "Okay."
…
When Goudanzi heard that Dahuang was pregnant with a cub, he smiled and said: "It's probably the son of the black dog in the village. I even pretended to be pregnant once before."
Hearing this, Su Yan looked at Qin An and said with a smile: "Dabai has no future."
Suddenly Goudan couldn’t stop laughing, “Dabai still has a lot of potential, he chases after that flower dog in the village every day.”
"It's just that Dabai and Dahuang don't have eyes for each other."
After saying that, she looked at Jiang Caifu who was entering the hospital, "Aren't Mom and the others coming?"
"You have to come, pack your things at home, and insist on getting us New Year's goods. I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it at home, so I'll rush back first." Jiang Caifu saw the Qin family and nodded with a smile.
He picked up the wooden basin on the ground and put it next to it, and then said: "By the way, there is an opera troupe coming to the village to perform during the Chinese New Year this year. Shi Wen is alone. Do you want to go?"
"The money will be collected at the village chief's house."
"This is too expensive. It looks good but can't be used as food." Goudanzi looked like he wanted to go but was reluctant to give up the money.
"My whole family is going to go. It only happens once every few years."
After Jiang Caifu finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and said: "Ask my father-in-law and mother-in-law to come, and my wife will give me one hundred coins."
Goudanfu thought that his parents were willing to go get the money and give it to him. Jiang Caifu put it away and looked at Qin An, "Would you like to go together?"
Qin An turned to look at his wife, "Daughter-in-law, give me twenty coins."
The family's money was always kept in a box, but Su Yan never cared about him using it. She was slightly stunned, and when she realized it, she understood that he was imitating Jiang Caifu.
She couldn't help laughing, but she didn't reveal it and said, "Okay, I'll get it."
After saying that, she stood up and went out. Qin An followed her. As soon as she entered the room, Su Yan smiled and scolded him, and then counted twenty coins to him.
Qin An couldn't hide the joy in his eyebrows. He put his arms around her waist, lifted her up gently and kissed her, "Daughter-in-law."
Su Yan couldn't laugh or cry, "Are you ashamed?"
"Don't be ashamed." The rough man said politely.
After Qin An and Jiang Caifu left, Goudan couldn't help but gossip: "How much money do you usually give to your family?"
"I don't care, I just looked at Brother Jiang and he said that." Su Yan said with a smile.
Goudanfu laughed along, "My family doesn't want me to take care of them, but yours is eager for you to take care of them."
"He doesn't just buy things with money. He bought me a hairpin worth more than 200 yuan in the past two days. It almost made me angry to death."
"Brother Jiang still feels sorry for you."
"I feel sorry for you, just do more work. I can't bear to buy those things and wear them."
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Over here, the village chief's house
There were quite a few people queuing up to watch the show. When Jiang Caifu and Qin An arrived, there were still seven or eight people in front of them.
Probably the man who registered his name couldn't write many words, so it took him a while before it was the next person's turn.
When it was Qin An's turn, he said in a low voice: "Qin An, and my wife Su Yan."
The registered man finished writing Qin An, then wrote the character Su, picked his head and said, "Which Yan?"
Qin An didn't say anything. He reached out and took the brush. To everyone's surprise, he wrote the word "daughter-in-law, Yan" stroke by stroke under their eyes.
He practiced for several hours before he could write his wife's name.
The others were stunned in place, no one expected that the rough man who hunted could also write.
Jiang Caifu heard from his wife that Qin An was studying in a private school in the town, but he didn't understand what the two of them were doing.
Spend some wasted money in vain.
But when he thought about his own children, he really wanted to go back and beat them.