Qin An noticed it and said in a low voice: "If you have anything to say, just say it."
Su Yan hesitated for a moment, then hesitated again, looked at him cautiously and said, "Brother Qin, can you help me go to town to buy... menstrual strips tomorrow?"
Hearing this, Qin An certainly knew what it was, and his wheat-colored face turned red. He turned around unnaturally, "Okay." After saying that, he strode back to the kitchen and continued to clean up.
Su Yan could have remained calm and not embarrassed, but when she saw Qin An, a rough guy, blushing, she felt embarrassed.
She entered the house and never came out.
Let’s ease the awkwardness first.
After a while, someone suddenly knocked on the door, and then Qin An's low voice rang out, "I'm going out and bolting the door."
Hearing this, Su Yan opened the door and came out. She glanced at Qin An from the corner of her eye and subconsciously thought that he was going to the town. "Where are you going? Are you going to the town? I'm not in a hurry."
Qin An moved his hand unnaturally, "No, I'll go up the mountain."
Su Yan: "..."
Suddenly there was a self-made embarrassment.
She pretended to be calm and said, "Then be careful."
After he left, she locked the door. When she returned to the house, she looked at the dark roof and whispered, "It's okay, it's not embarrassing."
It turned out that she probably had dysmenorrhea. The pain lasted most of the night. Su Yan couldn't help but get up and boil water. After warming it for a while, she felt better.
She fell asleep in the middle of the night, and at about nine o'clock the next day, she opened the door and prepared to go to the toilet to change the cloth strips.
As soon as she opened the door, she saw a gray cloth bag on the ground. She was stunned for a moment, bent down to pick it up, and opened it to see that it was full of menstrual belts.
It turned out that he went to town to buy it for her.
She felt a little soft in her heart, this man is really kind.
She dared to say that there were not many men in the village who could buy menstrual strips for their wives at night, and they probably wouldn't even buy them.
After all, I think this is a dirty thing.
In fact, there are no women in the village who want to buy this for their husband. This kind of thing is usually hidden.
She took a pair and went to the toilet to change, but found that it was on her pants again. When she returned home, she had to take out the clothes Qin An bought her and wear them.
The lilac one.
After changing her clothes, she went to the kitchen and found that the food was warmed in the pot.
She turned around and looked at the courtyard door. The door bolt had been opened and Qin An was not at home anymore.
Thinking of something, she opened the door and took a look at Yuan Sheng's house. Sure enough, she saw a tall rough man building a yard, moving quickly.
She also had little appetite and didn't finish most of the bowl of rice.
After she washed the dishes, she heated hot water and washed her clothes. After they were washed and dried, she went to find Qin An to see if she could help.
"Brother Qin, are these all wooden blocks? I'll hand them to you."
As soon as Qin An heard the voice, he looked down and saw a woman wearing lavender cloth. Her plain face was somewhat fair, and her fox eyes were slightly upward.
The strange feeling in his heart came out again, his throat rolled, and he looked away, "No, you can go back."
Su Yan had no choice but to give up because she was afraid of causing trouble to him. She raised her head and whispered, "Thank you, Brother Qin. I'll give you the money."
"Need not."
After Qin An finished speaking, he climbed to the other side. Su Yan couldn't see him anymore, so she stood for a while and went back.
Qin An's earlobes in the back were obviously red. He took the wooden block and knocked it unnaturally for a long time.
…
In the afternoon, Qin An cut a bundle of bamboo to make a bamboo raft. When Su Yan came back from Goudan's house, she saw that it was almost done. "Can you teach me how to use a bamboo raft when you are free?"
"When you're not here, I can row by myself."
Qin An was wearing a single piece of clothing. His sleeves were rolled up due to the heat, and the muscles on his arms stood out. He lowered his head and pulled the bamboo raft hard. When there was no movement, he put it down.
"The river is too deep and it is dangerous to fall."
"If you want to go to town, just say so."
"I'm sorry to bother you. Once the yard is built, it won't be a good idea to bother you all the time. I know how to float, but I can't do this."
Hearing her say that the yard would be built, Qin An paused for a moment and finally said "hmm".
Su Yan didn't notice anything strange about him, so she looked at the bacon hanging on the door of the stove. It was half-smoked, and it was easy to smoke in hot weather.
But people suffer.
After staying for a while, she became sweaty.
She added some water to the pot and went out, "By the way, for my birthday tomorrow, why don't you take the remaining venison over? If you don't eat it tomorrow, it will go bad."
"Um."
Qin An put down his sleeves, got up and went to the main room to take a sip of water. Recently, Su Yan always boiled a large basin of hot water and drank it cold.
After all, the river water is not very clean.
Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the young woman who was taking out cloth to make clothes, and then looked away after a while.
…
The next day, around a quarter past three o'clock, the two of them carried their things and went out to sit down for a meal. It was cooler today and it was cloudy.
Xiahe Village is larger than Shanghe Village and looks wealthier. There are several brick houses in the village.
Finally, they stopped at the door of a brick house, and bustling sounds could be heard. It was obviously Jiang Yan's house.
Su Yan glanced at the brick building, no wonder she could carry so many eggs. Jiang Yan saw the two of them and ran over to greet them: "Come in quickly."
"What are you bringing up? I told you not to bring anything up. You can take it back later." Jiang Yan asked the two of them to sit in the room. There was no one there, just a few people from the Li family.
I probably knew Qin An, and they were all smiling. One woman was peeling peanuts and said, "Brother, did you talk about a daughter-in-law? This daughter-in-law is really pretty."
Before Qin An said anything, Jiang Yan smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, don't talk nonsense. It's not done yet, it's not done yet."
Su Yan: "..."
But it was hard to say anything at this moment. She glanced at Qin An, fearing that he would be disgusted because he was involved with the widow after all.
He didn't seem happy to be involved with a woman.
Qin An had no expression on his face, with a cold face as always. Someone brought a stool to him, and he bent down and handed it to Su Yan.
Li Tiezhu came back from outside carrying wine. When he saw Qin An, his eyes lit up, "I was afraid you wouldn't come. Someone is drinking with me today. Don't go back tonight. Just stay here."
"I still have something to do at home. If I have to go back, I can have a few drinks." Qin An said in a low voice.
Li Tiezhu said nothing, took the bowl and started drinking with a group of men. Jiang Yan was afraid that Su Yan would feel uncomfortable, so she took her to the kitchen to talk.
"Just treat it like your own home. Mom, you can go out and I'll do the cooking."
Mrs. Li nodded kindly, and then went out. Jiang Yan took the spatula and asked directly: "Sister, what do you think of Qin An?"
Su Yan immediately understood what she meant, and said at a loss of whether to laugh or cry: "Don't get me wrong, Brother Qin and I have nothing to do with each other, and he doesn't like others to say that."
Jiang Yan smiled and said nonchalantly: "If he really didn't like you, he wouldn't have brought you here. He must be interested in you in some way."
"But he is a man, so he must be embarrassed to say it. I will ask you what you mean. If you think it is okay, I will tell you about this matchmaker."