Seeing his daughter-in-law's appearance, Qin An's heart felt like cotton and she didn't say anything else. She was indeed so hungry that she couldn't bear it.
Fortunately, Su Yan packed two bowls of rice, otherwise it wouldn't be enough for him.
After finishing the last bowl of soup, Su Yan put away the bowls and chopsticks and ate from the box. Seeing that his eyes were all blue and black, she said, "We will go back tomorrow and find an inn to sleep first."
Qin An nodded, took the food box in one hand, held her in the other, and whispered about the exam, "I wrote a lot, Master has talked about it."
"Just try your best." Su Yan didn't want him to think too much, so she changed the subject and said, "There are fruits over there, buy some."
Probably because he was really sleepy, the man fell asleep on the bed not long after he arrived at the inn. He didn't even take off his boots. Su Yan didn't call him, she sat next to him and fanned him, and finally she fell asleep next to him.
When she woke up again, the rough man had already woken up, fanned her with a cattail leaf fan, and said in a low voice: "Will you still sleep?"
Su Yan put her arms around his eyes and said, "If you don't want to sleep, just lie down for a while."
Qin An let her hold her, leaned in and kissed her, and then started to talk to her, "Next time you disobey me, I will really deal with you."
"It's not safe for you to come up here with your baby. If something happens... what do you want me to do?"
Su Yan didn't say anything and just looked at him. Qin An deliberately said with a straight face: "You look at me and I say, wife, don't do this next time. Do you hear me? I will buy food by myself when I am hungry."
Probably fearing that his wife would be sad, he added, "The food you cook is delicious."
Su Yan's eyebrows were like crescent moons, "Okay, okay, I won't do this again next time."
Now the rough man had nothing to say, so he held her face in his hands, smacked her hard, and suddenly grinned and said, "Daughter-in-law, I miss you."
"I miss you too. I even peeled a handful of peanut kernels when I was free at home. I will fry them for you when I get home."
"good."
The two chatted for a few words and then went out to visit the night market. It was getting late now, the streets were decorated with lights and people were coming and going, which was quite lively.
There was nothing going on, so the two of them walked around a few streets in the county town. They were afraid that the shops on the crowded streets would be difficult to buy, so they had to look a little to the side and saw two or three shops selling goods.
However, the person was no longer here, so the two of them had no choice but to come back tomorrow.
Next day, early morning
Early in the morning, the two of them went out to look at the same shops as yesterday. There were quite a few people here. One of them was selling fried tofu.
The other store sells coal and looks rather dirty.
There is another shop that sells steamed buns.
The two of them looked at it side by side. The coal shop was dirty, but it had a ground floor and two rooms in the backyard, making it very convenient for people to live in.
Su Yan thought about living in the county town in the future, so she asked the coal seller, "How much does your shop cost?"
"I won't tell you it's too expensive. It's two hundred and eighty taels, and I'm too lazy to bargain. If you think it's suitable, you can buy it. If it doesn't, you can look at other stores."
The coal seller poured coal from the basket onto the ground and quickly said: "If the price of coal hadn't increased and there was no profit, I wouldn't have sold this shop."
"My son is doing business in Fucheng, and he asked me to go there a long time ago. I can't bear to part with this business. This year, one pound has increased by three cents, and I can't even sell it at the price."
"Hey, it gets harder to do every year."
Su Yan asked Qin An in a low voice, "What do you think of the shop?"
"It's okay. The yard is big enough." Qin An looked up at the tiles and beams and asked, "How many years has it been built? It looks a bit old."
"Seven or eight years ago, don't worry. I spent two or three taels of silver on the beams in my house. The wood is good and it will not break in ten or twenty years. The tiles will need to be rebuilt, and it won't cost more than a few coins."
The boss wiped the black stains on his hands with a handkerchief, and then his eyes fell on Su Yan's belly, "It's been seven or eight months, right?"
Su Yan nodded, and her boss happily said: "That's almost the same as my daughter-in-law."
"Let's take a look again. If it suits me, I'll tell someone to take the coal away."
Su Yan thought for a moment, "We will buy this from you. Do you think you are free to come with us to the government to change the name?"
"Let's go to the market today. I'll go with you in the afternoon and sell more." The owner said with a smile.
"Sure." Su Yan and Qin An went out and went to visit other shops. They still had some spare money, so they took advantage of the free time to buy together.
After shopping around all morning, they didn't see anything suitable. The two of them found a teahouse and sat down to drink water. Qin An said in a low voice: "Daughter-in-law, why don't you buy the mayor's shop? You should be able to sell it."
Su Yan disagreed and said: "It's not cost-effective. If you buy it in the county town, the price will increase. You can only survive in the town with that little money. You see, the county town is still building roads. Once they are repaired, more people will come to the county town."
"Furthermore, if you pass the exam, you will have to study in the county town, and we will have to move to the county town. The county town is not as good as the town, and the families who study there are basically from decent families. If our family doesn't have much, I'm afraid you won't be able to fit in.
"
You have to think more about everything, otherwise it will be uncomfortable to be held back by others when the time comes.
Seeing the woman's true appearance, Qin An pursed his lips and said in a low voice: "Don't think about me. If we don't get along, we won't get along."
Su Yan took a sip of tea and said angrily: "At least I don't have to be bullied."
"Ms. sir, just listen to me on this matter. If you have other plans at that time, we will just sell it."
This place is like this. Either they have money or they have power. They can only live a better life by adapting to this place.
At this time, two men next door were drinking tea and chatting: "The Jiang family's fish pond costs four hundred silver. If it's not too expensive, my family can take it over."
"It's indeed quite profitable. Whoever takes over will make the profit. In the end, it's still his prodigal son. If it wasn't for gambling, he wouldn't have sold the fish pond."
"Stop talking, most of the Jiang family's great achievements were ruined by him."
Hearing this, Su Yan suddenly interjected: "Excuse me, two brothers, where is the Jiang family's fish pond? We want to go and have a look."
Even if you can't buy a shop, you can buy a fish pond, as long as you can make money.
"Go straight to the end of this street. A large lotus leaf is the Jiang family's fish pond." The man in gray half-sleeves said kindly.
"Thanks."
Su Yan motioned to Qin An to take a look. Qin An was worried that she would go too far today, "We'll go tomorrow."
"I'm not tired." Su Yan stood up on the table.
Qin An couldn't do anything to her, "Then take a carriage."
There were many carriages in the county, and one was rented soon. Qin An helped Su Yan sit down and asked the driver in front of her, "Do you know the Jiang family's fish pond?"
"I know. I often say that the fish they buy are big and delicious. Are you going to buy fish or look at the pond?"
The driver paused for a moment and then said: "Whoever buys his fish pond is really getting a bargain, but there are not many people who can afford four hundred taels in one go."
Rich families with a little money don't like the small amount of money from selling fish, and raising fish involves a lot of worries, and those without money can't afford so much.
Qin An said "hmm" and saw that he was driving the carriage in a rough manner, so he said: "Slow down, don't be in a hurry, my wife can't stand it."
"Okay." The driver immediately slowed down a little.
