The next day, Qin An got up before dawn. Before his wife woke up, the child was babbling.
He bent down and picked him up, and then hurriedly left the house. When he went out, he glanced at Su Yan to make sure that she was not awake before closing the door.
I carried the child to the kitchen, lit a candle, and saw his fair and tender face, and there was a faint shadow of my wife in his arms.
He whispered: "How like your mother, I will buy you snacks in the future."
Tuantuan can only grin. Now that he is a month old, he doesn't cry much. He just needs to eat and drink enough and sleep well.
When the child woke up, he couldn't walk. After boiling water and washing Tuantuan's face, he took him out to play.
He is happy to see everything. If someone teases him, he will happily hug his father's neck.
Qin An rejoiced and thought it was almost time. He bought some buns and went home. As soon as he got home, he saw Su Yan squatting in the yard washing his and his children's clothes.
"daughter in law."
Hearing the sound, Su Yan raised her head and looked at him, "This child wakes up early now. Sister Cui, please give her a hug." After that, she continued to wash her clothes.
Sister Cui wanted to go over and hug her, but Tuan Tuan refused to give in. She cried when she hugged him and was clinging to his father.
Qin An didn't care about him. After giving him to Sister Cui, he walked over to help Su Yan wash her clothes and said in a low voice: "You go to eat."
"If you don't want to eat it, mix some cold vegetables with the porridge at noon." Su Yan shook her head.
When Qin An heard this, he stood up and said, "Then I'll cook the porridge, and you'll make some porridge later."
"I'm not hungry." Su Yan stopped.
"You have to eat something even if you're not hungry." After Qin An said that, he went to the kitchen. Su Yan took one look and asked him to do it. After Ma Liu washed the clothes, they hung them to dry on the rope.
Zhang Xiu ran over to help. Su Yan shook her head and said, "Go get some green onions and mix them with the vegetables later."
Knowing Zhang Xiu's thoughts, she didn't let her touch Qin An's matters.
Zhang Xiu said "Oh" and turned around to get green onions.
After eating, the weather outside was already a bit hot.
Qin An drove the carriage back to the town and cried for a while before Su Yan coaxed him back to sleep and then carried him to the shop.
More people came here today than yesterday, so they must go back and use it, and other people in the family will come to buy it too.
More than fifty bottles were sold in one morning.
Opposite, the shopkeeper of the Qi family looked at the door several times. Su Yan looked very much like the shopkeeper of the Qi family and was very good at doing business.
But now is not the time. She can only talk about it when the Qi family can no longer continue.
At noon, I carried Tuantuan to the teahouse and talked to Ning Yi for most of an hour. After the conversation, Tuantuan had already fallen asleep.
Su Yan was having a hard time holding her and couldn't free her hands to wipe away the sweat. Ning Yi glanced at her and whispered, "Let me hold her for you."
"It's okay. I'll take a break and then go back. If you're busy, go ahead." Su Yan freed up a hand and fanned the child with a cattail leaf fan. Her forehead was covered with sweat.
Ning Yi glanced at the servant behind him, who immediately slapped her with a fan, "Then I'll send you back."
Su Yan didn't like to owe him favors in these matters. Just as she was about to refuse, she heard a knock on the door. She turned her head and looked over, and the door opened.
The man's forehead was covered with sweat and his cheeks were a little red from the sun. She said, "Why don't you hold an umbrella?"
"It's okay." Qin An hurried over after Cuilan said that his daughter-in-law was holding her arms outside alone.
The ball now weighs about ten pounds, and it must be difficult for Su Yan to hold it alone.
He glanced at Ning Yi and said in a low voice, "It's troublesome."
Su Yan politely thanked Ning Yi and followed her family out. As she walked, she said: "This child is getting stronger and stronger."
"Have you told them?"
"Before we reached the town, someone died on the road. The officers and soldiers blocked the road and prevented us from leaving." Qin An held the child in one hand, resting his head on his palm and holding him slightly with his arms.
The other hand gently pulled Su Yan's arm back and forth, and then said: "Next time, don't hold her out by yourself."
"I don't want to take him out. He cries as soon as I leave. He is very delicate."
Su Yan fanned the two of them with a cattail fan, and then said: "Why is someone dead? Is it hot?"
"I don't know. I heard that he died from an illness and the soldiers were waiting for an autopsy on the deceased, so I came back directly." Qin An said in a low voice.
After just a few steps, Su Yan felt hot all over her body. Su Yan covered her round head with a cattail leaf fan, her little face flushed and endearingly red.
As the two of them ran, Tuantuan woke up and was stunned for a moment. Then he saw his mother running and immediately grinned.
Su Yan couldn't help laughing, "She smiles when she wakes up from drowsiness. Come and see, mother, how many teeth she has."
Tuantuan shyly turned her head to the other side, and quickly looked up at Qin An, her eyes lit up, and she giggled happily.
The group of people stopped when they reached the eaves. Su Yan quickly shook her fan back and forth and saw that her short, short hair was wet with sweat.
She stretched out her hand to wipe it for him skillfully and naturally, "Go around to the ice shop to buy ice cubes, otherwise I might not be able to sleep tonight."
I don’t know if it’s because the county town is not covered by mountains and forests, so it’s a lot hotter than the village.
The two of them went to an ice shop. There were many people buying ice. Halfway through the queue, the helper at the shop said there was no ice.
The two had no choice but to go home and buy a six or seven kilogram watermelon at the entrance of the alley. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they threw it into the well to soak.
Qin An looked at the falling well water and said, "I'll go fetch water and bring it back."
"Sister Cui, please send five water tanks back."
Although the drought will not last long, it looks like it may last for a few days. It is not as convenient to get water here as in the village or town.
Cuilan quickly put down what she was doing and said, "Okay."
Su Yan thought that the sun was strong and she would easily suffer from heatstroke, so she said to Qin An, "We'll go later."
"I'll go pick it up in the mountains. The water there is sweet." Qin An went into the house, put on coarse clothes, and prepared to go out while carrying two large buckets.
Su Yan quickly followed him out with a big umbrella, "Xiaoxiu, give Tuantuan some water and coax him to sleep."
She held an umbrella and put it on Qin An's head.
Qin An glanced at her, held the pole with one hand and took the umbrella with the other, "Go back."
"I'll go with you. You won't be able to hold an umbrella while carrying water."
Su Yan didn't wait for him to say anything, and then said: "I'll see if there are any fungi in the mountains and pick some up to eat."
"Oh, my basket, sir, please wait for me." After saying that, he hurriedly ran home again.
Qin An was carrying a bucket and holding an umbrella, looking at her figure with a smile, then looked at the surrounding shops, and finally bought a few pastries to carry.
Su Yan carried the basket and took out two straw hats, putting them on as she walked. When she got closer, she stepped on her feet and put them on her men.
"Tuantuan will cry when he sees me leaving. I will steam some egg custard for him tonight."
"Okay." Qin An held her hand, fearing that she would kick the uneven bluestone while walking.
After the weather got hot, many bluestone slabs became warped.
There were no people on the way to the mountain road, and it was much cooler at the foot of the mountain. Su Yan stretched out her hand and pulled her collar, "Where is the spring?"
"Go up a little further."
Qin An motioned for her to go forward. When going uphill, he held her lower back with one hand to prevent her from leaning back.
Standing on the flat road, Su Yan wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "It's still cooler in the mountains. When we grow old, we will live in the mountains, grow some vegetables, and raise a few chickens."