It took a lot of time today, and there were still a lot of things to do. After eating, she went to the nearby hills to see. The leaves were crispy today, not to mention the wild flowers. It was true that she relied on God for food.
As we went down the mountain, the sky gradually darkened, leaving only the sunset in the distance.
I'm used to having Qin An around on weekdays, so now I miss him a little when I'm alone.
Thinking of this, she walked a little faster, and before she had taken a few steps, she heard the man's voice, "Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law."
The rough sound startled the grasshoppers in the grass, and several of them jumped over.
Su Yan naturally recognized the voice of her own man, and immediately responded happily: "I'm here."
Not long after, a tall black figure appeared in front of her, "Have you asked for leave from the Master again?"
"No, I'll be back soon after I finish my homework." After Qin An finished speaking, he squatted on the ground and motioned for her to get on her back.
The broad shoulders were like fire and made people feel at ease. Su Yan was a little tired after walking for a day, so she leaned on his shoulders and said tiredly: "I bought dead pork in the shop. I opened the shopkeeper."
"If I can't recruit a shopkeeper, I'll have to stay in town."
The money the family has now is enough to feed the family for a lifetime, but she wants more than that.
She cannot have power, she can only have money.
At least it will reduce some pressure on Qin An.
He didn't say anything, not because there was no pressure, but because he didn't want her to get tired.
They are not in a good situation now, otherwise their current life would be very good.
After walking a few steps, Qin An said in a low voice: "Daughter-in-law, take a rest when you are tired. Don't worry. I will be there for you if anything happens."
"We will be fine. When things are resolved, how about we have a daughter?" Su Yan really wanted to have one more child. If she hadn't considered the current situation, she would have wanted to have one now.
Qin An didn't answer, so Su Yan went over to kiss him and said with a smile, "That's what we agreed."
Qin An smiled helplessly and tilted his head slightly, his eyes reflected the woman's side face, and his full brows could not hide the fatigue from hard work.
I felt a little uncomfortable.
Wife, if you wait a few years, he will let many people serve her and stop worrying about these things.
"I'll ask Sister Cui to come back tomorrow."
"Sister Cui will lead them around. I don't need anyone here. I'll take them back when you release them. I'll just go back to the village to stay for a while."
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Qin's courtyard
Qin An cleaned up inside and outside, and then checked the courtyard gate. On the other side, Su Yan came over with dishes, "It's time to eat, sir, light the lanterns in the courtyard."
"Okay." Qin An took the torch and set it up on a stool to light the lantern. The dark courtyard suddenly became bright, and the weeds sprouting from the ground were clearly visible.
The two of them had no time to care about this now, so they sat at the wooden table in the yard to eat.
"You can go back after you finish eating. Tuantuan wants you at night."
"good."
The two of them spoke without a word, filled with warmth.
After making sure she closed the door, Qin An hurried to the county town. For several days, Su Yan stayed in the shop.
I hired a shopkeeper, but I wasn't very familiar with it.
Goudanfu came to talk to her when he had nothing to do. He brought some cakes over here, and she said, "Your family asked my eldest brother to bring them back. They said they would be back tonight."
Su Yan took a stool for her to sit on, "Brother Jiang is back?"
"Otherwise I wouldn't be able to get out. Now I understand why I should take care of my daughter by myself."
Damn it, I still can't get over the knot in my heart and not reconcile, but I feel uncomfortable.
Su Yan nodded in agreement. The men here didn't take care of their children very much. They had to work, and the women also had to work.
Like a bastard, he does a lot of work in the fields, at home, helping out, and taking care of the children.
"Has anyone sent flowers today?"
"I gave it away, but not much."
"Okay, let's have dinner together later."
"Sure, I'm not polite to you."
Goudan glanced at her, hesitating to speak. Su Yan thought it was something difficult at home, "Sister, if you have anything to say, just tell me, and I will definitely help if I can."
"It's not my family's business, it's your business. I don't know how to tell you."
Goudan's mother pulled the stool closer to her, hesitated for a while, and finally said: "I heard someone said that widows cannot be legal wives. It was said by the Yamen that widows can marry, but they cannot be legal wives."
Hearing this, Su Yan was slightly startled, and then said after a while, "When did you hear that?"
"Yesterday, Widow Jiang and his sweetheart went to the mayor's house to apply for a marriage certificate. The mayor said they couldn't do it, so they had no choice but to follow that man without a name or status."
If you can't get a marriage certificate or get a man's account, it's almost like having no name or status.
Su Yan's expression showed nothing, "It's okay."
Thinking that she hadn't understood the stakes, Goudanfu whispered anxiously: "It's not that I don't wish you well, but what will you do if the marriage certificate between you and Qin An doesn't count? You follow me without a name or status, and you don't know what will happen to you.
How many people are pointing fingers, besides, if that guy of yours passes the exam, someone will definitely marry him."
"When you become an official, it's normal to have several wives. If you are his head wife, you won't be afraid of those people."
Su Yan understood the truth of what she said and said with a smile: "Even if you are a legal wife, you can divorce her if you want. It doesn't matter."
Seeing that she was so big-hearted, Goudan didn't know what to say, and finally sighed: "God just doesn't open his eyes."
It's hard for these two people to go through hard times and this happened again. If it happened to her, she would probably want to die.
Thinking of this, she quickly said: "I just heard about it, don't think too much."
"Don't worry, I won't seek death." Su Yan said half-jokingly.
This was not the only bad thing. She was too lazy to rush and couldn't rush. If it was really the government, she wouldn't be able to resist.
Just live a good life.
Late at night, there was a knock on the courtyard door. Su Yan stood up in the courtyard and said, "Mr. sir?"
"It's me." Qin An's voice came from outside the door.
The next moment, the far door opened. Qin An looked at his wife in front of him and couldn't help but lower his head and kiss her, "Daughter-in-law, I miss you."
There were Cuilan and the others at this moment. Su Yan was a bit thin-skinned, so she pretended to be calm and changed the subject, "Are Tuantuan and the others asleep?"
"Both of them are asleep."
"Take her into the house."
After putting the children to bed, the couple returned to their own room.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As soon as he entered the door, Qin An could smell the fragrance of his wife, a clean fragrance. There is no wife at home these days, and no matter how he cleans up the house, it is always a mess.
What.
Seeing him standing still, Su Yan said amusedly: "Can't you recognize your own house?"
The corner of the man's mouth rose, and the next moment he picked her up, put her on the table, looked at her level slightly, and said hoarsely: "Did you miss me?"
"I want to." Su Yan hugged his neck, feeling much more at ease.
What Goudanfu said made her feel a little uneasy, not because she was afraid that Qin An wouldn't want her.
But there is an indescribable uneasiness.
As soon as these words came out, someone couldn't bear it anymore and carried her to the bed. Under the curtain, she could see a graceful figure.
Unsurprisingly, Su Yan didn't wake up until three o'clock in the morning. When she came out of the house, she saw a man pulling grass in the yard, and there were a lot of grass piled on the stone road.
Su Yan has been so busy these days that she doesn't have much time to take care of things at home. Sure enough, having a man at home is better.
"Have you eaten?"
"Eat, the food is warm in the pot."
Qin An dropped the withered grass in his hand, patted the mud on his hands, wiped his body twice, walked over and said again: "Sit down, I will comb your hair."
Su Yan swept around the yard, sat on the threshold and said, "Sister Cui and the others are out?"
"Well, Tuantuan was noisy early in the morning."
Qin An took a wooden comb from the window sill of the hall, then walked over and combed his hair skillfully.
Su Yan raised her eyes slightly, and the outline of the man's chin was clearly visible, "What should I prepare for the college exam?"
"Don't worry."
Qin An wanted to make her less worried. After doing her hair, she went to the kitchen and brought out the food.
"Eat less sour beans."
After saying that, he went to the yard to pull grass again. While pulling grass, he asked, "How is the business in the shop?"
"It's almost done, but I don't know the new shopkeeper well. He used to sell cloth." Su Yan held a bowl and stood under the eaves to talk to him.
"Okay, then I will go to the village to tidy up the yard in the afternoon. When things in the town are settled, I will go back to the village to stay for a while."
Speaking of this, Qin An raised his head and glanced at the sky. There was no sign of rain on this day, and the sweltering heat in the room was unbearable for both the children and the woman.
There is still a little cool breeze in the village at night.
"Don't go back today. I'll go back with you to clean up tomorrow morning. It'll be cooler in the morning."
"good."
When Goudan's mother heard that they were going back to the village, she wanted to go back with them. The weather was so hot that she couldn't stay in the town, it was like being roasted by a fire.
No matter how bad things are in the village, you can still go to the mountains and sit there.
After discussing with Jiang Caifu at home, he ran over and told them that he wanted to go back together.
After the Jiang family returned, Qin An felt a little relieved. In a few days, he would go to Fucheng for a few days. Although his wife was not afraid of the villagers, it would be good for someone to keep an eye on her.
The two families discussed going back to clean up at night, otherwise they would be sweating from the heat during the day, and while they were all asleep, the four of them went back in the carriage.
Su Yan sat in front of the carriage with Qin An. There was a bit of cool breeze. She said softly: "It's much cooler in the village."
"Well, there are mountains and forests nearby." Qin An glanced at her from the corner of his eye.
As they approached the village, the carriage slowed down and finally stopped at the entrance of the courtyard.
The Jiang family couple said something and went back to their home to clean up.
Qin An unloaded the carriage and wanted the horse to rest for a while. Su Yan came over and touched the key on his waist, "Where is it?"
"Left side." Qin An stood up straight and let her take it.
Su Yan touched his chest and put a lot of food in it. She took out the key and said with a smile: "I just said that your chest looks so bulging. Don't pretend to be like this when you go out in the future. It's not good for you to be seen when you are studying now."
Scholars are most particular about manners and manners. Although she doesn't like it very much, there is nothing she can do to change their rules.
Qin An habitually placed things like this, making it easy to carry and pick up. He said in a low voice: "When you see it, you see it."
"Would you like something to eat this time?"
"I've had two bowls of rice tonight." Su Yan opened the door and walked in, raising the lantern in her hand slightly.
The yard is quite clean. The eldest brother of the Wang family must have helped clean it.
She turned around and said, "There's no need to clean up. Just bring some quilts when the time comes."
Qin An saddled the horse and came in. Looking at the home that he and his wife had carefully built, he felt a little helpless.
It would be nice if he and his wife could always live in the village.
He hunts to support his family, and his wife is at home waiting for him to come back.
Su Yan reached out and held his arm, "Let's find a small village to live in the future."
"good."
Qin An responded by holding her hand tightly. Although they had no choice in life, neither of them wanted to give up.
Will be fine.
After cleaning the inside and outside, it was already getting light outside, and some families in the village began to work in the fields with hoes.
Human voices, dogs barking, and cockcrows.
The door of Qin's house was open, and the people in the village couldn't help but come over to take a look, and then went to work in the fields.
If you can't finish the work, you have to work under the sun in the afternoon.
In the kitchen, Su Yan took Qin An's pancakes, grabbed some vegetables from the field, and cooked two bowls of vegetable pancake soup. It had no flavor, but it filled her stomach.
The two of them sat on the threshold. Su Yan took a sip, looked at the side with her peripheral vision, and said with a smile: "Sitting on the threshold always reminds me of when I first came here."
"Avoiding me is like avoiding anything else."
Seeing his wife take it out again, Qin An laughed and explained in a low voice: "I have never been with a woman."
Su Yan naturally knew, but she just lamented that the two people, who obviously had nothing to do with each other, were now living a good life together.
"The yard is so big, I'm afraid Tuan Tuan will like it."
Qin An glanced at the yard and said, "I'll have the yard covered with tiles later and put straw mats on the ground."
"good."
Su Yan said nothing more, and the two of them started working until the afternoon. The people who made the tiles had to build the tiles at night, so Qin An gave them the keys.
When she returned to the town, she heard deafening cries, louder and louder one after another. Su Yan quickly jumped off the carriage and ran in, "Mom is back, come here, give me a hug."
"Why are you crying so hard? My brother is coaxing you and you are still crying."
The child stopped crying as soon as he was in her arms. Cuilan wiped her sweat and explained: "It has been fine. Just now, a child passed by and called mother. He looked at it for a while and then suddenly started crying."
"I haven't seen you much these days, I miss you."
Su Yan thought about it after not seeing him for a few days, hugged him and kissed him twice. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught Er Dan looking at her, and she hugged him and bent down to kiss him.
Suddenly Erdan's face turned red and his eyes revealed joy.
"Mom, daddy." After saying that, he turned around and ran away. After a while, he scooped out a ladle of water and handed it to them to drink.
Qin An took it and fed it to Su Yan's mouth. After she drank it, he drank the rest of the medicine and handed it to Erdan.
Erdan happily ran to the kitchen to put it away, and soon ran out again with a rattle and played with it.
Zhang Xiu said from the side: "Sir, the mayor came just now and asked you to go there because he had something to do."
Hearing this, Su Yan glanced at Qin An and probably knew what was going on.
Qin An said "hmm" and stood for a while before going to the mayor's house. There were about a dozen men in the yard.
I've been waiting for this for a while.
After a quarter of an hour, the mayor came out and said: "You must have heard that you are not allowed to marry widows now. You can burn the marriage contract at home. You can live together if you want, but that's okay."
"If you send her away, you should give her some money for shelter. It's not easy for a widow."
Qin An's expression changed, and the veins on his arms were gradually exposed. Then he heard the mayor say again: "Don't make trouble. If you can solve it, please solve it properly."
"The yamen said they would give the widow three hundred cents a month. If they make trouble, just tell them. This is much better than working."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the tall man turning around and leaving. He didn't dare to say anything.
He has been informed about the Yamen affairs, and whether he listens to it or not is his own business.