Chapter 329: No matter how expensive it is, we must treat it
If there was no money at home, Qin An would have no way to treat his wife. He felt complicated, but his face did not show it, "Can you find it? We have money."
The doctor sighed and said, "The century-old Ganoderma lucidum is probably only available in the capital. I will ask someone to ask and I will give you an answer in seven or eight days. For now, I am using ordinary Ganoderma lucidum to treat it."
"Be prepared, it may not be cured."
"It needs to be cured." Qin An didn't hesitate at all.
The doctor nodded, "Okay, I'll give you a prescription, and you go to the drug store to get it."
After the doctor left, Su Yan looked at Qin An, "Is it difficult to treat?"
Qin An shook his head, took a pen and ink and wrote to her: It's easy to cure, the doctor has prescribed medicine, and he will drink it for a few months.
"Don't lie to me. If you can't hear, you can't hear. Don't worry."
It's not that Su Yan has a big heart and can't be cured, and Qin An can't do anything either, so it's better not to worry about it.
Qin An wrote firmly: It can be cured, the doctor said.
It's just that money is expensive.
Su Yan is still worried about spending too much money. Now that she can't hear, she can't go out to do business for the time being. The money at home has to be kept for Qin An's education. For family expenses, "How much does it cost?"
Qin An: No matter how expensive it is, it must be treated.
When Su Yan saw that he didn't say anything, she knew it wasn't a matter of tens of taels of silver. She didn't say anything, she just thought about how she could make money while being deaf.
"good."
Thinking of making money, she went to the house to get some pen and ink to draw hairpin drawings. She drew four drawings in two or three hours.
After drying, she handed it to Qin An, "Take it out and ask if you have time."
After saying that, she saw Erdan looking at her, and she said warmly: "What's wrong?"
Erdan climbed up on the stool, knelt next to her, and blew gently into her ear, as if blowing like this would be enough.
Su Yan couldn't help but laugh, and felt warm in her heart, "It's okay, I'll be fine after a while."
Qin An glanced at the two of them, then turned to Cuilan and said, "I'm going out to look at home."
After saying that, he left.
First, I went to the hairpin shop to sell drawings. The owner liked the style of Su Yan's paintings and bought four of them for eighty taels of silver.
"Next time if you still have it, just bring it over. I think the pattern is very unique."
"good."
Qin An collected the money and went to the bookstore. When the shopkeeper saw him coming, he said happily: "Has the book been copied?"
"No."
Qin An paused and then said, "Have you found the person for what you said last time?"
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper motioned him to go to the inner room. After the door was closed, he said, "You want to do it?"
"Yeah." Qin An said in a low voice.
The shopkeeper said happily: "I haven't found it yet."
"How many copies do you want to copy?"
Qin An said in a low voice: "Give me as much as you have?"
"Okay, I'll get it."
The shopkeeper took out seven or eight books from the cabinet and handed them to him, and said: "Keep them carefully and don't let the ink drip when you copy them."
"The thick one will cost you ten taels of silver per book, and the thin one will cost you eight taels. You can copy as many copies as you can. You should hand in the books every three days."
Ordinary books are not so expensive. These are filthy books that cannot be passed on to other people. They are the books that scholars despise the most.
But it's also secretly the best-selling book.
He asked Qin An before he copied the book, but Qin An was unwilling.
Qin An said "hmm" and waited for him to wrap it up before carrying it out. As soon as he went out, he met several colleagues from the academy. They glanced at him without saying hello to each other.
Seeing the tall man walking away, one of the men said: "What book did he take? Let's take it back and read it too."
Several people nodded and went into the bookstore to ask the shopkeeper. The man in lake blue clothes on the left said: "Shopkeeper, please give us a copy of the book Qin An brought just now."
The shopkeeper was confused: "His book is not for reading."
Afraid of offending a few people, he leaned closer and whispered, "It's that kind of book. He'll take it back and copy it."
Suddenly, several people showed contempt in their eyes, and one man said: "It's a shame that I'm still a scholar, and I can do such despicable things."
"Usually he acts aloof, but I will tell others clearly to see how he behaves."
"I told you that Qin An's family is poor. You still didn't believe it. Now you should."
…
Late at night, after his wife and children fell asleep, Qin An quietly went to the study room, closed the door, and then took out the books.
The first page he opened was filled with filthy words. Qin An's face remained as usual and he copied it with his pen in hand.
If it had been another person, this would have been abnormal.
It was almost dawn before he got up and went back to the house to lie down. After half an hour, he got up again and went to the kitchen to make medicine and cook rice.
When Su Yan noticed that he hadn't slept much, it was midnight on the third day. She got up and went to the hut and subconsciously touched Qin An.
nobody.
She thought she had gone to the latrine like him, so she got up and opened the door. There was no light in the latrine, but the light in the study was on.
The candlelight revealed a dark shadow from the half-open window. Su Yan had complicated thoughts, so she gently opened the door and went in.
Qin An subconsciously raised his head, and when he saw it was her, he froze. He stood up and walked over, covering the table with his tall body.
Su Yan naturally had a huge gap. He didn't want her to see it. He paused slightly and did not continue walking, "Does the academy have a lot of homework?"
Qin An nodded, put his arm around her shoulders and walked out, pointing in the direction of the toilet.
Su Yan nodded and looked at him from the corner of her eye. It was dark and unclear, and his fatigue was clearly visible.
"My ears seem to be able to hear better. I just heard the sound of the gong for the watch."
Every time at this time, the watchman will hit the gong with his gong.
Qin An turned to look at her with complicated eyes, and then a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
No one is calling today.
…
Early in the morning, Qin An went to the mountains to cut firewood. It was getting cold this time, so he had to stock up on firewood, otherwise it would be expensive to buy dry firewood in the winter.
Zhang Xiujin was cleaning at home. When she was about to go to the study, Su Yan pulled her back and said, "There is no need to clean up the study. Go and clean up the other things."
Zhang Xiu nodded. Su Yan watched her go to the main room before pushing open the study room and walking in. There was no longer the person holding books on the table.
She glanced around and finally bent down to look at the locked wooden box under the table.
Although she didn't know what book he was copying, he avoided letting her read it, so it was not an ordinary book.
She had no intention of opening the wooden box, turned around and took the door out, "I'm going to the shop."
Cuilan came out holding Tuantuan in her arms and wanted to go with her. Su Yan was afraid that Tuantuan would be cold, so she shook her head and said, "If you don't go, I'll be at the perfume shop. When the master comes back, I'll ask him to look for me."
I haven't been to the perfume shop for several days, and I have a lot of stock.
If you don't sell it, you won't be able to sell it after a while.
Cuilan still wanted to follow, but Su Yan said: "Sister Cui, I just can't hear."
Even if she can't hear, she still has the ability to support her family.
perfume shop
It had not been opened for some days and there was some dust. Su Yan took a rag and wiped it inside and out. When she looked up, she saw several ladies looking at her at the counter.
It seems that he has already called her.
She walked over and said with a smile: "Sorry, I can't hear. Please point out what you want to see."
Suddenly several ladies were a little surprised and wanted to ask what was going on, but they thought she couldn't hear him.
Su Yan understood what they meant and explained: "Something happened, but it's okay. The one in the white porcelain bottle is scented with osmanthus, and the pink one is still scented with lotus. The scent of osmanthus is slightly stronger. The longer the fragrance lasts, the better it is in winter."
After saying that, he took out a bottle and gave it to them to smell.
The ladies gestured with their fingers to indicate how many bottles they wanted. Su Yan was a little grateful, but she was also a little worried that the ladies wouldn't cooperate.
We still need to find someone to watch over here.
I could still be here before, but now it's not very convenient.
When Qin An came, Su Yan had already sent away three waves of people. When she saw him, she smiled and said, "Business is pretty good today. My husband, please help me clean up the tea cups."
Qin An nodded, took the stool and put it in its place, then collected the tea cups and threw them into the wooden barrel outside.
At this time, shopkeeper Xiao from across the street came back and nodded sheepishly, "My boss."
Qin An nodded, "Tell me if you have anything."
"The other day, the boss's wife asked me to come over and be the shopkeeper. Do you still want me? If you want, I will come over tomorrow to start work." Shopkeeper Xiao has been having a hard time these days. There is no business, so Mrs. Qi pointed at his nose and cursed.
Yesterday, he also said that the money was wrong and suspected that he had stolen the money. In this case, he did not want to do it for the Qi family.
The wages are small and it doesn't matter if the person is tired, but it would be uncomfortable to trouble him all day long.
It can be said that he has done his best for the Qi family.
When she saw shopkeeper Xiao coming over, Su Yan knew that she must have agreed, and she didn't go out. She just asked Qin An to tell him.
After a while, Qin An came in, took the pen and ink and wrote: Agreed, come to work tomorrow.
"Okay, tomorrow I will take care of the group at home, and you can go to college to study. By the way, go buy some bean sprouts and cook them home for cold salad." Su Yan said.
Qin An took out a pen and wrote again: Okay, don't go out in the shop, you will be back in a while.
Su Yan smiled and stretched out her hand to fix his collar, "I just heard it with my ears, nothing else. I could also hear a little bit of the conversation just now."
"I guess it will be fine after a while."
As he spoke, he gave him a tael of silver and said, "Buy some snacks for Erdan and the others."
Qin An didn't expose her, he just raised his hand to play with her hair, nodded and went out.
Seeing people coming and going outside, Su Yan sat on a stool and sighed. She couldn't hear a single sound.
Of course it's sad.
But I didn’t think too much about it, I could only let it take its course. The main thing now is to adjust my mentality.
If she just sighs, Qin An will feel even worse.
She took a pen and paper to count the inventory. Not long after she counted, she saw a few scholars coming in from the corner of her eye. She greeted, "Look around."
The scholars' eyes stayed on her face. Su Yan turned sideways slightly, and one of the scholars said: "Did you know that your husband copied filthy books?"
Su Yan could understand her husband's mouth movements and immediately understood that they were not here to buy anything, but to cause trouble.
Then the scholar said: "Tell him not to come to the academy to study, it will embarrass us."
"If you don't have money, you can't do that kind of thing. It's really despicable."
From his unkind expression, Su Yan could probably guess that he said something bad. She grabbed the porcelain bottle in front of her and threw it at him. She said coldly: "I can't hear. I don't know what you said about my husband-in-law."
It’s not good, but there’s no next time.”
"Next time, my husband-in-law, I will spend money to find someone to cause trouble for you."
She paused and said, "You are no better than my husband."
Suddenly the faces of several scholars turned red. They were indeed not as good as Qin An, otherwise they wouldn't have trouble with him.
The scholar said angrily: "I can't study well, but I won't copy those filthy books. The news has spread all over the academy. If your husband doesn't come to the academy, he must be too shameless to do so."
"I copied filthy books, and my wife is a widow and deaf." After saying this, he looked at Su Yan with contempt.
As soon as he finished speaking, someone grabbed his collar violently, and the next moment, he was thrown out.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and soon several other scholars reacted and ran out quickly.
Qin An walked out with a bag of sprouts in his hand and said with sharp eyes, "I told you not to cause trouble at my wife's place."
"Otherwise I will kill you."
He said this on purpose, these people always don't take it seriously.
I can't let my wife get hurt anymore.
Several scholars did not dare to speak, so they helped each other and left.
The onlookers actually heard what they were saying and looked at Qin An pointing.
"You actually copied filthy books! It doesn't look like you're short of money."
"Even if you don't, you can't copy that kind of book."
"Yes, if my husband-in-law copied this kind of book, we would not dare to leave the house."
Qin An glanced at her and said nothing. He turned around and entered the shop again. His eyes indicated that Su Yan would go back now.
Su Yan looked away from the door, fell on Qin An, and said seriously: "There is no shortage of money at home, so don't look for work outside."
Yesterday he refused to let her see it, but today a scholar from the academy came to find him. It was probably because Qin An had made money that others looked down upon.
Qin An shook his head without any hesitation and wrote with pen and ink: If you are not looking for a job, will you go home?
Seeing that he refused to say anything, Su Yan did not continue to ask. She packed up the money cabinet, locked it, and went back with him.
As soon as they came in, Zhang Xiu picked up Er Dan and came back. Zhang Xiu subconsciously glanced at Qin An, then at Su Yan, and quickly went to collect the clothes in the yard.
When Qin An and Su Yan went to the kitchen to work, Zhang Xiu found Cuilan and whispered: "I heard on the road today that my grandpa copied dirty books. Do you want to tell my wife?"
Cuilan was a little surprised. She was silent for a while and shook her head: "The master must have his reasons for doing that."
"The doctor also said that day that a hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum would cost more than a thousand taels of silver. I guess I am short of money."
"He hid it from Madam. She will definitely not let him do it. We just need to take good care of the child."
Zhang Xiu nodded, "I understand. I'm worried that this will damage the master's reputation. He is a scholar."
"When Madam finds out, will she blame us for not telling us?"
"The master knows in his heart that sometimes reputation is not as important as money." Cuilan has also seen these days that Qin An really has some affection for Su Yan.
No man would be able to do what I did, sacrificing his own great future to take care of his wife and children at home.
Zhang Xiu naturally noticed it and knew that when his wife was picked up by the bandits, the master's face turned pale.
At that time, she realized that if the madam disappeared, the master would go with her.
"good."
kitchen
Su Yan mixed the bean sprouts and fed Qin An with a chopstick, "Is it delicious?"
Qin An opened his mouth and ate it, nodding gently with an eyebrow. Su Yan also tasted the chopsticks and said, "Put some green onions in too."
After saying that, I grabbed some chopped green onions from the cutting board and put them on top.