Chapter 41: Leave Qin An alone? Seduce Goudans father?
The two of them had not bought a few items, but the baskets were already full when they left Buzhuang. Su Yan thought that there were too many things and it would be uncomfortable to carry them. "Let's buy vegetables next time we go to town. I still have some mushrooms at home. I'll get them by then."
Order Houttuynia Cordata for cold dressing."
Qin An said "Hmm", but did not go out of town directly. He went to the grandmother who bought eggs and asked, "How much is one?"
"San Wen." Grandma said enthusiastically.
When Su Yan heard this, she said, "Wasn't it two cents before? Why did it increase by half?"
Grandma was playing with the eggs and said: "When the water rises, the price will naturally rise. This is something my family protects, otherwise they would have been washed away long ago."
Three cents for an egg, it is better to add two cents for a chicken. Thinking of this, Su Yan looked at Qin An and said, "Brother Qin, let's not buy eggs, let's buy chickens. We can kill them and eat them during the New Year."
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"Okay." Qin An glanced at the egg and said nothing.
The two of them walked around for a long time before they saw a chicken seller. Su Yan bent over and took a look, "Uncle, how do you sell chickens?"
"Hen chicks are six cents, and rooster chicks are four cents. Sister, buy a few. They are cheap now. Hey, my chicken shed was washed away and now I have no place to raise them."
Su Yan thought for a moment and said, "I want six of each." After saying that, she took out the copper coins and counted them to him.
Then he said to Qin An: "When the time comes, there will be six of us each."
Qin An pursed his lips and stood silently beside him. The uncle neatly put the chickens in a small cage, "I'll give you a cage. You can catch some small fish and shrimps then."
"Thank you, uncle." Su Yan reached out and brought it over.
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As soon as the two of them arrived at the door, they heard Goudan's mother cursing at the door: "They are all talkative women. Sooner or later, I will tear yours to pieces. The people in my family are different from those rags of yours."
"I'm jealous all day long. Why don't I be jealous to death? Why did Widow Li bring some pork to my house? It's none of your business. If anyone talks nonsense again, I will tear your mouths apart."
Su Yan finally understood. Someone must have seen her taking the meat yesterday, and they said she was seducing Jiang Caifu...
He's really good at talking nonsense, he can turn white things into black things.
After she put her things in the yard, she went to Jiang's house. As soon as Goudan saw her, she stopped scolding her and complained to her: "The eighth woman in the village is so talkative. You went to town and came back?"
She must be able to figure it out, Widow Li is not that kind of person. Besides, Qin An is so capable and she doesn't want him, so why is she seducing her husband?
She is the only one who cares about her father-in-law.
"I'm back. I'm really sorry." Su Yan apologized.
Goudan's mother waved her hand, "What does this have to do with you? I haven't written yet about the meat you brought for us. It's really delicious when fried." He said with a smile.
Seeing that she really didn't take it seriously, Su Yan breathed a sigh of relief and then went back. Qin An would then let the little chicken out and run around "chirping".
Su Yan was afraid of accidentally trampling one to death, "Brother Qin, do you want to make a chicken pen, otherwise it will run around everywhere?"
"I'll go chop the bamboo later."
Qin An glanced at her and said, "I'll give it to you if you have anything in the future."
Su Yan felt warm, but it was better this way. The Jiang family would have less trouble, "That's it, I'll trouble Brother Qin."
"It's not too early now. I'm going to cook and stew the pig's trotters for dinner."
The pig's trotters and offal are all kept, mainly because they can't be sold for a few pennies, so it's better to eat them at home and have several meals.
After a while, Qin An went out with a machete and closed the yard door when he left. After all, there were chickens in the yard.
A group of chickens were chirping non-stop. Su Yan took a look at the yard. It looked lively.
She stewed the pig's trotters, steamed them with rice, cut some green vegetable leaves, took them out and sprinkled them on the ground, "Cackle..."
Immediately, a group of chickens ran over and pecked at the vegetables.
Another one pecked her foot, moved a little, smiled and muttered: "You don't have eyes, do you?"
Qin An pushed the door open and saw this picture of a woman with a gentle face feeding chickens. He couldn't help but take a second look, and then came in carrying bamboo.
Su Yan saw that his movements were very skillful, so she stood aside and watched, "Brother Qin, can you make a small dustpan? There is only one in the kitchen and it is not enough."
"good."
Qin An nodded, then sat on the threshold and drew bamboo strips. Before the pig's trotters were healed, he had already made a chicken coop and placed it next to the peach tree.
With two chickens in each hand, they were all thrown into the chicken coop in a few clicks.
Su Yan took a broken earth jar and put it in it, filled it with some water and some green vegetable leaves.
"I should have bought some chaff to feed, but I forgot."
Qin An sat back on the threshold again, cut the bamboo strips into thin strips, glanced at her, and said in a low voice: "It's okay, I'll go to the town to buy it tomorrow."
He paused and then asked, "Would you like a brush handle?"
"Yes, but don't worry, you can do it when you have time. The pig's trotters should be ready."
Su Yan thought of something and hurriedly ran to the kitchen. She probably stumbled because the floor was uneven, and quickly entered the kitchen again.
Qin An glanced at the protruding ground, put down his things, stood up, took a shovel, and filled in the potholes in the yard.
Just as he was about to put down the shovel, the village chief came with a bookkeeper and said, "It's the Qin family's. If you want to buy fry for the fish pond, we'll give you twenty coins for each family."
Qin An nodded and then went to the house to get the copper coins.
This was not the first time the village chief came to Qin's house. He took a look at the yard. He raised chickens, planted peach trees, dried mushrooms, and dried clothes. It looked clean.
It's completely different from before. I didn't expect Widow Li to still live a good life.
Qin An took the money and saw the village chief looking into the kitchen. He gave it to him with a sullen face, then closed the door with a bang and locked the bolt.
At this time, Su Yan from the kitchen shouted, "Brother Qin, wash your hands and eat."
Qin An looked over and saw that the young woman was coming out with a bowl of vegetables. He walked over and took it and placed it on the table in the main room.
Then he went to the kitchen to wash his hands and get the dishes.
"Eat more pig's trotters. It won't taste good when it's hot tomorrow." Su Yan picked up two pieces for Qin An, then picked up some vegetables and started eating.
She said while eating: "Brother Qin, I will settle the accounts with you later. We will share the things we bought recently equally."
Qin An pursed his lips and said, "No need to calculate, just give me half a tael of silver."
"No, you spent so much money..."
When Su Yan said this, she saw a long cut on his hand, and said, "Your hand is cut. If it doesn't work, I'll put some nail polish on it for you."
After saying that, he got up and went to the kitchen to get a sickle, scraped off the ash from his big fingernails, quickly twisted them up and pressed them against his mouth.
Qin An was stunned, then reacted and said in a low voice: "Shave mine."
Su Yan smiled and said while shaving: "It's nothing, just a little nail ash. You don't take such a long cut seriously. Don't get wet these days."
He has a lot of scars on his hands, probably because he didn't take care of them, so the marks were left.
Looking at the nail ash on his mouth, Qin An raised his head and looked at the woman with downcast eyebrows. His heart was inexplicably throbbing. He said in a low voice: "Thank you."