Seeing him getting up, Su Yan subconsciously stretched out her hand to hold his wrist and said with a smile: "Just add some water."
Qin An looked at the hand on his wrist. He said "um" unnaturally, and then went to scoop up some water. It tasted a little better.
The two of them gathered around the boiler and ate the hot meal. It became more and more spicy later on, and Qin An started sweating on his forehead.
It took half an hour to finish eating. Qin An didn't let her do any work and cleaned up all by herself.
Finally, he brought the face wash over, wrung out the handkerchief and handed it to her, "Here."
Su Yan took it and wiped her face, then handed it to him.
Qin An went to get the wooden footbath, poured footwashing water into it, and scooped out some hot water. "Soak for a while, and call me when you're done." After saying that, he went to the kitchen to wash his face to avoid suspicion.
After a while, he heard Su Yan calling him, and he strode over, "I'll carry you into the house."
He bent down and picked her up effortlessly. The soapy smell of the woman's body hit the tip of his nose, and he walked stiffly into the house.
After entering the house, he covered her with a quilt, and finally went to the latrine and brought a wooden bucket over. He said without any objection, "I'll go to the latrine in the house at night. I'll pick it up and empty it tomorrow."
Su Yan looked at the barrel, feeling a little embarrassed but also heart-warming. No one else would believe that Qin An, a rough guy, could do such a thing.
Qin An glanced at her, turned around and went out to close the door. Then there was the sound of a knife cutting wood outside.
She was probably a little shocked by what happened today, so Su Yan closed her eyes and fell asleep soon after.
She got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet, opened the door and moved out, and saw Qin An coming out. The black figure could not see his face clearly.
He probably knew what she wanted to do, so he said in a sleepy hoarse voice, "Wait a minute." After saying that, he went to get the fire paper, lit the candle, and placed it in the toilet.
He walked to the door of the main room and motioned for her to go to the latrine.
When Su Yan came out of the toilet, he was still standing at the door of the hall, standing in single clothes.
Su Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said softly: "Brother Qin, you don't have to be like this, there's nothing wrong with me."
Qin An said "hmm", but still watched her go into the house and lie down, and then he opened the door and went back to the house.
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Goudan's mother came over with her family early in the morning. Qin An was cooking in the kitchen. Su Yan's legs were still hurting, so she stood at the door of the main room and greeted them, "Come in and sit down."
The men were too embarrassed to sit down. When Goudan heard noises from the kitchen, he glanced over there and saw that the man was cooking something with a spatula.
Her family didn't even notice that he said he wanted to cook, but in fact he rarely cooked. After all, no man cooked in the kitchen every day, and if he said it, he would make others laugh.
"You haven't eaten yet? Let them go and do it first. You can come over and see after you finish eating."
"Okay, just dig around half a person's height around the edge. I'm sorry to bother you." Su Yan nodded.
Goudan's mother smiled and said: "You paid the wages. If it's no trouble, I'll take them there."
After they left, Su Yan slowly walked towards the kitchen. At this moment, Qin An was frying meat pancakes, and his movements were a little unskilled. "Brother Qin, I'll do it."
Qin An turned his head and glanced at her, then said in a low voice, "Sit down."
"I'll go check out the field later, so don't go out."
My feet are still weak, and Su Yan doesn't try to be brave. She will cause trouble to others when the time comes, "Okay."
Qin An brought a pancake to her and said, "I've tasted it and it's not salty."
Su Yan looked at the pancake with a hole missing, which was obviously pulled by hand. She glanced at him with a complicated expression.
She took a bite of the pancake and said seriously: "Brother Qin, when the New Year is over, let's get married."
Hearing this, Qin An was stunned. After a while, he didn't react. The pancakes in the pot sizzled and a smell of paste came out.
Su Yan quickly shouted: "Brother Qin, the pancake is burnt."
Upon hearing this, Qin An immediately hurriedly turned the pancake over, but it was already burnt.
"I'll eat this." After saying that, the corners of his lips curved slightly, obviously very happy.
While turning over the cakes, he said, "Okay, I will renovate the house in the spring."
After eating, Qin An cleaned up the dishes and took the vegetable seeds to the fields.
Su Yan did embroidery work at home and made two pairs of socks for Qin An. She saw holes in his socks a few days ago.
Fortunately, we dug the hole early, and it took eight days. In the afternoon after we finished digging, it started to snow in the village, and the bucket in the yard was covered with a layer of frost overnight.
Even the water in the dog bowl was frozen.
morning
Su Yan shivered when she left the house, rubbed her hands, and then went to see the chickens, which were all frozen together.
She went to the kitchen and picked up some dry grass to block the side. After a while, she heard the door open. She looked over and saw a man in coarse cloth coming back carrying two buckets of water.
"Brother Qin, it's too cold. We need to get a cover for the chicken coop."
"I'll do it later."
Qin An carried a bucket into the kitchen, and soon there was the sound of pouring water.
He came out again carrying the barrel and warned: "Don't do it, the brazier in the main room has been raised." After that, he carried the barrel and went out again.
Su Yan was just about to go to the main room when Goudanfu brought two big green vegetables and spoke with a mist, "Qin An is still strong. It's such a cold day. I went to fetch water so early in the morning. I kicked the hole in my house several times."
My feet just got up."
Su Yan strode over to pick it up and looked outside. The sky was foggy and it was hard to see clearly from a little distance. "It's quite cold. Your parents' people will call them over for lunch later. Let's eat."
I pay them my wages."
"Sure, they couldn't stay idle. They spent the whole morning chopping firewood at my house. Goudan couldn't sleep in even if he wanted to."
Goudanfu laughed, then rubbed his hands and said, "I'm going back, it's so cold."
The green vegetables were so cold that Su Yan wanted to throw them away. After taking them to the kitchen, she stomped to the main room to warm herself up.
The two puppies were sitting by the brazier, wagging their tails and looking at her, wanting to eat pitifully.
After her hands were warmer, she went to the kitchen to boil water. When Qin An came in with water, she quickly scooped up a basin of hot water and "soaked your hands."
Qin An put down the pole, took it, rubbed the handkerchief and then wiped his face, "It's frosty outside, be careful when going out."
"good."
Su Yan cooked the soup and cooked the gnocchi. In this weather, the vegetables would get cold after cooking for a while.
She thought of something and added: "I asked Goudan's family to have lunch together. Can we have cured pork ribs?"
"good."
Qin An washed his hands, sat at the door of the stove and lit the fire, and then said: "I will go to the next village later to buy some stone slabs and pave the yard."
The weather in winter is bad, and the ground is often wet and slippery.
"Let's wait until spring, the weather is too cold." Su Yan disagreed.
Qin An's eyes softened, he glanced at her and said in a low voice: "It's not cold, just stay at home. Do you want to eat fish? I'll bring two back."
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There are two or three chapters left in the evening, waiting for me to take a nap, thank you for your support