Just after lunch, the snow piled up outside. Little white and little yellow were jumping around in the snow, and finally ran into the main room to warm themselves by the fire.
Su Yan bent down and patted them, muttering: "Don't go dancing, I won't be able to show you when I'm sick."
Qin An couldn't stop and sat in the main room making wooden hairpins. Su Yan gave him a different pattern. Hearing this, she glanced at the woman petting the dog and said, "It's okay, it's fur and it's not cold."
"Don't touch them, stiff hands."
When talking about it later, Qin An had a slightly serious face. It would be difficult to recover if you catch a cold in winter, especially for women who are weak and cannot bear it.
Su Yan quickly retracted her hand, looked at him and smiled, then stretched out her hand to warm the fire. After a while, she stood up and said, "Brother Qin, I'm going to get some dried meat for you to eat."
There is nothing much to do in winter, and sitting here is boring.
Qin An knew that she couldn't sit still, so he said "hmm" and while doing the hairpin, he said: "You can eat whatever you want."
As soon as Su Yan entered the kitchen, she saw Qin An coming in with something. He was sitting at the door of the stove, obviously wanting to accompany her to do it.
Qin An finished lighting the fire in no time, and sat at the door of the stove making hairpins. Under the light of the fire, his complexion softened a lot.
When he does things, he has no expression, but his brows are slightly furrowed.
Su Yan glanced at him, and then took out the bacon. It was basically lean meat, so it tasted delicious.
Cut it into strips, put it in lard and stir-fry for a while. When it is browned, add dry chili peppers and spices, and a hot aroma will spread everywhere.
Su Yan took one and handed it to Qin An, blew it a few times and said, "Brother Qin, try it."
Qin An stood up slightly and opened his mouth to eat. The dried meat was fragrant and spicy, much more delicious than bacon. He praised: "It's delicious."
“It tastes better when it’s cold.”
Su Yan thought of something and said again: "Brother Qin, are you drinking?"
Qin An nodded, "Drink, not much."
Men naturally like to drink,
"I'll bring back a few kilograms of rice wine later, so you can have some during the New Year." Su Yan thought that men should all like drinking.
"No, I'll go crazy after drinking too much." Qin An refused in a low voice.
Upon hearing this, Su Yan looked at him curiously. Qin An looked away unnaturally and explained in a low voice: "I drank too much before. When I woke up the next day, there was a lot of firewood piled in the yard."
Su Yan thought she was going crazy because she was beating people around, but she didn't expect that she was chopping firewood. She laughed out loud and said, "Then drink less."
"It's okay if you drink too much. I'm at home and I'll watch over you."
Qin An still shook his head. He was very strong. Even ten Su Yans could not stop her. If he hurt her, he would want to kill himself.
I'd rather not drink.
When the snow stopped in the afternoon, Qin An went to fetch water, and Su Yan went to the village to buy rice wine. She was afraid that others would not sell it to her, so she asked Goudan's mother to weigh five jins.
Goudan's mother bought it and handed it to her. She smiled brightly and said, "This rice is fragrant with wine. It costs forty coins in total."
Su Yan counted forty coins and gave it to her. Jiang Caifu came over to take a look and said greedily: "Daughter-in-law, I don't have any good wine at home." After saying this, he looked a little eager.
"We just built a roof. Just bear with it. My son came back with a letter and said he bought a few kilograms of wine for you. He will bring it back in a few days." Goudan's mother gave him an angry look.
"Brother Jiang, come over later and have a drink with Brother Qin." Su Yan greeted with a smile.
"Okay, okay." Jiang Caifu smiled so hard that his teeth were exposed.
Goudan mother glared at him, "How shameless."
Su Yan smiled and said, "Nothing. Let's eat together tonight. I made some dried meat, which goes well with wine."
"I'm going back."
After saying that, she hugged her and walked home. She saw the Li family's house from the corner of her eye on the way. She opened the door and took a look. The snow was piled thickly in the yard and even on the steps.
This yard has been repaired before, but it still needs to be straightened out, otherwise the repairs will be in vain.
It was still early, so after she put down her wine, she took the shovel to Li's house to shovel the snow, and piled it aside, thinking that she could feed the chickens in the main room here, which would be warmer.
Here, Qin An came back from carrying water and found that no one was home and there was wine in the kitchen. He shouted, "Su Yan?"
When no one responded, his heart suddenly lifted. He went to the toilet and took a look. No one was there. He lowered his head and looked into the poop pit.
After confirming that no one was at home, he turned around and went out. He first went to Goudan's house to look for her. When Goudan's mother heard that the person was missing, she immediately said in a hurry: "I just went back with the wine a while ago."
"Are you going to the vegetable field?" After saying that, he stood up and wanted to help search for it together.
Qin An turned around and left, but he didn't even bother to keep up with him.
When passing by Li's house, Qin An took a look and saw the woman shoveling snow. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but soon began to feel complicated again.
Why did she clean up the Li family's house?
Are you going to move away...
Thinking of this, his heart sank, but he would not stop her, she had her own life.
Goudanfu ran over and saw it, and breathed a sigh of relief, "I was scared to death. It turns out you are here. I thought you were gone."
Hearing the sound, Su Yan looked up at them, panted slightly, and explained: "I'm here to clean up."
As soon as he found someone, Goudan would go back.
Qin An strode into the yard, took the shovel from Su Yan's hand, bent down and started shoveling, and said in a low voice: "You want to move here?" After speaking, he pursed his lips.
Su Yan glanced at him, and the man's jaw tightened, as if he was afraid that she would really move away. Just as he was about to say something, he said again: "Did I make you unhappy?"
"You say it and I will change it." He said it very seriously.
Su Yan was like a young daughter-in-law who went back to her parents' house after being angry. She couldn't help but said happily, "I'm not unhappy, I just came here to tidy things up, and I thought about moving the chickens over here to feed them."
"Hey, it's not that cold in the main room, and the house doesn't stink anymore when I wake up early in the morning."
Even though it is cleaned every day, there is still a smell in the yard.
Upon hearing this, Qin An grinned and said in a low voice, "Okay, I'll move over here later, and you can go home and warm yourself by the fire."
Su Yan didn't know why the two of them had to live together before, but now she knows that someone has to take care of them.
When he didn't come home, people came to look for him, and some people were worried.
She walked over, leaned over and kissed him on the cheek, "I'm going home to prepare food." After saying that, she ran out with a blushing face.
Qin An stiffened for a moment and turned to look at the woman's petite figure. Suddenly, his eyebrows slightly curved and the corners of his mouth rose to the maximum.
A bit silly.
He bent down faster and shoveled the snow in the yard aside in a short while, then returned to his home and moved the chicken coop to the main room.
After it was done, the smell of rice was already wafting around the house.
There is nothing special about the day, but I can smell the fragrance of rice every day and feel indescribably satisfied.
Qin An was full of energy and did not rest until he got home. He took a broom and started cleaning the yard.