Su Jin sat in the courtyard and watched "The Mean", because the spring breeze outside was blowing from time to time, the candle lamps he lit were blown out by the wind three times and twice. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

He simply let it go, but the moon was bright tonight, so he walked around the courtyard, reading a book by the moonlight.

Yan Qing withdrew her eyes from her husband.

She put away the account book, thinking that when she first moved in, she only said that she was staying for a while, but she didn't expect to live in this place for more than half a month.

Now they have more than two hundred taels of silver on them.

Now it's March again, and the day of her husband's hometown test is getting closer and closer.

She put the ledger with the silver in the secret compartment under the bed, and walked out of the room with peace of mind.

"Husband?" Yan Qing came to Su Jin's side with a smile, glanced at the "Mean" in his hand, smiled and joked: "What? Did I bother you? Do you have to run out into the yard to read? ”

Hearing this, Su Jin smiled and folded "The Mean" and replied: "When I come back every night, I have to work hard to settle accounts for my husband and my wife, and I can't bear to disturb my mother, so I think of coming to the yard to read..."

He paused, and saw that the lady only smiled and didn't speak, and he asked with concern: "Is the lady's account calculated today?" ”

"Uh-huh!" Yan Qing looked at him and nodded.

"That's good!" Su Jin took her hand and took it under her arm, and the two of them walked towards the house, he smiled and said, "It's not early, we have to go out early tomorrow, let's rest early!" ”

When she was about to enter the house, Yan Qing stopped, as if she still had something to say to her husband.

She looked sideways at her husband and said, "Husband, why don't we close the stall tomorrow afternoon and go to see the house?" We now have a deposit of more than 200 taels, and it shouldn't be a problem to find a two-bedroom house."

"Two bedrooms and one living room?" Su Jin felt that he had heard a fresh discourse again.

"That's right!" Yan Qing smiled and imagined: "One is our bedroom, and the other is used as your study.

Seeing that there are only five months left to take the township test, how can you do without a good environment, huh? It would be nice to have a yard with a kitchenette in the yard and I'll be satisfied."

Su Jin listened to his mother's plan for his sake, so how could he not agree, so he listened to his mother's son, and made an appointment to close the stall tomorrow afternoon to see the "two-bedroom and one-hall" house.

The two reached a consensus on their wishes, and then went into the house to rest.

Early the next morning, when the sky was still hazy, the two of them got up.

Yan Qing washed rice and boiled porridge, and Su Jin went to the well to carry a few buckets of water for washing clothes, and then went back to the house to read the book.

For half an hour, she washed her clothes while the porridge was boiling in the pot.

The two had breakfast and went to Wenren Street early.

Because the business of the art stalls during this period was unexpectedly popular, some painters even made a fuss about not letting them go when they closed their stalls in the evening, wanting to paint a painting.

Su Jin had no choice but to look at their facial bone structure first, and when his lady instructed his expression and posture, he memorized all the movements he wanted to draw in his mind, and promised to hand in the self-portrait when he left the stall on the second day.

In this way, they could only come an hour earlier and paint the predetermined self-portrait first.

Su Jin painted the predetermined six self-portraits, and after a short rest, another official was immediately attracted to him.

Yan Qing advertised their signboard "Hongyantang", and the official listened attentively, and then obediently sat in front of Mr. Su, let him look at the facial bones, and then continued to guide the posture, and waited for Mr. Su to paint.

It was also since she set up a painting stall that Yan Qing discovered that her own business ability was also quite good, which made her busy all morning.

At noon, under the puzzled eyes of the young man in the teahouse, they closed the painting stall, and without saying much, they rushed back to their homes, Yan Qing made lunch, the two of them ate, and began to go out to look for a house in the afternoon.

For a few days, the houses they found were either because the location was too expensive, or because the environment was too noisy, and none of them made Yan Qing feel like.

In this regard, she wailed in her heart, is it so difficult for her to find a place that is lively and quiet, hoping to give her husband a quiet reading atmosphere and let her concentrate on preparing for the exam?

Yan Qing put his mind aside, so when he started to do things, he was naturally careless.

She took the self-portrait that Su Jin had drawn for the woman in her hand and dried the ink, but she didn't hand it to the woman for a long time.

"Mrs. Sue?" The woman couldn't figure out what Mrs. Su was thinking, why didn't she give her the portrait in her hand?

Oh...? She remembered that she hadn't paid the silver for the portrait yet, and the woman thought of it, so she took out ten cents from her sleeve and handed it to Su Jin, and said with a smile: "Mr. Su, look? ”

Su Jin knew that his lady had something to worry about, so he smiled apologetically at the woman, and called Yan Qing lightly: "Lady? ”

Yan Qing sighed heavily in her heart, heard her husband calling her, looked back at him and said, "Hmm! What's the matter with the husband? ”

Su Jin answered: "Looking for a house, the lady doesn't have to think about it for the time being, the husband has already thought about it, so he rented the house we saw yesterday, and we will take a look at it in the afternoon."

"No way!" Yan Qing reacted at this time, she was still holding the portrait of the woman that she had drawn, she smiled embarrassedly and handed the portrait to the woman.

replied categorically to her husband: "Yesterday's environment was too noisy, not only were there many children in the neighborhood, not far away, but also Jiayun... Ruxiang Pavilion, anyway, I won't agree to rent yesterday's house, if you fancy it, you can move by yourself"

As she spoke, her delicate face turned crimson, and she folded her arms around her back.

Such a lady, Su Jin is the first time to see her.

He put down his pen, because there was a painting stall on the street, he didn't want to say anything more, he thought about it, maybe his wife misunderstood what he meant, and after thinking about it, he decided to go back home and explain it to her.

"Are Mr. and Mrs. Su looking for a house?" The woman took the painting and did not leave in a hurry, she listened to the meaning of Mr. and Mrs. Su's words, and seemed to be in a hurry to find a house to live in.

After listening to the question, Su Jin looked up at the eldest sister, since others were kind enough to ask, he had to nod his head in acquiescence.

The woman confirmed that Mr. and Mrs. Su were indeed in a hurry to find a house to move in, and she suddenly said happily: "It just so happens that two days ago, my son took his daughter-in-law and child to Beijing together, and this time, it will take another three and a half years to come back, as soon as they leave, the house happens to be vacant, why don't Mr. Su and Mrs. Su go to the old woman's house to have a look?" ”

Hearing this, Yan Qing turned around and looked at her husband.

Seeing that her husband had no objections, and she was not angry with her just now, she pursed her lips and smiled comfortably, and asked the woman instead: "I don't know where my aunt's house is?" ”

"Sharp Alley!" The woman replied with a smile.

Yan Qing was stunned when she heard that it was Jiantou Lane, she and her husband had been to that area of Jiantou Lane once, the location was really good, and it was quiet in the bustle, the environment! It is equivalent to a modern rich house villa area.

Although they have saved some money now, it is not yet time to enjoy themselves.

Thinking of it, she smiled and declined: "Thank you for your kindness, but with our current conditions, we don't dare to dream of living in Jiantou Lane, if my aunt has free time in the future, you are welcome to come and play often, and this painting is also given to my aunt."

With that, she took the money from the table and prepared to return it to the woman.

"That's it!" The woman pushed the silver, and saw that Mr. Su and Mrs. Su were good, she smiled and said: "It's better like this, Mr. Su and Mrs. Su can go to the house with the old woman to have a look, if you feel that the house is satisfied, the silver is easy to say, if Mr. and Mrs. Su have other ideas, the old woman will not embarrass you, how about Mrs. Su?" ”

"Hmm!" Yan Qing saw that the woman was quite sincere, and if she repeatedly refused, it would seem that she didn't know how to lift.

So she promised the woman, and she and her husband went to see it first.

The woman helped them collect the painting stall, and the three of them walked around and chatted about Wenren Street, and soon arrived at Jiantou Alley.

As soon as I entered the alley, rows of high-walled and blue-tiled households appeared in front of me, and my aunt's house was just south of the intersection.

The woman took Su Jin and Yan Qing back to her house first, she poured tea for the two of them, and went to the house to get the key.

After a while.

When the woman came out with the key, the three of them went to the next house.

"This is it!" The woman opened the door, smiled and looked back at them.

Yan Qing glanced at the high courtyard wall with white walls and blue tiles, and had already expected that she and her husband would come and see this kind of house.

The woman opened the courtyard with the word "Fu" on the double doors, invited them into the courtyard, and said with a smile: "There are two rooms on the east side of this courtyard, one is a kitchen room, and the other is currently empty.

Yan Qing smiled in her heart when she heard this, she didn't necessarily have to rent it! will not think about what will be in the future.

They followed the woman into the hall, originally looking for a two-bedroom hall, but here it was a three-room hall, one room south, one room facing north, and one room facing east.

"I wonder what Mr. Su and Mrs. Su think after reading it?" The woman showed them the house and asked them what they thought with a smile.

"Huh...? Pretty good! To be honest, I like it a lot," Yan Qingdao.

Su Jin was satisfied, but it was still his wife's words, he only hoped that when the time came, the house they lived in was not rented, but belonged to him and his wife's family property.

"What does Mrs. Su mean?" The woman asked again.

Since she had already declined her aunt's kindness before, and now that she came to see it again, she was not afraid to say it directly, Yan Qing smiled and said: "Aunt Lao took us to see the house, but... We would still like to go somewhere else."

"Mrs. Sue!" The woman thought that they could come, so she didn't think about letting them go like this, she said the price and asked, "I wonder how many taels of silver Madame Su can accept before she is willing to live in this house?" ”