"I'll go sell fish tomorrow, and when the time comes, I'll buy you some glutinous rice and come back." Zhang Zhenan opened his mouth to speak, his voice was indifferent and calm, and his eyes revealed a trace of gentleness that no one noticed.

"You're going to sell fish tomorrow?" An Xiu'er's eyes darkened when she heard this.

Zhang Zhen'an noticed her loss, turned his eyes and asked, "What's wrong?" Is there anything wrong? ”

An Xiu'er was just about to speak, but her nose was a little sour, she took a breath and said with a crying voice: "Tomorrow is how I will return to the door." ”

"Oh." Zhang Zhenan then remembered this stubble, and saw that she lowered her head, her eyelashes were wet, and she looked like she was about to cry out if she was aggrieved, so she comforted, "Then I won't sell fish, I'll just accompany you when the time comes." ”

"But if you don't sell fish, our family will run out of food, what will we eat then?" An Xiu'er only felt that she was in a dilemma, and returning to the door was a big deal, but she didn't want to make trouble for him as soon as she got married, she had already caused him a lot of trouble, alas, why did she have to go to the market tomorrow.

Seeing that her little face was anxious and embarrassed, and she didn't know what to do, Zhang Zhenan was a little helpless, and a few smiles appeared in her eyes, but she said disapprovingly: "Just this little thing, you are in a hurry like this?" I'll go early tomorrow morning, I'm rowing anyway, and I'll be back in the morning. ”

"But you're not going to have to work too hard." She looked at her cautiously, her eyes were bright and crystalline, she didn't actually think about it like this, but she was afraid that he would not want to do it.

Zhang Zhenan didn't know what she was thinking, but he was also a little uncomfortable by her eyes, so he turned his head and said, "It's okay." ”

"That's good, I know that you are the best." An Xiuer did not hesitate to praise herself, her little face was full of joy, her eyes were even more watery, and her happiness was beyond words.

She served him vegetables again, and told him about Huang Pozi's exchange for fish today, Zhang Zhenan naturally had no interest in these little things, but An Xiu'er was chattering in his ear endlessly, her voice was soft and glutinous, and he even followed a few words.

After saying this, she said a little arrogantly: "Hmph, this Huang Pozi is bullying me when I am young and wants to exchange two small bamboo shoots for my fish, and I am not a fool!" ”

Seeing her proud little appearance, Zhang Zhen'an couldn't help but bring two hints of pampering in his words, "Yes, you are the best at housekeeping." ”

"Actually, I still lost money on this business." When An Xiu'er heard him say this, she confessed and said, "What I gave her was a pretty big fish, not a small fish, and her things still can't be exchanged for this fish." ”

Seeing that Zhang Zhen'an was noncommittal, she explained in a low voice: "That Mrs. Huang is the most angry person in our village, but her daughter-in-law is not bad, and she is also pitiful under her hands, if I don't change it, she will definitely not take more things, if I give her a small fish, maybe she will be hungry, eat it herself, and give her a medium size, she will be willing to give her daughter-in-law a bowl of soup." ”

Zhang Zhen'an never cares about the affairs of the Li family, and he usually has no contact with the people in the village, but he has a little impression of this Huang Pozi, she came to him to change the fish a few times, and every time she cried poor and said that he was pitiful, but he wouldn't say much to her, if he didn't change it, he didn't change it!

Although her little daughter-in-law is soft and weak, when she says this, you know that she is also quite disciplined.

"You're doing the right thing." Zhang Zhenan also praised her, that is, his voice was calm and his face was restrained, and he didn't know if he was really praising or sarcastic.

But no matter what, An Xiu'er took him as a compliment, and she also showed a relaxed look on her little face, and said: "I'm afraid that you will talk about me, but you actually agree with my approach, which shows that you are also a kind-hearted person." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Zhenan calmly accepted the good person card, but he knew that he was not a good person.

"Yes, I exchanged fish with her, it seems that I am at a loss, but in fact, we just have no food to eat, so we can be regarded as taking what we need." An Xiu'er said with a smile, "When I have time in a few days, I will also go up the mountain to dig bamboo shoots, so that when the time comes, I will dry some dried bamboo shoots, and in winter, I won't have to worry about running out of vegetables to eat." ”

"Okay." Zhang Zhenan felt that he was a little lady who talked a lot, and he had to tell him about all the small things in the family, so he had no interest in them, so he had to say: "In the future, you can just call the shots about these little things at home." ”

"Okay then." Knowing that he didn't like to listen much, An Xiu'er's little face stepped down a little.

"Hmm." Zhang Zhenan nodded and hurriedly finished the last bite of rice in the bowl.

On weekdays, he eats very quickly, but today he listened to her babble for half an hour, delaying him a lot of time.

"I'm on the boat." Zhang Zhenan stood up, picked up the hat hanging on the wall, put it on his head, covered it with a black veil and was about to go out.

"Hey, wait a minute." An Xiu'er stopped him, and when he turned around, she lowered her head again, and only said: "It's noon, the sun is so big, you should pay more attention." ”

I heard that she seemed to have something to say just now, but since she didn't say it, he didn't ask, and just said, "I will, you can take care of yourself at home." ”

"Hmm." With his words of concern, she was as happy as something, her eyes as pure as water were full of smiles, and even the corners of her mouth were curved.

Zhang Zhenan thought that she looked good when she smiled, so he couldn't help but look at her twice, and then he settled down and went out without looking back.

An Xiu'er saw Zhang Zhen'an go out, and exhaled, she just wanted to say that he would clean up the vegetable patch at home, but forget it, he wants to fish, so let's come by himself.

I looked around at home, and finally saw the hoe in the corner, there was already some rust on it, it seems that he didn't use it often, too, there was not even a piece of land at home, and it was already good to have a hoe, presumably on weekdays, he should just use this hoe to hoe the grass in the yard.

found a stone, An Xiuer took the stone and began to grind the hoe, as a countryman, just rely on fishing, how can you do without a piece of land, if the water surface freezes in winter and there are no fish, or if you can't go out to fish in the spring, then what should you do?

You still have to have a piece of land, grow some vegetables by yourself, and when you make money, you can buy the land, even if you pay it out to collect rent, it is better than just fishing.

Work hard, be diligent and thrifty!

An Xiu'er secretly cheered herself up in her heart, and felt that she had eaten too well in the past two days, Zhang Zhenan didn't say anything on the surface, it must be because she had just married him, she was a new daughter-in-law, he was not easy to say, and in the future, she would definitely complain about her, she felt that from tonight, the food would be lowered by a level.

Well, when you make money, you will raise the level of food!

Grinding the hoe, she didn't often do heavy work, and her palms soon became a little red, but the hoe still did not return to its true color, she thought about it, went back to the room and took out a piece of cloth, and put the cloth on the stone and continued to grind, until the tip of the hoe was shining, and she did not stop.

Seeing that the tip of the hoe was shining, An Xiu'er's face showed a smile, and she only felt that her hard work was not in vain, so she threw away the stone and walked to the backyard with the hoe.

Isn't it just hoeing, although she rarely does it, but it's not that she can't, it's just that the soil is too hard, and when she hoes down, she knows how hard it is to do this farm work.

After plowing a small piece of land, An Xiu'er was tired, and her hands only felt that the skin was worn out by the hotness, so she had to stop and rest.

"Auntie ......" Not long after she sat down, she heard someone calling her, she raised her head, and saw her two nieces and nieces calling her on the path, and hurriedly beckoned to them, "Big girl and second girl, come and play." ”

The two nieces carried a big bamboo basket directly through the wasteland, and when they saw An Xiu'er hoeing the ground, they couldn't help but be shocked, and said, "Auntie, you are actually doing farm work." ”

"Is there anything unusual?" An Xiu'er looked up at the two of them, and saw that the two little ones looked tearful, got up and hugged their shoulders, and said, "Come into the house and sit." ”

The wasteland was behind her yard, and she opened the door and walked two steps to the hall, and arranged for the two little ones to sit down, and she went into the kitchen, and made a small stove out of two adobe bricks, and took a small pot for them to cook eggs in sugar water.

The two little guys came to their aunt's new home with some novelty, and they were restless, but when they saw that Zhang Zhenan was not at home, they became bolder, and followed them to the kitchen to watch An Xiu'er light the fire.

The eldest girl walked over and said, "Auntie, what are you doing, I'll help you light the fire." ”

"It's okay, just light the fire, you go and sit." An Xiu'er smiled kindly at them.

The two little girls found a small stool, sat down not far from her, and saw that An Xiu'er kept looking at the fire and didn't speak, so the eldest girl pursed her lips and whispered: "Auntie, you have suffered, you are at home, and you never have to hoe the ground." ”

"Yes, I heard that my uncle is very fierce, did he beat you or bullied you?" Erya also looked up and asked.

"No, your uncle is fine." An Xiu'er got up and took two eggs, knocked the shell open and beat it into the warm water, thought about it, and took two more eggs, these eggs were sent by relatives and friends when she got married, anyway, Zhang Zhenan didn't know how many, he was just these two nieces, and he was not favored at home, and he loved him a lot.

As soon as the eggs entered the water, the aroma overflowed, An Xiu'er added some sugar, the sweet and greasy taste, the whole house was there, and the two little girls couldn't help but swallow their saliva secretly.

"If you're hungry, you can eat it later." An Xiu'er said, and suddenly thought of Zhang Zhen'an again, so let's make two for him by the way.

So, I took two more, the small basket with eggs, I saw that more than half of it was missing, and An Xiuer didn't care, anyway, this egg would be bad if it was left for a long time, and it should be eaten by my niece and father-in-law.