The fish pond was indeed very large, and at a glance there were a series of lotus leaves, mixed with pink lotus flowers, and the carriage drove over the road just enough to accommodate a carriage, and finally stopped in front of a courtyard.

He shouted helping, "Jiang family, someone is looking for it." ”

As soon as the two members of the Qin family got off the carriage, a middle-aged man came out, his legs were still stained with mud, and when he saw that the person who came was a young couple, he said a little honestly: "Do you buy fish?" ”

"We're here to see the fish pond, and when I heard that you were going to sell it, I'll come and take a look." Su Yan said.

Hearing this, Zhou Pingsheng nodded, "Then I'll take you to see it." "After that, he walked ahead.

Entering the lotus leaf forest from the path, there was a small boat, he motioned for them to go up, Qin An helped Su Yan to go up first and then go up.

Zhou Pingsheng said while rowing: "There are a lot of fish in this fish pond, and you can dig a lot of lotus roots." ”

"Back then, my family spent a lot of energy on repairing the fish pond, but there was really no way, otherwise they wouldn't have sold it."

After speaking, he pulled a lotus pod and gave it to Qin An, and then said: "You should have also heard that the son of my family owes gambling debts, and if you want to buy it, you have to give me the silver money at one time." ”

Su Yan nodded, signaling that she knew, "Is the yard where your family lives now included in it?" ”

If it doesn't include it, there is no way to build another house here, and it will be difficult to get it then.

Zhou Pingsheng looked natural, "You can't do it without a yard in the pond, even if my family hasn't found a rented yard yet, it may take two more days to delay." Then he sighed.

I don't dare to eat more and use more in my life, just to save these few silver dollars, and I have nothing when I get old.

Hearing this, Su Yan thought for a while, "Uncle, if we take over this pond, you can help me take care of it, I don't know how much the salary is, and I will give you a price when I understand your business here." ”

"This courtyard is still for you to live in, as long as you keep helping us, this courtyard will be for you to live in."

Although there are some losses, it is better than finding a raw hand to feed it.

Hearing this, Zhou Pingsheng's eyes lit up, "Really? ”

After speaking, he wiped his tears and said: "I have been raising fish all my life, let me not raise fish, I don't know what to do." ”

"I don't want to be paid, it's good that you can let my family live here."

"I usually do some bamboo work, which is enough to feed my family."

This person is honest, Su Yan smiled and said: "The salary still has to be paid, I think this fish pond is really good, we will sign the contract when we go back to you." ”

She paused, thought of something and said: "Uncle, I'll say some things first, I don't have any requirements, just do it well, for the time being, no one in my family is in the county, and you have to watch here." ”

"I don't want to get in trouble with your son."

"Don't worry, I know, if I sell you this fish pond, it has nothing to do with my family, and that son of a son can't do anything."

Zhou Pingsheng rowed a wooden boat to the shore, and said: "I do such a large fish pond alone, and I will naturally not be lazy." ”

Hearing this, Su Yan didn't say anything, holding Qin An's arm, he naturally blocked the sun with his hand, and whispered, "If you're tired, rely on me." ”

After saying that, he reached out and pinched her calf.

Zhou Pingsheng glanced at it, "It's almost raw." ”

"There's still a month."

Su Yan's belly is the same every day these days, and her belly is similar to that of a dog and a now, but she hasn't gotten fat much.

"It looks similar to when my daughter-in-law was born, but now it's different to eat well, and my daughter-in-law suffered a lot when she followed me."

After Zhou Pingsheng waited for the wooden boat to come to the dark, he pulled a few big lotus canopies for her, and said: "This is good for your daughter-in-law to boil water to drink, it is good for the child." ”

Qin An reached out and took it, "Thank you." ”

Zhou Pingsheng didn't say anything, and took the two of them into the courtyard, there was a woman in the courtyard who was killing fish, and when the woman saw someone coming, she immediately got up, "Go to the hall and sit, Dasheng, go and serve the sugar water in the kitchen." ”

Zhou Pingsheng walked over and took the kitchen knife, "You go and serve, I'll kill you, that's all?" ”

"Well, those are all sent over, and this business is not bad."

The woman washed her hands before going to the kitchen to bring water, and when she brought it out and handed it to the two of them, she asked them what they were doing, "What kind of fish do you buy?" ”

Before Su Yan could speak, Zhou Pingsheng explained: "The two of them came to see the fish pond. ”

"My fish pond is pretty good." And the woman took a stool for them to sit on.

Su Yan took two sips of water, "It's good, we just think it's okay, do you have any literacy in your family, if not, find a literate acquaintance to sign together." ”

Zhou Pingsheng nodded and said, "I'll go and call my son of evil to come back." ”

As soon as she heard that his son was literate, Su Yan knew that the two of them had put some effort into their son, "Okay." ”

After two or three quarters of an hour, a young man in a cloth robe walked in, who didn't look like a bad gambler, and he went into the room and came out with pen and ink, "Do you write or do I write?" ”

Su Yan motioned for him to write, his handwriting was quite neat, and before she could look at it, her hand was gently pinched, she turned her head to look over, and met the vinegar face of her rough man.

She couldn't help but smile, then looked elsewhere.

After the contract was written, Qin An took it over and read it carefully, and signed it after confirming that there was no problem, Zhou Pingsheng pressed his fingerprint, "I'll go to the yamen with you." ”

Qin An nodded, "Daughter-in-law, you are waiting for me here." ”

"Excuse me, auntie."

The woman looked relieved, "Okay." ”

Su Yan gave the money bag to Qin An, "Go to the money bank and take out the silver money." ”

After the two left, the young man Zhou Baoming said to the woman: "Mother, I'm going to work." ”

"Well, good job." The woman wanted to say more, but she didn't say much when she thought that Su Yan was here.

Watching her son walk out, she went to the house to get dried beans and came out for Su Yan to eat, "Eat, I don't have anything good at home." ”

"You sit down first, I'll kill the fish, and I'll send someone over later."

"Where are you guys, you don't look like you're from the county?"

"From Shanghe Village."

"You came to the county seat to do business?"

"No, my family is taking the exam, so let's stop by to see what shops are for sale."

The woman was a little surprised when she heard this, but she didn't expect the tall man to be a scholar, "My son also took the exam this year, and he almost passed the exam last year." ”

"Hey, he's a bad gambler, but the rest is pretty good."

"If you are more angry, my family doesn't know how good it is, but this time it scared him, but it was much more honest."

Their family's family affairs, Su Yan didn't say anything, just nodded and agreed, and then a few people came in to buy fish, and each time they bought a dozen or so fish.

For most of the hour, Qin An and Zhou Pingsheng came back, Qin An put a bowl of dumplings on the table in his hand, and motioned for Su Yan to eat, "Pad first." ”

Zhou Pingsheng wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Daughter-in-law, you go cook." ”

"Okay, I'll go catch a big fish and eat it." And the woman took the net and went out.

Su Yan didn't refuse them, and she had to talk about the salary later, "Uncle, will you give a pair of chopsticks?" ”

Before Zhou Pingsheng could say anything, Qin An answered: "No." ”

"You eat first, I'll eat again if I can't finish eating, there are water vegetables underneath."

Seeing that Zhou Pingsheng still had more than a dozen fish that he hadn't killed, he rolled up his sleeves and squatted next to him to kill, Zhou Pingsheng was a little embarrassed, "You sit and rest." ”

"It's fine." Qin An worked hard, and when the woman returned, he killed five fish.

At this time, the woman suddenly retched, and he immediately got up and ran over, "What......"

Before she could finish speaking, the woman threw up on the ground, and the dumplings she had just eaten spat out again.

Some of them splashed on his feet, he didn't care about disgusting and dirty, his eyes were full of worry, seeing that she couldn't bear to vomit anymore, he stretched out his hand and said, "Spit here, it's okay, daughter-in-law, I'll clean it later." ”

Su Yan naturally couldn't spit on his hands, so she could only bend over and vomit on the ground again, but she didn't vomit anything, and she was a little embarrassed, "Uncle, I'm sorry for soiling your ground." ”

Zhou Pingsheng hurriedly waved his hand, "It's okay." ”

Qin An helped her sit down again, went to the kitchen to scoop water for her to rinse her mouth, and after rinsing, went to the kitchen to shovel ashes, and ran back and forth a few times to clean it.

Su Yan looked at his boots, "Go buy a pair to change into." ”

"It's okay, just wipe it."

Qin An leaned over and bent down to look at her, and said softly, "Whatever you want to eat, I'll buy it." ”

"It's going to be uneaten." Su Yan wanted to eat sauerkraut with porridge, but after all, it was not her own home.

"Eat as much as you want, I'll buy it."

After Qin An finished speaking, she strode out without waiting for her to say anything, Su Yan wanted to say that she couldn't see anyone when she bought porridge, and she was a little moved.

The woman came out with sugar water, "Drink some, be steady, your family is very good, it's rare to see a man so good to his daughter-in-law." ”

It's not that it's bad, it's just that many men are capable of working outside, but they can't take care of their daughters-in-law at home, and these jobs feel that women should do.

"My family is very good." Su Yan nodded.

After a while, the tall rough man carried all kinds of food in his hands, pastries, fried chestnuts, rock sugar gourds, porridge, steamed buns, noodles, and some snacks that he had never eaten.

He placed it in front of her and opened it the same, "Is there anything you want to eat?" No I went to buy it again. ”

"Why do you buy so much, I can't finish it." Su Yan looked up at him, her heart was inexplicably soft, and he pampered her like this.

The rough man signaled that it was okay, "Do you want to eat anything?" ”

He was afraid that his daughter-in-law would not eat much now, her body would not be able to raise herself, and she would have no strength to give birth.

"I eat porridge." Su Yan drank porridge, and he peeled chestnuts next to him and put them on the table one by one.

……

After lunch, the two of them had to go to the shop over there, so there was no delay, and Su Yan gave Zhou Pingsheng and said, "Uncle, do you see that the salary is two taels of silver a month?" ”

Hearing that there were two taels of silver, Zhou Pingsheng nodded again and again, "That's enough." ”

"That's it, just this salary, we will come once a month, and the money you collect from selling fish will be put here for you, and the account will be reconciled at that time."

Su Yan is not afraid that he is greedy, if this person still wants to stay here, he knows that he is honest, and as for his son, it is a troublesome matter.

But it's not a big deal.

The yamen in the county is well managed, otherwise the Zhou family's pond would have been robbed by the gambling house a long time ago.

Then it's their turn to sell it themselves.

Zhou Pingsheng saw that they were leaving, and took a lot of dried lotus pods from home.

Su Yan originally wanted to follow Qin An to finish the shop over there, but he refused to live or die, so he had to go back to the inn and lie down to sleep.

When he opened his eyes again, the man had come back, and he was sitting at the table, quietly peeling lotus seeds.

The sweat on his forehead was dense, and there was a little glue on his eyelashes, probably because he had been staring at the sun for a day, and the flush on his cheeks had not disappeared until now.

"Xianggong."

The rough man immediately turned his head sideways, his eyebrows and eyes raised, sweat slid into his eyes, and he couldn't open his eyes suddenly, he wiped his sleeve and said, "Woke you up?" ”