Qin An didn't go outside to change, he took his clothes and changed them on the side, and when it got hot recently, he wore a thin coat.

Su Yan glanced at it, "Xianggong, it's going to be dark soon, so it's better to wear more." ”

"It's okay, daughter-in-law, I went to the mountains to chop wood, and I only came back at night." Qin An didn't save this amount of money, but the firewood he bought was often prone to fire.

He looked at the balm on the table, and said, "The balm in Fucheng smells good, I'll take you to buy it when Xiu Mu waits." ”

"I don't need this, I want to make money, Xianggong, there should be wild daisies in the mountains, I want to pick some with you." Su Yan wanted to just pick some random flowers that didn't cost money and study them.

"The family has enough money." Qin An didn't want her to do other business, she was already tired, and she would be even more tired if she worked more.

Su Yan changed into coarse cloth clothes and explained: "When the time comes, I will ask a helper to do it, the Qi family is opening a balm shop, and I will open one opposite his house." ”

"They treated us like soft persimmons, and I'm going to give them back."

Hearing this, Qin An understood what she meant, and just as she wanted to say something, Su Yan said again: "Xianggong, if you don't let me out of this breath, I can't sleep well." ”

Sometimes she can endure it, sometimes she just can't bear it, how can she be angry everywhere.

Qin An came over to help her tie her clothes, "Let's go." ”

The carriage stopped at the village at the foot of the mountain, where there was a special place for horses, and people often came here to cut wood or find medicinal herbs.

The two of them carried a basket to the mountains, and wild chrysanthemums grew everywhere in this season, and there were a lot of them at a glance, and some of them were trampled on.

Su Yan took off the back basket, "Xianggong, I'm waiting for you here, be careful." ”

"Hmm." Qin An didn't go far, just a dozen steps away from her and began to climb trees and cut branches.

The county town does not allow trees to be cut down, so they can only cut some branches.

Or you need to go to the county seat to report to cut down trees.

He was so strong that as soon as he went down with his machete, the branches fell to the ground.

From time to time, I watched my daughter-in-law bend down to pick wild chrysanthemums.

He had just changed to a tree to climb when he saw a scholar talking next to his daughter-in-law.

He pursed his lips, then came down from the tree, took the machete and walked over to Su Yan's side.

When I got closer, I heard the man say, "Girl, can I draw you?" ”

Su Yan didn't raise her head, and hurried to pick it up and feed Tuan Tuan, "You can change someone." ”

The man does not give up, "the girl ......"

Before he could finish speaking, a voice interjected, "Daughter-in-law." ”

He looked up and saw that the man was carrying a machete and dressed in coarse cloth, and he instinctively took two steps back in fright.

Su Yan glanced up at him, and was just about to ask him if he had it done? And I saw that he did not carry a basket.

Apparently seeing someone approaching her, she hurriedly came over with a machete.

for fear that someone else would kidnap his daughter-in-law.

She smiled and said to the man who had just spoken, "You can draw my father-in-law, he can." ”

The man's face turned a little pale, "I'm ...... I still have something. After saying that, he turned around and hurried away.

Qin An retracted his gaze, put down the machete and picked it with her, and after picking enough, he took Su Yan to wait for him.

He cut it down, and Su Yan pulled it aside, took off the leaves, and put them under the back basket.

There are leaves that are burned, but wood is not burned.

Seeing that it was almost there, Qin An came down from the tree, and some of the branches were so big that they couldn't be put in the back basket at all.

He held a log in one hand and a machete in the other, and he was still sharp after not working much for so long.

Su Yan picked it up next to her and put it neatly in the back basket, and some of it couldn't fit it.

Qin An brought a rope, tied it together and put it on top of the back basket, and carried it behind him with one hand.

It would be dark and dark.

He held Su Yan tightly with one hand and walked down the mountain.

Rushing home, Tuan Tuan fell asleep.

Sun Erdan sat in the hall and waited for the two of them to come back, and as soon as he saw the two of them, he ran over to help, and Su Yan followed him, otherwise he always felt that he was an outsider.

Qin An put the firewood in the firewood room and put it on the pyre, while Su Yan soaked wild chrysanthemums in the yard.

Sun Erdan squatted beside him, "Mother, do you like flowers?" ”

Su Yan glanced at him and smiled, "Oh, my mother wants to use it to make things." ”

Sun Erdan nodded obediently and stood up with her.

After eating, Su Yan asked Zhang Xiu and the others to take the children to sleep and wash wild chrysanthemums in the kitchen by themselves.

Qin An wanted to help, but Su Yan didn't let him get it, "You have a lot of hands, and you'll cinch me for a while." ”

"Just sit and wait for me, or go to the study and read."

"Don't look at it today, accompany your daughter-in-law." Qin An didn't sit either, standing behind her and gently pinching her shoulder.

He said in a low voice, "How can you do this? ”

Su Yan didn't hide it from him, "I used to do a lot of business and was deceived a lot, but now I think about it, thanks to it, otherwise I wouldn't be able to make money." ”

I used to think about it and always felt that those days were very bitter, but now I am very happy when I think about it.

It's probably a very comfortable day now.

Qin An tilted his head and kissed her, and said in a low voice: "Daughter-in-law, you are so capable, why do you marry me?" ”

Su Yanle sighed, "If I don't marry you, you won't fix the yard for me." ”

As soon as she said that, Qin An remembered that he was grinding and repairing the yard, and he said a little honestly: "I haven't been in contact with women, I just think that if I repair slowly, you can stay longer." ”

Su Yan laughed twice, and while washing the wild chrysanthemums, she said: "You can do it and hurt people, and you don't talk much, it's normal for me to marry you." ”

At first, I just thought it was appropriate to live together, and then I was more and more happy.

Qin An laughed and continued to press her shoulder, "It's good that I was thick-skinned at that time. ”

Su Yan said with a smile: "That's right." ”

She remembered something and said, "Xianggong, you can help me drill a small hole next to the little retort and insert a wooden pipe." ”

"Okay."

Qin An pressed it for a while, then sat at the door of the stove with his little retort, and then took the knife to drill little by little.

For a while, there was only a faint sound of water in the kitchen, and the sound of wood and knives colliding, and the insects outside were like scary people, chirping quietly.

……

At noon, Qin An came back with Sun Erdan, and Sun Erdan ran over when he saw Su Yan, and then took out a few handfuls of small purple flowers from his bookbag.

"Mother, here you go."

Su Yan was stunned for a moment, then reacted and picked him up with a smile, "Where did you pick it?" ”

"There is a vacant lot next to the academy, which has grown a lot, and it is wild flowers." Sun Erdan's milk voice explained.

Su Yan kissed him on the side of the cheek, "Thank you, Erdan, I'll help my mother pick some back if you're fine." ”

"Okay." Sun Erdan's eyes lit up, and he was finally able to help his mother.

The small purple flowers are the purple flowers that grow all over the village, they are very small, Su Yan picked them up and put them in a wooden pot to soak, "Go wash your hands and eat." ”

When Sun Erdan left, Qin An took two stalkless peonies from the bookbag and gave them to her, probably with Sister Cui and Zhang Xiu, he went to the kitchen to wash his hands without saying a word.

Su Yan's eyebrows and eyes were crooked, she put the peony in the wooden basin, and chased after the man lightly, and then reached out to hold his big hand.

"I'll give you a smell of my perfume later."