My delicate husband

Lan An is a man of action. Yesterday, he discussed with Zhang Xiaomo about buying a residential plot. Today, after selling lunch boxes, he came back and started drawing the rough plan of the house so that he could determine the size of the residential plot.

"Brother Xiaomo, please take a look at the house plan."

"An An, you are so impatient."

"Let's buy a little more land so we can make the rooms bigger in the future."

"An An likes big houses?"

"I don't like it, but I want to build a big house for Brother Xiaomo."

"Okay, I'll listen to An An."

Giving gifts when asking someone to do something for you is a tradition since ancient times, and Lan An was happy to abide by it. Besides, the old village chief was a nice person, and Lan An didn't dislike him. Besides, he would probably have to trouble him in the future, so it was important to maintain a good relationship with him.

Lan An bought a jar of good wine from Uncle Wang's house and cut a pound of meat. After preparing everything, he asked Guo Ge'er to take care of Zhang Xiaomo at home, and went to the village chief's house with the things.

"Brother An, you must have come here for something important today. Carrying so many things must cost at least four or five hundred coins."

"Uncle Zhang, let me be frank. I want to buy a residential plot. Also, I plan to dig another public well, and the location will be in front of Sister Lan's house."

"You've made a lot of money in this business, buying residential land and digging a public well. But to be honest, the location of the well is really good this time. The villagers over there have to travel too far to get water."

"Oh, Uncle Zhang, please stop making fun of me."

"How much land do you want to buy for your homestead? There's a large piece of vacant land to the left of your house. Are you going to buy it all?"

"Uncle Zhang, you think too highly of me. I don't have that much money."

The village chief thought about it and realized that such a large area would cost dozens of taels. Besides, Zhang Xiaomo was the only man in his family and there were not many people in it, so it would be useless to have such a large area.

"Ang'er, there are only a few people in your family, so the current homestead should be enough. If you have extra money, it would be better to buy some land."

"Well, I'm going to cook here, so I plan to make the kitchen better and the house bigger so that I can leave a good house for Guo Ge'er."

"Brother Guo is lucky to have a brother-in-law like you. So how much land do you want to buy? Do you know the price?"

"I have discussed it with my husband, and we have decided to buy four zhang, which is 16 taels in total. I have brought all the silver, and I also have three taels for the well."

Lan An took out the silver and copper coins he had prepared. Guo Geer looked at Lan An.

"You've taken out all the money in the house."

"Oh, I left a couple of hundred coins for the household."

The village chief didn't say anything else. He took his tools and went to help him measure. The income from the village's residential land only needed to be handed over to the government office, and the rest belonged to the village. The village chief was still very happy that someone bought the residential land, so that the village could have more income.

"I've got the village certificate ready for you. Tomorrow you're going to the county town to sell boxed lunches, so I'll go with you there to register. When the county government issues the land deed, you have to keep it safe."

"I see. Thank you, Uncle Zhang."

Lan'an returned home and hurried to braise the meat and make corn tortillas. It was getting late, so Lan'an had to hurry to cook. Today was the day for a bath, and Lan'an still had a pile of clothes to wash.

"Brother Guo, the water is boiling. Hurry up and get some water to take a bath. When you're done, get some water for Zhang Xiaomo to wash up."

"Angel, I'll go right away."

"I've put the clothes away for you. In half a month, you can buy some thinner underwear. For now, you'll have to make do with this."

"Anger, it's okay, I'm not particular."

Lan An prepared braised crucian carp, shredded pork with green peppers, scrambled eggs with chives, and stir-fried lotus root slices for dinner. The weather was still cold, so Lan An lit a fire in the living room and asked Guo Ge'er and Zhang Xiaomo to roast their hair by the torch after dinner.

"Brother Guo, I'm going to wash up. Please help me change the sheets and bedding. I'll wash them tomorrow. I washed the clothes today, so it's just right for drying my hair."

"Anger, you are really particular."

"An An, thank you for your hard work."

It was already late when Lan An finished his work and Zhang Xiaomo had already fallen asleep, but when Lan An lay down on the bed, Zhang Xiaomo still subconsciously held Lan An in his arms.

Early the next morning, the village chief rode Zhang Erbo's ox cart and accompanied Lan An to the county town. Lan An set up a stall first, and as usual, it only took an hour to sell out all the food.

Lan An asked Guo Ge'er to take Zhang Erbo to the market to get the goods, while he went to the county government office with the village chief. Lan An secretly gave the constable two taels of silver. The constable was reluctant at first, but after receiving the silver, he put it in his mouth and bit it to make sure it was real, and then he quickly got the job done.

"Here, little brother, remember to keep it."

"Thank you, brother."

Lan'an folded the deed carefully and put it into his clothes, then thanked the constable. When they arrived at the ox cart parking spot, Guo Ge'er also came back with the goods, and they all rode the ox cart back to the village together.

After the matter was settled, Lan An also privately gave the village chief one or two taels of silver as a token of gratitude. The village chief did not refuse and accepted it with a smile.

"Ang'er, I won't be polite to you. If you need help in the future, just come to me."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhang. I'll go home first. Bye."

The village chief waved his hand indifferently, very satisfied with Lan'an's sensible attitude. He returned home in a good mood and took out his treasured dry tobacco to smoke it happily.

"An An, I'm back."

"Brother Xiaomo, look, this is the deed. Put it away quickly. I'll keep all the important things in the house for you from now on."

"Okay, I'll keep it for An An. Can An An recognize the words on it?"

"I don't know him very well, but I can make a rough guess."

"An An, do you want to learn to read? I'll teach you."

"Brother Xiaomo, is Guoge also illiterate and only knows some basic counting?"

"He doesn't like reading. His parents asked me to help him with his education. He would cry if he sat on a stool and would get sleepy if he read. You know why he's afraid of me? He just doesn't want to study."

"He wants to learn business from me, but he can't do that without knowing how to read."

"Why don't you go ask him? If he doesn't want to, forget it. He's just a child. An An, you said you would accompany me, only me. Let's not talk about him."

"Okay, I'll just accompany you."

After dinner, Lan An still planned to have a chat with Guo Ge'er. He was already 11 years old this year, and he couldn't just follow Lan An around like a little tail. He should also learn to read and write and understand the world. Anyway, Zhang Xiaomo was going to teach him, so he said he would teach Guo Ge'er as well.

"Brother Guo, do you want to learn to read with Brother Xiaomo?"

"Anger, please forgive me. I'm really not good at learning characters. I feel sleepy when I see those characters. You can teach me arithmetic, it's okay. I can use it in business in the future, hehe."

"Then let Brother Xiaomo teach us basic reading and arithmetic. At the very least, we should know how to write our own names. Even if you do business in the future and sign documents with others without knowing how to write, you won't even know if someone is cheating you."

"Okay, Ange, I'll listen to you."

The weather gradually warmed up, and people went to the foot of the mountain to collect firewood. Lan Euan received more firewood every day. Fortunately, a lot of it was used up every day, so there was not much left. However, slowly, half of the warehouse was filled.

Lan An now buys lunch boxes every morning, and after finishing all his work in the afternoon, he asks Zhang Xiaomo to teach him and Guo Ge'er. He only teaches three words at a time, and the lesson cannot exceed an hour. He is still worried that Zhang Xiaomo's body cannot bear it.

Lan An found it easy to learn, but Guo Ge'er was having a hard time, struggling to survive every day under his brother's death gaze. For the first time, Lan An thought Guo Ge'er had ADHD and wondered how he managed to keep embroidering.

Every time when the time comes, Guo Ge'er runs next door to play with Lin Ge'er. He will not go home unless Lan An goes to find him.

As the weather got warmer, Lan An also wanted to go into the back mountain to hunt. Every time he mentioned it to Zhang Xiaomo, he was rejected. Lan An was rarely EMO. If he couldn't go into the back mountain, how could he get all those precious medicinal herbs?

As the days passed, Lan An occasionally took advantage of Zhang Xiaomo's sleep to sneak into the back mountain, and asked Guo Ge'er to provide a lot of cover. However, each time he was in the shallow part of the forest, he did not encounter any big prey. For safety reasons, Lan An bought insect repellent and sleeping pills in the store.

A few days later, the blue bricks he had ordered in the county town were delivered. The waiter was quite enthusiastic, so Lan An had no choice but to pile them in the yard. He hadn't hired a bricklayer yet.

Lan An paid the balance and customized a batch of blue bricks, saying that there was no rush to use them and they could be fired slowly. The quantity was quite large and would be used to rebuild the kitchen.

The waiter was very happy to receive the order. He praised the blue eucalyptus and promised to deliver the goods on time and guarantee the quality and quantity.

I paid a deposit of three taels of blue eucalyptus and agreed to have it delivered two months later, just in time for the spring planting.

Lan'an has been going into the back mountain more and more frequently recently, and he almost got caught several times. Thanks to his quick wit, Guo Ge'er was almost scared to tears by him.

Zhang Xiaomo's health had improved a little, and he could occasionally go out of the room and bask in the sun in the yard. Lan An accompanied him, and the two of them were very affectionate and had endless little things to talk about. Guo Ge'er felt it was too much to bear, so he went next door to play with Lin Ge'er.

Lan An's calligraphy was too immature, so Zhang Xiaomo accompanied him in practicing calligraphy and also helped Lan An grind ink. Lan An also experienced the fragrance of having a beautiful woman by his side, which was really sweet.

After studying for a period of time, Guo Ge'er was no longer so resistant to learning calligraphy. In Zhang Xiaomo's stories, Guo Ge'er fell in love with learning to read and was keen to teach Lin Ge'er to learn to read as well.

Lan An chose a suitable afternoon. Zhang Xiaomo was not feeling well, so Lan An fed him a cup of cold medicine. Zhang Xiaomo fell into a deep sleep and would not wake up in a short time. Lan An planned to try his luck in the back mountain.

Lan'an was worthy of having a golden finger, and some luck was also involved. Lan'an caught three chubby rabbits, two pheasants, and three wild deer. Lan'an couldn't tell the age of the antlers, so he could only ask Doctor Zhu. He also happened to meet a little wild boar, and Lan'an put all these into the space.

"Anger, you're finally back."

"Brother Xiaomo is awake?"

"No, I just felt that my brother was not sleeping very well and was about to wake up."

"Okay, wake me up when you wake up. We're going to have something different tonight."

Lan Euan was still enjoying the peaceful days at this time, but he didn't know that the village was full of rumors about him and that a big trouble was waiting for him soon.