My delicate husband

Lan An bought an ox cart, so he no longer had to trouble Uncle Zhang to take him to the town to sell lunch boxes every day. It just so happened that spring plowing was about to begin, and every household was busy, so Uncle Zhang's ox cart business was also suspended.

Today's boxed lunches were unsurprisingly popular. They were all regular customers, and they all noticed that the meat dishes in the boxed lunches were larger and tasted better, so they all rushed to buy a few more.

"Little boss, please don't sell it for a few more days."

"I won't be selling anymore. I'll be closed for five days at most after I sell out. And to thank everyone for their support, the meat dishes will be doubled in the last few days, but the price will remain the same."

"Can you prepare more? Little boss, did you grab any today?"

"Okay, let's prepare more in the last few days."

After selling the lunch boxes, Lan An saw Guo Ge'er walking with a limp and felt a little guilty, but it only lasted for three seconds.

"Anger, I will never help you again. If you do, I will punish you."

"Okay, after we get the goods from the market, how about I take you to the jewelry store to buy a pair of silver bracelets? I'll take it as an apology."

"Okay, Angel, you're the best."

Lan Eucalyptus came to the market and told the pork shop owner that he would not sell the goods for another five days. The pork shop owner felt quite sorry about it, so he gave him two more kilograms of Lan Eucalyptus.

At the market, Lan'an saw people buying chickens and ducks, so he bought two. He also saw some fresh shepherd's purse and wanted to buy some, but was stopped by Guo Ge'er.

"Ang'er, the wild vegetables in the fields are about to grow. Let's go dig them up then."

"Okay, I'd better buy less and go back to make dumplings."

"Okay, shepherd's purse and pork dumplings are delicious."

After the goods were picked up and put on the ox cart, Lan An took Guo Ge'er to a jewelry store and picked out a pair of very beautiful silver bracelets for Guo Ge'er (one tael cost 500 wen). Lan An didn't like to wear these, so he looked at some hairpins and planned to buy one for Zhang Xiaomo.

In the end, Lan An chose a sky-blue pure jade hairpin. The overall texture was transparent and the water head was good. Lan An was quite satisfied with it and finally spent four taels of silver to buy it.

Lan An and Guo Ge'er strolled into a clothing store. The shopkeeper told them about the new products. Lan An thought they could buy some thin spring clothes, so he took Guo Ge'er in to have a look. He bought a set of inner clothes and two outer robes for each family member, and spent more than two taels of silver. Seeing that the new style of shoes was nice, he spent another 600 coins to buy four pairs of shoes.

"Angel, we bought too much."

"You can never buy too many clothes. You don't understand. Okay, go back and come back to buy bedding later. The ones at home are a bit thick."

"Ang'er, isn't it a bad idea for us to spend money like this? My brother's treatment will cost a lot of money."

"Brother Guo, you have to know that money is not saved. The more you spend, the more you earn."

"Okay, Ange, whatever you say is right."

When I got home, there were quite a lot of people in the yard. Everyone was curious about the new man Lan An had brought back. Under the big locust tree at the east end of the village, a group of old ladies were discussing An Ge'er and Brother Xu. The village chief couldn't help but come to Zhang's house out of curiosity.

"Uncle Zhang, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Everyone in the village is saying you brought a man back, so I came to see what's going on. You know, in our village, we don't have the same tricks as in the county, where you have to deal with brothers and sisters."

"Village chief, what are you talking about? My husband will be angry again if he finds out. I just coaxed him into calming down yesterday."

"Stop being so naughty with me and tell me what's going on."

"Uncle Zhang, can outsiders settle in our Lotus Village?"

"You want him to settle down in our Lotus Village. Have you thought it through? Do you want him to settle down alone, or with you?"

"Let's go together. He will be our sworn brother from now on. As you know, Brother Xiaomo is in poor health and there is no one to work at home, so I will find someone to come back and do the work."

"You're quite a brave man, buying someone back. Okay, I get it. I'll tell everyone that your distant relative came to seek refuge with you."

"Thank you very much, village chief."

"Do you have his indenture?"

"Yes, take a look."

"Ang'er, your slave's indenture is a death contract. You've been registered as a slave in the county government. How difficult is it to get your household registration?"

"Uncle Zhang, can it be recorded directly in the village? Just put it on my household registration. You can just write me a document and I will buy you a pot of good wine when the time comes."

"Your brother is fine, but he will be counted as one more person when paying taxes. You will have to pay him a population tax of 300 coins every year, and your family will also have to pay one more person for military service and corvée labor."

"Okay, Uncle Zhang, please calculate how much it will cost in total?"

"Okay, the household registration fee is 200 wen, and this year's population tax is 300 wen, for a total of 500 wen."

"Okay, Uncle Zhang, thank you for your help."

Lan An gave 550 coins directly, and the extra coins were a thank-you fee. After Uncle Zhang learned about the situation, he prepared to go home and write the paperwork.

When the aunts saw Lan An whispering with the village chief for a long time, they were all very curious and wished they could hear things from afar.

"Village chief, what are you talking about?"

"Nothing. An'er's distant cousin came to live with him. He will settle down in Lotus Village from now on. Everyone will take care of him."

The aunts were also very surprised. No wonder An Ge'er brought the person back. Mo Hanzi didn't say anything. It turned out that he was a distant relative.

After the aunts finished their work, they went to find people they knew to share the first-hand information they had received. Within an hour, all the villagers in Lianhua Village knew that the young man from the Zhang family was a distant relative of An Ge'er, who came to live with him and would be registered in Lianhua Village from then on.

The village chief wrote the document and brought it to Ang'er. Seeing that Ang'er was very busy, he did not stay for long.

After Lan An got the household registration documents, he went to find Zhang Xiaomo. Guo Ge'er is now becoming more and more responsible. He is becoming more and more skilled in braising meat and making hot pancakes, so Lan An doesn't have to worry about him.

"Brother Xiaomo, here you go."

Zhang Xiaomo took a look at it and put it in the small box.

"An An, you really care about him."

"Brother Xiaomo, you know I don't care about anyone except you. Look, the hairpin I bought for you, isn't it beautiful?"

"Yeah, I still like the one on my head. It's the first hairpin An An gave me."

"Brother Xiaomo, I will give you many hairpins."

Lan Euan took out the newly bought clothes again. He now loved buying clothes for Zhang Xiaomo. Decorating the cat made him feel unprecedented happiness.

"An An, you bought me too many clothes."

"Brother Xiaomo, I love spending money on you. Don't you know that where my brother's money is, there his heart is."

"Oh, An An, this is the first time I've heard of it."

The two of them stayed together for a while, and then Lan An went to prepare shepherd's purse and pork dumplings. It had been a long time since they had eaten dumplings. Today, they had the rare opportunity to buy shepherd's purse, and it would be a shame not to eat dumplings.

After dinner, Lan An accompanied Zhang Xiaomo for a walk in the courtyard. After walking around twice, Lan An looked at the dilapidated house and became more and more dissatisfied.

"Brother Xiaomo, what do you think about us building a big brick and tile house?"

"That's fine. There are too many people in my family and the house is not big enough."

Lan An and Zhang Xiaomo both have a strong sense of private territory and don't like strangers entering their inner rooms. However, the house is small and the layout of their inner rooms can be seen clearly as long as you enter the living room. There is nothing you can do about it. Besides, Zhang Xiaomo is in poor health and stays in the bedroom for a long time, so everyone is used to talking in the inner room.

"Brother Xiaomo, we already have a design drawing, and now we have nothing to do, so we can discuss it and decide on it as soon as possible."

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

Lan An and Zhang Xiaomo agreed to immediately gather everyone in the family for a small meeting. He told them that he was planning to build a house soon and asked for everyone's opinions and requirements.

Of course, the first one to speak is always Guo Ge'er, who is now a little fan of An Ge'er.

"Anger, are we really going to build a brick and tile house?"

"Yes, your brother and I have always had this plan, and now I want to hear your opinions."

"Does the family have enough money now? My brother will start treatment on the 15th of next month."

"Don't worry, we have enough money. Building a house requires a lot of bricks, which need to be custom-made in advance. It won't be completed in a short time."

"Ang'er, you guys just discuss it, I'm just responsible for the work."

"That's right, An Ge'er, I'll listen to you too."

"Okay, let me tell you my general opinion."

Lan Euan took out a charcoal pencil and began to draw on the paper. A courtyard house took shape.

"I plan to build a yard like this. I'll leave about ten feet of space in front of the yard for growing vegetables, and I'll pave the entire area from the gate to the house with blue bricks.

The house faces south and has four rooms on the south side. The large one in the middle is the living room, where I will meet guests. The left side is the bathroom, and the right side is the storage room.

Two rooms were built on the east side, one large wing where my brother Xiaomo and I lived, and one small ear room where Guoge lived.

There are four rooms on the west side. Brother Xu lives in one, and two of the other three are used as guest rooms and one is used as a baby room.

Our existing house is 3 feet long, and I plan to make this brick and tile house 7 feet long, with a 3-foot empty courtyard in the middle and feet for the rooms on both sides.

I'm thinking about the detailed design of the room. I'll tell you when the time comes. Is everyone okay with it?"

"Ang'er, our future house will be twice as big as ours, right? It will be so big, it will cost a lot of money."

"Brother Guo, don't worry about the money. Now that we have a new house, I hope you can bother me and your brother less."

"I know. I don't usually bother you."

"Ang'er, the house you drew is so novel and magnificent. You are so amazing! I want you to be as amazing as me in the future."

"Then why don't you study hard and practice calligraphy."

"My brother is more educated than you, but he's not as good as you."

"But he has me. He doesn't need to know anything I know."

"Tsk, I'll find a husband who's more capable than you in the future."

After almost finishing the discussion, Guoge went to visit Aunt Wang's house. Xiao Hei from her family had a puppy, and Guoge liked it very much. He got Lan'an's consent to raise one, and he went to cultivate feelings with the puppy he liked every day.

Brother Xu has been repairing the cowshed these two days. After spending these two days with him, he has discovered that Brother An is only particularly attentive when it comes to issues involving Zhang Xiaomo, and he is very indifferent to other matters.

"An An, aren't there a bit too many guest rooms?"

"Is it a lot? If not, just use it as the baby's room."

"An An, do you like babies?"

"I don't like it very much, Brother Xiaomo. I just feel so sorry that I didn't get to see you as a child."

"An An, you must have been very cute when you were a child. Many people liked you, right?"

Lan Ean thought about his past life. He was unpopular since birth. No one would think he was cute, let alone like him.

Zhang Xiaomo noticed Lan An's unhappiness and hugged her in her arms.

"An An, our inner room is so big, how did you design it?"

"Brother Xiaomo, we need a separate bathroom and study in our room, separated by a screen. I'll design a special partition cabinet and a round archway. You'll understand when you look at the drawing I drew."

Zhang Xiaomo looked at the Lan Euan design. It was like a small house, very comprehensive and novel. His An An had a lot of wonderful ideas in his head.

The house is a courtyard house, and Blue Eucalyptus chose a Nordic style for the interior, with a simple and natural feel. Each room was custom designed by Blue Eucalyptus. Blue Eucalyptus also drew detailed designs for the bathroom cabinets, shoe racks, storage boxes, dining table, living room counter, sofa set, bunk bed, and stroller. I plan to contact Shopkeeper Xia to help produce them when the opportunity arises.

Of course, Lan An didn't plan to tell Zhang Xiaomo about this. He wanted to give him a surprise. After the house was built, he would propose to him. Although they were already husband and wife and had a marriage certificate, Lan An wanted to give Zhang Xiaomo a sense of ceremony that was unique to him, which was also the romance exclusive to the Chinese people.

Lan Euan has had some free time recently and has been designing a complete set of jewelry, including rings, necklaces, bracelets, anklets, and hairpins. He wants to customize jewelry for his cat.

"An An, why aren't you asleep yet?"

"Brother Xiaomo, I'm going to sleep now."

"An An, if you don't behave, I will punish you."

Zhang Xiaomo bit Lan'an's earlobe again. He really wanted to put on earrings that belonged to his An An, but An An was too young and he couldn't be impatient.

"Brother Xiaomo, stop bullying me..."

Lan An's whole body turned pink with shame. Ah, Zhang Xiaomo's slender fingers with distinct joints were wandering on his body, which really wanted to kill Lan An.

"Husband~"

"An An, don't talk, kiss me..."