My delicate husband

It has been more than a week since Lan An had a falling out with the village chief. Although they apologized and reconciled, the village chief never came to see Ang'er again. Lan An is happy to be free and at ease.

The little radish heads planted for half a day today, and the remaining wasteland was also planted with seedlings. Lan An returned home and looked at Brother Xu who was always busy with the fields. He thought about buying slaves again, but there was really no room at home, so he had to go to the village chief to buy another homestead.

Lan An was unwilling to go to the village chief. He felt that the current relationship was pretty good, and if the relationship got better, there would be other troubles.

Thinking of these things, Lan An was in a bad mood. It had been a long time since she took off Zhang Xiaomo's clothes and sucked his collarbone in broad daylight.

"An An, why are you not happy?"

"Didn't you say before that you wanted to buy a homestead? I don't want to see the village chief recently, so I'm a little annoyed."

In the end, Lan An still met the village chief, but he was with Zhang Xiaomo. Lan An had a cold face and didn't say a word the whole time. It was Zhang Xiaomo and the village chief who were communicating throughout the whole process. This time, a total of 6 meters were bought. Lan An finally bought almost all the vacant land on the left side of Zhang's family, and it was only less than meters away from Li's family on the left.

"An An, how many houses do you plan to build over there?"

"Six rooms, with separate toilets and kitchens. Brother Xiaomo, I'll plant peach trees whenever the yard is empty. Not only can I enjoy the flowers, but I can also eat peaches."

"An An, that will take quite some time to get right."

"Brother Xiaomo, I plan to hire two teams of masons and get it done as soon as possible. It would be best if the house is finished before the autumn harvest and the slaves are bought as well. That way, next year, we can buy a few more acres of land and be able to be landowners with peace of mind."

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

Zhang Xiaomo felt Lan An's obsession with being a local landlord, and he also supported it. There were a lot of things to do at home, so it was necessary to hire a few more people. He was not a pedantic person, and his An An was not a poor boy, so there was no need for him to suffer because of him.

Early the next morning, Lan An took Guo Ge'er and Brother Xu to the county town in Uncle Zhang's ox cart.

"Anger, wow, you are such a rare guest. Why don't you drive the ox cart to the county town yourself?"

"Uncle Zhang, let me be frank. I'm planning to buy a horse. Isn't this going to trouble you again?"

Uncle Zhang also knew Lan An's personality, so he didn't ask any more questions and agreed with a smile.

Since meeting the refugees, Lan An has not been to the county town for a long time.

At one time, Lan An had a lot of things to buy. In order not to affect Uncle Zhang's return home on time, Lan An planned to buy a horse first.

"Uncle Zhang, thanks to you, I bought a good cow last time. Now I have to trouble you to help me pick out a good horse."

Lan An did not hesitate and directly took out two taels of silver and gave it to Zhang Erbo. Zhang Erbo also did not hesitate and immediately took Lan An to the horse market to choose a good horse.

Finally, thanks to Zhang Erbo's excellent eloquence, Lan An spent 47 taels to buy a young stallion with a relatively docile temperament. The horse market dealer gave him a matching carriage, which was not luxurious but also impressive. Zhang Erbo also gave him a month's worth of fodder for free. After everything was settled and the documents were signed, Lan An asked Brother Xu to drive the carriage to the parking spot, and he took Guo Ge'er for a walk. Zhang Erbo also returned to the ox cart parking spot.

"Ang'er, I'm so happy that our family will have a carriage from now on."

"Let's go to the county government office first. The newly purchased residential land has not yet been registered and stamped."

"Anger, why did you buy so much land? When did you buy it? How come I don't know?"

"Don't ask too much, you'll know later."

The two men came to the county government office and got the new land deed quickly without Lan An paying any money.

It is April now and the weather will get hotter and hotter. Lan'an plans to buy some new underwear and some thin spring clothes. Brother Xu has been tired and thin recently. Fortunately, the food at home is good, otherwise his body would not be able to bear it.

"Anger, are we buying new clothes again?"

"Don't you think your underwear is too hot? There must be new spring clothes. Let's take a look."

"Angel, I want to buy a picture book."

"Okay, I'll buy it for you. I'll also buy a few books for your brother. He's almost used up all his paper."

Lan An and Guo Ge'er came to the clothing store. The boss was more enthusiastic than ever before. Looking at the few people in the store, Lan An understood why the boss looked at him with a gleam in his eyes. How could he not be excited? It was like a wolf that had been hungry for a long time seeing a fat sheep.

"Sir, I haven't seen you for a while. I've been busy at home lately. The young master is becoming more and more handsome. We have a lot of new spring clothes. Do you need any?"

"I've been busy at home lately, so I haven't been out much. Boss, take us to see the latest spring clothes first."

Lan An looked at Guo Ge'er. He hadn't noticed that Guo Ge'er had grown a lot taller. It seemed that children's clothes really needed to be bought a little bigger, otherwise they would not last long.

Lan An let Guo Ge'er choose his own clothes and also pick out two sets for Brother Xu. He was only responsible for choosing for Zhang Xiaomo.

"These are the latest styles, made of silk, in one set each of Azure Sky and Well Sky. Do I need to tell you the sizes?"

"Remember, remember, this is for your husband."

"I want two sets of this style, made of cotton, in the colors jade and aubey. And two sets of linen, in black and linen."

Lan Euan bought two sets of cotton clothes for everyone in the family, one pure white and one moon white.

Guo Ge'er also made his selection quickly. Without any delay, he picked out two sets for himself and Brother Xu respectively. Guo Ge's was made of cotton, and Brother Xu's was made of linen.

"Sir, would you like to buy some cloth? There are many new patterns."

Lan Eucalyptus asked for ten rolls of pure black linen, ten rolls of patterned linen, and ten rolls of linen with bird and animal patterns. She also asked for five rolls of dusk mountain purple and five rolls of semi-colored cotton cloth.

The shopkeeper was also very excited. He knew that Lan'an was very generous, but he didn't expect Lan'an to buy so much. He immediately gave Lan'an a discount, and gave Lan'an twenty pairs of cotton socks and four pairs of new shoes.

Lan An also accepted them happily and asked the waiter to pack them up and send them to Brother Xu at the carriage parking area.

"Anger, why did you buy so much cloth? You're crazy."

"Sister Xi asked me to buy this. She wants to make clothes for the children in the resettlement house."

"Is that enough?"

"I don't know either. Let's buy this much first."

There is still a lot of food at home. Lan Euan doesn’t plan to buy any more, and even plans to give some to the children in the resettlement house. However, I have to buy some snacks because they are almost all eaten.

Lan An bought two cans of brown sugar, two cans of malt sugar, some dried fruits, and at Guo Ge'er's strong request, he also bought ten kilograms of melon seeds. He said he wanted to give them to the children in the resettlement house, and Lan An agreed.

Lan An still went to the grocery store to see if there were any new ingredients, but unfortunately, there were none. However, Lan An also bought five cans of soybean oil and ten pieces of soap, intending to give them to Sister Xi.

An old man selling candied haws was shouting on the street. Guo Ge'er stared at him with a complicated expression. Lan An understood what he was saying and paid a tael of silver to buy the whole candied haws tree, which had about a hundred candied haws strung on it.

"Anger, why are you so nice?"

"Don't ask me to help you move it, just carry it yourself if you want."

Guo Ge'er was quite tough and never said a word no matter how tired he was. However, he still received envious looks from many children on the street, but he was not able to enter the bookstore to choose his favorite picture book.

Lan An picked out a copy of "Confucius and Mencius" for Zhang Xiaomo, and a copy of "Chu Yun." Seeing some works on astronomy, calendars, and geography, she randomly picked one of each. Guo Ge'er also wanted a picture book, so she didn't hesitate, picking up a few at random. Finally, she bought two rolls of rice paper, which was quite good, spending over ten taels. (All book titles are random, so please don't try to verify them.)

"Anger, did you buy my sketchbook?"

"I did. I should have bought you a women's ring earlier."

"Please don't. I beg you. Brother must miss you. Let's go back quickly."

"Not yet. I need to go to Shopkeeper Xia's place. You go to Brother Xu's place and wait for me."

Lan An came to Brother Xia's wood workshop but didn't find anyone. It seemed that he would have to do it next time. Originally, he came here today to ask him to help find two groups of bricklayers, preferably a group of fifteen people.

Although he didn't see anyone, Lan An did not forget to leave a message for Manager Xia.

Seeing that everything was settled, Lan'an came to the carriage parking area. Guo Ge'er had been waiting for a while and had even eaten a candied haws.

"Then let's go home. It's getting late."

When he returned home, Zhang Xiaomo was waiting in the yard. He was not surprised at all to see Brother Xu driving back in a carriage.

Lan An took down the things she bought for her family and asked Brother Xu to send the rest to the resettlement house. However, Guo Ge'er also wanted to go with them. He bought so many candied haws just to share with them, so Lan An just let him go.

Lan Euan took out the things and placed the snacks casually in the cabinet in the living room. They stayed there all the time. Anyone who wanted to eat them could take them. The snacks in the house were basically never empty.

Lan An took out the clothes again, and he washed his and Zhang Xiaomo's clothes. Brother Xu and Guo Ge'er washed their own clothes. Lan An didn't like washing clothes very much. He was now waiting for the house to be built and then he could buy a aunt who specialized in washing clothes.

"An An, I bought some more clothes."

"Yes, there are new models. I think they are very beautiful, so I bought it for Brother Xiaomo."

"It looks pretty good, thank you An An."

"I also bought you a book, wait a minute."

Zhang Xiaomo picked it up and took a look at the books, "My Weaker Husband", "Don't Run Away, My Innocent Husband", "The Hunter's Spoiled Husband", with a black face.

"Brother Xiaomo, you're mistaken. This is Guo Ge'er's sketchbook. Yours is here."

"Where's Brother Guo? I want to talk to him."

"Didn't he go to the resettlement housing with Brother Xu? I bought him a whole string of candied haws. I guess he went to share it."

"An An, you've never bought me a whole string of candied haws."

"Brother Xiaomo, I'll make you a whole bunch if I have the chance, but why didn't he share any with you? I want to talk to him about it."

"We really need to have a good talk. You are not allowed to buy him sketchbooks anymore."

"I know, Brother Xiaomo."

Guo Ge'er is still happily sharing the candied haws, he doesn't know that his happiness will soon be gone.

"An An, I like the book you bought for me very much."

"Then you have to read to me the new miscellaneous book I bought. You've heard all the previous ones."

"Okay, I'll read a new one to An An tonight."

Brother Xu drove a horse-drawn carriage to the resettlement house and took all the cloth off the carriage. Fortunately, the owner of the garment shop was knowledgeable and provided the appropriate needles and threads.

"Brother Xu, why are there so many?"

"I don't know either. It was An Ge'er who asked me to deliver it."

"And these fifty kilograms of brown rice, thirty kilograms of brown flour, two cans of soybean oil, and ten pieces of soap. I've put them all in the kitchen for you."

"Thank An Ge'er for me."

When Chu Wenxi first arrived in Lianhua Village, he heard a lot about An Ge'er. Everyone said that this brother was fierce and had a bad temper, but he had a good character. However, Chu Wenxi felt that An Ge'er was sincere and unpretentious, and was worthy of close friendship.

"Brother Xiaomo, I'm back."

When Brother Xu returned home, he was very grateful to see the clothes bought by Lan An. After all, An Ge'er really treated him as a family member and never treated him badly in terms of food and clothing. He also gave him one or two taels of silver every month for him to use to get married.

Brother Xu found Lan'an who was boiling water for bath in the kitchen and expressed his gratitude to him. Lan'an thought it was nothing and instead felt that Brother Xu was working too hard.

Guo Ge'er walked into the yard humming a song happily, and was called into the inner room by Zhang Xiaomo. Although all his sketchbooks were not confiscated, he was clearly told not to buy any more sketchbooks in the future.

Of course, a scolding is inevitable. Although Zhang Xiaomo won't scold you too much, he keeps looking at you coldly, which makes Guo Ge'er feel pressured.

"From now on, don't let An An buy anything irrelevant for you, not even candied haws."

Guo Ge'er finally understood that his brother was jealous, so he quickly gave him assurances again and again, which finally calmed his brother down and saved him from danger.

When Guo Geer went out, he saw Lan Euan going to the room to find his brother, and he couldn't help complaining.

"How can you be so attached to my brother all the time? I get scared when I see his icy face. He's in a bad mood. Brother An, take care of yourself."

"Your brother is going to take a medicinal bath. I need to cook. Please help keep an eye on him. I've prepared the water."

Lan An left after he finished speaking. Guo Ge'er walked into the inner room with a look of despair on his face, but he couldn't bear Zhang Xiaomo's cold eyes.

"Where's An An? Why didn't she come in?"

"He asked me to watch you take a medicinal bath while he cooked. Brother Xu went to the sky."

"Oh, Zhang Xiaoguo, why don't you know how to cook yet?"

Zhang Xiaoguo also felt aggrieved. Apart from knowing how to cook porridge and make dumplings, he couldn't do anything else. It's not that he hadn't tried, but all he cooked were dark dishes. Lan An didn't feel sorry for the food, but was mainly afraid that Zhang Xiaomo would be poisoned by him, so he expressly forbade him to cook.

I don't know why, it looks normal but tastes weird. It is only suitable for cooking porridge, making pancakes, and dumplings. These are the kinds of foods that don't require any seasoning, otherwise the taste will always be weird, even though there is only this seasoning.

For dinner, Lan An cooked porridge and steamed buns. She also made braised hairtail fish, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, shredded pork with green peppers, small green vegetables, and tomato and egg soup. It was a very rich meal.

The whole family was very satisfied with the meal. Zhang Xiaomo was so full that he rarely ate too much. Lan An helped him take a walk in the yard, Guo Ge'er played with Xiao Hui, and Brother Xu was cleaning up. This dilapidated yard was becoming more and more homely.