farmer's wife

Chapter 53 Uneasy
Fu Yan was restless all day long, looking at the courtyard door from time to time, as if Xiao Lie would push the door in safely the next moment.

As the night darkened, Xiao Lie still hadn't returned home.

Fu Yan also became more anxious as time went by.

"Sister-in-law, why hasn't brother come home today?"

The two of them had dinner, Xiao Jian had time to rest and sleep on weekdays but Xiao Lie hadn't arrived yet, so she couldn't help asking her sister-in-law.

Fu Yan suppressed the restlessness in her heart, and squeezed out a soft smile to comfort the child: "Brother Alie is also hunting in the mountains today. I think there are a lot of prey or he has gone far. It's okay, you go to sleep first."

"Ah Jian wants to wait for her brother to come back."

Fu Yan touched Xiao Jian's hair, and with him by his side, she felt a little comfort in her heart.

"Okay, then let's go to the main room and light the lamp, and wait for brother while reading a book?"

"it is good."

After washing up, Fu Yan led Xiao Jian back to the main room, lit the oil lamp, read to him, and waited together.

The child couldn't stay up all night, and as he listened, Xiao Jian slowly fell asleep with his head tilted in Fu Yan's arms.

The night wind is slightly cool, so you can't sleep here directly, you are prone to catch a cold.

Fu Yan picked up Xiao Jian, sent him back to the West Room, took off his shoes and socks, and covered him with a quilt.

Under the candlelight, Fu Yan sat back down again, picked up the book, but her eyes fell blankly on the empty space.

"Daughter-in-law?" Xiao Lie walked in under the moonlight and called out.

At first, Fu Yan didn't calm down, thinking that this was just a shadow of her imagination.

Seeing that Fu Yan was still sitting there motionless, Xiao Lie approached and called out: "Ah Yan? Why are you sitting here, how cold is the draft?"

It's Xiao Lie who's back!

Fu Yan came back to her senses, immediately stood up and dragged Xiao Lie to check it around, and kept asking: "Did you find it? Are you injured?"

"No injury." Seeing her eager expression, Xiao Lie took Fu Yan's icy little hand and hugged her in his arms to keep warm.

Xiao Lie: "Master and I checked all the way, but we couldn't find them, only some traces of passing by. I think they went back to the mountains again."

"Then why did you come back so late?" Fu Yan complained tenderly.

"It's not like walking into the deep mountains. I didn't find the group of wild boars, so I hunted some other wild animals along the way."

"I'm going to die in a hurry!"

"Daughter-in-law, I'm hungry." Xiao Lie changed the subject.

He didn't eat dinner, went out of the deep mountains, and sent the prey back to the master's residence, so he hurried home.

Fu Yan didn't stay next to Xiao Lie anymore, she stood up and was about to go to the kitchen: "I left you a portion of the meals I cooked tonight, and I'll heat them up again."

Xiao Lie followed Fu Yan and said, "Then heat up the dishes first, and I'll go to the village chief's house and talk to him."

Fu Yan: "It's so late, let's go tomorrow."

"It's okay. I guess if I don't tell him the result, the village chief won't be able to sleep well tonight. I'll go back as soon as I go."

"Success, then hurry up."

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Hearing from Xiao Lie that no trace of the wild boar was found, the village was calm for several days.

Everyone thought that the wild boar going down the mountain was just a coincidence, so they settled down and continued to live and work.

That night.

Fu Yan was still hurrying to catch up with the embroidery work at hand, while Xiao Lie was practicing handwriting to accompany her.

Fu Yan discussed with Xiao Lie: "Brother Alie, if our pastries are publicized, the shop will also have to start renting and decorating. Otherwise, it will be too late to officially open for sale, and the impact of the good reputation will be greatly reduced."

"Well, do you have any ideas?"

Fu Yan talked about the plan that had been carefully considered in his heart many times: "Our pastries are all made of good materials, and they are the only ones. The price will definitely not be lowered. Let's open the shop in Dongshi."

Dongshi is the more prosperous and high-end market in the city, where dignitaries and dignitaries prefer to visit, and it is close to the southern and eastern districts.

Xiao Lie nodded, the milk sugar noodles that Fu Yan used to make pastries are all good things of Jingui.

Even the meat floss, which tastes soft and has a salty fragrance, is also fried from selected pork hind legs.

Not to mention Fu Yan's hard work in every process.

Fu Yan continued: "As for the shop, when this screen is sold, it is estimated that it will be distributed to hundreds of taels. It should not be a problem to rent a small shop."

"If the price is right, it is also feasible to directly buy a small yard with a facade."

Speaking of this, Fu Yan asked Xiao Lie hesitantly: "Brother Alie, let's live in the city, come back if we have something to do...is that okay?"

From now on, I will buy ingredients, open a shop, and send Xiao Jian to school every day...

If you run back and forth every day, it will be a hassle after all.

Besides, in the village, there are no relatives other than the master, and the customs of the village have to be integrated, so prying and gossip cannot be avoided.

Fu Yan is not afraid of things, but sometimes gets bored.

Xiao Lie was silent for a while.

This is the village where he was born and raised, his home, but his parents are no longer there.Nowadays, home is where there is Xiao Jian and Fu Yan!

He replied in a low voice: "Ayan, as I said, I will support you in whatever you want. As long as you are all by my side."

Fu Yan's eyebrows were curved, her heart was full of sweetness.

She leaned over and put her head on Xiao Lie's shoulder: "Then we will live in the city all year round, Brother Alie, you will have to work hard back and forth hunting."

"It's nothing. It doesn't take much time to go from the city to the mountain. And I don't have to go up the mountain every day."

"Okay then, let's visit the shop first."

Xiao Lie: "I'll go find some brokers in the city. First, I'll walk around and look at the houses. After I've selected a few, I'll take you to pick them out."

Fu Yan agreed that time was running out, and she had to finish the embroidery at hand quickly.

In the middle of May, Xiao Lie really went to the city alone with his prey again.

After selling the prey to the North-South Freight Company, the shopkeeper of the store heard that he wanted to inquire about the shop, so he hurriedly introduced him to a familiar broker.

"Master Fang can be regarded as the boss of our place. It is no problem to ask him for these matters. He is quite righteous when he takes money to do things."

The shopkeeper told Xiao Lie the address in detail again: "You go along the back alley and turn two turns, the big yard facing the river in Luliu Hutong is right here."

"Brother Xiao, just say that I recommended you to come here. We still have two points in Nanbei Merchant."

"Then thank the shopkeeper first!" Xiao Lie returned the salute with cupped fists.

"you are welcome!"

According to the shopkeeper's directions, Xiao Lie found Fang Sanye's courtyard.

In the courtyard facing the river in Luliu Hutong, the door of his courtyard is open, and people come and go, so it is easy to recognize.

Seeing You Sheng's face approaching the door, a younger brother came up to him cleverly: "It's the first time seeing you, big brother, what do you want to do?"

"The shopkeeper of Nanbei Merchant recommended me to come over and find the third master below."

Hearing that it was Nanbei Merchant, and the younger brother knew him well, he led Xiao Lie into the yard and called out loudly: "Third Master? Third Master! I'm looking for you!"

(End of this chapter)