Unexpectedly, Ah Tang was actually poisoned by the drug. He had no choice but to go back to the mountain gate to find his master. In order to get his master to take action, he swore never to practice medicine.
Later, he took Ah Tang to Lin'an City. It was also on the way that he discovered that Ah Tang was pregnant.
How tenacious that life is, it actually survived the maternal poisoning.
Ah Tang's body couldn't bear it and she had a miscarriage, so An An was born, but An An seemed different from other children. She didn't like to talk and was very quiet.
Even when he speaks, he speaks very slowly.
Many times, it would take a long time for her to respond to what others said to her. Xu Xu thought that the poison still had a great impact on An An.
But as long as An An can grow up safely, what does it matter if her development is delayed?
Of the money my wife gave me back then, I still have more than half left after renting the house. In the past three years, relying on the wonton stall, although I haven't made much money, it has made the family a lot more comfortable, and at least I won't use the remaining money.
He thought that while he was still young, he could save more money and send An An to a girls' school. If An An had some talent in this area, it would be good to stay in a girls' school and become a wife, or go to Jiyoutang to become a female teacher. of.
At least An An will have a place to stay after he dies.
He didn't want An An to get married. With An An's simple temperament, it would be fine if she met a lover. If she met someone like her biological father...
Xu Xu didn't dare to think about it. It was also at this time that he realized that he had thought too far. An An was only less than three years old. What happened in the future would be discussed later...
Maybe An An is luckier than Atang.
As the sun set, Xu Xu watched the sky getting dark and began to clean up the stall. He said to his daughter, who was sitting on a small stool and counting the coins: "An'an, quickly put the coins in the money bag. We should go back. Your mother is today. I haven’t seen you for a day, I must miss you..."
"Oh." Su An nodded. He grabbed the copper coins on the small wooden stool with his little hands and put them into the money bag. While packing them away, he said slowly: "Dad, I only counted twice today when I was only thirty."
It's not the fourth time, so I can't buy beautiful beads and flowers for my grandma.
Su An thought about it, touched her head, and found that the gardenia inserted in the little knot had fallen off at some point. It was inserted in her head by her mother-in-law when she went out this morning.
Su An felt a little regretful.
Grandma gave her flowers, and she also wanted to bring something to Grandma.
She looked at her father again and saw him packing his things. She thought that she would also buy shoes for him.
"Because there were fewer people coming to eat wontons today, I only counted thirty twice. Maybe there will be more tomorrow."
Xu Xu thought optimistically, and then thought that at this time, Ah Tang should be waiting for him to go back to cook.
I don’t know if Ah Tang will be scared at this time. With Hu Xiaomei accompanying her, she shouldn’t be scared.
Aunt Hu went home when the tofu was sold out. When she went back, she asked An An if she wanted to come with her, but An An wanted to accompany her father and refused. Aunt Hu lives next door to the Xu family. Her husband joined the army a few years ago. There has been no news about her husband so far, so he may be in danger.
He has two sons and one daughter. The eldest son was also drafted five years ago. Letters from home come intermittently, but where he is now serving as a soldier and what position he holds, he has never said.
Aunt Hu was always on tenterhooks every day, worrying about her two children at home, and her eldest son who was traveling far away. She was a woman, and she only had the skill of making tofu, but during the war, food was so precious, and her skills were useless. He could only do some laundry work, relying on the support of his parents' family to survive.
Later, the world was finally settled, and Lin'an City gradually returned to its previous stability. Aunt Hu was finally able to do some small business, but she suffered from no money.
That year, her parents passed away, and her brother-in-law and sister-in-law were tired of her frequent visits and were unwilling to lend her money. Aunt Hu thought that she and her children would not be able to survive.
She was planning to sell herself to a wealthy family in the county town, but she was afraid that her son would not be able to take the imperial examination because she was a slave, so she kept hesitating.
It wasn't until Xu Xu moved here, first asking his daughter to help him take care of his stupid wife, and then lending her money to start a business. Slowly, the family situation got better.
So she remembered Xu Xu's kindness and took good care of An An and Su Tang.
Xu Xu pushed the cart, let An An sit on it, and staggered back home. The night market had just started, but they were already going home.
An An had sharp eyes. She saw the candied haws for sale in front of her and looked straight at it. Xu Xuzheng was talking to An An and found that she didn't respond. When she looked at it, she realized that An An was looking at the red candied haws not far away. It's trance.
Xu Xu stopped in front of a vendor selling candied haws, and took out his money bag to buy candied haws for his daughter. However, he saw his daughter take out two copper coins from her small pocket and said to him: "Dad, I have money, use my money." Money to buy it!”
Xu Xu would give An An a penny after selling wontons every day. An An saved it and her wallet was bulging a lot. When she saw that her daughter wanted to buy it herself, Xu Xu didn't stop her and said cheerfully: "Okay, I'll be fine with An An." Money to buy.”
An An bought candied haws on a stick, but didn't eat it, so she just carried a bunch of candied haws together and went home.
Xu's house is a small courtyard with one entrance. Next door is Mrs. Hu's house that sells tofu and Butcher Zhu's house that sells pork. As night falls, Su Tang does not enter the house. She is still sitting under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, staring straight at the door. .
Hu Xiaomei came over from home with a few pieces of cake, stuffed one into Su Tang's hand, and said, "Sister-in-law, please eat a piece of cake to cushion your stomach first, Brother Xu and An An should be back soon.
My brother recently earned some money from copying books. Today he went to Uncle Zhu’s house and bought two kilograms of pork and a few pork ribs. My mother chopped the pork into pieces and mixed it with tofu to make meatballs. The pork ribs were also cooked into lobster. Smell It smells delicious, and Aniang said that we can eat when Brother Xu and An An come back.
Are you hungry now, sister-in-law? Come here, I'll feed you cakes, ah..."
Hu Xiaomei babbled alone. She knew that her sister-in-law couldn't speak or respond to her, but she still talked to her a lot every day.
Brother Xu said that her sister-in-law was not like this before because she saw many terrible things during the escape, so she thought that if she talked to her sister-in-law more, her sister-in-law would return to normal.
Auntie said that Brother Xu’s family helped them a lot. If Brother Xu hadn’t lent them money, their family would have sold themselves out to earn money, and the second brother would not be able to study now.
So she was grateful to Brother Xu and her sister-in-law. She wanted her sister-in-law to return to normal more than anyone else.
However, looking at her indifferent sister-in-law, Hu Xiaomei was a little frustrated. When she told her sister-in-law that she had cooked pork at home, her mouth was watering, but her sister-in-law didn't react at all.
