Ordinary happy life

Chapter 170 Father's Love

Zhang Qiong'an doesn't like to go out very much on weekdays, and even less so after getting engaged. Except for occasionally going out with Zheng Qizhi, or going to Lin's house, she stays at home and embroiders her wedding dress. Since she had two years to prepare, Zhang Qiong'an wanted to embroider a more exquisite wedding dress for herself. For this purpose, she even made a complicated design with lotuses and phoenixes on it. The phoenix is ​​the symbol of the queen, and ordinary people are not allowed to use it. The only exception is the wedding dress when getting married.

After Zhang Qiong'an finished drawing the pattern, Lin Qin took it over and took a look at it. He couldn't help but be speechless. It was too complicated. Lin Qin felt that he wouldn't be able to embroider it well in four or five years. However, Zhang Qiong'an's embroidery is very fast. A piece of handkerchief embroidered with animals takes Lin Qin three or four days, but Zhang Qiong'an can do it in half a day. It may not be a problem to make a gorgeous wedding dress in two years.

Even though they had less contact with Brother Mi, when Zhang Qiong'an got engaged, Brother Mi and Brother Ming still came to give Zhang Qiong'an gifts. The few people sitting there did not talk about Zhang Qiong'an's affairs in the school, nor did they talk about their estrangement in the past few years. They only talked about some interesting things about their childhood and some things between Zheng Qizhi and Zhang Qiong'an. The atmosphere was very warm, but all five of them knew that some things could no longer go back.

"Brother Qin, I don't have much to do these days and I want to go to the mountains. You and Brother An should be careful at home." Every year, Zhang Dayong takes a few days to go to the mountains during the slack time. Naturally, this year he will also No exception. It can be said that a large part of the family's income comes from the prey Zhang Dayong catches in the mountains.

"Okay, be careful yourself. You are not the young man you used to be. Don't take your body seriously." Lin Qin warned slightly nervously.

No man likes to be told by his husband that he is not in good health, and Zhang Dayong naturally does the same. Even if Lin Qin didn't mean that, he still put down what he was doing, picked up Lin Qin and went to bed. Until the wind stopped and the rain stopped, Lin Qin still didn't understand. Wasn't he talking about going to the mountains? How could he get to bed so smoothly? Lin Qin's body was not as good as before after giving birth to Zhang Hong'an. He was so tired that he didn't think about anything to talk about, so he just fell asleep and it was Zhang Dayong who cleaned up afterward.

On the third day after Zhang Dayong finished talking to Lin Qin, he packed up and went into the mountains. Lin Qin specially prepared some pancakes and meat buns for Zhang Dayong to take with him to the mountain, fearing that Zhang Dayong would not be able to eat enough on the mountain.

Zhang Dayong was very lucky this time. After staying in the mountains for five days, he not only caught a lot of hares and pheasants, but also a wild goat and bison. The most precious thing was an adult elk. Elk are not common. Zhang Dayong has been hunting for decades, and he has only hunted elk twice this time. The one last time was still underage. Although it was precious, it was not as valuable as the previous tiger. But adult elk are different, there is no part of the body that is not valuable. Especially deer antlers and antlers are hard to find. After selling the adult elk, Zhang Qiong'an's dowry will be stable. Even if Zhang Dayong doesn't go hunting in the mountains in the next few years, he won't have to worry about his family's money problems.

When going down the mountain, Zhang Dayong cut some branches to make a cart, threw rabbits, sheep and cattle and other prey on it, and finally carried the elk on his neck. It's not that Zhang Dayong doesn't want to take it easy. The main reason is that intact deerskin is precious, but damaged deerskin is worthless. If there is any damage during dragging, Zhang Dayong will be heartbroken.

Although Zhang Dayong is still in his prime, he is carrying hundreds of kilograms on his shoulders and dragging hundreds more kilograms behind him. When he gets home, Zhang Dayong will be sweating profusely and his face will be red. He will sit on the ground and keep breathing heavily. .

"What's going on? You're breathing so hard. There are so many things, why don't you move them separately? You have to bring them all back at once." Lin Qin heard the noise and ran out, and saw Zhang Dayong sitting in the yard, panting heavily. , looking at the yard full of prey, there was nothing I didn't understand, I couldn't help complaining, but more than anything I felt heartbroken.

Zhang Dayong saw that Lin Qin was really angry, and he quickly tried to please him and said, "I regretted it at the end, but it would be bad if someone took the things away if they were thrown there. Especially this elk is worth a lot." Although we have saved a lot of money over the years, the cost of studying for three children is also high, so we only have about seventy taels left at home. Originally we thought of giving thirty taels to An Geer When the dowry is used as a dowry, and the Zheng family's betrothal gifts are used to accompany the marriage, An Ge'er has confidence in the Zheng family. But in the end, it is the Zheng family's silver that is used more. Now he is not afraid of it. Not to mention other things, it is just this elk. It was worth more than the tiger I had before, and it could be sold for at least two to three hundred taels of silver. I thought about it, and after selling it, I gave An Geer a hundred taels of silver as dowry money, and I took all the thirty taels from before. Come and buy a jewelry wardrobe, and our brother An will definitely be able to marry in glory."

Lin Qin's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he was obviously very happy. Zhang Qiong'an's dowry issue has always been a headache for Lin Qin. If all the money at home was spent, he could arrange a beautiful dowry for Zhang Qiong'an, but Lin Qin had three children. Even if he loved Zhang Qiong'an, he could not ignore the other two children, especially Zhang Hong'an, for him. But I'm still studying. Although Lin Qin felt sorry for Zhang Dayong's hard work, he had to say that it was better now and he no longer had any headaches.

Zhang Qiong stood quietly behind the door of the hall, looking at Zhang Dayong's tired but excited face in the yard, and Lin Qin's thin back, lowering his head and wiping away tears. Zhang Qiong'an always knew that Zhang Dayong and Lin Qin loved him very much, but it was not until this moment that Zhang Qiong'an discovered that Zhang Dayong and Lin Qin loved him much more deeply than he knew.

Zhang Qiong'an told himself that he must live happily after getting married, because only in this way can he be worthy of everything Zhang Dayong and Lin Qin did for him, and he must be filial to Zhang Dayong and Lin Qin in the future.

"Brother An, come and help pack things." Lin Qin didn't know that Zhang Qiong'an had been standing behind the main room watching them, and shouted with a headache looking at the prey all over the yard.

When Zhang Qiong'an heard Lin Qin calling him, he responded quickly, then wiped the tears from his eyes and ran out in a hurry.

"Brother An, come and put these rabbits and pheasants in the corner with Dad..." Lin Qin and Zhang Qiong'an couldn't move the goats and cows together, so they could only pack up these small animals first, but Before Lin Qin and Zhang Qiongan could take action, Zhang Dayong stopped them first.

"Brother Qin, wait a minute. I will take these prey directly to the county and sell them. Don't take care of them." Zhang Dayong said.

"Going to the county to sell??? It's already noon. It will take you several hours just to get back and forth. Plus, when you come back during the selling time, won't it be midnight???" Lin Qin was a little confused. Zhang Dayong's usual prey They all go to the town to sell, so why are you thinking of going to the county to sell today? ? ?

"The pharmacies in the town are too small. The elk can't eat it at all. We have to go to the county." Many parts of the elk's body are precious medicinal materials. The freshly dead elk are very popular with the pharmacies, but they don't order them. Even powerful pharmacies can't take it, and the few pharmacies in the town are definitely not going to be able to survive. Zhang Dayong is even worried that even the pharmacies in the county can't take such a large elk.

Zhang Qiong'an had been listening quietly. After seeing Zhang Dayong's somewhat embarrassed expression, he immediately thought of something and said, "Father, the husband of the dean of Yulin Academy is a famous herbal medicine dealer in the city. Dad, you can go The academy asked the dean to ask."

Zhang Dayong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he said with some distress, "I'll just go there like this, will the dean meet me???"

Zhang Qiong'an thought for a while and said, "Yes, the dean is very nice. , you ask the guard to tell the dean, and the dean will definitely see you."

"Brother Dayong, it doesn't matter if you just give it a try. We are all in the county anyway. If the dean really doesn't see you, you can go find someone else. A drug store will do." Lin Qin also advised.

Zhang Dayong thinks about it too, it doesn't cost any money to try.

After pulling out the cattle and putting them on the cart, Zhang Dayong, Lin Qin and Zhang Qiongan moved all the prey in the yard onto it, and then drove the cart to the county seat under the watchful eyes of Zhang Qiong'an and Lin Qin.

It was Zhang Dayong's good luck. After arriving at Yulin Academy, just as he was about to knock on the door, he saw the door being opened and a middle-aged man walked out. Zhang Dayong also met the dean once when he brought Zhang Qiong'an to register for school. After a few years, he had long forgotten his appearance, so when he saw a middle-aged man coming out, he thought he was a teacher from the academy and said respectfully. He stepped forward and said, "Hello, I want to see the dean. I wonder if you can inform me???"

The dean glanced at Zhang Dayong with some confusion and said, "I am the dean. I don't know what you want to see me for. We should Don't you know him???"

Zhang Dayong didn't expect that he was so lucky. He happened to meet the dean when he was leaving. He bowed repeatedly and then said, "Hello dean, my eldest brother's name is Zhang Qiong'an, who studied in your academy for several years. , he told me that your husband's family is a famous herbal medicine dealer in Fucheng. I was lucky enough to catch an elk today, so I wanted to ask your husband's family if they can take it???" After saying that, he looked at the dean nervously.

Only then did the dean discover that there was an ox cart parked at the entrance of the academy. The ox cart was piled with prey, and the most eye-catching one was the adult male elk. After the dean married his husband, he also got to know a lot of medicinal materials, including antlers. He had seen a lot of antlers before they were concocted, but such big ones were really rare.

"It turns out he is An Geer's father. When An Geer was in college, many gentlemen liked him and said he was smart and diligent. I also taught him etiquette lessons and he was a good boy. Come with me, I I will take you to see my boss and discuss with him how to sell the elk." Not to mention that this adult elk looks very good, even if the dean can help Zhang Qiong'an, he will help him if he can.

Seeing that the dean was willing to help, Zhang Dayong was naturally happy and thanked him repeatedly.

On the way to Tiande Pharmacy, the dean also asked about Zhang Qiong'an's current situation and found out that he was engaged. The betrothed was a scholar and he was very happy for him. He also said that Zhang Qiong'an must inform him when he gets married. Even if he couldn't go, he still had to prepare a supplement for Zhang Qiong'an. Naturally, Zhang Dayong thanked him profusely, and finally understood why Zhang Qiong'an said that the dean was a very good person.

The head of the dean's house is a wealthy middle-aged man with an honest appearance, but his sharp eyes let Zhang Dayong know that he is not as loyal as he appears. But this has nothing to do with Zhang Dayong, he just needs to successfully sell the elk.

The middle-aged man first carefully inspected the elk, and then readily offered a high price of three hundred taels. Zhang Dayong did not expect that the other party would give such a high price. Looking at the dean on the side, he immediately understood that this was for the sake of the yard. On face.

Since the other party had already given such a high price, Zhang Dayong naturally would not raise the price shamelessly and directly agreed. What Zhang Dayong didn't expect was that the other party not only accepted the elk, but also his other prey.

"In addition to this drug store, I also own the largest restaurant in the county. If you have any good prey in the future, you can sell it to the drug store or the restaurant. If the food is good, I will I'll take it." The middle-aged man said this just in case Zhang Dayong came over with some second-rate prey.

"Okay, thank you to the shopkeeper, and thank you to the dean." Zhang Dayong understood what the middle-aged man meant, and thanked him and the dean, especially since it would have been impossible for Zhang Dayong to see the dean without his help. The face of a middle-aged man.

The elk and other Zhang Dayong sold a total of three hundred and seventy taels, which means that the goat happened to be a black goat and had some medicinal value. Otherwise, a car of prey would only be about fifty taels at most. Compared with elk, it is indeed very small, but compared with farming and hard work, this is already money that some people can't earn even if they don't eat or drink for five or six years.