My wife is number one in the world

Chapter 153 Old Man An
The Qinhuai River has been misty and endless for a long time. Few people know where it comes from and where it goes.

Anjia Village lived at the very edge of the border of Jinling, and it was the day when the working people were in the poorest class in the Dalong Dynasty.

No matter when and where, never underestimate the people's love for the land. Land represents food. As the saying goes, there is food in the Taoist family and there is no panic.

Old man An also likes land, just like everyone else, but the savings that old man An has saved from fishing for half his life is not enough to buy an acre of land.

He often sits under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village and looks at the vast Qinhuai River. It's meant to be a joke.

The old man An always smiled and held up the dry pipe, showing two front teeth that had already been yellowed and chipped, and said, "Quickly, quickly."

Old man An has only one son, and he went to Beijiang Shuo to guard the border many years ago. There is no news since he went there. I already knew it in my heart, son, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back.

A few years ago, the son of Beijiang often asked people to bring some money. Although life at home was difficult, he could live on. In addition, his daughter-in-law washed clothes for the big family in the village, but since his son never let him The man brought money, and the daughter-in-law also knew something, and ran away with him before two years of life.

Old man An didn't complain. His daughter-in-law was only 25 or six years old, so she couldn't be forced to stay as a widow. Fortunately, his daughter-in-law ran away and left him a grandson and a granddaughter, which made him less lonely in his old age.

Although I am no longer lonely in my later years, life is becoming more and more difficult. Old man An found that his body is getting old, and his body is not as good as every year. He put it in a large net of more than ten feet a few years ago and picked it up alone. Now, Together with the little grandson and grandson, the fishing net several feet long is more than enough.

The fish in the Qinhuai River are big and fat, and the taste is particularly delicious, but old man An, grandpa and grandson who fish for a living have never been willing to taste the fish in the Qinhuai River.

Every time he sees his granddaughter drooling at the fish throat, old man An always comforts him: "Wait two years, wait another two years, grandpa bought the land and left it for you to eat whatever you want."

The fish in the Qinhuai River is very plump and can be sold for twenty or thirty Wen per catty in Jinling City, but only three Wen per catty in Anjia Village. A catty of fish is not as expensive as a catty of grain.

Old man An has never been to a big place, he doesn't know the price of the fish outside, and he can't walk so far. Every time the people from the county restaurant come to collect the fish, they will curse and say with a mournful face that it's expensive, it's too expensive, If you add money, you won't make money.

Old man An anxiously raised his old hand and begged for one more penny, so that his granddaughter would be big and eat a lot, so she could eat.

Old man An sat under the old locust tree by the river and smoked dry cigarettes as usual. Old man An also found that his body was getting worse day by day. The only doctor in the village said that he had tuberculosis, and old man An didn't know what tuberculosis was. He only knew that he had saved his life not long ago. The old man An hadn't gone fishing in the river for a long time, and the doctor told him not to be tired, and the tiredness might be gone soon.

Old man An usually loves Sun Sun'an's dog the most. Poor people don't pay so much attention to choosing names. The worse the name, the easier it is to feed them.

The daughter-in-law disagreed, saying that it is okay for a dog to be a pet name, but it would be a joke to be a big name. Since I live by the Qinhuai River, let's take advantage of the grace bestowed by heaven and settle down with Jianghe.

An Gou'er's name is An Jianghe. An Gou'er is 13 years old. He has never been called An Jianghe. Gou'er is his name all the time. Anyone who sees him will call him Gou'er.

After smoking a bag of cigarettes, Old Man An began to feel uneasy. My good-looking grandson should have returned from fishing long ago after smoking a bag of cigarettes, but today there was no sign of the boat.

Old man An has been beating for half his life, and he already knew everything on the river like the palm of his hand. He picked up the withered grass by the river, looked at it for a while, and then threw it on the ground: "There is at least a breeze on the river today, so it is impossible to capsize the boat."

Old man An's wrinkled face was undoubtedly worried, and he kept wandering by the river, muttering in his mouth the river god bless, the river god bless.

It seemed that old man An's prayer had worked. A small boat finally ushered in on the sparkling river. Yes, it was his own boat. This boat lasted for more than ten years. Old man An was pretty good.

Old Man An grinned, knelt down by the river with a plop and kowtowed non-stop, mumbling in his mouth thank you River God, thank you River God.

An Gou'er held on to the oars anxiously. He didn't catch a few fish today. Instead, he caught a man. He didn't know how long he had been soaking in the river. His skin was swollen. It seems that after An Gou'er rescued this man, he didn't catch a few fish. The fishing net was damaged by this man, and it will take at least a few days to repair it. I don't know if grandpa will get angry.

The boat stopped on the shore, An Gou'er threw down the rope, and old man An took the rope consciously as always and tied it to the old locust tree. Old man An was so poor that he didn't even want to build a simple dock.

An Gou'er jumped out of the boat with a gloomy expression: "Grandpa, I didn't catch any fish today."

The old man An grinned: "If there is no fish, there will be no fish. Just come back and come back. The fish in the Qinhuai River can't escape." Well, it doesn't matter if it's fish or not.

An Gou'er's complexion is yellow and muscular, and it looks like he is malnourished, but he has a lot of strength. Hearing that his grandfather didn't blame himself, he happily jumped onto the boat and carried the man he picked up from the river. He carried it effortlessly.

Old man An's face tightened: "My dear grandson, why is there someone else?"

An Gou'er gently put the man on the ground: "Grandpa, I don't know how long this man was soaked in the water, but I caught him with a net. I thought he was still alive, so I brought him back."

Old Man An sighed, and took a few fish from his grandson: "Then take them back, you can't just watch the living die."

After walking for 200 meters, I arrived at a house built with three thatched huts. The house was bare, and it was really bare. There were no tables, chairs or benches.

A [-]-year-old girl with a withered complexion was carefully cooking porridge. When she heard footsteps, the girl turned around happily and shouted: "Grandpa, brother, the porridge will be ready soon, and Xin'er will serve you rice."

The girl's name is An Xin, and she is the granddaughter of old man An. Originally, old man An planned to name An Xin Gouya. Brother Gouer and sister Gouya are all easy-to-raise names, but his daughter-in-law is not happy, saying that the girl's name cannot The name is so vulgar, and the name of An Xin was taken off without authorization. It is worthy of others, but I want to be at ease.

An Xin was originally in high spirits, but when she saw her brother looking at a lifeless person, she panicked, and hurriedly hugged the old man's arm beside her: "Grandpa."

Old man An patted An Xin's hair on the temples: "Don't be afraid, good girl, this is your elder brother who saved someone from the river, and he is alive."

Only then did An Xin feel relieved, and then looked curiously at the man on the elder brother's shoulder, his face was so disheveled that he couldn't see his face clearly.

An Gou'er carried the people into the thatched hut, and put them on the weeds. An's family didn't have any beds, and they all slept on the ground, and the weeds rolled up overnight.

(End of this chapter)