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Chapter 153: Old Man An

The Qinhuai River has been vast and enduring, no one knows where it came from, and no one knows where it is going.

Anjia Village lives at the very edge of the edge of the Jinling Territory, and is the day when the toiling masses of the poorest class of the Great Dragon Dynasty are located.

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

Old man An also likes land, just like others, but the savings that Old Man An has saved for half his life fishing are not enough to buy an acre of land.

He often sat under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village and looked at the vast Qinhuai River, and when he met someone, he always asked first: "Old man An, did you buy land today?" "Some people are sincere greetings, and some people are just joking.

Old man An always smiled and held the dry tobacco pouch to reveal two front teeth that had already been smoked yellow and had a notch, and said, "Hurry up, hurry up." ”

Old man An has only one son under his knees, he went to northern Xinjiang to guard a few years ago, and there is no news from this time, old man An is in danger of himself, and his son is guarding the land and protecting the territory in northern Xinjiang, no matter how he comforts himself, he already knows in his heart, my son is afraid that he will not be able to come back.

A few years ago, the son of Northern Xinjiang still had a long time to let people bring some silver, although the life of the family was difficult, but it was able to get by, plus the daughter-in-law washed clothes for the big families in the village, but since the son no longer let people carry silver, the daughter-in-law also knew something, and ran away with people without saying that the days of the last two years.

Old man An didn't complain, his daughter-in-law was only twenty-five or sixteen years old, and she couldn't be forced to stay a widow, but fortunately, her daughter-in-law ran away and left a grandson and a granddaughter with her, which made her old age no longer so lonely.

Although he is not lonely in his later years, the days are getting more and more difficult, Old Man An found that his body was old, and a year was not as good as a year.

The fish in the Qinhuai River are big and fat, and the taste is particularly delicious, but the three of the old man and grandson who make a living from fishing have never been willing to taste the taste of the fish in the Qinhuai River.

Every time I saw my granddaughter staring at the fish and swallowing saliva, Old Man An always comforted: "Wait for two years, wait for two more years, grandpa bought land and left you to eat as much as you want." ”

The fish in the Qinhuai River are very fat, and they can be sold for twenty or thirty wen per catty in Jinling City, but they can only be sold for three wen per catty in Anjia Village, and one catty of fish is not comparable to the price of one catty of grain.

Old man An has never been to a big place, he doesn't know what the price of fish outside is, and he can't go so far, every time the people who come to collect fish in the county restaurant scold and cry with a sad face and say that it's expensive, it's expensive, and it won't make money if you add silver.

Old man An raised his old hand anxiously and begged, "Give me an extra penny, my granddaughter will be a big mile, and the amount of food will be a big mile, and I can eat it."

Old man An sat under the old locust tree by the river as usual and smoked dry cigarettes, old man An himself also found that his body was not as good as day by day, the only doctor in the village said that he had tuberculosis, and the old man did not know what tuberculosis was, he only knew that he had not been able to save himself for a short time, and the old man had not gone down to the river to fish for a long time, and the doctor told him that he could not be tired, and this tiredness may have to be ignored.

Old man An usually loves Sun Sun An's dog the most, and the poor don't pay so much attention to the name, the worse the name, the better it is to feed, dogs, dog eggs and so on abound.

The daughter-in-law disagreed, saying that it was okay for the dog to be a nickname, but it was not a joke to be a big name, since he lived on the bank of the Qinhuai River, he would take advantage of the blessing of God to Anjiang River.

An Gou'er's name is An Jianghe, An Gou'er is thirteen years old, he has never been handed over to An Jianghe, the dog is his name all the time, and whoever sees it is a dog.

Old man An began to feel uneasy after smoking a bag of cigarettes, usually after smoking a bag of cigarettes, the good grandson should have come back from fishing a long time ago, but today there was no trace of the boat.

Old man An has been fighting for half his life, and he has long known everything on the river, so he casually pulled up the dry grass by the river and looked at it for a while, and then threw it on the ground: "There is a breeze on the river today, and it is impossible to overturn the boat." ”

Old man An's wrinkled face was undoubtedly worried, and he kept wandering by the river, muttering that the river god blessed, the river god blessed.

It seems that Old Man An's prayer has worked, and a small boat finally ushered in on the sparkling river, yes, it is his own boat, this boat has lasted for more than ten years, and Old Man An is a good person.

Old man An grinned, knelt by the river and kept kowtowing, muttering thank you to the river god, thank you to the river god.

An Gou'er held the oars and was uneasy, today fishing did not catch a few fish, but hit a person, this person does not know how long he has been soaking in the river, his skin is swollen, he can't see the original appearance at all, An Gou'er saved this person but did not catch a few fish, the fishing net was broken by this person, at least a few days to repair, I don't know if grandpa will be angry.

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

An Gou'er jumped off the boat with a low expression: "Grandpa, I didn't catch any fish today." ”

Old man An grinned: "If there is no fish, there will be no fish, if you come back, you can come back, the fish of the Qinhuai River can't run." After speaking, he touched An Gou's head with a cracked palm and looked relieved, it's good that the good grandson is back, it doesn't matter if the fish is not fish.

An Gou'er had yellow muscles and looked malnourished at first glance, but he had a lot of strength, and when he heard that his grandfather did not blame himself, he happily jumped on the boat and carried the man he had scooped up from the river, and carried it effortlessly.

Old man An's face tightened: "Good grandson, why is there still a person?" ”

An Gou'er gently put this person on the ground: "Grandpa, this person has been soaked in water for I don't know how long, I fished him up in a net, and I saw that he was still angry and brought him back." ”

Old man An sighed and took a few fish handed over by his grandson: "Then take it back, you can't watch the living die." ”

After walking for 1,200 meters, I arrived at the front of the house built of three thatched houses, with four walls, really four walls, no tables, chairs and benches, and the stove was still a clay pot supported by a few stones built in the open air.

A yellow-faced girl of eleven or twelve was carefully cooking porridge, and when she heard the footsteps, the girl turned around happily and shouted: "Grandpa, eldest brother, the porridge will be ready soon, and my heart will serve you rice." ”

The girl's name is Anxin, she is the granddaughter of An's old man, originally An's old man planned to name Anxin Gouya, brother and sister Dogya are all names that are easy to feed, but her daughter-in-law is not happy, saying that the name of the girl can't be called so cheesy, and she took An's name without authorization, which is worthy of people, but asks for peace of mind.

Anxin was originally elated, but when he saw his brother looking at a person who didn't know whether he was alive or dead, he panicked, and hurriedly hugged the arm of the old man on the side: "Grandpa." ”

Old man An patted Anxin's sideburns: "Don't be afraid, good girl, this is your eldest brother who rescued people from the river and is alive." ”

Anxin relieved his heart, and then looked curiously at the person on the eldest brother's shoulder, and he couldn't see his face at all.

An Gou'er carried people into the thatched house, and put them on the weeds, An Jia's poor bed did not have them, they all slept on the ground, and the weeds rolled up for one night.