Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 1009 It’s better to be honest

This era is still very conservative. Generally speaking, for two engaged couples, the girl would be taken to the boy’s home to live for a while during the first month of each year.

The purpose of doing this is actually to allow men and women to communicate more in order to increase the feelings between them.

However, the "living" mentioned here does not mean that the man and woman live in the same bed, but only that the woman lives in the man's house.

Apart from this, women generally do not take the initiative to go to the man's house.

Normally, when two people meet before getting married, the man goes to the woman's house.

Therefore, if those gossipers saw what Li Xiuyu did at this time, they would gossip about her behind her back, saying that this girl is "not profound" or "shameless" and other nasty things.

To gossip means "to like gossip", but gossiping is more serious than gossiping.

And "not profound" here means "not reserved".

Of course, as time went by, fewer and fewer people took this statement seriously, and by later generations, these statements had become dross.

Seeing Wang An enter the courtyard, Wang Li and Li Xiuyu stood up immediately. The couple said almost at the same time:
"Fourth brother is here?"

Wang An nodded when he heard this, then smiled and said to Li Xiuyu:
"Xiuyu, why did you come here yesterday? Why didn't you go to my house to chat with your sister-in-law?"

Li Xiuyu had completely recovered from her father's violent death and her family's oppression by loan sharks. When she heard Wang An's question, she smiled sweetly and said:

"I was thinking of going after I finish drying the mushrooms."

Li Xiuyu and Mu Xueqing were from the same village, so for Li Xiuyu, meeting Mu Xueqing could barely be considered meeting her family.

Wang An nodded and smiled again:

"Well, it just so happens that your sister-in-law is ill and can't go out. It's boring for her to stay at home. It would be nice for you to go over and chat with her."

The reason why Wang An said this was because last month, Miss Wang Xiaomei and Miss Wang Xiaoli both went to school.

Of course, there is also Wang Li’s sister Wang Xiaorong, and Mu Xueli’s sister Mu Xueting, both of them are in school.

However, because the primary school in Kaoshan Village had not been built yet, the three daughters of Old Wang's family went to the primary school in the township, while Mu Xueting went to the primary school in their village.

Nowadays, the principle of going to school is proximity, and no one considers issues such as teaching quality.

So in the past month, when Wang An went to training during the day, except for Zhao Cuiyun and Shen Wei who would be at Wang An's house when they were working, Mu Xueqing was alone at home the rest of the time.

As for Wang Dazhui and his wife, they either go out to dig wild vegetables or pick mushrooms all day long and are usually not at home.

When Li Xiuyu heard Wang An say that Mu Xueqing was boring at home, she immediately said:
"Then I'll go and stay with my sister-in-law for a while. I miss her too."

Turning around, Li Xiuyu said to Wang Li:

"Then I'm going to look for my sister-in-law. You can talk to Fourth Brother."

Wang Li nodded and said with a nostalgic look on his face:
"Yes, I'll pick you up before dinner."

As she spoke, Li Xiu Yu walked out of the yard.

Li Xiuyu had already left the yard, but Wang Li was still looking around, so Wang An said to Wang Li in a bad mood:

"Look at your useless look, you still want to tie her to you? You are screwed."

As he spoke, Wang An also glared at Wang Li fiercely. It should be said that Wang Li's performance was really too embarrassing. It is still best to use the term used in later generations to describe Wang Li, that is, "a dead licker"!
That’s right, he is a die-hard bootlicker, and a die-hard bootlicker who is deeply trapped in the quagmire of love.

Wang Li blushed when he heard this, scratched his head in embarrassment, and said:

"I don't know what's going on. I'm like this when I see Xiuyu. I'm not like this before I see her."

Wang An didn't even look at Wang Li, and said disdainfully:

"Come on, Lajiba, come down. How can I not know what kind of person you are? You are such a loser, you are such a loser."

As he spoke, Wang An took out the carved gold cake and handed it to Wang Li, and said again:
"Let me melt the six jin of broken gold. Then the ten of us will each get six liang. I made ten plaques, one for each of us. This one is yours."

Wang Li hadn't recovered from the scolding yet. When he saw the gold cake Wang An handed over, he said in a daze:
"Extra? What extra? How come I didn't know about it?"

Wang An heard this and said speechlessly:

"You should think less about Li Xiuyu. Is your mind full of nothing but Li Xiuyu?"

Seeing that Wang Li was still confused, Wang An explained helplessly:
"When we searched other people's pockets, all the loose gold was placed with me. After that, we couldn't divide up that little stuff, so it has never been divided up."

Wang An was too lazy to explain, so he stuffed the gold cake into Wang Li's hand and said:
"Come on, just take it. This can be regarded as a souvenir of our action together as ten people."

Wang Li thought for a long time before he remembered what was going on. Then Wang Li looked at the gold cake in his hand and said generously:

"Yeah, I get it. It's just a small amount, so why bother sharing it? Just keep it for yourself."

As he spoke, Wang Li wanted to return the gold cake to Wang An.

I have to say, people who have gold are really different. They can treat 6 taels, which is 300 grams of gold, as nothing. Where can you go to seek justice?

As Wang An walked towards Wang Li's back garden, he said:
"Just take what's yours. How can I be greedy? By the way, aren't the pickled melons in your garden ripe? Take me to get some and I'll take them home later."

Salty melon is cantaloupe, but it is called differently in the local area.

Wang Li followed behind Wang An, looking at the gold cake in his hand, and asked in surprise:

"Fourth brother, did you carve this eagle? It's so beautiful, it looks like the real thing. Fourth brother, you have this skill?"

Wang An was very happy when he heard this, and immediately said proudly:

"That must be carved by me. Your fourth brother knows a lot of skills. This is just the beginning."

Who knew that after Wang An finished speaking, Wang Li said with a look of longing:
"Brother, can you teach me? I want to learn too."

Wang An knew what Wang Li was thinking as soon as he heard it. He glanced at Wang Li and said:

"What? Do you want to learn how to carve something for Li Xiuyu?"

Wang Li smiled awkwardly and said nothing, but Wang An said again:
"I can teach you, but the gold cannot be shown at the moment. Wait until the higher-ups are less strict in a few years, and then you can think about carving."

Wang An remembered that it was from the next year, that is, 82, that gold jewelry could be sold with restrictions and conditions.

As for now, it’s better to be honest.

Thanks to “The Big Emperor of the Empire” for the reward, thank you very much!

I wish you a long and successful journey, brother!
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(End of this chapter)