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

Chapter 1061 Two Blind Wanderers

Wang An was fiddling with the pig litter, and Mu Xueqing was watching from the side. After Wang An weighed the pig litter, Mu Xueqing said with joy:

"Oh my, there are so many pig sands! You two are so lucky."

Wang An folded a small paper helmet out of straw paper and said with a smile on his face:

"Yeah, I was thinking it was pointless to kill a cannon egg with all my might, but who knew there was pig grit in the cannon egg, hahahahaha"

After Wang An finished speaking, he couldn't help laughing out loud, mainly because this kind of thing was really magical. It felt like "When God closes a door for you, he will definitely open a window for you."

After laughing, Wang An said to Mu Xueqing happily:
"By the way, I have another good news for you. I just sent the head of that big shot to the village headquarters. After that, the ten acres of land as a reward was directly given to me and Lao Wu. Hehehe. What do you think? Is your man awesome?"

Mu Xueqing was startled at first, then she said happily:

"I gave you 10 mu, so you and Lao Wu will each have 5 mu. Add the 5 mu I gave you before, and our family will have more than 60 mu of land next year. Haha, that's great."

Wang An nodded and said:

"Yes, a total of 62 acres. By the way, the barren hills and wastelands in the village have not been leased out this year. I will have to wait until the end of the year or next year to lease them out. By then, we will lease more land, and after we have reclaimed the wasteland, we can subcontract them out. I guarantee we will make money."

I still remember that in Wang An’s previous life, all the barren mountains and wastelands in the village were contracted to the villagers.

After that, some of those who contracted the barren hills and wastelands hired people to farm the land, but more of them subcontracted the land to others to save trouble. Some of them subcontracted it to people in the village, and some subcontracted it to cooperatives.

Anyway, whether you hire people to farm the land or subcontract it out, everyone makes a lot of money.

Especially for those who subcontract the land, although they will earn less than if they farm the land themselves, they can make money without doing anything. They don’t have to do anything every day, and they will never lack money to spend.

Let’s talk about days like this, who wouldn’t envy them?

After Wang An finished speaking, Mu Xueqing said:
"It's a good idea to lease the land, but it's a bit cost-prohibitive to subcontract it out, right? It's better for us to grow the crops ourselves. Whatever crops we harvest are ours."

When Wang An heard this, he couldn't help laughing:
"How can we cultivate so much land? It costs money to hire people, so it's better to subcontract it out and save trouble. Besides, our family is not short of money, so why should we suffer that bastard?"

Wang An had absolutely no interest in farming. The main reason was that since ancient times, no one had gotten rich by farming, and even becoming wealthy was very rare.

Farming requires a large investment, high risk, and very unstable returns. If you encounter a disaster year, you will lose all your money.

After Wang An finished speaking, Mu Xueqing frowned and said:

"Then we are farmers, what else can we do if we don't farm?"

This sentence immediately stunned Wang An. The key point is that what Mu Xueqing said does make sense. What else can farmers do if they don't farm?

After a moment of shock, Wang An raised his hand and pointed outside the door, then said to Mu Xueqing:

"Do you know why I caught those old sika deer? I've thought it through. Our family will specialize in breeding, mainly deer, roe deer, wild boars and other animals, and we'll also raise some wild boars. When we rent a barren mountain in the future, we'll fence it off and put the deer and other animals in there. I tell you, this way we don't have to feed them every meal, it's so much easier."

Just like that, Wang An talked incessantly to Mu Xueqing about a lot of future plans, leaving Mu Xueqing stunned.

However, it is not difficult to see from Mu Xueqing's increasingly adoring eyes that Wang An's picture of future life really attracted Mu Xueqing. As he was talking, Wang An suddenly thought of one thing, that is, Wang Li was still waiting for him in the cellar, day after day.

So, Wang An said to Mu Xueqing:

"Well, wife, I'll continue to brag to you when I have time. No, I'll continue to tell you my thoughts. I have to go find Lao Wu as soon as possible."

Standing up, Wang An handed the pig litter to Mu Xueqing and said:

"Wife, please go back to the front of our house and put the pig litter in the back room. It's always smoky and hot in the back room where our parents cook every day. Don't let the pig litter grow hair."

Mu Xueqing took the pig sand and said as she looked at it:

"Yeah, I'll be there in a minute."

Wang An stretched out his hand and pinched Mu Xueqing's cheek, then smiled and said:

"My second mother is making chili sauce today. I'll go to her house to get some and bring it into the mountains. I'll bring you a bowl later."

As he spoke, Wang An gave a thumbs up and said:
"I'm telling you, the chili sauce that Er Niang made is definitely for this dish. Just mix it into the rice or put it into the steamed buns, and you don't even have to worry about the vegetables."

After Wang An finished speaking, he turned and left the house.

This time when going into the mountains, Wang An did not plan to ride a horse, but chose to ride a shoulder cart. The main reason was that there was still a lot of meat to be pulled back from the cellar, and riding a shoulder cart was more convenient.

When he arrived at Wang Li's house, he briefly told his second mother Yao Ping about the 10 acres of land, which made Yao Ping very happy.

This is the case in China. Almost all farmers have a special obsession with the land. Of course, this may also be a habit that has been instilled in people's minds for thousands of years.

After Wang An finished speaking, he took the chili sauce that had been canned and left.

Of course, with Yao Ping's personality, it was definitely impossible for her to only give Wang An's family a can of chili sauce. Instead, she gave more than half of the chili sauce she made this time to Wang An's family.

However, Wang An did not hesitate and accepted it with pleasure.

The main reason is that although chili sauce tastes good, it is not a very precious thing in rural areas. Every family has a vegetable garden and there is no shortage of chili peppers. The only troublesome thing is the production process.

After Wang An brought the chili sauce that Yao Ping had given him back home, he rode his sidecar directly to the cellar.

When Wang An arrived at the cellar, he saw two people squatting in front of Wang Li. Wang Li was pointing his box gun at the two people intentionally or unintentionally, and a group of dogs were sitting in a circle, surrounding the two people and Wang Li.

Wang An was shocked when he saw this scene. The main problem was that he had been away for such a while, so what happened?
Wang An stopped his pole and looked at the two men, but found that he did not know them, so he asked Wang Li:

"Who are these two people? What are you doing?"

As soon as Wang Li saw Wang An, he immediately praised Wang An:
"I caught these two people stealing corn cobs from the fields. They said they came from the interior."

As soon as Wang An heard them, he knew that they were two vagrants.

(End of this chapter)