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

Chapter 1074: End of the Autumn Grain Protection

Early in the morning of the sixth day of protecting the autumn grain, Wang An and Wang Li, who had a good night's sleep in the mountains, planned to go home after their successors, Sun Xiangwen and others, arrived.

But when Wang An and his companions left, Sun Xiangwen told them:

"Xiao An, I almost forgot to tell you, you two brothers should go back and pack up and prepare to cede the land. Don't come tomorrow."

Before Wang An and the others could reply, Sun Xiangwen smiled and said:

"The two of us will guard for one more day today and will not come the day after tomorrow. Hahahaha, this bastard job is so damn time-consuming. It even delayed the work in the fields."

Wang An couldn't help but laugh when he heard this:

"What do you mean, Uncle Sun? Is it enough for us to protect the autumn crops in our village this year?"

Sun Xiangwen smiled and said:
"Well, it's done. We've looked around here these past two days and there's nothing left. There were only three big cannon eggs that were ruining the crops, and you killed them all. Hahaha, that's good. Basically, the crops this year haven't been wasted, and every family can have enough food every day."

The reason why Sun Xiangwen said that a total of three cannon eggs were killed was that during these six days, in addition to the cannon egg killed by Wang An and Wang Li, other groups also killed two cannon eggs.

It’s just that the ones killed by other groups were all over 300 kilograms of cannon eggs. Compared with the one killed by Wang An and Wang Li, they were not in the same league at all.

However, as Li Tie and his wife said, the cannon egg weighing four or five hundred kilograms that picked up Li Tie has never appeared.

Everyone speculated that it was possible that the cannon egg had escaped, but it was more likely that Li Tie and his wife were in a panic and did not estimate the weight of the cannon egg at all.

I don't know whether he mistook a weight of more than 300 kilograms for 400 or 500 kilograms, or mistook a weight of 700 or 800 kilograms for 400 or 500 kilograms.

Because in that situation, people only think about escaping and would never consider how heavy the cannon egg is.

After Sun Xiangwen finished speaking, Sun Xiangqian, also known as Sun Daba, who was with Sun Xiangwen, said with a smile:
"We have to thank the brothers Xiao An and Xiao Li for this. If they hadn't killed a large group of wild boars before protecting the young seedlings, wouldn't the wild boars still be spreading like wildfire now?"

It is not difficult to hear from Sun Daba's words that many people in the village are still very sensible.

You should know that when protecting the young crops, Wang An and Wang Li led a group of dogs, and they killed more than 50 wild boars, including those killed and captured alive.

As for the terrible destructive power that more than 50 wild boars can cause to crops, anyone who is not a fool can easily guess what the consequences will be.

Therefore, what Sun Daba said is still very pertinent.

Wang An said with a smile:

"That's all old news, why are you still talking about it, hahaha."

Sun Xiangwen raised his eyebrows and said with a smile:

"We have to mention the old calendar. What you said to Uncle Xiang was right. You two brothers wiped out all the wild boars in our village. You even killed Little Flower Stick. Haha, it's all because of you two!"

Wang An smiled but said nothing, but Wang Li said:
"If we catch them, we have to kill them all. Otherwise, they will harm the crops."

After Wang Li finished speaking, the four of them laughed together.

After laughing, Wang An and Wang Li chatted with Sun Xiangwen for a while before going home.

On the way back, Wang Li suddenly said to Wang An with a nostalgic look on his face:
"Fourth brother, you said that it's quite interesting for me to play the role of protecting the autumn grain. I haven't had enough fun yet." Wang An glanced at Wang Li, then turned his head to indicate the direction behind him and said:
"Then don't go home. Stay on the mountain with them for another day."

Unexpectedly, Wang Li immediately shook his head and said:
"What's the point of being with the two of them? I won't do it."

It must be said that Wang An and Wang Li have been living a serious and comfortable life these past two days while protecting the autumn crops.

The main reason was that they hadn't encountered any wild boars or anything like that in the past two days, so the two of them took the dog around the farmland when they had nothing to do. They caught a lot of pheasants, rabbits, and whitebait. After they finished catching a round, they also caught a lot of fish in the small canals around them.

Of course, the fish in small canals like this are small crucian carp, melon seeds, small whitebait, as well as small miscellaneous fish such as willow roots and nails.

The purpose of the two men fishing was just to feed the dogs. Otherwise, Wang An and the others would be embarrassed to take the pheasants, rabbits, etc. caught by the dogs.

But it has to be admitted that this kind of life where he would lead the dog to catch pheasants and chase rabbits, or go to the river to fish, was not only missed by Wang Li, but also quite liked by Wang An.

No matter how much you like it, life still has to go on.

After returning home, while the family was having breakfast, they heard Wang Dazhui and Liu Guilan talking about how they would harvest wheat tomorrow.

So Wang An thought for a moment and said:
"Dad, Mom, I'm going to Weizigou later. I've already agreed with Xiaoli's dad that day that we want to hire them to come and help for a few days. After that, we'll provide them with food and lodging, and give them 8 cents a day."

This time, perhaps because of Huang Li, or perhaps because they were used to Wang An's lavish spending, Wang Dazhui and Liu Guilan just looked at each other but did not stop him.

I only heard Wang Dazhu ask:
"How old is Xiaoli's brother this year? Can he harvest wheat?"

Harvesting wheat is the same as harvesting millet, both require the use of the sickle blade. That is, when holding the wheat straw with your left hand, you should place the wheat straw on top of the sickle blade to prevent the blade from cutting your left hand.

Before Wang An could say anything, Huang Li said:
"Uncle, my brother can harvest wheat. He may be small, but he can do anything."

Wang Dazhu wanted to ask something else, but after hearing this, he hesitated, nodded and said:

"Well, as long as they can do it, let them all come over."

After getting Wang Dazhu's approval, Huang Li said excitedly:
"Don't worry uncle, my brother might have done it, really."

Wang Dazhu smiled and said nothing more.

I have to say that Huang Li is a really nice girl. Even though she was almost sold to an "old man" by her father, she still cares about her home.

Wang An looked at Huang Li, who was full of joy, and asked with a smile:

"I'll ride my sidecar to your house in a bit. Do you want to go home and visit?"

When Huangli heard this, her big eyes suddenly lit up, and then she began to nod frantically.

After a few days of familiarization, Huang Li is no longer as reserved and cautious as before. In addition, Wang An's family is very kind to her, so Huang Li has become much more lively.

Wang An smiled and said:
"I'll tell you in advance that I can't stay at your house for long. You're just going to come back for a look, and you have to come back with me after that."

Thanks to “The Emperor of the Big Empire” for the reward, thank you, thank you very much!
I wish my brother happy every day, joyful every day, and making fortune every day.

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(End of this chapter)