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

Chapter 1110 Heading to Stone Bridge Fort

After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Dazhu rolled his eyes at Wang An and said:

"If I don't farm, what else would I do? Waiting for pie to fall from the sky every day?"

Liu Guilan also interrupted after hearing this:

"Your father and I are not old. How can we afford to stay here every day without farming? Besides, if we don't farm, we have to buy food. How much does that cost?"

Wang Dazhu added:

"It is better to earn a penny every day than to have a fortune. If you have a little money, you will spend it all without working. How can you live like that?"

Liu Guilan: "Well, you've made a lot of money, but we can't just rely on you."

Wang Dazhu: “.”

Liu Guilan: “.”

Just like that, the old couple took turns to talk and finally shut Wang An up.

There is no way. The old couple's idea of ​​farming is so deeply rooted that it cannot be changed in a short period of time. Moreover, the five words "not to burden their children" are also implemented by them quite thoroughly.

Fortunately, Wang Dazhu and his wife are still young. One day, when the old couple realize that their annual income from farming is not as much as the money from selling a few deer, they may slowly change their mind.

Finally, seeing Wang An remained silent, Liu Guilan concluded like a victorious rooster:

"Okay, go do what you need to do. Tomorrow, Huang Baoguo and his men will be here, so we won't need you for our crops. We old people will be able to harvest them all and get home in six or seven days."

No one knows a child better than his mother. Liu Guilan knew very well that Wang An was unwilling to do farm work.

However, although Wang An was unwilling to farm, he made money too quickly, and Wang Dazhu and his wife did not want farm work to become a hindrance for Wang An.

Just when Wang An was thinking about where to buy a harvester, Wang Li came strolling over.

After saying hello to his family, Wang An sat on the side seat of the sidecar and let Wang Li ride the sidecar, and the two of them headed straight for Shiqiao Fort.

The village of Shiqiaobao is under the jurisdiction of LQ County, but in terms of geographical location, this place is closer to the county seat of DJ County, so most of the time, people from Shiqiaobao come to DJ County to buy things or do business.

It was less than 30 miles in total, and Wang An and Wang Li arrived at the destination very quickly.

I never expected that the village of Shiqiaobao was actually quite big, even bigger than Sujiatun, and there was a river in the middle of the village, dividing it into the east and west parts.

The two men rode their sidecars around the east and west of the village and found that there were more than 300 households living in the village.

But the most annoying thing is that after the two brothers walked around the village and asked several villagers, none of them had heard of anyone having cows to sell.

Parking the sidecar at the bridge, Wang Li stared at Wang An with big eyes and asked:
"Fourth brother, what should we do? Where can we find that old woman's home?"

Wang An took out a cigarette, gave one to Wang Li, lit one for himself, took a puff, and then looked around at the big village in front of him, and said helplessly:
"There's nothing I can do about it. I'll just wait for a while until everyone comes out, then I'll ask each family one by one. I'll take whatever I can get."

In fact, what Wang An was worried about was not that he couldn't find the old woman, but that he was afraid that after so many days, the cow had been bought by someone who knew the business, or that the cow had died of illness.

It was noon, and the autumn harvest was in full swing, so there were few people on the village streets. Most people were taking the time to rest at home to prepare for the heavy physical labor in the afternoon. After finishing a cigarette, Wang An noticed a few children playing pià not far away, so he turned around and said to Wang Li:
"Let's go over there and ask those kids if they know the answer."

The thing called "片(pià)几"
It is a local name. In some places, it seems to be called "Fangbao". Anyway, it is something made of two pieces of paper folded together.

The method of playing this thing is also very simple. One person uses the sole of his shoe to smooth a small area on the ground, and then puts the pià table there, and the four sides of the pià table are in a state of perfect fit with the ground.

Another person takes another piece of paper and hits the piece of paper on the ground with force. If the piece of paper on the ground is knocked over, that person wins.

If you don't knock it over, your piece (pià) will remain on the ground, and your opponent will pick up his piece (pià) and use it to hit the piece (pià) you left on the ground.

In the end, whoever knocks over the opponent's piece (pià) wins.

Wang An also played it quite a lot when he was in school, and he was quite an expert at it, winning many times against his classmates.

Seeing Wang An and Wang Li coming over, the group of kids didn't take it seriously. Mainly because in the Northeast, it is extremely rare to find people who dare to enter the village and steal children.

It’s not like this hasn’t happened before, but anyone who dares to do so ends up in a bad way, either death or disability.

That's right, it's either death or disability, because once caught, they will be beaten, beaten to death, even if Lajiba is beaten to death, it will be useless even if Jingcha comes, unless all the people in the village are arrested.

However, the situation of the oriole is relatively special.

The reason why Huang Li was forcibly bought away was, on the one hand, because Huang Baoguo had promised the other party before, and it was not wrong for the other party to come and pay the money to take the bird away.

On the other hand, it is because those human traffickers are not stealing or robbing. Their excuse is to help the old man find a wife, and they actually spend a lot of money to find a wife.

300 yuan is really a lot of money in this era.

Of course, the main reason is that the vagrants are poor and have no guns. If Huang Baoguo had a gun, even a sand gun, those human traffickers would probably have to leave obediently.

Because many times, even if there is only one bullet in the gun and the other party knows it, it can still scare a group of people away from coming forward.

There's nothing you can do about it, whoever goes up will die, that's the reality.

Wang An walked up to them, stood there for a while, and then said to a boy in his teens:
"Hey, hey, hey, hit this side, there's a crow over here, trust me, just hit from this side and he'll be knocked over in one go."

"Qiao" is not a trick, but it means to lift up. It means that a certain part of the piece of pià is off the ground, and there is a gap with the ground, which makes it easier to hit.

However, this kid was very stubborn and refused to listen to Wang An. After he played a few moves, he did not knock over the opponent's moves, but instead left his own moves behind.

Wang An immediately instructed another child:

"Trust me, fight from the downhill. The uphill one is bigger, but you can't use your strength because there is a bag blocking you."

The child looked at Wang An, then followed Wang An's instructions with confusion.

Sure enough, after one slice (pià) of cake was eaten, this child knocked over the previous child's slice (pià) of cake.

(End of this chapter)