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

Chapter 1120 Eating only steamed buns is fine

After discussing the sale of the horse, the family chatted for a while before Wang Li's family of four arrived. Soon after, Shen Wei and Zhao Cuiyun also arrived with their children.

When everyone had finished eating the hot pot fish and gnawing on the beef bones, they naturally praised Wang An again.

To be honest, I've been praised non-stop all evening, and Wang An is so flattered that he's almost lost his bearings.

It was a lively dinner, and everyone ate their fill.

Of course, drinking alcohol is for adults; the kids were drinking soda.

After dinner, Shen Wei, Zhao Cuiyun, and Yao Ping (the second aunt) helped clean up the mess before everyone went home to rest.

To be fair, Wang An's stewed beef bones and offal are quite decent.

Although the meat on the bone wasn't stewed to the point where it would fall off with the slightest touch, and it was still quite chewy, it wasn't as tough as Mu Xueqing, who had to use a knife to pick the meat off the bone to eat it.

And whether it's beef or offal, it all feels just right.

Overall, everyone was very satisfied with the meal.

Nothing was said that night, and dawn broke in the blink of an eye.

In the morning, just as Wang An finished practicing his martial arts and was about to wash up, Huang Baoguo, along with Huang Li and her brother Huang Zhong, and a man named Er Gangzi, appeared at the gate of Wang An's house.

To be honest, these four people arrived really early. I wonder if they set off from Weizigou in the middle of the night.

Because of the presence of the oriole, the dogs only barked a few times to alert the people inside, and then went back to sleeping.

Wang An put down his toothbrush and went to greet them at the gate.

After a brief greeting, Wang An said with a smile:

"Uncle Huang, Uncle Gangzi, you've arrived quite early. Did you leave home before dawn?"

Huang Baoguo smiled shyly and said:

"Yeah, I came early because I didn't want to be late for work, hehehe."

Er Gangzi didn't say anything, but just smiled at Wang An.

Wang An smiled and said:

"Come inside quickly, come inside quickly, it's almost time to eat."

As he spoke, Wang An opened the gate and welcomed the four people into the courtyard.

Upon entering the courtyard, Huang Baoguo and Ergangzi immediately became even more uneasy upon seeing Wang An's main house with all-brick and tile roofs, side rooms, various livestock pens, and agricultural machinery such as tracked vehicles, four-wheeled vehicles, and hand tractors parked in the yard—machinery rarely seen in those days.

There's no way around it; the visual impact of the buildings and farm vehicles in Wang An's yard is enough to make many people feel ashamed or inferior.

When they saw Wang An's herds of sika deer, wild boars, roe deer, and gazelles, as well as the pile of mule, horse, and donkey heads peeking out from the stable, the two men couldn't take it all in.

It must be admitted that, for this era, Wang Anjia was extremely wealthy.

It is no exaggeration to say that even in later generations, the vast majority of rural families would not be able to achieve the same level of wealth as Wang Anjia.

Without explaining anything to the two, Wang An led the four of them into the house. Wang Dazhu then greeted Huang Baoguo and his son, along with Er Gangzi. Huang Li had already gone to the back room to help Liu Guilan with chores. After Wang An washed his face and brushed his teeth, Shen Wei and Zhao Cuiyun arrived.

With the women busy at work, breakfast was quickly served.

When the food was served, Huang Baoguo and his son, along with Ergangzi, insisted on eating from their bowls in the stove pit, but Wang An's family refused. The main reason was that although they were hired by Wang An's family to work, Wang An's family would not treat them differently.

No matter what, guests are guests, and as guests, they should eat at the same table as the host. How can you expect guests to squat by the stove to eat?

Breakfast was still steamed buns made from a mixture of wheat and cornmeal porridge. As for vegetables, in addition to pickled cucumbers, pickled green peppers, and garlic eggplant, there were also leftover beef bones and stewed fish from last night.

Looking at the beef bones and stewed fish on the table, Huang Baoguo and Ergangzi were too embarrassed to pick up their chopsticks. Even Huang Zhong only took a few bites, picking up a few small pieces of meat from the beef bone bowl.

So Wang An went straight to the table, took the three largest pieces of beef bone and put them in the three people's bowls, saying as he did so:
"Uncle Huang, Uncle Gangzi, and Xiao Zhong, what's the meaning of you not touching your chopsticks? Let me tell you, don't be shy here, just make yourself at home, eat and drink as you please, we don't make a fuss at home."

After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Dazhu said:
"Yeah, why are you being so formal? Eat up, don't be shy."

Huang Baoguo smiled somewhat awkwardly:

"I think it would be great to have these steamed buns and porridge to eat, hehehe."

Ergangzi also said somewhat awkwardly:

"Mmm, these steamed buns are really delicious. I could eat them straight without any vegetables, hehehe."

After speaking, Ergangzi chuckled awkwardly a few times.

When Wang An was reborn, his family's life was already hard enough. Every meal consisted of boiled sweet potatoes, potatoes, and pumpkins, or cornbread that was so tough it hurt his throat. They hadn't seen any meat for a long time.

But when Wang An saw that the vagrants couldn't even get a set of clothes and were living on wild vegetables and mushrooms every day, he realized that compared to the vagrants, his own family's life was already quite good at that time.

At least back then, although my family's food wasn't great, you could say it was terrible, we were eating real grain.

You should know that eating wild vegetables and mushrooms to fill your stomach is a completely different concept from eating grains to fill your stomach!

But now, when he hears Huang Baoguo and Huang Baoguo say, "It's fine to just eat steamed buns," Wang An still doesn't know what to say.

Because it must be admitted that the migrant workers in Weizigou are very hardworking and not lazy at all, but they can't get enough to eat. Who can they reason with?
At this moment, Liu Guilan interjected:
"Eat as many steamed buns as you like. I steamed two big pots this morning. Don't leave any beef bones behind either; meat keeps you full."

As she spoke, Liu Guilan then called to Wang Dazhu:

"Dazhu, you're nearby, why don't you give them some of that fish too?"

To be fair, Huang Baoguo and his son, along with Ergangzi, were really big eaters, even more so than when Wang An was reborn. They each ate seven or eight steamed buns, each weighing a full two ounces, and two or three bowls of corn porridge.

And that doesn't even include the beef bones and fish meat that Wang An and Wang Dazhu gave them.

However, Wang An believed that after eating at Wang An's house for two or three days, the three of them would lose their appetite, because once people have some oil in their stomachs, they can't eat much more.

After breakfast, Wang Dazhu drove a four-wheeled vehicle, Wang An drove a hand tractor, and a large group of people headed towards the wheat field.

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