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

Chapter 1163 Gas is really awesome

Liu Guilan has always been very generous to Zhang Shuya. Whenever Zhang Shuya comes, Liu Guilan is never stingy at all.

If there are pigs, slaughter them; if there are sheep, slaughter them; if things get really desperate, it's not impossible to kill a donkey for meat.

After Liu Guilan finished speaking, Wang An agreed:

"Oh, okay, Mom, that's what I thought too, hehehehe."

At this moment, Zhang Shuya pretended to be sensible and said:

"Mom, isn't this too much trouble? We can just eat whatever we have."

Liu Guilan waved her hand grandly and said with great pride:
“It’s alright, my eldest daughter. We have plenty of pigs and sheep at home. We can kill them whenever we want to eat them. She’s gotten so thin from all this hunger.”

As she spoke, Liu Guilan pinched Zhang Shuya's round cheek.

I don't know what part of Zhang Shuya that Liu Guilan meant by "Zhang Shuya has lost weight".

While Zhang Shuya was chatting with Wang An's family, Wang Yong and Wang Gan returned in Wang An's four-wheeled vehicle and hand tractor, respectively, with Wang Yong's wife Gao Cuiyan and Wang Gan's wife Li Xiaoling on board.

After parking the car, Wang Yong got out and asked Wang An:
"Xiao An, you just said you wanted your sister-in-law to come and do some work, what kind of work? There's no work available."

Wang An replied:

“We’re going to slaughter a pig and a sheep in a little while. My sister-in-law will help with the cooking and cooking. Let’s go, eldest brother and third brother, let’s go catch the pig first. My second brother and sister-in-law and fifth brother will probably be here soon.”

After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Yong asked with a look of surprise:
"Slaughtering pigs again? If you slaughter pigs like this in your own home, how many pigs would you have to slaughter?"

It must be said that the behavior of Wang Anjia, who slaughters one or even two pigs a month, is indeed something that ordinary people cannot do.

Upon hearing this, Wang An replied with a completely unconcerned expression:
"We have no choice but to kill them. These things eat so much! Just this one pigpen alone consumes over a hundred pounds of cornmeal a day, not even counting bran and other food. We can't afford to feed them anymore."

Wang Gan nodded and said:

"Yeah, you have all sorts of other livestock at home, and you need to feed them properly every day."

As they were talking, the three of them picked out the fattest wild boar in the whole pigpen and tied it up. Although it wasn't the biggest, it was definitely the heaviest, weighing a good 150 or 160 pounds.

Next, the three of them went to the sheepfold and tied up the largest ram, which was so fat it was round and plump, weighing over 60 kilograms.

Whether they were wild boars or gazelles, after being raised by Wang Anjia, they all grew very fat.

While the three brothers were busy catching sheep, Wang Shun, his wife Shao Fangfang, and Wang Li also arrived.

Without a word, Wang Shun and Wang Li immediately joined in, while the third sister-in-law, Shao Fangfang, also joined the eldest sister-in-law, Gao Cuiyan, and the second sister-in-law, Li Xiaoling, in starting the fire and chopping vegetables.

After Wang Shun and Wang Li arrived, the five brothers split into two groups. Wang An led his eldest brother Wang Yong and second brother Wang Shun to slaughter pigs, while Wang Li and third brother Wang Gan slaughtered sheep.

As for Huang Zhong, he could only hand out ropes or knives; he really couldn't do much work.

And just like that, the whole courtyard became a flurry of activity.

With everyone busy at work, the food was ready in less than two hours.

When there are many people, you don't need to cook too many different kinds of dishes.

The main problem is that people these days only care about meat. No matter how well other dishes are made, no one will eat them, or even touch them.

So this time, Wang An's family's dishes were very simple: stewed pork bones, stewed lamb bones, pork blood sausage, and lamb offal soup—just four simple dishes.

However, all four dishes were served in enamel basins.

The main problem is that if all these dishes were served on plates, each plate wouldn't hold much food; it wouldn't even be enough for everyone at the table to take a bite.

Therefore, using an enamel basin is the most practical and satisfying method. As for the staple food, Wang An cooked a pot of rice using this year's newly harvested rice. It must be said that this new rice is incredibly fragrant, so fragrant that even without any side dishes, just the rice alone is enough to make two large bowls.

And so, the men sat at one table, the women at another, and the children at yet another. The men drank alcohol, while the women and children drank soda. By the end of the meal, everyone was quite full and satisfied.

After the meal, as usual, Liu Guilan distributed the leftovers to each of her relatives. After the relatives helped clean up the leftovers, they all dispersed.

A few days later, in the afternoon, Mu Xueqing, after waking up from her nap, suddenly said to Wang An:

"Xiao An, I feel really uncomfortable with my belly sticking out. Do you think I'm about to give birth?"

Upon hearing this, Wang An immediately panicked, but still managed to maintain a calm demeanor and said:
"It's alright, let's go to the hospital now."

As he spoke, Wang An nimbly got out of bed, put on his shoes, and called out to the west room:

"Little oriole, little oriole."

Upon hearing the call, the oriole immediately responded:

"Hey, what's up, bro?"

Wang An spoke very quickly:

"Go to your aunt's room and tell her that I'm taking your sister-in-law to the hospital."

Upon hearing that they were going to the hospital, Huang Li immediately became nervous, agreed, and ran out.

As Wang An helped Mu Xueqing sit on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), he put on her shoes, coat, and hat, while comforting her.

"It's okay, honey. We'll be at the hospital in 20 minutes at most. There will be a doctor there when we get there. Don't worry, we'll be fine."

Although his words sounded nice, Wang An's trembling hands betrayed his unstable emotions.

The main problem was that Wang An was trying to button up Mu Xueqing's coat, but he couldn't manage it after a couple of tries.

Mu Xueqing naturally noticed Wang An's nervousness and couldn't help but smile:

"Oh dear, I'm feeling a bit unwell. Is it too early to go to the hospital now?"

Wang An steadied himself, shook his head, and said:

"It's not early at all. We'll stay in the hospital from today until the baby is born, then we'll come back."

As soon as Wang An helped Mu Xueqing out the door, Liu Guilan and Wang Dazhu rushed over in a panic. Liu Guilan anxiously asked Mu Xueqing:
"How are you, Xueqing? Does it hurt a lot?"

After such a short walk, Mu Xueqing's face was already covered in sweat, which showed that her stomach must be in a lot of pain.

Before Mu Xueqing could speak, Wang An said to Liu Guilan:

"Mom, hold Xueqing up, I'll drive the car over."

In the past few days, the area has experienced two more snowfalls. The snow wasn't very heavy, only about 20 centimeters thick, but the temperature has dropped significantly.

With trepidation, Wang An turned the key to the GAZ.

As the starter made two "click" sounds, the engine started up, and Wang An finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang An was genuinely worried that the gas wouldn't ignite at such a low temperature.

I never expected this gas to be so damn powerful!

(End of this chapter)