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

Chapter 1179 Objects of Envy and Jealousy
After breakfast, Wang An called all of Old Wang's relatives to his house and asked them to help slaughter pigs, sheep, and rabbits, as well as pluck and gut pheasants.

Wang Li and Mu Xueli have been extremely busy these past few days preparing dishes for Wang An's baby's one-month celebration.

Because these two people had been driving their sleds around the mountains every day for the past few days, either setting traps or traps, or sledding traps and traps.

Furthermore, the two of them didn't keep any of their spoils from the past few days; they sent them all to Wang An's house.

This resulted in Wang An's rabbits, pheasants, and silly half-pound pheasants piling up in a really big pile, easily over two hundred.

As a result, over the course of the past month or so, almost all the small animals living on the outskirts of the mountain were killed by these two people using snares and traps.

It's unrealistic to say they've been wiped out, but their numbers have certainly decreased sharply.

Imagine hundreds or thousands of snares and traps being set in various places around the mountain, with each area being harvested in turn, and how many small animals are left to wreak havoc.

However, as of today, the day of Happiness and Joy's full moon celebration, the two have completely stopped this practice of gathering in small groups.

After all, constantly setting traps and snares, or escaping traps and snares, is quite tiring. Moreover, as time goes by, there will be fewer and fewer small animals outside the mountains, and in the end, nine times out of ten, you will wander around all day and not catch more than two or three pheasants or rabbits.

Such effort and reward are completely disproportionate, and continuing like this is really pointless.

A group of people worked together, almost forming an assembly line, so by 10 a.m., a pig, a sheep, and more than 200 rabbits, pheasants, and other animals were all taken out.

However, after everyone had finished cleaning up everything, the cunning Wang An had picked out all but the remaining 20-odd flying dragons. Seeing this, the old woman Xu Yongfeng, full of curiosity, asked Wang An:
"Xiao An, what are you doing? There are already so many vegetables, are you still going to make grouse soup?"

Wang An waved his hand without hesitation and said:
"Why are you making pheasant soup? I'm telling you, this is for my wife to help with lactation. Let me tell you, Auntie, pheasant soup is really effective at helping with lactation, and Xueqing even likes to drink it, hehehehe."

After a few days of weakness, Mu Xueqing was able to eat normally again. However, because she had to breastfeed her baby, she still couldn't put too much salt in her food.

The reason for this is that if a mother eats too much salt, the baby will develop blisters and cracked skin on the lips, and in severe cases, rashes may appear on the body, which is extremely detrimental to the baby's health.

As we all know, no matter how delicious a dish or soup is, if it doesn't contain salt and tastes bland, it's tasteless.

But Wang An discovered that even with very little salt, or even no salt at all, the Flying Dragon Soup was quite delicious. Most importantly, Mu Xueqing loved drinking Flying Dragon Soup, and it was also particularly good for promoting lactation.

After Wang An finished speaking, Aunt Xu Yongfeng's lips twitched involuntarily, as if she was speechless at Wang An's actions.

After a while, Aunt Xu Yongfeng finally managed a smile and said:

"I didn't realize you were so doting on your wife, Xiao An."

Wang An was focused on picking out the flying dragons, and said nonchalantly:

"Then I must cherish my wife, cherish her rotten, hehehehehe."

The old lady, Xu Yongfeng, gave Wang An a meaningful look and then remained silent.

Actually, Aunt Xu Yongfeng is a very decent person. It's just that due to the perceptions of the times, or rather, the way each generation thinks, Aunt Xu Yongfeng is quite traditional. She always has the idea that women should put men first in everything, and she is also very sexist.

Therefore, Aunt Xu Yongfeng actually disapproved of Wang An's way of always caring for and thinking about his daughter-in-law.

However, Wang An understood Aunt Xu Yongfeng, so although he knew what she meant, he simply ignored her and did whatever he wanted.

And so, amidst everyone's busy work, dishes like pork stew, pickled cabbage stew, pheasant and rabbit stew with potatoes, and mutton, sheepskin, and offal soup were all stewed into the large pot.

Besides these four dishes, Wang An didn't prepare any other dishes, because these four dishes were already quite proper for a full moon celebration. Mainly, compared to the amount of noodles, two pounds of wheat flour, and a few insignificant eggs that the villagers would bring when they came to celebrate, even these things would cost Wang An's family a lot of money.

Of course, Wang An was happy to have twins, so losing a little money was no big deal. Besides, Wang An's family was wealthy and didn't care much; being happy was the most important thing.

During this season, in order to save food, people in rural areas generally only eat two meals a day. However, since Wang An's rebirth, the Wang family has been eating three normal meals a day.

So, around noon, Wang An personally came to the village headquarters and, with a smile, invited Sun Dafu and his friends, who were playing cards, to join him:

"Grandpa Sun, Uncle Li, Uncle Sun, we're having a baby's one-month celebration this afternoon. You're all welcome to come to my house for the celebration, hehehe."

Upon hearing this, Sun Dafu immediately said:

"A full moon celebration? That's great! It's been over half a year since anyone in our village had a full moon celebration, hahaha!"

It's quite unusual for a village with seventy or eighty households to have not had a baby for more than six months.

Unfortunately, since last year, the issue of having children has been strictly controlled, and although Kaoshantun is located deep in the mountains, the control measures are also quite effective. As a result, since last year, very few people have had children.

The main problem is that I don't dare to! Because this isn't just talk; it's a serious matter that's forbidden.

However, Wang An knew that starting next year, the management would be even stricter, and it wasn't until more than 20 years later that the restrictions began to ease.

Therefore, it was indeed a very lucky thing for Wang Ansheng to have twins, a boy and a girl.

Perhaps this is one of the perks of Wang An being a reborn individual, primarily a garbage collector.

Regardless, Wang An felt extremely good!
After Sun Dafu finished speaking, accountant Li Youcai chuckled and added:
"It has to be Xiao Anxing, he's so lucky, he suddenly has both a son and a daughter, and the best part is he doesn't even have to pay a fine, hahaha."

Sun Xiangfeng also interjected, which was unusual for him:

"Yeah, unlike my nephew and his wife, who already have two daughters and are afraid of being punished if they want to have another one. That's what's worrying them."

It was clear that Wang An had become the envy and jealousy of the villagers as soon as he had twins.

Li Youcai said:
"As they say, having a girl or a boy means you'll be able to take care of yourself in your old age the same way."

Before he could finish speaking, Sun Xiangfeng interrupted:
"Give me a break, it's not the same at all! Who wouldn't want a son?"

Before anyone could join the discussion, Wang An immediately interrupted:
"Hey everyone, stop playing around and come to my house for a drink. Oh, and Grandpa Sun, could you lend me the loudspeaker from our village office for a bit? That way I won't have to go door-to-door to announce things."

There was no other way; if we didn't interrupt them, these people would most likely start arguing.

The main thing is that people with sons say that having a girl or a boy is the same, while people without sons will definitely want a son, which is strange!

　Thank you "Brother Hei Niu" for the donation, thank you so much!

　　Thank you to "Book Friend 20250620110232580" for the donation!

　　Thank you so much to "Dreams Shattered in the Mortal World" for the donation!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)