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

Chapter 1237 You're really making me angry.

The dogs barked three times and then stopped, which meant that someone they knew had come.

That's how the big, dumb dogs in the area are; they know exactly who's a friend and who's a stranger.

When strangers enter the yard, the dogs bark incessantly, their voices sounding particularly rough and fierce, as if they're about to pounce and tear someone apart at any moment.

When a person who is not yet a complete stranger enters the yard, the dogs will bark a few more times, but not too fiercely.

When a very familiar person enters the yard, the dog will usually only bark two or three times to give the owner a commotion, and then stop barking. Some dogs will even remain silent and pretend they didn't see the person.

Wang An glanced out the window but didn't get out of bed. The person who came was Wang Li, but because Wang An's yard was quite large, it would take Wang Li some time to walk from the front gate to the house door.

Mu Xueqing went to the living room again, while Wang An continued to apply the stickers to the two little ones' faces. However, this time, Wang An changed his words, saying as he applied the stickers to the two babies' cheeks:
"Your goofy fifth uncle is here too, hahaha, your goofy fifth uncle is here too, hahahahahaha!"

For some reason, Wang An likes to pat the two little ones' tender cheeks, and the two little ones also like being patted by Wang An like that, always giggling nonstop.

A short while later, Wang Li entered the house wearing a roe deer fur hat, with his hands in his pockets and humming a little tune. It was clear that Wang Li was in a very good mood.

Mu Xueqing, who was already waiting in the living room, smiled and said to Wang Li:
“I was just talking to your fourth brother about you, and you said you were coming over right away.”

Wang Li was taken aback upon hearing this, and subconsciously asked:

"Talking about me? What do you mean by talking about me?"

Mu Xueqing did not answer, but said:

"Come inside and talk, your brother Mu is here too."

Wang Li nodded in confusion, took off his hat and cotton-padded coat and hung them on the coat rack in the living room before going inside.

Normally, Wang An's family spends their days in the living room, and if guests come, they are always entertained in the living room.

However, since Happiness and Joy had always stayed on the kang (heated brick bed) in the east room after their birth, Wang An would stay in the east room whenever he was home.

Wang An mainly believes that children grow up in the blink of an eye, and if you don't kiss and hug them more when they are young, you won't be able to kiss and hug them when they grow up.

Moreover, the feeling of being able to see his two little babies at any time is what Wang An enjoys most and finds most reassuring.

The reason Wang An didn't go down to the living room was because Wang Li and Mu Xue were not strangers to them, so it didn't matter if they stayed in the east room together.

After all, in rural areas, the east room of each household is actually the place for daily rest and entertaining guests.

Upon entering the room, Wang Li didn't rush to ask Wang An what was wrong. Instead, he sat down on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and started playing with the two little ones. While playing with them, he turned to Mu Xueli and said:
"Brother Mu, when did you arrive? Have you finished planting your vegetables yet?"

Mu Xueli answered casually:
"I've only been here a short while, a few minutes earlier than you. Looks like you've finished planting your vegetables by now? Is this your first day out here?"

Wang Li said with a hint of complaint:

"Yeah, this guy, I've been carrying soil and manure or carrying water to water the mats these past few days, I'm exhausted."

The reason Wang Li mentioned carrying soil and manure is because after the foundation of the greenhouse was bulldozed, the soil on the ground was raw soil, also called new soil. This kind of soil looks clean, but it actually has little nutritional value when used to grow crops or vegetables.

To be blunt, even if you used this kind of soil to grow grass, the grass wouldn't grow well; it would be yellow and thin, looking malnourished. So the reason these relatives' vegetable gardens were growing so slowly is because before planting, they not only had to carry a lot of manure into the greenhouse, but also had to haul soil back from the nearby mountains.

The best soil here is called leaf mold, which is the top layer of black soil in pine forests, about 30 to 40 centimeters thick, containing a lot of rotten leaves, branches and grass.

This kind of soil is not only rich in nutrients for plants, but it is also particularly loose and will not compact. When combined with farmyard manure produced by the family, this mixture makes everything grow well, not just vegetables.

Another advantage is that even in this cold season, the leaf mold doesn't freeze solid and can be dug up with a shovel.

After Wang Li finished speaking, Mu Xueli echoed his words:

"Hey, me too. Growing in greenhouses is so tiring. I think it'll be even harder in a while. It's so hot in those greenhouses, the weeds must grow really fast. I can't even weed them all off every day."

Wang An listened to the two chatting without saying a word, instead focusing on coaxing the two little ones.

Wang An has some regrets about building this greenhouse, because his original intention was to let his mother grow vegetables in the winter.

But Wang An discovered that Wang Dazhu and his wife were spending all their time in the greenhouse, which meant that Wang An was essentially finding work for his parents!
This is completely contrary to Wang An's original intention.

Although Zhao Cuiyun managed the livestock, Shen Wei did all the chores at Wang An's house, and Zhao Cuiyun would occasionally help out in the greenhouse, Wang An still felt that there weren't enough people and that he needed to hire two more.

Finally, Mu Xueli and Wang Li stopped complaining, and Wang Li then remembered to ask Wang An:
"Fourth Brother, my sister-in-law just said she needs to talk to me about something. What is it?"

Upon hearing this, Wang An said:

"I'm going to Yi Province tomorrow to take care of some business, and I might also have to go to Qilu and that BZ in Anhui Province. I was thinking of asking if you'd like to go for a stroll."

As soon as Wang An finished speaking, Wang Li, just like Mu Xueli before him, stared wide-eyed and said with great interest:

"I want to go, I've been wanting to go so much! Shall we go tomorrow? Then I'll go home now and pack my things."

After saying that, Wang Li got up very impatiently, wanting to run outside.

Upon seeing Wang Li's actions, Wang An said with a speechless expression:

"Damn it, you're always so impulsive and attention-seeking. Can't you be a little more composed? It's not a big deal. Sit down."

At Wang An's command, Wang Li sat back down dejectedly.

Because the two babies were still in his arms, Wang An didn't speak loudly. He was mainly afraid that shouting would frighten the two babies, but his attitude wasn't very friendly.

Wang An rolled his eyes at Wang Li and said:

"Look at you, so useless. You can't understand anything properly, you're really making me angry."

Wang Li didn't say anything, just chuckled and smiled ingratiatingly.

So Wang An briefly explained the situation to the two of them.

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