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When Wang An and his group of five arrived home, it was almost 3 p.m.

The family was completely stunned when they saw the entire truckload of goods.

Liu Guilan looked at the things in the car, blinked, and asked Wang An and the others:

"Oh my god, how much did you spend? Why did you buy so much stuff? You'll have to haul it all back in truckloads."

It has to be said that there was quite a lot of stuff in this truck. Five motorcycles were laid sideways in the truck bed, and the gaps between each pair of motorcycles were filled with sacks, urea bags, or cardboard boxes.

These sacks and urea bags were all bulging, clearly filled with something.

However, the bag contained a wide variety of items, including frozen persimmons and pears, clothes and shoes, various side dishes and snacks, sausages and cooked food, as well as a whole bunch of seasonings.

As for those cardboard boxes, they contained items that were susceptible to damage from being crushed, such as wine, cream popsicles, cream ice cream, cream bread, candied hawthorn berries, and instant noodles.

As for the five children's bicycles, they were simply placed on top of these things, but they were all secured with ropes.

Overall, the cargo bed of this Jinbei double-cab van is completely filled, with not a single gap wasted.

After Liu Guilan finished asking the question, Wang An said with a grin:
"I went to buy New Year's goods, and I bought everything at once, which saves me a lot of trouble, hehehe. Mom, I also bought a camera and a lot of film. We'll take pictures at home tomorrow and the day after. We'll take more pictures whenever we have time, and develop them when we have time. They'll be keepsakes."

However, Liu Guilan completely ignored the question, giving Wang An a disdainful look and saying:

"You spendthrift! You think you can show off just because you have a little money? Tell me, how much did you spend this time?"

When it comes to spending money, Wang An doesn't indulge his mother at all, so when he heard his mother ask this question, Wang An continued with a grin:
"Mom, you're being so boring. All the things I said to you the other day were for nothing. What is money anyway? Money is just a bastard. If we spend it all, we'll just go earn more."

As he spoke, Wang An gestured with his chin towards Liu Guilan and added, "Mother, aren't you right?"

After a pause, mainly because he saw his mother was about to explode, Wang An forced a defense, saying:

“Mom, you’re already this old, how come you still don’t have any sense of morality? As Mr. Lu Xun said, ‘If you want to live a good life, you have to spend money every day.’ So, if we have money, we have to spend it. Otherwise, it would be a waste.”

As soon as Wang An finished speaking, Liu Guilan suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Wang An's sleeve with her left hand, and swung her right hand to pat Wang An's back repeatedly.

Liu Guilan had a surprisingly strong grip; the slaps on the cotton-padded jacket produced a series of dull thuds. As she slapped Wang An, she cursed as she did so.
"You little brat, you're lecturing your old mother now? I think your skin's gotten tight again."

"Money has become a bastard, in my opinion you are a scoundrel."

"You call that ideological awareness? I'll beat you up for it."

"I'll make you realize the truth, I'll make you realize the truth."

Wang An didn't take his mother's slap seriously, nor did he listen to her scolding. He pointed at Mu Xueli and Wang Li, who were watching the commotion, and said:
"What are you all looking at? Get the trucks off the trucks, it'll be dark soon, damn it."

Turning his head, Wang An grinned smugly at Liu Guilan, who was slapping herself, and said:
"Let me tell you, Mom, I bought a lot of new and interesting things this time. I guarantee you and Dad have never eaten them before, they're so delicious!" A series of slaps landed on Wang An's back, but Wang An was unharmed, while Liu Guilan was exhausted. However, Liu Guilan's anger completely dissipated.

There's no way to change it; the concept of thrift and frugality is ingrained in Liu Guilan's generation, and it's impossible to change it overnight.

Therefore, Wang An deserved to be slapped.

Looking at her eldest son, who had never listened to her since childhood, Liu Guilan felt quite helpless. The key was that he wouldn't listen to reason or be beaten, and she had no way to deal with him.

However, it must be admitted that his eldest son is absolutely one in a million.

Of course, the fact that he spends money like water must be excluded. The main problem is that this kid is too damn good at spending money; he simply doesn't treat money like money.

This truckload of stuff, overflowing with goods, was bought so lightly, without even the slightest hesitation. It's infuriating! They have absolutely no sense of thrift.

Looking at her eldest son's smug face, Liu Guilan probably felt it would be embarrassing to just let it go like that, so she pretended to be a little angry and said:
"What rare and unusual things did you buy?"

Wang An knew his mother all too well, so when she asked that question, he knew she had already vented her anger, but was still a little too proud to admit it.

So Wang An said with a fawning expression:
"There's cream cake, cream bread, and chocolate."

After listing a long list of names, Wang An finally said:
"What's wrong, Mom? You've never even heard of it."

Liu Guilan snorted, glared at Wang An, and then fell silent.

Wang An turned around and saw his two little darlings "rolling" towards him from the doorway.

That's right, it "rolled" over, mainly because it was wearing too many layers of clothing, making it look like a "ball" at first glance.

At the same time, they were mumbling "Dad" and "Dad" incoherently.

Seeing his two little darlings, Wang An's heart melted, and a loving father's smile immediately appeared on his face. He quickly took a few steps, squatted down, and picked up the two "little round balls" on either side before saying to them:

"How many clothes did your mom and aunt put on you two? Goodness, they've wrapped my eldest son and daughter up like balls."

The two little ones couldn't understand what Wang An was saying. They just kept poking Wang An's big face with their little hands covered in mittens, and kept calling "Daddy" "Daddy".

Wang An laughed heartily and kissed each of his two darlings on the cheek, making the two little ones giggle nonstop.

While Wang An was comforting his two little ones, his older sister Wang Xiaomei and younger sister Wang Xiaoli each hugged one of his legs. Wang Xiaoli even said to Wang An with a flattering look:
"Big brother, was that little bicycle bought for us?"

When Wang Xiaomei and Wang Xiaoli hugged Wang An's legs, Xiao Lai and Huang Ying stood not far away, watching Wang An with obvious envy. (End of Chapter)