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

Amidst Liu Guilan's vehement and furious curses, Wang An once again experienced a "heavy" dose of maternal love.

Yes, this maternal love is absolutely weighty, incredibly profound.

Because Comrade Liu Guilan poured all her love and care for her son into her palm, and then transmitted it into Wang An's back again and again.

Perhaps fearing that her love and care might be lost during transmission, Comrade Liu Guilan swung her arms wide, occasionally even jumping around while doing so.

The loud "crunching" sounds coming from Wang An's back revealed just how heavy and immense the maternal love Liu Guilan had given him.

Only after venting her anger did Liu Guilan, feeling both a pang of regret for the money and utterly helpless, ask Wang An:
"What are you going to do with this big car? What can't our four-wheeled vehicle carry? Besides, if the four-wheeled vehicle can't carry it, there's always the tractor, and if the tractor can't carry it, there's always the horse-drawn carriage. How much stuff do we have? Why do we need to buy a big car? How much will this big car cost?"

It must be said that Liu Guilan's words made a lot of sense. The main problem was that Wang An's family had far too many vehicles. In addition to the horse-drawn carriages that were the main mode of transportation in those days, they also had two-wheeled motorcycles, three-wheeled sidecars, four-wheeled vehicles, hand tractors, tracked tractors, and GAZ trucks.

Of course, now there's another Jiefang truck.

Except during the busy farming season, these vehicles are basically idle throughout the year.

The key point is that in rural life, the Great Liberation Army was really not very useful; to put it bluntly, it was basically useless.

Wang An didn't answer immediately, but instead said to Liu Guilan in a cheeky tone:

"Mom, you're over forty years old, how come you're still so impulsive and reckless every day? You have no depth at all, and you just start fighting without warning. You beat this guy up so badly, you almost killed him."

After Wang An finished speaking, he saw that his mother's eyes had popped up, clearly indicating that she was about to attack again, so he quickly explained:
“Let me tell you, Mom, I bought this car for a reason. All the furs we collect need to be sold in Jilin Province. You want me to drive a four-wheeled vehicle to Jilin Province? At the speed of a four-wheeled vehicle, it would take two months to make a round trip. How could I drive that thing? Besides, I bought this car cheaply, it only cost me 9 yuan.”

Seeing that his mother's expression had softened slightly, Wang An said with a grin:
"Mom, what do you think of this car? Is 9 yuan a good price?"

After saying that, Wang An became smug again, his face showing an attitude of "you should praise me."

Upon hearing the number 9, Liu Guilan's anger vanished instantly, and she said with a face full of doubt:
"9,000 yuan? Only 9,000 yuan? Didn't you say last time we chatted that buying a big car would cost 40,000 or 50,000 yuan?"

Wang An pointed with his chin toward the direction of the car and said with a grin:
"Forty or fifty thousand is for a new car, I just bought an old one."

Liu Guilan rolled her eyes at Wang An and said irritably:
"If you'd told me it was 9 yuan earlier, would I have beaten you up? You little brat, I think you're just being cowardly and need a beating."

It has to be said that with such a thrifty mother managing things, Wang An felt quite happy. Mainly, when Wang An thought of his mother unintentionally, he wouldn't spend money recklessly.

Two days later, the village loudspeaker blared again.

The reason it's described as "sounding again" is because the loudspeaker has been blaring several times since the telephone was installed in the village headquarters. Each time, it's an order for someone in the village to go to the headquarters to answer or return a call.

The person who was called to answer the phone this time was Wang An.

When Wang An arrived at the garrison headquarters, the garrison leader Sun Dafu, the accountant Li Youcai, the militia captain Sun Xiangfeng, and several militiamen from the garrison were discussing the spring hunt.

Spring plowing is just over a month or two away, and we really should clear the area around the village. Otherwise, once the seedlings sprout, even if we organize people to protect them, it won't be enough, and some seedlings will definitely be damaged by wild animals.

The "mountain livestock" mentioned here mainly refers to wild boars, because compared to other mountain livestock, wild boars are always the most destructive to crops. After Wang An entered the house, he first distributed cigarettes to everyone inside, and then heard the accountant, Li Youcai, say:

"They said they'd call back in 5 minutes, so please wait a little while, Xiao An."

Wang An nodded and said:

"Okay, I'll wait a bit then."

At this moment, militia captain Sun Xiangfeng suddenly said:

"Xiao An, do you and Wang Li have time to participate in this spring hunt? If you two are available, we'll include you both."

Wang An thought for a moment and said:

"It should be fine, right? Let us know when it starts and we'll definitely participate if we have the time."

Wang An has lost interest in hunting wild boars in the mountains.

The main reason is that Wang An's family is neither short of food nor money, and wild boar meat is far less delicious than domestic pork. They don't eat much of the wild boar meat they hunt; most of it is fed to the dogs.

However, the reason why Wang An would participate in the spring hunt whenever he had time was mainly because he also wanted to go into the mountains for a stroll, and at the very least, he had to drive the livestock around his farmland into the deep mountains.

As they were talking, the phone rang again. Wang An answered it, and it was Wu Dong calling.

After confirming that it was Wang An who answered the phone, Wu Dong's laughter came from the other end. Wu Dong said happily:

"Xiao An, the motorcycle parts are back. Master Han and the others have already assembled the first motorcycle. Can you come over and take a look when you have some time? Then we can discuss how to price the motorcycle and how to sell it."

Wang An was very happy to hear this news and said:
"Great, great, so fast! Hahaha, have you all tried it? What's it like riding that motorcycle?"

The parts imported by the motorcycle factory are actually the same parts as those for the Jialing 70, so theoretically speaking, this motorcycle and the Jialing 70 are the same thing.

Wu Dong laughed:

"Of course we tried it. Several of us tried it. This motorcycle is really good to ride. It's much easier to ride than those Happiness 250 motorcycles in our unit. It starts on the first kick, and you don't even need to kick it a second time. You know what, the Japanese really know how to make this thing."

Wang An smiled and said:

"Yeah, those Japanese are just bad people, but their research is really good."

The two cursed the Japanese a few more times, and Wang An couldn't help but say:

"Okay then, Brother Wu, I'm on my way. It'll only take me a little over half an hour to get to the county. By the way, Brother Wu, where in the county is our factory located?"

Since the factory was built, Wang An, as a shareholder, hasn't visited it even once, which shows how leisurely his role as a shareholder is. (End of Chapter)