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

Chapter 853: Change
After buying these things, Wang An drove the four-wheeler home.

Because he was pulling a truckload of glass, Wang An didn't drive very fast.

After all, although the outer packaging of the glass is sealed with pine wood, it can be said to be quite decent, but no matter how well the glass is made, it still makes people a little worried.

Subconsciously, I felt like it was going to break at any moment.

In this way, he strolled slowly all the way, and when Wang An got home, it was already past 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

After unloading his own 15 sets of glass, Wang An drove a four-wheel vehicle to deliver Wang Li's glass and Mu Xueli's glass.

Having learned from the lesson of Wang An's family building their house, Wang Li did not hire so many helpers when building his house.

Apart from these people from Lao Wang's family, there are only about 20 people with other surnames.

There were about thirty people in total building the house, and to be honest, it was more than enough.

The main issue is food, which is relatively easy to solve. If a large number of people come to build a house like Wang An’s family did, people who don’t have any ability will be worried to death just about food.

You can understand this by referring to Wang An.

After delivering the glass to Wang Li's house, Wang An drove his four-wheeler to Sujiatun, where his brother-in-law Mu Xue left home.

There were so many people building Wang Li's house, and the same was true for Mu Xueli's house. In fact, because he had no relatives in Sujiatun, the number of people helping Mu Xueli was even smaller, with only more than 20 people in total.

With more than 20 people working, the progress is a bit slow, but it is enough.

However, when delivering the glass to Mu Xueli, Wang An also left the four-wheeler at Mu Xueli's home.

Mainly, Wang An's hand tractor is at Wang Li's house, and Mu Xueli's hand tractor is used to drive the circular saw.

This meant that when Mu Xue left home to build a house, he had to use a horse-drawn carriage to transport stones, sand, etc., but horse-drawn carriages were really too slow.

Besides, as long as Wang An’s house is installed with glass, everything will be done. And the four-wheeled vehicle will not be used in the short term, so it is better to lend it directly to Mu Xueli’s family.

Although Wang Li's family and Mu Xueli's family were building new houses, the old houses of these two families were not demolished. Instead, like Wang An's family's old house, they were all preserved.

The reason why all three families are like this is because Heilongjiang Province is a vast and sparsely populated place, and every household has a fairly large yard.

Large yards of as little as three or four acres, as much as seven or eight acres, or even more than ten acres are not uncommon.

Therefore, there are very few house renovations in the local area, and most of the houses are newly built. Moreover, the old houses can be used as warehouses or storehouses.

Of course, it is also a very good place to keep chickens, ducks, geese, etc. at night.

Just when Wang An finished teasing his sister-in-law and was about to stroll home, Mu Xueli suddenly said to Wang An:

"Brother-in-law, my girlfriend said that her sister was finally persuaded by her and plans to meet with Lao Wu to see each other."

Wang An was stunned for a moment and asked subconsciously:

"What? Doesn't she think she's too young?"

The reason why Wang An said this was because after Mu Xueli said he wanted to introduce his sister-in-law Li Xiu Yu to Wang Li, Mu Xueli asked his girlfriend Li Xiuhong for help.

However, Li Xiuyu said that she was still young and did not want to find a partner for the time being. She wanted to wait a year or two.

I remember that when Mu Xueli told this to Wang Li before, he felt a little sad.

After all, in the case of blind dates, saying that you want to wait for a year or two is nothing more than an excuse in the eyes of most people. An excuse for not wanting to go on blind dates.

Mainly because in this era, getting engaged at the age of 17 or 18 is actually a very normal thing.

Of course, it is also very common to get engaged in your 20s. It really depends on whether you want to do it or not. It’s not a big deal.

But according to Li Xiuhong, it was only after she told Wang Li's entire situation, especially the fact that Wang Li had been disfigured, that Li Xiuyu said she wanted to wait a year or two. So it is a bit suspicious that a change would happen now.

After all, whether it is Mu Xueli's face or Wang Li's face, although the big scar has been eliminated, the new skin is definitely different from the original skin.

So if you look at them now, their faces are indeed a little different from normal people.

Simply put, it's not very beautiful.

But the problem is, in fact, as time goes by, from a medical point of view, after the pigmentation on the skin is deposited, the whole face can be restored to its original state.

Sure enough, as soon as Wang An asked the question, he heard Mu Xueli say:
"Well, her family had some problems before, and they owed a lot of interest-bearing debts, so her parents wanted to find her a husband as soon as possible, so that they could pay off the debts first."

When Wang An heard this, he immediately understood what was going on.

The main thing is that Li Xiu Yu’s situation is so similar to Mu Xueqing’s back then!
It’s just that Wang An and Mu Xueqing already had feelings for each other, and Wang An was willing to help Mu Xueqing get money to relieve the famine.

Wang Li and Li Xiu Yu were just classmates before and had no emotional foundation.

So Wang Li's love for her was just unrequited, and she probably doesn't even have any impression of him anymore.

Subconsciously, Wang An asked:

"So how much dowry does her family plan to ask for?"

Mu Xueli scratched his head and said:

"Just 500 is enough, and I don't want anything else after that."

It can be seen that Mu Xueli, as a middleman, is somewhat embarrassed, mainly because of the 500 yuan betrothal gift. If she wants anything more, she would be truly shameless.

Although 500 yuan is nothing to Wang Lijia, it is definitely not a small amount of money in this era.

In this day and age, an ordinary peasant family might need to save for several years or even more than ten years to earn 500 yuan. Even for a formal employee, he would have to go without food and drink for more than a year to earn 500 yuan.

Therefore, this amount of betrothal gift can be said to be quite high.

Wang An frowned and nodded:
"Okay, I understand. I'll ask Lao Wu what he meant when we get back later."

Wang An would never interfere in such issues, nor would he express any opinions.

The main thing is that even Wang An himself spent so much money to marry a wife, so what qualifications does he have to comment on other people's marriage gifts?

Seeing that Wang An didn't express his opinion, Mu Xueli opened his mouth, but in the end didn't say anything.

When it comes to matters like marriage, anything anyone says is superfluous except for the parties involved.

After a while, Wang An said:

"That's all right. You stay home and work hard. I'll go back. When you and Lao Wu finish the house, we'll go into the mountains and carry the mallets."

(End of this chapter)