Chapter 1059: The feeling of returning to a primitive society

If Huang Baoguo and this person named Huang Zhong were two bad people who had just temporarily teamed up, and Wang An had brought them home to work... damn, the consequences would be unimaginable.

After Wang An asked, Huang Baoguo immediately said:

"Five people. There are five of us in our family. Besides the two of us, there are three children—two girls and one boy."

As he spoke, Huang Baoguo pointed to Huang Zhong and said:

"This is my son. He has an older sister above him and a younger sister below him."

In this era, a family of three children was considered few, but raising three children was truly no easy task.

After Huang Baoguo finished speaking, Wang An nodded and said:

"Then if you're working, will your family's crops be alright?"

Huang Baoguo sighed deeply and said:

"Sigh! I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but those few mu of land we have... there's nothing left this year. The wild boars ravaged it once in the spring, and then I replanted a batch, hoping to harvest some tender corn by autumn. Who would have thought that just a few days ago, the wild boars came again... This really doesn't let people live!"

Speaking of this, Huang Baoguo couldn't continue. At this moment, his face once again showed vicissitudes and helplessness, along with a trace of despair about life.

That's right, despair. Wang An wasn't wrong about that.

Because when Wang An was in the fence in his past life, he had already seen these two words in the eyes of countless people.

After thinking for a moment, Wang An said:

"Alright, I have nothing to do right now. I'll ride the sidecar to take you back, and it'll count as me getting to know where you live. It should be about three or five days before it's time to harvest the wheat and rice. Don't worry, there will be plenty of work, you won't be idle, hahahaha."

The reason Wang An wanted to go see Huang Baoguo's family was that he needed to have a bottom line in his heart. Wang An was still very cautious about using drifters for work.

If Wang An were always at home, it would be fine, but if he happened to be away one day and Huang Baoguo suddenly turned into a villain, Wang An would truly have nowhere to cry, and he would spend the rest of his life in pain and sorrow.

After Wang An finished speaking, he heard Huang Baoguo say:

"No need, Young... ah, that, Little An, we two can just walk back. We'll go through the mountains, and we'll be home in less than two hours."

It was clear that Huang Baoguo had almost said the word "Young Master" again, but fortunately, he changed his words in time.

"Going through the mountains" meant not taking the road, but traveling through the mountains.

Wang An said with a smile:

"It's fine. I have to know where you live anyway, otherwise, I won't be able to find you when I need you to work."

From beginning to end, Wang An didn't make any promises. The main reason was that Wang An felt that if he discovered something bad during this period and then refused, it wouldn't be very appropriate.

As he spoke, Wang An walked to the pile of meat, took a few pieces, and threw them into the sidecar. These pieces of meat together weighed about 30 jin.

Turning his head, Wang An called to Huang Baoguo and Huang Zhong:

"What are you looking at? Get in the car, you two. Let's go."

Huang Baoguo continued to refuse upon hearing this:

"Brother Little An, really, no need. We two can just walk back."

Although Wang An insisted on taking them back because he wanted to understand the background of Huang Baoguo's family, he definitely couldn't say the real reason.

Because even though they were drifters, there was still that saying: "Adults have a big face, children have a small face." Saying it directly would be too hurtful.

So, seeing Huang Baoguo refuse, Wang An instantly dropped his face and said impatiently:

"Hurry up, you two."

Sure enough, as soon as Wang An got angry, the two of them instantly wilted and obediently got into the car.

Turning his head, Wang An said to Wang Li:

"Fifth Brother, you go into the room and sleep. I'll be back in a while."

Wang Li agreed: "Yeah, Fourth Brother, it's fine. I'll just wander around nearby to digest my food."

Wang An waved his hand and rode the sidecar away.

Without needing Huang Baoguo's directions, Wang An turned a corner and drove the sidecar directly onto the main road.

Weizigou, as the name suggests, was a gully where many reeds grew. Upon entering, one felt as if the reeds were growing everywhere, boundless and endless.

In fact, this place was a wetland; of course, calling it a swamp wouldn't be wrong either.

And Huang Baoguo's family dugout was dug on the north hillside of this gully.

Of course, all the people in the entire village also lived on this north hillside.

According to Huang Baoguo's directions, Wang An parked the sidecar in front of a dugout, and the sound of the sidecar startled all the drifters in the village out.

This time of day was noon, so the people in the village hadn't gone out yet.

But what was strange was that these people just watched from afar, and no one walked over to watch the excitement.

This point could be said to be completely different from the villagers of Kaoshan Village.

To tell the truth, as soon as Wang An entered this village, he immediately had the feeling of returning to a primitive society.

The main thing was that these people were too damn poor. Many of them were wearing clothes made of sedge grass—calling them clothes might not be appropriate; accurately speaking, they were just grass mats wrapped around their bodies.

And many children didn't even have grass mats on their bodies, just crawling out of the dugouts with their bare bottoms.

Damn, how could the people in this village be this poor?

This was truly "a small knife cutting the butt—an eye-opener!"

From this, it could be seen how shitty the lives of these drifters who had traveled thousands of miles from other places were.

However, Wang An could only look at this situation, because Wang An was not a Bodhisattva and didn't have the ability to save all living beings.

As soon as Wang An parked the sidecar, Huang Baoguo and his son jumped off. Wang An heard Huang Baoguo say to a woman who came out of the dugout:

"Mother of the children, hurry up and boil some water. Young Master Little An is here."

The woman hurriedly agreed and turned back into the dugout.

Amidst Huang Baoguo's uneasy expression, Wang An followed him into the dugout.

As soon as Wang An entered, he felt the light dim. The main thing was that dugouts didn't have good lighting, which was quite normal.

A few seconds later, Wang An finally adapted to the light inside, but the scene inside made the 20-year-old strong young man, Wang An, feel a bit overwhelmed.

Because on the kang, two girls were sitting in the corner, wrapping themselves with a tattered quilt. But this quilt was a bit small, so it wasn't covered very tightly, and one could still see bare shoulders and bare thighs.

At this moment, these two girls were looking at Wang An with timid eyes, clearly a bit confused.

And after Wang An was stunned for a moment, he hurriedly turned his head elsewhere.

The main thing was that these two girls—the older one must have been seventeen or eighteen, and the younger one was thirteen or fourteen.

Thanks to "Emperor of the Great Empire" for the tip, thank you, thank you.

Wishing you, Big Brother, a smooth journey and wealth every day!

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