Chapter 1064: Guarding autumn crops ends

On the morning of the 6th day of guarding the autumn crops, Wang An and Wang Li, who had slept beautifully in the mountains, planned to go home after Sun Xiangwen and the others came to take over.

However, when Wang An and his brother were leaving, Sun Xiangwen told them:

"Little An, I almost forgot to tell you. When you two go back, just pack up and get ready to harvest the land. Don't come tomorrow."

Before Wang An and his brother could respond, Sun Xiangwen said with a smile:

"We two will guard for one more day today, and we won't come the day after tomorrow either. Hahaha, this damn job is too time-consuming, it's delaying the work in the fields."

Wang An couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this:

"What's the meaning of this, Uncle Sun? Is guarding the autumn crops for our village finished for this year?"

Sun Xiangwen laughed:

"Yeah, it's finished. These past two days, all of us have turned around the area, and there's nothing left nearby. There were only 3 big boars that were ravaging the crops, and they've all been killed by you. Hahahaha, very good. This year's crops haven't been ruined much, and every family will be able to eat their fill every meal."

The reason Sun Xiangwen said a total of 3 big boars were killed was that in these 6 days, besides the big boar Wang An and Wang Li killed, other groups had also killed two big boars.

It was just that the ones killed by the other groups were all three-hundred-jin boars, which were not in the same weight class as the one killed by Wang An and Wang Li.

And as for the one Li Tie and his wife spoke of—the four or five-hundred-jin big boar that had gored Li Tie—it had never appeared.

Everyone guessed that it was possible that the big boar had run away, but it was more likely that Li Tie and his wife, in their panic, hadn't estimated the weight of the big boar correctly.

It was unknown whether they had mistaken a three-hundred-jin one for a four or five-hundred-jin one, or mistaken a seven or eight-hundred-jin one for a four or five-hundred-jin one.

Because people in that situation only knew how to run for their lives, and wouldn't consider how heavy the boar was at all.

After Sun Xiangwen finished speaking, Sun Xiangqian—who was Sun Dabala—laughed and said:

"This matter still has to thank Little An and Little Li. If it weren't for the green seedling guarding period, when Little An and Little Li led a large group of wild boars to their deaths, wouldn't that group of wild boars have been rampant by now?"

From Sun Dabala's words, it wasn't hard to hear that many people in the village were very reasonable.

One had to know that during the green seedling guarding period, Wang An and Wang Li, leading a pack of dogs, had killed a full 50-plus wild boars, including those killed and those captured alive.

And the terrifying destructive power that 50-plus wild boars could have on farmland—well, as long as one wasn't a fool, one could easily know the consequences.

So Sun Dabala's words were very fair.

Wang An said with a smile:

"That's all old history, why bring it up? Hehehehe..."

Sun Xiangwen raised an eyebrow and laughed:

"Old history should be brought up too. Your Uncle Xiangqian is right. You two brothers' move was to root out the wild boars near our village. Even the little ones were killed by you two. Hahahaha, it still has to be you two who are vicious!"

Wang An smiled and didn't speak, but Wang Li said:

"When we run into them, we have to kill them all. If we don't kill them, won't they still ravage the crops?"

After Wang Li finished speaking, the four of them laughed together.

After laughing, they chatted with Sun Xiangwen and his companion for a while before Wang An and Wang Li went home.

On the way back, Wang Li suddenly said to Wang An with a face full of nostalgia:

"Fourth Brother, why do I feel that guarding the autumn crops is actually quite interesting? I haven't played enough yet."

Wang An glanced at Wang Li, then gestured toward the direction behind them and said:

"Then don't go home. Stay on the mountain with them for another day."

Who knew that Wang Li would immediately shake his head and say:

"What's interesting about staying with them? I wouldn't do that."

It had to be said, these two days of guarding the autumn crops, Wang An and Wang Li had truly been quite at ease.

The main thing was that they hadn't run into any wild boars these two days, so the two of them had nothing to do but lead the dogs around the farmland, catching quite a few pheasants, rabbits, and other small game. After catching a round, they had also caught quite a few fish in the small irrigation ditches nearby.

Of course, the fish in these small irrigation ditches were just small crucian carp, small white strips, willow roots, and other small miscellaneous fish.

And the two of them catching fish was only to feed the dogs, otherwise, Wang An and his brother would have felt embarrassed to ask for the pheasants and rabbits the dogs had caught.

But it had to be admitted that this life of leading dogs to catch pheasants and chase rabbits, or going down to the river to catch fish, was something Wang Li missed, and Wang An was also quite fond of.

But liking it was one thing, life still had to go on.

After returning home, while the family was eating breakfast, they heard Wang Dazhu and Liu Guilan discussing that they would start harvesting wheat tomorrow.

Consequently, Wang An thought for a moment and said:

"Father, Mother, then I'll go to Weizigou in a while. I already agreed with Little Li's father the other day to hire the two of them to come over and help for a few days. Our family will provide food and housing, and pay them 80 cents a day."

This time, perhaps because of Huang Li, or perhaps because they were used to Wang An's lavish spending, Wang Dazhu and Liu Guilan just looked at each other but didn't stop him.

Wang Dazhu asked:

"How old is Little Li's younger brother this year? Can he harvest wheat?"

Harvesting wheat, like harvesting millet, involves holding the wheat stalks with the left hand and placing them on the blade of the sickle, which prevents the blade from cutting the left hand.

Before Wang An could speak, Huang Li hurriedly said:

"Uncle, my brother can harvest wheat. Look at how small he is, but he can do all kinds of work."

Wang Dazhu had originally wanted to ask something else, but upon hearing this, he hesitated for a moment, nodded, and said:

"Yeah, as long as he can work, then let them all come."

Having received Wang Dazhu's approval, Huang Li said excitedly:

"Don't worry, Uncle, my brother is very capable, really."

Wang Dazhu smiled and didn't speak again.

It had to be said, Huang Li was truly a good girl. Even though she had almost been sold to an "old man" by her father, she was still thinking about her family.

Wang An looked at the happy Huang Li and asked with a smile:

"I'm riding the sidecar to your house in a while. Do you want to go home and see?"

Hearing this, Huang Li's big eyes suddenly lit up, and then she started nodding frantically.

After a few days of getting used to things, Huang Li was no longer as reserved and cautious as before. Plus, Wang An's family was very good to her, so Huang Li had become much more lively.

Wang An smiled and said:

"I'll say this in advance: I can't stay at your house for long. You go home to see, and then you have to come back with me."

Thanks to "Emperor of the Great Empire" for the tip, thank you, thank you, thank you very much!

Wishing you, Big Brother, happiness and joy every day, and may you get rich every day.

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