Chapter 1123

Before it got dark, the two little girls came back from school. When Wang Li saw them come back, he went home to manage the livestock, and Wang An, after chatting with the two little sisters about school for a while, also started to get busy again. Of course, the things Wang An was busy with were adding grass and feed for the livestock at home.

Wang An had just finished adding grass and feed for the livestock and was thinking about how to persuade Wang Dazhu and his wife to sell some of these horses when Wang Dazhu and his wife, along with Shen Wei and Zhao Cuiyun, all four of them came back.

Unsurprisingly, Wang Dazhu brought back a four-wheeled cart of wheat.

The reason Wang An wanted to think about selling some horses was that since buying the four-wheeled cart and the hand-guided tractor, the large livestock in Wang An's house—namely the mules, horses, and donkeys—except for the two Oroqen horses Wang An had to ride when going into the mountains, the rest of the mules, horses, and donkeys were all in an idle state. To put it bluntly, they were raising a group of freeloaders.

Of course, saying they were all freeloaders wasn't right either; after all, that big stallion was a stud horse, and a very excellent stud horse, so its value was still very great.

Because starting this spring, families in the Tuntun and nearby Tuntuns who had mares and grass donkeys took turns finding Comrade Wang Dazhu, wanting to use Wang An's big stallion to breed with their own mares or grass donkeys.

You have to know that things like finding a stud horse for breeding require collecting money; as long as the other party's mare or grass donkey becomes pregnant, a breeding fee of 2 yuan must be collected.

No way, raising a stud horse requires keeping up with nutrition, which means more grain must be fed, and every time it breeds, it must be fed separately; otherwise, the stud horse will easily become weak.

So, in the final analysis, the big stallion is a horse that can make money, although the money earned is truly not much, it is still making money.

And besides the big stallion not being a freeloader, those four mares—the white mare and two green mares, as well as the jujube-red mare that came home with the big stallion—couldn't be considered freeloaders either.

Because these 4 horses were now all pregnant, and next year they would give birth to small foals, and horses with small foals naturally have value.

As for that big grass donkey, it had already given birth to a small donkey and was now pregnant, and it was pregnant with the big stallion's seed, so it could barely be considered not a freeloader.

In the end, only that mule and one gelding were extra; besides occasionally being able to use them to pull the millstone, they were basically useless.

It was just that for Wang An, except for those two Oroqen horses and those two jujube-red horses, the remaining mules, horses, and donkeys should all be sold; mainly because the money earned from raising them wasn't enough for people to suffer.

However, I don't know why, but Wang Dazhu and his wife just wanted to raise this group of horses. Wang An said it wouldn't work, and they wouldn't listen; they just wanted to raise them, so for persuading Wang Dazhu and his wife to sell the horses, Wang An had no clue at all.

As soon as Wang Dazhu and the others entered the courtyard, they smelled the meat fragrance and seasoning fragrance permeating the courtyard. He saw Liu Guilan sniff her nose and ask Wang An:

"What delicious food are you making at home? Why is it so fragrant?"

Wang An smiled and said:

"You've all been working all day, so I must make something delicious to reward you."

Turning his head, Wang An said to Shen Wei and Zhao Cuiyun:

"Sister Shen Wei, and that Sister Zhao, hurry up and go home to bring the children over. We're eating stewed meat tonight, and then we'll improve our food. Hahahaha... Hurry up; we'll eat as soon as you come back."

As soon as Wang An finished speaking, Shen Wei said with a smile:

"We have meat to eat every meal, and we still want to improve our food? ... Hehehe... Then I'll go home to bring our Lai Zi over after unloading the cart."

After Shen Wei finished speaking, Zhao Cuiyun said a bit embarrassedly:

"I'll just eat at home in a while; you guys eat yours. Hehe..."

After speaking, Zhao Cuiyun also gave an awkward smile.

Mainly because Zhao Cuiyun and Wang An's family only had a simple employment relationship, and Zhao Cuiyun had already exchanged the meals managed by Wang An's family for money, so if she still ate at Wang An's house, it would be a bit unreasonable.

You have to know how precious grain is in this era!

After Zhao Cuiyun finished speaking, Liu Guilan replied:

"Oh, if you're told to come, then come. Don't think so much; our family doesn't have so many things. This way, during this autumn harvest, you'll just eat at our house every day; I'll make the decision."

Hearing Liu Guilan's words, Zhao Cuiyun was at a loss and wanted to say something, but heard Wang An say with a smile:

"Alright, Sister Zhao, my mother has spoken, so don't be polite, otherwise my mother will be angry. Let me tell you, if my mother gets angry, that's a big deal. Hahahaha..."

Liu Guilan raised her eyebrows and immediately hit Wang An's arm, scolding him with a smile:

"You damn thing, you even dare to make fun of your old mother; I see you're asking to be kicked again."

Wang An took a slap, smiled, didn't take it to heart, and continued to say to Zhao Cuiyun:

"Alright, Sister Zhao, stop watching the fun and hurry up to pick up the children, otherwise our whole group will have to wait for you."

Hearing Wang An's words, Zhao Cuiyun said with a face full of gratitude:

"Then... then... thank you, employer."

Liu Guilan rolled her eyes at Zhao Cuiyun and said:

"What's there to thank? Be real in the future; our family doesn't lack the two pairs of chopsticks for your family. Hurry back. Hurry back."

Zhao Cuiyun promised and then walked away with a face full of gratitude.

After unloading the cart, when Shen Wei went back to pick up the children, Liu Guilan finally couldn't help but point at the drying cowhide and ask Wang An:

"What's going on with that cowhide? Did you two brothers kill someone else's old cow before noon?"

Upon hearing this, Wang An's full face of smiles disappeared, and then he looked at Liu Guilan with a very speechless look.

It must be said, they say if you aren't of the same family, you don't enter the same door; Mu Xueqing and Liu Guilan's thoughts could not only be synchronized, but even the words they said and the tone they used were almost the same.

Wang An looked at Mu Xueqing, who was giggling, and said to Mu Xueqing irritably:

"Stop giggling there and hurry up and explain to our mother what's going on."

Mu Xueqing, who was just giggling, saw Wang An's look, but laughed even louder. Fortunately, after she finished laughing, she still told Liu Guilan and Wang Dazhu about the bezoar.

After telling them, Mu Xueqing also led Wang Dazhu and his wife to see the bezoar, and Wang An also took a look along the way.

These bezoars, the two largest were as big as pigeon eggs, and the smallest were only as big as millet grains.

However, this thing is calculated by grams, so the size doesn't matter.

After seeing the bezoar, Wang Dazhu and his wife praised Wang An a lot.

He only heard Wang Dazhu say:

"It has to be my eldest son; making money is just something he can handle with ease."

Liu Guilan immediately said:

"Yeah, my son is much stronger than his father; his father hasn't earned much money all day, he only knows how to work hard."

Wang Dazhu said with great emotion:

"Indeed, my eldest son is stronger than me, his father."

Liu Guilan: "..."

Wang Dazhu: "..."

Taking advantage of Wang Dazhu and his wife's happiness, Wang An took the opportunity to bring up the matter of selling mules and horses, emphasizing that because of the four-wheeled cart and the hand-guided tractor, the role of mules and horses in Wang An's house was becoming lower and lower.

This time, Wang Dazhu and his wife rarely didn't oppose it directly, but said to wait until the mares gave birth to foals before selling, because one big and one small can sell for a lot more money.

(End of chapter)