Chapter 210

Finally, with the reluctant lead and compromise of the brothers Wang Daliang and Wang Dazhu, all ten or so fishing nets from the brigade headquarters were sold, and the meeting to sell off assets finally came to an end.

Sun Da said a few more useless words, and then everyone took turns paying and collecting their items.

Wang Dazhu and Wang An, the father and son, paid a total of 1328 yuan, then hitched up two donkey carts and hauled everything they had bought back home.

In this era, horses are slightly more expensive, generally between 300 and 500 yuan depending on the breed and size.

Mules are cheaper because they cannot reproduce; depending on whether they are donkey-mules or horse-mules, and mainly based on size, they are generally between 200 and 400 yuan.

Donkeys are the cheapest; a female donkey is under 120 yuan, while a male donkey or a gelded donkey is under 100 yuan.

Of course, all the above refers to adult livestock; young ones do not have these prices.

Furthermore, the prices for stud donkeys and stud horses are calculated separately and are not in the same price system as household livestock, because stud donkeys and stud horses require a lot of money for daily feed and eggs, and they can earn money; for each successful breeding, the fee is between 2 and 3 yuan, depending on the size of the stud horse or donkey.

A gelded donkey is a castrated male donkey; although it is not as strong as a mule or a horse, it is still very good for work, and for daily transport, it pulls a wire-wheeled cart, also called a small rubber-tired cart.

Or for pulling millstones and tilling land, it is completely sufficient; the main thing is that the cost of raising a donkey is low, requiring only a small amount of grain to feed.

And the reason Wang Dazhu spent over 1300 yuan was mainly because the valuable part was actually the horse cart; the wooden frame of the cart is not worth much, but the complete set of hubs, tires, and axles is valuable.

In this era, because the horse cart is the main transport tool with a relatively large load capacity, the hubs and tires of the horse cart are wide and large, so this thing is not cheap; the selling price at the supply and marketing cooperative is 680 yuan per set.

Because the production team's horse carts were old, they were still a bit cheaper; hearing Wang Dazhu say it, the two horse carts cost 1000 yuan, while the two female donkeys cost a total of 200 yuan, and that pile of farm tools and fishing nets only cost 128 yuan in total.

When the two of them drove the donkey carts home, the sky had already turned dark; Liu Guilan and Mu Xueqing were cooking dinner, and Wang Yi had also returned from school and was teaching his two younger sisters and Mu Xueting how to write.

Wang An then called his parents and Mu Xueqing into the west room and displayed the gold and the large-denomination banknotes.

Although Wang An is thin and cold by nature, when he was in prison in his past life, he felt that in this world, family affection was the most important thing to him, because no matter when, only family would always care about him, worry about him, and think of him.

Therefore, Wang An, who has lived a second life, is sincere and wholehearted in his feelings toward his family.

And as for things like money, Wang An does not want to hide anything from his family at all, because there is no need; if Wang An wants to, he only needs to do business, and wealth will roll in!

It's just that having finally lived a second life, doing business is absolutely impossible!

Hunting in the mountains, digging for ginseng and picking herbs, farming and animal husbandry are what Wang An wants to do!

And at home, a brick house, a large courtyard, healthy parents, harmonious brothers and sisters, and a warm bed with his wife and children—only these are the lives Wang An truly wants!

Everything else is just floating clouds!

Wang An opened the leather suitcase and the wooden box while saying, "The three of us found a hidden cache today, and then we found these good things in the cache. You just need to know what's going on; don't mention it to anyone, including Wang Yi and the other two."

Since Wang An started hunting in the mountains, he has been bringing meat, grain, money, and goods home, so whether it is Wang Dazhu and his wife or Mu Xueqing, they have already become accustomed to it.

But seeing so much gold and large-denomination banknotes appearing before their eyes still stunned the three of them!

Before the three of them could react, Wang An pointed to the four calligraphy and painting boxes and continued: "Those four boxes contain ancient calligraphy and paintings, which are also good things. When I am not at home, you must watch them well, especially don't let Xiaomei and Xiaoli ruin them."

After Wang An finished speaking, Liu Guilan whispered in surprise: "Oh my mother, why is there so much gold!"

Wang Dazhu was of course also very surprised; after hesitating for a while, he frowned and said to Liu Guilan: "Guilan, do you think this could have been hidden by that spy from a few years ago?"

Liu Guilan was stunned for a moment and said: "Hmm, that's really possible, but that spy is probably long dead, and didn't people come down from the county later saying it was fine?"

Wang Dazhu said with some worry: "That's true, but this is no small matter; you must never let others know. By the way, Xiao An, did you instruct the two of them?"

Wang An nodded without hesitation and said: "Hmm, I told them both that if outsiders find out, none of our three families will have a good ending."

"Oh, that's fine then." Wang Dazhu nodded with relief.

After a while, Liu Guilan said with some worry: "Where should we hide all these things?" "How about I dig a stone cellar tomorrow?" Wang Dazhu said.

"Hmm, digging a stone cellar is fine." Liu Guilan said.

After Liu Guilan finished speaking, she took a bundle of large-denomination banknotes from the leather suitcase, then pushed the suitcase toward Mu Xueqing, saying as she pushed it: "I'll just take one bundle with your father; you two find a place to hide the rest."

"Then just dig one more cellar; why do we need to find another place?" Wang An said shamelessly.

"Don't you have hands? Dig it yourself." Wang Dazhu said reluctantly.

"I have something to do in the county tomorrow. By the way, Xueqing, prepare a thousand yuan for me; I don't have enough money in my pocket." Wang An said righteously.

"What are you buying? It needs that much money?" Liu Guilan believes in her son, so this question was actually asked on behalf of her daughter-in-law.

"Buying a gun; the two guns in our house don't have serial numbers, which will be a trouble in the future. I'll buy a new gun to make up the number." Wang An said casually.

"Is Xueli buying one too?" Mu Xueqing asked.

"Hmm, all three of us are buying one," Wang An said.

When sleeping at night, the sister-in-law Mu Xueting naturally slept in Mu Xueqing's quilt again. After Mu Xueqing coaxed her sister to sleep, she naturally crawled into Wang An's quilt.

Before the age of 30, it is the age when a man is full of vitality and passion, and as for the business on the bed, he is not one to refuse anyone and doesn't know what fatigue is at all.

Therefore, Wang An naturally spread his hands and feet naked, welcoming his wife's embrace in a very comfortable posture.

To be precise, it was actually a riding performance! Of course, Wang An's role was the horse.

Furthermore, in the countryside in this era, people go to sleep very early; although it is nominally sleeping, how many people can fall asleep as soon as they touch the pillow?

And between a married couple, besides doing business on the bed, there really isn't any entertainment, which is truly quite boring.

Wang An looked at the milky white snow falling and felt that the happiness of life was nothing more than this; I have to say, a kerosene lamp is really brighter than a coal oil lamp, and the snow even looks much brighter than usual, and there is even a hint of light!

Beautiful, simply two works of art.

"Xiao An."

"Hmm."

"Does it feel good?"

"That's a must."

"Then should I go a little faster?"

"Hmm, adding a little more effort is also fine."

"I can't hold it anymore..."

"Then what should we do?"

"Ah..."

"Hahaha, you useless thing! This thing still has to rely on the man."

Wang An laughed and turned over, continuing the unfinished business from just now.

It still requires one's own hands and feet to be even happier!

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