Chapter 376

Then Wang Xiaoli blinked her big eyes and asked:

"Big Brother, are you done with your work?"

Hearing this sentence from his little sister, Wang An's head was full of black lines.

I have to say, little sister Wang Xiaoli's memory for "eating" is truly quite good!

Wang An remembered that his original words that day were "If we can finish our work tomorrow, we'll go the day after."

And then Wang Xiaoli kept it in her heart!

Actually, for Wang An, his little sister was quite sensible, because she didn't mention wanting to eat fish all afternoon yesterday.

Until this moment, the whole family couldn't hold it in anymore and all burst into "hahaha" laughter.

Wang An pinched his little sister's little face and said helplessly through gritted teeth:

"You say, how come you only know how to eat all day long?"

Wang Xiaoli, however, laughed "giggle, giggle, giggle."

The laughter of the whole family became even louder.

After breakfast, Wang An found the ice chisel, iron shovel, large strainer, and sharp pick, threw all these things onto the sled, and then drove the sled toward Wang Li's house.

When it comes to working, the more people the better.

The main thing is that you can't order others around, but ordering Wang Li around is no problem.

Besides, Wang An's "memory" is not bad; Wang An still remembered that when scooping fish the night before last, Wang Li said he wanted to go scoop fish.

The two houses were not far apart, so in less than a minute, Wang An arrived at Wang Li's house.

Tying the sled at the gate of Wang Li's house, Wang An pushed open the gate and walked toward the courtyard.

The four yellow dogs saw Wang An and immediately began to wag their tails; the state was truly quite intimate, and after Wang An petted each dog's head, he walked toward the house.

If you ask which family in Wang An's entire circle of relatives is most grateful to Wang An?

That is undoubtedly Wang Daliang's family.

After all, Wang Li being able to hunt in the mountains with Wang An was entirely because Yao Ping took the initiative to ask Wang An.

And the changes in Wang Daliang's family now can also be said to be entirely because of Wang An.

So Wang An's arrival was treated by the couple as if they were serving a master.

The enthusiastic attitude was simply hard to accept.

Getting cigarettes, getting tea, brewing malted milk, opening canned food—they were busy with all sorts of things.

To be honest, this made Wang An feel embarrassed.

So Wang An immediately stopped the couple and said very solemnly:

"Second Uncle, Second Aunt, can you two stop being busy? We're all one family; why are you doing this? Is it because you don't want me to stay comfortably?"

The couple was stunned upon hearing this, and then Second Aunt Yao Ping said with a dry laugh:

"It's because you don't come often, and then..."

Before Yao Ping could finish, Wang An interrupted again:

"Alright, Second Aunt, don't do that; it's good for us to be casual; it's not worth it, really."

After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Dazhu took over the conversation:

"Right, right, Little An is right; coming to your own Great Uncle's house is the same as being in your own home; it's right to be casual."

Wang An didn't dawdle anymore and said directly with a smile:

"I was thinking of finding Little Li to go scoop some fish with me; it's because Xiaomei and Xiaoli have eaten enough meat every day and insist on eating fish."

Yao Ping also returned to normal and said with a smile: "Yeah, eating meat every day really makes you want to eat fish; I want to eat fish too."

Then Yao Ping turned her head and said to Wang Li:

"Little Li, hurry up and pack up, go scoop fish with your brother."

Actually, when Wang An entered the house, Wang Li had already started putting on his leggings.

However, he had to listen to his mother's words, so Wang Li agreed and began to put on his coat and hat. Soon, Wang Li was all prepared.

When the two of them came out of Wang Li's house, they happened to run into the "Second Fool" in the settlement.

The Second Fool's real name is Niu Dazhuang; like Niu Dali and the others, he occupies the character "Da" in the middle, but his age is about the same as Wang An's.

Actually, in this era, ordinary families have genealogies, and names generally follow the genealogy.

But even without a genealogy, brothers or cousins, as long as they have three-character names, generally the middle character or the last character is the same.

I don't know the specific reason, but anyway, this is the habit.

And the reason Niu Dazhuang became the "Second Fool" in people's mouths is just because Niu Dazhuang had a high fever when he was young, which burned his brain.

Such things were very common in this era, and there was no medicine for illnesses; at most, they would drink some Chinese herbal medicine, and some would even invite an "immortal" to treat the illness.

If the illness was cured, it meant the "immortal's" "immortal arts" were brilliant.

If the illness wasn't cured and the person died, it meant that the person's lifespan was just that long.

Anyway, right or wrong, it was all the "immortal's" mouth; the "immortal" was damn never wrong.

Strangely enough, in every settlement, there is one or two people like the "Second Fool."

And becoming like this is also due to this or that reason.

In short, this thing makes people feel quite outrageous!

Niu Dazhuang can be called the "Second Fool," so his IQ is definitely not high, but Niu Dazhuang is never annoying.

Because in reality, he is not stupid; he just has a low IQ or a slow reaction.

And at this time, Niu Dazhuang was standing next to Wang An's sled.

Seeing Wang An and Wang Li come out, Niu Dazhuang immediately said like a child:

"Are you guys going to catch fish? Can I go too?"

To be honest, Wang An is currently lacking people to chisel ice, but taking Niu Dazhuang with him is truly a bit suspicious of bullying a fool.

Just when Wang An was pondering, he heard Niu Dazhuang continue:

"I can work, just take me with you, okay?"

Seeing Wang An's difficulty, Wang Li said:

"Fourth Brother, why don't you take him with you? Just give him a share of the fish when the time comes; his grandfather will definitely not say anything if he knows."

That's right, in Niu Dazhuang's family, there is only his grandfather; Niu Dazhuang's grandmother has been gone for more than ten years.

As for Niu Dazhuang's parents, no one knows if they were lost or ran away; anyway, once they went into the mountains, they never came out again.

Wang An heard Wang Li's words and nodded to Niu Dazhuang and said:

"I can take you, but you must be obedient, otherwise I'll leave you there and ignore you."

Niu Dazhuang said confidently upon hearing this: "I'm obedient, and I can find my way home."

Wang An smiled and nodded upon hearing this: "That's fine, get on."

After Niu Dazhuang heard this, he cheered like a child.

To be honest, a 20-something-year-old young man acting like a child looks truly a bit awkward.

After Wang Li and Niu Dazhuang sat firmly, Wang An drove the sled toward the river closest to the settlement.

Finding a backwater bend, Wang An stopped the big horse.

After feeding the big horse with grass, the three of them started chiseling the ice hole on the ice not far from the sled.

Wang An discovered that when working, you couldn't tell Niu Dazhuang had a low IQ at all; that ice chisel was being used quite well.

(End of chapter)