Chapter 634: The Anxious Wang Dazhu

After spreading the manure piles, the grandfather and grandson reinstalled the rear baffle of the manure curtain that had been removed before, and the sack containing the fishing net thrown at the edge of the land was also casually thrown back onto the cart by Wang An.

After checking the long harness on the first two horses, the grandfather and grandson drove the cart back.

The reason for checking the long harness was that livestock like mules, horses, and cows, when standing there, were not honestly motionless; they would think about eating the wild grass in the fields at all times.

And as long as they moved back and forth, it would cause the long harness to become loose and hang to the ground, and then moving again would cause the rope to get stuck in the inner side of the leg.

If the rope couldn't be removed in time and the cart continued to be driven, it would only take a short time to rub the skin off the mule or horse's thigh.

On the way back, Wang An talked to Wang Dazhu several times and found that Wang Dazhu was distracted, and he turned a deaf ear to what Wang An said.

It was obvious that Wang An's crooked theory had truly touched Wang Dazhu's heart, and Comrade Wang Dazhu was under pressure.

After all, everyone could calculate accounts, especially when spending money.

So just by calculating simply, one could know how much money it would cost if all those barren mountains and barren land were contracted.

And using so much money to contract land, no matter whose heart it was, he would have no bottom.

One had to know that this was 300,000-plus! Still 300,000-plus in this era!

If calculated by purchasing power, 300,000-plus in this era was almost 40 million-plus in later generations.

Of course, if calculated by purchasing power, it wasn't very accurate, but if calculated by the wage standard, it should be about the same.

Until the horse cart walked to the place where Wang An had baited in the river before, but Wang Dazhu didn't stop the horse and still let the horse walk forward on its own, Wang An finally couldn't help but raise his voice and shout:

"Dad, Dad, don't walk anymore, we've arrived."

To tell the truth, Wang An completely understood what his old man was thinking at this time, because for an ordinary farmer, spending a little money was fine, but if the amount was slightly larger, when paying, the hand counting the money might be trembling, and the whole person might be trembling.

And this point was also completely understandable.

Wang Dazhu heard Wang An's shout and was startled, but finally came back to his senses and hurriedly shouted a "whoa" to the blue horses pulling the cart.

After the three horses stopped upon hearing the sound, Wang Dazhu didn't care about the problem of catching fish, but said to Wang An with a face full of worry and hesitation: "Xiao An, you said if all those lands were contracted, what if they don't earn money? Wouldn't the money for contracting the land all go down the drain? That's 300,000-plus!"

Wang An laughed upon hearing this. His old man, a 40-plus-year-old man, was anxious and worried at this time.

Wang An comforted him in a joking tone:

"What's wrong with that? One day I'll find another cellar treasure there, and then we two will go dig it together. Maybe we'll dig out another few hundred thousand."

The nervous Wang Dazhu was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, and after reacting, he scolded with a smile: "You little rabbit, you're just teasing your dad."

After Wang Dazhu finished speaking, Wang An laughed loudly.

To tell the truth, Wang Dazhu at this time didn't have the steadiness a 40-plus-year-old person should have, but instead was like a child without a backbone, urgently needing to find someone who could help make decisions to stabilize his mind.

Wang Dazhu watched Wang An laugh and might have realized something, and then Wang Dazhu also laughed along.

Fortunately, after laughing, Wang Dazhu's nervous mood was obviously relieved a lot.

Looking at Wang An's very calm appearance, Wang Dazhu's face suddenly became full of gratification. Wang Dazhu suddenly discovered that his eldest son had truly grown up and could support things.

After the grandfather and grandson laughed, Wang An said with a smile:

"Dad, don't keep thinking about this matter. That land is contracted for 70 years. We just simply plant some apple trees or something. After planting, don't worry about it. You think about it, how much money will we sell apples for in a year?"

Wang Dazhu's eyes instantly lit up upon hearing this.

Wang An struck while the iron was hot and said:

"Besides, didn't you just say that if we are too busy, we will subcontract the land? Why did you change your mind after a while?"

Wang Dazhu said a bit embarrassedly:

"I'm worried that those lands won't be subcontracted after they are contracted, and we won't be able to manage them ourselves. If that happens, wouldn't all the money in our family be spent in vain?"

Wang Dazhu's worry was actually not unreasonable. After all, in this era, no matter what one did, one had to rely purely on manpower. As for the five words "mechanized management," it was temporarily in the budding stage, and it was definitely impossible in the short term.

And if one wanted to transform one or two thousand *mu* of land by manpower, it was truly like a joke.

Speaking of this, Wang An suddenly said:

"By the way, Dad, I'm thinking of buying a crawler vehicle, and then buying a four-wheeled vehicle or a walking tractor. You said if we have these big things, no matter how much land there is, it won't be a problem, right?"

Wang Dazhu's eyes were obviously brighter when he heard about the crawler vehicle and the walking tractor, and he asked Wang An with full hope:

"Can that thing be bought? I see that agricultural machinery station in the county seat only has some diesel water pumps and chaff cutters, and there are no four-wheeled vehicles or walking tractors."

The four-wheeled vehicles or walking tractors in this era were in a state of being in short supply. Before they were produced, the quotas were basically divided up by various units or collectives.

So if individuals wanted to buy them, besides finding relationships and people, relying on themselves, they couldn't buy them at all. Besides, people who could afford tractors were truly very rare.

However, this problem didn't exist at all for Wang An, because in Wang An's view, if Wu Dong and Zhang Shuya and others didn't even have the channels to buy a four-wheeled vehicle or a walking tractor, then the abilities of these second-generation people were very worthy of questioning.

Hearing Wang Dazhu's question, Wang An said with a smile: "Don't buy it at the agricultural machinery station in the county. Let my Sister Zhang and Brother Wu and the others study it in Bingcheng. They are people of status all day long, so buying a tractor is not a problem at all."

Wang Dazhu pondered for a moment and said hesitantly:

"If it works, let them help buy two. By then, with all that land in our family, I think one won't be enough."

Wang An looked at his old man's appearance at this time and felt a bit like laughing.

The main thing was that those barren mountains and barren land didn't even have a shadow yet, but when Wang Dazhu talked about those lands, it was as if they were already his family's.

One has to admit that from Wang Dazhu's performance, it was not hard to see how deep the love of Chinese farmers for land was.

Wang An answered with a smile: "Mm, okay, let's cast the net first. If the fish run away in a while, the bait will be wasted."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 635 =====