Chapter 637: Plowing Starts in Three Days

Because of Wang An, the life of Wang Dazhu's family could be said to have undergone earth-shaking changes.

This led to Wang Dazhu and his wife having a feeling that "the kindness to Wang An's family can never be repaid."

It was mainly manifested in the fact that this couple often came to Wang An's house to help with work. Of course, Shen Wei was also included.

On the way to send manure, when Wang An was chatting with Wang Dazhu, Wang An learned that during the time Wang An went gold panning, Wang Dazhu's couple and Shen Wei, the three of them, had been helping Wang An's family turn the manure.

The reason it was said to be "this period of time" was that because Wang An's family had many livestock, there was too much manure, and it couldn't be finished in a short time.

Turning manure, actually, was moving the manure pile as a whole, dispersing it to another place, and when moving, the manure had to be broken up.

Because manure, after a long time, would condense together to form a large hard block, and with the temperature rising in spring, manure would heat up and ferment on its own.

So before sending the manure to the fields, it was necessary to break these hard manure blocks and move them to another place.

Otherwise, on one hand, the large hard manure blocks couldn't be used, and on the other hand, if the manure fermented for too long, it would directly ferment itself into ash, and it would have no use at all.

And this process of moving the manure pile to another place and breaking it was called "turning manure."

To tell the truth, this work of turning manure was truly quite difficult.

Because the work of turning manure itself was hard labor, which meant that in the process of turning manure, one needed to smash the manure with force one after another to completely break the manure blocks into small pieces.

Simply imagine it, and one would know how tiring this work was.

But besides that, one had to endure the stench of manure fermenting at all times.

To tell the truth, this stench was quite suffocating, although it couldn't compare to the fierce stench of the night soil cellar, it was truly quite pungent.

From this, it could be seen that Wang Dazhu's couple and Shen Wei, the three of them, could actively come to help turn manure, and even did it for several days, was how rare and commendable a thing it was.

At this time, hearing what the second aunt, Yao Ping, said, Wang An said with a smile:

"Sending manure is not tiring, it's much lighter than turning manure. I heard from my dad that the manure in my house was turned by the second uncle and second aunt, hahaha. I represent our whole family, thank you second aunt and second uncle, hahaha."

A flower sedan chair is carried by people; even if Wang An had kindness to Wang Dazhu's family, it couldn't be said that it was a matter of course for Wang Dazhu's couple to come to help with work.

So Wang An's words undoubtedly made Yao Ping very happy. At the very least, Wang An already knew that Yao Ping came to help with work, so Yao Ping's purpose was actually achieved.

From ancient times to the present, Buddhism talks about cause and effect, Taoism talks about burden, and ordinary common people talk about human relationships and worldly wisdom.

Because it was obvious that although Wang Dazhu and Wang Dazhu were brothers, if it weren't for Wang An always leading Wang Li to get rich, Wang Dazhu's couple wouldn't have come to help with work.

Hearing Wang An's words of thanks, Yao Ping hurriedly said: "We are all one family, why thank the second aunt? You can't say this in the future, okay? If you say it again, the second aunt will be angry."

One has to admit that the words Yao Ping said couldn't be picked apart at all; she both gained human favor and rounded out the worldly wisdom.

Wang An, this old oil-slick, naturally could see everything clearly, but the reason it was called "human relationships and worldly wisdom" was that as long as everyone was happy and satisfied, that was enough.

Wang An said with a smile: "Mm, I must listen to my second aunt's words, hahaha. By the way, before coming back, my dad and I caught quite a few fish. Second aunt, remember, don't forget to load a sack and take it back."

Yao Ping said with a face full of smiles: "Look at my eldest nephew, he is truly not in vain to be loved. He thinks of the second aunt whenever he gets something good." Just as Wang An and the second aunt, Yao Ping, were chatting, Wang Dazhu and Wang Dazhu had already started pumping water into the large vat under the window. After the three large vats were all filled with more than half a vat of water, everyone threw the fish into the vats together.

Of course, besides leaving a sack of fish for Wang Dazhu's family, Liu Guilan also left some for Shen Wei, and then poured the remaining fish into each large vat separately.

After finishing everything, everyone talked and entered the house.

During the meal, because of Wang Li's disfigurement, everyone hadn't mentioned gold panning, and the purpose of Wang Dazhu's couple coming over was just to confirm which day to start planting fields.

After all, according to the time, corn and soybeans had to be planted in these two days, and rice and wheat also had to be planted before mid-May.

Although the two families didn't actively mention partnering to plant fields, the current situation was undoubtedly very naturally partnering.

Finally, the two families agreed that plowing would start in three days.

After dinner, Yao Ping helped tidy up the bowls and chopsticks, and Wang Dazhu's family left carrying the fish.

When Wang Dazhu's family left, Wang An confirmed Wang Li's physical condition again, and then told Wang Li to ride a horse over tomorrow and go into the mountains with him.

Wang Li agreed and left with his family.

One has to admit that the wound healing ability of young people is truly very fast. When Wang Li was rescued by Wang An from that room on the street, it could be said that he was covered in cuts and didn't have many good places.

But up to now, it had only been 5 days in total, but the scabs on his wounds were almost gone.

Only the scabs on his face still looked very ferocious.

When sleeping at night, Mu Xueqing was obviously silent, because based on the scars on Wang Li's face, she could imagine what Mu Xueli's face looked like.

Unfortunately, for this kind of thing, Wang An had no way. Although Wang An knew that Hong Kong could already do plastic surgery, in this era, wanting to go to Hong Kong was basically no different from going abroad.

So Wang An just hugged Mu Xueqing like that, but didn't say a word of comfort.

Many times, silent comfort is the best comfort, even if saying a word is superfluous.

The night passed without a word, and dawn arrived in a blink of an eye.

In the morning, just after Wang An finished breakfast, Wang Li rode an Oroqen horse over.

For this gold panning trip into the mountains, almost everyone deeply felt the benefits of the Oroqen horse.

Sturdy, docile, sufficient endurance, and easy to raise, the most important thing was the height of the Oroqen horse, which was simply tailored for riding and rushing into the mountains.

Because even with Wang An's height riding it, there were very few times when tree branches hit his head.

After preparing the things to bring into the mountains, mainly guns, ropes, and baskets for holding eagle eggs, Wang An and Wang Li, the brothers, rode their horses toward the southwest.

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