Chapter 725: Thumb Rubbing Against Index Finger

Wang An peeled a candy and stuffed it into his sister-in-law's mouth, and transferred all the candies he had put in his pocket before leaving to his sister-in-law's pocket.

Only hearing Mu Xueting say in a full childish voice:

"Brother-in-law, why did you just come? I missed you."

Wang An pinched Mu Xueting's little face and asked with a chuckle: "Missed me? Where did you miss me?"

Mu Xueting patted her stomach and said very seriously: "Here."

Wang An picked up Mu Xueting and laughed:

"You didn't miss me; you're clearly just greedy, hahaha."

After Wang An finished speaking, Mu Hua and his wife and Mu Xueli all laughed out loud.

Only Mu Xueting pouted and retorted: "I'm not greedy, I'm not greedy, bad brother-in-law."

Wang An said very perfunctorily: "Yeah, not greedy, not greedy, how could Xueting be greedy, hahaha."

As he spoke, Wang An also kissed Mu Xueting on her little face.

It must be said that after more than half a year of recuperation, Mu Xueting was completely different from before.

Not only had Mu Xueting's weight increased a lot, but her hair was no longer withered and yellow, turning into a normal black color.

Most importantly, because the nutrition kept up, Mu Xueting's little face was now rosy and fleshy, completely turning into a pink and tender, water-spirited little girl.

It could be seen now that when Mu Xueting grew up, her appearance would definitely not lose to her eldest sister Mu Xueqing, and even if it wasn't as good as her eldest sister's, it wouldn't be much worse.

After teasing Mu Xueting for a while, Wang An explained his purpose to Mu Hua and his wife and Mu Xueli.

Upon learning that Wang An was here to deliver scar removal medicine, Mu Hua and his wife and Mu Xueli all looked very excited; after all, the big scar on Mu Xueli's face was indeed quite unsightly.

And upon learning that Wang Li's scar had faded a lot, the Mu Hua family was even happier.

It was just that when Wang An said that Mu Xueli had to be tied up before applying the medicine, otherwise Mu Xueli wouldn't be able to bear it, it stunned Mu Hua and his wife.

Fortunately, Mu Xueli looked very open-minded and stated directly that she could definitely bear it.

After carefully explaining how to use the scar removal medicine and chatting with his father-in-law's family for a while, Wang An left riding the sidecar.

The main thing was that it was time for work at Sujia Tun, and there was no need for Wang An to stay any longer.

A few minutes later, Wang An arrived home.

After telling Mu Xueqing about the situation of his father-in-law's family, Wang An said to Wang Dazhu, who was smoking:

"Father, do you have anything to do today? If not, shall we go pull cement? I'll bring the crawler vehicle back while I'm at it."

Wang Dazhu thought for a moment and said: "Your second uncle and the others probably need to buy some, and your father-in-law and the others need to buy some too. How about we pull them all back together?"

Wang An calculated how many tons of cement his family needed before saying thoughtfully:

"Calling Second Uncle is fine, but as for my father-in-law and the others, let's wait. My father-in-law's family is busy working in the fields now, and there's no one at home."

Wang Dazhu thought again and said:

"That's fine too. Let's help them pull cement after they finish planting in their village. Shall we go call your second uncle and Fifth Brother now?"

Wang An nodded:

"Yeah, let's go."

As they spoke, the two walked toward the outside of the house together.

Shaking the four-wheeled vehicle, Wang Dazhu said: "How about I drive? I can probably learn on the way."

Wang An smiled: "You definitely have to drive; it would be a waste not to take such a good opportunity to learn to drive."

It was said that Wang An was teaching Wang Dazhu how to drive the four-wheeled vehicle, but in reality, anyone who knows how to drive a walking tractor only needs to be told clearly which is the clutch and which is the accelerator, and it's basically enough.

Of course, the brake also had to be mentioned, but the four-wheeled vehicle at this time, although the braking system was more perfect than that of a walking tractor, was actually just so-so.

Fortunately, this thing can be driven without brakes; the engine's own braking force can stop the vehicle at any time.

Arriving at Wang Li's house and telling Wang Daliang and Wang Li about buying cement, Wang Daliang naturally agreed.

Just like that, a four-wheeled vehicle and a walking tractor headed toward the county seat.

The cement plant in DJ County was located about 10 miles away from the county seat.

The reason why the cement plant was built here was simply because there were limestone mines here, and they could obtain materials locally, just like a brick factory.

This cement plant, like the brick factory, didn't have very good efficiency now, but Wang An knew that the efficiency of this cement plant would soon improve.

Because the construction of the government office building and the County No. 2 Middle School should have been proposed by now, though it was unknown when it would be announced.

And only such large projects could consume more cement and bricks.

Two hours later, the two vehicles arrived at the cement plant.

As soon as they entered the courtyard of the cement plant, Wang An and the others could clearly feel that the cement plant was very desolate.

The main thing was that as a cement plant, one couldn't hear the roar of the stone crusher, couldn't see smoke from the chimney, and couldn't see floating dust.

To tell the truth, if it weren't for seeing a few listless workers, Wang An would have felt that the cement plant had already gone bankrupt.

Those few workers became much more spirited when they saw Wang An and the others' four-wheeled vehicle and walking tractor enter the courtyard, and two of the workers came straight up to them.

Walking closer, a slightly shorter person asked with a smile: "Comrade, are you here to pull cement? Which unit are you from?"

It's no wonder this person would mistake them; private individuals having four-wheeled vehicles and walking tractors in this era was very, very rare, and the vast majority were owned by units or collectives.

Wang An took out cigarettes and gave one to each of them, then smiled:

"We don't have a unit, we're just ordinary common people, but we are indeed here to pull cement."

The two were stunned after taking the cigarettes, then the slightly shorter person said:

"Then do you have a slip issued by the street or the village?"

This time it was Wang An's turn to be stunned. The main thing was that Wang An in his past life really hadn't bought this thing at this time, and he didn't know the specific transaction process.

So, Wang An frowned and said:

"Can't we just buy it with money? What's the deal with cement? This thing doesn't need a ticket."

To tell the truth, Wang An was truly a bit bewildered, because when buying bricks, it was quite straightforward; not only did the factory director Hao Dayou receive them personally, but he also gave a lot of discounts.

Only hearing this person say:

"Without a slip, this cement can't be pulled. We are all planned production."

Although this person said so, the action on his hand made Wang An instantly furious.

Because this person's thumb was rubbing against his index finger.

If Wang An couldn't understand such an obvious action, then Wang An had truly lived in vain.

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