Chapter 766: Huge Expenses

In these two days, the meat of the two black bears, one large and one small, had been eaten for the most part.

The speed of cornmeal consumption was even faster. The 3,000 jin of cornmeal and 300 jin of white flour that Wang Dazhu had prepared for the spring had already been eaten by about one-third.

And with the increase in the number of helpers, the speed of black bear meat reduction was even faster. It's estimated that even the three meals tomorrow would be hard to manage.

It must be said that although many people have great strength and do a lot of work, many people also eat a lot of grain! A 50-jin flour bag, two and a half bags of cornmeal per meal, plus 10-plus jin of white flour, were forcibly eaten away.

But, Wang An's family provides three meals a day. This speed of grain consumption can already be called terrifying!

Not counting eating, the consumption speed of cigarettes is also not small. Although the cigarettes Wang An bought were the cheapest Da Shengchan and Grape, calculating one pack of cigarettes per person per day, it would still be a full six or seven cartons.

To tell the truth, such huge expenses are truly unbearable for ordinary families.

There's no way around it. Mainly because people took the initiative to come and help. You can't just drive them back, right? In the countryside, even the village head wouldn't dare to do that!

Not bragging, but if Wang An's family dared to drive away the people who took the initiative to come and help, Wang An's family's reputation in Kaoshan Tun would instantly plummet.

In the future, if there's any work that needs everyone's help, no one would ever pay attention to you again. To put it ugly, when Wang An's family walks around the village in the future, no one would even greet them.

Helping you do some work and eating something good is fine; there's no problem, you're a good person.

But I took the initiative to come to your house to help, and then, because of the grain problem, you took the initiative to drive me away! Damn, who the fuck do you think you are?

To say this point, it actually blames Wang Dazhu, because Wang Dazhu made the promise too full before construction started, promising three meals a day, all full, and all with meat.

And the most critical thing is that Wang Dazhu didn't say how many people would be enough at that time.

This led to more people coming on the second day than on the first day.

Fortunately, with Wang An's family's current strength, this kind of expense doesn't count for much.

The only trouble is that there's no place to buy meat even with money; you still have to go into the mountains to hunt.

After sending away the group of helpers in the evening, Liu Guilan said to Wang An with a worried and conflicted face: "Xiao An, our family's meat can barely last for two more meals tomorrow. There won't be any meat tomorrow night. Why don't you take the fifth one and go into the mountains to wander around tomorrow?"

Wang An saw the worry on his mother's face and comforted her with a smile: "Mom, what do you have to worry about with this little thing? If I go into the mountains, won't everything come back? Hunting some meat is just a matter of reaching out and grabbing it. Don't worry, I'll go into the mountains early with the fifth one tomorrow, and it won't delay the stewed meat in the evening."

Wang Li also interjected on the side: "Yeah, don't worry, Auntie. With the marksmanship of the fourth brother and me, it's incredibly accurate. Whatever we run into, we'll blast it, hehehehe."

Liu Guilan's expression no longer had worry upon hearing this, but only worry remained.

After all, everyone in the mountains knows that hunting in this season is truly a dangerous and difficult thing.

Therefore, Liu Guilan only rolled her eyes at Wang An and Wang Li and said:

"Don't think that because I don't hunt, I don't know how hard it is to hunt now. I'm telling you both, just wander around the village tomorrow. If you run into something, hit it; if you don't, come back quickly."

It could be heard that his mother was truly worried about the safety of Wang An and Wang Li.

After a pause, Liu Guilan said to Wang An: "If it really doesn't work, we'll kill a sheep. Besides, don't we still have a donkey? I see that donkey at home is of no use, and it gave birth to a male donkey that's of no use. Let's kill it for meat to save trouble."

Wang An's eyes instantly lit up when he heard his mother had the idea of killing the donkey. Let alone that donkey, even if she wanted to kill a mule, Wang An wouldn't oppose it at all. Mainly, the donkey at home is truly of no use, because since that donkey came to Wang An's house, it hasn't done a damn thing.

But 2 jin of feed every day never misses a day. Raising it until now, it barely counts as not losing money, and the reason it doesn't lose money is because it gave birth to a male donkey foal.

Therefore, Wang An immediately gave Liu Guilan a thumbs up and said with a happy face:

"Mom, you are truly too wise. That donkey should have been killed for meat long ago. By the way, there's also that mule. That mule is sluggish when doing work, and doesn't know what it means to be quick. Anyway, when is it appropriate to kill the donkey?"

Unfortunately, although Wang An was talking excitedly, Liu Guilan was suddenly stunned, and then Liu Guilan said with a displeased face:

"Kill what donkey? Don't believe everything you hear. Look at the families who live well; who kills large livestock for meat? Are you stupid?"

It is worth noting that the word "stupid" that Liu Guilan said is not a noun, but an adjective.

The meaning of this "stupid" locally is equivalent to "silly," "dumb," "idiot," "hillbilly," etc., etc.

Wang An, who was full of excitement, was suddenly scolded and immediately stopped being excited. After rolling his eyes at Liu Guilan, he said with dissatisfaction: "Didn't you say you wanted to kill the donkey? I didn't say it."

It's just that noticing Liu Guilan's expression wasn't good, Wang An's voice became smaller and smaller.

However, even so, Liu Guilan didn't intend to let Wang An go. She took two steps forward, grabbed Wang An's arm, and slapped Wang An on the back twice.

At the same time, Liu Guilan also said unhappily: "I'll let you talk back, I'll let you talk back."

After two slaps, Wang An immediately became honest and hurriedly begged for mercy with a smile: "Mom, Mom, Mom, I was wrong, Mom, Mom..."

After slapping Wang An two more times, Liu Guilan pointed at Wang An's nose and said: "If you dare to mention killing the donkey or the mule again, I'll beat you again."

Wang An blinked his eyes and didn't dare to speak. Mainly, you really can't handle his mother's violent temper.

And the crowd who saw this scene lowered their heads one after another and shrugged their shoulders.

Of course, only Comrade Wang Dazhu laughed quite blatantly, laughing while saying: "Deserved, this brat deserves a beating. I've been thinking about beating him for two days..."

It must be said that in terms of beating children, parents all over the world can achieve a unified front.

The night passed without incident, and in the blink of an eye, it was dawn.

After breakfast, Wang An and Wang Li each rode their horses and led the group of dogs into the mountains.

This time, the goal of the two was very clear, which was the Wild Boar Forest, not too far from home.

This place called Wild Boar Forest has wild boars living here all year round because of the terrain. It's just that this place, like Wild Boar Ridge, isn't very suitable for hunting.

Fortunately, because of Li Biao, Wang An was quite familiar with this place.

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