Chapter 773

After chatting for a few moments with the group of hired hands, Wang An and Wang Li returned to the courtyard of Wang An's house.

In fact, the reason Wang An would bump into the hired hands when coming down the mountain and returning home was that every time Wang An returned home, he walked from the far west side of the settlement.

Wang An's house was located on the far west side of the settlement; there were no more houses to the west of Wang An's home.

Because only by doing this could he avoid a lot of trouble.

Otherwise, if people in the settlement saw him bringing back game, there would always be some thick-skinned people coming over to ask for meat.

This kind of thing was a very difficult matter to handle in the countryside during this era, because as long as people opened their mouths, you had to give them a piece, more or less.

Of course, for small animals like pheasants, rabbits, and roe deer, no one would ask; the fear was for large livestock like black bears and wild boars.

Because the saying "mountain wealth cannot be enjoyed alone" was not an empty phrase in this era.

Although you could choose not to give, if nothing went wrong, your family's reputation and popularity in the settlement would soon become foul.

However, things like "mountain wealth cannot be enjoyed alone" were more serious before the division of land to households, that is, when the collective system was in place.

Because at that time, the emphasis was on "public ownership," meaning everything belonged to everyone, and nothing belonged to individuals.

And ever since the division of land to households, that is, starting from when one set up their own household and lived their own life, such things gradually became history.

By later generations, this kind of thing directly became something that made everyone feel very incredible when they heard about it.

Because after the division of land to households, the emphasis was on "private ownership"; what is mine is mine, what does it have to do with you?

As soon as Wang An entered the courtyard, the exclamations of all the female comrades came.

"Oh my god, is this, is this a pig riding a horse back?"

"Talking nonsense, is it proper for a pig to ride a horse? This is clearly a horse carrying a pig back."

"Hey, regardless, isn't the meat back? Hehehehe."

"Xiao An and Xiao Li, these two brothers, are truly capable; they never return empty-handed when they go into the mountains."

"Yeah, this capability isn't something everyone has; there are quite a few people in our settlement who go into the mountains, look, don't many of them return empty-handed?"

Regarding the exclamations of the group of female comrades, Wang An just smiled and nodded, not saying anything.

Turning around, Wang An said to Liu Guilan: "Mom, these three pigs are still alive; should we keep them in the pigsty for two days? Or just throw them outside and wait for a day to kill them?"

Hearing Wang An say the pigs were alive, the group of female comrades exclaimed again.

"Oh my god, you brought live pigs home? The capability of these two brothers is boundless!"

"Yeah, they even dare to catch these big pigs; these two brothers are truly wild."

"You two are just messing around, how scary; aren't wild boars hard to deal with? What if you get hurt?"

This last sentence was said by Aunt Xu Yongfeng, and her overflowing worry was evident in her words.

Mainly because in the eyes of normal people, a wild boar is a creature as famous as fierce beasts like black bears, wolves, leopards, and tigers.

And because the number of wild boars is too vast, in people's hearts, wild boars are the most dangerous animals in these mountains, and there is no "one of."

In the Lesser Khingan Mountains during this era, the most common animals in the forest, perhaps besides rabbits, were wild boars.

Most importantly, wild boars are animals that do a hundred harms and no good to farmers.

To put it bluntly, they are completely useless. This is a fact.

Hearing Aunt Xu Yongfeng's words, Liu Guilan also immediately scolded Wang An and Wang Li:

"What would happen if you just gave them a bullet? Just like what your aunt said, what if you get hurt? Why are you so reckless now? Having guns and not using them, how frightening!"

It must be admitted that what Liu Guilan said was also quite reasonable; after all, the safest animal is a dead animal.

Seeing his mother angry, Wang An naturally didn't dare to be stubborn, so he smiled and apologized: "Mom, don't worry, we are adults now, we know what we're doing; these are sows, nothing will happen, if they were big boars, we would have already killed them."

Liu Guilan also knew that it was useless for her to say anything about this kind of thing, because the old saying goes, "When a general is in the field, he is not bound by the orders of his sovereign."

Wang An goes into the mountains, and she can't follow him.

After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Li also chimed in: "Yeah, Auntie, we only pick what we can handle; look at the sack on that horse, that wild pig wasn't very honest, so my Fourth Brother killed it."

Liu Guilan glared at the two of them and said:

"Even if you can handle it, it's not good; kill them all in the future."

Wang An nodded, didn't continue to argue with his mother, and then asked:

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"Mom, I just asked you where to put these pigs, and you haven't said yet."

Before Liu Guilan could answer, Wang Li said again: "By the way, Auntie, my Fourth Brother and I also caught a group of small piglets; if you want them all, my family won't take any."

As soon as Wang Li's words came out, Second Aunt Yao Ping was clearly stunned for a moment, but looking at Wang Li, she didn't say anything.

For a rural housewife, things like chicks, ducklings, goslings, or piglets have great appeal.

Because in their view, if you don't raise a pig, or some chickens, ducks, and geese at home, life is tasteless.

This is also the reason why Wang An got a brooding hen to hatch eagle eggs, but Liu Guilan and Mu Xueqing put a bunch of chicken eggs in the nest.

So after Wang Li finished speaking, the group of old women exclaimed again.

They all wanted to use eggs or other things to trade with Liu Guilan for the small piglets.

This group of female comrades were basically relatives, so Liu Guilan suddenly didn't know what to do.

Subconsciously, Liu Guilan looked at Wang An with a look for help.

To tell the truth, this kind of thing didn't matter to Wang An at all; anyway, those small piglets hadn't been weaned yet, and whether they could survive was an unknown.

So, Wang An said happily:

"Well, these piglets haven't been weaned yet; if you can raise them, no need to trade, I'll just give you each one, hehehehe."

Hearing Wang An say this, basically all the female comrades were stunned.

Anyone with a little common sense knows that whether it's pigs, cats, or dogs, they are very difficult to raise before they are weaned.

Especially in this era of extreme scarcity of materials, it's even harder.

So, after the group of female comrades were stunned, no one actively said they wanted the small piglets anymore.

After a pause, Liu Guilan suddenly said with a confused face:

"Why did you bring back such small things? Who can keep them alive?"

(End of chapter)