Chapter 774

Liu Guilan's words, although reasonable, really couldn't blame Wang An for this.

After all, if those small piglets were left in the mountains, not a single one would be left, they would definitely die.

And bringing them back, although they might not survive, at least there's some hope; if even a few can be raised, that's a profit, not just a profit, it's a huge profit.

So after Liu Guilan finished speaking, Wang An said shamelessly: "Mom, what do you say we do? I have no choice, I can't just throw these little things back into the mountains, right?"

Liu Guilan saw Wang An's shameless look, and her anger flared up; she hit Wang An's arm with a "bang" and said irritably: "Always finding trouble for me, you brought them home, you raise them yourself."

How could Wang An raise these things? Mainly because his mother's hit didn't hurt, so he said with a grin: "I won't raise them, where would I find the time? I'm so busy day after day, no time."

It must be said that with Wang An saying these words, combined with his appearance, anyone who saw him would want to give him a fierce beating; the key is that this is just too damn annoying.

And Liu Guilan was definitely the person who wanted to beat him the most, and there was no "one of" about it.

Because although Wang An's family had a lot of livestock, Wang An rarely participated in chores like feeding them, and didn't pay much attention to them, only occasionally thinking about them and taking a look.

Of course, the couple Wang Dazhu and Mu Xueqing didn't need him either.

In fact, this situation is very common in every family, because every member of the family has their own responsibilities, and it's impossible for one person to do everything.

In Wang An's family, chores like feeding the mules and horses, cleaning up their manure, and feeding the sheep and cleaning the sheepfold were usually done by Wang Dazhu.

Chores like feeding the pigs and chickens, cooking, and washing clothes were usually done by Liu Guilan and Mu Xueqing.

However, this refers to the high probability; if Wang Dazhu wasn't home, the mules, horses, and sheep would be taken care of by Liu Guilan and Mu Xueqing.

So if nothing went wrong, the task of raising the small piglets Wang An brought back would fall entirely on Liu Guilan and Mu Xueqing.

But, Mu Xueqing was still pregnant, so she would definitely have to do less work, and in this way, Liu Guilan's pressure could be imagined.

Just as Wang An's voice fell, Liu Guilan's palm hit Wang An's arm again, and then Liu Guilan probably felt it wasn't enough, so she hit Wang An again.

Then Liu Guilan scolded him irritably: "You brat, you're just afraid your mother will be idle."

Wang An just grinned, not dodging or replying; anyway, say whatever you want, I'll do whatever I do, as long as you vent your anger.

It must be said that with Wang An's cocky attitude, no one could do anything about him.

After a while, Liu Guilan walked up helplessly, looked at the small piglets in the sack, picked one up and observed it for a while, then frowned and said with a tangled face: "These damn things look like big rats, how the hell can we keep them alive!"

As soon as Liu Guilan finished speaking, Wang An subconsciously laughed, but Liu Guilan quickly looked at Wang An with a fierce look again, and Wang An exerted force to hold back his laughter.

To tell the truth, the feeling of holding back laughter is genuinely quite uncomfortable.

Wang An noticed that the group of female comrades hadn't taken the meat down yet, so he said to Second Aunt Yao Ping: "Second Aunt, hurry up and take my sister-in-law and the others to take the meat down and stew it; isn't there no meat in the evening dishes?"

Second Aunt Yao Ping heard this and immediately said: "It's too late to put the meat in now; the vegetables are already stewed, and quite a bit of lard was put in."

Wang An heard this, thought for a moment, and said:

"Then don't stew it, just count the meat by head, half a jin per person, and let them take it home to stew themselves."

After Wang An finished speaking, Second Aunt Yao Ping said with a surprised face: "Is that necessary, Xiao An? It's fine to have a meal without meat; no one will gossip." After Yao Ping finished, Aunt Xu Yongfeng also chimed in: "Besides, we've been eating meat for 3 days in a row, our Wang family has done enough; it's too much to live like this."

Although Aunt Xu Yongfeng and Second Aunt Yao Ping were very reasonable, after all, the food in Wang An's house wasn't bad even without meat.

But Wang An noticed the expectant look in Li Guafu and Zhao Guafu's eyes, thought for a moment, and said happily:

"It's fine, Aunt and Second Aunt, just do as I say; as long as they are people who came to help today, regardless of distance or whether they are adults or children, count by head, half a jin of meat per person."

After Wang An finished speaking, Zhao Guafu and Li Guafu both showed happy looks, while the others didn't care much.

Mainly because all the female comrades present, except for these two widows, were all from the Wang family.

Shen Wei was also barely considered part of the Wang family, but no one mentioned it on the surface.

And whether it was Wang An's Aunt's family, Second Aunt's family, or Wang An's three sisters-in-law's families, and of course Shen Wei's family, under Wang An's leadership or help, their lives were not bad now.

At the very least, they were much better than the vast majority of families in the settlement.

And most importantly, Wang An, Wang Li, and Mu Xueli would always share some of the meat they brought back with these relatives, so when it came to eating meat, these families weren't lacking.

Regarding Wang An's decision, Liu Guilan didn't care, because what worried her most now were these small piglets.

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Suddenly, Liu Guilan called out to Wang An:

"Xiao An, you say this big sow that wasn't hurt, can our family raise it?"

Wang An heard this, pinched his nose and said:

"Raising it is fine, but if it's just one sow, can it raise all these small piglets?"

Liu Guilan glared at Wang An and said:

"There's no choice, let's see how many survive, who told you to bring back so many troublesome things?"

The two characters "troublesome things" actually have the accurate pronunciation of "nie guo," which is a local dialect, referring to things that take effort and worry but may not be satisfying.

Wang An shrugged his nose and said with a grin:

"Well, you're the head of our family, if you say raise it, then we raise it!"

Liu Guilan heard this, immediately glared at Wang An and said:

"Get out of here, you annoy me every day."

Wang An grinned without replying, turned around and called out to Wang Li:

"Fifth Brother, didn't you hear what your aunt said? Let's take these pigs to the pigsty."

Wang Li was watching the mother and son's joke, so he smiled at Liu Guilan and responded to Wang An: "Alright, Fourth Brother."

As they spoke, Wang An led the horses toward the pigsty.

(End of chapter)