Chapter 929: A Damn Effective Method

Upon discovering that Wang An was not lying, Wang Dazhu and Liu Guilan could not help but exchange a glance, and then Wang Dazhu asked Wang An with a face full of curiosity:

"What exactly is going on? Did you become a cop?"

Wang An stopped showing off and said with a grinning face:

"Barely counts as a cop. I'm a joint-defense officer now, hehehehe."

As he spoke, Wang An took out his joint-defense officer ID and continued with a grin:

"Look, this is my ID. It's an ID that works wherever I go."

After Wang Dazhu took it, Liu Guilan immediately leaned her head over and looked at it together with Wang Dazhu.

After finishing the ID, Liu Guilan and Wang Dazhu both had looks of disbelief on their faces.

But immediately after, Liu Guilan said very happily:

"My eldest son is still the most capable; he's become a man of the state, hahahaha."

As she spoke, Liu Guilan handed the joint-defense officer ID back to Wang An.

It was clear that Liu Guilan was genuinely very happy at this moment, and from her tone, one could also tell that she felt proud of Wang An.

After all, in this era, being able to become a man of the state was in itself a tremendous honor and an even more powerful guarantee.

Of course, as for the matter of a "powerful guarantee," it was the same in later generations; how many people, for the sake of this iron rice bowl, studied day after day after graduation, and the various civil service exams were too numerous to count.

Wang An took the ID and put it in his pocket, then said to Wang Dazhu and his wife:

"I'll tell you the details when I get back. I have to go lure those four dogs back now."

The two characters "dou chi" were local dialect; in this sentence, it meant to trick or lure, but most of the time, it meant "to tease" or "to play with."

Upon hearing this, Liu Guilan was stunned for a moment, then immediately put away her smile and said with great dissatisfaction:

"You're going to bring back more dogs? Our family already has a pack, and those four wolf pups will be big soon too. Between the wolves and the dogs, that's already 12 of them. Isn't that enough for you to use?"

To tell the truth, there was absolutely nothing wrong with what Liu Guilan said.

Because at this time, families that raised dogs generally raised at most 4 to 6, and even then, one had to be a seriously badass hunter to afford to raise that many.

And families that raised two or three dogs were already very few in number, and 99 percent of those families were hunters.

If it were ordinary commoners, being able to raise one watchdog at home was already considered quite something.

There was no help for it; in an era where people couldn't even get enough to eat, what was there to feed the dogs?

But a family raising 8 dogs, perhaps apart from Wang An's family, couldn't be found in the entire DJ County.

The reason why Wang An's family's grain was always consumed so quickly was that besides the mules, horses, donkeys, sheep, deer, roe deer, and wild boars that needed grain, the dogs also needed to eat grain.

If they weren't fed dried meat and bones, one dog would eat 2 jin of cornmeal a day.

With so many dogs in Wang An's family, this consumption rate was seriously not just ordinarily terrifying.

Of course, after the autumn harvest, one could also mix in some potatoes or pumpkins to feed the dogs.

But what must be known is that in this era, potatoes and pumpkins are also food.

Wang An wouldn't argue blindly with his mother, so he said with a chuckle:

"It's fine, Mom. I bought over ten thousand jin of grain again today. It's all sitting in the warehouse now, perfectly safe. Don't worry, okay? Hehehehe."

Upon hearing Wang An mention ten thousand jin of grain, Wang Dazhu immediately said with a face full of shock:

"Ten thousand jin? Oh my god, where did you get so much grain?"

Wang An looked at his watch and said with some urgency:

"I'll tell you all about it when I get back, okay? It'll be dark soon."

As he spoke, Wang An turned and walked toward the dog kennel where Da Hei and the others were.

That's right, the "damn effective method" Wang An had come up with was to let Da Hei, Er Hei, San Hei, and Xiao Hei—those four dogs—act as lobbyists to lure the other four dogs back.

If that didn't work, he would let Da Hei and the others have a fight with those four dogs. Wang An believed that those four dogs would definitely be no match for his four.

Not to mention anything else, just in terms of build and weight, they weren't even on the same level.

Walking to Da Hei's side, Wang An muttered to Da Hei:

"Da Hei, there are four dogs that won't listen to me. I told them to come to our house, but they won't. You go with me now to deal with them. You must make them listen to you. If it really doesn't work, just fight them for me, you hear?"

As he spoke, Wang An also patted Da Hei's head.

Da Hei looked at Wang An with a confused face, then barked a few times at Wang An.

Wang An knew that this meant Da Hei had understood.

Immediately after, Wang An smoothed out the fur on Da Hei's body before going to lead Er Hei and the others.

To tell the truth, after seeing those four dogs and then looking at Da Hei and the others, they were truly dogs from two damn different worlds.

Mainly because Da Hei and the others were all round and fat, and the fur on their bodies looked sleek and shiny.

One had to admit that the saying "people die when compared to people, goods are thrown away when compared to goods" could actually be applied to anything.

When leading Xiao Hei, Wang An repeated the words he had just said to Da Hei to Xiao Hei as well.

However, perhaps because Xiao Hei hadn't experienced this kind of thing, or perhaps because Xiao Hei's intelligence wasn't that high yet, Xiao Hei didn't seem to understand Wang An's words much. He just stared at Wang An with a confused look and didn't bark at all.

But Wang An didn't care; after all, Xiao Hei wasn't even a year old yet.

After tying all four dogs, including Da Hei, to the sidecar, Wang An thought for a moment and went into the house to take a few steamed buns before riding the sidecar toward the township again.

Mainly because those four dogs looked too thin; if he didn't feed them something, Wang An was worried they wouldn't be able to walk back.

A few minutes later, Wang An arrived at this courtyard once again.

Discovering that Wang An had not only returned but also brought several dogs, those four dogs clearly felt like they were facing a formidable enemy.

Because the sound of their barking sounded like it was trembling.

Leading the dogs to the dog that wouldn't listen to reason, Wang An said to Da Hei:

"Da Hei, this dog is the one that won't listen. You ask it if it can listen to everything we say."

As he spoke, Wang An let go of Da Hei and the other three dogs.

After Da Hei barked a few times, Er Hei, San Hei, and Xiao Hei followed Da Hei and ran over.

And don't say, Da Hei and the others were still very intimidating. As soon as they got close, the dog that had been stubborn just now lay down and exposed its belly.

It was very clear that this dog was showing submission to Da Hei and the others.

Immediately after, Da Hei barked a few more times at this dog, and only then did the dog dare to stand up.

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Wishing the three of you wealth every day and a smooth journey!

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