Chapter 948

When Wang An made the decision to go into the mountains, he no longer continued to be conflicted.

With a question, Wang An asked Liu Guilan with a grin:

"Mom, why didn't you stop me this time? That's a gray-haired black bear; I feel it's ten to one a man-bear."

Regarding man-bears, Liu Guilan also understood; to be precise, people of Liu Guilan's generation had basically all heard of them.

After all, compared to now, there were more mountain animals in the past, and there were also many more strange and bizarre stories about mountain animals turning into spirits in the mountains than there are now.

Liu Guilan heard this, rolled her eyes at Wang An, and said:

"What's the use of stopping you? How could a mother not know what her own son is like? Your heart is already growing grass at this moment; do you think I can't see it?"

Wang An heard this, and his heart suddenly froze for a moment; he had to admit that the saying "no one knows a son better than his mother" is absolutely correct.

After Liu Guilan finished speaking, she said to Wang An with some worry:

"Are you sure? Don't be reckless. Your grandfather had seen that thing while he was alive; I heard your grandfather say that a man-bear is just like a human, it's evil and strange."

Although Wang An didn't have a bottom line in his heart, he still said indifferently:

"It's fine, no matter how strange it is, it's still afraid of bullets. I don't believe that if I shoot it in the head, it can still come back to life on the spot."

Today at noon, Wang Li also ate at Wang An's house, so after hearing Wang An's words, Wang Li interrupted from the side:

"Yeah, let me tell you, Auntie, I'm not bragging, but with my and Fourth Brother's marksmanship, unless that black bear doesn't show its head, it's guaranteed to be a dead one."

It could be seen that Wang Li was very confident in his and Wang An's marksmanship.

Just then, Mu Xueqing suddenly said to Wang An:

"Xiao An, why don't you call Xueli when you go into the mountains tomorrow? You three are always together, so you can look out for each other."

Wang Li heard this and shook his head:

"My Brother Mu is very busy now. When I went to borrow grain from Xiuyu's house last night, my Brother Mu said that the house would be almost finished with renovations in these two days, and he wants to finish it quickly so he can go dig for ginseng with my Fourth Brother."

After Wang Li finished speaking, Mu Xueqing said:

"Dig for ginseng? Your Fourth Brother said he's not going this year, and will go in two years."

Hearing Mu Xueqing say this, Wang Li even forgot to chew the food in his mouth and looked at Wang An with a puzzled expression.

Wang An looked at Wang Li and nodded:

"Yeah, that ginseng would just be sitting there if we dug it up. Our three families have enough ginseng, and besides, we aren't short of money, so let's go in two years."

Hearing Wang An's words, Wang Li nodded and said:

"Yeah, that's how it is; going two years early or two years late is the same."

However, although Wang Li said so, it could be seen that Wang Li was still somewhat disappointed that he couldn't go dig for ginseng this year.

After all, wild ginseng is something that can be turned into cash immediately; having wild ginseng and having money are actually the same thing.

But wild ginseng growing in the mountains and sitting at home are two completely different things, because no matter when, money is something that emphasizes "safe in the pocket."

After Wang Li finished speaking, he turned to Wang An and asked:

"If we aren't going, my Brother Mu shouldn't need to rush to finish the house, so should I go tell him this afternoon?"

Wang An looked at Wang Li with a half-smile:

"How come I feel that greeting your Brother Mu is just incidental? You mainly want to see your Xiuyu, right?"

After Wang An finished speaking, the family eating at the table was stunned for a moment, and then a burst of laughter erupted.

And don't say, the little thoughts Wang Li showed looked quite interesting.

Being exposed so bluntly by Wang An, and hearing the teasing laughter of Wang An's family and Shen Wei, Wang Li, no matter how thick-skinned he was, couldn't hold up at this moment.

Seeing Wang Li's face red and neck thick, he hurriedly explained:

"Don't listen to my Fourth Brother's nonsense; I mainly want to greet my Brother Mu, seeing Xiuyu is just incidental."

Unfortunately, it would have been better if Wang Li hadn't explained; explaining like this made everyone's laughter even louder.

However, except for Wang Yi and the two little girls, everyone in the room had been through it, so they were very understanding of Wang Li's performance of missing his wife.

After everyone laughed, Liu Guilan teased:

"Old Five, look at your pathetic look; missing your wife isn't shameful, what are you afraid of?"

Mu Xueqing also smiled, but said with some implication:

"Yeah, you're missing your own wife, not someone else's, it's fine, be generous."

Wang An heard this and pretended not to hear, continuing to pick up food and eat as usual, while Shen Wei appeared a bit unnatural.

Just like this, amidst laughter and joy, everyone ended this fairly sumptuous full fish feast.

After the meal, noticing Wang Li's restless and impatient appearance, wishing he could see Li Xiuyu immediately, Wang An said speechlessly:

"Alright Old Five, don't be so uncomfortable here. The sidecar key is hanging on the wall in the east room. Make sure to come back around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and then go cast a few more nets with me."

Wang An's fish pond is not only built very deep, but the area is also quite large, a full 4 mu of land, which is more than 2,500 square meters.

The north-south length is about 100 meters, and the east-west span is about 25 meters.

And the reason it was built into this shape is actually mainly because it saves trouble.

That's right, it's to save trouble, because a bulldozer is fastest only when pushing in a straight line.

Of course, there is another aspect, which is that not far to the west of this fish pond is the courtyard wall, and to the west of the courtyard wall is the forest.

In other words, this fish pond can also serve as a moat.

A tiger's jump is about nearly 20 meters, and the width of this fish pond is 25 meters, which means even a tiger can't jump over this fish pond.

In summary, 400 jin of fish has no effect on Wang An's fish pond.

At the very least, it would be appropriate to raise ten thousand jin of fish in this fish pond.

Hearing Wang An's words, Wang Li immediately jumped up from the sofa chair and said excitedly:

"Alright Fourth Brother, I'll definitely be back before 3 o'clock, hehehehe."

Possibly realizing he was too excited, Wang Li laughed awkwardly after speaking.

Looking at Wang Li's useless look, Wang An rolled his eyes at him and said irritably:

"Don't just think about your wife, grab some more fish from the vat, and send some to your Brother Mu's house. And that turtle, give a big one to Xiuyu's house, and send the two small ones to your Brother Mu."

Although a turtle is a great tonic, Mu Xueqing, as a pregnant person, cannot eat it, so Wang An simply didn't make turtle to eat, and sending it to his father-in-law wouldn't be a waste.

Wang Li heard this, promised again, and went to the east room to get the key.

(End of chapter)