Chapter 1308
The Zhang Family's Happiness
When Wang An and his two companions arrived home, they found Wang Daliang and his wife, along with Wang An's father-in-law, Mu Hua, also there. However, Wang An's younger brother, Wang Yi, and his two younger sisters were at school and not home at the time.
Over the past ten days or so, these families who grow crops in greenhouses have basically finished their farm work. Now, the only things they need to do in the greenhouses are occasionally weeding and watering, and there's not much else to do.
Because in another ten days or so, vegetables that mature quickly, such as spinach and rapeseed, can be harvested and sold.
If all goes well, the harvest will be completed before the Lunar New Year, allowing these relatives who grow crops in greenhouses to earn extra income before the holiday.
The return of Wang An and his two companions brought immense joy to Wang Dazhu and his wife, Wang Daliang and his wife, as well as Mu Xueqing and Mu Hua.
Especially Mu Xueqing, who had just become a mother less than three months ago, was so excited that she almost shed tears.
Although Huang Li and her mother-in-law Liu Guilan helped take care of the two children, and her parents Mu Hua and Liu Ruxin would come over every few days, for a woman who already had children, her man was always the most important person and the only irreplaceable one.
So, after Wang An greeted everyone and then hugged Xiao Lai, who was next to Shen Wei, for a while, Mu Xueqing, disregarding the presence of Wang Dazhu and his wife, Wang Daliang and his wife, and Mu Hua and others, started punching Wang An with her little fists, complaining as she hit him:
"Didn't you say you'd be back in seven or eight days? It's been 12 days already! Humph, I'll beat you to death."
Wang An chuckled and didn't flinch, even jokingly addressing Mu Xueqing in front of everyone:
"Look, look, my woman's gone too far! She even dares to beat up her husband, hehehehe."
Wang An's teasing immediately made Mu Xueqing blush with embarrassment, and all the relatives laughed along with her.
Liu Guilan chimed in with a smile, saying:
“He’s been gone for more than ten days. If we don’t beat you up, who will we beat up? Xueqing, you should really give him a good beating. Your father and I will back you up. He won’t dare to cause trouble. If he does, I’ll have your father beat him up.”
Liu Guilan's words of support only made the laughter of the crowd grow louder.
Mu Hua smiled with satisfaction as she watched her daughter and son-in-law playfully bickering.
Mu Hua and her husband had actually heard about Wang An's indiscretions with women.
But at that time, the prevailing belief was that a married daughter was like water spilled from a cup, and besides, apart from being a bit bad at having affairs, Wang An was otherwise blameless.
Moreover, it was because of Wang An that the Mu family's life underwent a dramatic change, a fact that the Mu family was well aware of.
So although Mu Hua and his wife had heard some things and figured out why Shen Wei had been taking the child to Wang An's house, they never mentioned it.
Because no matter what, as long as my daughter is happy, everything else is secondary!
As they talked, everyone took the backpacks and bags off the car and then walked into the house together.
Although they didn't manage to buy a television, Wang An and his two companions still brought back quite a few things.
Han Xiaomin brought food for Wang An and the other two, including donkey rolls, preserved eggs, wild braised chicken, chrysanthemum tea, and hand-pulled sausages, all specialties of Hebei Province.
Other common snacks include baked fruit, mixed fruit, crispy fried dough twists, and mung bean cakes.
Furthermore, when Wang An and Li Yongrui transferred trains in Harbin, the three of them bought a lot of authentic Harbin red sausage and other cooked foods. Therefore, when the three of them returned this time, they not only each carried an extra-large backpack, but each of them also carried a fairly large rectangular canvas bag in each hand.
Of course, this canvas bag was also newly bought, because Wang An really didn't want to carry a big sack on his back no matter where he went in the future.
The main problem is that while large sacks can hold a lot of things and are quite practical and sturdy, they are rather unsatisfactory in terms of aesthetics.
To put it bluntly, it was a little embarrassing to be seen carrying a sack around town, but the three of them, Wang An and his companions, were not short of money, so there was really no need for them to put themselves through that.
Aside from some local specialties from Yi Province that Wang An left for Zhang Shuya and Wu Dong while they were working at Gong Anju, the three of them brought everything else back home.
Fortunately, it was the dead of winter, and the temperature dropped even further north, so there was no need to worry about the food spoiling or getting moldy.
Back inside, Wang An immediately took off his cotton-padded coat and then eagerly went into the east room to pick up his two little darlings, Xingfu and Kuaile.
It has to be said that Wang An had been missing his two little darlings for the past ten days. Now that he was back home, he was bound to spend some quality time with them.
The baby is over two months old and his body is not as soft as before, making it much easier to hold him.
As soon as he picked them up, Wang An asked the two little ones with a smile:
"Have you two missed your dad? Hmm? Dad has missed you so much, so very much."
As he spoke, Wang An kissed each of the two little ones on their soft cheeks.
It has to be said that a baby's skin is wonderful—white, tender, soft, and very elastic. Kissing it is an absolute pleasure.
Having not seen Wang An for more than ten days, the two little ones looked a bit unfamiliar with him. They just stared at Wang An without crying or laughing, which made the adults want to laugh.
Wang An looked at the two little ones and said, quite puzzled:
"What's wrong with you two? Why don't you smile at Daddy? Hmm? If you don't smile, Daddy will get angry!"
However, the two little ones completely ignored Wang An's words, staring at him with their beautiful big eyes and making incoherent noises.
Turning his head, Wang An said to Mu Xueqing with a somewhat pitiful expression:
"This is terrible, my eldest son and eldest daughter don't recognize me anymore."
Mu Xueqing looked at her husband holding their child, his face beaming with happiness. Hearing Wang An say this, she smacked him and said:
"Serves you right. Who told you not to come back earlier? My eldest son and my eldest daughter are both angry."
Immediately afterwards, Mu Xueqing instructed the two little ones:
"Hit your dad, hit your dad, hit your bad dad, make him never come home, hit him."
Upon hearing Mu Xueqing's voice, the two little ones grinned at Wang An.
The two little ones smiled, and Wang An felt his heart melt instantly. He lowered his head and kissed them again. (End of Chapter)