Chapter 1818
Waiting for several experts to arrive
Since Wang An had admitted his mistake, Mu Xueqing naturally wouldn't continue to press the matter. Although Wang An's ginseng-digging trip into the mountains had some selfish motives involved, it was primarily for the sake of his family.
But Mu Xueqing, with her pretty face still contorted, asked Wang An:
"Xiao An, if Brother Wu and the others want to suppress the bandits, they can go by themselves. Why do you have to take them with you?"
It was clear that Mu Xueqing was genuinely afraid, fearing that Wang An would be in danger after leading Wu Dong and the others into the mountains. After all, just by looking at the words "bandit suppression," one could tell that it involved knives and guns, and was certainly not an easy task.
Wang An reached out and gently brushed aside a strand of hair that had fallen across Mu Xueqing's forehead, and said softly:
"Don't worry, I'm just leading the way. The main problem is that they can't find where those people are. Otherwise, Brother Wu wouldn't have asked me to do this."
After a pause, Wang An continued:
"Besides, we used to be the ones who would ask Brother Wu and the others for help when we needed something. It's not easy for Brother Wu to ask me for help, so I can't refuse."
Mu Xueqing turned her head to look at Wang An, and nodded reluctantly.
That's how many things are; whether you like it or not, you have to do them.
Did Wu Dong want to fight bandits? Of course not, but for Wu Dong, fighting bandits was his responsibility and his duty, so he had to do it and do it well.
Would Wang An be willing to go and suppress bandits? He certainly wouldn't. Living in the mountains, enduring strong winds and howling rain, and sleeping outdoors, could be called experiencing life or seeking thrills in the short term.
But if it lasts a long time, then it has nothing to do with experiencing life or seeking thrills; it's just pure suffering.
The key point is that this trip into the mountains is mainly to deal with a group of armed thugs. Although it's called upholding justice, frankly speaking, it's actually playing with fire.
But since Wu Dong had spoken, Wang An could not refuse him, neither out of courtesy nor reason.
Therefore, Wang An also had to go, and he had to come back unscathed.
Seeing Mu Xueqing nod, Wang An continued:
"Don't tell Dad and Mom what I'm telling you, or they'll have to worry about you."
Mu Xueqing rolled her eyes at Wang An and said:
"Oh, I know. How could I say something like that? I'm not stupid."
Wang An chuckled, pulled Mu Xueqing's head close, planted a firm kiss on her cheek, and whispered:
"How's it going? Is your thing all better yet? Can we do that naked thing tonight?"
Mu Xueqing was taken aback by Wang An's abrupt change of topic. Her face flushed red, and she turned to look at the two little ones playing on the floor, saying with a mixture of embarrassment and annoyance:
"Get the hell out of here! You're going off on a tangent. Besides, the child is right here in front of you. Why do you say all sorts of things? Don't you care about how embarrassing it is?"
Wang An loved seeing Mu Xueqing's shy demeanor, so upon seeing her like this, he squeezed closer to her and said with a sly grin:
"What's shameful about that? We're a married couple. If a married couple doesn't do something naked in front of each other, then something's wrong with them."
As he spoke, Wang An tapped Mu Xueqing's pants with his chin, then continued in a sly, cheeky tone:
"Is your area any better yet? I saw you walking with a limp this morning."
Upon hearing this, Mu Xueqing's face flushed crimson, and she could no longer contain herself. She swung her fist at Wang An's shoulder, saying with great shame and anger:
"I'll make sure you grow a rotten, mangled mouth! I'll make sure you grow a rotten, mangled mouth!"
"Hey hey hey, I'm talking to you nicely, why do you keep hitting me? If you hit me again, I'll fight back!" "Fight back, fight back! Do you think I'm made of clay? I'll beat you to death today!"
To be honest, while Wang An sat there not resisting much, Mu Xueqing was quite fierce, and somehow she ended up straddling Wang An's lap.
Although Wang An pretended to be outmatched, his two large hands kept taking advantage of Mu Xueqing, groping and touching her in various ways.
However, this scene between the couple was witnessed by their two little ones.
Then I heard them shouting incoherently:
"Big Daddy, hit Daddy."
"Mommy hits Daddy, Mommy hits Daddy."
Surprisingly, the two little ones weren't scared at all. They even ran over with their short legs and started patting Wang An with their little hands, clearly helping their mother hit their father.
But when the two little ones called out to her, Mu Xueqing became even more shy. She quickly stood up from Wang An's lap, straightened her clothes, and tried to appear calm as she said to the two little ones:
"What are you two doing? Don't talk nonsense, Dad and Mom are just joking around."
As she spoke, Mu Xueqing pulled the two little ones to her sides, one on each side, and began to lecture them:
"You can't hit your dad. Hitting your dad is wrong, you know?"
Wang An, however, pointed at the two little babies in a very exaggerated manner and said:
"You two ungrateful little brats! I've spoiled you both for nothing, all you do is help your mother. Why don't you ever help your father? Isn't your father good to you?"
The two little ones stared with their big, innocent eyes, glancing at Mu Xueqing one moment and then at Wang An the next, their little heads seemingly lost in thought.
After the family of four played around for a while, Mu Xueqing turned to look at the wall clock and said somewhat anxiously:
"I have to go cook. Today we mainly need to harvest corn from Sister Shen Wei and Sister Zhao's fields. They both went to harvest the corn before noon, so no one has cooked yet."
Wang An stood up abruptly, feigning anger, and said:
"Alright, you can comfort these two ungrateful little brats. I'm going to cook."
After Wang An left, Mu Xueqing said to the two little ones:
"Look at you two, you've made Dad angry. You can't hit Dad anymore, you know?"
Three days passed in a flash. Wu Dong probably hadn't prepared the horses and personnel for deployment yet, so he hadn't called Wang An.
During this time, Wang An couldn't help but call Wu Dong, but Wu Dong said to wait a little longer, saying that once the experts sent from above arrived, they would immediately go into the mountains to suppress the bandits.
Wu Dong had no idea how skilled these experts were or when they would arrive.
However, in those three days, all the crops of the families were harvested and dried in their yards.
Wang Dazhu had already started using a combine harvester to harvest corn for the villagers.
As for the plastic greenhouses, most of the tree trunks needed have already been cut down. After a few more days of cutting, everyone will be able to cut down all the tree trunks needed to build the greenhouses.
However, Wang Li and Mu Xueli were both busy harvesting at home, so the four of them hadn't yet divided up the spoils from their trip into the mountains. (End of Chapter)