Chapter 500
The War between Dad and Mom
Chapter 500 The War between Dad and Mom
When Wang An got home, Wang Dazhu was roasting the sheep's head and hooves.
Of course, this burning does not mean grilling, but singeing.
As for the horns of the yellow sheep, they had been sawed off by Wang Dazhu. Because the yellow sheep is a kind of antelope, the horns of the yellow sheep are also a kind of medicinal material.
The main effect of this thing is to clear away heat, detoxify and reduce inflammation. It is also effective for colds.
Whether it's a fever or a cold, just grind this thing into powder and boil it into soup, it will have a very good therapeutic effect.
In addition, this thing can also treat epilepsy.
In short, the horns of yellow sheep are very useful, and this thing in Wang An's family is also very useful.
However, such a good thing was not very valuable in that era. The supply and marketing cooperative purchased it at an average price of 1 yuan for a pair of yellow goat horns, which means only 5 cents per horn.
Although 5 cents was not a small sum of money in that era, in Wang An's opinion, this thing should be worth more than 2 yuan per stick, so Wang An didn't sell any.
In fact, for a yellow sheep weighing less than 70 kilograms, both its head and hooves are not big, and there is basically no meat on them.
Seeing his father struggling with it, Wang An couldn't help but say:
"Dad, what are you doing with that thing? There's not even two bites of meat, it's not even worth the effort."
Wang Dazhu secretly glanced at Liu Guilan standing next to him, then rolled his eyes at Wang An and said:
"Your mother loves to eat this stuff, don't you know?"
Wang An blinked his eyes. He really couldn't remember when his mother started to like eating sheep's heads and sheep's hooves.
So Wang An also secretly glanced at my mother, and after noticing her unfriendly look, he changed his words and said:
"Yeah, this thing is pretty good. It's really delicious."
As he spoke, Wang An turned around and went into the house.
Judging from Wang An's many years of experience, there was a war between his father and mother, but it was obvious that his father had lost.
Sure enough, as soon as Wang An entered the house, he heard Liu Guilan shouting to Wang Dazhu:
"Tell me, did you give those sheep horns to Widow Li?"
Widow Li’s original surname was not Li but Zhao. She was of the same generation as Liu Guilan and Wang Dazhu.
The reason why she was called "Widow Li" instead of "Widow Zhao" was because this was the local custom.
In other words, if the man in the family died and the woman was still alive, the woman would be called the man's surname plus the word "widow".
As for "walking down the aisle," it means remarriage.
For example, if the deceased man’s surname is Li, then she would be “Widow Li”; if the deceased man’s surname is Zhao, then she would be “Widow Zhao”.
Of course, these are all said behind people’s backs and will never be said to their faces.
For example, in Kaoshantun, Shen Wei is called Widow Chen because her deceased husband's surname is Chen.
I only heard Wang Dazhu say with grievance:
"That person's child is here, we can't let him go back empty-handed."
After Wang Dazhu finished speaking, the sounds of "bang" and "bang" of hands clapping clothes were heard outside. It was obvious that his father was being punished.
Along with the sound of patting clothes, there was also Liu Guilan's roar:
"What does it have to do with you? Huh? Look at how you look so proud and shameless. Besides, you should have just taken one, but you took two. What are you taking advantage of? Are you taking advantage of the fact that 860,000 yuan is dirty?"
Hearing this, Wang An finally understood that it was obvious that his mother was upset because his father gave two sheep horns to Widow Li's child. To be more precise, she was jealous. To be honest, Liu Guilan's rage over this matter was completely unnecessary in Wang An's opinion.
Although Widow Li was only in her 40s, she looked quite old because her husband had died and she had to raise three children.
Judging from her current appearance, she looks like she is in her 60s and there is nothing wrong with her.
Then, Liu Guilan said a few more words to Wang Dazhu, which finally made Wang Dazhu angry.
I only heard Wang Dazhu shouting angrily:
"Aren't you just wondering if there's something going on between me and her? I'll tell you again, there's nothing going on between me and her. Look at how she looks, how can she compare to you? Is she half as pretty as you? You've got a lump on your head every day."
Wang Dazhu's words immediately made Wang An and Mu Xueqing, who were eavesdropping, laugh out loud. However, although they were laughing, no sound came out.
I have to say that although Wang Dazhu usually doesn't talk much, when it comes to the critical moment, he can be very powerful.
The most important thing is that this person has a very high emotional quotient. He used the hardest tone to say the softest words and directly told Liu Guilan to be honest.
After a long while, Liu Guilan, perhaps feeling that she had lost face, said to Wang Dazhu:
"What are you yelling about? Are you trying to show off your loud voice?"
Wang Dazhu knew Liu Guilan well, and he knew that Liu Guilan's change of tone proved that she was no longer pursuing the matter of the sheep's horns.
But I heard Wang Dazhu say very stubbornly:
"That's right, you're just idle every day, and you just think about things when you have nothing to do."
Liu Guilan said with obvious lack of momentum:
"Say it again, what's wrong with me saying a few words to you?"
After Liu Guilan finished speaking, there was no movement outside.
Wang An quietly lifted the door curtain and saw that the old couple were in harmony, scraping the black ash off the sheep's head and hooves together.
To be honest, in Wang An's memory, whenever there was a war between his father and mother, his mother never lost. I didn't expect that his father actually won once. It was quite a rare thing.
Two days later, it was the day when Wang An's brother from his previous life, Cui Tianbing, the elder brother of Cui Tianjiang, returned.
Early in the morning, Wang An prepared the opium paste, ginseng, and deer blood for Fang Xiu'e.
Of course, there is also a box gun and 40 rounds of bullets prepared for Qiao Xiaohu.
The box gun is also called the D country 40-shot gun, so it has rounds of bullets, which is equivalent to two chambers of bullets.
After breakfast, Wang An drove the carriage towards the county town, with the eldest horse pulling the shaft and the big blue horse pulling the harness.
Although a carriage has wheels and a sled does not, a horse-pulling a carriage is much heavier than a horse-pulling a sled.
Because the weight of a horse-drawn carriage is not light, and the roads in those days were not very smooth, and most importantly, the animal pulling the carriage had to bear the heavy burden of being pressed down, lifted up, pulled forward, and pushed backward.
The reason for driving the horse-drawn carriage is that the sleigh will be completely out of business from now until the snow falls.
In the Northeast, although it is covered with ice and snow all year round in winter, as long as the snow starts to melt in spring, it proves that the temperature in other places is already very high.
And many times people will find that the snow all over the mountains seems to have disappeared overnight.
But the snow melts during the day and freezes into ice at night, which is really disgusting.
Nothing happened along the way, even at the bend, it was quite quiet, so Wang An was in a pretty good mood.
(End of this chapter)