Wang An gave a嘿嘿 chuckle and quickly reached out to press against Shen Wei's clothes, saying
"Mm-hmm, I missed my 'melon,' and as soon as I was done, I came straight here."
Clearly, this "melon" was absolutely not that kind of melon.
Wang An's words, combined with his shameless gesture, immediately made Shen Wei's small face flush red. She pouted coquettishly
"Hmph, you startled me."
Looking at Shen Wei's luscious, dripping appearance, Wang An immediately felt he missed her even more. He stepped forward and hoisted her directly onto his shoulder, walking toward the east room while pretending to be angry
"What's this? You dare not miss your man? I think you really need a lesson. How many days has it been since I last dealt with you? Huh?"
As he spoke, Wang An swung his hand and gave Shen Wei's padded trousers a hard smack.
However, since everyone wore thick clothing in winter, there was no crisp slapping sound upon impact.
Shen Wei repeatedly patted Wang An's back, saying with a mix of embarrassment and annoyance
"Oh goodness, I can walk on my own, why are you carrying me?"
After a few steps into the east room, Wang An casually tossed Shen Wei onto the kang.
Ever since Wang An had told Shen Wei to leave one mattress on the kang without folding it up, Shen Wei had obediently done so.
In Northeast China, normally, after waking up in the morning, one would fold the bedding and place it on the kang-shelf, then spread it out again for sleep at night.
Therefore, Wang An asking Shen Wei not to fold the bedding was indeed a bit shameless.
Fortunately, outsiders rarely visited Shen Wei's home, so no one would mock her for not folding her bedding.
As soon as he threw Shen Wei onto the kang, Wang An urgently grabbed at her clothes.
With a face full of blush, Shen Wei said
"Oh my, Xiao An, what's gotten into you? You're going to ruin my clothes! Can't you just let me do it myself?"
At this moment, Shen Wei felt quite helpless. Mainly, it was just for a bit of "fooling around," yet Wang An always had to figure out some fancy tricks, acting like a lunatic.
In local terms, he just had to "stir up some trouble" to be satisfied.
Soon, a splash of pure white appeared on the kang—so white, so flawless, so eye-catching, and absolutely gorgeous.
Mainly, Shen Wei's figure was truly a bit disproportionate.
Especially that proud area, which gave Wang An a shocking sense of unreality every time he looked at it.
Looking at the woman with the severely disproportionate figure on the kang, Wang An couldn't help but give an evil smile and lean in.
For some reason, Wang An suddenly recalled the time he and Lu Yueyue did "that" next to Niu Dali, and he felt it was incredibly stimulating—absolutely thrilling.
Under this stimulation, as Wang An held Shen Wei, he felt his entire body filled with an irrepressible power.
This power was excess; it had to be spent, otherwise, Wang An felt he wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.
Shen Wei, however, was like a submissive little daughter-in-law, staring at Wang An's large face with great focus and a hint of grievance.
But looking at the expression on her face, she actually seemed to quite enjoy this treatment; who knew what her psychology was.
——
An hour and a half later, Wang An walked out of Shen Wei's house with a cigarette in his mouth, feeling refreshed.
It had to be said, this woman Shen Wei was truly excellent.
However, when Wang An arrived home, he found Mu Xueli at his place. She had likely just arrived, as she was currently sitting on the sofa with a worried expression, lost in thought.
As for Mu Xueqing, she was watching TV with a sour face, neither speaking to nor acknowledging Mu Xueli, appearing quite unhappy.
Only the two little babies were playing happily with the two bear cubs, currently wrestling with them.
To be fair, those two bear cubs were actually quite benevolent; despite being tormented by Xingfu and Kuaile all day, they didn't get agitated and seemed to quite enjoy this kind of interaction.
Wang An felt the siblings might be having some small spat, so he didn't take it seriously and greeted Mu Xueli with a smile
"Xueli's here. Where have you been these days? How many trappers did you find this time?"
After that bout of "fooling around" with Shen Wei, Wang An felt completely invigorated, and his mood was genuinely great.
Since Wang An decided to start collecting furs, Wang Li and Mu Xueli had begun searching through various villages for trappers.
Mainly, the speed of information transmission in this era was very slow. To this day, many trappers in several villages still didn't know that Wang An had started collecting furs.
Therefore, they could only use this clumsiest method of notifying them one by one.
Of course, this was also the reason why Wang An cooperated with Mu Xueli and Wang Li to collect bear gallbladders and furs, and while Wang An took the most money, he still only took 40% of the profit.
Because while Wang An took the most money, the people actually doing the work were Wang Li and Mu Xueli. Aside from personally presiding over the collection on the 6th of every month, it could be said that Wang An did no work at all.
After Wang An asked, Mu Xueli didn't answer immediately. Instead, she lowered her gaze and said cautiously
"Brother-in-law, I was set up. Someone swindled me out of over 5,000 yuan."
Wang An was stunned upon hearing this. Before he could react, he saw Mu Xueqing's beautiful large eyes widen into circles. With a face full of anger and a sense of "hating that the iron cannot become steel," she scolded Mu Xueli
"You fucking deserve it! You're useless! Look at how capable you think you are every day. If you're so capable, solve it yourself! Why the fuck do you bring every piece of trash business to your brother-in-law? Does your brother-in-law owe you?"
As she spoke, Mu Xueqing suddenly extended a slender, fair finger and pointed at Mu Xueli, cursing
"Get the hell out of here quickly! Don't come to my house anymore. I wouldn't look at you even if I were half-blind."
Hearing this, Wang An's eyebrows shot up, and his eyelids blinked several times involuntarily.
Clearly, his wife was truly furious!
What puzzled Wang An, however, was exactly what kind of "setup" Mu Xueli had fallen into? And how did someone swindle her out of over 5,000 yuan?
One must realize that 5,000 yuan in this era was not the same as 5,000 yuan in later generations.
In the future, 5,000 yuan was just an average person's monthly salary, but at this time, 5,000 yuan was more than ten years' salary for a formal employee.
After Mu Xueqing finished shouting, Mu Xueli stole several glances at her elder sister, curling herself into a ball on the sofa.
It was evident that although Mu Xueli was now married and nearly had a child, her fear of Mu Xueqing had not diminished in the slightest; she was still terrified of her big sister.
Just as Mu Xueqing was about to scold Mu Xueli again, Wang An cut in
"What happened? What kind of thing set you up? And swindled you out of over 5,000 yuan? Holy shit! If you weren't buying anything, why the hell were you carrying so much money when you went out?"
After asking, Wang An grabbed a handful of pine nuts from the coffee table and started cracking them. Having just experienced a great battle, Wang An's stomach was indeed feeling a bit empty.
Mu Xueli stole a few more glances at Mu Xueqing before speaking to Wang An in a low voice.
The matter was not complicated at all. With Mu Xueli's eloquence, and since she didn't want to show off, she finished the explanation quickly.
It turned out that what Mu Xueli called being "set up" was actually just encountering a gambling expert.
It started with Su Guangjun, who lived not far from Mu Xueli's home. A very impressive relative of his daughter-in-law's family had come to visit, and Su Guangjun asked Mu Xueli to accompany them in a game of Zha Jin Hua. Thinking they were neighbors, Mu Xueli had gone along like an idiot.