During casual chats, Wu Dong had once mentioned that his wife worked as a translator.
However, the focus of her translation work wasn't on receiving foreign guests, but rather on translating various foreign magazines, periodicals, materials, and academic papers.
Of course, the reason Wu Dong's wife focused on written translation was because Wu Dong worked in DJ County, and she had followed him there.
After all, DJ County was just a county town; the possibility of foreign guests visiting was basically zero. So, even if Wu Dong's wife was quite skilled in oral translation, she had no space to utilize it.
However, in the China of this era, people like Wu Dong's wife—those proficient in foreign languages—were genuinely scarce talents.
It had to be admitted that China was still very backward at this time. Many things needed to be learned from the outside world, and the best and most effective way to learn was through those advanced foreign written materials.
Thus, it was easy to imagine how important someone like Wu Dong's wife was.
Because of this, although Wu Dong's wife stayed at home all day, she was often in a very busy state.
After leading Wang An and Wang Li into the house, Wu Dong's wife called Wu Dong, brewed a cup of tea for each of the two brothers, and said to them with an apologetic expression
"You two little brothers, just sit for a moment. I still have some work to finish. Your Brother Wu will be back very soon."
Seeing this, Wang An and Wang Li quickly stood up, and Wang An added
"Sure thing, Sister-in-law. Just go ahead with your work; it's not our first time here."
Wu Dong's wife smiled apologetically again and hurried off to another room.
Taking a sip of tea, Wang Li said
"Fourth Brother, why is this tea different from the tea sold at the supply and marketing cooperative? It's way too fragrant."
Wang An was startled for a moment, then replied casually
"What are you thinking? This tea isn't one of those few types sold at the cooperative. Do you really think your Brother Wu is an ordinary mortal?"
Wang Li blinked and said
"I know Brother Wu isn't an ordinary person, but Fourth Brother, what kind of tea is this? It smells amazing."
Wang An was quite familiar with tea. He looked at the steeped leaves, took another sip to taste it, and said
"This should be Big Golden Leaf. Although it's not the top grade, it's still damn expensive."
Wang Li nodded upon hearing this, then suddenly asked
"Fourth Brother, how is it that you know everything?"
Wang An was stunned for a second, then said boastfully
"That's a given. Your brother here knows everything from astronomy above to geography below. I can read marriage fortunes, I have a slight understanding of Feng Shui, the Five Elements, the Eight Trigrams, the Mysterious Gates..."
Wang Li suddenly interrupted: "Fourth Brother."
Wang An: "Huh? What?"
Wang Li: "You really know how to bullshit."
Wang An: "Holy crap, who are you talking to?"
After a while, the unique sound of a sidecar motorcycle—sounding like a fart—rang out outside the house.
Hearing the sound, the two immediately stood up and walked outside.
Just as they stepped out, they ran into Wu Dong walking toward the house. Wu Dong laughed loudly and said
"How's that? Was my speed fast enough? Hahaha..."
As he spoke, Wu Dong stepped forward and gave Wang An a hug.
At this moment, Wu Dong seemed exceptionally happy, as if seeing Wang An was like seeing the God of Wealth.
However, this action truly left Wang An stunned. Although they had a great relationship, they had only been apart for a few days; how could he suddenly have the feeling of "one day apart feels like three autumns"?
Furthermore, two grown men hugging and embracing—where was the propriety in that?
So, Wang An subconsciously asked
"Brother Wu, what's the deal? Did you miss me that much? We only parted ways a few days ago."
Wu Dong probably realized he had lost his composure, so he steadied his emotions and asked Wang An
"You two came over today to start up that crawler, right?"
Wang An nodded
"Yeah, it's about time. The planting is finished, and it's time to start work on my house."
Hearing this, Wu Dong's eyes flickered, and he suddenly asked
"Regarding your house, is there anything you're still missing?"
Wang An thought for a moment and said
"Right now, I'm just missing sand and rebar. I just finished buying the cement."
Upon hearing this, Wu Dong said
"Alright, leave these matters to your non-biological brothers and sisters. Tomorrow... no, the day after tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, I'll have someone deliver the rebar and sand to your home, and while they're at it, I'll have them haul a few tons of cement over for you, hahahaha!"
As soon as Wu Dong spoke, Wang An was completely bewildered.
Mainly, what was this all about?
It wasn't that he didn't know how to buy them, and more importantly, he wasn't short on money. Most importantly, Wang An didn't need to ask Wu Dong and the others for help with this kind of thing!
So, Wang An immediately stopped him
"Stop, stop, stop. Brother Wu, let me be clear—I'm not being distant, but I can handle these things myself. You guys should mind your own business. If there's something I can't handle in the future, I'll definitely look to you for help."
Wu Dong said resolutely
"With our relationship, we'll definitely have plenty of chances in the future, but you must accept these things this time. Otherwise, not only will I disagree, but your eldest sister and Xiao Shuai definitely won't agree either."
It was clear that Wu Dong wasn't pretending; he sincerely wanted to do this, and it seemed that Zhang Shuya and Wang Shuai had already discussed it with him.
This only made Wang An more confused. He frowned at Wu Dong, his face full of disbelief.
However, Wu Dong's behavior confirmed one thing for Wang An: there had to be a reason why Wu Dong was doing this.
After all, as the old saying goes, "Kindness offered without cause is either treachery or theft!"
No, this couldn't be called "offering kindness." To be precise, it was like repaying a favor—no, it should be called a reward, or perhaps compensation?
Anyway, that was the gist of it.
With a look of wanting to get to the bottom of it, Wang An said
"Alright, Brother Wu, just tell me. What's actually going on? Why is it that you absolutely must give these to me?"
After Wang An asked, Wu Dong hesitated, looked at Wang Li, and then said with a serious face
"About this matter... once I tell you, don't tell anyone else. It's not okay for people to find out; it could easily cause panic."
Wang An suddenly felt that this matter seemed quite significant, something a small figure like himself probably shouldn't know.
Thus, Wang An said with a bitter face
"Brother Wu, just tell me the general reason and that'll be enough. You don't need to give me the specific details. I feel like it's better not to know."
Seeing Wang An's reaction, the previously serious Wu Dong couldn't help but burst into loud laughter, "Hahahaha!"
After he finished laughing, Wu Dong explained while still chuckling.
It turned out that the reason Wu Dong and the others were acting this way was because of those three little Japanese devils.
(End of Chapter)