Chapter 817: Live and Learn

Wang An looked at the stack of papers in his hand and suddenly felt a surge of pleasant surprise.

Mainly, Wang An had never expected that after all the twists and turns, these numerous prescriptions would actually end up in his hands.

One had to realize that for a while, Wang An had been pondering how to collect some precious prescriptions, intending to do something meaningful.

Now, it was perfect; a whole pile of prescriptions had come directly to him.

Could this be a case of "searching far and wide to no avail, only to find it without any effort at all"?

Holding the prescriptions, Wang An said with a beaming smile

"Whether I make a fortune or not doesn't really matter, but I've been thinking about collecting these things for a while, hahaha... Very good, very good, truly very good."

Wu Dong was stunned upon hearing this and instinctively asked

"If it's not for making money, why are you collecting this stuff? You're not a doctor; can you even make heads or tails of these things?"

While flipping through the prescriptions, Wang An said with a chuckle

"What are you talking about? Do you have to be a doctor to collect prescriptions? Besides, if I don't understand them, can't I just learn?"

Hearing this, Wu Dong was first taken aback, then burst into loud laughter

"Hahahaha... Fine, fine, fine. A butcher who spends his days hunting in the mountains actually wants to learn medicine to treat illnesses, hahahaha... You sure can talk a load of bullshit."

Wang An gave Wu Dong a look and said with a face full of indignation

"So what? Haven't you heard that one should live and learn? To be alive, you have to learn everything and try everything. If you don't figure out some new tricks every day, how boring is life?"

Truth be told, Wang An's boasting was actually quite high-level.

Regardless, that was simply how things were!

Unfortunately, there was no way Wu Dong would believe him, so Wu Dong said ruthlessly

"Cut the crap. Those words might fool a young girl, but with your temperament, just stop killing a few pregnant mountain animals and you'll have everything you need."

Wang An suddenly realized that it was truly unsuitable to discuss matters of ideals with a short-sighted and ignorant person like Wu Dong.

Consequently, Wang An stopped arguing with Wu Dong and changed the subject

"By the way, Brother Wu, my brother-in-law—Xueli—also wants to buy a walk-behind tractor. Could you help out again?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Dong immediately agreed

"That's no problem. Shall we go buy it now? By the way, spring plowing is already over, why buy that thing now?"

Wang An replied casually

"If you're free, let's go now. Buying one is fine; it'll be convenient for hauling things normally. Besides, for hauling crops before the autumn harvest, it's better than a horse carriage."

As they spoke, the two of them walked out of the house together.

Once in the yard, they hopped onto Wu Dong's sidecar motorcycle and drove toward the agricultural machinery company.

It had to be said that using a sidecar for transportation was truly efficient, mainly because it was exceptionally fast.

A few minutes later, the two arrived at the agricultural machinery company.

With Wu Dong there, the station manager of the machinery company was incredibly accommodating. Without saying a single "no," he sold a walk-behind tractor that had been reserved by someone else directly to Wang An.

It had to be admitted that no matter the era, having money was never as good as having power.

The process was the same as last time, except that after handing over Mu Xueli's tractor, Wang An bought four barrels of diesel for himself.

He had no choice; there were three diesel-drinking vehicles at home, and during this period, the workload for the four-wheeler, the walk-behind tractor, and the crawler tractor had been quite significant. As a result, the two barrels of oil he had bought previously were already running dry.

Just as Wang An finished loading the diesel onto the vehicle, Wu Dong checked his watch and said to him

"Xiao An, I won't keep you for a meal. I have a meeting to attend. Let's get together next time you come to the county town."

It was evident that Wu Dong had been very busy lately; the fact that he could accompany Wang An to buy the tractor today was time he had squeezed out of his schedule.

However, it was also obvious that Wu Dong was busy because of Shang Tianbao's affairs.

Wang An was powerless to help with such matters, so he immediately nodded and agreed

"Got it, Brother Wu. Go tend to your business. I should head back too; there's a group of people working back home."

Wu Dong nodded and then hurriedly rode away on his sidecar.

After Wu Dong left, Wang An didn't linger. After thinking that there was nothing left to be done, he drove the walk-behind tractor home.

By the time Wang An arrived home, two hours had passed.

At Wang An's house, not only had Mu Xueli been waiting with anticipation, but Mu Hua, Liu Ruxin, and Mu Xueting—Wang An's father-in-law, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law—were also there.

But it was understandable; in this era, even a bicycle was a significant luxury item.

As for a walk-behind tractor, it was practically an invincible behemoth.

One had to realize that a walk-behind tractor in this era was an existence far more impressive than a luxury car in later generations.

3,000 yuan—the salary of a formal employee for six and a half years without eating or drinking. What kind of number was that?

Thus, the crowd's discussions broke out. The key was that both Wang Li and Mu Xueli, who were following Wang An, had now acquired walk-behind tractors.

From this, one could see just how much money the three of them had earned.

Mu Hua and his wife touched here and peered there, their faces full of joyful smiles. They were clearly extremely satisfied with the tractor.

After inspecting it, the mother-in-law, Liu Ruxin, said with a face full of delight

"My son-in-law really has some skill. He can just buy such a sought-after item whenever he wants. Truly wonderful, hehehehe..."

Wang An said modestly

"It's nothing. Plowing is finished now, and it just so happened the machinery station had stock on hand, so I drove it back."

Wang An didn't mention Wu Dong's contribution a single word. Mainly, there was no need to; it was all part of social etiquette.

Hearing Wang An's words, Mu Hua said with a smile

"When the land was distributed a few days ago, several families in our village wanted to buy these tractors. I heard them say that these things are incredibly rare and you have to queue up to reserve one."

With Mu Hua saying this, anyone with eyes could guess there was something more to it.

Otherwise, in this seller's market era, why was it that when you bought one, it was available immediately, but others had to queue and reserve?

Furthermore, a while back, when Wu Dong and Wang Shuai used the "Big Sister's" influence, they were giving away cement and steel; who wouldn't know about this?

At this moment, Liu Ruxin said

"Regardless, my son-in-law is still the impressive one."

Mu Hua immediately added

"Indeed. No matter what anyone says, it's Xiao An who's got the guts, hahaha."

Everyone gathered around the walk-behind tractor to discuss it for a while longer before turning back to their work.

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