Reborn in the 60s, I hunt to support my family and even seduce the village beauty.

Xiao Mu covered her mouth and laughed out loud. Xiao Shui laughed along at the door. The three older sisters were overjoyed to see Xiu'er in such a bad mood.

Xiuer grabbed a pillow and threw it at Xiaoqing. The pillow landed softly on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), and Xiaoqing caught it and hugged it to her chest.

"Thanks! I just needed a pillow!"

Xiuer was so frustrated she couldn't speak. She lay on the pillow, her shoulders trembling.

She's always been the most mischievous one in the family, often upsetting her older sisters. Today, she's finally getting her comeuppance.

Chang Kun and Cheng Min watched the whole thing from the doorway. Cheng Min couldn't suppress her smile: "These girls have such sharp tongues."

"Xiuer is usually quite sharp-tongued, but she couldn't retort today," Chang Kun chuckled. "It'll be good for her to learn a lesson!"

Laughter came from the east room again. Xiao Qing imitated Xiu'er's posture, burying her head in the pillow and pretending to cry. Xiao Mu and Xiao Shui clapped and cheered from the side.

Xiuer got anxious and tried to get up by supporting herself on her arms, but as soon as she put her bottom up, she cried out in pain and had to lie back down.

Chang Kun carried the bowl of porridge to the door of the east room and knocked on the door frame.

The three older sisters turned around and saw their eldest brother, and their laughter subsided.

Xiuer lifted her face from under the pillow, her eyes brimming with tears: "Big brother...they bullied me!"

"Serves you right for sneaking onto the train!!"

Xiuer pouted, and tears really fell down her cheeks.

Chang Kun shook his head. This girl can't be coaxed; the more you coax her, the more tears she'll shed.

After finishing my meal, I arrived at work. As soon as I entered the office, I saw Xiao Lü pestering Lao Zeng with something.

Old Zeng looked impatient, and when he saw Chang Kun push the door open and come in, he quickly waved.

"Quick, Xiao Kun, tell Xiao Lü."

"I really don't want this apprentice anymore."

Chang Kun hung his hat up: "Uncle Zeng, what's going on? Has Xiao Lü's apprentice betrayed his master again?"

Monkey King squatted on the chair, cracking sunflower seeds, his mouth moving rapidly.

"Xiao Lü asked Uncle Zeng to go to his house and plead with his parents to allow him to date Bao Hua."

"Uncle Zeng would never do such a thing. Baohua has a leg disability, and Xiao Lü is a perfectly healthy man. Why would he marry a cripple? And for his master to come to their door and say something like that, wouldn't he be afraid of being kicked out?"

Xiao Yu chimed in, "Exactly! Even Bao Hua wasn't interested, yet Xiao Lü is still chasing after him. He's shameless."

Xiao Lü's face flushed red: "You all have wives and children! Even if I care about my reputation, I'll never find a wife!"

Old Zeng shook his head and sighed, "My apprentice is always acting on a whim!"

Xiao Yu grinned and said, "If you ask me, you should wait for your master to find you a girl for a blind date!"

"Even if you shamelessly try to get close to Bao Hua, you still can't reach him!"

Xiao Lü slammed his fist on the table in anger: "What kind of brothers are you! You don't help me when I need you, you just give me a disheartening boost!"

Chang Kun pulled up a chair and sat down, then slowly said, "I didn't discourage you. I have some good news for you today."

Xiao Lü's eyes lit up: "Brother Kun! What's the good news?"

"Hehe," Chang Kun lit a cigarette, "I chatted with Bao Hua yesterday, and she didn't say you were ugly."

"Huh?!" Xiao Lü almost jumped up from his chair. "Really? Brother Kun! You're not kidding me?"

"Don't be too happy yet. She said you looked blank and couldn't speak properly, and even asked me if there was something wrong with you!"

Monkey King sprayed sunflower seed shells all over the table: "Yeah! He's crazy! He's mentally ill!"

Xiao Yu laughed so hard she lay on the table: "Bao Hua really has a keen eye!"

Xiao Lü paused for two seconds, her lips twitching, wanting to laugh but unsure whether she should.

"Brother Kun... well, what about her??"

"I don't have a bad impression of you," Chang Kun patted him on the shoulder. "I said you're a nice person, just too quiet and shy. In the future, when you see her, you should talk to her and not hide like a bootlicker."

Xiao Lü's eyes lit up, and she rubbed her hands together: "Then next time I see her..."

"Don't even think about it! They're not even interested! You should talk to your parents first!"

"Let's go patrol the platform!"

As they patrolled to the west end of the platform, Xiao Lü approached them: "Brother Kun, did Xiu'er get a beating when you went back yesterday?"

"She didn't get a beating?" Chang Kun sneered. "She dared to run onto the train by herself, she didn't get a good beating! When she got back, my mother broke the broom handle in the process, just you wait."

Monkey King poked his head out and exclaimed, "What? Did Xiu'er get on the train?"

Xiao Yu chimed in, "What happened? Did the little girl board the train by herself?"

Chang Kun briefly recounted what happened yesterday.

猴哥听完直啧嘴：「对，就该揍！我那小闺女，上次自个儿跑到胡同口，我吓得魂都飞了。「

"Children won't learn their lesson unless they're disciplined; if they really get lost, they'll never be found again."

Xiao Yu nodded: "That's right. There are so many people on the train. If you get separated, there's nowhere to find you. Xiu'er is too bold."

The group walked along the platform. Monkey looked around and lowered his voice, "Do you guys know what happened to Ma Wencai and Sima Bin?"

The group slowed their pace by half a step.

"Sima Bin?" Xiao Yu frowned. "He hasn't been executed yet?"

"That's right!" Monkey King said, "And Ma Wencai too, they were both sentenced together!"

Xiao Lü pressed further, "What was the sentence? Was he shot?"

Monkey King chuckled, "I didn't get shot, but it was even worse than that!"

"First, spend five years in a labor camp, then be executed!"

Xiao Yu grinned: "Really?"

"My cousin works at the court, and he told me this himself."

Monkey King lowered his voice, "Five years of forced labor, moving stones and digging sand every day, and then being dragged out and shot after that!"

"Don't you think these past five years have been worse than a complete collapse?"

Xiao Lü burst into laughter: "Serves him right! Sima Bin has only been in office for a few days, and he's already cutting corners on our canteen's food and money, and he's even conspired with Ma Wencai to harass people."

"If Brother Kun hadn't pulled him down, we'd still be putting up with his tantrums."

Xiao Yu nodded: "Ma Wencai is no good either. We haven't settled accounts with him for harassing Che Xiaorui yet!"

After a day of patrolling, I go home.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I heard my mother talking in the main room. Xiu'er was lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) with two pillows under her belly. Liu Meifen was sitting on the edge of the kang, feeding Xiu'er porridge spoonful by spoonful.

"Mother, I have something to tell you."

Liu Meifen didn't even turn her head: "What is it?"

"Zhang Quhun is getting married the day after tomorrow, and I'm to be the host."

The spoon stopped moving, and Liu Meifen turned around: "What? Son, you've only been married a few days, and you're already acting as a hostess?"

Chang Kun pulled up a stool and sat down: "His older brother doesn't care about anything, his father is useless, and no one helps him make arrangements. He says the villagers recognize me."

"Acknowledge you?" Liu Meifen smirked. "Acknowledging your hunting skills is one thing, but being your guest master is another."

"Your third great-uncle and second great-uncle have a grudge; they can't sit at the same table, you know that?"

Chang Kun was taken aback: "What grudge do they have?"

"The year before last, there was a dispute about the homestead. My third uncle's family encroached on two feet of his land, and we argued about it for more than half a year."

"If you put the two of them at the same table, they'd flip the table before they even drank a drop."

Xiuer interjected, "Flipping the table? Are they even more mischievous than me?"

Liu Meifen glared at her: "Shut up and eat your food!"

"Aunt Wang from the east end of the village and Aunt Li from the west end always fight whenever they meet, and they have to sit separately whenever someone is having an event."

Liu Meifen continued listing, "And then there's your Uncle Chang Wu, who doesn't drink, and your sister-in-law's relatives, I've heard they're not exactly innocent either."

"Do you have a clear idea of ​​what's going on?"

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