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

I had never eaten civet cat in my past life, let alone knew how to cook it deliciously.

Chang Kun simply cut the meat into small pieces, marinated it briefly, and skewered it with an iron skewer.

If you don't know how to cook meat well, grilling it is always a safe bet.

In the same corner where they make beggar's chicken, they set up a fire and slowly roasted the civet meat until the skin was golden brown and oily, with the oil dripping into the fire and sizzling.

Xiuer squatted by the stove, sniffing the air, swallowing hard, her eyes fixed on the chunk of meat turning on the hot iron: "Big brother, why isn't it ready yet?"

"What's the rush?"

"Let me try it first."

"It's not ripe yet."

"When will it ripen?"

"You want to eat raw meat? We have plenty here..."

The pork skin had turned a charred color, with oil seeping out, and the aroma wafted out with the hot air. Xiuer took a big gulp, and her stomach growled.

A few minutes later, Cheng Min returned with Xiao Qing and the others.

The three girls smelled the aroma as soon as they entered the door, threw their schoolbags on the stone table, and headed towards the fire.

He handed the grilled skewers to Xiaoqing and instructed her, "Here, take these. You guys take turns flipping them while grilling, don't burn them."

Xiao Qing took the iron shovel, and Xiu'er was about to reach for it when Xiao Qing blocked her way, saying, "Your bottom isn't healed yet, wait over there!"

"I won't sit, I'll eat standing up."

"Standing isn't allowed either, it's not fully cooked yet. If anyone's going to eat, we'll eat first!"

Xiuer stomped her foot in anger: "I've been baking this for ages!"

Xiao Mu chimed in from the side, "That was grilled by our older brother, not you."

Xiuer pouted and turned to look at Chang Kun.

Chang Kun ignored his girlfriends' lawsuit, walked to the middle of the courtyard, and approached Cheng Min: "Qu Hun is getting married tomorrow, you're coming back to the village with me."

Cheng Min nodded: "My mother already told me that Qu Hun would definitely invite the whole family to his wedding, so she made sure I took the day off today."

Chang Kun secretly praised his mother, thinking, "She's really experienced."

These days, every family is struggling financially. When it comes to wedding banquets, unless it's a very close relative, each family only needs to send one person as a token gesture.

But Chang Kun's relationship with Zhang Quhun was different; he helped him so much.

He saved his father and older brother, helped him find a job in the city, and even helped feed his family.

With this kind of friendship, I'll definitely invite the whole family to the table when the time comes.

From the fire came Xiu'er's voice: "Xiao Qing, let me have a taste!"

"No way, I'll eat first!"

Just one bite, a tiny bite.

"You've been squatting here for ages, you must have already eaten. Now it's our turn!"

Xiuer turned around angrily and shouted, "Big brother! Xiaoqing is bullying me!"

Liu Meifen pushed open the door and came in. She saw smoke and fire in the yard and patted the ash off her face.

"How come you grill meat every day? Aren't you afraid of getting a sore throat and constipation?"

I went to the sink to wash my hands and looked down to see two dusty pieces of leather lying next to the counter. I picked them up and examined them a couple of times, my face full of curiosity.

"Xiao Kun, what is this thing again? I've never seen it before."

"Civet cats are rare around here, let's try them."

Liu Meifen threw the skin back: "You dare to eat meat you've never eaten before?"

"I heard the meat is delicious, let's give it a try."

Chang Kun distributed the grilled meat skewers in a circle, giving one to each person.

Xiuer couldn't wait any longer. She held the iron spatula to her lips, blew on it twice, chewed it a couple of times, widened her eyes, and took another bite, her mouth glistening with oil.

"Big brother, this is so delicious! It's even better than a greyhound! Let's go catch another one tomorrow!"

Cheng Min took a small bite, chewed slowly, and nodded repeatedly: "It's really good, the aroma is very unique."

Chang Kun tapped Xiu'er's little head: "If you want to go to the mountains to play, you have to be good. Tomorrow is your brother Qu Hun's wedding. Do you want to eat wedding candy?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qing, still with the meat in her mouth, blurted out, "Big brother, don't we have to go to school tomorrow?"

"That's great! I wish Qu Hun could get married every day."

Xiao Mu and Xiao Shui nodded vigorously in agreement.

Chang Kun laughed and scolded, "Is that all you've got? Even if he gets married every day, you'd still have to ask Xiao Cui if she agrees."

After finishing a skewer of meat, Liu Meifen put down the skewer and instructed the young girls, "Alright, stop eating. You all should go to bed early tonight and go back to the village early tomorrow morning to see if you can help out with any chores."

Knowing they were going back to the village the next day, the four girls laughed and jumped around in the yard, running and playing around like crazy.

Being able to go back to the village and see my old friends again made me happier than eating barbecue.

Xiuer's bottom hadn't fully healed yet, so she jumped around a couple of times, cried out in pain, but unwilling to fall behind, she limped after her older sisters.

Chang Kun sat by the fire and called out, "Stop running around like crazy! Have you fed the myna in the yard? And what about the greyhound and the little donkey?"

The maids then remembered and rushed to the corner of the yard to feed the household items.

After feeding them, the girls ran to the next room.

The eldest sister, Chang Mei, was holding and comforting the baby inside when she heard the noise and looked up: "What are you all doing? Don't make the baby cry."

"Big sister, we're going back to the village tomorrow. Could you please look after the myna, the greyhound, and Little Fire Bun for us?"

Chang Mei was speechless. These little ones certainly had a lot to worry about.

She nodded, saying she had to breastfeed her baby and didn't have time to go back for the banquet.

"Alright, I'll feed you. But you'd better behave when we get back to the village. If you cause trouble, you'll get a beating!"

"Okay, okay!"

They came and went like the wind, and the girls ran back to the courtyard again. They finally had something to play with, so they were not willing to go to bed early.

Knowing that Liu Meifen was going to use family discipline, and that Xiuer's buttocks had swollen like a cornbread a few days ago, they finally obediently went inside.

The next morning, before dawn, Liu Meifen started calling out in the courtyard.

"Get up, everyone! Don't you know what day it is today? Hurry up and stop dawdling!"

There was a rustling sound from the east room.

Xiuer was the first to get up. Her bottom was almost healed. She climbed off the kang (a heated brick bed) and ran to wash her face.

Xiao Qing, Xiao Mu, and Xiao Shui had their blankets pulled off one by one by Liu Meifen. Rubbing their eyes, they got up and grumbled as they went to the yard to tidy up.

Xiaoqing braided her hair herself, but it was crooked and messy. Liu Meifen couldn't stand it and took it apart and re-braided it for her.

Xiao Mu sat on the threshold, and Liu Meifen took a comb, dipped it in water, and pressed down each strand of her sticking-up hair.

Xiao Shui tied two small buns with a hair tie herself. Liu Meifen reached out and tugged at them; they were quite sturdy, so she let her go.

Xiuer had finished washing her face, but was still wearing her old jacket. Liu Meifen glanced at her and asked, "Where are the new clothes I prepared for you last night?"

"I'll save it for later, in case I get it dirty."

"You actually know how to be afraid of getting it dirty?"

Xiuer chuckled and ran back to her room to change her clothes.

Cheng Min also got up and busied herself by the stove reheating the leftover porridge from last night.

After checking each of the four maids, Liu Meifen tightened their hair ties, straightened their collars, rolled up their sleeves, and then patted the dust off their bodies one by one.

Chang Kun came out of the west room and changed into clean clothes.

Cheng Min looked him up and down, then smiled and said, "Dressed so neatly, anyone who didn't know better would think you were a groom."

"Hehe, you'll be my groom every night." Seeing Cheng Min's embarrassment and annoyance, he became serious, "As a hostess, you can't be too sloppy."

By the time we finished eating, it was already getting light.

The family pushed the strollers out of the courtyard gate. Chang Dashan pushed one, Chang Kun pushed another, the four girls squeezed into the back seat and the crossbeam, and Cheng Min walked beside them.

Liu Meifen locked the door and waved her hand dismissively: "I'm leaving!"