1940s: I supported my wife and sister-in-law by hunting.

After tidying up the kitchen, Chen Gaoshan crouched down and tiptoed into the west courtyard. As soon as he entered, he saw the stable, where two yellow oxen and two horses were tied up. These were the livestock used by the Li family for hauling goods and doing chores, and they were well-fed and strong.

As soon as they got close, the horses slightly raised their hooves, about to make a sound. Chen Gaoshan reacted quickly and put all the animals into his spatial storage.

But something in the corner instantly excited him.

A bicycle was piled up against the wall. By the moonlight, I could see that it was an imported bicycle made in Germany, with foreign writing printed on it.

Receive!

He didn't let go of anything that was useful or valuable, and he even put the bicycle into his spatial storage.

In the second courtyard, there was still a study. Chen Gaoshan pushed open the door and went in. The room was filled with ancient books, calligraphy and paintings, porcelain vases and ornaments. The tables, chairs and soft couches against the wall were made of good wood.

He didn't know anything about wood, only that it was all valuable. Without saying a word, he put all the furniture, calligraphy, paintings, and ornaments into his space, turning the study upside down.

He thought to himself that in TV dramas, wealthy people liked to set up hidden doors and rooms in their studies to hide valuables. So he squatted down and tapped the floorboards one by one. They were all solid, with no tunnels or mechanisms at all.

After working for half an hour, Chen Gaoshan finally managed to sneak into the backyard of the Li family. This should be where Li Banjie and his concubines and young ladies lived.

Looking at the room in front of him, he didn't know which room the gold and silver treasures were hidden in. After hesitating for a while, he stopped thinking about it and focused on the room closest to him.

"I don't want to think about it anymore, this is the one!"

Chen Gaoshan, holding a small knife, approached the doorway.

With the knife tip aimed at the door crack, he planned to pry open the wooden bolt little by little.

But when the knife tip touched the door latch, a rustling sound came from inside the room—the rustling of fabric and panting—it was clearly not a proper noise, and it made one's heart race.

Immediately afterwards, a woman's panicked voice rang out.

"Gousheng, are you crazy? Aren't you afraid the night patrol will come up in the middle of the night, or someone in the yard will see us? If word gets out, we'll both be dead!"

The man's voice was heavy with panting.

"What are you afraid of! Don't push me. I'm in a really bad mood today, I can't care about anything else!"

"Fifth Grandmother, you weren't like this before. You always chased me away after we were done. Is this a case of 'returning the monk after the sutra is finished,' completely forgetting all our previous affection?"

The intermittent conversation reached Chen Gaoshan's ears, making his ears burn and his whole body feel hot. After all, he was a young man full of youthful vigor.

Hearing a change of sound inevitably gets their blood pumping, and they rush straight to the gate.

Damn it, I'm here to do serious business, to get to the wall where Bu Shiting is.

He forcibly suppressed the distracting thoughts in his mind, put away the knife, tiptoed around, changed to the house across the street, and planned to continue his attack.

He pried open the door again with the knife, and just as he opened it a crack, a sound suddenly came from outside the courtyard.

"Bang! Bang!" Two gunshots rang out.

Chen Gaoshan instantly realized that in this world, a gunshot meant certain death. He couldn't care less about gold and silver treasures; saving his life was the most important thing!

He turned to the corner of the small gate in the third courtyard, made sure no one was around, and then entered the space directly.

Upon entering the space, he immediately reached out and adjusted the time flow of the space to be completely synchronized with the outside world. Then he walked to the controller, staring at the 360-degree surveillance screen in front of him, watching every move of the Li family compound.

In just over ten minutes, the scene descended into chaos. A large group of people were being held captive in the open space of the second courtyard, their cries and curses mingling together.

Chen Gaoshan stared at the screen.

"Damn it, it's those bearded bastards from the mountain! They're here to raid the kiln! Damn it, I painstakingly scouted the place and finally managed to sneak in, only to have these bearded bastards intercept me and wipe us all out!"

In the video, the group of bearded men are all holding guns and look fierce, with the leader having a face full of menacing features.

He waved his hand and scolded his men, who pushed and shoved Li Banjie, his concubines, and the young ladies and maids of the house to the open space in the second courtyard.

Li Banjie was pushed to the front of the crowd and immediately spotted the fifth concubine, Qiu Xiang, who was only wearing a bellyband and shorts and had messy hair, as well as his own farmhand, Gou Shengzi, who was only wearing a pair of shorts and was shirtless, being held aside.

Li Banjie was so angry that he trembled all over, almost fainted on the spot, and pointed at the fifth concubine, cursing her.

"You slut! I spent a fortune to redeem you from that brothel, feeding and caring for you, and you dare to cheat on me! Do you want me to raise someone else's child? I'll beat you to death, you shameless bastard!"

Now that things had come to this, Fifth Concubine Qiu Xiang knew that her shameful deeds had been exposed and that she was going to die anyway, so she decided to throw caution to the wind and stubbornly refuse to admit defeat.

"Li Dequan! You have seven concubines in your family, always surrounded by women. If you can play around with women, why can't I find men? You haven't stepped foot in my room for half a year, neglecting me for so long, and you won't even let me find some pleasure?"

"You shameless slut!" Li Banjie trembled with rage and raised his hand to hit him.

Zhen Sanjiang, standing to the side, was too lazy to watch the scandalous affairs of this wealthy family. He frowned, looking impatient.

He raised his hand, pointed his gun at the guard who rushed over and was resisting with his gun raised, and with a "bang," he knocked the man to the ground.

"Shut up, all of you! Don't make a scene here, you've got a death wish!"

Zhen Sanjiang raised his gun and swept it around.

"I'm Zhen Sanjiang, the big boss of Black Tiger Mountain! I brought my brothers here today to say hello to Master Li and borrow some money! Don't you dare be ungrateful; anyone who dares to make a move, I'll shoot them dead on the spot!"

"Brothers, we're a bit short on cash lately, lacking food and money. Everyone says Master Li is the richest man in town, a generous and righteous man, definitely not stingy. How about helping the brothers get through this difficult time, Master Li?"

He raised his hand to the sky again and fired a shot, shocking everyone present. The women of the Li family screamed and huddled together, no one daring to utter another sound.

Zhen Sanjiang glanced around and saw that his men had completely taken control of the entire Li family compound and no one dared to resist. He then turned to his brothers and began speaking in slang and underhanded language that only a bearded man would understand.

"Brothers, is the dog here?"

"It's locked."

"Don't let it pant (scream)."

Standing next to Zhen Sanjiang was a burly man with a fierce face and a lean build. He was the second-in-command of Black Tiger Mountain, known in the underworld as Rolling Thunder. He was ruthless and even more violent than the leader.

Rolling Thunder, holding a Mauser pistol, walked into the crowd and pulled out a girl wearing a pink undershirt who was trembling with fear.

The girl had delicate features and fair skin. She shrank her shoulders in fright, clearly a young virgin who had never left home.

Rolling Thunder pinched the girl's chin, rubbing it hard with his fingers, and looked at Li Banjie with a lewd expression.

"Master Li, is this your daughter? She's so pretty, so delicate you could squeeze water out of her! If you know what's good for you, obediently tell us the location of all the gold, silver, money, grain, and valuables you've hidden in your house, and I'll let these women go and protect them."

He paused, then pressed the gun hard against the girl's temple, startling her into tears. "Father, Father, save me, save me!"

"If they dare not speak, the brothers will tie all these concubines and young ladies up to Black Tiger Mountain and let my brothers fire them one by one!"

Finally, I'll beat you to a pulp, you old geezer. Then you can decide for yourself whether money or your life is more important!