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

After encountering these wild boars, Chang Kun kept thinking about how to hunt them down.

The two slowly walked home along the same route they had come from.

"Cricket, do you know where I can get a gun?" Chang Kun asked Zhang Quhun, trying to recall where he could get a gun.

Memories from half a century ago are rather hazy.

He could only remember that the production team had a water-cooled gun, but wanting to borrow the production team's gun was a pipe dream.

The guns and ammunition of the production team belonged to the commune. If a wild boar was shot with a gun from the production team, the commune would take the boar away without leaving a single hair behind.

"The village head Liu Tiezhu has one at home. I heard his son Liu Chuqiang brag that he also has a water-sprinkling pot like the others in the team."

"Clap!" Chang Kun clapped his hands together.

That's fine. I'll go borrow a gun from Liu Tiezhu's house later. As far as I remember, the two families had a good relationship, but after Liu's family moved to the city, they gradually lost contact.

After leaving the mountain, it was already late, and Chang Kun didn't think about searching for other prey.

Without stopping, Zhang Quhun carried a sack on his back, and Chang Kun carried a hoe, hurrying towards the village one after the other.

On the way home, I encountered people from the production team coming home from work, and the one walking in front of me was my father, Chang Dashan.

Chang Kun caught up with Chang Dashan and greeted him.

Chang Dashan glanced back at Chang Kun, who was carrying a hoe, and seeing that he had nothing else in his hands, chuckled.

"How was it? Didn't catch anything?"

"Let me tell you, hunting is all about luck. It's normal to catch nothing. When I go hunting in the mountains with a few of the older men in the village, there are times when we come home empty-handed."

You might as well pick some wild vegetables on your way home, so your mother won't nag you when you get back.

Chang Dashan shared his hunting experience. Usually, if he didn't catch any prey, he would dig up some wild vegetables before returning to the village to avoid Liu Meifen scolding him.

Chang Kun blinked but didn't say anything.

When I got home, I had to let my dad take a good look at what was in the sack. Just thinking about his expression at that time makes me a little expectant.

Arriving home, I walked through the courtyard and into the main room.

Chang Dashan spotted the pickled rabbit meat hanging under the main room and grinned. "This rabbit is really good; we can eat it for many days."

Something was bubbling away in the pot, and a delicious aroma was already filling the air.

"Damn it, your son didn't catch anything this morning, so don't nag him. He's really eager to get things done now."

Chang Dashan appeared to be thinking of Chang Kun's best interests.

Liu Meifen was picking wild vegetables at the octagonal table in the main room when she glanced at him sideways.

"You don't need to tell me, it's enough that my son has the heart."

Chang Kun followed behind Chang Dashan, listening with amusement.

Chang Qing, Chang Mu, and Chang Xiu, who couldn't go hunting with their eldest brother, were pouting as they helped their mother pick wild vegetables.

When Changxiu saw her older brother return home, she pounced on him with her little hands, calling out, "Big brother, big brother!"

Kids are so simple. Chang Kun has only played with her for less than a day since last night, and she's already very attached to her older brother.

Chang Kun chuckled and pinched his younger sister Xiu'er's thin cheeks. Suddenly, he remembered that there were many mushrooms and bird fruits on the mountain at this time, and he had forgotten to pick some for his sisters to try along the way.

In those days, there was hardly any fruit at home. If adults found wild fruit in the mountains and picked it to bring home for the children to try, it would make the children happy for a long time.

At this time, the mushrooms are not fully ripe, but they are sweet and sour and very popular.

The little girl jumped and fussed around Chang Kun, wanting a hug.

This is when Zhang Quhun entered the main room and greeted people: "Grandpa, Grandma."

Liu Meifen was taken aback. "Oh, Qu Hun is here."

Chang Kun continued, "The cricket came up with me on the mountain." He looked up and gestured for Zhang Quhun to put down the sack.

"puff."

The sack was quite heavy, and it made a dull thud when it was placed on the ground.

"Oh dear, what has my son caught this time?"

Liu Meifen glared at Chang Dashan—the old man had just said that his son hadn't brought anything back.

Zhang Quhun chuckled sheepishly, "Brother Kun is amazing!" He reached into the sack and pulled out a squirrel.

"Little fierce... Xu..." Changxiu was three years old and her speech was not very clear.

"Big pot, little culprit... Xu..."

She wasn't very tall, and even when she stood on tiptoe, she couldn't touch the little squirrel's tail. She was so anxious that she kept pacing around in circles.

Zhang Quhun squatted on the ground and handed the little squirrel to Xiao Changxiu.

Xiao Chang Xiule's nose was bubbling as she dragged the little squirrel towards the east room, afraid that her two older sisters would snatch the squirrel from her.

Zhang Quhun rummaged around and rummaged, eventually pulling out five squirrels in total.

Chang Qing and Chang Mu chuckled as they stroked the squirrel's tail, their eyes narrowed into slits.

Now we're going to have something delicious to eat!

I can't just sell all five greyhounds; I have to kill one and eat it.

Big brother is really amazing!

The two little girls looked at their eldest brother with bright eyes, feeling that he was now the best eldest brother in the whole village.

Liu Meifen stared wide-eyed, somewhat incredulous. She wiped her hands on her clothes repeatedly, then picked up a squirrel and examined it from all angles.

"This...this was all done by you?"

Chang Dashan also put down his pipe, not bothering to smoke, and picked up the squirrel to examine it:

"This was... shot with a slingshot? When did my son become so skilled?"

Chang Kun pointed to Zhang Quhun, who was squatting on the ground: "It was all caused by crickets. He's quite good with a slingshot."

Chang Dashan slapped his thigh and said, "I knew it! Qu Hun will take them all home later."

Zhang Quhun hurriedly waved his hands: "No, no..."

He spoke haltingly, and then put his hands into the sack and rummaged around.

He grabbed three field mice and placed them on the floor of the main room. After arranging them, he took them out of the sack again, repeating the action until Liu Meifen and Chang Dashan were stunned.

Where did all these rats come from?

They kept arranging field mice all over the floor next to the stove.

"Sons, how many nests of rats have you stirred up?"

Liu Meifen's tone was somewhat unfocused. She turned to look at the old man, feeling as if she were dreaming.

Normally, when his father, Chang Dashan, caught two or three ground rats, he would walk sideways with his head held high, waiting for his family to praise him.

My son left in the morning and came back in the afternoon. What did he do to catch so many rats?

Chang Dashan took a few puffs on his pipe, staring at Chang Kun.

That brat! On the way here, I even taught him to dig up some wild vegetables to use as prey. He didn't say a word then, waiting to see me make a fool of myself!

Chang Kun looked around at his family, feeling happy. He squatted down, took the sack, and said, "Dad, Mom, we caught a ground rat demon today."

"What the hell?"

"What do you mean by 'becoming a spirit'? That's complete nonsense!"

Chang Kun dragged the huge field mouse out of the sack.

"Oh my God!" Liu Meifen exclaimed in surprise, taking a small step back in fright.

Chang Dashan threw his pipe onto the stove, grabbed the large field mouse, and tossed it around.

"This huge guy is the ancestor of the ground rats! It weighs over four pounds!"

"Where did you catch this? Good heavens, it's almost as big as a rabbit! I've never seen a ground squirrel this big before; it's practically a spirit!"

Chang Dashan kept talking, prying open the field rat's front teeth to look at them.

In all his years of running in the mountains, this was the first time he had ever seen such a large field mouse.

"Look at this, the big tooth is so yellowed, this thing is quite old."

Chang Kun recounted the process of smoking the field mouse burrow.

Upon hearing that the giant rat had charged out of its burrow amidst the flames, the parents looked at each other in disbelief, unable to believe that such a clever field mouse existed.

The two younger sisters had already run off to the east room to play house with Xiao Changxiu, each holding a little squirrel.

"Mom, guess what else is in the sack?"

Chang Kun carried a burlap sack, which was heavy with soybeans and corn.

These days, for farmers, what's most important? Grain is definitely number one.

The simplest truth.

With food, people can live!

Without food, people will starve to death!