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

Mei Mei had a good meal, and that evening the little girls stopped listening to the radio and instead clung to their older brother to listen to stories.

"Big brother, aren't you afraid of black bears?"

"Ah! Big black bears eat people! Brother, I'm scared!"

"Big bears eat little bears? That's terrifying!"

Chang Qing, Chang Mu, and Xiu'er huddled together around Chang Kun, listening to him tell stories that happened in Northeast China.

"There's a big tiger? Did it bite you when you fed it, brother?"

The three little girls stared wide-eyed, clinging tightly to their eldest brother's arm, feeling that his trip to the mountains in Northeast China was very dangerous, as he had even encountered the legendary tiger.

"The big tiger is so much fun. If you give it meat, it will eat it. After finishing one piece, it wants more, just like Xiuer."

Xiao Changxiu protested, pouting, and put on the rabbit ear headband. "I'm a little white rabbit, not a big tiger!"

Chang Kun laughed, pulled Chang Xiu into his arms, and kissed her. "Who's sleeping with big brother tonight?"

"I!"

"I!"

The three little girls all raised their hands; their eldest brother had been away from home for too long, and they all wanted to stay with him.

Holding Xiu'er in his arms, Chang Kun suddenly remembered Xiao Ya, the little girl he had rescued on the train who was almost abducted by human traffickers.

"My older brother is asking you, is it okay for you to run around freely when you go out to play?"

The three little girls all shook their heads.

"Would you like to hold the adult's hand?"

They nodded again.

"Let me tell you a story that happened on the train. There was a little girl, about the same age as Xiuer..."

When they heard about Xiaoya's mother frantically searching for her everywhere, Chang Qing, Chang Mu, and Chang Xiu's eyes reddened, and they urged their eldest brother to hurry up and tell them, "Big brother, big brother, Xiaoya has been found, right?"

When they heard that Xiaoya had been rescued and the human traffickers had been arrested and severely beaten, their faces lit up with smiles, and they clapped their hands enthusiastically.

"Big brother is awesome! He's even more powerful than Sun Wukong!"

Chang Qing thought Sun Wukong was the most powerful person. Seeing that his elder brother could even save Xiao Ya, he was truly impressed.

"When you go out to play, you must stay with adults, understand?"

The three little girls nodded seriously. Their eldest brother said that when human traffickers catch children, they cut off their hands and feet, which terrified them.

I slept on the west kang (heated brick bed) with three little girls.

The next morning, Chang Kun woke up, removed Xiu'er's smelly feet from his face, and went to the stove.

The eldest sister, Changmei, was already cooking porridge on the stove.

"Big sister, these two cans of milk powder are for the baby."

The two cans of Xiong Ying milk powder I got as a reward for catching the black bear are perfect for my baby.

"Xiao Kun, I think your sack is like a treasure chest, you can pull out anything." Chang Mei smiled as she took the milk powder, feeling that it wouldn't be surprising if her younger brother pulled something out of it.

"Father, Mother, I'm leaving now."

Chang Kun plans to leave early today to go to the neighborhood office to inquire about housing. He hopes that if they can move into the city sooner, the little girls can go to school there.

My father went out early in the morning to pick some wild vegetables, which he chopped up and fed to the hens and geese. My mother was collecting eggs from the henhouse.

"Xiao Kun, have an egg before you go." Now that the family is better off, the girls can eat an egg every morning, so naturally we can't leave out our son.

Just two months ago, we could still eat eggs at home?

That's wishful thinking! Even if there's only one egg, we'll keep it to sell for money to buy some oil and salt.

"You guys eat, I still have plenty of food in my pocket."

I rode my bike to the neighborhood office and happened to run into Director Wang, who had just arrived for work.

"Good morning, Aunt Wang."

"Ah, it's Xiao Kun." Director Wang was a little embarrassed. She had told Chang Kun last time that the house would be vacant soon and he could move in, but her nephew had someone take the house away.

I'm so embarrassed by this.

"Let's go to the office to talk."

Upon arriving at the office, he pulled two grouse out of a sack. "Aunt Wang, I brought back a few grouse from Northeast China. I'm bringing them over for you to try."

Director Wang's eyes lit up; this was a good thing.

She was knowledgeable and knew how delicious this thing was. Nowadays, flying dragons were so rare that they were almost extinct by hunters in the Northeast.

"Xiao Kun, you always spend money on me whenever you come here..."

"It's just a little trinket, worthless."

Director Wang smirked, "Worthless? That's just for those who don't know their value. She wouldn't trade these two little dragons for two pig legs."

Thinking about this made her even more conflicted.

I can't bring myself to say that I didn't do what I promised Chang Kun.

She knew Chang Kun had come to ask about the house, so she spoke up, "Xiao Kun, you've come to ask about the house, right?"

Chang Kun nodded, a sense of foreboding creeping over him, and looked at Director Wang, waiting for him to continue.

If the house had been acquired smoothly, Director Wang should have been happy to share the good news long ago.

"Things aren't going smoothly with that house; we'll have to wait a few more days."

Director Wang thought that he should find another house for Chang Kun as quickly as possible, even if it wasn't as nice as a detached house.

"Is that four-room detached house still available?"

"Not exactly..." Director Wang paused, then gritted his teeth and said, "To tell you the truth, that house was snatched up by someone else who cut in line."

"Oh? What's going on? This isn't cutting in my line, it's cutting in yours, Aunt Wang's line..."

Director Wang was even more embarrassed; what he said made sense.

She orchestrated the allocation of that four-room detached house to Chang Kun's family, only to have it snatched away by someone else. This is a slap in the face for her.

After a moment of silence, she finally spoke, "The family that cut in line is related to me, and I feel bad about clashing with them, so..."

"Xiao Kun, don't worry, I will find you a new house as soon as possible."

With things having come to this point, what else could Chang Kun say but nod in agreement?

Just then, the office door was kicked open.

"Second Aunt, Second Aunt... Chang Kun??"

The visitor was none other than Yan Feng.

Chang Kun was startled. He never expected to run into Yan Feng here, and that Yan Feng would call Director Wang "Second Aunt."

The two didn't have any deep-seated hatred. Chang Kun nodded to Yan Feng, "Aunt Wang, I'm going to work now. I'll come see you again when I have time."

As I walked out of the street office, I suddenly remembered that Director Wang had just said that the person who snatched the house was her relative. Could it be Yan Feng?

If I heard correctly, Yan Feng just called her Second Aunt...

He shook his head, not thinking about it any further. He decided to give Director Wang a few more days. If all else failed, he could always ask someone else to do it.

Inside the subdistrict office.

"Xiao Feng, what brings you here again?"

"Second Aunt, my father is in big trouble this time!" Yan Feng wiped his sweat and took a breath.

"The grain station lost 50,000 jin of national grain coupons. The higher authorities sent a special commissioner to investigate, and he also found out some previous shortages."

Director Wang pointed at Yan Feng: "Your father held such an important position, and you still wanted to embezzle some money? You were practically courting death! So, have you filled all the vacancies now?"

"It's been made up! It's been made up! Fortunately, the shortage wasn't too big, and the commissioner from above didn't press the issue. The main problem now is those 50,000 jin of grain coupons. If we really can't find them, my dad's probably in grave danger..."

"Why are you here instead of helping out?"

"I recently heard that a detective has emerged in Gulou District, who has caught three or four enemy spies in a row. I'm thinking of asking my second aunt about it, to see if she can help catch the thief."

"Oh? The altar? They captured three or four enemy agents?" Director Wang looked at Yan Feng with a strange expression, his smile inexplicable.

The Gulou Police Station is right next to the Subdistrict Office. Director Wang had already heard about how Chang Kun had helped the police station arrest three or four enemy agents.

Now, the name of Detective Chang Kun is being spread outside.

Yan Fenggang robbed Chang Kun of his house and now wants to ask him for help?

This is simply wishful thinking!