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

After touring the entire house and courtyard, Chang Kun explained his plans.

"Paint the walls white, replace the roof tiles, and inspect the rafters and beams; replace anything that needs replacing."

Carpenter Zhu nodded: "Master, these are all standard procedures. Just tell me your requirements, and I'll take care of the rest."

"Alright, let's lay flooring in the room, dig a big pond in the northeast corner to raise fish, and build a small hut in the southeast corner as a bathhouse."

Zhu the carpenter was taken aback. This was quite a generous gesture. He couldn't help but glance at Yan Luji, who had said he would cover all the expenses when they arrived.

Yan Feng's lips twitched. This Chang Kun was really going all out, digging a pond, adding a cover, and what's even more outrageous is that every room has wooden floors!

It's important to know that laying wooden floors involves not only drying the wood, but also applying tung oil and varnish.

Tung oil, in particular, is still a military-controlled material, with very little stock available in the civilian market.

Yan Luji just chuckled and waved his hand: "Old Zhu, don't look at me. Just do as Chang Kun says. We're not short of money."

Carpenter Zhu gave a thumbs up: "You're so generous! I can get everything else, but tung oil... you'll need a lot to paint the wooden floors."

"Hey, you think I can just swi a million? I don't care about a few dollars, I'll take care of the tung oil later!"

As the director of the grain station, Yan Lüji was in a time of food shortage, and many people begged him for supplies. Ordinary supplies were really no problem for him.

"Okay, Mr. Chang, the fish pond should ideally be placed in the southeast, which is the location of wealth. The bathroom should be placed in the southwest corner, as earth controls water, which can help relieve dampness in the bathroom..."

Chang Kun readily agreed: "Okay, you're an expert on this, right? There's a hidden drainage ditch here, isn't there?"

"Yes, I've checked. The drainage for the shower room and fish pond is convenient."

After discussing it, he handed the keys to Zhu Youxiao and told him to hurry up with the renovations. Just these repairs and the addition of the fish pond and bathhouse would take at least ten days, not even counting the time for making the furniture.

If the furniture is just ordinary four-legged tables and chairs, it's simple and can be done in three to five days.

However, if you want to capture the essence of old Beijing, you'll need to add intricate carvings of dragons and phoenixes to the chairs and beds. In that case, it would take several months to complete the work.

Chang Kun originally thought he would just make do with the basic furniture for now and gradually replace it after moving in.

"Xiao Kun, if you don't mind, I have a good place where you can find a lot of used furniture." Director Wang noticed Chang Kun's predicament and offered his suggestion.

"Aunt Wang, please explain in detail?"

"Go find Shi Yulong or Director Yu from yesterday. The criminals they arrested were either enemy agents or major economic criminals. None of them were short of money, and their furniture was anything but ordinary."

"Is this acceptable? Shouldn't these be confiscated?"

"Hey! Insiders can pick and choose, pay a little money to the government, and take it home. It's a perk for them."

Chang Kun suddenly realized that this was indeed the case, and it was the same in later generations.

Good items are consumed internally first; only when no one wants them are they put up for auction...

Seeing Chang Kun nod, Director Wang continued, "Both Shi Yulong and Director Yu owe you favors; they'd love for you to do more favors for them."

Last time, he led Shi Yulong to capture three enemy agents, and yesterday he led Director Yu to crack a major grain coupon case. Both of them remembered this favor.

"Okay, I'll go take a look later."

Seeing that the two had reached an agreement, Yan Luji leaned over and said, "Chang Kun, I'll pay for the furniture you picked out later."

"Forget about this..." Chang Kun shook his head.

They're all secondhand furniture, and there's a personal connection involved, so they won't charge much at all.

"Hey! You said I'd provide the furniture and decor!"

"That's really unnecessary. But there is something I'd like to ask Director Yan," Chang Kun said, not wanting to argue, and asked directly.

"The thief who stole the grain coupons yesterday was the warehouse weighbridge operator, right? He got caught, so there's one less weighbridge operator now, isn't there?"

Yan Lüji was a shrewd man; he immediately understood what he meant: "Chang Kun, do you have any talent to recommend to the grain station? Welcome, welcome! Our grain station is desperately short of talent!"

Yan Lüji was happy to do such a good deed as repaying Chang Kun's favor and getting involved with him.

"This... Director Yan, is that position really that easy?"

"Hey! We're all related through thick and thin, so I'll just tell you the truth."

Originally, when that position became vacant, Station Chief Liang and I were going to have to argue about who should get it.

But since you, Chang Kun, have spoken up, I doubt Station Chief Liang would dare say no, especially since the grain station owes you a lot this time.

"Okay!" Chang Kun's smile became much more sincere as he said, "He's my uncle, in his forties, and has always been a farmer. Is that alright?"

Yan Luji puffed out his belly and said in a serious tone, "Well! The grain station is recruiting a weighbridge operator. The requirement is that he's over forty, older is more stable, and he needs to have many years of farming experience so he's familiar with all kinds of grains. Also... what's my uncle's surname?"

"...His surname is Liu..."

"Hmm! The best weighbridge operators we recruit would have the surname Liu, because that means we can retain the grain... These are the three: over forty, farmers, surnamed Liu!"

Chang Kun: ? ? ?

What kind of farmer surnamed Liu, who is over forty years old, would come to apply for a weighbridge job just because he knows your grain station is short of a weighbridge operator?

This is the Luobo Pit, a targeted training program, a special recruitment drive?

I've seen it all, I've seen it all...

……

After finishing their business, the group parted ways, with Chang Kun heading straight to the supply and marketing cooperative.

My uncle got a job at the grain station, such great news, I have to share it with my mother.

Now that the family is better off and has enough to eat and wear, my uncle's family is still struggling. I often hear my mother sighing and talking about how filial my uncle was when my grandfather was alive.

Liu Meifen had been thinking about visiting her younger brother's house these past few days to bring him some food and supplies, but when she heard her son talking about his job as a weighbridge operator at the grain station, she was completely stunned.

"Mother, Mother! Can you hear me?"

"Ah! Xiao Kun, you said you found a job for your uncle at the grain station?!" Liu Meifen shook her head abruptly, thinking she was dreaming.

She's no longer the clueless rural woman she once was. Through conversations with people at the supply and marketing cooperative, she's come to know just how arrogant and disdainful the grain station employees are these days.

Everyone says that the eight officials have a very high status, but that depends on who you compare them to.

Having eight important relatives in the family can only bring some convenience to life.

But what kind of era is this? Everyone is struggling to get enough to eat. Ordinary people rely on grains, oils, rice, and flour for everything. Food determines people's most basic survival needs.

In an era of hunger, those who could decide whether or not someone had food to eat were naturally more valued than those who provided convenience.

At this moment, Liu Meifen was overjoyed to hear from her son that he had found her younger brother a job at a grain station!

Her son hadn't gone hunting in the mountains these past few days, and the job he found for his uncle was certainly not in exchange for game. She wondered where he had incurred a favor. Thinking of this, Liu Meifen's eyes reddened.

"My good son, you've really worked hard!"

She put her arm around Chang Kun and patted his shoulder.

For the past month or two, my son has been busy taking care of everything for the family, which makes me, as his mother, feel very sorry for him.

After a while, Liu Meifen pulled her son along, saying, "Come on, let's tell your uncle the good news right away!"

"Guess what your aunt will say when she hears this news?"

Chang Kun and his mother exchanged a glance and said in unison.

"Oh my goodness!"

My aunt has a catchphrase: whenever something happens, she'll exclaim, "Oh my goodness!"