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

Seeing that Chang Kun was taking it seriously, Old Li smiled.

These days, some people may look down on a few dozen yuan, but no one can ignore the honor of sharing the stage with a great person!

For ordinary people, this is simply the best opportunity to bring glory to their ancestors.

"Grandpa, what do you suggest?" The thought of his piece being published in the "Literary Gazette," a publication where a great man had contributed, filled Chang Kun with excitement as he stared intently at Old Li.

Old Li smiled smugly and pointed at Chang Kun: "Let's write down the melody properly. A melody that can be sung for a hundred years is definitely going to be approved."

After a pause, he continued, "However, the Literary Gazette isn't specifically about music. We could submit to some professional music newspapers."

"No! I want the *Literary Gazette*! No other publications have submissions from great figures!"

Seeing Chang Kun chatting enthusiastically with the old man, Cheng Min smiled. The more outstanding Chang Kun was, the happier she was.

Just then, a clear, girlish voice rang out: "Grandpa, haven't you found someone to play the tune yet?"

Old Li's face lit up with a broad smile: "My dear granddaughter is here!"

The girl who came in wore a light yellow puff-sleeved short-sleeved top and a plaid straight skirt that reached her calves. Two braids hung down her shoulders, with lemon-yellow bows tied at the ends of her hair. Her light, airy bangs made her look incredibly playful.

Cheng Min was dumbfounded.

These days, this outfit is practically like a Paris fashion show being held in the Qing Dynasty.

Cheng Min originally thought she was quite good at dressing up and would occasionally wear a dress, but seeing the girl dressed like this, she suddenly felt a little ashamed.

Seeing Old Li step forward to talk to the girl, Cheng Min gritted her teeth.

You old Li! I kindly asked Chang Kun to come see you, and you, instead, brought your shrewish granddaughter!

Perhaps it was a case of like repels, but seeing Cheng Min's menacing look, the girl gave a soft snort and turned to look at Chang Kun.

"Hello, my name is Li Xiaoxia." The girl extended her hand to Chang Kun with a graceful demeanor.

Hello, Chang Kun.

The two shook hands gently, and the girl asked curiously, "Is it the song 'Hometown' that you played?"

Chang Kun nodded slightly, said nothing more, and led the group to a quiet corner where he began to play the harmonica earnestly.

Great figures all submit their works to the "Literary Gazette" for payment. If I could also publish my music there, my parents would be overjoyed.

Listening to "Hometown" again, Cheng Min, Lao Li Tou, and Li Xiaoxia were still completely captivated, lingering in the afterglow of the music.

"Chang Kun, this piece is really good. More people should hear it." Cheng Min stared at Chang Kun with bright eyes.

Li Xiaoxia nodded in agreement: "I played this piece for my teacher yesterday, and she said it would definitely be sung for a hundred years."

She scribbled in her notebook, and soon finished writing the score. She then had Chang Kun play the piece three times to check it.

"Alright, write your organization and name here. I'll have the teacher personally deliver it to the editor of the literary newspaper so that the piece can be published as soon as possible."

Chang Kun blinked: "Why don't you ask me who composed the music?"

Li Xiaoxia playfully stuck out her tongue: "The teacher said she's never heard of this kind of timeless masterpiece before, so it must be a new piece. No one would dare to impersonate this kind of piece."

Chang Kun touched his nose. Fine, anyway, the original author, Sojiro, is still hiding somewhere. He has no qualms about taking over the Japanese stuff.

"Ahem! Chang Kun, let's go home!" Cheng Min was annoyed that Li Xiaoxia was staring at Chang Kun.

He nodded to Old Li and his grandson, "Uncle Li, I'm leaving now. See you later."

Watching Chang Kun and his companion walk away, Li Xiaoxia wrinkled her nose. "Hmph! Grandpa, that woman glared at me several times. It was so inexplicable!"

Old Li chuckled: "My granddaughter is so beautiful, even girls would feel ashamed of themselves in front of you."

Bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, Chang Kun noticed that Cheng Min seemed a little sullen. He knew that the woman was inexplicably jealous. After thinking for a moment, he took out the key to the courtyard house.

"Cheng Min, look what this is?"

"Where is this key from?"

"Come on, I'll show you around." After keeping everyone in suspense, Chang Kun led Cheng Min to the courtyard house and unlocked the door to enter.

"This... could it be!" Cheng Min's eyes widened as she recalled Chang Kun mentioning that his family was queuing up for housing allocation.

Smiling and nodding, Chang Kun waved his hand and said, "This courtyard house will belong to the Chang family from now on!"

"Really?!" Cheng Min screamed, rushed into several rooms and looked around, then ran to the yard, touched the jujube tree and patted the persimmon tree, her face full of excitement.

I didn't expect the house to be allocated so quickly, and it's a detached courtyard house.

She'd always dreamed of having such a spacious yard, where she could grow flowers and grass.

Now that they had a house, the last obstacle to their marriage had disappeared. Cheng Min blinked her eyes and glanced at Chang Kun, her face blushing as she imagined living in this courtyard in the future.

"It's too late, I'm going home now..." The more she thought about it, the more embarrassed she became, and Cheng Min almost fled.

Chang Kun called out from behind, "A carpenter will be coming to renovate starting tomorrow. Come and take a look when you have time."

"Okay—"

Chang Kun shook his head and chuckled, recalling that in his previous life, Cheng Min had been his nephew Xiao Bao's teacher, and the two had only had a few limited interactions and had never developed a deep relationship.

I never imagined that we would end up like this in this lifetime.

When I rode my bike home, my parents were already there.

"Mom, this is the key to our new house. Your carpenter will be working there these days. Go and take a look when you have time."

"Hey! Good son! Dad, look, the keys to our new house!" Liu Meifen proudly showed off.

"So fast, Xiao Kun is really something, he even got your uncle a job."

As soon as Chang Dashan got off work, he heard Liu Meifen nagging about how amazing her son was, how he had found a job for her younger brother at the grain station. She kept praising him in different ways all the way home.

The family chatted happily about everyday things and looked forward to living in the city in the future.

……

At this time.

In Guangde Village, south of the city, the entire village was shrouded in gloom and despair.

Inside the brigade headquarters.

"Captain, where are the people you asked for help from the city? Why haven't they arrived yet? We can't hold on much longer!" The security captain wiped his eyelids with a damp cloth and asked, forcing himself to stay awake.

"Damn it! I'll fight those filthy foxes!"

The captain was also yawning repeatedly, taking a few deep drags on his pipe, and gritting his teeth.

"Fight? Where are we supposed to fight?! We've fired guns and cannons several times already, and we haven't even hit a single fox hair!"

"You little rascal, tell me the truth. What happened that night when you rushed out of the village and didn't come back until the next day? You've always been brave, so why did you become such a coward after that incident?!"

Xiang Yitu's face flushed red: "Bullshit! Who the hell is spreading rumors! I'm a man of steel!"

"A tough guy? That fox howls in and around the village every night, keeping adults and children awake every night. Why don't you go and beat it up?"

"Sigh!" Xiang Yi, a seven-foot-tall man, squatted on the ground, remained silent for a long while before speaking in a muffled voice: "That night, I led the guard team to hunt foxes in the village. We chased one fox and ran out of the village, and then... then..."

After a long silence, he finally spoke again: "After that, I knew nothing more until dawn. I woke up and found myself in that mass grave to the west..."

"A mass grave?? That's at least five miles from our village! You're going to walk there in the dark in the middle of the night?" the brigade leader exclaimed in surprise.

Xiang Yituo gave a wry smile: "I don't know how I got there. I have no memory of it at all, and... and when I woke up, I had a toad and an earthworm in my mouth..."

The captain jumped to his feet, the stool he was sitting on crashing to the ground: "You idiot! You've run into a fox spirit!"

"What do you think an ordinary fox could keep our village up at night for over ten days? Let's wait for reinforcements from the city!"

(This is a story I've heard since I was a child, based on a classmate's father's personal experience: eating toads and earthworms in the mountains in the middle of the night...)