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

Zhang Pianxin spoke of delivering grain to his eldest son with such confidence that he never imagined his simple-minded second son would go hungry.

Zhang Quhun had experienced this many times before; his father had always done the same thing.

Zhang Laibao, the eldest brother's precious son, is the darling of the entire Zhang family. No one can let him go hungry.

Zhang Quhun lowered his head and remained silent for a moment before speaking:

"Dad, I brought back some greyhound meat and more than half a pound of soybeans. We'll stew the meat together for dinner tonight."

"Where did the meat come from? And the soybeans too?"

Zhang Pianxin jumped up and ran straight to the stove without even putting on his shoes.

Seeing Zhang Quhun adding water to the pot, Zhang Pianxin snatched the squirrel meat and soybeans away.

"What kind of meat are you stewing? Where did it come from?"

"I caught him with Brother Kun."

Zhang Quhun puffed out his chest, a hint of pride in his eyes.

"The Chang family? Chang Kun? I heard that kid got fired, and he still managed to catch Greyhound?"

"Was it Chang Dashan who led you to make the arrest?"

Zhang Pianxin simply didn't believe that two young boys could catch a wild rabbit.

"Hey, don't add any more water. You'll have wild vegetable soup for dinner tonight."

"Why aren't you eating? Who can fill up on that wild vegetable soup?"

Zhang Quhun brought back squirrel meat and soybeans today, and his tone became more assertive.

"Your nephew Laibao keeps asking for meat, why don't you send some to him? What can't we adults eat?"

"I want to eat meat too, Dad. This meat smells delicious. You can eat some with me later."

"Dad won't eat any more. There's not even enough meat for Laibao alone."

As he spoke, Zhang Pianxin gently patted Zhang Quhun's back.

"I brought the greyhound home, so I want to eat it!"

Zhang Quhun's tone hardened. He had only eaten some wild vegetables all day and a handful of soybeans at noon. His stomach was already burning with hunger.

"What are you eating! If you don't suck up to your older brother now, how will you survive after I'm gone, you idiot? You won't even have wild vegetables to eat!"

Seeing that his son wouldn't listen to anything he said, Zhang Pianxin got angry and slapped his son's arm repeatedly.

"Pah! My brother won't even support you, why would he support me?"

Zhang Quhun spent half a day with Chang Kun today, and his words were all reasonable and well-founded.

"You're talking nonsense!" Zhang Pianxin was hit where it hurt, and flew into a rage, jumping up and down and slapping his son on the head.

"You little brat! Serves you right for being so greedy, wanting to eat meat too!"

Zhang Quhun endured a few blows, but seeing his father run to the kang (a heated brick bed) to find a broom handle to beat him, he trembled with anger.

"I'm not your son! Your older brother is your real son!"

He shouted the words, then regretted them a little. He pushed open the door and rushed into the dim evening outside.

Zhang Pianxin jumped off the kang (a heated brick bed), holding a broom handle in his hand. After holding it for a while, Zhang Quhun didn't turn around. He stood there blankly for a long time, then sighed.

Turning his head, Zhang Pianxin saw the greyhound and soybeans on the stove. After thinking for a moment, he decided to send half to his eldest son's family and keep the other half for his second son, since it was his second son who brought it back.

I glanced again at the bowl of cold wild vegetable soup on the stove, and for some reason, it suddenly felt a bit jarring.

……

"Xiaoqing, bring your two little sisters out to pick beans!"

Soybeans, corn, pine nuts, and walnuts were still scattered on the ground and hadn't been cleaned up yet.

"Dad, hurry up and pick some wild vegetables so we can have a good meal tonight."

Liu Meifen assigned tasks to her family members, then turned to look at Chang Kun.

"Son, you must be tired. Go lie down on the kang for a while and wait for dinner."

Chang Dashan gave a soft hum and muttered, "You just keep spoiling him."

Chang Kun was indeed tired. His body was lacking nutrition, and after running up the mountain, he felt sore all over.

Lying on the west kang (heated brick bed), Chang Kun finally had time to check the system notification sounds.

[Ding! 23/50 field mice captured.]

[Ding! Squirrel captured 5/20.]

If the quantity requirement is not met, we can only accumulate them slowly.

If we can hunt a wild boar tomorrow, we'll keep some for our family to eat, and take the rest to the supply and marketing cooperative in the city to sell.

At that time, supply and marketing cooperatives and state-run food stations had purchasing rights, as long as they did not use up the planned quotas.

In my memory, I had a relative at the Gulou Supply and Marketing Cooperative in the north of the city.

As I was thinking about something, I heard my mother's voice in my ear:

"Son, come out for dinner. Let's enjoy ourselves with you tonight."

"Thank you, brother. You're the best."

Chang Qing ran to the west kang (heated brick bed), half-lying on it, and flattered his elder brother while resting his chin on his hand.

Chang Xiu followed suit, lying down on the kang (a heated brick bed) and calling out in a childish voice, "Thank you, big brother."

Only Chang Mu was still sorting and classifying soybeans and corn at the eight-immortal table, his eyes drifting towards the west room, chuckling to himself.

In the morning, my mother cooked the innards left over from skinning two wild rabbits into a soup. The Chang family members, who hadn't tasted meat in a long time, all sniffed it with delight.

The family sat around the octagonal table, each with a bowl of wild rabbit offal soup, with a small handful of soybeans at the bottom of the bowl.

The soybeans have been cooked until soft and tender; they turn into a paste when you touch them with your tongue and can be swallowed directly.

The family ate with great relish. They first drank the soup, and when they had drunk half of it, they saw the rabbit heart and liver inside and took big bites of them.

Chang Kun picked up the little girl Chang Xiu, broke off a piece of rabbit liver, blew on it to cool it down, and then put it into the little girl's mouth.

The liver was cooked until very soft, and with each bite, a unique aroma filled the throat.

The little girl squinted her eyes, her face full of enjoyment, like a kitten eating dried fish. She rubbed her head against her older brother, thinking that he was the best person in the world.

When Chang Qing ate, he chewed loudly, as if that would enhance the flavor. He would occasionally glance at his older brother, chuckle foolishly, and then quickly continue eating.

Chang Mu chewed the rabbit heart with gusto, her eyes narrowing into crescent moons, feeling incredibly happy.

I was thinking about how to ask my older brother for a greyhound tail. The tail was so fluffy and felt really nice to touch.

It would taste even better with cilantro, Chang Kun thought to himself.

"Mother, I have something to do tomorrow, let's go see eldest sister the day after tomorrow? That pheasant will cleanse her intestines."

Liu Meifen waved her hand and said, "Alright, son caught so many things today, much better than your father. You're a great hero."

Chang Dashan glared at Liu Meifen discreetly. "Praising your son while putting down your father? No matter how capable your son is, he still has to call me 'Dad'!"

……

Meanwhile, outside the compound, Captain Liu Tiezhu was present.

Li Erniang and her son Liu Chuqiang sat under a big tree outside the courtyard, enjoying the field mouse meat in their bowls by the moonlight.

There was a large open space under a big tree outside his yard, which had always been the gathering place for news in the village.

Especially in summer, many people come here to cool off in the evenings.

At this time, besides Li Erniang and Liu Chuqiang, there were six or seven other people who had finished their meals and were sitting here chatting and relaxing.

These people only ate wild vegetables and cornmeal for dinner, simply to fill their stomachs.

"Xiaoqiang, your dad caught another groundhog?"

An old woman watched Liu Chuqiang eat field mouse meat, and her mouth watered involuntarily.

"What? This was given to my family by the eldest son of the Chang family."

With a field mouse bone in her mouth, Li Erniang still managed to answer the question quickly.

"The eldest son of the Chang family? You mean Chang Kun? I heard he got fired from his job in the city?"

"That's right, he was the talk of the village the past few days. I heard he got fired, and the family from Qin Family Village who were supposed to marry him aren't happy about it. They're saying they want to raise the bride price!"

A middle-aged woman spoke in a low voice.

"Oh dear, how pitiful. No wonder she wanted to go to the mountains to hunt wild boars. She wanted to hunt a wild boar and sell it as a dowry!"

He brought those two ground squirrels in exchange for my gun.

Li Erniang raised the bowl in her hand, as if she had suddenly realized something.

"What?"

"Hunting wild boar?"

"You even brought Zhang's idiot son along when you went boar hunting, but you didn't bring me," Zhang Chuqiang added.

The group under the big tree looked at each other in bewilderment. They gave two ground rats to Old Zhang's family, exchanged them for guns, and went to the mountains to hunt wild boars, also taking a fool with them.

The eldest son of the Chang family has become even more outrageous since returning from the city.

With rats around, wouldn't it be better to have a couple more pieces of meat at home?

Wild boars aren't that easy to hunt.

Didn't you see how hungry everyone in the village is, and no one has even hunted a wild boar? Do you really think no one craves pork?

Wild boars are really hard to find!

The eldest son of the Chang family is about to make a fool of himself again!