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

In the afternoon, Ma Zhao and the others gradually woke up.

"Get ready, we'll catch the fox spirit again tonight!"

They unloaded equipment from the vehicle: long-handled forks, nets, iron cages, animal traps, barbed wire...

There were also two magnificent hunting dogs.

Chang Kun and the other two watched from the sidelines with envy. Putting aside the hunting skills of Ma Zhao and the others, just looking at their equipment was enough to make them envious.

"Chang Kun, tonight we'll take the hunting dogs and go first, try to capture the fox spirit. You guys can just watch the show from behind."

As Ma Zhao spoke, he put on a hood, which covered only his eyes, while his nostrils and ears were completely obscured.

"How about that? Now let's see how the fox spirit bewitches people. I reckon it'll release some kind of gas to charm people, just like the Weasel spirit."

Qiang Jinan watched from the side, nodding repeatedly, his nostrils completely covered. Even if the fox spirit could fart charmingly, it would be useless.

Seeing that everyone else affirmed his innovation, Ma Zhao laughed heartily: "Even if the fox spirit has some magical abilities, we understand science, hehe!"

……

Just as everyone was looking forward to the night.

Inside a courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang.

Cheng Min was playing "Eagle Catches Chicks" with three little girls.

Chang Kun was away from home these past two days, so Liu Meifen took the little girls to play in the courtyard house during the day to let them get familiar with their new home in the city.

The day before yesterday, Cheng Min learned that Chang Kun's courtyard house was being renovated, and she took it to heart. Every day when she didn't have classes, she would come here to visit and check on the progress.

I happened to run into Chang Qing and her two little girls playing here today.

"Sister Xiaomin, you big mother hen, protect us! I almost got caught by Xiaomu just now!" Chang Qing huddled behind Cheng Min, sweating profusely from playing.

"It's your fault for being too slow to dodge, and you're blaming me!"

"No way, it was clearly you! If Xiao Mu catches me, I'll... I'll..."

"So what? You won't eat the sugar figurine I bought? Or you won't go see the monkey show?"

Cheng Min found it amusing; this Xiao Qing was greedy and playful, and couldn't resist any temptation at all.

"I'll sleep with my older brother every night!" Chang Qing said, hands on his hips, head held high, looking very proud.

???

"What does this mean?" Cheng Min asked.

"Widow Liu from the west end of the village said that if her elder brother and sister-in-law dared to disagree with any of her demands, she should just stay on their kang (heated brick bed) every night, and they would surrender!"

These words swirled in Cheng Min's mind before she realized that they meant her elder brother and sister-in-law weren't allowed to do anything!

"You, Chang Qing! You dare to copy anything!" Cheng Min pinched Chang Qing's ear hard and kicked her twice in the buttocks.

"Dare you stop talking nonsense!"

"Wow! Sister Xiaomin bullied me!" Chang Qing didn't understand what was going on. Why did she get beaten up just for saying a few words?

Chang Mu and Chang Xiu, the two younger sisters, watched from the sidelines and giggled. When they saw their second sister being beaten, they clapped and cheered.

Amidst the commotion in the courtyard, a man peeked furtively into the yard.

When he saw Cheng Min and the few young girls, he gritted his teeth and a sinister expression appeared on his face.

"Finally found them! Cheng Jie's sister and Chang Kun's sister are both here. Perfect, we can catch them all at once!!"

……

In Guangde Village, Ma Zhao had everything ready.

"Let's go. Make sure you wear your hoods, so you don't get bewitched by the fox spirit."

While it was still light, the group of five, carrying their equipment and leading their hunting dogs, left the village.

Chang Kun, Cheng Rongjiang, and Qiang Jinnan followed behind, watching from a distance.

At this moment, he could not see a single fox in his senses. With hunting dogs around, Chang Kun was not in a hurry.

The hunting dogs led the way, sniffing the foxes all the way, and gradually they got further and further away from the village.

After walking five or six miles west, we came to a hillside.

"Brother Chang, something feels off about this place."

Qiang Jinan turned around and looked around. The place was deserted and there was no farmland.

There are a few old trees at the foot of the hillside. They should be lush and leafy in the summer, but only a few lonely leaves remain on these trees, as ugly as the sores on a mangy dog.

Several black crows were perched in the tree. They didn't run away when people came, but just stared at them intently.

"This place is a bit eerie. Could it be the mass grave the security captain told me about?"

As Chang Kun looked at the small mounds on the hillside, he felt increasingly uneasy.

Just as he was about to speak up to warn Ma Zhao and the others ahead, he discovered that they had already been led up the hillside by hunting dogs, their figures appearing and disappearing among the small mounds of earth.

"Let's be careful, that fox spirit is not easy to deal with."

Chang Kun kept a close eye on the system's sensors, but he didn't detect a single fox.

At this moment, Ma Zhao, who was walking in front, also realized that something was wrong.

"This is a mass grave!" He kicked at the bones beneath his feet, his face grave. "Be careful! Maintain the 2-1-2 formation!"

With a snap, he tightened his grip on the spear. If danger arose, he wouldn't have time to worry about capturing the fox spirit alive.

Other team members carried long-handled forks, nets, and wire ropes, each keeping an eye on a particular direction to ensure that any situation could be detected immediately.

After climbing the hillside, stumbling along the way for about a hundred meters, Ma Zhao felt increasingly apprehensive.

He had confirmed that this was a mass grave, but it was far too large. Along the way, he would see white bones exposed to the light of day from time to time.

Suddenly, there was a flapping sound of wings, and a pair of completely black crows flew down and landed on a grave mound in front.

"Woof woof!"

The two hunting dogs seemed to be provoked and howled wildly at the crow, but they did not dare to approach it. As if they had encountered a natural enemy, they tucked their tails between their legs and retreated little by little.

"Bang!"

Without hesitation, Ma Zhao fired a shot at the crow.

But the two crows remained motionless, unmoved by the deafening gunfire, as if the bullets had never been fired.

"impossible!"

Ma Zhao was shocked. The fact that he was able to enter the mysterious department as a squad leader meant that he was extremely capable. His marksmanship was not one in a million, but it was at least one in a thousand.

How could he possibly miss when shooting at a crow that was crouching motionless at a distance of only a dozen meters?

Just then, the two crows turned to face west and cawed.

"quack!--"

The sound was extremely piercing, like scratching glass with fingernails, making you want to cover your ears.

The two hunting dogs turned and ran, sneaking up in front of Ma Zhao and the others, trembling with fear.

"this!"

These two hunting dogs are usually quite capable of hunting wolves and bears in the mountains, so what's wrong with them now?

"Bang bang bang!!"

Ma Zhao hardened his heart and fired bullets in succession, raising a cloud of dust from the small mound where the crow was located.

The two crows were unharmed. They flapped their wings, flew into the air, cawed a few more times, and flew swiftly westward.

"Captain, something's not right!" The team members behind Ma Zhao swallowed hard, their eyes wide as they looked around, afraid that a monster might suddenly emerge from some corner.

They all knew Ma and Zhao's marksmanship very well; how could they possibly miss two crows in four or five shots?

Just then, a sound that sounded like a mix of laughter and crying came from afar.

"Hehe... Waaah... Hehe!"

Suddenly, on a huge burial mound, an old fox, its entire body pitch black, appeared, its lips curling as if in a cold smile, its blood-red eyes reflecting the figures of the crowd.