Reborn in the 60s, I hunt to support my family and even seduce the village beauty.
Chapter 236 Catching Grasshoppers
They folded four paper guns, and the little girl split into two groups, firing them randomly from the kang (a heated brick bed) up and down.
Every now and then, you could hear them cry out in alarm—"Ah, I've been shot!" "Ah, I'm dead!"...
I wonder where these little girls learned that.
Amidst the commotion, Xiao Bao woke up, crying loudly. Chang Mei lifted his diaper and patted his bottom: "You woke up and pooped, and then you cried. I'll spank your bottom..."
Chang Mei took out a diaper to wash in the yard, while Chang Kun played with Xiao Bao on the kang (a heated brick bed).
"Uncle, call him uncle..."
Xiao Bao just stared at Chang Kun with his dark eyes, making "oh ah oh ah" noises with his little mouth.
"You little rascal, are you hungry?" Chang Kun took out milk powder from the cupboard, made five bowls, and placed four bowls on the octagonal table.
"You guys, go and drink the milk powder."
With delicious food, the little girls forgot about shooting and rushed to the table to drink it down.
These days, food is scarce everywhere, and they have long developed the instinct to eat whatever they find delicious first.
Holding a bowl and a small spoon, Chang Kun fed the baby little by little, watching him eat with relish. This sense of satisfaction from feeding him made Chang Kun feel very comfortable.
"Oh dear, you've fed them formula again? People say it's for sick people." After hanging up the diapers, Changmei returned to the main room and saw that the little girls had white beards on their lips, and Xiaobao was eating heartily.
Eating meat is already a luxury for the family, but it's the game that my younger brother hunted in the mountains, so it doesn't cost him any money.
But baby formula is different. I heard that you need a medical record to apply for and buy it, and ordinary people can't get it.
Chang Kun was happily feeding Xiao Bao and didn't pay attention to his older sister.
Is baby formula only for sick people? That's pure nonsense. Where did they get their own baby formula from?
This is something that adds nutrition; there's no such thing as a lot of hype about it. It's just that the production is low, creating a barrier for those without connections.
Two months have passed since I was reborn, and my family members' health is improving day by day. The little girls are no longer so thin and frail, but we still can't be careless.
These days, a common illness can be fatal.
There was no other way; their bodies were already weak and their resistance was low. Coupled with poor medical conditions, every family had more children to try their luck. Out of three or five babies, one or two would survive.
After feeding Xiaobao, I was holding his little hand and playing with the toy airplane.
"Big brother, take us to catch grasshoppers!" The girls were getting a little tired of playing with paper guns and remembered the grasshoppers they caught in Biandangou a couple of days ago.
My older brother promised them that he would take them to catch it when he had time.
"Let's go catch some!" Chang Kun was also a little tempted by grasshoppers; whether they were roasted or deep-fried, they were very tempting.
It's not quite time yet. In another half month or so, most of the grasshoppers and crickets will have eggs. Take a bite, and they'll be so delicious!
They set off without hesitation. The girls weren't afraid of the sun and had no concept of sun protection at the time. Each of them had a burlap sack on their head. Chang Kun and Chang Qing carried water bottles and walked out of the courtyard.
"Let's go to Beishan," Chang Kun recalled the place where he and Zhang Quhun caught grasshoppers in his previous life, "There are lots of grasshoppers there."
On the way, Chang Qing proudly told Xiao Shui, "My older brother is amazing. He leads us to catch seasonal birds, and we catch hundreds every time. This time, he'll definitely catch a lot of grasshoppers too."
Xiao Shui looked surprised: "Wow! Several hundred? How much is that?" This girl can only count up to 99, she can't count any more than that.
"Just you wait and see, whoever catches the most gets to eat the most."
The little girls chattered away the whole way, not minding how tired they were, and walked for half an hour to reach Beishan.
"Let's go up to the grassy slope and catch some." After sensing the area, they found that the hillside there had the most grasshoppers and katydids.
If someone else is taking children to catch grasshoppers, they should first use a long stick to knock down the grass to prevent grasshoppers from jumping out and biting people.
Chang Kun doesn't need to do that. With the system's sensing ability, no prey can hide. He just needs to find places with lots of grasshoppers.
"Hey! I caught a Biandangou!" Chang Qing was the first to get off to a good start.
She simply pulled out a foxtail grass, pinched the back of Biandangou's neck, and threaded the foxtail grass through it, leaving Biandangou hanging on the foxtail grass, unable to escape.
"Let's see who catches the most, charge!" Chang Qing, Chang Mu, and Xiao Shui pounced into the grass, first waking up the grasshoppers before chasing after them to catch them.
Xiuer followed behind with her short legs, chanting, "Charge! Charge!"
Chang Kun smiled as he watched his younger sisters' cheerful expressions.
Before, when the family lacked food and clothing, the group of people were as sullen as little old men. But now, jumping around catching grasshoppers, they finally showed some of the lively and innocent side of a little girl.
Whether it was grasshoppers or katydids, they stirred up the grass and flew into the air with a flurry of activity, with the girls shouting and chasing after them.
Xiuer couldn't keep up and could only shout, "Slow down, wait for me!"
With the system sensing in place, Chang Kun didn't follow behind them. Instead, he went directly to the grasshopper he sensed, gently pinched it between two fingers, and it was gone.
He has a disguise skill, and the grasshopper has no idea that danger is coming.
In less than three minutes, Chang Kun had strung a bunch of foxtail grass together, with grasshoppers, katydids, and all sorts of other insects inside.
"Xiuer, come on, let's catch some more with your big brother." Seeing that Xiuer couldn't catch anything and was pouting and sulking, Chang Kun called out to her.
The other maids all caught something, but Xiu'er, every time she saw a grasshopper, would first cover her eyes with one hand, thinking that the grasshopper wouldn't be able to see her... and then use her other hand to catch it.
"Big Brother, Xiaoqing and the others have all been caught, but we haven't found anything!"
Xiuer sullenly approached Chang Kun, feeling a bit disheartened because she was always last in the rankings.
"Alright, you go catch the ones over here, you'll definitely catch them." Chang Kun secretly removed the hidden wings from the hard wings of a few grasshoppers and threw them into the grass.
That way they can't fly, they can only hop around in the grass, and sooner or later Xiuer will catch them.
Sure enough, within two minutes, Xiuer was kneeling on the ground, pressing down on a grasshopper with both hands: "Hurry, big pot, we've caught the nest too, it's going to run away!"
Chang Kun went over and taught her how to string grasshoppers onto foxtail grass. Xiu'er's little face lit up with a smile: "Big brother, I'm awesome, right?"
"Mmm, you're amazing! Hurry up and catch more so we can catch Xiaoqing and the others."
Encouraged, the little girl was full of energy, sticking her bottom out and looking for grasshoppers everywhere.
Chang Kun was catching grasshoppers on the side, occasionally taking out a few, removing their wings, and throwing them around Xiu'er.
This scene reminded him of parents in later generations taking their children to the beach to collect clams, buying some and throwing them on the sand, while the children happily picked them up. The emotional value of this scene was absolutely immense.
After about an hour of catching them, Chang Qing, Chang Mu, and Xiao Shui ran over: "Big brother, look how many we caught!"
They each held a string of grasshoppers in their hands, playing until they were covered in sweat.
"Let's go to the stream east of the village and roast some grasshoppers!" Chang Kun flashed a dozen or so strings of grasshoppers in his hand, gesturing for them to follow.
"Wow! Big brother caught so many! We can't possibly eat them all!"
The little girls were so surprised they couldn't close their mouths.
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