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

Liu Meilin glanced at his wife and chuckled, "Look at you, just like the brigade leader's wife used to be."

"Hmph! How can that be the same? From now on, I'll be someone who eats government-supplied food!" Auntie was smug for a moment, then suddenly noticed five mud balls in the pile of firewood.

"Hey, Xiao Kun, you burned all five pheasants?"

Chang Kun joked, "Auntie, you're on a government-supplied food ration, five pheasants are nothing to you."

My aunt was heartbroken for a long time. The pheasant was already in the fire and she couldn't get it out. She could only sigh and say, "Fine, let's just consider it a celebration that our family has gained another job."

Liu Meilin watched this scene with amusement, then suddenly said, "Hey, where's Da Huang? I was wondering why something felt missing in the yard."

Once inside, he was so excited that he didn't even notice that the big yellow ox wasn't home.

"Dad, Aunt Zhang took Big Yellow away!" Little Shui chattered on, telling the story of how her mother encountered a tiger and how the old ox ran away in fright but was found again.

Liu Meilin broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this. He had long heard that there were tigers in Changping and Miyun, but he never expected that they would come to the mountains near their village.

Thank goodness, no one is hurt and the ox wasn't lost either, otherwise... I can't even imagine!

"That's good. We'll all go to work in the city, so we won't risk going up the mountain. We were lucky today. If we had encountered a tiger again, who knows what might have happened..." He was genuinely scared. He hadn't expected so many things to happen that day, but thankfully, everything turned out alright in the end.

"Xiao Kun, come here. Before the pheasant is cooked, let's try on the sweater." Aunt walked back into the yard and waved to Chang Kun.

"What sweater, Auntie?"

"Come and try it, and you'll see." Auntie came into the house and took out a sweater. The sleeves were not yet sewn on, and two wooden crochet hooks were hanging on it.

"Aunt, what's wrong?"

"Hehe, your uncle got his first paycheck last month, so I bought some yarn and thought I'd knit you a sweater."

Chang Kun sighed inwardly. His aunt's clothes were patched upon patched, and there were two large patches on the knees of her trousers. His aunt was really too honest. She would rather suffer a little herself than not repay his kindness.

"Auntie, Xiaoshui doesn't even have one yet, and you're already knitting a sweater for me. Aren't you afraid she'll say you're being biased?" Chang Kun could only feel guilty for his aunt's kind intentions and jokingly patted Xiaoshui's head.

Xiao Shui looked up at Chang Kun with her big eyes and said, "Big brother gave me something delicious. I'm best friends with big brother."

"You're such a clever little devil..." Chang Kun pinched her little watery nose, tried on the sweater, and felt warm and cozy inside.

"Auntie, these photos were taken at my house. Keep a few at home for yourselves. There are also a few photos taken by Xiaoshui." Chang Kun said, remembering the photos he had developed today.

"Let me see, let me see first!" Xiao Shui jumped up, wanting to see the photos she had taken herself.

"Take a look! Wow! That's a really good shot!"

"Look at it, the eyes are eyes, and the nose is a nose."

The family of three huddled together looking through photos, bursts of laughter escaping their lips from time to time.

Chang Kun walked out of the courtyard, found a stick, and started poking at the beggar's chicken mud balls. One of the mud balls broke open, and a fragrant aroma wafted out.

"Mom and Dad, stop looking at the photos, let's eat chicken first!" Seeing Chang Kun walk in with a few mud balls, one of which was emitting a fragrant aroma, Xiao Shui couldn't help but drool.

"Xiao Kun, your cooking skills are really good. Even if you don't hunt, you could be a great chef!" Liu Meilin's mouth watered at the smell of the pheasant.

"Come on, let's have a couple of drinks together, you gave me that wine last time, I haven't been able to bring myself to drink it!"

Chang Kun was speechless. The wine he had given to his uncle was from several months ago, and he still hadn't been able to bring himself to drink it.

There wasn't much meat on the pheasant; after removing the feathers, each one weighed just over a pound. The chicken legs and wings were almost entirely swallowed by the little boy, and his uncle and aunt were sucking on the bones with a loud slurping sound.

Chang Kun, remembering that the variety of crops in his space wasn't complete, asked, "Uncle, what kinds of seeds does the grain station have?"

"The selection is usually quite comprehensive. What's up? Do you need it?"

Chang Kun nodded: "When you have time, could you help me find some seeds for vegetables and fruits like broccoli, tomatoes, and watermelons?

"No problem, we can get some seeds. Just don't plant them randomly and get reported." Liu Meilin thought Chang Kun wanted to plant some in the courtyard of the siheyuan.

After finishing the beggar's chicken, Xiao Shui patted her belly and burped contentedly. Chang Kun looked at the sky and, seeing that it was getting late, got up to say goodbye.

I had planned to come over today and pick up some seafood for my uncle, but then this tiger incident happened. I can't just conjure up seafood out of thin air now that I've come empty-handed, so I'll have to do it another time.

Xiao Shui held onto her older brother's hand, reluctant to let him go.

These past few days when I went home, not only was the food at home not good, but more importantly, she was the only little girl at home, with no one to play games with and have to help with chores from time to time.

"Alright, Xiaoshui, be good at home. Your mother will go to work in the city in a couple of days, so you can play with Xiaoqing and the others. After a while, you can go back to school."

Chang Kun took out the last remaining nine-linked rings and the seashell bracelet, which made the little girl stop crying and start laughing.

Watching the interaction between the brother and sister, the aunt thought to herself, "If only I had given birth earlier, and had a son as my first child, then Xiao Shui would have had an older brother who dotes on her so much..."

Chang Kun hurried home on his bicycle, telling his mother that he was just delivering a job quota to his aunt, but he hadn't gotten home yet after a busy afternoon.

Halfway there, I suddenly noticed tiny stars floating in the air beside the small river.

It was already evening, and visibility was very low, so fireflies slowly began to emerge.

Chang Kun stopped his bicycle when he thought about how he had released Xiao Qing and the others' fireflies in the morning, knowing they would be clamoring to catch more when he got home tonight.

There are so many fireflies by the stream; it's much easier than searching for them one by one in the city.

In no time, they had caught fifty or sixty, enough for the three girls in the family to play with.

He sensed that there were many small fish and shrimp in the river, but he didn't want to catch them. In comparison, sea fish tasted much better and had no muddy smell at all.

But the little grass turtles hiding in the river are quite nice; they're easy to raise and cute. I promised the little girls a couple of days ago that I'd catch some for them if they passed the reading test, so this is a good opportunity.

Chang Kun put the turtle and water into his spatial storage. He didn't linger any longer; it was too late, and his family would worry.

As they approached the courtyard house, Chang Kun took out fireflies and a small grass turtle from his spatial storage and packed them in a lunchbox.

"Big brother, big brother's back!"

As soon as the car stopped, the three girls rushed into the alley to help lift the car into the yard.

Hearing this, Liu Meifen also came out, muttering, "Why did it take so long? It's already dark. I was thinking of having your father go and greet him."

"Big brother, what delicious food did you pack in the lunchbox?"

Chang Qing, who had the biggest craving, snatched the lunchbox from Chang Kun's hand.

The moment the box was opened, fireflies burst into the air, twinkling brightly.

"Wow!"

"Hurry and catch them!"