"Li Jun!"

Liu Meifen exclaimed in surprise.

Wang Cuiqin, standing to the side, widened her eyes: "Lijun? When did you get back?"

Having not seen his family for nearly a year, Yang Lijun was also a little emotional.

"Mother! Sister-in-law!"

The three men grinned as they recounted their respective situations, their laughter punctuating the occasional burst of laughter.

Chang Kun took this opportunity to return to the courtyard house and call Xiao Qing and the others to come and meet his brother-in-law.

"Big brother, is brother-in-law really back?"

"My brother-in-law is back. Let him stay home and look after the baby so my older sister can stay with us."

"Really? That's great! Big sister's staying at my house! Staying at my house!"

The three girls didn't have much affection for their brother-in-law, and Xiu'er had almost no impression of him. They just wanted their eldest sister to come to their house again and play with them.

"You can't say that to your brother-in-law, or I'll spank you!" Chang Kun quickly warned, knowing that children speak without thinking and their words can easily be misunderstood.

When they arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, they were quick with their sweet talk, calling him "brother-in-law" over and over again.

Yang Lijun beamed with joy, patted the little girls on the head, and said with emotion, "When I left, these little ones were still tiny. In just one year, they've grown so tall and their complexions have improved a lot."

Xiuer stood to the side, puffing out her chest: "Big brother said I'll be able to go to school soon, and then Xiaoqing and the others won't dare to bully me anymore."

Everyone burst into laughter. Yang Lijun took out several bullets from his backpack and gave one to each of Xiaoqing, Xiaomu, and Xiuer.

"My brother-in-law didn't have any good stuff in the army either. Here, you can play with this whistle made from bullets."

With their new toys, the three little girls thanked their brother-in-law and whistled incessantly.

"Go away, stop making noise here!" Liu Meifen shooed the three girls out.

The little girl watched longingly from the side, and Yang Lijun took out a bullet whistle and told her to go out and find some playmates too.

"That's great, these girls must be going to school soon, right?"

Chang Kun nodded: "The girl I'm looking for will teach at the local elementary school. All the girls will go there to study."

"It feels like just yesterday Xiao Kun was getting married, has he chosen a date yet?"

Liu Meifen continued to praise Cheng Min, saying how wonderful she was, how good her job was, and how happy she was every day because her son's wedding was approaching.

Wang Cuiqin then mentioned her husband, Yang Lijun, who now works in the city. The family is on a government-supplied food ration and is doing quite well.

Even after a year apart, relatives always feel they have so much to talk about.

When Da Liu returned with the goods, he saw that they were all relatives of Chang Kun and greeted them with a smile.

After glancing at the clock on the wall, Yang Lijun exclaimed, "Mom, sister-in-law, it's getting late, I have to go back."

It takes the elderly two or three hours to walk from the city to their homes, and it gets dark by then.

Hearing this, Da Liu noticed that some elderly people had difficulty walking and said, "Um... how about I ride my tricycle and help you take it back?"

"Da Liu, I can't accept this, it's too much trouble," Liu Meifen quickly advised.

"Aunt Liu, what's the trouble? It's faster to go back and forth by tricycle."

Yang Lijun was embarrassed and waved his hands repeatedly.

"Don't be so polite. Chang Kun didn't charge me for the pig's trotters he gave my wife to help with lactation, and I wasn't even this polite."

Wang Cuiqin advised from the side, "Let's just leave it at that. Da Liu is indeed fast on his tricycle, and at least it's convenient for the elderly and children to ride on it."

Yang Liwu stepped forward with a grateful expression and offered cigarettes, saying that this was all thanks to the care he had given to his family.

Seeing that they had reached an agreement, Chang Kun thought for a moment, ran out of the supply and marketing cooperative, found a secluded corner, and rummaged through the sack.

Pack a leg of lamb, a pheasant, and then put ten sea cucumbers, a pound of morel mushrooms, two large yellow croakers, and some corn, potatoes, radishes, and cabbage into the lunchbox. The sack is packed full.

I found another small bag and put only a few cabbages, radishes, corn and potatoes in it. Since we are not relatives of Yang Liwu, I was afraid he would not accept more gifts. But it felt a little awkward to give only gifts to my brother-in-law, Yang Lijun.

Anyway, there's more food in the space than we can eat, but these days, even just sending this much is already a lot.

After placing the two bags at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative, Chang Kun went inside and whispered in Liu Meifen's ear, "Mom, there are two bags at the entrance. The big bag is for my brother-in-law, and the small bag is for Liwu."

"Brother-in-law, Brother Liwu, I have something to do, so I won't see you off." He knew that his brother-in-law and Yang Liwu's family would definitely try to refuse to accept the gifts later, and he was very impatient with this kind of thing, so he decided to let his mother handle it.

"Oh, we've kept you at work for so long this afternoon. You should go ahead and do what you need to do. We have to go now."

As they walked out together, Chang Kun hadn't even turned out of the alley when he heard his brother-in-law shouting.

"Oh dear, how can you bring so much stuff? No, this won't do. I didn't bring anything with me..."

"It's not for you, it's for my in-laws. What, I'm asking you to help carry it back and you don't want to do your part? Big Liu, help lift it onto the car!" It was my mother's voice.

Chang Kun quickened his pace. Luckily, he slipped away quickly, otherwise he would have had to nag his brother-in-law for a long time.

I hopped on my bicycle and hurried toward Tongrentang Pharmacy.

I asked Dr. Yan to prepare the tiger meat medicinal dish yesterday, but I haven't picked it up yet.

"Dr. Yan, you look great today!" Chang Kun was a little surprised to see Dr. Yan; his previously ashen face now had a touch of rosiness.

Doctor Yan chuckled, "I have to thank you for your kindness and generosity. After eating the medicinal meal, I feel much more energetic."

"Tsk tsk, the effect is so good... then what about my tiger meat medicinal cuisine?"

Doctor Yan brought out a large ceramic jar and patted the jar: "Tiger meat medicinal cuisine is slightly weaker than tiger heart, but it is more mild. If a normal person eats two or three spoonfuls at each meal, it can gradually change their constitution."

"It can change one's constitution? That's great!" Chang Kun's eyes lit up, then he asked, "Dr. Yan, are there any contraindications?"

"Pregnant women and children should avoid certain foods, as should those recovering from a serious illness. Otherwise, there are no other special precautions."

"Thank you for your help, Dr. Yan."

"Hey, it's a win-win situation. You're really capable of getting a whole tiger. You can come to me if you have any good stuff in the future."

After chatting for a bit, Chang Kun left and went to two supply and marketing cooperatives on Qianmen Street, where he bought two jars of loose Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor).

If he hadn't been wearing a police uniform, the salesperson might have kicked him out. At that time, the wine was still dispensed by ladles, three jin per ladle, and it took ten ladles to fill a jar with thirty jin.

The wine and jars weighed over forty jin in total. Chang Kun grabbed two jars, one in each hand, and found a secluded corner.

Put the tiger bones and auxiliary medicines in one jar, and the tiger penis and auxiliary medicines in another jar. Put them in the space. With the tenfold acceleration, it should be ready in about ten days.

I'll give the tiger bone wine to my parents later.

As for where to get the tiger penis wine, we'll have to think about it carefully. For some people, this wine is priceless.

I wonder what tiger penis wine tastes like. A friend of the author's is quite interested in trying it...

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