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

"Okay, that's settled!"

Chang Kun agreed without hesitation, and the two old men were so happy that their beards flew up. They kept praising Chang Kun for being a generous man from Beijing.

You know, normally a fish like this, even if it's almost dead, can still sell for fifteen yuan.

Cheng Min hesitated for a moment, then remained silent.

After all, the tall old man had just tried to go into the water to save Chang Kun, so selling him a fish cheaply would be a way of repaying his good deed.

After the two old men happily paid and walked away, Chang Kun picked up the other fish.

"Give this fish to Xiaoqing and Xiaomu's teacher. We don't expect the teacher to treat Xiaoqing, Xiaomu, and Xiaoshui differently, just treat them normally."

Last time, Cheng Min approached that teacher hoping to let Xiao Qing and the others transfer into the class, but was refused.

Now that the head of teaching has assigned them to the class, if someone is petty, they might give Xiaoqing and the others a hard time. It would be better to build a good relationship with them before they even start school.

He went to great lengths for his younger sisters.

In later generations, giving gifts to the homeroom teacher was common practice, but at this time it seemed quite unusual.

Cheng Min opened her mouth as if to speak but then stopped, and after thinking for a while, she still didn't say anything. There were some things she didn't understand, but she knew in her heart that Chang Kun must have his own reasons for doing so.

"Okay, shall we go now?"

"Okay, do you know where that teacher lives?"

Cheng Min nodded: "She lives three alleys away from my house, so it's on my way."

"I'll carry it for you. When you bring it in, just tell her that your younger sisters will be joining the class in a couple of days and ask her to take care of them." Chang Kun was afraid that the teacher wouldn't understand why she was being given a gift, so he simply let Cheng Min explain.

"Oh..." Cheng Min had never done gift-giving before, so she dawdled as she walked to the edge of the field, secretly encouraging herself for a long time before going in.

Chang Kun was smoking and waiting outside the door when Cheng Min came running out as if she were fleeing.

"Hey! Don't make me bring gifts next time, I can't even speak clearly!" She looked embarrassed, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Chang Kun.

Chang Kun smiled. It's normal to feel awkward when giving gifts. Unlike in later years, you can't just leave the gift at the gate of the community and let the teacher pick it up himself.

The two lingered for a while longer before heading home separately.

"Big brother, you're back!"

"Big brother, big brother, Mother says she's coming home tomorrow!"

Chang Kun frowned. What did Xiu'er mean by "going home tomorrow"? Her answer was unclear.

"Mother said she's going back to the village tomorrow and wants to treat people to a moving-in feast," Chang Qing said, speaking in a clear and organized manner.

Chang Kun then remembered this. When they moved house a while ago, his parents said they would invite relatives and friends from the village. Although most of the relatives in the village were beyond the fifth degree of kinship, there were still quite a few close relatives.

"Okay, I'm going out for a bit."

He turned around and found a secluded corner, filled a sack with potatoes, corn, and rice, and then cut off a red deer leg and carried it in his hand.

When I got home, my parents had just returned from cutting grass outside.

"Little Kun, where did you get so much stuff again?"

"Mother, I heard you're coming back to the village to host a feast tomorrow, so I got some grain and meat."

Liu Meifen patted Chang Kun on the shoulder with a smile: "My son is so sensible. I was thinking that taking the leftover food back home would be enough to eat."

Chang Kun shook his head. He knew his mother's temperament all too well. Now that she lived in the city, it would be embarrassing for her to serve corn porridge when she went back to the village to entertain guests.

"That's perfect, Xiaoqing and the others can go back and play for a day, and then they can go back to school the day after tomorrow."

Chang Dashan and Liu Meifen exclaimed in surprise, "Is everything settled about going to school?"

"It's all taken care of. With your future daughter-in-law involved, it's a piece of cake." Chang Kun attributed the credit to Cheng Min.

"Xiaomin is such a wonderful girl!"

"Mom, I don't have time to go back to the village. I can't keep asking for leave all the time."

"I know your father and I can handle this. We just wanted to burn some more paper money for your grandparents. Since you can't be there, we'll make it up next time."

After the family finished dinner and listened to the radio, two more people appeared in the yard.

An old man, Mr. Hong from next door, and an old woman, who was also quite old, were invited in by Liu Meifen.

"Xiao Kun, this is your Aunt Liu, she lives next door too."

"Aunt Liu," Chang Kun called out.

"Hey, I just got back and heard that this kid is kind, capable, and so good-looking... Does he have a girlfriend yet?"

Aunt Liu had been staying at her son's house for a while, and when she returned, she found that there were new neighbors next door, so she followed Old Man Hong over to join in the fun.

Normally, no one would gossip with her at home after dinner, but Liu Meifen warmly welcomed Aunt Liu, who shared the same surname.

"I heard you have a lot of kids, so I made a few cricket cages for the little ones to play with."

As soon as Aunt Liu took out five or six cricket cages and placed them on the table, the four girls' eyes lit up and they all pounced on them.

"Wow! Thank you, Aunt Liu!"

"So beautiful!"

"Is it for collecting fireflies?"

They weren't greedy; each of them held one in their hand and played with it.

Aunt Liu also liked children, and she taught them how to open the cage and how to put the crickets in.

"So that's where they release crickets. I used to catch them in the grass, and they tasted so good when roasted!" Chang Qing licked his lips, remembering the taste.

"Their calls are lovely too. It would be so much fun to catch a few and keep them locked up!"

"Let's go catch them when we get back to the village!"

The four girls were discussing excitedly, while Liu Meifen and Aunt Liu were also having a great time gossiping.

As a long-time resident, Aunt Liu knew everything about the box: which mother-in-law wouldn't feed her daughter-in-law, which daughter-in-law was caught cheating...

Liu Meifen listened with great interest; Old Man Hong had never mentioned these things before when he came to listen to the radio, so she felt she had finally found a kindred spirit.

"Come on, let your older brother accompany you back to your room to play." Chang Kun felt a little embarrassed. Aunt Liu's description was too vivid, attracting all the little girls. He didn't want to lead them astray.

"That's great!"

With their older brother playing with them, the little girls didn't care about the gossip and followed him back to their room.

Chang Kun lit the kerosene lamp, took out a copy of Journey to the West, and began to tell them stories.

At this point, the Monkey King in the original story was not the Great Sage depicted in the 83 TV series, but rather a demon.

He did just as much as other monsters, and when it came to eating people, he was incredibly ruthless.

Chang Kun couldn't continue reading after flipping through it twice; it was such a childhood ruiner.

I found a new copy of Water Margin, turned to the part about Wu Song fighting the tiger, and continued the story for them. This one was pretty good, and the little girls exclaimed in amazement as they listened.

"Wow! I want to be Wu Song!"

"Xiuer likes to be a tiger, so let her be a tiger!"

"Yes, yes, we'll take turns being Wu Song. Xiu'er is the youngest, so she can only be the tiger."

Xiuer had a stern face. She had thought the tiger was the most powerful, but she never expected that it would be killed by Wu Song.

"Brother, you're such a good hunter, do you want to be like Wu Song?"

Chang Kun thought about it and realized that if he were a child, he would definitely want to be Wu Song.

As for what happens when they grow up, I bet every man wants to be like Ximen Qing...