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

Director Song pulled Chang Kun to his office to calculate the money.

Chang Kun asked in a low voice, "Director Song, do you sell guns here?"

"A gun? What kind of gun do you want?"

"Hunting, hunting wild boars! I had to borrow a gun to hunt wild boars before, but now that I have a little money, I want to buy one."

Director Song handed over a Daqianmen gun. "Normally, supply and marketing cooperatives don't sell guns, but these are special times. We're talking behind closed doors. The higher-ups are secretly supporting hunters who can hunt."

So, I have a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle and a Water Beaded Rifle, which one do you want?

"Director, I want both of them." Chang Kun smiled when he heard that there were two.

Perfect timing! I'll use one for myself and give the other to Zhang Quhun. He follows me around hunting wild boars and rabbits, and each time he only brings home a little food, so I'll compensate him a bit.

"120 yuan for a 56mm gun, 80 yuan for a water-jet gun. Xiao Chang, I'll sell you this gun. You have to send the guns you use to me after you shoot them."

Director Song also wanted to win Chang Kun over. He had only hunted wild boars for two or three days, but he had already gotten so many rabbits. This young man was quite capable.

Chang Kun nodded. After buying these two guns, he would only have a hundred yuan left from selling the rabbit. If his mother bought some more things, she would basically spend it all.

By this time, Liu Meifen had finished buying everything. After calculating the accounts, she realized that she didn't have much money left from selling the rabbits. Chang Kun decided to exchange it for five jin of cotton coupons and five jin of grain coupons.

These days, there are three rare things: oil and pork. But these two are nothing to Chang Kun; he can just hunt wild boars in the mountains.

The third difficulty is cotton. Now it's summer and we don't need cotton, but in winter, if we don't have a cotton coat, we'll freeze like frostbite.

Xiao Yao and Lao Liu helped Chang Kun tie the things to the cart.

Wang Cuiqin held Liu Meifen's arm, reluctant to let her go. The two of them were about to meet a great man, and they were gossiping about everything under the sun, from their parents' home to their husbands' home, from the village to the city.

"Sister, how do I get to Gulou Subdistrict Office?"

Chang Kun wanted to go to the neighborhood office to get acquainted with the residents, because if his mother moved to the city for work, the neighborhood office would need to help her with her housing problem.

This is a society that values ​​personal connections. Are you really going to just sit back and wait in line for housing without making any connections? Well, you'll have to wait!

"You're going to the neighborhood office for something? It's not far from here, only a five-minute walk."

"It's nothing, just getting familiar with the area. If I'm going to work in the city, won't the neighborhood committee have to arrange housing for me?"

Chang Kun leaned closer to Wang Cuiqin and whispered that he wanted to keep it from Liu Meifen until things were settled, so as not to end up disappointed if things didn't work out.

"Hey, you should have said so earlier. The director of the neighborhood office is my aunt. She even helped me get this job. It's just a matter of a word from her."

Chang Kun was taken aback. Wasn't this a coincidence?

My eldest sister's husband's eldest brother's wife's aunt—that's how we found the connection...

"Come on, I'll take you to meet them. That way, it'll be easier to talk to them if anything comes up later." Wang Cuiqin was eager to pull Chang Kun away.

Chang Kun stopped, took out ten yuan, and said to Xiao Yao, who was standing at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative, "Brother Yao, please help me retrieve a wild rabbit."

It's not good to come empty-handed on your first visit.

But these distant relatives, who come to our door to buy things, are not very good—money is hard to earn these days, and even city workers are struggling to make ends meet.

Bring some of the game you hunted yourself; that's just right.

Wang Cuiqin couldn't help but take another look at Chang Kun. This younger brother was quite experienced in handling affairs; he didn't seem like an eighteen-year-old at all.

She took Liu Meifen's arm and led the way, while Chang Kun pushed the cart behind.

A few minutes later, at the neighborhood office.

Wang Cuiqin knocked on the door, and before anyone inside could respond, she pushed the door open and went in.

"Auntie, I'm here." She plopped down directly on the solid wood desk.

"You're such grown-ups, why are you still acting like children?" A woman in her forties behind the desk looked up and scrutinized Chang Kun and Liu Meifen.

"Auntie, these are my sister-in-law's mother and younger brother. They're just passing by, so I'm introducing them to you."

After introducing themselves and exchanging a few words, Chang Kun put down the wild rabbit and left with his mother.

In later generations, this subdistrict office director would be a full-fledged division-level official with considerable power; even the local police station was affiliated with the subdistrict office.

Director Wang knew that if a relative from such a roundabout way came to see her, they must have something on their mind. Since the relative hadn't said anything, she didn't ask any further questions.

By the time we left the neighborhood office, the sun was already setting.

"Sis, where is the pharmacy? I need to go buy some medicine."

"Go straight, at the second intersection on your way back, turn east and you'll see it. What's up? What medicine do you need?"

"I noticed that the little girls in my family have worm spots on their faces, so I'm going to buy some pagoda-shaped sugar."

As soon as Chang Kun said it, Wang Cuiqin understood; almost everyone who has raised children knows this.

If a child has roundworms, eating this pagoda-shaped sugar will expel the worms; it's very effective.

Chang Kun thought of King Li, and all the children who had eaten pagoda-shaped candies should owe him a debt of gratitude.

"You can't eat meat with this," Wang Cuiqin quickly reminded Chang Kun, fearing he was too young to understand.

The group separated, and Chang Kun led his mother back home.

On the way, I stopped at a pharmacy and bought forty pagoda-shaped sugar candies for one yuan. I'll let my younger sisters eat as many as they want, and I'll also share some with my close friends in the village.

As Chang Kun was about to leave the pharmacy, a wooden sign on the counter caught his eye.

Angong Niuhuang Wan!

There's such a good thing?!

This is a life-saving medicine for the elderly!

At this time, Angong Niuhuang Wan was made with real rhinoceros horn.

If those things from later generations can be made with buffalo horns, you should be secretly happy!

"How much is this Angong Niuhuang Wan?"

"One dollar and two cents a pill." The noodle shop clerk spoke casually, but this Angong Niuhuang Wan was not something the average person could afford.

Upon hearing this, Chang Kun was overjoyed. It was so cheap!

"Then give me a hundred pills." Chang Kun had already reached into his pocket, ready to count the money.

"What?" The clerk saw Chang Kun pull out a large wad of cash and hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, each person can only buy two pills, so the two of you can buy four pills in total."

Chang Kun curled his lip and counted the money to buy it.

As they left the pharmacy, Liu Meifen glared at Chang Kun: "Xiao Kun, what medicine did you just buy? A little over a dollar for a small pill?"

Chang Kun chuckled: "Mother, this is a really good thing. Just treat it like ginseng. It can save your life in a pinch."

"A little over a dollar can save a life, it's not expensive."

Liu Meifen is also good at keeping accounts.

When I passed by the state-run restaurant, they were steaming large meat buns inside, and the smell was absolutely wonderful.

Chang Kun spent 1.2 yuan and 5 jin of grain coupons to buy 25 large meat buns.

If he had enough food coupons, he would have wanted to buy all of that big meat bun.

The large meat buns wouldn't be sold without ration coupons, but the steamed buns next to them no longer required ration coupons and could be bought freely, though they were expensive. Chang Kun spent another three yuan to buy thirty steamed buns.

He's tired of the corn porridge at home, and even with wild rabbit, field mouse, squirrel, and pheasant meat, it's still unpalatable.

Seeing that Chang Kun had bought so many things, Liu Meifen felt a little sorry for him. She only stopped nagging when Chang Kun broke open a meat bun and stuffed it into her mouth.

Liu Meifen slowly sipped the meat bun, her eyes a little red.

She thought of her deceased father, who wanted to eat a steamed bun before he passed away, but there was no flour available at that time, and so the old man left with regret.

She herself hadn't eaten steamed buns for several years, but now she was enjoying the good life with her son. Looking at her son pushing the stroller, she felt that her son was getting better and better.

If I could marry that hairless wife, that would be even better.

Maybe she really is a lucky charm for her husband; her son will become an official, even more powerful than Cuiqin's aunt...

Liu Meifen felt more and more beautiful the more she thought about it.