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

By the time I got home, it was already dark.

Under the bright moonlight, the family unloaded their belongings from the small cart.

"You bought so much stuff!" Chang Dashan picked up a tea bag and smelled it. "This tea smells really good!"

"Big brother, big brother, where are our things?"

Several young girls followed Chang Kun around. At the time, his older brother promised to buy them things so that they wouldn't have to go to the city with him.

"All you know is to ask for things! Come and eat some meat buns, they're still warm." Liu Meifen opened the wrapping paper for the meat buns, and an enticing aroma of steamed buns immediately wafted out.

"Wow! It smells so good!" Chang Qing immediately abandoned her older brother and ran to her mother's side, staring intently at the meat bun, her mouth watering uncontrollably.

Chang Mu and Chang Xiu were not to be outdone, surrounding their mother like hungry little birds.

The family hadn't eaten pure wheat-based food for almost a year. Since the autumn of 58, when the collective communal meals had consumed all the pure grains, wheat-based food had been a rare sight in the village.

Even though we've had meat at home these past few days, the craving for pasta and carbohydrates in our genes has never ceased.

The little girls' eyes sparkled, their mouths watering, as they watched their mother take out meat buns one by one.

at last.

With a "whoosh," Chang Qing bit open the bun skin, revealing the meat filling inside. Before even swallowing the dough in her mouth, she hurriedly brought her mouth to suck the still-warm meat juice.

Chang Qing finally caught her breath after devouring a palm-sized meat bun in one go.

"Ah! This is so delicious!"

Chang Mu and Chang Xiu were reluctant to swallow the delicious food all at once, so they took small bites of the buns and savored the flavor little by little.

"Mom, I want to eat another one." Chang Qing pestered her mother. She felt that she had just tasted the flavor, and somehow, she swallowed a bun.

"Go away! What did your dad cook for dinner?"

"Wild rabbit meat and porridge, I don't want to eat that, I want to eat meat buns~" Chang Qing said, pulling her mother's arm and shaking it.

"Go, finish your porridge before you eat the meat buns!"

"Ah, no, Mother!" Chang Qing's clamor rang out in the courtyard.

Seeing Chang Qing's appearance, Chang Kun laughed. This younger sister is greedy and talkative, and always lazy in doing things. She has a bit of the temperament of Pigsy from Journey to the West.

Plus, not being able to taste the meat bun was like Pigsy eating ginseng fruit – it was hilarious.

The half-moon illuminated the happy figures of the family.

Crickets chirped softly outside the courtyard. Chang Kun stretched and felt that this moment was truly wonderful.

In the end, the girls were subdued by Liu Meifen's force and obediently picked up their porridge to eat.

After eating meat buns, rabbit meat just doesn't taste good anymore.

But I still didn't dare to waste any, and I ate and licked the paste clean, bit by bit.

Anyone who dares to waste money these days? I'll break their legs!

Chang Qing and Chang Mu were so full that they kept groaning, while Xiu'er couldn't finish her food and happily asked her older brother to help her finish it.

After Liu Meifen and Chang Dashan finished eating, they cleaned up the pots and pans they had bought.

The soybean oil is placed in its proper place, and the seasonings are all put away; these things are quite precious.

This amount of soybean oil would last an average family for several years.

Ordinary families usually only use wheat straw to scrub the pan when cooking; they don't need to use oil at all.

Only during the Lunar New Year and other celebratory occasions like weddings and funerals, is it allowed to be dipped in oil and have some meat added.

As for seasonings, forget about it.

Rural people don't need that at all; a few wild onions and ginger picked from the mountains are enough.

There is a type of wild ginger called devil's ginger, which has a greasy and disgusting taste when eaten raw, but becomes crisp and delicious after being pickled. Chang Kun especially liked it when he was a child.

Liu Meifen put the mung bean cakes and sesame cakes into a basket and hung it on the roof beam.

It keeps out both little girls and rats.

The little girls pulled out some pagoda-shaped candies. Chang Qing curiously took a bite, and his eyes immediately lit up: "Big brother, is this candy? Can I eat it?"

Chang Kun quickly snatched it away. They had just finished eating meat buns and couldn't eat pagoda-shaped candies. He would give them to them when they had empty stomachs the next day or the day after.

The girls were a little disappointed because they didn't find anything else of value.

Could it be that the good things my brother mentioned bringing them were just those few meat buns?

Chang Qing glanced at her older brother and pouted.

She should have gone to the city with her older brother no matter what, since she could have eaten meat buns whether she went or not.

Chang Kun ignored the resentful looks from his younger sisters. It was already dark, with only a little moonlight. Even if he took out the toy, they wouldn't be able to see it clearly.

He was exhausted after a long day.

Lying on the west kang (heated brick bed), stretching, the little girls jumped onto the kang and pestered Chang Kun to tell them stories and teach him to write.

Chang Qing has learned to write her own name, while Chang Mu and Chang Xiu haven't yet. The two little girls are very enthusiastic about learning now.

Chang Kun was forced to become a teacher. He really wanted to send these girls to the senior high school classroom and let them know what suffering was.

Before long, the little girls quieted down, resting their chins on their hands and listening attentively to the story.

In their hearts, they had long forgotten the cold-faced and easily angered older brother from before; the older brother they knew now was a capable and gentle man.

After a night's rest, it's another day of feeling refreshed.

It's great to be young. After running around in the mountains for several days in a row and walking such a long way to the supply and marketing cooperative, I was still full of energy the next day.

Chang Kun got up and went to the east kang (heated brick bed), where his two older sisters were teaching Xiu'er to count.

He took out the reward for catching the rabbit from his back—a wooden rabbit puzzle toy—and placed it on the kang (a heated brick bed).

The little girls turned around and saw it; their eyes immediately lit up, and they all rushed forward, shouting, "Big brother, give it to me! Give it to me!"

The three younger sisters had never seen such exquisite toys before. They were so excited that snot bubbles came out of their noses, and they all rushed over to fight over who could play with them.

Chang Kun disassembled the rabbit and taught them how to assemble it step by step. Chang Qing understood it after watching it once and lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed) to assemble it with her two younger sisters.

Even when Liu Meifen asked them to eat meat buns, they didn't have time to pay attention.

Just as Liu Meifen was scolding the young maids, someone outside the courtyard called out, "In-law, are you home?"

Liu Meifen and Chang Kun peered out and saw Yang Shunong.

"Our in-laws are here! The old man went to fetch water, he'll be back soon," Liu Meifen hurriedly went out to greet them.

Yang Shunong hurriedly walked into the courtyard. "Xiao Kun is home, that's perfect, I came to find you."

"What's wrong, sir?" Chang Kun noticed that Yang Shunong seemed a bit agitated and sensed that something was wrong.

"Hey! Your little nephew can't poop, he's crying his eyes out!"

"Oh? What happened to my grandson?"

"Oh? What happened to my nephew?"