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

I lifted the lid off the wine jar, took a deep sniff, and it was indeed tiger penis wine.

"This is good, this is good..." Uncle smiled and hugged the wine jar, carefully moving it into the cabinet and hiding it.

"I have things to do this afternoon, so I can't drink this at noon... Xiaoling, go get the Xinghuacun liquor I've been hiding in the cellar. I'll have a good few drinks with Xiaokun later!"

Liu Meiling glared at him, annoyed. "Look at you, treating tiger penis wine like your own life!"

"Hehe! Isn't this all for you? Don't tell me you don't like it!"

"Pah! What nonsense are you spouting!" Liu Meifen stood on tiptoe and glanced into the kitchen. "If the children hear this, how will you face them?"

She quietly told her uncle that Wang Hongxia had overheard the two of them making noise at night, which made her uncle's eyes twitch.

"It's my fault, my fault!" Uncle scratched his head, feeling very embarrassed. Luckily, his eldest daughter was too naive to understand what that voice meant.

After hiding the tiger penis wine, he turned and went to the kitchen: "Xiao Kun, Xiao Min, you're here!"

"Uncle," Chang Kun replied, wearing an apron around his waist and waving a spatula in his hand.

"It's really kind of you to cook for me since I'm here..."

"Hehe, Uncle, we're family, no need for formalities."

Cheng Min was teaching Wang Hongxia how to prepare the cucumber sauce when she looked up and called out, "Uncle."

"Hey! Xiaomin didn't teach at school today; she came to my house to teach this silly girl how to cook."

"Dad! Who calls their own daughter 'silly girl'!" Wang Hongxia retorted. "I made the cucumber and tomato salad, so you'd better not eat it later!"

My uncle shook his head and said she was a silly girl and she was unhappy. She's such a grown-up and she's only just learned how to make cold dishes.

I wonder how much people will look down on me when I look for a husband.

Back at the dining table, Liu Meiling had already set out the Xinghua Village wine from the cellar. She smiled and said, "Xiao Kun prepared these forest frogs and stir-fried silkworm pupae. They're great dishes to go with drinks. Let him have a couple more drinks later. He can stay at the house tonight. I ordered food from Fengzeyuan Restaurant. We'll eat there tonight."

"That works! Fenjiu doesn't give me a headache, so I can have a few drinks."

The food and drinks were all laid out, but the two little girls, who were playing and sweating profusely, still refused to sit at the table.

"Come and eat, your big brother will teach you how to fold paper frogs later." Chang Kun always knows how to deal with his younger sister.

"Really, brother?"

"Great! We can fold frogs now!"

The two little ones skipped and jumped over, then grabbed Chang Kun's arm and wouldn't let go.

"Eat first, don't bother your older brother."

Liu Meiling pressed the two little girls down next to her seat, stuffing a small bowl into each of their hands. "Eat your food well, and you'll have everything you need. If you don't eat properly, hmph, you'll get a spanking!"

With his glass full of wine, Uncle raised it and said, "Come on, Xiao Kun, Xiao Min, and Xiao Xiu'er, welcome!"

Chang Kun picked up his wine glass, while the remaining women picked up their sodas. The two little girls quickly grabbed their sodas and clinked glasses with each other, mimicking the adults' tone: "Cheers! Cheers!"

Everyone laughed; these two little ones are so adorable when they're being good.

Each of the little ones had a bowl of soup, and they ate the dragon leg with their mouths full of oil. When they saw Chang Kun slurping up the forest frog, they were a little envious.

"Brother, is this toad tasty?"

"In the past, when it rained, there were frogs in the yard, and my mother would lie and say that we couldn't eat them."

Upon hearing this, Liu Meifen rolled her eyes: "Even eating meat can't shut you two up! This is called a forest frog, children can't eat it!"

Upon hearing that it wasn't a toad but a forest frog, the two little girls' minds lit up.

Everyone at the table is enjoying their meal, so why can't I eat?

Little Zixia tugged at her mother's arm: "Mom, we want to eat too, just a little bit, okay?"

Xiuer also looked longingly at her second aunt.

Chang Kun thought for a moment, found a fat forest frog, removed the snow frog oil and roe from it, and divided the remaining meat among the two little ones.

Children should avoid eating frog roe and snow frog oil, as they are prone to indigestion and diarrhea. However, there are no dietary restrictions regarding the rest of the frog meat.

The two little ones were all smiles as they ate the frog meat.

Especially Little Zixia, who kept shouting as she ate, "When we go out later, I'm going to tell Gou Dan'er that I'm really powerful now, I even dare to eat toad meat!"

Liu Meiling was both amused and exasperated by her daughters. Her eldest daughter was a bit slow-witted, and her youngest daughter was almost the same. She really wanted to consider having another son to inherit the excellent genes of the Liu family.

There were two little ones on either side of her, and she was busy with her hands, picking up gyrfalcon meat one moment and peeling hairy crabs for them the next.

After eating about half full, the two little girls couldn't sit still anymore. Each of them held two large crab claws in their hands, shouting, "I'll pinch you, I'll pinch you..."

Little Zixia's eyes darted around: "Let's go, let's go catch Dog Egg!"

Liu Meiling was happy to relax and didn't bother with them. Anyway, there were guards outside the compound, so the little girl wouldn't get into trouble.

"These silkworm pupae are stir-fried really well; they smell delicious on the outside and are bursting with flavor inside."

My uncle took a bite of silkworm pupa and a sip of wine, and said with a touch of emotion, "These silkworm pupa still lack a certain flavor."

"It smells so good, how can you say it's lacking in flavor? I think you're quite picky!" Liu Meiling glared at her husband. Her nephew had worked so hard to stir-fry the silkworm pupae, and she was actually complaining about it!

My uncle gulped down a glass of wine and sighed, "What do you know!"

"Back when we were fighting the Japanese invaders, we hid in those mountains during the dead of winter. Our food supplies ran out, and we almost ran out of even the grass roots!"

As my uncle recounted stories of the war, everyone at the table put down their chopsticks and listened quietly.

"At that time, the soldiers were so hungry that their legs were weak and their eyes were blurry. Later, a young soldier was rummaging through the firewood in the cracks of the rocks and found a soft thing inside. It turned out to be a nest of silkworm pupae. I still remember the exact number clearly. There were eleven in total."

"Hehe! Luckily there were enough of them. Our small class had exactly ten people, and the extra one was reserved for the wounded."

"The silkworm pupae were buried under the hot ashes of burning wood, and everyone watched with bated breath, swallowing their saliva repeatedly..."

My uncle's eyes were glazed over, as if he could see the scene from back then.

"It was just a tiny silkworm pupa, and everyone was reluctant to eat it. They held the pupa in their hands, smelling it again and again..."

"The smell of those roasted silkworm pupae, that smoky aroma, I'll never forget it!"

After a long silence, my uncle sighed, "As people get older, they like to reminisce about the past, and now you're all listening to my rambling."

Chang Kun quickly raised his glass: "Uncle, we all love hearing about these things. Let's have a drink to that era!"

My uncle nodded: "Cheers! To our fallen comrades!"

"Uncle, those soldiers?"

After a long silence, my uncle bent his index finger and pointed it at his chest.

"They've all sacrificed themselves, leaving only me!"

"Xiao Kun, remember this: we must never forget them for the good life we ​​have today!"

"yes!"

Not only did Chang Kun stand up straight and agree, but Cheng Min, Wang Hongxia, and Liu Meiling all had serious expressions on their faces.

Only those who have experienced war truly understand how heroic the sacrifices of the soldiers were!