The hunter's leisurely life begins with marrying a female educated youth.

In the second large canteen, the members of the fourth, fifth, and sixth production teams wore expressions of joy.

Although they were only drinking thin porridge, everyone took half a bowl of rabbit meat, and they felt very happy while eating it.

The group of commune members, munching on rabbit meat, approached Zhang Jiwu and Zhang Yun and offered their thanks in a friendly manner.

The last four people to arrive at the second canteen were Zhang Yun's father, mother, and two younger sisters.

Zhang Zhongli had to undergo surgery because of a stomach ulcer, and his health deteriorated significantly after the surgery.

The production team then arranged for Zhang Zhongli to take care of the pig farm, raising a total of more than 20 pigs, which was entirely entrusted to Zhang Zhongli, Chen Wan, Zhang Yanhong, and Zhang Yanli's family.

On weekdays, Chen Wan, Zhang Yanhong, and Zhang Yanli, the three women, would go to the fields to pick wild vegetables and weeds, carrying them back basket after basket. Zhang Zhongli would then chop up these wild vegetables and weeds and cook them in a large pot until they were soft.

Basically, the four of them are always the last group to arrive at the main canteen after feeding the pigs.

"Dad, Mom."

When Zhang Yun saw his four dearest family members arrive, he immediately stood up and shouted excitedly.

In his previous life, Zhang Zhongli was burdened with heavy household chores and was in poor health. A few years after the country's reform and opening up, his health deteriorated, and he passed away soon after.

After Tang Tiantian married Zhang Yun, she attacked her two younger sisters, Zhang Yanhong and Zhang Yanli, in various ways, forcing them to marry hastily. As a result, the two sisters' marriages were not good. If Zhang Yun hadn't later gone into business and made a fortune, he wouldn't have been able to protect his two sisters.

Chen Wan, the mother, was a traditional virtuous wife and loving mother who worked hard all her life and took care of the family.

Reborn, Zhang Yun was naturally thrilled to see his beloved family again.

Secretly, Zhang Yun also vowed to make his family healthy and happy throughout his life.

"Oh, everyone's eating meat today."

The thin Zhang Zhongli nodded, and seeing Zhang Yun holding half a bowl of porridge in one hand and a whole bowl of rabbit meat in the other, he spoke with great curiosity.

Yes, while other members only received half a bowl of rabbit meat, Zhang Jiwu and Zhang Yun received an extra reward: a whole bowl of rabbit meat each.

"Dad, Mom, sister, hurry up and get some meat, there's not much left."

Zhang Yun smiled and urged.

Most of the commune members are now gathered around that big iron pot. If no other commune members come over, they'll fight over the remaining rabbit meat in the pot.

The main reason is that they don't usually eat meat, so when they finally have a feast, they eat like wolves.

Even if the captain wanted to stop them, probably no one would listen.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhongli immediately rushed into the dining hall.

On the other side, the members of the first, second, and third production teams of the first canteen were staring intently at the second canteen, their eyes filled with intense envy.

Brigade leader Zhang Youwei was also holding a bowl of rabbit meat. At this time, he summoned the team leaders of the six production teams. Three team leaders drank porridge, and three team leaders ate meat. The scene was a bit comical.

Zhang Youwei didn't want to provoke the captains of Team One, Team Two, and Team Three, so he spoke earnestly.

"We caught so many rabbits this afternoon, it seems the wild rabbits on Pine Tree Mountain are starting to proliferate."

"The sweet potatoes from the rocky hill are also our brigade's winter reserve food; we can't let the wild rabbits ruin them."

"Tonight, we will send men to keep watch at Stone Mountain."

"As per past practice, each team will take turns sending two people. Now, you six team captains can present your proposed list."

In previous years, the six production teams would pass the buck and not want to send any members to stay and guard the stone mountain.

The main reason is that the Stone Mountain area is also a habitat for mountain snakes, and the villagers are afraid of it.

Therefore, every year the team leader would forcibly designate two members to take the night watch.

“Brigade, since Zhang Jiwu and Zhang Yun from my fifth team are skilled at catching rabbits, let my fifth team take over the task of guarding Stone Mountain. We won’t trouble the members of the other five teams.”

No sooner had he finished speaking than Zhang Boshu interrupted him.

Zhang Boshu's idea was simple: as long as he took on the task, he wouldn't send Zhang Jiwu and Zhang Yun to stay behind. Instead, he would have his three sons take turns going to Stone Mountain, so that they could catch some wild rabbits every night.

Other villagers were afraid of snakes, but Zhang Boshu was not. His wife came from the Wang family in Sihui Village, and as a family of hunters, they naturally had medicine to repel snakes and detoxify them.

“No, the members of our team just suggested to me that they are not afraid of hardship and want to take over the night watch work at Stone Mountain.”

Team leader Zhang Yangguang immediately spoke up, glaring at Zhang Boshu with a resentful look.

That means I know exactly what you're up to, and you can forget about pocketing the benefits.

After all, if they stayed behind at night, they could easily conceal how many rabbits they caught without supervision from other members. In that case, the members who stayed behind at the rocky hill could keep a few rabbits for themselves and solve their family's meat problem.

The other team leaders were also well aware of the situation, and each of them suggested that their own production team take on the night watch task.

Captain Zhang Youwei immediately understood the ulterior motives of the six captains. He glared at them, which silenced them and stopped their argument.

"After you finish eating, go to your respective teams and select two members to report. The six production teams will take turns guarding the rocky hill. As for the arrangements for the night watch on the seventh day, it depends on which two members have caught the most rabbits in the previous six nights. Those two members will continue to guard the hill on the seventh night."

Zhang Youwei had no time to haggle with them and made his decision immediately.

Upon hearing this, the six team leaders said no more.

This is already the fairest way; everyone has an equal chance. It all depends on each team's ability to secure the seventh night's watch.

The communal meal was quickly finished.

The team leaders of the six production teams gathered their respective team members to discuss the selection of two members to stay behind at Shitoushan.

After finishing dinner, Zhang Yun, from the fifth production team, stopped his father, Zhang Zhongli.

"Yun Yazi, why are you pulling me? I want to raise my hand so you can participate in the election for those who stay behind."

Zhang Zhongli looked at his son with some confusion.

"Dad, don't waste your time. Do you think Uncle would let me be a person left behind?" Zhang Yun replied indifferently.

Zhang Zhongli was immediately stunned, then sighed, and then pulled his wife Chen Wan and their two daughters, and the five of them walked home.

The production team election was supposed to be fair, but the team leader had a lot of decision-making power.

First, members nominate themselves, and then other members must raise their hands to get more than half of the votes in order to become one of the candidates.

If Zhang Zhongli gave a subtle signal, how could the other members dare to agree to Zhang Yun becoming a candidate?

Zhang Jiwu, the third uncle standing to the side, saw Zhang Yun's family leave. He bit his lip but didn't say anything to persuade them. He could only watch them go home.

Zhang Boshu glanced at Zhang Yun's family in the dark, his eyes narrowed, and a barely perceptible sneer appeared on his face.

"Yun Yazi, it's such a pity that you can't be one of the people who stay behind, with such a strong ability to catch rabbits."

On his way home, Zhang Zhongli sighed.

Zhang Yun smiled faintly: "Dad, I don't care about the list of night watchmen at all."