Reborn in the Great Northern Wilderness in 1982, I farmed and hunted to support my whole family.

"Come on! Putting aside what our son is like, do you think our family is good enough for that girl?" Liang Meifen rolled her eyes at Li Guozhang, then turned and went into the inner room with a cold face.

If this had happened in the past, Li Guozhang would have at least said something back.

He had just boasted about the "three turns and one sound" (a metaphor for a grand gesture), and now he was in a bind, his eldest son's marriage might fall through. Because of this, his wife was still sulking with him.

Thinking about it, Li Guozhang also sighed heavily and turned to look at Li Mu beside him, "Kid, don't be discouraged. I will definitely find you a girl even better than Tao Yimei in the future."

"Dad, what are you saying? Tao Yimei is already engaged, okay? Besides, I want to enjoy myself for a few more years. I don't want to bring a wife home who will control me like my mother."

Li Mu pursed his lips, turned around with a reluctant expression, and headed towards the outside of the courtyard to rescue the person.

"Engaged? Whose family is it?"

Li Guozhang asked in surprise, but before he could finish speaking, Li Mu had already walked out of the courtyard.

He took a step to chase after him, but the kid's legs moved like a wild rabbit's, and before he could even speak, he was already gone.

"You little brat, you can't even speak properly!" Li Guozhang shouted angrily, but looking at his son who was almost completely hidden in the white snow, he couldn't help but sigh heavily.

"Sigh! This is all because of poverty."

Li Guozhang turned and went into the house with a worried expression.

Li Mu, meanwhile, stepped through the thick snow, turned around, and headed up the mountain, bypassing the village.

To catch a fox, you must first catch a rabbit.

That thing is very clever; it won't easily eat dead things unless it's starving.

Therefore, he needs to catch a few more live rabbits this time.

Li Mu went up the mountain and circled around, and indeed found several fresh rabbit footprints. If he could set animal traps along these footprint paths and then make a few wire traps around the traps, he would have an 80% chance of catching a fox.

Thinking this, Li Mu turned around and went down the mountain towards Tian Xiaohu's house.

Unexpectedly, they encountered Zhao Jianjun on the road.

"Hey! Isn't this Brother Mu? Are you here to find Xiao Hu to fish or hunt rabbits?" Li Jianjun said with his hands in his sleeves, his neck hunched, and a grin on his face.

This is an overzealous attempt to get close to someone!

Li Mu's lips twitched, but there was no hint of pride or joy in his expression. Instead, he looked bitter and said, "What's the point of all this trouble? I only made less than three yuan. I might as well have stayed home."

"I contacted Xiaohu simply because I was too bored staying at home."

When Li Jianjun heard Li Mu say this, the smile on his face immediately froze: "Really? I heard from Xiao Hu that you guys make a lot of money."

"What's the point of making money? We couldn't even find a place to set up a stall in the county. They wouldn't let us occupy even the smallest spot without paying five cents."

"What? Eighty cents? That's outrageous!" Li Jianjun had heard that you had to pay a fee to set up a street stall in the county town. But he didn't really know how much it was.

Two cents! He might not earn that much even if he worked in the fields for ten days or so.

Li Mu had no idea what Li Jianjun was thinking; if he had known, he would have spat at him and called him a "lazybones."

But seeing Li Jianjun's shocked expression, Li Mu knew he hadn't let anything slip, so he quickly added, "That's right. The key is that nobody's buying anything, and Hu Zi and I almost froze into idiots."

Upon hearing this, Li Jianjun's gaze towards Li Mu instantly shifted from deliberate flattery to disdain.

Even the words he spoke carried a hint of sarcasm.

"You guys are really unlucky! If you ask me, you really can't be too unrealistic and dream about getting rich all the time."

After saying that, Li Jianjun raised his sleeve to wipe his nose, and then waved his arm, saying, "Alright, I'm not talking to you anymore."

"I thought you guys would take me along since you made some money, but you didn't get anything in return."

After Li Jianjun finished speaking, he turned around, spat out a mouthful of phlegm, and walked towards his home.

Only after he had walked far away did Li Mu turn around and enter Tian Xiaohu's house.

"Brother Mu! You're here."

As soon as Li Mu lifted the curtain and entered the room, Tian Xiaohu excitedly jumped off the kang (a heated brick bed).

"Little Tiger, you're pretty good! You're quite tight-lipped!" Li Mu said meaningfully.

Tian Xiaohu scratched his head and chuckled, saying in a simple voice, "Brother Mu, I'll definitely do what you asked me to do." Without waiting for Li Mu's reply, he asked eagerly, "Are we still going up the mountain today?"

“Go for it!” Li Mu replied with a smile.

"Alright!" Tian Xiaohu immediately jumped onto the kang (a heated brick bed) with a big smile and took out all the things that Li Mu had given him yesterday from the kang cabinet.

Li Mu didn't bring the several traps and snares that had already been prepared home; he hid them all for Tian Xiaohu.

I'm really afraid that his father, who's always bragging, might accidentally exaggerate the fact that he caught a few rabbits into saying he caught dozens of rabbits in a day.

At that time, it won't just be Li Jianjun who's thinking about hunting; probably everyone in the village, young and old, will be thinking about it too.

The two men took the items and first went up the mountain to place the traps and snares on the path that Li Mu had chosen. Then they turned around and went to the riverbank again.

But in order to avoid the villagers and to catch more fish, Li Mu and Tian Xiaohu deliberately walked an extra two miles.

Although the area is large, there are more than one fishing establishment on the river.

"Brother Mu! With so many people, how can we still catch any fish?" Tian Xiaohu looked at the river surface, which already had several holes in the ice, and felt a little anxious.

Li Mu laughed heartily, "It's perfect timing, even better than the last. Those are all experienced workers; they must have ice picks specifically for breaking ice holes. We can just buy a couple."

As he spoke, Li Mu put down the sled and slid up to an old sledman.

"Grandpa, you look like you've had a good harvest today!"

Li Mu chuckled and casually pulled out a pack of Daqianmen cigarettes from his pocket, quickly took one out, and handed it to the old man.

The old foreman, who originally didn't want to talk to anyone, looked at the cigarette offered to him, then glanced at Li Mu's beaming face. Although he took the cigarette, he casually stuffed it into his pocket.

He then took out a pipe wrapped with a tobacco pouch from his pocket, shook it open, and put it in his mouth.

Upon seeing this, Li Mu immediately lit a fire.

"Ice skewers are ten yuan each, two for eighteen." The old foreman got straight to the point without wasting any words.

"So expensive!" Tian Xiaohu had just arrived behind Li Mu when he heard this and his eyes widened like saucers.

However, before he could finish speaking, Li Mu had already taken out twenty yuan from his pocket and handed it directly to the old foreman.

"Grandpa, give us two sticks and sell us a net while you're at it."

Li Mu was generous, and the old leader finally put on a smile.

"You're a capable guy, kid."

The old foreman smiled and turned around, pulling two ice picks from the sled beside him and handing them to Li Mu.

"I only brought one net today. Come back tomorrow, and I'll give you a net and a bag!"

"Thank you, sir. Please keep this cigarette!" Li Mu smiled and handed the cigarette back to the old man.