Reborn in 1963: I Hunted and Stockpiled Meat During a Famine

On weekends, many people go up the mountain to cut firewood, but the villagers only cut firewood on the edge, because they don't have guns and are afraid of being attacked by wild animals.

As darkness fell, Qin Qiming called out, "Let's go back. No need for help anymore. I'll take care of the rest and get it down the mountain."

Chen Xu and the others responded, "Okay, sure!"

It's common for kids to be lazy; they'll always find a chance to sneak out of the bathroom and then run to the kitchen to eat the cookies that **Min just made.

The cookies taste great, sweet but not cloying, and have a wonderful aroma.

One bite at a time, both fragrant and sweet.

Every time my younger siblings helped move the branches, they would come back and steal a few to eat.

Min didn't blame them, after all, the pancakes were originally made for them.

Min took out the last batch of small cakes, then brewed a pot of tea and placed it in the courtyard.

Take out a few bowls, pour in tea, and place the small cakes on the stone table.

After arranging everything, I turned around and saw Qin Qiming and his siblings walk in together.

Xia was the first to exclaim, "Oh dear, I'm so tired, sister!"

Qin Qixiu darted to the table like a cannonball, staring intently at it.

"Wow, cookies with tea, I'm so happy I'm about to faint!"

Chen Xu didn't hesitate either; he reached out and grabbed a mung bean cake, stuffing it into his mouth.

"What are you dizzy about? Eat up, seeing this makes me so hungry."

Qin Qixiu exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Xiaoxu, you're having two at once!"

Chen Xu blushed and coughed twice.

Seeing this, Min quickly brought over a bowl of water.

"You're choking."

Chen Xu slurped down a mouthful of tea.

"I almost choked to death!"

Qin Qixiu quickly apologized, "It's all my fault for making you choke, I'm sorry."

"It's okay, it's my fault, I ate too fast."

Chen Xu chuckled, grabbed two more, and was about to put them in his mouth.

Qin Qixiu pouted and muttered again, "Brother Xiaoxu, take it one at a time, don't choke again."

Chen Xu smiled again: "Okay."

After saying that, he put one in his mouth, chewed it a few times, and then impatiently put a second one in.

Qin Qiming, who was washing his hands nearby, chimed in, "Xiao Xu did a really good job today, dragging back so many branches. He's very capable and definitely deserves a good reward!"

Chen Xu's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Brother Qiming, let me fire the gun as a reward, okay?"

Qin Qiming smiled, revealing a set of pearly white teeth.

His smile, combined with his healthy complexion, made **Min's heart race.

"Sure, of course. After we finish eating, let's go to the back mountain and hunt a wild rabbit."

Chen Xu was so excited that he danced around: "I can finally shoot a gun!"

Dinner tonight is noodles, and one egg for each person.

After the meal, Qin Qiming took Chen Xu up the back mountain.

“There’s a burrow of wild rabbits ahead. I raised them specifically for this purpose. Take aim and try it out first.”

Chen Xu nodded and aimed at a rabbit standing outside its burrow.

Easily lock onto the target.

"Seize the opportunity; the best time is when it doesn't move."

The hare hopped two steps near its burrow, then stopped.

Immediately afterwards, a gunshot rang out.

The rabbit fell to the ground, struggled a few times, and then died.

The rabbit next to it jumped away in panic and dared not return to its burrow.

Chen Xu rushed forward and grabbed the dead rabbit.

"Brother Qiming, am I good at aiming?"

"allow!"

"Let's go, let's go somewhere else!"

Chen Xu handed the wild rabbit to Qin Qiming.

Then, he hunted a pheasant and was very excited.

Qin Qiming: "Xiao Xu, you can't go deep into the mountains when I'm not around. If you absolutely have to fight, stay in this area."

At this point, Qin Qiming took out a map.

"This area is a place I intentionally made the little thing think it was safe."

Shen Shuan glanced at the map and nodded: "Okay, Brother Qiming, I've got it."

"Let's go back."

"Ah."

After returning home, Min boiled a large pot of water and cleaned the prey.

Then put it in an iron bucket, hang it in well water to refrigerate, and prepare to eat it tomorrow at noon.

the next day.

Min arrived at the well early and brought up the prey she had prepared the day before.

"Qiming, should we send some over to my uncle and the others?"

Qin Qiming glanced at his younger siblings filling the courtyard, thought for a moment, and then said, "I won't send them off now. I can send them off when I've hunted more."

Min laughed: "Really not going to give us any free meat? There are a full ten pounds of clean meat here!"

Qin Qiming shook his head. "If we send the meat over there, and other villagers happen to see it, they might be envious. Besides, it's broad daylight, so we can't just send it secretly. If we wait until night, the amount of meat will be less, which isn't worth it. So, let's keep it for ourselves!"

Qin Qiming had also considered sending meat to Liu Zhu and his wife, but he worried that the aroma of meat emanating from their house would arouse jealousy.

Currently, most people in the village can only afford diluted rice porridge, and their lives are difficult.

Openly eating meat without specific conditions will certainly provoke public outrage.

The villagers in the mixed-surname village were in a better situation than those in the nearby villages because Qin Qiming had repeatedly handed over the large game he hunted to the village chief to distribute to the villagers.

Therefore, some villagers are able to eat meat a few times a day.

Chen Xu chimed in, "Brother Qiming, how about I run off and call Brother Zhu and the others to come over for a meal?"

Min also nodded in agreement: "Yes, I think this is a pretty good idea."

Qin Qiming pondered for a moment: "That works too. We can have some fun behind closed doors. That's a good idea. Xiao Xu, you're quick-witted. Go and call them. It's the perfect time to go. They probably haven't started cooking yet."

Chen Xu grinned: "Okay, I'll run there right now."

Chen Xu's face lit up with excitement after being praised by Qin Qiming.

Thinking that his whole family would be able to eat soon, and that the little bit of meat would probably be a stretch, Qin Qiming grabbed his gun and said, "I'll go hunt another muntjac!"

Min: "Qiming, stop messing around, that's enough."

"Not enough. We rarely get together for a meal, so we have to make it look proper!"

As Qin Qiming was speaking, he went up the mountain and saw a group of muntjacs grazing in the distance.

Then, he raised his gun, aimed, and fired.

After several gunshots, the muntjac fell to the ground.

The other deer scattered and fled upon hearing the gunshot.

Qin Qiming did not hunt muntjacs often because excessive hunting would cause wild beasts in the mountains to come down and disrupt the balance.

After a while, Qin Qiming walked over, picked up the deer, and went down the mountain.

About thirty minutes later, we returned to the mountainside.

In the yard, the muntjac was skinned and deboned.

Cut off a few pounds of deer belly, let **Min cook it, and then put it in a large bowl.

Liu Xiuqin was in charge of cleaning the pots and pans.

Niu Xiu cooks rice.

Min set out the chopsticks.

Liu Zhu brought the dishes to the table, and everyone sat around the stone table in the courtyard to eat.

The younger siblings also brought rice and joined in.

We all enjoyed a hearty lunch together.

Min used a small wooden spoon to serve Liu Xiuqin a spoonful of muntjac meat.

"Mom, eat some meat!"

"okay!"

"This is the first time I've ever eaten muntjac meat."

"Me too."

Min served meat to everyone.

Finally, I scooped a spoonful for myself.