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

Soon, the village chief blew a whistle, and everyone got busy again.

It didn't end until the afternoon.

After the planting was finished, Qin Qiming walked at the back, escorting everyone back, but he glanced intentionally or unintentionally toward the direction of the deep mountains.

I breathed a sigh of relief when I didn't see any birds take flight.

Qin Xiaotian walked ahead, then stopped and waited for Qin Qiming.

"Qiming, since the guard team was formed, although you haven't been officially appointed, everyone treats you as the captain and obeys you. You're really respectable!"

"Little Sweetie, if you think about how respectable you are, why don't you think about how heavy the burden on my shoulders is? I don't want any appointments or anything like that. It's just that with great ability comes great responsibility. I'll do as much as I can for the village!" Qin Qiming said with a smile.

This was indeed what he was thinking.

Qin Xiaotian nodded.

These days, she's being disliked by her sister-in-law again.

It's just that I ate five extra bowls of rice!

She certainly had a big appetite; if it weren't for the bandits who always roamed the mountains, she would have wanted to go back to the deep forests.

At least no one will be watching you when you eat there.

At this moment, the village chief stepped forward: "Eighth Sister, hurry home!"

"Yes, big brother," Qin Xiaotian replied.

Fortunately, her older brother really loves her!

It feels really good to be loved!

Qin Qiming counted the number of people and found that two were missing!

He frowned: "Village chief, where are two people?"

Upon hearing this, the village chief was startled and quickly took out his whistle, blowing it out loud.

Everyone froze, their feet rooted to the spot.

"What's going on?" a villager asked.

The village chief quickly shouted, "Everyone, count quickly and see if everyone is here!"

At this moment, Tian Xiaozhao, standing by the river, said to Wang Tiantian, "Tiantian, let's hurry up and go, it's getting dark!"

"What are you afraid of? Come and wash your hands. The river water is so cool and refreshing!"

Tian Xiaozhao: "I see everyone has left. If we don't go back soon, we're sure to get scolded."

"Alright, let's go!"

As soon as Wang Tiantian and Tian Xiaozhao came up from the river, they saw several ugly men with lewd smiles on their faces, staring at them with their eyes wide open!

"What do you do?"

Just as Tian Xiaozhao got the whistle into her hand, a man snatched it away.

"Give it back to me now!"

"Give it back to you? Are you trying to tip us off?" The man glared at her menacingly.

Tian Xiaozhao was filled with regret, regretting that she shouldn't have listened to Wang Tiantian and come to play in the river.

Wang Tiantian was terrified. Her voice trembled as she said, "Don't do anything rash! Our village has a guard team, and everyone has a gun!"

One of the men laughed loudly: "Look at this, I have a gun too!"

"Then let's see who has the better marksmanship! You two, hurry back to the riverbank!" Qin Qiming suddenly shouted.

Upon hearing Qin Qiming's voice, Tian Xiaozhao immediately grabbed Wang Tiantian and fled towards the riverbank.

At the same time, both the man and Qin Qiming fired their guns.

Several gunshots rang out in succession.

The man only fired one shot; the other shots were fired by Qin Qiming.

"Shot!" someone exclaimed.

Qin Xiaotian shouted, "Don't go!"

The next moment, Qin Xiaotian was pointed at with a gun by a man: "You woman, how dare you run back to the village? Come back to the mountains with me, I..."

Before he could finish speaking, Qin Qiming fired a shot, hitting the thug in the shoulder.

The remaining thugs cried out in terror, "Run!"

"That was a damn accurate shot!"

They retreated back into the mountains while cursing.

Another was hit in the shoulder, wincing in pain as he ran away.

After the people escaped, Zhang Feng and Wang Tiantian lay down by the river.

Qin Xiaotian frowned and questioned, "You two are asking for death!"

Wang Tiantian protested, feeling wronged: "I was just washing my hands. Who knew the acting team leader would be so irresponsible and leave first?"

Qin Qiming was furious when he heard this and wanted to pin Wang Tiantian to the ground and teach her a lesson.

Tian Xiaozhao quickly explained, "That's not how it is. Qiming is very responsible. I heard from Tiantian that I wanted to sneak to the river to play in the water, but the bandits found out!"

The village chief rushed over and shouted, "Return to the village immediately! Wang Tiantian must be criticized and denounced. She lacks team spirit and violated organizational discipline!"

The village chief was almost scared to death. He severely criticized Wang Tiantian and demanded that she write a self-criticism.

Wang Tiantian was terrified and didn't understand why she was being criticized, as if she had committed a heinous crime.

On the surface, she heeded the advice, thanked Qin Qiming, and promised in front of the whole village that she would never leave the group without permission again.

She was criticized and denounced until nightfall before she finally stepped into Zhang Feng's house. Everyone else was already asleep, but Zhang Feng was still waiting for her at home.

"Sister Feng, you haven't rested yet?"

"I've been waiting for you."

Wang Tiantian said with a hint of grievance, "I'm really sorry about today. Staying at your house has made you have to write a self-criticism too!"

"It's alright, I don't know many characters, can you take a look at my self-criticism?"

Wang Tiantian quickly waved her hand: "Your ideological awareness is much higher than mine, how could I be qualified to show you?"

"Don't say that. I'll make you a bowl of pickled cabbage noodles. Go wash your face first."

"Oh, thank you so much!"

Wang Tiantian rubbed her rumbling stomach. She and Tian Xiaozhao had been criticized and denounced for several hours today, which was both humiliating and made her very hungry.

What's most infuriating is that not only the two of them, but also the homes of Zhang Feng and Liu Dashan, where they stayed, had to be written down.

Before long, Wang Tiantian was eating the noodles that Zhang Feng had brought her.

This was the first time she had ever found noodles so delicious!

She used to find it hard to swallow...

The next day, in the county town.

Wang Laoliu wandered around and asked many people, but he still couldn't get a bicycle ticket.

However, someone told him that there were tickets available, but they cost as much as two thousand yuan each.

When Wang Laoliu saw that the price was so high, he had to ask Qin Qiming, because there was no way to get a bicycle ticket through normal channels.

Tickets on the black market are valid nationwide; however, tickets that originally cost 500 yuan have been inflated to 2,000 yuan, which is simply outrageous.

In the evening, Wang Laoliu rode his bicycle to the village of mixed surnames.

"Qiming, it's me, Wang Laoliu! Are you home right now?"

"Hey, Sixth Brother, why did you choose this time to come?"

From the second-floor window, the children called out, "Sixth Brother, hello!"

"Oh, what a good child, so sensible!"

"Brother Six!"

"Hey, Huimin, sorry to bother you."

"It's alright, come in and sit down."

After greeting everyone in Qin Qiming's family, Wang Laoliu carefully placed the bicycle down.

Qin Qiming laughed: "Come on in. You're really brave. Most people wouldn't dare to come here. It's halfway up the mountain, it's very dangerous!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Laoliu felt a chill run from his feet to the top of his head: "I really hadn't thought of that!"

"You should come to see me during the day next time, or you'll be in trouble if a wild beast spots you."