Reborn 73 years later, he takes his mother-in-law hunting in the mountains.

As Lu Yao walked back, he deliberately took out the militia armband from his pocket and put it on.

As soon as she entered the house, Lu Xiaoqian was so happy that she rushed over and hugged his arm, which was covered by an armband:

"Mom, look at my brother's armband! He's joined the militia!"

Jiang Guizhi was also beaming from ear to ear.

"That's good now, no one will dare to bully us anymore. Come on, come inside, your cousin and his wife are here."

What?

Lu Yao entered the room and saw a thin man sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed), and a young woman sitting on the edge of the kang. Although she was wearing a patched jacket, she was still quite pretty.

Lu Yao remembered them.

It was my cousin Jiang Changshun and his wife Chunyan from my maternal uncle's family.

In his previous life, Lu Yao and his family of three were kicked out of the Lu family.

When they were desperate, Jiang Guizhi took her children to seek refuge with her brother, who lived in Majiadian.

My cousin blocked his family from entering the house.

Later, the commune made an exception and allowed Jiang Guizhi's family to live in the production team's stable.

Not long after, Changshun's cousin lost his family's food rations gambling.

He heard that the ferryman liked Lu Xiaoqian, so he encouraged Jiang Guizhi to marry Lu Xiaoqian to him.

He acted as a matchmaker, running back and forth.

This led to this ill-fated relationship.

Afterwards, she took part of the betrothal gifts from her mother and also received a reward from the ferryman.

Lu Yao also loathed him.

At this moment, he was seen sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed) with a swagger, and there was wine and meat on the kang table in front of him.

His mother still treated him like a good relative.

We stewed wild boar meat with vermicelli, and at Grandpa Zuo's house, we also gave him some homemade liquor to drink.

Lu Yao resisted the urge to flip the table.

Cousin Changshun looked at Lu Yao with a very friendly expression:

"Hey, my brother's back. Come on, get on the kang (heated brick bed), let's have a drink together."

Although he did not harm Lu Yao's family in this life, Lu Yao still disliked him.

These hypocritical relatives will only add to your good fortune when you're doing well, but will kick you when you're down.

My cousin's wife, Chunyan, was a little shy. When she saw Lu Yao come in, she quickly stood up to make room for him.

Her oval face was pale and somewhat malnourished.

"Cousin, you're back. Come and eat on the kang (heated brick bed)."

Lu Yao ignored her and directly called out to his cousin Changshun:

"You, get down, put on your shoes, and get out of here. My family's meat isn't for heartless people like you."

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became awkward.

My cousin held up his wine glass and looked at Lu Yao:

"You country bumpkin, what's with all this talk? I heard you've made something of yourself, hunting a lot of game, so I came to congratulate you and ask for your help. Why are you saying this about me?"

My cousin's wife, Chunyan, blushed.

Looking at Lu Yao, who was rubbing his buttocks with both hands, he looked very embarrassed.

Jiang Guizhi quickly said to her son:

"What are you doing, you country bumpkin? How can you be so heartless? This is your cousin, your uncle's eldest son! Don't you recognize him?!"

Seeing that his mother was also very excited, Lu Yao didn't want to upset her.

After all, in this life, her mother will never have the chance to see her nephew's true colors again.

Such people only reveal their true colors when you're down on your luck.

Now that Lu Yao is famous for his hunting skills and has plenty of food and meat at home, even if people scold him, they don't get angry.

Changshun, still smiling, reached out to pull Lu Yao:

"Auntie, don't scold my brother. He's very close to me. I was just joking. Come on, brother, get on the kang (heated brick bed). It's been so long since I've seen you. Let's have a drink."

In front of his mother, Lu Yao couldn't just throw him out.

So he said:

"I don't drink. It's getting dark, you should go home now."

As he spoke, he reached out and pulled Changshun's arm, dragging him to the ground.

Chang Shun was thin and weak; he had none of Lu Yao's strength.

He ripped it off directly.

Seeing that Lu Yao wouldn't give him any face, Changshun immediately put on a mournful face and begged for mercy:

"Don't be like that, brother. To tell you the truth, I didn't come here just to have a drink. I came to borrow some food. Your uncle is sick, and I sold all my food rations to buy him some folk remedies..."

"Shut up! You lost your food rations gambling, didn't you? And now you're trying to get my mother's sympathy?"

Changshun was taken aback.

Majiadian is more than 20 miles away from here. My food rations were just taken away by my creditors today. How did he know?

Cousin Changshun did not come to borrow grain.

After all, they knew the Lu family was also poor and couldn't possibly provide any extra grain.

He had designs on Lu Xiaoqian, bringing his wife along in an attempt to lure Lu Xiaoqian away.

Then they said they got lost on the way.

They directly sold Xiaoqian to some bachelor.

Of course, these were all his ideas, and Chunyan was also being used by him.

Chunyan was an honest person, and she did whatever Changshun said without daring to ask a single question.

If you talk too much, you'll get slapped.

In those days, wives were expected to follow their husbands wherever they went, whether they were chickens or dogs; they had no right to divorce.

Even if you manage to get a divorce, people will still talk behind your back and ruin your reputation.

So back then, marrying a good man was considered a stroke of good luck, while marrying a bad man meant you had no choice but to accept your fate.

Jiang Changshun, harboring a bellyful of wicked intentions, arrived at his aunt Jiang Guizhi's house, only to be surprised that the impoverished Jiang Guizhi actually served him wild boar meat.

He was shocked to see that there was still frozen wolf and roe deer meat in the warehouse.

Upon being asked, Lu Xiaoqian recounted Lu Yao's heroic deeds over the past period without reservation and with great pride.

Cousin Changshun was filled with both jealousy and hatred.

How did this country bumpkin, a big, timid kid, suddenly develop this skill?

They immediately changed their minds and wanted to borrow more grain and meat to take back for the New Year.

If Lu Yao had chased him away as soon as he walked in the door before, he would have beaten Lu Yao up.

But just now I heard from Lu Xiaoqian that Lu Yao not only killed dozens of wolves, but also fought off the thugs who came to raid his house.

He even stabbed the commune director's son with a knife.

He was personally selected by the county magistrate to serve as a militia member in the town.

Changshun wouldn't dare to turn against them.

Even if Lu Yao exposed that he had lost the food rations, he wouldn't dare to get angry.

They discussed Lu Yao with smiles on their faces:

"Brother, since you know, I won't lie to you. I did lose the bet. I was hoping to win, though. After all, we don't have enough food for the New Year if we don't win. Brother, I'll leave, but give me some meat and cornmeal."

"Get out, get out! If I didn't have anything to eat, you'd kick me out the same way if I went to your house!"

As he spoke, Lu Yao grabbed Jiang Changshun by the collar and pushed him out.

Jiang Changshun still forced a smile, but it looked worse than a grimace.

Jiang Guizhi quickly came over to stop her:

"You country bumpkin, you can't do this. We're not starving, how can you be so heartless?"

He then turned around and comforted his cousin Changshun:

"Changshun, don't be angry. I've already prepared twenty catties of cornmeal, a piece of wolf meat, and a piece of wild boar meat for you..."

Lu Yao angrily said, "Mom, this kind of person is full of bad intentions and doesn't deserve our pity! No way!"

Seeing Lu Yao roar, Jiang Changshun was also afraid.

"Hey kid, hey kid, don't do this! Can't I take half?"

"You come out here."

Lu Yao pulled him and walked out.

Jiang Guizhi came over but couldn't stop her.

Jiang Changshun was grabbed by the collar by Lu Yao and dragged out of the main gate.

My cousin's wife, Chunyan, didn't need to be pushed out; she was so frightened that she ran after her.

Jiang Guizhi was about to pull her nephew back when Lu Yao pushed her back into the house.

Lu Xiaoqian listens to her brother the most.

They locked the door shut from the back.

Jiang Guizhi burst into tears as soon as she entered the house:

"Tuwazi, we can't be such heartless and ungrateful people!"