Chang Kun's main room, next to the Eight Immortals table.

Liu Meifen asked Chang Kun to visit her eldest sister.

Chang Kun suddenly recalled scenes from his past life.

The eldest sister took great care of me, she would bring me food every week and help me with tidying and mending.

It lasted until they were over sixty years old; it was genuine sibling affection.

My eldest nephew is busy with work now that he's grown up, but he never forgets to visit his uncle every time he goes home.

Bring cigarettes and alcohol, some braised dishes, and have a few drinks with my uncle while we chat.

There was nothing in their past lives that could repay them.

Now that I have the ability, I will definitely take good care of my eldest sister.

"Tsk!"

Chang Kun picked up the bowl, sipped the last bit of soup at the bottom, raised the bowl, and offered a toast to his elder sister and nephew from his previous life.

"Mother, I'll go down to the foot of the mountain again later and see if I can catch anything else. I'll take it to my eldest sister's house tomorrow."

"That's even better!" Liu Meifen patted her son on the shoulder, feeling proud of her son.

"Tsk, as if you can just pick up any prey on the mountain."

Chang Dashan wiped his mouth, preparing to go to work at the production team.

"Look at your father, even eating meat can't shut him up!"

The three little girls were still gnawing on the bones, sucking on the larger ones with a hissing sound, and crushing the smaller ones with all their might before slowly swallowing them.

They hadn't eaten meat in so long that the little girls didn't even waste a bone. It was heartbreaking to see!

After resting for a while and drinking two large bowls of turtle soup, Chang Kun felt his strength return and got up to find a burlap sack in the shed to prepare for departure.

"Big brother, I want to go too!" Chang Qing chewed on the thin bone, reluctant to swallow.

Chang Mu also stood up and looked at Chang Kun expectantly.

Although Xiao Changxiu didn't know what her older brothers and sisters were going to do, when she saw that both of her older sisters were going, she quickly stood up, her little hands outstretched, wanting her older brother to hug her.

Liu Meifen pulled Xiao Xiuer aside and glared at Chang Qing and Chang Mu.

Every day, my mother would take my second sister, third sister, and youngest sister to the woods a little further out of the village to dig for wild vegetables. That was just enough to feed the whole family.

Even if Chang Kun catches a few prey today, Liu Meifen believes this is not a long-term solution.

In addition, having grain and wild vegetables is essential to keep one's mind at ease.

These days, you don't hear of any place where you can eat all the meat you want.

Chang Kun shook his head, indicating that he couldn't rescue his younger sisters for the time being. He could only wait until he caught enough prey so that his mother and sisters could have an easier time.

He went to the shed and took two burlap sacks, then picked up a hoe and walked outside.

"Xiao Kun, hold the hoe carefully, don't lose it!"

Liu Meifen reminded them that ironware is a rare commodity these days.

The iron pots, hoes, and iron shovels in the house were all secretly hidden by my mother last year when she was working on a steel plant and didn't hand them in...

……

"Brother Kun, Brother Kun!"

As Chang Kun reached the village entrance, he heard someone calling his name.

Turning around, Chang Kun saw Zhang Quhun from the same village and was overjoyed!

In his previous life, Zhang Quhun was Chang Kun's best friend. He was tall and strong, and a few months younger than Chang Kun.

When he was a child, he had a high fever and was on the verge of death. A passing Taoist priest changed his name to Zhang Quhun, and he survived.

Since then, Zhang Quhun has become a bit simple-minded, but not stupid at all; he's just not good with words.

The village children didn't want to play with him, but Chang Kun saw that he was willing to listen to him, so he started playing with him.

He also liked to call him "Brother Kun" repeatedly.

During those most difficult years, Chang Kun often had nothing to eat and was so hungry that he could only drink water.

Zhang Quhun would occasionally give Chang Kun some food.

Although it wasn't much—occasionally half a broken sweet potato, or a small potato, sometimes just a handful of wild vegetables, or half a bowl of locust flowers—it was a small amount of food.

But without these things, Chang Kun would probably have starved to death long ago.

After those years, at least everyone stopped going hungry.

Chang Kun and Zhang Quhun, two bachelors, often got together to drink and play cards. In the summer, they would go down to the river to catch fish, and in the winter, they would go up the mountain to trap rabbits.

They have a relationship as good as brothers.

One summer, Zhang Quhun died trying to save a child from his village who had fallen into the water, and he never came back up...

Upon suddenly seeing Zhang Quhun, Chang Kun was a little excited. He rushed to Zhang Quhun's side, patted him on the shoulder, and asked:

"Anything wrong? If not, come with me to catch wild rabbits."

"Hehe, it's nothing." Zhang Quhun scratched the back of his head.

"I remember you have a slingshot at home, right? Go get it." Chang Kun remembered that Zhang Quhun was a master at using a slingshot.

"Hey!" Zhang Quhun didn't ask any questions, went home to get his slingshot, and followed Chang Kun.

Chang Kun and Zhang Quhun soon arrived at the foot of the mountain, where a person was sneaking around furtively.

"Hey, isn't this Ah Kun? Where are you going?" This is Jin Sanjia from the village.

Before Chang Kun started working, Jin Sanjia and Chang Kun were good friends. They were both the kind of people who didn't like to work and spent their days playing with cats and dogs in the village, doing nothing.

Later, when Chang Kun went to work in the city, every time he returned to the village, Jin Sanjia would follow behind him, calling him "Brother Kun" repeatedly.

Chang Kun enjoyed this feeling. Every time he brought some good food from the city, he would share it with Jin Sanjia. Even his parents and younger sister didn't get to eat any.

Recently, Chang Kun was dismissed and sent home. After Jin Sanjia found out about this, "Brother Kun" became "Ah Kun".

He publicized the dismissal everywhere, and when it reached Qin Family Village, the story of the Qin family increasing the bride price came about.

"Hey, hey, don't go! Ah Kun, are you here for some corn stalks too?"

Chang Kun and Jin Sanjia had often gone to the fields to "take" food.

Chang Kun rolled his eyes and ignored Jin Sanjia.

Avoiding the areas he had already searched that morning, he headed in another direction.

With Zhang Quhun by his side, Chang Kun decided to catch a few field mice, since field mouse meat tastes much better than rabbit meat.

Moreover, field mouse burrows usually hide food, so they shouldn't be overlooked.

Less than two minutes later, Chang Kun stopped in front of a small hole.

"Cricket," that's the nickname Chang Kun gave Zhang Quhun, and he's called him that since he was a child.

"This is a ground rat hole. There are a few ground rats inside. Go find some firewood and smoke them out."

The field mouse is a type of rodent. Its meat is tender and flavorful, but you need to overcome your psychological barrier to eat it.

But in this day and age, who dares to say that rat meat is inedible? They'd be beaten to death!

"Hey!" Zhang Quhun acted quickly.

When Chang Kun found another burrow of the field mice and opened the sack, Zhang Quhun had already scooped out a large handful of dry grass.

Chang Kun lit a fire to smoke out the field mouse burrows, while Zhang Quhun waited with a sack open for the field mice to come out.

"Oh my, these two are trying to smoke out ground mice, hahaha, I'm dying of laughter. If this three-year-old's trick can catch ground mice, I'll eat them alive."

Jin Sanjia chuckled when he saw the two men's posture.

With this, you think you can catch a groundhog?

Chang Kun turned and glared at Jin Sanjia, "Get lost if you have nothing to do! You want to eat this rat droppings?"

Zhang Quhun also glared fiercely at Jin Sanjia.

But to be honest, he didn't quite believe that catching field mice was that easy.

Even the village children know how to smoke field mice.

However, most of the burrows don't have field mice inside. Even if there are field mice, they will escape if all the burrow entrances aren't blocked, making the effort futile.

Kun simply blocked the hole and smoked it, and he was able to catch the field mouse?

If it were that simple, the villagers would have had plenty of meat to eat long ago.

Just as Zhang Quhun was lost in thought, as the smoke drifted into the field mouse burrow, Chang Kun sensed the restlessness of the field mice inside, which crowded together and ran towards Zhang Quhun.

"Cricket, the ground squirrel is running by! Get ready!"

Zhang Quhun stared wide-eyed at the cave entrance, but saw nothing.

Just as he was about to turn and speak to Chang Kun, he saw out of the corner of his eye that several black creatures suddenly darted out.

"Holy crap! Groundhog! Brother Kun! Groundhog!" Zhang Quhun's voice changed.

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