Reborn in the 60s, I hunt to support my family and even seduce the village beauty.

Early the next morning.

When Chang Kun woke up, the little girls in Dongkeng were still sleeping soundly, while his parents had gone out to do something.

He took out a spoon, scooped out a spoonful of royal jelly from the system space, and placed it on Xiao Changxiu's nose, swirling it around.

Royal jelly is a reward given by the system after catching wild bees.

Xiao Changxiu smelled something delicious and slowly opened her eyes. "Big brother, what's so good to eat?"

Chang Kun didn't say anything, but put the royal jelly into the little girl's mouth.

This thing has a nice-sounding name, but it doesn't taste good at all.

It smells sour and astringent, and tastes even more sour and astringent with a hint of spiciness.

It would taste much better if it were mixed with honey, but unfortunately all the honey was given to my older sister. I'll have to collect some more next time I have the chance to go into the mountains.

"Ugh..." Chang Xiu took a bite and almost spat it out, but she still carefully swallowed it down bite by bite.

For a long time, my family has never wasted food; no matter how bad the food was, they would force themselves to swallow it.

These days, who dares to complain about food being unpalatable?

Dare to spit it out?

That means you'll really get beaten up and starved!

"Xiuer is so good. If you eat this, Xiuer will grow tall."

Chang Kun took out a rabbit ear headband, stuffed it into his little sister's hand, and went to the small room in the east, leaving Chang Xiu cheering and jumping for joy on the kang (a heated brick bed).

After feeding Chang Qing and Chang Mu a mouthful of royal jelly, the two little girls looked bitter. They had eaten a lot of good food with their older brother these past few days, and they had never eaten anything so unpalatable.

Chang Kun then produced several pieces of pork jerky as if by magic, stuffing one into each person's mouth. The sweet and fragrant taste overpowered the bitterness of the royal jelly.

The three younger sisters were comparing whose headband was cuter and whose looked better on them in Dongkeng.

Chang Kun dragged the wolf into the yard, opened its mouth, and revealed its canine teeth.

A few clanging sounds.

Chang Kun knocked out the wolf's four canine teeth. These things weren't worth much at the time, but in later generations, real wild wolf teeth would be worth at least ten or twenty thousand.

He planned to make a wolf tooth necklace for his sisters and nephews to protect them from evil spirits.

While they were cleaning the wolf fangs, Chang Dashan and the Zhang family father and his two sons arrived in the courtyard.

Zhang Buxiao's foot hadn't fully healed, and he walked with a limp. He went straight to Chang Kun's side, bowed deeply, and said:

"Chang Kun, thank you so much for saving my son and my life."

Their family was extremely poor and had nothing of value to offer as thanks, but they still came to the Chang family in person to express their gratitude.

Zhang Pianxin also came over, grinning to reveal his gap-toothed smile, and nodded to Chang Kun. He was of a higher generation than Chang Kun, so his eldest son spoke the words of thanks on his behalf.

Recently, Zhang Quhun, the youngest son, followed Chang Kun and received a lot of grain and meat. Zhang Pianxin knew that this was all thanks to Chang Kun, and he was extremely grateful.

Several people stood in the courtyard talking.

A commotion slowly approached from outside the courtyard.

Five or six young men rushed into the courtyard.

"Brother Kun, are you busy?" The one who spoke was Chang Youfu, Uncle Chang's son.

The two families were close relatives, but Chang Youfu didn't interact with Chang Kun much in the village, only exchanging greetings occasionally when they met.

Now that Chang Kun has become successful, it's only natural for him to come and get closer to him.

Chang Kun glanced at the group of people and, to his surprise, Qin Meiru was also among them.

She was looking at Chang Kun with a complicated expression, as if trying to understand him completely.

The others, however, greeted Chang Kun and then started circling around the bicycle.

At that time, bicycles were like supercars in later generations; which young person didn't like them?

It's just that I didn't have a phone at that time, otherwise I would have taken a few photos and posted them on WeChat Moments.

Chang Youfu didn't go to the village entrance to watch the excitement last night, but after hearing his parents talk about the scene, he decided to go to Chang Kun's house to check on the bicycles early this morning.

"I wasn't busy with anything, just chipped a wolf fang to make necklaces for the little girls to play with." Chang Kun showed them the wolf fang in his hand.

"Brother Kun, this wolf's fangs are really big! No one in our village has hunted wolves for years." Chang Youfu squatted on the ground, fiddling with the wolf's head, his tone full of envy.

"That's right, Chang Kun has been hunting wild boars and blue sheep lately, and now he's caught this wolf too. My parents say you're amazing." The speaker had a clear voice; she was the daughter of the women's director from the west end of the village.

Her gaze involuntarily drifted towards Qin Meiru, wanting to see Qin Meiru's reaction.

Last night, after returning home, the women's director talked to her daughter, saying that Chang Kun was good-looking and capable, and that the Chang family was now trying to remarry the Qin family, making her daughter a perfect match.

The girl was quite good-looking, but when she stood in front of Qin Meiru, she immediately lost her confidence.

She wasn't as perky in the front as Qin Meiru, nor as shapely in the back, and her skin wasn't as fair.

The girl glanced at Qin Meiru a few times, thinking that if Chang Kun couldn't even be interested in someone like Qin Meiru, then he certainly wouldn't be interested in her.

"Brother Kun, how do you hunt your prey? I've seen many of the older folks in the village go into the mountains, but they don't have much of a catch." Chang Youfu came today mainly to learn from Chang Kun's experience.

Qin Meiru was still staring intently at Chang Kun. This morning, a relative came to her house and told her about what happened last night. The relative also asked if the Chang family wanted to break off their marriage alliance, which made Qin Meiru feel very annoyed.

Upon learning that Chang Kun had bought a bicycle and killed a wolf, she couldn't sit still and rushed to Chang's house to check on the situation.

If such a capable man were to remarry her, she probably wouldn't be interested in anyone else afterward.

"It's pretty simple. Just find your prey, aim, and fire. The old men and women in our village are all excellent marksmen. They practiced their marksmanship a lot when they were fighting the Japanese."

Chang Kun was cleaning his wolf teeth, not looking up at Qin Meiru. With so many people present, he didn't want to get into an argument with her and make things ugly.

"That's what they say, but prey is hard to find. The mountains are so vast, with one ridge after another. It's difficult to chase prey on foot!"

"That's right. My dad and my second uncle went into the mountains for three or four days and didn't see a single prey. Their legs were trembling from walking."

"In the end, you still have to have the skills. Like Brother Kun, he never misses a trip into the mountains."

Several young people chattered amongst themselves, their envy evident as they looked at the bicycle.

Chang Kun smiled but didn't say anything.

When he was an apprentice at the factory, everyone in the village praised him.

In the days following his dismissal and return home, he heard a lot of rumors. Living in a village collective, such things were inevitable.

However, the people present are all on relatively good terms with each other, unlike Kim Jong-un who fawns over the powerful and belittles the weak.

Thinking of this, Chang Kun asked, "Have you seen Jin Sanjia?"

"I saw him this morning. He was carrying a small bag and heading south out of the village."

The south is the direction into the city. Chang Kun understood immediately that Jin Sanjia had fled early in the morning, fearing trouble from the Chang and Zhang families.

All that's left in the Jin family is Jin Sanjia's father, who is sickly. Even if there are grudges or resentments, you can't just cause trouble for him.

Several people squatted or stood in the yard, looking at the bicycles, glancing at the wolves, and chatting casually.

Qin Meiru only felt that these people were noisy.

She wanted to be alone with Chang Kun for a while, to ask him what he was thinking and why his attitude towards her had suddenly changed so drastically.

When Chang Kun was alone with her before, his burning gaze on her made him seem like he wanted to devour her.

Now, all that remained in his eyes was coldness, disgust, and hatred, leaving her filled with doubt.

Is it really just because I'm bald?

She regretted it so much!

If I had opposed my mother's increase in the bride price back then, I could be riding a bicycle and laughing right now.