Time Travel: My Comfortable Life After Going to the Countryside

Early in the morning, Liu Xiangyang opened his eyes, looked at his watch and it was five o'clock. He practiced his military boxing routine in the yard and broke out in a light sweat.

"Are you practicing boxing?" Leqi pushed open the courtyard gate and walked in.

"Well, this was your idea. I'm just trying to sharpen my skills at the last minute, so I don't end up getting criticized by Old Wang."

Leqi went into the kitchen, fetched a basin of water, wrung out a towel, and handed it to Liu Xiangyang.

"Wipe your sweat, don't catch a cold."

Liu Xiangyang took the towel and wiped his sweat. "Thank you."

Leqi stood there hesitantly, then mustered her courage and said, "Liu Xiangyang, I... I came to call you for dinner."

"Okay, I'll get dressed and come right away."

"Then I'll go first," Leqi said, stomping her foot.

"Okay, I'll be right there."

Liu Xiangyang went inside, put on his clothes, fed the rabbit some hay, and then went to eat.

During the meal, Leqi acted strangely, fidgeting and glancing at Liu Xiangyang and Xue Bingbing at the same time.

Le Yao: "Sister, are you feeling unwell?"

"No, my back is a little itchy."

"Then let me scratch it for you."

After glancing at Le Qi, Xue Bingbing raised an eyebrow at Liu Xiangyang, signaling him to look at Le Qi.

Liu Xiangyang stared with innocent eyes, indicating that he did not understand.

Xue Bingbing glared at Liu Xiangyang, then silently ate her food.

On the way to the meeting point, Xue Bingbing tugged at Liu Xiangyang, and the two of them slowly lagged behind a few steps. He gestured to Xue Bingbing with his eyes, indicating what was going on.

Xue Bingbing: "Did you reject Le Qi?"

"What are you talking about? What am I refusing?"

Xue Bingbing: "I cooked today. When I went to call you, Leqi said she would go and call you."

Liu Xiangyang shrugged, indicating that he didn't understand.

Xue Bingbing: "Le Qi got up earlier than me today and even put on makeup. Don't you understand?"

"You're wearing makeup? You look just as good as usual."

Xue Bingbing: "Oh, that's not the point. Didn't Le Qi confess to you?"

"What confession? He just asked me to have breakfast."

Xue Bingbing: "So you don't have any feelings for those two sisters?"

"Thoughts?" Liu Xiangyang glanced at Xue Bingbing. "I have you now, so I have no other thoughts."

Xue Bingbing: "You can lie to me with your mouth, but your brother can't lie to me. Every time I mention Leqi and Leyao, your brother gets very excited."

"Aren't those normal reactions?"

Xue Bingbing: "Don't you know how much those two, especially Le Qi, feel for you? I'm willing."

"What are you willing to do...? You're willing?"

Xue Bingbing: "Yeah, every time I'm almost dead, and you're still not satisfied. I also want someone to help me. Don't you men all dream of having multiple wives and concubines, and sleeping together in the same bed?"

"No, I was a positive and motivated educated youth. Don't wrong me."

Xue Bingbing said with a half-smile, "You really don't want to? Then I'll go and make it clear to Le Qi today that you don't want to."

Liu Xiangyang laughed awkwardly, "We're going to be late, let's hurry up and go, we can talk about this later."

After finishing work in the afternoon, Liu Xiangyang brought a bottle of wine, two packs of Lotus cigarettes, and a pound of White Rabbit milk candy to Old Wang's house.

Old Wang was smoking his pipe and still rubbing the mud off his feet. When he saw Liu Xiangyang, he turned around and continued.

"Uncle Wang, good afternoon. I'm here today because I need your help with something."

"I've been learning military boxing from my uncle since I was little, and I've been practicing for almost ten years. Recently, I've been feeling like something's not right. I went to see Village Chief Zhang first, but he said he's no good. There's a master in the village. What's the point of him teaching me?"

"Then I'll say it: even my uncle praises Uncle Praise's boxing skills. Could anyone be better than you?"

"Uncle Zhang told me about you, my old Uncle Wang, saying that you are the best capturer in the reconnaissance company, and asked me to come and learn from you."

Although Old Wang knew that Liu Xiangyang was talking complete nonsense, he was indeed a capture expert, but not as amazing as Liu Xiangyang claimed. His greatest skill was finding clues left by the enemy and then discovering them.

But who doesn't like to hear nice words? Old Wang's previously tense lips curled up, and he said with a smug look on his face.

"That bastard Zhang Tiejun is up to no good. Since there's something wrong with your military boxing, then show me a set."

Liu Xiangyang: "Uncle Wang, you're right. Then I'll make a set for you to see and give me some pointers."

Liu Xiangyang performed a set of punches and then looked at Old Wang.

Old Wang was very satisfied. Liu Xiangyang's punches were powerful and precise, showing that he had indeed been practicing for many years.

He did say, "It's alright, but too rigid. You need to be flexible. But when facing an enemy, will they follow your rigid approach?"

Liu Xiangyang thought to himself, "I'm just demonstrating, of course I'm going to do it step by step, it's not like we're sparring and parrying moves."

He said, "Thank you for your guidance, Uncle Wang. I've benefited a lot from it. How about I learn hunting from you?"

"Since that bastard Zhang Tiejun sent you to me, I'll teach you for a few days."

"Thank you, Uncle Wang. I'll definitely need your help in the future."

"Just remember what you said."

"Since you are so eager to learn, I will pass on to you the rules for surviving in the mountains."

Old Wang picked up a twig from the ground and scratched it a few times. "Before entering the mountains, the first thing to do is to observe the terrain..."

"You also need to know how to recognize water veins; following the water will lead you out of the mountains. Animals like deer and muntjacs always come to drink water in the early morning..."

"To recognize the mountain ridge, there are tall oaks on the sunny slopes and tall pines on the shady slopes; wild boars love to scratch their itch in the pine forests."

"You also need to be able to recognize different hoof prints. This is a rabbit's hoof print... This is a roe deer's hoof print... A bear's paw print has hooked claws, so you should go around it when you see it."

"There's an art to setting traps and ambushes," Old Wang said, taking a rope off the wall to demonstrate.

"The rope for suspending someone's feet should be made from a thin branch bent into a bow shape, with the rope loop three fingers' height off the ground..."

"The pits were dug along the 'oiled paths' that wild boars often traveled, and the bamboo skewers at the bottom of the pits had to be driven in at an angle..."

"And always stay downwind, those beasts have a very keen nose."

"To hunt a wolf, aim for its waist; to hunt a roe deer, shoot its neck; to hunt a wild boar, aim for its forefoot; and to hunt a muntjac, aim for the area behind its ear."

"Don't kill pregnant female animals, and don't kill cubs after they leave the nest."

"If you encounter a bear's den, tie a red ribbon around it to warn others that there is a bear's den there."

Old Wang spent four or five hours teaching.

"Do you understand?"

"Uncle Wang, I understand. I will definitely not let you down. Just wait for me to bring a bear to serve you."

"Get lost, you're wasting my lamp oil."

"Then I'll head back now. You should get some rest."

When Liu Xiangyang returned home, he saw Xue Bingbing lying asleep on the kang (a heated brick bed), her beautiful body sprawled out, a smile on her lips. Her ample bosom was partially concealed by her undergarment, the corner of the blanket draped over her lower abdomen, and her long, fair legs crossed, just covering her most intimate area...

"You little vixen, take this from Old Sun..."

Silent all night.