Hunting 81: Gathering Goods in the Mountains, I Spoil My Ex-Wife to the Extreme

"Rat-a-tat-tat..."

On the main road leading to Xiangyang Commune, a tractor engine sputtered and sputtered as it drove along, emitting white steam.

"Li Yunshan, tell me, how much money did we make from selling those two wild boars?"

Gao Hongmei, sitting next to Li Yunshan, couldn't help but say something.

Previously, in the county town, when they were almost out of wild boar meat, she couldn't help but take out the money to count, but Li Yunshan stuffed it back into her hands.

On the way out of the county town, she couldn't help but wonder how much money she had made from selling the wild boar.

This was the first time she had ever hunted a wild boar, and also the first time she had ever sold wild boar meat.

When he thought of selling wild boar meat, people flocked to buy it, and he made a good amount of money.

Gao Hongmei didn't know exactly how much she earned, which made her curiosity stir.

"It's at least 150 or 160 yuan, but if you want to count the money, wait until we get home."

Li Yunshan estimated that although the wild boar that Gao Hongmei hunted was smaller than the one he hunted, after gutting it, it should weigh around 180 or 190 jin (50-65 kg). After deducting some unsellable parts like the pig's head skin, it should be able to sell for 160 or 170 jin (50-65 kg) of meat. At 9 mao (0.9 yuan) per jin, the income from just one wild boar's meat should be around 150 yuan.

In addition, the wild boar's stomach sold for ten yuan. Gao Hongmei should be able to earn a hundred and fifty yuan from the wild boar she hunted.

As for the wild boar he hunted, it was a bit bigger than the one Gao Hongmei hunted, and it should sell for around 160 or 170 yuan.

"Really 150 yuan? That's not easy money these days."

Gao Hongmei couldn't help but be surprised.

Hunting a wild boar can earn you 150 yuan. If you hunt a few more and sell them in the commune or county town, you can pay off the money you owe Li Yunshan.

Li Yunshan couldn't help but glance at her sideways. From her words, he could tell that Gao Hongmei probably thought hunting was an easy way to make money, and maybe she was even thinking about when she would drag him into the mountains to hunt again.

Is it really easy to go hunting in the mountains?

If it were his previous life, Li Yunshan certainly wouldn't have thought that going into the mountains to hunt was easy.

Because of the bustling forest, there are many wild animals, such as roe deer, rabbits, pheasants, wild deer, gazelles... and even wolves, bears, and tigers.

But with so many wild animals scattered throughout the vast forest, it's like finding a needle in a haystack.

In his past life, he suffered a lot when he went into the mountains to hunt for money.

In other words, after his rebirth, he gained abilities such as night vision and thermal imaging, and perhaps also had the advantage of luck, which enabled him to kill so many prey in succession and earn money that he never dared to dream of in his previous life.

If hunting in the mountains were really that easy to make money, wouldn't Uncle Zhou, Brother Zhang, and his elder brother have already become millionaires by hunting?

Furthermore, Li Yunshan still remembered the horrific scene of the four hunters who died tragically under the claws of the man-eating tiger when he went to Hongxing Forest Farm to hunt tigers, even after so long.

When hunting in the mountains, if you're lucky, you'll catch some prey; if you're not so lucky, you'll only have a small catch and escape unscathed.

If you're unlucky and encounter a tiger or a bear, you can only hope for the best.

So, is it easy to make money by hunting in the mountains?

Li Yunshan didn't find it easy.

"It's not easy to make money hunting in the mountains. The last time I went to Hongxing Forest Farm to hunt tigers, I saw four hunters die tragically under the tiger's claws. Don't think hunting in the mountains is too easy."

Li Yunshan glanced at Gao Hongmei and continued, "Besides luck, I also had to take a lot of risks to be able to hunt so many prey and make money."

"Don't think that just because you caught a wild boar, you're a great hunter. That's just an illusion; you were just lucky."

Li Yunshan's words were like a bucket of cold water poured on Gao Hongmei, instantly extinguishing her newly risen fighting spirit.

"What should I do? I still owe you so much money." Gao Hongmei pouted and said sullenly.

She disliked owing favors, especially to Li Yunshan, which made her feel inferior and like she was being treated like a servant when she was with him.

If it were someone else, it might not be a big deal; they might not feel this way after a few days.

But she had been in a relationship with Li Yunshan, and later they had a huge fight over their divorce. Every time her father saw Li Yunshan after that, he would pick up a stick and chase him away.

But later, her father broke his leg, and she was worried about where to borrow money for the surgery. It was Li Yunshan who reached out to help her.

She felt very uncomfortable about owing this favor.

"Why are you always worried about that money...?"

Li Yunshan couldn't help but complain, but just then, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that someone seemed to be peeking out in the distance, looking in his direction.

Upon seeing this scene, Li Yunshan instinctively became alert.

He looked toward the spot where he had spotted someone peeking out into the distance, estimating the distance between them; the other person was probably a mile away.

Moreover, the other party was not one person, but two people.

On this freezing day, two people suddenly appeared in the wilderness, guarding the only road leading to the county town, sneakily observing the road. What were these two people up to?

Li Yunshan couldn't help but think.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind: Could it be highway robbers?

When Li Yunshan thought of words full of the characteristics of the times, he thought of Yu Ergou.

In his past life, Yu Ergou was a highway robber, but now he's in prison. It's said that the police discovered he committed a murder during interrogation and he should be sentenced to a heavy sentence, at least fifteen years.

Of course, Yu Ergou was just one of the highway robbers in the entire county.

Moreover, let alone the county seat, in Xiangyang Town alone, there are definitely more than just Yu Ergou's gang involved in highway robbery.

However, Li Yunshan didn't recognize any of the other highway robbers.

"Hongmei, be careful, I feel like someone is watching us from ahead."

Li Yunshan slowed down the tractor and, while speaking to Gao Hongmei, glanced back at the tractor. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw two simply dressed women following behind.

The two women, one of whom was carrying a child, didn't look like highway robbers.

"What? Someone's watching us?"

But Gao Hongmei was stunned for a moment when she heard Li Yunshan's words.

She looked around and saw no one else nearby, except for two women hurrying along, who were getting further and further away from the tractor.

"About a mile ahead, I just saw two people sticking their heads out and looking at the road in our direction."

Li Yunshan gave Gao Hongmei a wink, indicating a direction.

"Who are you trying to scare? You can see things clearly from a mile away? What a joke."

Gao Hongmei didn't believe it, and even chuckled and rolled her eyes: "You're not an eagle in the sky."

"Don't you believe me? I suspect we've been targeted by highway robbers."

"Think about it, when you were at the farmers' market in the county town, didn't you take out your money and count it? When you were counting those few ten-yuan bills, I reminded you not to flaunt your wealth when you're out and about. I think it's very possible that we were being targeted at that time."

Seeing that Gao Hongmei didn't believe him, Li Yunshan quickly came up with an analysis for her.

"How could that be? I just took out some money and counted it. How could I have been targeted? And they even knew where we came from." Gao Hongmei simply couldn't believe that she had been targeted for less than a minute after taking out some money to count it.

From Li Yunshan's perspective, it was quite normal for a few bandits to infiltrate the chaotic farmers' markets and target individual business owners who came from various communes to the county town to buy wholesale goods and had large amounts of cash on them.

After all, in this day and age, unlike in the future when you can pay with a bank card or scan a QR code with your phone, people now carry cash.

Especially in places like farmers' markets, where there are many individual vendors and everyone carries cash, it's practically the favorite place for highway robbers.

Once they find out where a certain individual business owner is going after buying goods here, they can stake out their route in advance, potentially robbing them or even murdering them.

So when Li Yunshan told Gao Hongmei his idea, she was immediately stunned.

"Li Yunshan, what if there really are highway robbers up ahead?"

Gao Hongmei couldn't help but feel scared.

Although Gao Hongmei had never met a highway robber, she had heard of them. Most people who did highway robbery were vicious and ruthless. Robbing people on the road was commonplace for them. If they refused to hand over their valuables, they would at least get a beating.

If they encounter someone who dares to resist, they might even lose their life.

At the beginning of the year, she learned of a highway robbery that occurred in another village in Xiangyang Commune. A young man was beaten to death by the highway robbers when he resisted. His body was covered in wounds and was a gruesome sight.

The perpetrator remains at large.

"I hope they're not targeting us," Li Yunshan said. He also didn't want to encounter highway robbers, because nobody likes dealing with a group of people who operate outside the law.

Therefore, for safety's sake, Li Yunshan still kept the thick-backed cleaver he used to cut wild boar meat on his right side, at least to have some deterrent effect.

When Gao Hongmei saw Li Yunshan take out his thick-backed machete, she immediately became nervous.

"If only I had brought the hunting rifle with me when I went to the county town this morning."

She couldn't help but mutter to herself.

"Don't worry, don't be nervous. Maybe I'm just seeing things, or maybe we won't encounter any highway robbers."

Li Yunshan glanced at her and offered words of comfort.

By this time, the tractor was moving very slowly.

Even at a slow speed, the tractor soon entered the area where Li Yunshan had seen someone peeking out from afar.

"Stop! You're robbing me!"

Just then, a loud bang was heard by the roadside, and four masked men jumped out.