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

"Comrade, please come with us and Comrade Gao Hongmei to our office to give a statement."

Because Li Yunshan single-handedly apprehended a gang of highway robbers, Captain Jiang spoke very politely.

"What? We have to go to the county police station to give a statement? Can't we skip it?"

Upon hearing that she had to return to the county town, Gao Hongmei couldn't help but frown.

She glanced instinctively at the medical staff who were collecting the body of the highway robber leader, and wondered if the police would arrest Li Yunshan for accidentally killing him.

"Comrade Gao Hongmei, this is a necessary procedure for our police investigation. Please cooperate with our work." Captain Jiang smiled and spoke gently.

"Well... okay, but I need to pick up the money first."

Gao Hongmei hesitated for a moment, then quickly bent down to pick up the money.

"Let's help pick up the money and return it to these two comrades."

Captain Jiang spoke to the police officers.

Many hands make light work. With the help of Captain Jiang and several other police officers, the money scattered on the ground was picked up and handed over to Li Yunshan.

"Comrade, count it, is the money missing or not?"

Captain Jiang said.

Li Yunshan smiled bitterly to himself. How could he know how much money he had just spent? After selling the wild boar meat, he and Gao Hongmei had never even counted the money they had earned.

However, he still pretended to count them one by one.

"The total is three hundred and thirty-seven yuan and eighty cents, that's right."

After counting them once, Li Yunshan said.

In fact, Li Yunshan didn't know whether the exact number was correct.

However, those two wild boars together must have weighed at least 300 jin (150 kg), and 337.8 yuan is probably about the amount they would have earned from selling the wild boar meat.

As for whether any banknotes were left behind or stolen by someone taking advantage of the situation, Li Yunshan felt that none of that mattered in the face of subduing those highway robbers.

After counting the money, Li Yunshan handed it to Gao Hongmei: "Take this money."

Gao Hongmei took the money, but she was puzzled. Did those two wild boars really only sell for 337.8 yuan?

"Hey, Li Yunshan, those two wild boars should fetch more than that price, right?"

Sitting on the tractor, following the police back to the county bureau to give a statement, Gao Hongmei finally couldn't contain her curiosity and asked a question.

"How would I know? Just have a rough idea. Compared to escaping from highway robbers, what's a couple of bills?"

Li Yunshan said calmly.

"I know that's true, but just the thought of maybe a few bills not being returned makes me uneasy, you know?"

"What could we do? You know what happened back then. If I hadn't acted decisively, the money might have been stolen, and you would have been in trouble. You heard what those highway robbers were saying."

Li Yunshan couldn't help but glance at Gao Hongmei. In fact, he knew that Gao Hongmei was afraid of being poor and owed him money, so she was single-mindedly trying to earn enough money as soon as possible to pay off her debts.

But is he wrong?

At least, Li Yunshan felt that he was right in what he said and right in what he did at the time.

If he had turned into a lamb and let himself be slaughtered without resisting, Gao Hongmei might have really been raped by those highway robbers.

"Oh well, if I really lose a few bills, so be it. It's better than losing my life."

Gao Hongmei sighed, looking somewhat sullen.

About half an hour later, they arrived at the county public security bureau.

Next, it's just a normal procedure to go through the process and take statements.

After giving their statements, Li Yunshan and Gao Hongmei left the county public security bureau.

"Phew, I was so nervous when I went in to give my statement just now."

As she sat on the churning tractor, Gao Hongmei glanced back at the county public security bureau gate as it drove away into the distance, and couldn't help but pat her chest in relief.

"What's there to be nervous about? Just tell the truth."

Compared to Gao Hongmei's lingering fear, Li Yunshan appeared much calmer.

"You killed someone! Even though the other party was a highway robber, he was still a human being no matter how vicious he was. I'm really worried that you'll end up in jail. How am I supposed to explain that to Xiulan, your mother, and your older brother?" Gao Hongmei glared at him irritably.

"We were acting in self-defense to protect our own safety. Even if we killed all four highway robbers, it would still be because we were more skilled, and they deserved it."

"I'm just scared and worried."

"This isn't like you at all. You're usually so carefree and have such a fiery temper. I wouldn't believe it if you told me you were scared."

Li Yunshan couldn't help but laugh.

Seeing his relaxed smile, as if he didn't care at all about the bandit who had been fatally wounded by a machete, Gao Hongmei couldn't help but ask curiously, "Li Yunshan, why aren't you afraid?"

"If I were afraid, would you still be sitting right next to me and talking to me like this?"

Li Yunshan smiled and asked in return.

Gao Hongmei was speechless for a moment, but thinking about how Li Yunshan dared to go into the mountains alone to hunt tigers and how he dared to decisively shoot and kill the bear that was harassing the village in the pitch black environment, saving the old foreman, she had to admit that what Li Yunshan said seemed to be true.

If he's really scared, he might be the one to suffer.

……

"Mother, it's so late, why hasn't Father come back yet?"

As evening approached and darkness fell, Lin Xiulan had already prepared dinner at home, but Li Yunshan was still nowhere to be seen entering the courtyard.

At this moment, DouDou's stomach was also hungry, and it was growling.

She tugged at Lin Xiulan's sleeve, her brow furrowing with worry.

"DouDou, be good. Wait a little longer. Your dad and aunt went to town to sell wild boar meat. He said he would buy you roast chicken."

Lin Xiulan offered a soft word of comfort, but her gaze traveled past the main room and the gate to the courtyard gate.

However, after comforting Dou Dou, Lin Xiulan couldn't help but worry that Li Yunshan and Gao Hongmei might run into some trouble.

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

Just then, Lin Xiulan vaguely heard the sound of a tractor.

The sound of the tractor grew louder and louder as it approached home.

"DouDou, go out and see, it should be your father and aunt returning."

Lin Xiulan took Dou Dou's little hand and walked out.

As soon as I reached the gate of the yard, I saw a tractor emitting white smoke driving towards my house.

"Father, Father, it's Father! Mother, look, Father and Aunt are back!"

Seeing Li Yunshan and Gao Hongmei sitting on the tractor, Dou Dou clapped her hands happily, as if it were New Year's Day.

"Yes, Mother saw it."

Lin Xiulan smiled and nodded.

It was almost dark when she saw Li Yunshan and Gao Hongmei return safely, and she felt happy.

Soon, the tractor chugped and pulled up outside the yard and parked.

Li Yunshan turned off the engine and jumped off the tractor.

"Father, Father, why are you so late? I'm starving!"

DouDou immediately ran towards Li Yunshan, stopped in front of him, and touched her little belly.

"Haha, are you starving? Look, Daddy bought you your favorite roast chicken."

Li Yunshan picked up Dou Dou and chuckled as he pulled out a roast chicken he had bought in the county town.

However, because of the delay on the way, the roast chicken had long since gone cold, even though he had been holding it in his arms the whole time.

However, children don't understand these things.

Upon seeing the roast chicken, Dou Dou happily kissed Li Yunshan.

"Father, you're the best to me."

"Big sister, Yunshan, please come inside. It's getting dark and colder outside."

Lin Xiulan smiled.

"My dad and Lihua are still waiting for me at home, so I won't go in. I'll come another day."

Gao Hongmei smiled and said something before turning and leaving.

After Gao Hongmei left, Li Yunshan carried Dou Dou and went into the house with Lin Xiulan.

"DouDou, be good, let's go eat roast chicken."

Li Yunshan handed the roast chicken to Dou Dou, who happily took it, put it on the dining table, unwrapped the oil paper covering the roast chicken, skillfully tore off a chicken leg, and began to wolf it down.

"Why are you so late coming back? Did you run into some trouble on the way?"

Lin Xiulan unbuttoned the cotton-padded jacket Li Yunshan was wearing, and after he took it off, she hung it on the wall.

"There was a little trouble, but it's all been resolved."

After thinking for a moment, Li Yunshan recounted the events of the day to Lin Xiulan.

After all, even if he doesn't say it now, Lin Xiulan will find out eventually.

"What? You've encountered robbers?"

When Lin Xiulan heard Li Yunshan say that he and Gao Hongmei had encountered highway robbers on their way back from the county town, she was terrified.

However, when Lin Xiulan heard Li Yunshan talk about how he subdued the highway robbers, she looked him up and down three times. After confirming that he was not injured, she was still a little scared: "You have a gun license. Next time you go into the city, you might as well bring a hunting rifle and see which highway robber dares to block your way."

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

Although he knew it was impossible to encounter bandits every time he went into the city, Li Yunshan still readily agreed in order not to make Lin Xiulan worry or overthink.

"You've had a long day, hurry up and eat. After you've eaten, take a hot bath. I've already boiled the water in the big pot."

As Lin Xiulan spoke, she gave Li Yunshan a pair of chopsticks and filled a large bowl with rice for him.

The dishes on the table were plentiful, including braised wild boar, pork bone and radish soup, fried eggs, and stewed cabbage, which could be considered quite a feast.

The two sat down around the table. Li Yunshan picked up a piece of braised pork and shoveled a big mouthful of it down with his white rice.

After chewing it haphazardly a few times and swallowing it, the hunger was immediately dispelled.

After dinner, Li Yunshan put down his chopsticks and suddenly remembered something. He said to Lin Xiulan, who was clearing the dishes, "Xiulan, I'm going out for a bit."

"It's already dark, and you've had a long day. Where are you going?"

You'll find out soon enough.

Li Yunshan left with a mysterious smile and ran out of the courtyard.