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

Seeing Li Yunshan display his prowess and beat up Yu Ergou, a street thug, Lin Xiulan was stunned into silence.

Is this still the same Li Yunshan who idles away his time and only bullies his own family?

"Xiulan, look, I beat Yu Ergou up. From now on, we're not on the same side anymore. Now you believe I'll change my ways and take good care of you and Doudou, right?"

Lin Xiulan, however, frowned deeply. Recalling the harsh words Yu Ergou had uttered before fleeing, she was filled with worry, fearing that Li Yunshan would incur Yu Ergou's retaliation.

Because Yu Ergou was the leader of the street thugs in the village, offending him was equivalent to offending all the street thugs in the village.

Since the other party has threatened retaliation, they will definitely take action, even if it means resorting to any means necessary.

However, the enemy outnumbered them, and Li Yunshan was no match for them...

In Lin Xiulan's mind, Li Yunshan was still the same idle, lazy man who couldn't lift a finger or carry a heavy load. He had indeed hunted a wild boar, but how could he possibly defeat six or seven street thugs by himself?

Seeing Lin Xiulan's worried face, Li Yunshan said with a smile, "Xiulan, I know you're worried that the guy surnamed Yu might retaliate against us. I can say with certainty that he will retaliate, but I will nip his revenge in the bud beforehand. He can't hurt you and Doudou in the slightest."

After Li Yunshan finished speaking solemnly, as he bent down to pick up the money from the ground one bill at a time, he was thinking about how to deal with Yu Ergou's revenge.

In his past life, although he had been hanging out with Yu Ergou's gang for quite a while, he was always kept in the dark because he couldn't keep his mouth shut, so he was never allowed to participate in some of the things that Yu Ergou's gang did.

At the time, Li Yunshan secretly harbored resentment towards Yu Ergou and his gang for living a life of luxury without taking him along when they made money. But who would have thought that the crackdown would begin in 83, and in 85, Yu Ergou and his gang would be arrested.

After the trial, it was discovered that Yu Ergou and his gang were quite audacious, daring to engage in highway robbery and even committing two murders.

Fortunately, he didn't participate, which allowed him to escape unscathed and avoid being eaten with Yu Ergou and his gang.

Only after that did he realize his mistake and resolve to change his ways and start anew.

Although Li Yunshan was not present when Yu Ergou and his gang committed highway robbery and murder, he was present and heard everything clearly when they were tried and punished by law.

It can be said that Li Yunshan now holds a lot of dirt on Yu Ergou.

Lin Xiulan, however, didn't believe Li Yunshan could handle Yu Ergou's gang on his own. Instead, she thought he was overestimating himself. So, she glared at Li Yunshan angrily: "Just keep showing off. Don't think you're so great just because you managed to chase away that street thug. He had a whole group of people behind him, several of them. Do you think you can take on several people by yourself?"

"Honey, I feel like I could take on ten of them right now."

Li Yunshan said with a grin.

"Pah, who's your wife? We're divorced."

Lin Xiulan spat at him irritably, but the worry on her face didn't lessen at all: "You'd better stay home as much as possible lately, and avoid going outside the village, so you don't get alone..."

"We've already fought, do you expect me to stay cooped up at home for the rest of my life?"

Seeing Lin Xiulan's worried expression as she tried to persuade him, Li Yunshan felt somewhat unhappy.

Staying home as much as possible?

Why do you go outside the village less often?

How could that be? He still had to go into the mountains to hunt, sell the game he caught, save the money, buy Xiulan and Doudou floral fabrics, and buy them a three-ring and a-ring so they could live a good life. How could he stay at home?

Besides, constantly running away instead of facing the issue is not the style of Li Yunshan after he reformed himself in his previous life.

"Li Yunshan, are you as stubborn as a mule? I've tried everything to reason with you, all for your own good, but why won't you listen? Are you trying to drive me crazy?"

Seeing that Li Yunshan was still arguing, Lin Xiulan stomped her feet in anger.

They had finally seen Li Yunshan change a bit, become more like a human being, and do some decent things, but why was he so stubborn and refused to listen to them no matter what?

She was trying to persuade him for his safety, but he wouldn't listen.

And this is how you say you'll live a good life with yourself from now on?

Burning newspapers on your grave—you're just fooling the ghosts.

Li Yunshan carefully folded the money he had picked up and placed it in Lin Xiulan's hand. He sighed and said, "Xiulan, I know you mean well, but it's easier to dodge a spear than a hidden arrow. We can't live in constant fear of retaliation, can we?"

"Don't worry, I've been hanging around with Yu Ergou for so long, I know some of his dirty secrets, I'll handle this as soon as possible."

Seeing that Li Yunshan was determined, Lin Xiulan immediately fell silent. However, she couldn't help but wonder what kind of leverage Li Yunshan knew about Yu Ergou's gang.

However, when she asked Li Yunshan, he refused to answer.

Lin Xiulan glared at Li Yunshan: "Fine, I won't ask anymore!"

Li Yunshan didn't say anything more. When the wild boar meat on the stone table was almost sold out, he packed up the remaining wild boar heads and a few pieces of pork bones and went home.

"Hey, we haven't sold everything yet, why are you packing up and going home already?"

Lin Xiulan couldn't help but say.

Seeing that it was still early, if they waited a little longer, they would surely be able to sell that wild boar's head, which would bring in extra income for the family.

"I'm not selling it anymore. Take this wild boar head home, take the meat out, and keep the bones to make soup."

"By the way, do you have any white radishes at home? Use white radishes to make pork bone soup, it tastes so delicious."

Li Yunshan, however, did not want to sell.

Because wild boar heads are so big, they're not easy to sell, and they're also quite troublesome to process.

It's freezing cold now, and if we keep standing here at the village entrance, we're unlikely to sell anything. It's better to pack up and go home early, so we don't get sick from the cold.

Hearing Li Yunshan say this, Lin Xiulan did not insist any further.

After packing up and returning home, Li Yunshan went to process the wild boar's head, cleaning off all the meat, while Lin Xiulan went down into the cellar and brought up two white radishes that she had collected before winter, preparing to make soup with pork bones.

As the two were busy with their own tasks, footsteps came from outside the courtyard gate.

Lin Xiulan peeked out of the main room and saw that Gao Hongmei and Su Lihua had arrived.

"Eldest sister, second sister, what brings you here?"

Because they were all women who had divorced Li Yunshan, Lin Xiulan, Gao Hongmei, and Su Lihua had similar experiences. In addition, Gao Hongmei and Su Lihua sympathized with Lin Xiulan and protected her, so Gao Hongmei and Su Lihua became Lin Xiulan's eldest and second eldest sisters.

"I heard that bastard Li Yunshan killed a wild boar, and when you were selling pork at the village entrance, that scoundrel Yu Ergou gave you a hard time. Is that true?"

After entering the room, Gao Hongmei gritted her teeth and said.

It's clear from her words that she harbors deep resentment towards Li Yunshan; otherwise, she wouldn't have kept calling him a "bastard."

"Yes, it's true."

Lin Xiulan nodded.

"Xiulan, are you alright?"

Su Lihua also held Lin Xiulan's hand, her eyes scanning her up and down.