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

Upon seeing Li Yunshan, the forestry workers who were engrossed in their meals in the canteen all turned their attention to him.

As someone who recently helped Hongxing Forest Farm get rid of a man-eating tiger, Li Yunshan is well-known among the forest farm's employees.

After Li Yunshan killed the man-eating tiger, Director Zhou had the tiger's carcass taken back to the factory headquarters. Many workers had seen Li Yunshan, the tiger-slaying hero.

Today, after finishing their day's work, when they returned to the camp from the logging area, they all saw the freshly skinned wolf carcasses hanging outside.

Moreover, there weren't just one or two wolf carcasses, but more than a dozen wolf carcasses hanging outside.

Moreover, besides the wolf's carcass, there was also the carcass of an adult bear outside, and in the iron cage in the pigsty at the farm headquarters that held large fat pigs, there was a half-grown bear cub.

This shocked and intrigued them. Who was it that killed so many wolves, killed a bear, and captured a half-grown bear cub?

After a little inquiry, they learned that the wolves, bears, and the bear cub in the iron cage that were hanging there were all killed by Li Yunshan, who had killed the man-eating tiger in the forest last time. Everyone was shocked and filled with gratitude towards Li Yunshan.

After all, the forestry workers spend a long time each year working in the forest area, which is sparsely populated, especially in spring and summer when vegetation is lush. When working in the forest, the biggest fear is encountering wild animals such as wolves and bears, which pose a real and potential risk to people's lives.

They felt even more relieved when they learned that the wolves and bears had been found in the forest area near the farm headquarters.

The discovery of such a large pack of wolves, along with a bear with cubs, in the forest area far from the farm headquarters is not a good sign, as it significantly increases the potential danger.

Now that Li Yunshan has eliminated such a large pack of wolves and the bear with cubs, these two huge potential dangers have disappeared.

People no longer need to live in constant fear and worry about any life-threatening situations when entering and leaving the forest area for work.

Therefore, everyone looked at Li Yunshan with gratitude in their eyes.

Especially not long ago, several employees in the forest farm were bitten by tigers. Although they survived the tiger's bite, they were left with hideous wounds.

What they fear most now is encountering those ferocious beasts in the forest while logging operations in the forest area.

So when Li Yunshan walked towards the canteen window to get his food, many forestry workers subconsciously stared at him and watched him until he reached the canteen window.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Li, for eliminating so many safety hazards for our forest farm."

When Li Yunshan was getting her food, the worker at the window who was distributing the food looked very grateful, because her husband had been seriously injured by the tiger in the recent incident and was still hospitalized.

According to the hospital doctor, even if her husband recovers and is discharged, he will be unable to move around easily, will become lame, and will be unable to do any heavy work.

Li Yunshan killed the tiger, so many wolves, and a bear, eliminating two safety hazards for the forest farm. He deserves this gratitude.

So when she served Li Yunshan his meal, she made a point of adding two extra spoonfuls of meat and two extra steamed buns to his bowl.

"Master Li, eat more, make sure you're full."

"Oh, thank you, auntie."

Although he didn't understand why the cafeteria lady who served him his food gave him such instructions, Li Yunshan nodded in response after receiving the full bowl of food.

Then, he took his food bowl and went to find a seat.

"Master Li, please sit here."

"Master Li, I have an empty seat here, please sit here."

"Master Li..."

When they saw Li Yunshan carrying his lunchbox over, some of the forestry workers warmly invited him to sit down next to them.

Seeing how enthusiastic the forest farm workers were, Li Yunshan was a little unaccustomed to it at first.

After all, he wasn't an employee of the forest farm; he was just there to help Director Zhou, accompany Director Zhou's former superior on a hunting trip in the mountains, and ensure his safety.

But Li Yunshan also knew perfectly well why the forest farm workers were so enthusiastic towards him: it was simply because he had previously helped the Hongxing Forest Farm eliminate the man-eating tiger, a major threat, and now he had also resolved the two potential safety hazards of wild wolves and bears.

Faced with the enthusiastic invitations from the forestry workers, he smiled and nodded to each of them, chatted with them for a bit, and then sat down in the empty seat next to his elder brother, Li Yunshi.

Eating steamed white flour buns and stewed wolf meat until tender and flavorful, Li Yunshan ate with great relish, having expended a lot of energy during the day.

In just a few bites, a steamed bun was gone.

In the canteen, the other forestry workers were in a similar situation. Because the kitchen had stewed wolf meat for dinner, everyone was eating heartily, and many were wolfing down their food.

However, some people were surprised to see Li Yunshan sitting with Li Yunshi, and the two even looked somewhat alike. Some people who didn't know Li Yunshi were also curious as to why Li Yunshan, who had eliminated so many safety hazards in the forest farm, would be sitting with Li Yunshi, and the two were even chatting and laughing together.

After inquiring with the workers nearby and learning that Li Yunshi was Li Yunshan's older brother, everyone had a deeper impression of Li Yunshi.

Li Yunshan wolfed down his dinner, quickly finishing it all.

He let out a burp, rubbed his full stomach, and chatted with Li Yunshi as he slowly walked back to his residence.

Lying on the simple wooden bed, Li Yunshan couldn't help but think of Lin Xiulan, Dou Dou, and Gao Hongmei.

I wonder how they are doing at home.

"I'll go home after I deal with that bear cub."

With these thoughts in mind, Li Yunshan closed his eyes and quickly drifted off to sleep.

……

On the road leading from the county town to Xiangyang Commune, a military green jeep from the provincial capital sped along.

Because of the snow accumulation on the bumpy dirt road, snow chains were attached to all four wheels of the military green jeep to prevent it from slipping at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour.

At this moment, inside the jeep, a middle-aged man and a woman looked exhausted.

"Dr. Kang, how much longer until we reach Hongxing Forest Farm?"

The bumpy, potholed road made the woman in the passenger seat miserable. She took out a map from her backpack, looked at it carefully, but couldn't find the location of Hongxing Forest Farm marked on it.

Even the location of Xiangyang Commune was not marked.

They received a notification from their superiors yesterday that someone had captured a half-grown bear cub in Hongxing Forest Farm, Xiangyang Commune, Qinghe County, so they immediately set off.

After traveling for nearly ten hours, they finally arrived in Qinghe County last night.

After a short rest at the county guesthouse, they asked for directions as they made their way to Hongxing Forest Farm in Xiangyang Commune.

"I don't know, maybe it's still more than ten miles away."

Dr. Kang, who was driving, wasn't sure how many miles it was from Hongxing Forest Farm, so he could only give a vague answer.

"There are people ahead. Let's stop and ask if they've taken the wrong route."

Suddenly, the woman noticed several passersby on the roadside not far ahead, and then she spoke.

"Okay, let's stop the car and ask, and also get out and stretch our legs."

"These dirt roads in the countryside are nothing compared to the asphalt roads in our provincial capital. They're so bumpy and potholed that they almost made me throw up my dinner from last night."

Dr. Kang couldn't help but complain.

Soon, the jeep pulled up in front of the pedestrians.

After parking the car, Dr. Kang and his companion got out and politely asked, "Fellow villagers, could you please tell me the way to Xiangyang Commune?"

"Yes, this is the road from the county town to Xiangyang Commune. What are you two doing here?" The passerby looked Dr. Kang and his companion up and down. He noticed that their clothes were very different from those of ordinary people like them. More importantly, they were both wearing glasses, making them look like intellectuals from the city. So he answered.

"We're from the provincial capital and want to go to Hongxing Forest Farm in Xiangyang Commune, but we don't know the way, so we're asking you fellow villagers to confirm if this is the way."

"By the way, how many li is it from here to Xiangyang Commune?"

Dr. Kang smiled slightly and asked patiently.

"It's about seven or eight li away. If you're going to Hongxing Forest Farm, you'll have to walk about ten li after you get to Xiangyang Commune. Comrade, if you don't know the way, just ask anyone you see. The people here are simple and honest; they won't lie to you."

"Okay, okay, fellow villager, thanks for reminding me!"

After listening to the passerby's words, Dr. Kang nodded repeatedly in gratitude.

"Don't mention it. If there's nothing else, we'll be going now."

After the passerby finished speaking, he left.

"Oh dear, it's still so far!"

After the passerby left, the woman couldn't help but complain.

"It's not far now. We've come all the way from the provincial capital, so what's a few more miles? Let's stretch our muscles first, and then we'll drive all the way to Hongxing Forest Farm in one go."

Dr. Kang didn't harbor any resentment; he was just feeling a bit tired after driving all the way here.

About ten minutes later, Dr. Kang and his companion finished stretching and got into the jeep, continuing their journey along the dirt road.

When he didn't know the way, Dr. Kang stopped his car to ask for directions when he saw someone passing by on the side of the road.

And so, stopping and starting, the jeep passed through Xiangyang Commune and continued toward Hongxing Forest Farm.

Around noon, Dr. Kang finally drove the jeep to the gate of the Hongxing Forest Farm headquarters.

"This is Hongxing Forest Farm. It's quite remote. No wonder I almost got lost just now."

Through the car window, the woman curiously looked around the factory.

"It's normal to almost get lost when you're in an unfamiliar place."

Dr. Kang replied and then turned off the Jeep.