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

After riding his bicycle out of the village, Li Yunshan pedaled the bicycle very fast.

As the bicycle sped along, the whistling cold wind hit his face, stinging it.

But Li Yunshan didn't care at all, because in addition to the 10,000 yuan he was carrying, he also had six gold bricks in his arms. His excitement had long made him forget the cold weather.

Even after pedaling the bicycle for a while, Li Yunshan felt warm all over.

Riding his bicycle, Li Yunshan left Guapigou Village and passed Xiangyang Commune before turning onto the main road leading to the county town.

About an hour later, they arrived in the county town. Instead of going to the bank to deposit money, Li Yunshan went to the guesthouse and booked a room.

After checking into the room, Li Yunshan went inside and locked the door from the inside, then drew all the curtains, instantly plunging the room into darkness.

After doing all this, he turned on the light in the guest room and carefully took out the six gold bricks he had been carrying in his pocket one by one.

On the way to the county town, Li Yunshan had a question in his mind: how could there be a few gold bricks hidden in the walls of the village primary school?

After much thought, there is only one explanation: these gold bricks were left behind by the landlord who was killed in a game of Dou Dizhu (a card game).

Before the village primary school was established, the area was originally the compound of a landlord.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, through the struggle against landlords, some of the landlords' families died or fled, and the landlord's compound became the site of the village primary school.

However, what puzzled Li Yunshan was that the village primary school had been collapsed for three days, and dozens or even hundreds of people from the village were there every day to help clear the rubble.

So many people were working there at the same time, and so many people didn't encounter the collapse of those two walls and discover the large gold bricks hidden inside them, but he was the one who did. Was it fate? Or luck?

With these questions in mind, Li Yunshan examined all the gold bricks one by one. After confirming that all six gold bricks were indeed made of gold, Li Yunshan could no longer contain his excitement.

Six gold bars, a full 6000 grams of gold, how much is that worth?

Li Yunshan didn't know how much gold was worth per gram these days.

"After I deposit the money at the bank, I'll go to the department store and ask if they sell gold jewelry."

Li Yunshan muttered to himself as he wrapped the six gold bricks in cloth again, stuffed them into his inner pocket, and carefully buttoned up his cotton-padded jacket to prevent the gold bricks from falling out.

Having done all this, he left the guesthouse and went straight to the county bank.

When he arrived at the county bank, there weren't many people waiting to withdraw or deposit money.

After a brief glare, it was Li Yunshan's turn.

"Comrade, are you depositing or withdrawing money?"

After Li Yunshan sat down, the staff inside politely asked him questions.

Li Yunshan glanced at the woman's name tag: Zheng Caixia.

"Comrade, I don't have a passbook with this bank yet. I'd like to open one first and then deposit some money into it."

"To open a bank account, you need to provide your ID card or household registration booklet. Do you have them with you?"

"I asked with a slight smile," said clerk Zheng Caixia.

"I brought it."

After Li Yunshan finished speaking, he took out his ID card and household registration book.

"Okay, comrade, please wait a moment."

Then, the teller began to open a passbook for Li Yunshan.

While the teller was opening his passbook, Li Yunshan also took the opportunity to inquire about the current interest rate for fixed-term savings.

When Li Yunshan asked about the interest rate on fixed deposits, the teller's smile broadened: "Our bank's current current account interest rate is 2.16%, and the one-year interest rate is 5.76%."

Li Yunshan estimated that if he kept the 10,000 yuan in a savings account, he could earn 216 yuan in interest per year, and if he put it in a fixed deposit, he could earn 576 yuan in interest per year.

However, thinking about the need to buy land and build a house in the county town in the future, Li Yunshan suppressed the urge to put the money in a fixed deposit.

About ten minutes later, the teller helped Li Yunshan deposit the passbook.

"Comrade, how much money are you depositing? Is it a fixed deposit or a current account?"

"After you've finished processing the deposit," the teller asked.

"I'll deposit 10,000."

Li Yunshan said.

"What? Ten thousand?"

When Li Yunshan spoke, the teller thought she had misheard.

Deposit 10,000?

She has been working at the bank for several years. Usually, most people deposit ten or twenty yuan, and depositing a hundred yuan is considered a small amount.

She rarely encounters large sums of money, such as three or five hundred, or even a thousand.

But right now, this simply dressed man, who looked like he came from the countryside, immediately said he wanted to deposit 10,000 yuan.

Ten thousand!

Ten thousand!

In this day and age, anyone who can come up with ten thousand yuan is a true millionaire, someone who will be featured in the newspapers and announced on the commune's radio station.

"Shh, Comrade Zheng, keep a low profile, keep a low profile."

Li Yunshan made a shushing gesture, then carefully took out the thick stack of ten-yuan notes from his pocket.

In addition, there's the certificate that Director Zhou helped me obtain.

"This is 10,000 yuan. I earned it a couple of days ago while hunting at Hongxing Forest Farm. I killed a bear and caught a bear cub. This is a certificate issued by Director Zhou of Hongxing Forest Farm, which proves that the source of this money is completely clean."

Li Yunshan glanced around and noticed that no one in the lobby waiting to deposit or withdraw money was paying attention to him, so he lowered his voice and said, "Comrade Zheng, I just want to keep a low profile and make a fortune quietly, so please don't make a fuss."

As the teller listened to Li Yunshan's words, her eyes were fixed on the thick stack of 10,000 yuan bills that Li Yunshan had pushed in front of her.

She had worked at the bank for three years and had handled countless deposits and withdrawals, but this was the first time she had ever received a deposit of over ten thousand yuan.

With so much money in front of them, even the tellers felt a little nervous.

"Okay, I won't make a fuss."

The teller took the money, then picked up the certificate issued by Director Zhou, examined it several times, and said, "Comrade, although this certificate has the official seal of Hongxing Forestry Farm on it, not many people in our bank have seen it. In order to verify its authenticity, we need to call Hongxing Forestry Farm to verify it. Please wait patiently."

"Okay, no problem."

Li Yunshan nodded.

Then, the teller went to the office to find the bank manager.

The bank manager was a middle-aged man with a square face, thick eyebrows, and wearing a dark blue Zhongshan suit.

When the teller came to the office and found him, he had just finished grading a document.

"Xiao Zheng, why are you in such a hurry? What's wrong?"

Seeing the teller walk in quickly, the bank manager frowned slightly and asked.

"Director Mo, it's like this. There's a fellow villager who came to our bank to deposit 10,000 yuan. According to him, he earned the money by hunting in the Hongxing Forest Farm, and he even has a certificate issued by the director of the Hongxing Forest Farm."

"I've never seen what the official seal of Hongxing Forestry Farm looks like either, so I asked him to wait outside while we at the bank call Hongxing Forestry Farm to verify it."

The teller quickly explained the situation, which surprised President Mo.

These days, not many people have money in their pockets. Being able to save five or six hundred, or seven or eight hundred, is considered wealthy. I've never met anyone who can save tens of thousands of yuan at once.

Moreover, according to the teller, the person who came to the bank to deposit money said that the money was earned from hunting, and the Hongxing Forestry Farm even stamped it with their official seal, which made Director Mo feel suspicious.

Money earned from hunting?

You have to kill a tiger or catch a real dragon to earn such a large sum of money.

Adhering to the principle of acting cautiously, Director Mo picked up the phone on his desk, opened a number book, and dialed the Hongxing Forest Farm.

After a wait, the call connected, and Director Mo spoke first: "Hello, Lao Zhou, it's me, Lao Mo from the county bank. Yes, this is the situation."

"Now, a young man named Li Yunshan comes to our bank to deposit 10,000 yuan, saying he earned it by hunting in your Hongxing Forest Farm. I'm puzzled, can hunting really earn that much money?"

"What? He killed a bear and captured a bear cub? Li Yunshan? That name sounds familiar. I remember now, he killed the tiger that caused the tiger attack in your forest last time, right?"

"Alright, I know what to do. Okay, goodbye."

After a brief phone call, Director Mo put down the phone and said to the teller, "Xiao Zheng, I've already called to confirm that the money is from a legitimate source. You can go and process the deposit for him."

"However, I would like to remind you that it would be best to try to get him to open a fixed-term savings account."

"Okay, manager, I understand."

The teller listened to the entire phone call from President Mo, and was somewhat bewildered afterward.

It turns out that the man who came to open a savings account and deposit money was Li Yunshan, the tiger hunter from the newspaper.

He also killed a bear and captured a bear cub alive in the Hongxing Forest Farm. No wonder he was able to earn so much money and deposit it in the bank.

If I could become friends with him, or even date him, then...

With her own ulterior motives in mind, the teller quickly returned to the counter: "Mr. Li, our branch manager has already called Hongxing Forestry Farm to inquire. There's no problem with the source of your money. This certificate was also issued by Hongxing Forestry Farm. You can deposit the money now."

"Excuse me, do you prefer current account savings or time deposits? I suggest you save in time deposits, as the interest rate is much higher than that of current account savings. Over a year, you can earn more than 300 yuan more in interest."

"My survival period."

Li Yunshan made the decision without even thinking about it.

"Huh? A current account? Comrade, why don't you reconsider? A fixed deposit can earn you over three hundred yuan more in interest per year than a current account?"

The teller was stunned for a moment.

Normally, as long as she says that fixed deposits can earn more interest than current accounts, most people will almost always choose to deposit in fixed deposits.

But now, Li Yunshan has chosen to survive.

The survival period is really less than 300 yuan!