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

"What important thing is it this time? Did you find a fortune?"

Seeing Li Yunshan's mysterious and serious demeanor, Lin Xiulan couldn't help but tease him a couple of times.

"We didn't find any large sum of money, but we did find a few gold nuggets."

As Li Yunshan spoke, he took out the six gold bricks wrapped in his cotton-padded jacket from the inner pocket, placed them on the dining table, and then slowly unwrapped the package.

"They even saw gold nuggets? Who would believe that..."

Seeing Li Yunshan's serious expression, Lin Xiulan didn't believe him at all and thought he was just teasing her.

Unexpectedly, when Li Yunshan unpacked the package, revealing six gleaming gold bricks inside, Lin Xiulan was immediately dazzled by the light emanating from them.

Her eyes widened, and her mouth instantly formed an "O" shape. She almost couldn't suppress her excitement and cried out, but remembering Li Yunshan's instructions, she quickly covered her mouth with her hand.

Looking at the six gleaming gold bricks on the dining table, Lin Xiulan felt her breathing and heartbeat were even more rapid and shocking than when she saw Li Yunshan pull out ten thousand yuan from his pocket.

"Where...where did you find these pieces of gold?"

After suppressing her inner excitement, Lin Xiulan removed her hand from her mouth and asked in a low voice.

"This morning, on my way to the county town, I passed by the ruins of the village primary school. Suddenly, two walls collapsed. I saw a package and some bricks fall down, so I went over to take a look and picked up these gold bricks."

After Li Yunshan finished speaking, he didn't forget to add, "I think this is fate."

Originally, Li Yunshan didn't really believe in fate or destiny; he believed that human will could overcome anything.

But after he died of a terminal illness in his previous life, he was reborn in a daze, which made him believe in fate again.

Moreover, in his previous life, when the village primary school collapsed, he had never heard of anyone in the village finding gold bricks, nor had he ever seen anyone become rich overnight.

But now, he was just passing by when he happened to see two walls collapse, and by sheer coincidence, he saw a package filled with gold falling down with the bricks. This made him believe in the concept of fate again.

These gold bricks may truly be connected to him; it was his destiny that brought him together with them.

"So, what are you planning to do with these gold bricks?"

Lin Xiulan glanced at Li Yunshan and asked in a low voice.

"Since it's fate, I plan to keep these gold bricks as a family heirloom and pass them down to my descendants."

Li Yunshan gathered the six gold bricks together.

In my past life, after the village primary school collapsed, I never heard of anyone finding gold bricks, let alone anyone becoming rich overnight. I guess even if someone did find them, they would have quietly hidden them away and kept it a secret.

Moreover, the village primary school building was originally the house of the village landlord, so these gold bricks were most likely hidden by the landlord.

Nowadays, no one knows where the landlord's descendants are, so this gold brick can be considered an ownerless item.

Since that's the case, whoever finds it naturally owns it.

However, Li Yunshan didn't intend to make a big fuss about finding the gold brick.

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

Lin Xiulan thought Li Yunshan would hand over the gold bricks to the village committee for disposal, but she didn't expect that Li Yunshan wanted to keep the gold bricks for himself.

Everyone has selfish desires and will be tempted by money. Lin Xiulan had experienced poverty and hardship. Since Li Yunshan found the gold brick, she didn't want him to hand it over, out of selfishness. Li Yunshan's actions were exactly what she wanted.

Of course, if Li Yunshan really hands over the gold bricks to the village committee for disposal, she can only respect his choice.

But clearly, Li Yunshan had no intention of handing over the gold bricks.

These gold bricks are currently priceless, and it would be unwise to sell them off rashly. However, keeping them as family heirlooms for future generations would be a good option.

What if one day, future generations need to use it?

"So where should we hide the gold bricks?"

"Hide them on the roof of the house, separately."

After thinking for a moment, Li Yunshan decided to hide all six gold bricks on the roof, and he had to hide them separately to prevent them from being taken away by someone in the future.

"it is good."

Without hesitation, Li Yunshan immediately went to the woodshed and brought back a ladder. He then carefully climbed the ladder, with Lin Xiulan supporting him from below, and meticulously hid all six gold bricks on the roof.

Because they were worried about forgetting where they hid the gold bricks, Li Yunshan and Lin Xiulan silently memorized the location several times after hiding them.

After confirming that all the gold bricks were hidden, Li Yunshan carried the ladder back to the woodshed.

After doing all this, Li Yunshan and Lin Xiulan went inside.

He finally felt relieved when he lay down on the warm, heated earthen pit.

"Yunshan, I feel like I'm dreaming."

Lin Xiulan lay down next to Li Yunshan, staring at the ceiling in the room, and couldn't help but giggle.

It turned out that because Li Yunshan was idle and irresponsible, and even abused Lin Xiulan and her daughter, Lin Xiulan had lost all hope for life. If it weren't for Dou Dou, perhaps she would have already...

Unexpectedly, after Li Yunshan forced himself on her that day, she seemed to have become a different person, becoming responsible and dependable.

He hunted wild boars, wolves, deer, man-eating tigers, and bears...

By hunting in the mountains, he earned more money than most people could earn in a lifetime.

Moreover, after earning money, Li Yunshan did not squander it, but used it for his family and for his wife and daughter.

I bought them new clothes, delicious food, and gave them a sum of money to manage.

Even after becoming wealthy, Li Yunshan generously donated four thousand yuan to the village primary school to renovate the school buildings and purchase desks and chairs.

Now that he has money, he hasn't neglected his own family, nor has he forgotten the community.

Moreover, Li Yunshan is now willing to tell her anything.

Although the things Li Yunshan told her were all thrilling and terrifying, such as hunting tigers, wolves, and bears in the mountains, which frightened her just by talking about them; he also told her about encountering highway robbers when he went to the county town, and about encountering a mentally ill person wielding a knife when he went to deposit money at the bank.

The Li Yunshan of the past was not like this.

Sometimes, if she asked too many questions about what he was doing, she would at least get a scolding from him.

Now, he has found the gold brick that the landlord hid in the wall years ago, and he has told her about this important matter.

This is his trust in her.

So, as Lin Xiulan lay in bed, thinking about the changes in Li Yunshan and the changes in her family, she felt like she was dreaming.

"It feels like I'm dreaming."

Li Yunshan also said something.

However, the dream he was talking about was not what Lin Xiulan thought. Rather, it was that he had clearly died from a serious illness in his previous life, but had been reborn in a daze.

After his rebirth, he worked hard to give Lin Xiulan and Dou Dou a good life, and also relieved his mother and elder brother of their worries.

Moreover, Lin Xiulan is now pregnant with his second child.

But in his previous life, Lin Xiulan only gave birth to one daughter, Dou Dou.

That's why he said it felt like he was dreaming.

……

"Yes, yes, Xiulan, smile more! Okay, I'm ready to film. 3! 2! 1!"

The next day, the sun shone brightly.

Lin Xiulan held Dou Dou in her arms and stood in the yard, with her own house behind her.

Li Yunshan, holding his newly purchased Hongmei brand camera, directed Lin Xiulan to take a photo as the camera shutter clicked.

"Are you done taking pictures?"

After a few seconds, Lin Xiulan asked.

"Okay, that's a good shot. Let's take one more. This time, DouDou will stand, and XiuLan, you squat down next to DouDou, look at me, and smile naturally."

Li Yunshan nodded, feeling that he hadn't taken enough photos, and he couldn't help but instruct Lin Xiulan on how to position herself.

"Okay, take one more."

As Lin Xiulan spoke, she squatted down as Li Yunshan instructed. She placed her hand on Dou Dou's shoulder, looked at Li Yunshan, and smiled happily.

DouDou even raised her hand and happily made a "yes" gesture towards the camera lens.

As Li Yunshan pressed the shutter button, another photo captured the image of Lin Xiulan and Doudou.

"Alright, that's it, we've finished filming."

After taking the last shot on film, Li Yunshan was about to put his camera away when Lin Xiulan walked towards him.

"Show me the photos."

Lin Xiulan reached out and took the camera from Li Yunshan's hand.

"Hey, Xiulan, you can't see the photos yet. The photos we just took are like images printed on film. If you want to see the photos, you'll have to take them to a photo studio and have the photographer develop them."

"Whatever you do, don't open the film compartment of the camera! If you expose the film, all the photos we just took will be gone."

Hearing Li Yunshan say this, Lin Xiulan stopped curiously opening the camera and instead shoved it back into Li Yunshan's hand: "Take some time to go to the commune's photo studio and get the photos developed quickly. I can't wait to see them."

"Okay, I'll make time to go to the commune around noon."

Although it's freezing cold and there's still snow on the ground, the sun is shining brightly, making it a rare and beautiful day.

As the saying goes, there's no time like the present, so Li Yunshan decided to go to the commune at noon.

Anyway, he has a bicycle, so it's easy for him to go back and forth.

In the morning, he had to go to work at the village primary school.

Although the rubble and broken tiles at the original site of the village primary school have been cleared away, according to the village chief, some preliminary work for rebuilding the village primary school should be done in advance during the current off-season for farming.

For example, digging the foundation in advance requires a lot of manpower and resources.

Because the soil is frozen at this time of year, it's difficult to dig even with a shovel.

No matter how hard it is, this job has to be done. We can't let the village children have classes in the village's granary for long periods of time, can we?

While we have the opportunity, let's dig the foundation for the village primary school and prepare all the building materials. Then, next spring, we can build the school directly.

Of course, digging the foundation for the village primary school was worth work points, since the land hadn't been distributed to individual households yet.

But Li Yunshan also knew that their area was not far from the point where the land would be distributed to individual households.