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

"Third Brother, you've changed."

Li Yunlan looked at Li Yunshan carefully and said earnestly.

"I used to be a real jerk, but I've seen the error of my ways and changed a lot, haven't I?"

Li Yunshan didn't hide anything and honestly admitted it.

After all, his scoundrel behavior at the time was well-known and a fact.

Who would marry three wives in a row and then divorce all three of them?

The key point is that these three daughters-in-law are not bad either. Although they have different personalities, they are all beautiful and good at managing the household.

Even so, he still acted recklessly and divorced Gao Hongmei, Su Lihua, and Lin Xiulan.

It was only because God took pity on him and gave him a second chance that he was able to realize his mistakes in time and make up for the regrets of his previous life.

"The changes are indeed significant." Li Yunlan thought for a moment. Her third brother used to be known throughout the entire Guapigou Village for being idle and irresponsible.

Although he didn't engage in theft or fraud, the villagers never had a good word to say about him.

Even after she married Wang Yuanchao, her mother-in-law disliked her and often belittled her because of her third brother's idleness, saying that she was just like her third brother, idle and lazy.

But she was clearly very diligent at her husband's house. She cooked all three meals a day, took care of the children herself, and even did odd jobs to earn money in her spare time.

To be honest, Li Yunlan used to harbor some resentment towards her third brother, Li Yunshan, because he was lazy and idle, and her mother-in-law often indirectly criticized her for being lazy.

But later, she saw in a newspaper that her third brother, Li Yunshan, had actually gone to the Hongxing Forest Farm to hunt tigers and become a tiger-hunting hero, which surprised and stunned her.

As far as I can remember, my third brother was idle and did not do any proper work. When our father was still alive, he would always find an excuse not to go hunting in the mountains. It was always my eldest brother who went hunting with our father.

Now, that third brother who doesn't even know how to hunt has actually killed a tiger?

Who would believe that!

It's just that she married far away, to another town more than a hundred miles away from Guapigou Village. In addition, communication conditions were poor in those days. Otherwise, she would have ridden her bicycle or called home to ask if it was true.

Today, taking advantage of her mother's 60th birthday, she rode her bicycle from her husband's family home early in the morning.

After entering the house and exchanging pleasantries with her mother, eldest brother, and sister-in-law, she began to inquire about her third brother.

Mother said that Third Brother has learned his lesson and has made a lot of money by hunting. He not only killed the man-eating tiger in Hongxing Forest Farm, saving a lot of losses for Hongxing Forest Farm and the country, but also stepped forward and killed the bear when the village was ravaged by a bear, saving the village's old hunter.

Going deep into the mountains to hunt tigers, bears, wolves, and deer... for any other hunter, these would be major achievements worth boasting about for a long time. But for Third Brother, these were just things that happened in the last two months.

Moreover, after Third Brother killed the bear that had come to wreak havoc in the village, he donated most of the money he earned from selling the bear to rebuild the village primary school. This was a truly meritorious act...

At that time, I heard my mother praising my third brother, saying that he was filial and that he didn't forget to buy her food and drinks even after he earned money.

The eldest brother said that it was his third brother who gave up his job at the Hongxing Forestry Farm, which he had risked his life to earn, so that he could finally have a secure job and a government salary.

Therefore, it was only after meeting her third brother, Li Yunshan, that Li Yunlan said he had changed a lot.

The brother and sister carried the gifts for Huang Zhifang's 60th birthday into the main room and placed them on the table.

When Huang Zhifang saw so many gifts—chicken cake, new clothes, and such a large piece of pork—he couldn't stop smiling: "Third brother, you're so thoughtful, but it's too much of a waste."

"Mom, it's only right. Today is your sixtieth birthday, and these are all gifts from Xiulan and me to show our respect. Your good health and happiness are the most important things."

"Okay, okay, okay."

Huang Zhifang nodded and pulled Lin Xiulan to sit down next to her: "Xiulan, you are pregnant now, sit next to your mother."

Lin Xiulan then sat down next to Huang Zhifang.

Grandma, may you have boundless happiness and longevity, and live to be a hundred years old.

DouDou also came up to Huang Zhifang and said in a childish voice.

Huang Zhifang laughed even more heartily.

"Come here, let Grandma hug her sweet granddaughter."

As she spoke, she hugged DouDou tightly.

"By the way, where's Qianqian?"

Li Yunshan looked around the main room but didn't see his fourth sister Li Yunlan's daughter, so he asked her.

"I fell asleep shortly after I got home; I'm in my mother's room," Li Yunlan said.

"I'll go check on this little girl."

As Li Yunshan spoke, he walked into Huang Zhifang's room and saw a little girl with pigtails and a thin face. She was Wang Qianqian, the daughter of his fourth sister, Li Yunlan.

"Qianqian, why are you so thin? Are you not eating well?"

Li Yunshan glanced at it and couldn't help but frown.

According to her memories from her previous life, Li Yunlan's mother-in-law was an extremely patriarchal person. When Li Yunlan gave birth to Qianqian, her mother-in-law was overjoyed, thinking that she was carrying a big, healthy boy. However, Li Yunlan later said that her mother-in-law's expression changed immediately, and she didn't even take care of her during her postpartum period.

In her mother-in-law's eyes, Wang Qianqian was also a money-losing brat.

Seeing how thin Wang Qianqian's delicate face was, Li Yunshan knew whether his fourth sister, Li Yunlan, was doing well in the Wang family.

Although Wang Qianqian is a girl, she is still Wang Yuanchao's flesh and blood, yet the child is so thin...

Thinking of this, Li Yunshan took out a wad of cash from his pocket, counted out thirty ten-yuan bills, and handed them to his fourth sister, Li Yunlan: "Take this."

"Third Brother, this... I... I can't accept it..."

Li Yunlan felt a warmth in her heart when she saw the money that Li Yunshan suddenly handed her.

She knew that her third brother gave her the money because he felt sorry for Qianqian, but she waved her hand and refused.

She can't accept this money.

Qianqian is her child, and raising Qianqian is her responsibility, not her third brother's responsibility.

"Use this money to buy Qianqian some food and drinks to supplement her nutrition."

Back when he was still idle all day, DouDou was just like QianQian, with a delicate and thin face.

However, after the family's diet improved during this period, DouDou's thin little face became plumper and rosier, and her weight also increased, returning to a normal level.

Qianqian is only three months younger than Doudou, but her tender little face looks even thinner than Doudou's before.

So, Li Yunshan pulled Li Yunlan's hand and forced the money into her hand: "Take it, this is your brother's way of giving you confidence."

This is the confidence I give you as your older brother.

Upon hearing this, Li Yunlan was stunned for a moment, and her eyes soon welled up with tears.

She then clutched the money Li Yunshan had stuffed into her hand, sniffed, and said, "Third Brother, I understand, thank you."

"Keep this money yourself and don't tell anyone. Even if your mother-in-law finds out, don't give it to her. If she wants to control this money, tell her to talk to my hunting rifle."

Knowing that his fourth sister, Li Yunlan, was not doing well in the Wang family, Li Yunshan gave her a special reminder.

Of course, if Fourth Sister's mother-in-law really doesn't know what's good for her, he won't actually point the muzzle of his hunting rifle at her, but he will definitely not let her mother-in-law get any benefit.

"Okay, I understand. Don't worry, Third Brother, I won't tell anyone, not even Yuanchao."

Li Yunlan wiped her eyes, nodded, and then put the money in her pocket.

Then, the two left the room and began to get busy.

While Li Yunshan was busy killing chickens, Li Yunlan went to the kitchen to help Li Yunmei and Wang Xiaolian.

After cutting the hen's throat and draining its blood, Li Yunshan went into the kitchen to get some hot water. He saw Wang Xiaolian kneading dough, his second sister Li Yunmei chopping minced meat with a cleaver, his fourth sister Li Yunlan washing a bunch of scallions, and his eldest brother stewing braised pork.

The kitchen was bustling with activity.

"Are you making meat buns?"

Li Yunshan asked.

"Yes," Li Yunmei replied.

After Li Yunshan filled a basin with boiling water, he took it out and then scalded the old hen's feathers, gutted it, and chopped it into pieces.

After he finished cleaning the old hen, the steamed buns were put into the steamer in the kitchen.

"Second sister, fourth sister, third brother, you all go out first. You rarely come back, so go and chat with your mother more often."

Li Yunshi said.

"Alright, brother and sister-in-law, thank you for your hard work."

Li Yunshan said.

"It's no trouble at all. You should listen to your older brother and go out first."

Wang Xiaolian quickly replied.

Although Wang Xiaolian still harbored some resentment towards Li Yunshan, Li Yunshan had given up his job at Hongxing Forest Farm to Li Yunshi and often sent them food and drinks.

Although she was nominally being filial to her mother, she, Li Yunshi, and their two children actually benefited a lot from her mother-in-law's influence, so Wang Xiaolian didn't have any complaints.

The main reason is that it's my mother-in-law's 60th birthday today, so we need to have a big feast.

Guang Laosan brought over an old hen and five catties of pork with alternating layers of fat and lean meat.

The old hen was used to make soup, half of the pork belly was cut off to make braised pork, and the rest was cut off to make stewed cabbage.

In addition, the two wild rabbits that Li Yunshi hunted in the forest were also used to make dry pot rabbit meat, along with stir-fried shredded potatoes with vinegar, meat buns, cured meat, sausages...

So many dishes, it's even more lavish than Chinese New Year.

Of course, this is also because Li Yunshan has become successful now, and Li Yunshi works at the Hongxing Forest Farm with a secure job and government stipend, which has improved the family's living standards and made them the only ones in the entire Guapigou Village to achieve this.

In the past, neither Li Yunshi, Wang Xiaolian, nor Huang Zhifang would have dared to imagine such a thing.

After leaving the kitchen, Li Yunshan, Li Yunmei, and Li Yunlan went to the main room to chat with Huang Zhifang. Laughter occasionally drifted out from the main room.