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

"Alright, dinner is ready."

Uncle Zhou stood up and clapped his hands.

Cai Er, Zhao Shuanzhu, and others also got up, some setting up tables, others placing long benches.

"How's the tiger meat stew coming along?"

Li Yunshan asked Zhang Sange.

"It's been stewed until it's tender and flavorful. It's my first time making this, so I don't know if it will suit everyone's taste."

Brother Zhang San laughed.

In this day and age, people are lucky if they can have enough to eat, so they don't care much about food, and there aren't many ingredients for people to practice cooking with.

Zhang Sange was in charge of stewing tiger meat, and he did it according to his own judgment. If the flavor was too bland, he would add some salt; if the meat wasn't fresh enough, he would add some soy sauce for color. After a haphazard stew, he felt pretty good about it.

Li Yunshan scooped up a piece of meat with a spoon and tasted it; it actually tasted quite good.

"Brother Zhang, I didn't expect you to be such a good cook. This is your first time stewing tiger meat, and the taste is absolutely amazing," Li Yunshan said with a smile.

"As long as it tastes good, that's fine. I thought I couldn't cook it well."

Zhang Sange chuckled and scratched the back of his head.

Li Yunshan went inside to call someone to serve the stewed tiger meat.

Soon, several women, each carrying a large bowl, went into the courtyard to serve tiger meat.

"This tiger meat smells delicious."

"I've heard that tiger meat is very nourishing. I'll eat a couple more pieces later. Maybe my chronic leg pain will be cured."

"Eat up, eat up. I heard Uncle Zhou had thirty catties of tiger meat stewed. That's enough for us to eat our fill. Didn't you see that there aren't many steamed buns made in the kitchen? It's all vegetables."

What dishes are available?

"Dry pot mutton, mutton and white radish soup, stir-fried shredded potatoes with vinegar, hot and sour shredded potatoes, and braised cabbage with cured pork, several hearty dishes, and large portions. Yunshan said that everyone should eat more vegetables and less steamed buns."

Several women chattered as they ladled stewed tiger meat into bowls.

Once the dishes were served, they carried them inside, and then went to the kitchen to bring out more food.

The aroma of dry-pot mutton is irresistible, as are the steaming mutton and white radish soup. Even the shredded potatoes are prepared in two different flavors to cater to everyone's different tastes.

There's also braised cabbage with cured pork, which is very oily, and the cabbage leaves are shiny with oil, making your mouth water just looking at it.

In the countryside, people aren't afraid of not eating well, but they are afraid of not having enough to eat. Such a large portion of food made many people very happy, and their mouths stretched out like lotus flowers.

There are only nine hunting families in Guapigou Village, totaling about sixty people.

Including Li Yunmei, who lived with her parents after her divorce, and Li Yunlan and Qianqian, who brought their daughters back to their parents' home to celebrate Huang Zhifang's 60th birthday, the total number of people exceeded 60.

The banquet was set up with six tables, five of which were inside the house.

Fortunately, Li Yunshan built this house before he got married. The house is spacious and large enough to fit five tables.

After the food was served, everyone sat down, almost shoulder to shoulder.

But with so many people, it also feels lively.

Looking at the main dishes on the table, many people didn't know where to begin.

The children, with their cravings, had already grabbed a piece of dried mutton as soon as they were seated and were happily eating it.

"What kind of behavior is this? You have no manners at all. You're just a glutton."

Soon, the greedy child had his hand slapped with chopsticks by his family.

"Waaah..."

The child who was hit on the hand by the chopsticks immediately started crying.

"Everyone, relax and don't be shy. Eat whatever you want."

Seeing this, Huang Zhifang smiled and said.

The child who had just started crying stopped instantly upon hearing this, but his eyes were still red after wiping away his tears.

However, after Huang Zhifang spoke, the rules in the house became much less strict, and everyone relaxed and started eating and drinking on their own.

The dry-pot mutton was fragrant and flavorful, the mutton and radish soup was rich and sweet, the stewed tiger meat was tender, and there was also cured meat stewed with cabbage, shredded potatoes, and fluffy white steamed buns. Everyone enjoyed the meal.

In the courtyard, a table was set up, and four bonfires were lit far away around it. The leaping flames warmed people's bodies.

Li Yunshan, Uncle Zhou, and others sat on a long bench, eating meat, drinking wine, chatting, and bursts of laughter occasionally rang out.

The meal lasted until dusk, when Uncle Zhou, Li Baotian, and the others finally returned home, tipsy and supported by their families.

Li Yunshan had also drunk quite a bit; his face was flushed, and he looked drowsy and drunk.

"Go up into the pit and rest for a bit."

Lin Xiulan helped him into the house.

"No... I don't want to rest... Hehe, Xiulan, talk to me for a bit..."

Once inside, Li Yunshan grabbed Lin Xiulan and began to roam freely over her body.

"No, Yunshan, I'm pregnant..."

Lin Xiulan was startled by Li Yunshan's bold move. She was pregnant, and even if Li Yunshan wanted it, she couldn't give it to him.

"No... I just... want to touch it..."

Li Yunshan said with a grin.

Lin Xiulan glared at him, embarrassed and annoyed. But fearing that Li Yunshan might not know his place, she hesitated for a moment before gritting her teeth and saying, "Why don't you... go find my older sister?"

"Huh...what big sister?"

Li Yunshan was stunned for a moment, but his eyes were glazed over.

Then, he loosened his grip on Lin Xiulan and collapsed onto the ditch.

Soon, snoring began.

"That bastard..."

Seeing Li Yunshan suddenly collapse onto the ditch and immediately fall into a deep sleep, Lin Xiulan glared at him with annoyance.

However, when she recalled what she had just said—that she had told Li Yunshan to go find Gao Hongmei—Lin Xiulan felt like she had gone mad.

After all, Gao Hongmei and Li Yunshan had been divorced for several years.

Although Lin Xiulan could sense from Gao Hongmei and Li Yunshan's daily interactions that Li Yunshan still had feelings for Gao Hongmei, and Gao Hongmei didn't seem to have rejected him, Lin Xiulan still felt a little... ashamed when she thought about what she had just said.

How could she think that way?

After all, she was the woman who bore children for Li Yunshan; how could she push Li Yunshan towards Gao Hongmei?

Lin Xiulan glanced at Li Yunshan, who was snoring loudly, and her face turned as red as an apple.

"I wonder if that bastard will remember what I just said when he wakes up with a hangover tomorrow."

Lin Xiulan secretly hoped that Li Yunshan wouldn't remember.

Thinking of this, she spent a lot of effort straightening Li Yunshan's body and adjusting his quilt before touching her burning hot face and leaving the room.

Tonight, she will have to sleep in another room, because she is afraid that Li Yunshan might accidentally provoke her.

……

The next day, when the sun was high in the sky, Li Yunshan finally woke up from his sleep.

As soon as he woke up, he felt extremely thirsty.

He threw off the blanket covering him, wondering how he had ended up on the kang (a heated platform for burial).

I remember yesterday, he and Uncle Zhou and other hunters from the village were eating meat and drinking in the yard. As they ate and drank, they drank too much and got drunk.

He only remembered that Lin Xiulan helped him into the house, and then he groped Lin Xiulan a bit, and then... he didn't know how he ended up sleeping on the bed.

As for what he said yesterday, Li Yunshan didn't remember very clearly, but he vaguely remembered that when he was groping Lin Xiulan, she told him to go find his older sister.

Li Yunshan knew that the "elder sister" Lin Xiulan mentioned was actually Gao Hongmei.

Because after she gave birth to Dou Dou, he disliked Lin Xiulan and Dou Dou because he felt that Dou Dou was a girl and not a big, healthy boy.

Gao Hongmei and Su Lihua were afraid that he would bully Lin Xiulan, so they stood up for Lin Xiulan and took good care of her over the years. The three of them were even like sisters.

"So, Xiulan also hopes that Hongmei and I will get along?"

Li Yunshan was puzzled.

However, at that moment, the door opened and Lin Xiulan walked in.

When Lin Xiulan saw that Li Yunshan was awake, she suddenly remembered what she had said yesterday, and her face flushed slightly as she asked, "When did you wake up?"

"I just woke up. Um... Xiulan, I want to ask you something. Yesterday... was everything you said true?"

Having lived two lives, Li Yunshan wasn't one to hesitate or be indecisive. Since Lin Xiulan had mentioned it yesterday, he had to confirm it as well.

Sure enough, when Li Yunshan said that, Lin Xiulan's face turned even redder.

"What did I say?"

However, when faced with Li Yunshan's questioning, Lin Xiulan still pretended that she knew nothing and remembered nothing.

"Yesterday, when I was drunk and you helped me into the house, I was getting handsy, you know, touching you all over. I remember you told me to go find Hongmei. I want to ask you, is that true?"

"So...do you want me to be telling the truth?"

Lin Xiulan gritted her teeth, then raised her chin and looked at Li Yunshan with her watery eyes.

"Hmm." Li Yunshan nodded and said, "I wronged Hongmei before, and I hope to make it up to her in my own way. However, this is... a little unfair to you."

In fact, based on his experience of being terminally ill in his previous life, Li Yunshan could still sense that he still held an important place in Gao Hongmei's heart. Otherwise, given the commotion he caused when he and Gao Hongmei divorced in his previous life, they would have parted ways long ago.

In her previous life, Gao Hongmei never married after divorcing herself.

When he was terminally ill, the first person to come and take care of him was Gao Hongmei.

Judging from the events of the previous life, Gao Hongmei probably still harbors resentment and lingering feelings for him.

After his rebirth, Gao Hongmei and he had been in frequent contact. Not to mention that he had kissed Gao Hongmei before taking her into the mountains.

"Actually, I know that my older sister has always had feelings for you, but she has a sharp tongue and doesn't easily admit it."

"Yunshan, now that you know you've let us down, can you treat me well, and can you treat my elder sister well too?"

"Actually, I don't think there's anything unfair about it. If you hadn't taken me in and given me something to eat, I probably would have starved to death long ago."

Lin Xiulan said slowly.

"Xiulan, thank you."

Upon hearing Lin Xiulan's words, Li Yunshan hugged her tightly and pulled her into his arms.