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

Some people were dumbfounded when they saw Li Yunshan beat Wang Laowu away with a few blows.

Why did Li Yunshan pick up a stick and beat Wang Laowu without warning? Aren't they in cahoots?

Some people who knew the inside story explained: "Hey, what's so strange about that? Let alone beating up Wang Laowu, Li Yunshan, when he gets angry now, he even beats up Yu Ergou... Tsk tsk, here's what happened: yesterday, Lin Xiulan was selling pork at the village entrance, and Yu Ergou bullied Xiulan, so Li Yunshan beat Yu Ergou up badly..."

Why did Li Yunshan hit Yu Ergou? Isn't he afraid of retaliation from Yu Ergou's gang?

"I heard that Li Yunshan realized he had done wrong in the past, so he wanted to turn over a new leaf. Beating Yu Ergou was probably his way of cutting ties with Yu Ergou. That Wang Laowu probably didn't know about this and just walked right into Li Yunshan's line of fire... As for retaliation, do you think the guns in Li Yunshan and his brother's hands are just sticks? Yu Ergou and his gang wouldn't dare to do anything reckless."

"So he's learned his lesson!"

"He's not a bad person by nature. Yu Ergou basically steals chickens and dogs to gamble, while Li Yunshan only dares to bully his wife at home to get money. Otherwise, why do you think he married three wives and divorced them all..."

"Li Yunshan is quite capable to be able to marry three wives..."

"..."

Listening to the discussions around him, Li Yunshan blushed for no reason. The fact that he had married three wives and divorced all three of them was something he couldn't avoid.

Just then, Zhang Sange, who had gone to find the carriage, returned, followed by a carriage.

"Hey, Lao Zhou, so much venison, and even wolves! You guys have really reaped a great harvest from this trip into the mountains!"

The coachman, surnamed Pang, was an old acquaintance of Uncle Zhou. He was quite surprised to see so much meat laid out under the eaves.

"What do you mean by a big haul? This was all hunted by Yunshan. Zhang San, Li Yunshi, and I just happened to run into him in the mountains and helped him carry the game down." Uncle Zhou waved his hand, indicating that Li Yunshan had hunted the game himself, and he was just lending a hand.

"Oh dear, my eyes are playing tricks on me, I really can't tell."

Pang Mafu slapped his forehead.

"Uncle Pang, I'd like to ask you to help me transport this venison and wolf meat to the supply and marketing cooperative. You can name your price."

Li Yunshan said with a smile.

"I don't need much from you, just give me a dollar, and I'll throw in two pounds of venison, how about that?"

Pang Maf spoke.

"Okay, no problem. When you get back from the supply and marketing cooperative, we'll have a nice meal at my place tonight."

Li Yunshan readily agreed.

Then, Li Yunshan and the others carried the cut-up venison and wolf meat onto Pang Mafu's carriage.

"Xiulan, cut off a few pounds of the venison I saved and braise it. I'm treating Uncle Zhou and Brother Zhang to dinner tonight. Oh, and you should also clean up these intestines and offal later, so we can eat them in the next few days."

After the move was completed, before heading to the commune, Li Yunshan instructed Lin Xiulan.

"Okay, be careful on the road, and come back soon."

Lin Xiulan nodded, then let Dou Dou play in the room by herself while she cleaned up the venison and deer intestines left by Li Yunshan.

Soon, Li Yunshan and Li Yunshi followed Pang Ma Fu's carriage, escorting the venison and other meats to the supply and marketing cooperative, while Uncle Zhou and Brother Zhang San took their allotted wolf meat and venison home first.

"Third brother, how about I ask your sister-in-law to come help Xiulan at your place?"

As they passed by his home, Li Yunshi asked.

"Sure, no problem. Let your sister-in-law and mother bring the two children to my place for a meal. Venison is a rare delicacy, so let your mother taste it and let me show my filial piety."

Li Yunshan readily agreed.

"Alright, you and Uncle Pang go first, I'll catch up later." Li Yunshi said and left, but caught up a few minutes later.

……

Wang Laowu was beaten by Li Yunshan, and the pain made him feel terrible all over. This made him mutter to himself, "How come Li Yunshan is so bold as to dare to hit me?"

In Wang Laowu's memory, although Li Yunshan was a good-for-nothing street urchin like them, he was a coward who wouldn't even dare to steal chickens or dogs, and he wasn't even a core henchman. He never expected that Li Yunshan would dare to hit him.

Moreover, he had heard that Li Yunshan had killed the deer and the wolf. How could that be?

After much thought, Wang Laowu decided to go and discuss it with Yu Ergou.

At this moment, Yu Ergou was at home flirting with a pretty widow in her early thirties, giving her some "physiological guidance." He was on top of her, saying, "Sister E, if you come with me, Yu Ergou, I'll make sure you live a life of luxury..."

"Clang..."

The door was kicked open, and Wang Laowu rushed in, shouting, "Brother Gou, Brother Gou, that little bastard Li Yunshan, he actually caught a red deer, and three wild ones..."

Before he could finish speaking, Wang Laowu noticed that Yu Ergou was talking to the village's pretty widow. He immediately turned his face away, but the sight of the pretty widow's white clothes tempted him to secretly turn around and take a second look.

Wang Laowu suddenly burst in, startling Yu Ergou so much that his lower back went numb. The pretty widow screamed, quickly pushed Yu Ergou away, grabbed the quilt, and covered herself with it.

"What the hell are you looking at!"

Yu Ergou jumped into the ditch, pulled up his pants, and angrily kicked Wang Laowu in the butt: "You've ruined all my good things!"

Thinking about how he had given up halfway, Yu Ergou was furious and kicked Wang Laowu again: "Get out of here right now, we can talk about it later."

"Okay, okay, Brother Dog, I'll leave right now, I'll leave right now..."

After being kicked twice by Yu Ergou, Wang Laowu didn't dare to utter a sound. He rubbed his kicked buttocks and quickly closed the door for Yu Ergou, but in his heart he was thinking about the pretty widow inside the house.

Damn, that's amazing! I wish I could taste it...

After a while, Yu Ergou came out and said in a deep voice, "What brings you here in such a hurry?"

"Brother Dog, that little brat Li Yunshan hunted a deer and three wolves today. I asked him to share some of the meat with me so I could offer it to you, but not only did he refuse, he also gave me a good beating."

Yu Ergou exclaimed in surprise, "Li Yunshan hunted a deer and three wolves? That's impossible! He just hunted a wild boar the day before yesterday. How could he be so lucky as to hunt so many wild animals? You're not kidding me, are you?"

"Brother Dog, how could I dare lie to you? Everything I said is true. If you don't believe me, I swear to God, if I've told a single lie, may I be struck by lightning..."

Then, Wang Laowu described to Yu Ergou, with gestures and descriptions, the prey that Li Yunshan had hunted: "That deer was this big, I estimate it weighed at least three or four hundred pounds... and the pelts of those three wolves, they must be very valuable..."

The more Yu Ergou listened, the more excited he became.

If what Wang Laowu said is true, then the deer and three wolves that Li Yunshan hunted could be sold for at least several hundred yuan. If he could get that money, it would be enough for him to live a carefree life for half a year.

Thinking of this, the grudge from being beaten up by Li Yunshan yesterday vanished instantly, and all Yu Ergou could think about now was how to get the money.

He only needed a moment to think before he came up with an idea.

Li Yunshan is a vain fellow who also loves gambling. If you drag him into it, all the money he earns from selling his prey will eventually belong to the Yu family.

However, Yu Ergou was also curious about when Li Yunshan had learned to hunt.

Moreover, Li Yunshan not only secretly learned how to hunt, but also made a name for himself by catching so many prey in just a few days.

"Fifth brother, come here. Let's discuss how to turn Li Yunshan's money into ours."

Yu Ergou beckoned to Wang Laowu, and the two huddled together whispering...

……

Starting from the village, the horse-drawn carriage bumped along the snow-covered dirt road for five or six miles before finally reaching the commune.

Li Yunshan and his two companions drove a horse-drawn carriage loaded with a lot of venison and three skinned wolves, which attracted a large crowd.

After all, we're short of everything right now—food, supplies. Many people only get to eat meat during holidays and festivals. So seeing so much meat all of a sudden is bound to make them envious.

These people just stood on both sides of the street watching, but dared not get too close, because both Li Yunshan and Li Yunshi were carrying guns. Even if someone was greedy, they would instantly sober up when they saw that the Li Yunshan brothers were carrying guns.

Soon, they arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative in their horse-drawn carriage.

At this time, a wooden board was still hanging in front of the supply and marketing cooperative, which listed some of the mountain products that the cooperative had purchased, including precious Chinese medicinal herbs such as Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng, as well as common mountain products such as hazel mushrooms.

Of course, in addition to these, the supply and marketing cooperative also purchased wild boar meat, red deer meat, roe deer meat, and their fur.

The supply and marketing cooperatives certainly didn't buy wild boar and deer meat for their own sale. Instead, they would transport them to big cities like Harbin, where these delicacies would become the food of wealthy urban dwellers.

"Big brother, Uncle Pang, you two stay here and guard this place. I'll go in and find someone to come out and check."

After Li Yunshi finished speaking, he walked into the supply and marketing cooperative. Inside, the shop windows were filled with a dazzling array of goods, including candy, biscuits, fabrics, flashlights, kerosene lamps, and more...

In fact, one of the shop windows even displayed several hunting rifles.

Upon seeing someone carrying a gun walk in, the shop assistants immediately became alert. One of them, an elderly man wearing reading glasses, frowned and said, "Who is this? How dare you come in with a gun? Don't you know this is a supply and marketing cooperative?"

"Sir, I'm a hunter from the mountains. I was in a hurry and forgot the rules here. I saw the supply and marketing cooperative buying sika deer meat and wolf meat at the gate. Do you still buy them now?" Li Yunshan explained and then asked.

"Red deer meat? Wolf meat? We'll take it, of course!"

The old man wearing reading glasses brightened up and asked, "Young man, where are the venison and wolf meat?"

"In the carriage outside."

The old man immediately stepped out from behind the counter and walked to the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative. When he saw the venison and wolf meat on the cart, his eyes were filled with surprise.