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

Li Yunshan didn't wake up until late the next day.

When he first opened his eyes, he was still a little confused. Wasn't he drinking and eating meat at Uncle Zhou's house on Friday? How did he end up back at his own home?

He shook his still somewhat muddled head, and it took him a while to remember that he had drunk too much at Uncle Zhou's house on Friday.

Although he had a good alcohol tolerance and his physical condition had improved a lot since his rebirth, Cai Er had said yesterday that he would punish himself by drinking three bowls of wine. It was just a joke at the time, but later when they sat down to eat and the wine was flowing freely, he brought it up again and took it seriously. He actually poured himself three bowls of wine and gulped them down.

Li Yunshan didn't remember the rest of the story very clearly.

He only remembered toasting Uncle Zhou and Li Baotian, after all, these two were among the few remaining old hunters in the village, and were also his partners and elders who went hunting in the mountains with his father back then.

Since their father passed away, Uncle Zhou and Li Baotian have taken good care of their eldest brother, Li Yunshi.

As a family member, he should have toasted Uncle Zhou and Li Baotian, both out of courtesy and reason.

Then he engaged in a drinking contest with Zhang Sange, Cai Er, and others.

As a result, he got completely drunk.

But Li Yunshan remembered that after he got drunk, it was Lin Xiulan and his second sister Li Yunmei who helped him home.

Thinking of this, Li Yunshan felt a pang of shame. Drinking too much alcohol is bad for your health, and it seems he can't drink like that anymore.

What if I get sick from drinking it? What will happen to Lin Xiulan and Dou Dou? What will happen to my mother? What will happen to Gao Hongmei? What will happen to Su Lihua?

Thinking of Su Lihua... Sigh, never mind, she's going back to the city soon. Now she's just waiting for her parents to send a letter from the city. Once her parents have arranged a job, she can go back to the city immediately and reunite with them.

Perhaps we won't have many chances to meet again in the future.

Thinking of this, Li Yunshan felt a strange sadness.

In his past life, he had let Su Lihua down, and after being reborn, he wanted to make it up to her.

However, Su Lihua had a cold personality, like a snow lotus on a high mountain, and her attitude towards him was always icy.

Moreover, Su Lihua usually stays at Gao Hongmei's house and rarely comes to his place, so he doesn't even have the chance to meet Su Lihua and ease the tension between them.

According to Gao Hongmei, Su Lihua had already completed all the necessary procedures for returning to the city after receiving the letter from her parents.

Right now, as long as Su Lihua's parents have their jobs arranged, she will set off to return to the city.

"squeak……"

Just as Li Yunshan was lost in thought, the door was pushed open and Lin Xiulan walked in.

Seeing that Li Yunshan had woken up, Lin Xiulan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"You're sober now, right?"

Lin Xiulan sat on the edge of the pit and asked softly.

"Yes, she's awake."

Li Yunshan rubbed his still sore temples and said apologetically, "Xiulan, you really had a hard day yesterday."

"What's so tiring about it? It's you who have a hard time hunting in the mountains. I understand that you need to have a drink to relieve your fatigue."

"There's a pot of hot water in the kitchen. Go to the bathroom and wash off the smell of alcohol. I've also prepared breakfast, it's all warming up in the pot. You can eat breakfast after you take a shower."

"Yes, Xiulan, you're so kind."

Li Yunshan nodded. Seeing how well Lin Xiulan had arranged everything, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty and confused. A woman as virtuous and capable as Lin Xiulan was someone you would cherish if you married her. But what had he been so blinded by greed in his past life that he disliked Lin Xiulan and even wanted to divorce her?

"What are you thinking about?"

Seeing Li Yunshan lost in thought, Lin Xiulan tilted her head and asked in confusion.

"Hehe, I was thinking about how silly I was before. Xiulan, you are so gentle, virtuous, and thrifty. It is my blessing to marry you. But I used to... Sigh, sometimes when I talk about this, I feel embarrassed to face you and I feel very sorry for you."

Li Yunshan readily admitted it.

However, by the end, he himself became a little embarrassed.

It's because I was such a jerk back then. Now, when I think back on those times, I feel ashamed and embarrassed.

"Why bring up all this old stuff?"

"Xiulan, you don't blame me?"

"Whenever I think about the past, I still feel a little guilty towards you. Although I'm not well-educated, I understand one thing: I have to look forward and not keep dwelling on the past."

Lin Xiulan glanced at Li Yunshan, then said somewhat shyly, "Am I right?"

"Hehe, yes, yes, you're right. You have to look forward, I have to look forward, we all have to look forward."

Li Yunshan nodded in agreement, but Lin Xiulan's words also instantly cleared up the knot in his heart.

Yes, we should look forward. Instead of dwelling on our unpleasant past, we should look forward to our future with optimism.

"It's good that you think that way. Go to the bathhouse and take a shower to wash off the smell of alcohol."

Lin Xiulan said with disdain.

While Li Yunshan was having breakfast after taking a shower, Lin Xiulan began packing her luggage.

She took out a worn canvas bag and stuffed clothes into it.

Li Yunshan brought a set of clothes, one for the outer layer and one for the inner layer, and he also brought a set of his own clothes, one for the outer layer and one for the inner layer.

It's freezing cold now, the temperature is low, and it's not the busy farming season, so I don't even sweat a little bit. I can go a week without showering, let alone three days.

Moreover, Li Yunshan also said that this trip to the county town with her and Dou Dou was only for three to five days, and there was no need to bring so many clothes.

After packing her own and Li Yunshan's clothes, Lin Xiulan also packed two sets of clothes for Dou Dou.

DouDou insisted on bringing her own rag doll along too.

"Why bring a stuffed animal along? It'll just get in the way when you're playing."

"Mother, I want to take it with me."

DouDou pouted.

Lin Xiulan smiled helplessly: "Alright, alright, take it, take it. But if you take this rag doll with you, your father won't buy you a new one."

"Yes, Dou Dou, your mother is right. If you take the rag dolls from home to the county town, your father won't buy you new ones."

Li Yunshan was having breakfast in the main room when he heard Lin Xiulan's words and smiled as he spoke.

DouDou was stunned for a moment, but then hugged the rag doll in her arms even tighter: "Hmph, if you don't want to buy it, then don't buy it. I don't care. I'm going to take my rag doll with me."

Seeing Dou Dou's stubborn look, Lin Xiulan was both amused and exasperated, and quickly said, "Alright, alright, take her with you then."

"I want a new rag doll."

DouDou pouted and said again.

"Okay, Daddy will buy it for you. Daddy and Mommy were just teasing you. You are the apple of Daddy and Mommy's eye, how could Daddy and Mommy hesitate to buy you a new doll?"

Li Yunshan said affectionately.

"That's a deal, no backing out."

"Okay, it's a deal."

After Li Yunshan finished breakfast, he carried his luggage bag, held Dou Dou, and got into Pang Ma Fu's horse-drawn carriage with Lin Xiulan. They first went to Xiangyang Commune, and then took a bus from Xiangyang Commune to the county town.

Before Dou Dou was even settled in her seat, she looked out the car window with curiosity at the scenery rushing past: "Daddy, look, the scenery outside the window is rushing past."

"Hehe, DouDou, that's the bus we're on heading to the county town."

"oh."

DouDou tilted her little head and thought for a moment: "Daddy, is there an amusement park in the county town?"

"Your father can't answer that question right now; we'll have to wait until we get to the county town to find out."

Li Yunshan rubbed Dou Dou's little head and said.

Whether in his previous life in the early 1980s or now after his rebirth, he has hardly ever spent time in the county town.

In his previous life, he only realized this several years later. At first, he didn't have much capital, so he could only go into the mountains to hunt or dig up medicinal herbs to earn his first pot of gold.

After earning his first pot of gold, he went to the county town to do business.

As for his familiarity with the county town, he was familiar with it a few years later. As for the current county town, besides the pharmacy in the west of the town, the farmers' market, and the department store, he was quite familiar with these places because he had been there a few times after his rebirth.

As for the other parts of the county town, I really don't know them at all.

"oh."

DouDou was a little disappointed, but the scenery rushing past the car window quickly diverted her attention.

This was her first time riding a bus to the county town. She sat on Lin Xiulan's lap, her little hands pressed against the window, finding everything strange and interesting.

The bus swayed along the dirt road from Xiangyang Commune to the county seat for more than half an hour before finally entering Qinghe County.

"Wow, those houses over there are so tall! Daddy, Mommy, look!"

Before the bus even stopped, Dou Dou, clutching her doll, pointed through the window at several four- or five-story buildings in the distance, her eyes wide with surprise.

"The buildings in the county town are definitely taller than the houses in our village."

"Father, Mother, what are those four-wheeled things over there?"

"That's a car."

"And what about this side? What are those two wheels?"

"That's a motorcycle."

"Those are bicycles over there. I remember them because my father had one too."

"Hehe, yes, Daddy has one."

Li Yunshan patted Dou Dou's little head: "Sit down quickly, the bus is coming to the station. After we get off the bus, Daddy will take you and your mother to the guesthouse first, and then we can have a good look around the county town."

"oh."

DouDou nodded, but she couldn't bear to sit down.

At this moment, the bus slowed down and slowly drove into the county's bus station, the same place where Li Yunshan had sent his fourth sister, Li Yunlan, back to her husband's home yesterday.

When the bus arrived at the station and came to a complete stop, Li Yunshan got off the bus carrying his luggage bag in one hand and holding Dou Dou in the other. Lin Xiulan followed carefully behind Li Yunshan.

She had only been to Qinghe County a handful of times, and this was her first time coming here with Li Yunshan.

To be honest, I'm a little nervous, but also a little excited.

It was still early, not even 3 p.m., and the station was bustling with people. Passengers from the south and north, carrying large and small bags, were either waiting for their trains in the waiting hall or had just gotten off buses from different directions. The station was packed with people.

Li Yunshan carried Dou Dou, and Lin Xiulan followed closely behind. After the family of three left the bus station, they found a guesthouse that looked quite large, booked a room, and put their luggage away.

"Wow, Mom, the rooms at the guesthouse are much nicer than ours, and they're so warm inside."

Li Yunshan put Dou Dou down, and Dou Dou looked at the clean and tidy guest room and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Yes, the guesthouse rooms are very clean."

Even Lin Xiulan found it difficult to adapt.

Li Yunshan looked around the guest rooms and found that they not only had sheets and blankets for guests to use, but also a bathroom.

He went to check the bathroom and was surprised to find that hot water was still available.

"This guesthouse is really nice. The bedding is clean and tidy, and it even has a bathroom with hot water for showering."

Li Yunshan said.

"The accommodation fee is a bit expensive."

Lin Xiulan said.

"It's normal for it to be a bit more expensive. Ordinary guesthouses aren't this clean and tidy, and they don't have bathrooms in the rooms or provide hot water. We came to the county town to enjoy ourselves, not specifically to save money."

"If you're trying to save money by staying in a cheap guesthouse, you might as well not come at all."

Li Yunshan inspected the guest room inside and out, then looked at Lin Xiulan and Dou Dou: "Come on, I'll take you out to a restaurant."