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

"Qianqian, come to Grandma."

Seeing that Aunt Ma was still holding Qianqian's hand, and that the child was still timid and looked like she was still in shock and terrified, Huang Zhifang squatted down and opened her arms to her.

At this moment, Aunt Ma let go of Qianqian's hand, and Qianqian took a few steps forward and threw herself into Huang Zhifang's arms: "Grandma, waah, Grandma, my dad... my dad and my grandma... waah, they bullied my mom, beat my mom... waah, and they even called me a good-for-nothing, and my grandma said she was going to give me away..."

"Okay, okay, Qianqian, don't cry, Qianqian, don't cry. Grandma is here, Uncle, Aunt, and so many other uncles are here. If your dad and grandma dare to scold you or give you away, we'll make them regret it."

Huang Zhifang held Qianqian in her arms, gently comforting her while patting her small back.

Seeing Qianqian crying her eyes out, Li Yunshan and the others felt bad too.

Li Yunshan, in particular, had learned from past mistakes.

In his past life, he and Lin Xiulan were going through a divorce, and he even threatened to send Dou Dou away. As a result, he experienced great ups and downs, becoming very wealthy before falling from grace and suffering from a terminal illness. Until his death, Dou Dou never came to see him again.

"Ugh."

Li Yunshi couldn't help but sigh; he felt somewhat irritated.

On the other side, Aunt Ma's gaze also fell on Li Yunlan lying on the hospital bed. She carried the insulated box over, placed it on the bedside table, and then opened the box, releasing a rich fragrance.

"Yunlan, your aunt isn't very good at cooking, but I made you some pork porridge. Eat some to get some nutrition."

"Aunt Ma, thank you so much! You brought me to the hospital, took care of Qianqian, and even cooked porridge for me..."

Li Yunlan sat up from the hospital bed and took the pork porridge that Aunt Ma handed her.

The porridge in the thermos was thick and creamy, and it contained some finely chopped pork to make it easy for her to eat. This warmed her heart, and tears welled up in her eyes.

It is said that a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative. It's not that Li Yunlan thinks her family is bad, but when she married from Guapigou Village to Xinghuo Commune, she didn't know anyone around except for Wang Yuanchao and his mother.

Several years after she married into Xinghuo Commune, although she had gotten to know some people, she truly saw how good Aunt Ma was to her.

Aunt Ma would take her to do odd jobs, and whenever there was something good to eat at home, she would think of her and secretly send her some without telling her mother-in-law, Feng Cuilan.

Because Aunt Ma knew that if she gave her things openly and honestly, not a single thing would end up in Feng Cuilan's hands.

Yesterday, she was beaten so badly by Wang Yuanchao and Feng Cuilan that her head was bleeding. The mother and son didn't care about her. It was only after Aunt Ma endured Feng Cuilan's scolding and asked the neighbors for help that they managed to take her to the commune clinic.

After the neighbors who brought her there left, it was still Aunt Ma who personally watched her get stitches and an IV drip, and helped her call her family home, and didn't go home until it got dark.

This kindness is immense.

"No need to thank me, we've been neighbors for so many years, no need to be so polite."

Aunt Ma smiled kindly: "Eat up, eat quickly, you'll have the strength to heal your wounds if you eat your fill."

After finishing her sentence, Aunt Ma looked around at Li Yunlan's family members in the house and said, "Now that your family is here, I feel relieved."

Yesterday, when Li Yunlan begged her to help her call her parents' home, she thought that Li Yunlan's family wouldn't come so quickly, or even that they might not come at all.

Because Aunt Ma also knew that the journey from Xinghuo Commune to Li Yunlan's parents' home was long, over a hundred miles.

And it was freezing cold.

Moreover, in this era, it is generally accepted that a woman should follow her husband wherever he goes, and once a woman marries into his family, she is considered part of his family and has no further connection with her own family.

However, Aunt Ma did not expect that not only did Li Yunlan's family members come, but so many of them came in a big way.

"Uh-huh."

Li Yunlan nodded repeatedly, tears welling up in her eyes.

Yes, her family has come, so Aunt Ma can rest assured now; she has someone to back her up.

At this moment, Qianqian was also comforted by Huang Zhifang and stopped crying.

Li Yunmei brought Qianqian to the bedside. As soon as the child saw Li Yunlan lying on the bed with blood seeping from the bandage wrapped around her head, she was so frightened that she burst into tears again.

She rushed to the bedside, her little hands tightly gripping Li Yunlan's thin hand, crying with snot and tears streaming down her face: "Mom! Does it hurt? Waaah, Qianqian is so scared. Grandma said she was going to send me away, and Dad doesn't care about me either. It was Grandma Ma who took me to her house and gave me a full meal."

Hearing Qianqian, a little girl who was only three years old, crying in a state of shock, Huang Zhifang, Li Yunshan and the others felt their hearts tighten.

Li Yunlan put down the insulated box, reached out and carried Qianqian to the hospital bed, pulling her into her arms.

Even though she still had an IV drip in her wrist, when she picked up Qianqian, she accidentally touched the exposed needle, causing her a sharp pain, but Li Yunlan didn't care.

She hugged Qianqian tightly, kissing her forehead repeatedly, tears streaming down her face.

"Qianqian, don't be afraid, Mommy doesn't hurt you. With your maternal grandmother here, your eldest and third uncles and your aunt here, and so many uncles in our village here, no one can bully Mommy anymore, and no one can call you a good-for-nothing. If your grandmother dares to give you away, your uncles will break her legs."

Qianqian lifted her head from Li Yunlan's arms, her face streaked with tears, and said bitterly, "Mother, let Uncle beat my grandma up and throw her into the latrine, let maggots crawl all over her and let her stink to death."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the ward exchanged bewildered glances, thinking to themselves that they hadn't expected Qianqian to be so ruthless.

However, children speak without restraint, and their words often come from the heart.

But if we put ourselves in her shoes, if Feng Cuilan hadn't bullied Li Yunlan so badly, treated Qianqian, her granddaughter, so badly for so long, called her a money-loser, and even threatened to send Qianqian away from Li Yunlan, would Qianqian have harbored such deep resentment towards Feng Cuilan?

However, Qianqian's resentment towards Feng Cuilan was still mild. The child only thought of beating Feng Cuilan up and throwing her into the latrine to embarrass her, not of killing her.

"Alright, alright, Qianqian, be good. Grandma will have your uncles beat your grandma up and throw her in the latrine so she'll stink to death."

Huang Zhifang hugged Qianqian, and she really thought so, but Aunt Ma on the side didn't take it to heart and just thought Huang Zhifang was joking.

Ultimately, Li Yunlan and Wang Yuanchao are still a married couple. How can a wife's family throw her husband's mother-in-law into a cesspool?

This is outrageous.

What Aunt Ma didn't know was that Li Yunlan had already decided to divorce Wang Yuanchao. In Li Yunlan's heart, Wang Yuanchao was no longer her husband, and Feng Cuilan was no longer her mother-in-law.

After spending some time in the ward of the health center and chatting with Huang Zhifang for a while, Aunt Ma said goodbye and left.

"Aunt Ma is a good person."

After Aunt Ma left, Li Yunshi said in a deep voice.

"Indeed, Aunt Ma and Fourth Sister are not related, they are just neighbors, but Aunt Ma was able to help Fourth Sister when she was in danger. She is a very good person," Li Yunmei said.

"Having a neighbor like Aunt Ma is a blessing for Fourth Sister and for our family. If it weren't for Aunt Ma, we don't know if Fourth Sister would have been able to get to the clinic, and Qianqian wouldn't have had anyone to help take care of her. Maybe...maybe it really is as Qianqian said, that old hag Feng Cuilan took advantage of Fourth Sister's hospitalization and not being home, and forcibly took Qianqian away and gave her away." Li Yunshan also said.

"Eldest brother, third brother, you two go and see what food is available nearby. Fill your stomachs first and then come back. Yunmei and I will stay here and watch over Yunlan."

At this moment, Huang Zhifang spoke up.

"Okay, Mom, then we'll go find something to eat first, and bring some back for you and Second Sister later."

Without further ado, Li Yunshan, along with his elder brother Li Yunshi, Zhang Sange, and others, left the ward.

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"Hey, isn't this Ma Guifen, our kind-hearted person from Xinghuo Commune? Where have you been playing the good guy for so long?"

After leaving the commune health center, Aunt Ma went home.

After taking Li Yunlan to the commune health center last night, she was busy until quite late before getting home. This morning, she went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy meat and cook pork porridge for Li Yunlan. She worked very hard.

However, just as she was about to reach her doorstep, a voice suddenly came from not far away. An old woman with short hair, triangular eyes, and thin lips, who looked to be around sixty years old, was leaning against the wall, cracking sunflower seeds, and sneering in a sarcastic tone.

Aunt Ma glanced at the strange-sounding old woman, who was Li Yunlan's mother-in-law and a notorious old hag in the alley. She was sharp-tongued, selfish, and vicious, which explained why she could bully Li Yunlan so badly.

After being verbally abused by Feng Cuilan, Aunt Ma was too lazy to argue with her. Firstly, she knew she couldn't win an argument with the sharp-tongued old woman Feng Cuilan, and secondly, she was simply too lazy to argue with her.

Because Li Yunlan's family members came.

Based on her brief interaction with Li Yulan's family at the commune clinic not long ago, it's highly likely that Li Yulan's family will not let the matter rest after Feng Cuilan beat Li Yunlan so badly.

Putting everything else aside, just the fact that she made the phone call to Li Yunlan's family village office late last night, and that her family traveled over a hundred miles through the night to reach the Xinghuo Commune Health Center before dawn today, shows how important Li Yunlan is in her family's eyes. She is definitely not like the old saying, "a married daughter is like water spilled out."

Besides her own mother, brother, and sister, Li Yunlan also invited several young men from the same village, who were said to be hunters from the same village who went hunting in the mountains together.

Moreover, Li Yunlan's two brothers were carrying hunting rifles.

This is clearly to support Li Yunlan and provide her with backing.

Feng Cuilan is arrogant now, but will Li Yunlan's family let her off the hook?

Let that old hag Feng Cuilan be smug for a while; she'll get her comeuppance soon enough.

Thinking it over, Aunt Ma ignored Feng Cuilan, pushed open her courtyard gate, and went inside.