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

Xinghuo Commune Health Center.

"The minced meat noodles are here."

After finishing their lunch, Li Yunshan and Li Yunshi brought back four bowls of minced meat noodles from the noodle shop near the health center.

In four large bowls, the broth was rich and steaming hot, and the noodles were glossy from being soaked in the broth.

On top of the noodles, there's a spoonful of flavorful minced meat sauce, and a sprinkle of chopped green onions, making it a feast for the eyes, nose, and palate.

"Yunlan, and Qianqian, let's have some minced meat noodles. The conditions are a bit simple when we're out and about. When we get back home, I'll go hunting in the mountains so you can have meat for every meal."

Li Yunshan placed two bowls of minced meat noodles on the bedside table next to the hospital bed and said with a smile.

Li Yunshi also handed his bowl of minced meat noodles to Huang Zhifang and Li Yunmei, telling them to eat the noodles first.

"Why did you bring all the bowls back?"

Huang Zhifang said.

"I've already told the owner of the noodle shop near the health center that I'll take the food back to him after I finish eating, it's no problem."

Li Yunshan explained.

"Have Cai Er and Zhang San settled in yet?"

Huang Zhifang asked again.

With such a family tragedy, their daughter, who had married far away, was bullied and beaten until her head bled. Li Yunshi's words prompted Cai Er and the others to brave the winter cold and travel with them to Xinghuo Commune, a hundred miles away. This act of kindness was significant, and both out of compassion and reason, the Li family had to make sure Cai Er and the others were well taken care of, fed, and rested.

"Everything is settled. We booked three rooms at the guesthouse closest to the hospital. After we had a meal, I told Cai Er and the others to go back to the guesthouse to rest. We'll wait here until Wang Yuanchao comes and we get Fourth Sister to divorce him before we go home."

Li Yunshi said.

These days, there's no cooling-off period for divorce, nor is there any so-called division of property or debts. Getting a divorce is quite quick; as long as the reason is reasonable, it can be done on the same day.

Of course, Wang Yuanchao might not want to divorce his fourth sister, Li Yunlan, but now he has no choice.

Fourth Sister was beaten bloody by him and Feng Cuilan. If she doesn't divorce Wang Yuanchao and leave the Wang family, is she supposed to continue to tolerate that old hag Feng Cuilan and continue with Wang Yuanchao?

Given Feng Cuilan's nature, no one knows when that old hag will hatch another scheme to bully Li Yunlan. Her family home is over a hundred miles away from Xinghuo Commune. If no one informs her family on behalf of Fourth Sister, who knows what will happen and what the consequences will be.

In addition, Wang Yuanchao and Feng Cuilan favored sons over daughters, so it was just as well that their fourth sister, Li Yunlan, divorced him.

In this world, three-legged toads are hard to find, but good men with two legs are plentiful.

Moreover, the fourth sister, Li Yunlan, is no less capable. She is thrifty, efficient, and good at managing the household. Although she would be remarrying after her divorce, she is still young and can take her time to find a partner who is truly good to her.

"Okay, let's eat our noodles quickly and fill our stomachs, then we can take turns resting."

As Huang Zhifang spoke, he picked up a bowl of noodles.

However, instead of eating it herself, she picked up a bunch of noodles and fed them to Qianqian.

But just then, there was a knock on the ward door.

Who is it?

Hearing the knock on the door, Li Yunmei was puzzled. Shortly before Li Yunshan and Li Yunshi returned, the doctor and nurses had just come to the ward, so no one else would be coming now.

"Is Li Yunlan staying in this ward? We are police officers from Xinghuo Commune Police Station. We are here to find out some things."

An echo came from outside the door.

"public security?"

Everyone in the ward was surprised.

However, upon closer reflection, it makes perfect sense.

Feng Cuilan was slapped hard across the face by Huang Zhifang and Li Yunmei, and was even thrown into the latrine by Li Yunshan. Feng Cuilan was definitely not going to let it go, but Li Yunshan and the others did not expect that this old woman would actually call the police.

However, even if Feng Cuilan calls the police, it won't matter, since she's not in the right.

"Please come in."

Li Yunshan spoke.

However, no sooner had he finished speaking than the door to the ward was violently pushed open. Before the police officers from Xinghuo Commune Police Station could even enter, Feng Cuilan barged in first.

"Officers, it's her! It's this old hag and this little bitch! They slapped me so hard! Look at my face! They did this to me! And those two little beasts, they threw me in the latrine! Waaah! Officers, you have to do me justice!"

Feng Cuilan's tears came easily. Pointing at Huang Zhifang, Li Yunshan, and others in the ward, she became emotional and tearfully accused them.

However, the two police officers who entered the ward later couldn't help but frown after hearing Feng Cuilan's words.

Because when they were at the police station, they sensed something was wrong from Feng Cuilan's words.

She claimed that she was beaten by her daughter-in-law's family, and that her daughter-in-law's brothers even threw her into a latrine to steal her retirement money.

But now, seeing Li Yunlan lying in the hospital bed with blood-soaked gauze wrapped around her head, the two police officers weren't fools.

Looking at Feng Cuilan's vulgar language, fierce expression, and resentful eyes, and considering Li Yunlan lying in the hospital bed with her head wrapped in gauze, they felt that there must be a reason why Feng Cuilan was being taught a lesson by her daughter-in-law's family.

Feng Cuilan's one-sided account is not credible; there may be a reversal in the story.

"Aunt Feng, this is a hospital. We are here to understand the situation and solve the problem. Please do not shout and disturb the rest of the other patients in the commune health center."

A stern-faced policeman spoke to Feng Cuilan in a serious tone.

"That's right. We're here to solve the problem, officers. If you arrest all these bandits and robbers and bring them to the station, and then recover all the money they stole from me, the matter will be resolved."

Feng Cuilan, oblivious to the displeasure in the police officer's tone, spoke arbitrarily.

"Mother, please don't disturb the police officers' work."

Wang Yuanchao appeared behind Feng Cuilan. He tugged at Feng Cuilan, then looked at Li Yunlan lying on the hospital bed, and then looked around at Huang Zhifang, Li Yunshan, Li Yunshi and others in the ward. He felt a strange sense of dread.

Although he hadn't considered the consequences of hurting Li Yunlan when he abused her before, Xinghuo Commune was far away from Li Yunlan's hometown, Guapigou Village, a distance of over a hundred miles.

Moreover, the time before that, when he abused Li Yunlan, Li Yunlan did not call her family to inform them, but silently endured it.

Even after hitting Li Yunlan yesterday and knowing that she had been admitted to the commune health center, he didn't go to take care of her or apologize. Instead, he went to work at the commune's grocery store on his own, because he thought that based on his experience from the previous days, Li Yunlan would still tolerate it this time.

Women won't behave unless you beat them.

If you hit them, they'll behave.

The more you beat them, the more obedient they become, especially women like Li Yunlan who married far away.

However, Wang Yuanchao never expected that Li Yunlan's family members would travel overnight from Guapigou Village, a hundred miles away, to Xinghuo Commune in the dead of winter.

Because Wang Yuanchao knew that Li Yunlan had checked into the commune health center the night before, and that Aunt Ma from the alley had taken her there.

As a result, his mother, Feng Cuilan, was disciplined this morning by Li Yunlan's family members, his mother-in-law, and his two brothers-in-law.

Looking at the fierce glint in the eyes of his mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and two brothers-in-law in the ward, Wang Yuanchao couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

"Mom, why...why are you here?"

Wang Yuanchao wore an awkward smile and cautiously asked a question he already knew the answer to.

Huang Zhifang sneered, "If I hadn't come, were you going to abandon my daughter at the commune clinic and leave her to fend for herself? And from today—no, from this moment on—you are no longer my son-in-law, so don't call me 'Mom' anymore."

"I……"

Wang Yuanchao was about to speak in his defense when Feng Cuilan jumped out and interrupted him with a venomous look in her triangular eyes: "Yuanchao, what are you afraid of? Today, the police officers from the local police station are here to stand up for us. Why are you being so polite with them?"

"Comrades, are you Li Yunlan's family members? This Aunt Feng Cuilan and this Comrade Wang Yuanchao came to our commune police station to report that you broke into their home without permission, not only beat Aunt Feng Cuilan, but also threw her into the latrine and stole her savings. Is that true?"

A police officer stepped forward and questioned the suspect meticulously and in an official manner.

"Yes, they broke into my house, swung their arms and slapped me across the face. I was even thrown into the latrine by that little beast. Officers, you have to do justice for this poor old woman."

Before the police officer from the local police station could finish speaking, and before Li Yunshan and the others could even open their mouths, the old hag Feng Cuilan preemptively pointed at Li Yunshan and cursed him viciously.

Li Yunshan frowned. Then the old man kept calling her "little beast." Did he really think that with the police officers from the police station present, he wouldn't dare to slap her across the face?

"Third brother, don't be impulsive."

Seeing Li Yunshan's furrowed brows, Li Yunshi quickly tugged at him and whispered something.

"Don't worry, big brother."

Li Yunshan responded.

"Aunt Feng, we didn't ask you to speak, so don't be nosy. I'm asking you questions right now. If you keep this up, we're not going to get involved."

After hearing Feng Cuilan's words, the police officers at the police station thought to themselves, "Does this old lady really think the police station is her own private property? Who does she think she is to order me around to arrest anyone?"

So he couldn't help but frown and scold.

After being reprimanded by the police at the local police station, Feng Cuilan reluctantly shut up.

"Comrades, please answer my question."

The police officers at the local police station looked at Li Yunshan and the others again.

"Officer, Li Yunlan is our fourth sister, I am her third brother, this is her eldest brother, this is her second sister, and this is my mother."

"We beat Feng Cuilan, we threw her into the latrine, and we took the money. However, I think Feng Cuilan didn't tell you the truth. Instead, she chose to downplay the incident and blame everything on us, claiming that she was the victim."

Li Yunshan glanced at Feng Cuilan, whose eyes were filled with resentment, sneered, and stepped forward.

"You little bastard, what nonsense are you spouting? You broke into my house, beat up this old woman, burned my furniture, and stole my money."

Feng Cuilan jumped out again, pointing at Li Yunshan and cursing loudly.

"Feng Cuilan!"

The police officers at the police station were also annoyed by being interrupted twice by Feng Cuilan.

Since you called the police, it's their duty to respond and resolve the issue, but you can't keep interrupting our investigation.

Under the stern gaze of the police officers from the local station, Feng Cuilan shrank back further, her voice growing softer and softer: "I...I'm just angry..."

"Comrade, you speak."

Seeing that Feng Cuilan had finally quieted down, the police officers at the police station gestured for Li Yunshan to speak.

"First of all, this is how it all started. My younger sister, Li Yunlan, went back to her parents' home a few days ago to celebrate my mother's 60th birthday and stayed there for a while. When she returned to her husband's home, my mother noticed that her face was thinner than when she was a girl at her parents' home. Feeling sorry for her, my mother brought back the malted milk powder that I had bought for her. My second sister also gave my sister a scarf that she had knitted to keep her warm."

As for me, I gave my sister Li Yunlan four hundred yuan as her secret stash, her life-saving money.

However, after my sister returned to her husband's family, I don't know what Feng Cuilan was thinking, she actually stole the malted milk powder that my mother gave to my sister, and the scarf that my second sister knitted for my sister.

My sister refused to give the malted milk powder and scarf to Feng Cuilan, so Feng Cuilan and Wang Yuanchao beat her up.

"Of course, my sister got beaten up a few days ago."