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

"Ring ring... Ring ring..."

On a dark and cold night, a bicycle was traveling along the bumpy dirt road leading to Xiangyang Commune in Qinghe County.

Although the bicycle was moving at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour, strangely enough, even in the dark, at such a high speed on the bumpy dirt road, the person riding the bicycle did not even use a flashlight.

If someone traveling at night heard the sound of a bicycle bell coming from the darkness, they would probably be scared out of their wits.

Fortunately, Li Yunshan traveled for two hours through the night, and apart from encountering a few trucks traveling at night, he didn't see a single person along the way.

However, he didn't see any human figures, but he did encounter a few wolves blocking his way. Upon seeing this, Li Yunshan stopped his bicycle, picked up his Tiger Head brand hunting rifle, and fired two shots. Two wolves weighing seventy or eighty pounds each fell to the ground and couldn't get up.

The remaining four or five wolves, seeing their companion fall to the ground and die, tucked their tails between their legs and whimpered as they fled before Li Yunshan could reload his bullets.

Thus, Li Yunshan successfully captured two more wolves, tied them to the rear rack of his bicycle, and continued riding his bicycle through the night.

Despite the pitch blackness, Li Yunshan possesses night vision, so this darkness is no different from daytime for him.

Riding a bicycle, even on bumpy dirt roads, is a breeze.

"Woof woof woof..."

"Woof woof woof..."

It was past midnight when Li Yunshan rode his bicycle back to Guapigou Village.

As soon as we entered the village, the village dogs started barking loudly at the sound of the noise.

Li Yunshan didn't reprimand them, after all, the dogs kept by the villagers were for guarding the house, and they would definitely bark if they heard any noise outside in the middle of the night.

A dog that doesn't bark when it hears noise is a no-go.

Riding his bicycle in the dark, Li Yunshan quickly returned home.

He had just untied the two wolves from the back rack of his bicycle when Lin Xiulan's voice came from inside the house: "Who's there? Who's outside?"

Li Yunshan responded.

A short while later, the lights in the room came on.

Through the window, Li Yunshan saw Lin Xiulan's figure.

A moment later, the door to the main room opened, and Lin Xiulan, wearing a cotton overcoat, appeared in the doorway: "I thought you wouldn't be back until tomorrow."

When Huang Zhifang and Li Yunshi returned home from Xinghuo Commune in the neighboring county, it was already past four in the afternoon. At that time, Lin Xiulan happened to be visiting Li Yunshi's house with Dou Dou.

When Lin Xiulan didn't see Li Yunshan return, she was puzzled. After asking him in detail, she learned that Li Yunshan had gone to run some errands.

As for what she was going to do, Li Yunmei only whispered a few words to her.

After returning from Li Yunshi's house, she took Dou Dou to bed early.

According to Li Yunshi's estimate, he told her that Li Yunshan should not be home until tomorrow morning at the earliest. However, Li Yunshan arrived home shortly after midnight, which surprised Lin Xiulan.

Traveling at night is so dangerous. If it were like when we went to Xinghuo Commune before, when we were traveling together in a group, having someone to keep us company and talk to give us courage, then it would be alright.

But Li Yunshan rode his bicycle for over a hundred miles at night to come back. He was really brave. Wasn't he afraid of encountering a tiger or a bear on the way?

However, Lin Xiulan was still slightly frightened when she saw the two wolf carcasses that Li Yunshan had placed on the ground in the yard.

"Did you encounter wolves on the way?"

Lin Xiulan pointed to the wolf carcass on the ground in the yard.

"We encountered several of them. I managed to take down these two, but the rest scurried away with their tails between their legs before I could even reload."

Li Yunshan smiled and said casually.

"Come inside quickly, it's cold outside."

Lin Xiulan ignored Li Yunshan's relaxed words, took his hand, and walked into the house.

"You, after you finished your business, couldn't you have come back a little later? Why did you have to travel at night? Aren't you afraid of running into tigers or bears on the way?"

After pulling Li Yunshan into the main room, Lin Xiulan helped him brush the snowflakes off his cotton-padded coat while complaining.

"Isn't it urgent for me to rush back to see you?"

Li Yunshan looked at Lin Xiulan.

"Pah, that's indecent. What's so interesting about me?"

Lin Xiulan's face flushed red instantly. She turned her face away and said coquettishly.

After brushing the snowflakes off Li Yunshan, she asked, "You must be hungry after traveling such a long way at night?"

"There is a bit of that."

Li Yunshan touched his stomach.

After returning to Xinghuo Commune, he bought some food and ate a few bites before squatting near Wang Yuanchao's house. He happened to run into Wang Yuanchao going out and followed him.

He had originally planned to beat Wang Yuanchao up, but he discovered that Wang Yuanchao was drunk.

Fearing that beating Wang Yuanchao would cause trouble, he knocked Wang Yuanchao unconscious and only took the money from him.

Damn it, my fourth sister, Li Yunlan, married far away to Xinghuo Commune and has been married to Wang Yuanchao's family for four years. She gave birth to his daughter, did his laundry, cooked, served him tea and water, and took care of that old hag Feng Cuilan. She also had to do odd jobs to earn money. She suffered so much grievance and was even abused by Wang Yuanchao and Feng Cuilan. How can she just leave like this?

Feng Cuilan was taught a lesson, but Wang Yuanchao hasn't been taught a lesson yet.

However, knocking Wang Yuanchao unconscious and taking his money was already letting that bastard off too easily.

Of course, Li Yunshan didn't intend to keep the money he took from Wang Yuanchao. He planned to go to his elder brother's house the next day and give the money to his fourth sister, Li Yunlan.

"I'll go make you a bowl of noodles."

As Lin Xiulan spoke, she left the main room and went to the kitchen to cook noodles for Li Yunshan.

Seeing that he had nothing else to do, Li Yunshan followed along.

After Lin Xiulan arrived in the kitchen, she first cleaned the pot, poured in half a spoonful of water, and then stuffed a clump of pine needles into the stove to ignite the firewood.

As the flames in the stove blazed, they illuminated Lin Xiulan's face, making it glow red.

"My second sister said you went and taught Wang Yuanchao a lesson, is that true? Did it go well?"

As she added firewood to the stove, Lin Xiulan asked.

"I couldn't fix him. He was drunk, and I was afraid that if I beat him too badly, he would die. So I just knocked him unconscious and took the money from him. Before I left, I was afraid he would freeze to death, so I dragged him to a sheltered place."

Li Yunshan said.

In fact, in Li Yunshan's mind, given Wang Yuanchao and Feng Cuilan's abuse of his fourth sister Li Yunlan and their two acts of domestic violence against her, he felt that his mother and second sister slapping Feng Cuilan and throwing her into the latrine would be too lenient. He would beat her half to death, and it would be best to break one of her legs to vent his anger.

Wang Yuanchao is the same.

But what can we do now? It's a peaceful and civilized society. If it were a time of war, Li Yunshan would have wanted to kill that bastard mother and son.

Originally, his plan was to turn back halfway and find an opportunity to beat up Wang Yuanchao, but who would have thought that when he finally caught up with Wang Yuanchao, the bastard was drunk.

He chose to knock Wang Yuanchao unconscious because he was afraid of causing a death.

Of course, he didn't use much force when he knocked Wang Yuanchao unconscious.

As long as you don't use excessive force, Wang Yuanchao will wake up quickly. If you drag him to a sheltered spot, you won't have to worry about him dying.

"I'm afraid it might lead to someone getting killed."

Lin Xiulan frowned as she spoke.

"No, I know my limits."

Li Yunshan said it with certainty, and Lin Xiulan didn't say anything more.

A short while later, the water in the pot boiled, and Lin Xiulan put the noodles in, then added salt and oil, drizzled some soy sauce to color the soup, and cracked two eggs into it.

After cooking for a while, a bowl of fragrant egg noodles was ready.

After putting the noodles into a bowl, Li Yunshan said, "Xiulan, boil another pot of water. After I finish eating, I still need to deal with those two wolves in the yard."

To be honest, on the way back, Li Yunshan never expected to encounter a beast like a wolf.

He dared not even think about tigers and bears.

Because tigers and bears are already few in number, he has encountered them twice in a short period of time, which can be considered very lucky.

In the deep forests of Northeast China, wild boars are actually the most common animal.

Wild boars are prolific breeders; an adult wild boar can give birth to two to three litters a year, with each litter containing ten or more piglets, and sometimes even up to twenty.

Secondly, these creatures are highly adaptable to their environment, and there isn't much space for them in deep mountains and forests, so wild boars reproduce quite quickly.

However, unexpectedly, instead of encountering wild boars, they encountered wild wolves.

"It's so late, aren't you tired? Why don't you leave it until dawn to clean up? Eat early and get some sleep."

Lin Xiulan asked.

"I'm not tired, I'm full of energy. I'll take a hot shower after I've dealt with those two wolves before I go to sleep."

"Actually, there's not much work involved. All you have to do is skin those two wolves, cut them open, and take out their internal organs. It won't take much time."

"Alright, whatever you say."

Seeing that Li Yunshan had said that, Lin Xiulan didn't say anything more.

Although Li Yunshan has learned his lesson during this period, once he has made up his mind, it is generally very difficult to change it.

Just like when my second sister and the others came back, they said that Li Yunshan turned back halfway, intending to teach Wang Yuanchao a lesson before returning.

His second sister and eldest brother also tried to persuade him not to go back, but even with their mother present, they couldn't convince Li Yunshan.

"Hehe, I'm really going to rest now that I've finished dealing with it."

Li Yunshan smiled and stood in the kitchen, slurping down the egg noodles Lin Xiulan had made for him.

Lin Xiulan then washed the pot again, and then picked up a spoon and began scooping water from the water tank into the large pot, one spoonful at a time.

Once the pot was almost full of water, she put the lid on and continued adding firewood to the stove.