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

"Then take out half of the venison and give it to Lihua in your name."

Li Yunshan hadn't been home for a few days, so he didn't know how much venison was left. But when he heard Lin Xiulan say that the twenty or so pounds of venison she had been given hadn't been touched much, he immediately decided to give half of it to Su Lihua.

However, there are certain rules and customs involved in sending venison to Su Lihua; it cannot be sent in his name.

After all, he had previously married Su Lihua, but then divorced her for his own reasons, turning Su Lihua from a virgin into a divorced woman. Su Lihua had always held a grudge against him and never gave him a kind look; whenever she saw him, her face was always cold.

Unlike Gao Hongmei, Su Lihua was not like Gao Hongmei. Gao Hongmei was easygoing and could let go of things easily. Even though she had divorced him and had had unpleasant experiences, at most she would call him a bastard or tell him to get lost when she saw him, but she would still talk and laugh as usual.

Later, Gao Zhankui was hospitalized with a broken bone and needed a lot of money. In order to repay the debt, Gao Hongmei suggested to him that they go hunting to pay off the debt. The two even went hunting in the mountains several times and sold the game in the county town. Their contact continued and their relationship improved a lot.

But Su Lihua is different. He has been reborn in this era for almost three months, and the number of times Su Lihua has come to his house can be counted on one hand.

She was like a cold beauty. After going through the experience of divorcing him, she learned to use a cold demeanor to build a cold and hard shell for herself to prevent herself from being hurt again.

Coldness, or rather aloofness, is a protective shield for Su Lihua, especially when facing Li Yunshan.

Therefore, if Li Yunshan were to send venison to Su Lihua in his own name, she would definitely not accept it. In fact, she might even throw the venison aside in a fit of temper.

But if the venison is sent to Su Lihua in Lin Xiulan's name, Su Lihua will definitely accept it.

Gao Hongmei, Su Lihua, and Lin Xiulan came together because of their similar experiences.

In the past, when he acted recklessly and bullied Lin Xiulan, it was always Gao Hongmei and Su Lihua who stepped in to support Lin Xiulan.

Therefore, when Su Lihua, the "second sister," left Guapigou Village to return to the provincial capital, Lin Xiulan, the younger sister, gave her some local specialties from home. Su Lihua, out of consideration for Lin Xiulan, certainly couldn't refuse.

That's a perfect idea!

"Okay, I'll send it in my name. My second sister will definitely accept it."

Lin Xiulan saw through Li Yunshan's little scheme at a glance, and she thought so too.

Because she was aware of the relationship between Li Yunshan and Su Lihua.

Although Li Yunshan will now admit to her and Gao Hongmei the mistakes he made in the past, and she and Gao Hongmei have forgiven him from the bottom of their hearts, Su Lihua may not forgive him.

Because everyone has a different personality and ideas, she and Gao Hongmei might forgive Li Yunshan, but Su Lihua might not.

Lin Xiulan knew this perfectly well from the fact that Gao Hongmei frequently came home, while Su Lihua rarely came here unless she had something to do.

Seeing how much trouble Li Yunshan went through to send Su Lihua a gift, Gao Hongmei was speechless.

"Alright, I won't chat with you guys for too long. I have something to do at home, so I'll be going now."

After saying goodbye, Gao Hongmei left.

Meanwhile, Li Yunshan and Lin Xiulan were at home, discussing what to bring back for Su Lihua when she returned to the provincial capital.

We'll definitely let her take the venison. We still have some tiger meat and bear meat at home, but not much, so we won't let her take them.

"Send ten or eight catties of the meat from the two wolves we hunted last night to Lihua in your name. I'm going hunting in the mountains with my older brother tomorrow to see what kind of game we can catch, and then we'll decide what to bring back for Lihua."

Li Yunshan said.

"Fine, whatever you say."

Lin Xiulan had no objections.

The next day, just as the first light of dawn appeared in the east, Li Yunshan and his elder brother Li Yunshi took their hunting rifles and went into the mountains.

Zhang San and his friends did their family a huge favor, traveling over a hundred miles through the night from Guapigou Village to Xinghuo Commune, a hundred miles away, to support their sister, Li Yunlan. To repay this kindness, they absolutely had to treat Zhang San and his friends to a meal.

When hosting a dinner party, the dishes must be presentable.

However, since the reform and opening up has only been going on for a short time, the policies have not yet been fully publicized in Qinghe County, so many people do not raise many chickens and ducks at home.

For example, Li Yunshi's family kept two old hens and one rooster, while Li Yunshan's family didn't even have a single chicken or duck.

So they decided to go into the mountains to try their luck and see if they could catch any prey.

After leaving the village, the brothers Li Yunshan and Li Yunshi went into the mountains and forests near the village.

"This snow is really thick."

Li Yunshan, carrying a hunting rifle, trudged through the snow-covered forest, his breath creating puffs of white mist as he spoke.

"Who could have predicted that it would snow so heavily last night?"

Li Yunshi couldn't help but complain.

Before heading into the mountains, he had asked Wang Xiaolian and learned that it hadn't snowed for several days.

Although the weather was cold, the sun shone high in the sky every day, melting much of the ice and snow.

But who would have thought that a heavy snowfall last night would turn the mountain forest environment back to its original state, with the snow on the ground being nearly a foot deep, already above ankle level.

Given this situation, the small animals in the mountains, such as wild rabbits and pheasants, probably didn't know where to hide. This gave Li Yunshi a bad feeling. Could it be that he would get nothing today?

However, his worries seem to be unnecessary.

After walking around the forest for a while, the third brother, Li Yunshan, actually found a rabbit burrow in the thick snow.

The moment the thick snow was cleared away, two plump gray rabbits darted out of their burrow like two sharp arrows.

Upon seeing this, Li Yunshi immediately raised his gun and fired two shots.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two gunshots rang out, and a gray rabbit was hit and fell to the ground. Its long, slender legs dangled in mid-air and kicked a few times before it died.

The other gray rabbit was also shot by Li Yunshan and followed in its companion's footsteps.

"Third brother, you're amazing! How did you know there was a rabbit's burrow under that pile of snow?"

After picking up the gray rabbit he had shot, Li Yunshi said incredulously.

With such thick snow in the mountains, even with his years of hunting experience, he couldn't have discovered a rabbit burrow under the snow. How did the third brother know?

"I just had a feeling there should be some stock there, so I went to take a look."

Li Yunshan explained ambiguously, "I didn't expect that I would actually guess right."

However, just then, the sound of an animal calling suddenly came from not far away.

Li Yunshan and Li Yunshi immediately became alert. After exchanging a glance, their eyes locked onto the direction from which the sound came.

At the same time, Li Yunshan quickly loaded a bullet into the chamber, while Li Yunshi loaded two bullets into the chamber.

Then, they slowed their pace and slowly approached the direction from which the sound came.

Soon, they spotted a gazelle a hundred meters away.

That gazelle was a large adult gazelle; just by looking at it from a distance, one could roughly estimate that it weighed between sixty and seventy kilograms.

"Lamb is a very nutritious food, I never expected to find a gazelle here."

Li Yunshan lay on the snow and whispered to Li Yunshi.

If we can hunt this gazelle, then we'll have meat and dishes to invite Brother Zhang and his friends over for dinner and drinks.

Li Yunshan had even thought of the dishes: mutton stewed with radish soup, which was incredibly nourishing. He said that drinking a bowl of it might even cause a nosebleed.

We can still keep some mutton for Su Lihua to take back.

At this moment, Li Yunshi also held his breath. He did not respond to Li Yunshan, but his body was like a bowstring taut, his eyes fixed on the yellow sheep a hundred meters away.

As an experienced hunter, Li Yunshi knew that the range of their hunting rifles was only about sixty meters, while the gazelle was still more than a hundred meters away.

To get closer to the gazelle and into the range of their shotguns, they would need to advance another forty or fifty meters so that the bullets could reach the gazelle after being fired.

"Let's sneak over quietly, get as close as possible to that gazelle, and try to kill it with one shot."

After observing for a while, Li Yunshi lay down in the snow, breathing out warm air and speaking softly.

"Okay, no problem."

Li Yunshan nodded and responded.

Then, they slowly crawled forward in the snow, gradually approaching the gazelle.

Once inside the range of the shotgun, Li Yunshi lay down on the ground, raised the gun, aimed at the gazelle, and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out, and the bullet shot out, but it missed the gazelle.

Upon hearing the gunshot, the startled gazelle immediately became alert and took off running.

At this moment, Li Yunshi fired a second shot, but still failed to hit the gazelle that had begun to run away.

The bullet, fired at a very slight distance, grazed the gazelle's body and struck a large tree behind it.

"What a pity, I should have gotten closer before firing."

Seeing that both shots had missed the gazelle, Li Yunshi was filled with regret.

Just then, Li Yunshan's figure rushed out like a gust of wind, chasing after the fleeing gazelle.

Li Yunshi only saw Li Yunshan running quickly across the snow, catching up with the fleeing gazelle, while raising his gun and pulling the trigger.

With a "bang," the bullet was fired and pierced directly into the antelope's rear end.

The gazelle, which was running, suddenly stumbled, let out a mournful cry, and fell to the ground in the snow.