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

"Hey, isn't this Uncle Zhan Kui? I haven't seen him for a while."

"It's freezing cold, and they're resting at home. If you can't speak properly, don't talk nonsense."

"That's not what I meant. I meant, didn't Uncle Zhan Kui used to dislike Li Yunshan quite a bit?"

"Are you stupid? When Uncle Zhan Kui was hospitalized with a broken bone, it was Li Yunshan who risked his life to hunt tigers at the Hongxing Forest Farm to earn the money for the surgery. Even if he didn't like Li Yunshan before, he forgave him because of this incident. What you're saying is all ancient history."

Among the crowd that had gathered at Li Yunshi's house to watch the commotion, someone saw Li Yunshan leading the way, with Gao Hongmei and Su Lihua supporting Gao Zhankui, and exclaimed in surprise.

"Educated youth from the Su family have all come."

"After her divorce from Li Yunshan, she had little contact with him."

"I heard that Su, the educated youth, is preparing to return to the city."

"Really?"

"Of course it's true. I went to the village office the day before yesterday and saw Su Zhiqing going there to process her documents for returning to the city."

"Li Yunshan is truly blessed with good fortune in love. Every wife he's married has been incredibly beautiful, like angels. How could he possibly bear to divorce Gao Hongmei and Su Zhiqing back then?"

"How would I know? If you want to know, go ask Li Yunshan yourself."

"No, no, no, I wouldn't dare."

"What else could it be? Just a case of getting bored with the old and wanting the new."

"Hey, don't talk nonsense, you'll upset people."

"Exactly. Although Li Yunshan was unreliable before, his changes are visible now. Putting everything else aside, the fact that he was willing to donate several thousand yuan to build a school in the village is a great thing that benefits the people of our area. Why are you bringing up those old stories to make up about him?"

"I wasn't making things up about anyone, I was just saying it casually. Okay, I won't say anything more."

Some people, after seeing Gao Hongmei and Su Lihua, couldn't help but gossip about their relationship with Li Yunshan.

However, those are all old gossips. People in the village used to talk about them over tea and after meals. This is just bringing up old topics again.

Meanwhile, with Li Yunshan leading the way and Gao Hongmei and Su Lihua helping him, Gao Zhankui smoothly passed through the crowd and arrived at Li Yunshi's house.

"Hey, Uncle Zhan Kui, you've arrived."

Li Yunshi had just cut open the tiger's belly with a knife, preparing to peel off the tiger skin, when he saw Gao Zhankui and was somewhat surprised.

"I heard you two brothers killed a tiger, so I came here specifically to see."

Gao Zhankui looked at the tiger placed on the chopping board and smiled as he spoke.

"Uncle Zhan Kui".

"Hello, Uncle Zhan Kui."

Zhang Sange and Cai Er, who had been called to Li Yunshi's house to help, also greeted Gao Zhankui.

"Um."

Gao Zhankui nodded, then leaned on his cane and slowly walked to the side.

"Uncle Zhan Kui, please come in and have a seat."

Li Yunshan spoke.

"No, I'll just stand here and look. Hehe, it's been years since I've seen a tiger. I didn't even get a chance to see the tiger that you guys hunted down that came into the village last time."

Gao Zhankui smiled and waved his hand.

Seeing this, Li Yunshan didn't invite Gao Zhankui into the house to sit down. Instead, he quietly moved a chair and invited Gao Zhankui to sit down.

Immediately afterwards, he, along with his elder brother Li Yunshi, and Zhang Sange and Cai Er who came to help, started working.

"Wow, that's really bloody."

"If you don't like gore, then don't watch it!"

"How much do you think this tiger will sell for? I heard that the tiger Li Yunshan hunted in the Hongxing Forest Farm sold for six or seven thousand yuan."

"Be more confident, and remove the word 'seems'."

"Wow, it really sold for six or seven thousand yuan? That's not far from being a ten-thousand-yuan household."

"If I sell this tiger, I'll definitely be a millionaire."

"..."

As Li Yunshan and the others slowly peeled off the tiger skin, the adults in the village gathered around, watching with great interest. Some of them would occasionally huddle together and whisper a few words to each other.

The village children either emerged from the crowd or peeked out, watching curiously as Li Yunshan and his men skinned the tiger, or rode on the shoulders of their parents.

In those days, there wasn't much entertainment in the countryside. Even when Uncle Yang at the village entrance was slaughtering a pig, it would attract a crowd of onlookers, let alone the fact that Li Yunshan and his group were skinning a tiger.

After all, pig slaughtering is something that happens throughout the year, during holidays and festivals, but skinning a tiger is something many people may never have the chance to witness in their entire lives.

So everyone stared intently, as if afraid of missing any exciting moment.

After Li Yunshan and the others finished skinning the tiger, Li Yunshi took the tiger skin inside and stored it away. Li Yunshan, Zhang Sange, and Cai Er then took a rope, tied the skinned tiger to its front legs, and hung it up.

A fully grown tiger, hanging up for more than two meters, gave the villagers a direct sense of the tiger's terror.

Just as Li Yunshan was about to gut the tiger that had been hung up, someone couldn't help but ask, "Li Yunshan, where exactly did you hunt this tiger?"

"Over there at the narrow passage."

Li Yunshan replied, but his sharp knife remained steady as he sliced ​​down the tiger's belly.

"That narrow passage? It's very close to our village."

"In early autumn, my wife and I went there to chop firewood."

"Luckily, that tiger didn't come towards our village, otherwise..."

"Pah, pah, pah! You jinx, don't talk nonsense if you can't speak properly. Do you want another tiger to come to the village? Don't even think about it."

"..."

The villagers of Guapigou Village knew exactly how far away the First Line Sky was from them, only about four or five miles away. Given the tiger's habits, coupled with the current freezing weather and the scarcity of food in the mountains, there was a real possibility that the tiger would roam into the village and cause trouble.

The previous tiger caused great trouble for the villagers, and now no one wants to experience the threat of a tiger entering the village again.

At that moment, a strong, fishy smell wafted over. It turned out that Li Yunshan had cut open the belly of the hanging tiger, revealing its colorful internal organs.

"vomit……"

"vomit……"

"Ugh, it smells awful."

Many villagers couldn't help but cover their mouths and noses. Some villagers with weak appetites even turned their heads and bent over, gagging with veins showing, when they smelled the fishy smell.

For a moment, the sound of retching filled the small courtyard of the Li Yun family.

Even Gao Hongmei and Su Lihua couldn't help but frown and cover their mouths and noses with their hands.

However, Li Yunshan and his men were not disturbed in any way. Instead, they swiftly and efficiently removed the tiger's internal organs, disassembling its intestines, liver, lungs, spleen, and other parts, and throwing them into a bucket.

These things are inedible, but they're good for chopping up and feeding to chickens.

Li Yunshi, Zhang Sange, and Cai Er all raise several chickens, so this is a good opportunity to improve their chickens' diet.

Then, Li Yunshan and his men untied the ropes and placed the tiger on the clean cutting board.

At this moment, someone couldn't contain himself any longer and ran up to Li Yunshan, asking, "Yunshan, are you selling your tiger meat? Tiger meat is a very nutritious food. If you're willing to sell, I'd like to buy a pound to try it."

Li Yunshan smiled upon hearing this. He glanced at the villagers who had gathered around him and said in a generous tone, "Uncle Gong, you're being too polite. We're all from the same village, and the New Year is almost here. How about this, I'll give each household in the village a pound of meat. You can all take it home and have a taste. I won't charge you."

With the Lunar New Year approaching, Li Yunshan didn't want to make any more trips to the county town, so he simply waved his hand and gave each family in the village a pound of meat.

Anyway, even if the tiger is skinned and gutted, there will still be about 300 pounds of meat. There are only about 100 households in the village, so giving away 100 pounds of tiger meat is not a big deal.

As for the remaining tiger meat, Li Yunshan had already discussed it with his elder brother Li Yunshi on the way back to the village. He and his brother would each take fifty jin, and the rest would be distributed to Uncle Zhou, Li Baotian, Zhang Sange, Cai Er, and other hunters in the village.

After all, while tiger meat may seem valuable to others, Li Yunshan believed that the most valuable part of a tiger was its skin.

The tiger skins from the tigers hunted in Hongxing Forest Farm and the tiger hunted in the village sold for several thousand yuan.

The tiger skin we caught today is in good condition and is large; it will easily fetch a high price.

"Are you serious? You really going to give each of our families a pound of tiger meat?"

Uncle Gong was surprised when he heard this.

"Uncle Gong, everything I said is true, as good as my word."

Li Yunshan nodded affirmatively.

Uncle Gong was overjoyed. He turned to the crowd and shouted, "Everyone, quiet down! Everyone, quiet down! Li Yunshan is so generous. He said he'll give every household in our village a pound of tiger meat."

"What? Really?"

"Is it true that every household will receive a pound of tiger meat?"

"Could I have misheard?"

Everyone thought they had misheard; they were all incredulous.

"You heard me right, I said that."

Li Yunshan said with certainty.

Upon hearing this, everyone dared to believe that what they had heard was true, and they were all overjoyed, thanking Li Yunshan profusely.

"Li Yunshan, thank you for sharing the meat with us."

"Yunshan is magnanimous and straightforward. If anyone speaks ill of you in the future, I will be the first to punish them."

"..."

Everyone in the village understands the value of this pound of meat.

Normally, every household in the village is frugal and few people would go out of their way to buy meat.

First, it's hard to make money these days; second, you need meat coupons to buy meat, so it's not easy to have a meal with meat.

Normally, people would save up their meat coupons and take them out during holidays to buy meat from the supply and marketing cooperative or grocery store.

Now, without saying a word, Li Yunshan gave a pound of meat to every household in the village.

Moreover, the gift was tiger meat.

No one knows what tiger meat tastes like, but everyone knows it's a highly nutritious and valuable food.

Therefore, the pound of meat that Li Yunshan sent out was not just meat, but also a rare act of kindness in an era of scarcity, enough to make everyone genuinely happy.

Before long, the villagers lined up happily, by household, to receive their meat.

After receiving the tiger meat, they thanked Li Yunshan and happily carried the meat home, ready to cook it and see what it tasted like, whether it was really as magical as the legends said, a highly nourishing food that was good for the body.

After every household in the village received their share of meat, Li Yunshi's courtyard and surrounding area fell silent, leaving only Li Yunshan, Zhang Sange, and others.

On the chopping board that had been set up, there was still a lot of tiger meat, estimated to be around two hundred pounds.

Li Yunshan and Li Yunshi each cut fifty catties of meat, and then divided the remaining meat into eight portions, each weighing about ten catties. Zhang Sange and Cai Er, who came to help, each added five catties, leaving about thirty catties of meat.

"Thanks, Yunshan and Yunshi."

Zhang Sange and Cai Er grinned happily as they held the fifteen jin of meat that had been allocated to them.

"No need to thank me, we brothers wouldn't be able to handle it all if you hadn't come to help," Li Yunshi said with a smile.

"Then we'll head back now."

"Okay, remember to come over for dinner and drinks tomorrow."

"know."

Zhang Sange and Cai Er responded and left with their portions of meat, as well as the other four portions.

Today, not only Uncle Yang's family at the village entrance is slaughtering a pig, but Wang Laojiu's family is also slaughtering a pig.

The pig that Wang Laojiu's family slaughtered was the same big, fat pig that they had taken to the village's threshing ground as bait when the tiger entered the village.

Because Wang Laojiu's family was slaughtering a pig, Zhao Shuanzhu, Peng Youlian, and Wu Shenghong all went to help. So Li Yunshi asked Zhang Sange and Cai Er to take the portion of meat meant for Zhao Shuanzhu and the others over.

As for Uncle Zhou and Li Baotian's share, they delivered it themselves.

"Brother, I plan to send the remaining thirty or so pounds of meat to Hongmei. Lihua is preparing to return to the city after the Lunar New Year's Eve, and I'm thinking..."

"Take it. In the end, you're the one who owes Lihua. Now that she's leaving and going back to the city, you should at least make it up to her in some way."

Hearing Li Yunshan mention Su Lihua, Li Yunshi sighed inwardly.

He knew perfectly well why the third brother divorced Su Lihua back then.

He also knew that the fault did not lie with Su Lihua, but with their third son.

Moreover, after divorcing the third brother, Su Lihua never really liked him.

Now that they're about to return to the city and leave, we should at least send them something decent.

However, Li Yunshi also knew that it was true that Li Yunshan said he would give the remaining thirty or so catties of tiger meat to Gao Hongmei. Half of it was for Gao Hongmei, and the other half was to be transferred to Su Lihua through Gao Hongmei's hands, in Gao Hongmei's name.

If the third brother were to take it and give it away himself, given Su Lihua's aloof personality and temperament, she would never accept it.

"Okay, thank you, brother. I'll head over now."

Li Yunshan grinned.