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

"Hongmei, open the door."

Li Yunshan carried about thirty pounds of tiger meat to Gao Hongmei's house.

The courtyard gate was open, and he walked in without any hindrance, but the door to the main room was tightly closed.

Seeing this, he stepped forward, knocked on the door, and called out.

"They're here."

Inside the room, Gao Hongmei's response rang out.

A short while later, Gao Hongmei came and opened the door to the main room.

It's freezing cold now, and there's a fire pit burning inside the house. Only by closing the door can we prevent the heat that's been painstakingly accumulated inside from escaping. So, after Gao Hongmei and the other two returned from Li Yunshi's house, they closed the door.

What are you doing here?

As soon as the door to the main room opened, Gao Hongmei saw Li Yunshan and asked in surprise.

"As you just saw, my brother and I killed a tiger. There are about thirty catties of tiger meat here. We brought it here specially for you. Half is for you, and the other half is for Lihua in your name so she can take it back to the city."

Because Su Lihua was in the room, Li Yunshan didn't dare to speak too loudly and had to lean close to Gao Hongmei's ear and whisper.

"You certainly know how to order people around."

Gao Hongmei took the meat from Li Yunshan, couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, and then said, "Fine, I know what to do. You better get the hell out of here and go home."

"Then I'm off."

Li Yunshan knew Gao Hongmei's personality and temperament. That's just how she was; she spoke bluntly and bluntly. If she could call him "get lost," it would be like flirting, and he would be happy about it.

Li Yunshan should be worried if she doesn't even bother to utter a single curse.

After Li Yunshan left, Gao Hongmei went back to her room.

"Hongmei, is that Li Yunshan?"

Gao Zhankui's voice came from inside the house.

"Yes, Dad, he sent some tiger meat to our house. Do you think we should stew a couple of pounds tonight and try what tiger meat tastes like?"

Gao Hongmei said with a smile.

"Okay, stew it. Lihua will be going back to the city soon. Cook some good food these next few days, and save about ten pounds of meat for Lihua to take back to the city."

"OK."

Gao Hongmei agreed and took the meat that Li Yunshan had brought to the kitchen. She cut off two jin (1 kg) and then cut the rest into pieces, each weighing about two jin (1 kg), and put them all into the jars used for storing frozen meat in winter.

When she returned to the house, she saw Su Lihua holding a photograph, staring blankly at it.

Gao Hongmei leaned over and took a look, and found that the photo was one that she, Su Lihua, and Lin Xiulan had taken two years ago.

Back then, the three of them went to the county town together and took this picture when they passed by a photo studio.

She stood in the middle, with Su Lihua and Lin Xiulan on either side. Lin Xiulan was holding Dou Dou, who was just over a year old at the time.

"What are you thinking about?"

Gao Hongmei asked.

"It's nothing, it's just that time flies by. In the blink of an eye, I've been a sent-down youth here for six or seven years."

Su Lihua smiled slightly.

Looking back, she responded to the call to go to the countryside as an educated youth, but she never expected to stay in Guapigou Village for six or seven years.

During those six or seven years, she endured a lot of hardship here, but also gained valuable experience and even started a family here.

However, her marriage ended in divorce not long after.

Later, the educated youth who had been sent to the countryside returned to the city one after another, but she remained in Guapigou Village because her parents had not yet been exonerated.

Then, because the educated youth settlement collapsed, she moved to Gao Hongmei's house and stayed with Gao Hongmei for another two years.

"Yes, it's been six or seven years."

When Su Lihua mentioned that it had been six or seven years since the educated youth went to the countryside, Gao Hongmei was taken aback.

In fact, Su Lihua's six or seven years were also her six or seven years.

Looking back six or seven years ago, she married Li Yunshan, thinking that she would be a good wife and mother and spend her life like that. But she never expected that Li Yunshan would be idle and fool around everywhere.

She tried her best to persuade Li Yunshan, but he wouldn't listen and even argued with her about divorce.

Thinking about it now, I still feel terrible.

But thinking about how good life is now, Gao Hongmei felt happy again.

……

Time flies, and soon it was the day after the eve of the Lunar New Year.

Just as the first light of dawn appeared on the eastern hills, the village tractor came chugging up to the gate of Gao Hongmei's house.

Li Yunshan jumped off the tractor and shouted into the yard, "Hongmei!"

"Yes, I heard you, I'll be right there."

Gao Hongmei called out from inside the house, and a moment later she came out carrying a leather suitcase.

Su Lihua followed behind her, carrying a suitcase, and slowly walked out.

When Su Lihua saw that it was Li Yunshan who had come to pick her up in a tractor, she immediately frowned.

"Hehe, we're going to the county town to sell the tiger skin we hunted that day. We can give you a ride along the way."

Li Yunshan noticed that Su Lihua frowned slightly, but he still explained to Gao Hongmei with a smile.

"Hongmei, Lihua".

Li Yunlan, sitting in the back of the truck, also greeted Gao Hongmei and Su Lihua.

Li Yunmei hadn't been to the county town for a while. It just so happened that Li Yunshan and Li Yunshi were going to the county town to sell tiger skins, so she went along with them, thinking she would buy some New Year's goods in the county town. Then she dragged Li Yunlan along, and also went to the county town hospital to check the wound on her head to see if the stitches could be removed.

"Li Yunshan, give me a hand and help me put this suitcase on the tractor."

The suitcase Gao Hongmei was carrying was quite heavy. It was filled with local specialties from the village, such as the tiger meat that Li Yunshan had brought over a couple of days ago, which Gao Hongmei gave to Su Lihua in her own name.

Another thing is that Lin Xiulan also gave Su Lihua a lot of things, such as cured meat and mutton, which Gao Hongmei also packed into this suitcase.

"Okay."

Li Yunshan went over and helped put the suitcase on the tractor's trailer.

Then, Gao Hongmei took the suitcase from Su Lihua, and Li Yunshan put it back on the shelf.

After all the luggage was put away, Gao Hongmei and Su Lihua got on the tractor and sat in the back of the tractor with Li Yunmei and the others.

Because they were worried about the discomfort of sitting in the truck bed, they lined it with a thick layer of straw beforehand, making it warm to sit on.

"Is everything ready?"

Li Yunshan jumped onto the tractor and turned back to ask a question.

"Third Brother, we're all seated."

Li Yunlan said.

"Okay, let's set off then. Let's get to the county town as soon as possible, get everything done, and come back as soon as possible."

Li Yunshan smiled, then drove the tractor slowly toward the village entrance.