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

"Don't just stand there, hurry up and take it. There are a lot of people around, and you don't want to be watched, do you?"

Seeing Gao Hongmei looking stunned, Li Yunshan quickly told her to hide the money close to her body.

After all, the commune clinic is not home. Although it is still night, if someone with ulterior motives sees it, trouble may be caused out of nowhere.

Putting aside everything else, the early 1980s was the beginning of reform and opening up. As the private economy began to circulate, pickpockets became rampant. Li Yunshan didn't want his hard-earned money to be targeted by pickpockets.

"oh!"

Gao Hongmei then realized what was happening. She unbuttoned two buttons on her cotton-padded jacket, hid the money in the inner pocket, and when she buttoned it up again, she discovered that Li Yunshan was staring at her chest.

Although it was the dead of winter and she was wearing only one piece of clothing, there wasn't much to see, but Gao Hongmei still felt uncomfortable under his gaze. She put on a fierce and shrewish expression: "What are you looking at? If you look again, I'll gouge your eyes out."

"Uh..." Caught red-handed by Gao Hongmei, Li Yunshan couldn't help but blush. Did you think I wanted to see this? It's just that you're too outstanding and too eye-catching, so my eyes were immediately drawn to you.

"Hongmei, believe me, I didn't mean it, I..." he explained hastily.

"So you did it on purpose?"

Gao Hongmei stood with her hands on her hips, her face frosty.

"Whatever you say."

Li Yunshan said helplessly that he didn't want to argue and was giving up.

Seeing Li Yunshan's submissive demeanor, Gao Hongmei snorted, but suddenly felt inexplicably listless.

"If you don't have anything to do tomorrow morning, you and Xiulan should go back first. You know how angry my father gets when he sees you. Lihua and I are enough here."

Gao Hongmei's tone softened, a rare occurrence for her.

"Sigh, it's not your father's fault. It's all because of my foolishness in the past. It's my own fault for hating and resenting me. I'm the one who has wronged you in this life."

Li Yunshan lowered his head and scratched the back of his head in shame: "If I had listened to you back then, I probably would have a whole brood of kids by now."

"Get lost! Who wants to have a litter of your kids? You bastard, you can't say anything nice. I don't want to have a litter of your kids. What do you take me for?"

Gao Hongmei blushed and glared at Li Yunshan. This bastard really has no restraint when it comes to talking. He even has a whole litter of kids. Do you even have that kind of ability?

"Hehe, I was just saying it casually. If you don't like it, that's fine too."

Li Yunshan smiled awkwardly, though he hadn't meant it.

However, recalling that after he divorced Gao Hongmei in his previous life, Gao Hongmei never remarried, and when he was terminally ill, it was Gao Hongmei, Su Lihua, and Lin Xiulan who took turns going to the hospital to take care of him and see him off on his final journey, Li Yunshan knew that they still cared about him.

However, by the time he found out, it was already too late.

Fortunately, God had mercy and gave him a second chance at life.

Thinking of this, he secretly glanced at the voluptuous Gao Hongmei.

And you know what? This one is really good. If I hadn't been so foolish as to divorce Gao Hongmei, I might have actually had a whole bunch of kids.

Gao Hongmei has the ability.

"Get your dog eyes away from me, or I'll really get angry."

But little did Gao Hongmei know that Li Yunshan's little tricks could not escape her notice. When she discovered that he was secretly watching her, Gao Hongmei couldn't help but glare at Li Yunshan and scold him in a bad mood.

Li Yunshan subtly averted his eyes: "Heh, alright, alright, I won't look anymore!"

"snort."

Gao Hongmei gave a haughty snort, and before turning to enter the ward, she said, "Consider this money a loan from me."

"Why would I borrow anything? Given our relationship, it would be too formal to lend it to anyone."

"What's our relationship? What kind of relationship do we have? I said I'd lend it, and I mean it. Don't think that just because you're giving me a little money, I'll treat you nicely. I'll pay you back later."

This question caught Li Yunshan off guard.

What's our relationship?

By the time he came to his senses, Gao Hongmei had already entered the ward.

"Uncle Gao has taken painkillers and sleeping pills and is already asleep."

After Gao Hongmei came in, Su Lihua lowered her voice and said.

Gao Hongmei glanced at her elderly father, who was already sleeping peacefully on the hospital bed, and gently gritted her teeth: "I've asked Li Yunshan for money."

"You asked him to lend you money?"

Su Lihua was somewhat surprised. She couldn't understand how Gao Hongmei, who hated Li Yunshan to the bone after the divorce, could possibly lower herself to borrow money from him, given her proud and fiery personality.

"I don't want to either, but who else can I ask for money besides him?"

Gao Hongmei rubbed her face, took a deep breath, and exhaled the stale air from her chest: "I just didn't expect him to lend it to me so readily, lending me most of the money he had on him and only keeping some change for himself."

Su Lihua was also very surprised, feeling that what Gao Hongmei said didn't seem true.

Based on her understanding of Li Yunshan, he was an idle and gambling addict who would gamble away any money he had.

Moreover, Uncle Gao dislikes him, and Gao Hongmei always berates him whenever she sees him. He will generously lend a large sum of money to Uncle Gao for surgery.

Su Lihua thought it was surreal and unreal.

"No matter what, I should have enough money for my dad's surgery. What he did before is the past, but I should remember his kindness in lending me money now."

Thinking of the money in her inner pocket, Gao Hongmei breathed a sigh of relief.

But she also clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment; since Li Yunshan lent her money, she had to repay that favor.

But how can we repay this?

Thinking about how she worked hard all year round, from dawn till dusk, to earn work points, and couldn't even earn a hundred yuan a year, how could she repay Li Yunshan for this money, how could she repay Li Yunshan for this kindness?

"I hope Dad's condition isn't too serious, and that the surgery will cost less money."

Now that things have come to this, Gao Hongmei can only pray in her heart.

……

The next morning, Gao Hongmei and Su Lihua carried Gao Zhankui on a stretcher and boarded the old Jiefang bus from Xiangyang Commune to the county town.

Li Yunshan did not show up because he knew Gao Zhankui disliked him.

So, after watching Gao Hongmei and the others leave in their old Jiefang bus from afar, he and Lin Xiulan also got into Pang Mafu's horse-drawn carriage and returned to Guapigou Village.

Back in the village, Li Yunshan first sent Lin Xiulan home, then went to his elder brother Li Yunshan's house to pick up Dou Dou, and also told Huang Zhifang about the situation.

Upon learning that Li Yunshan had lent a large sum of money to Gao Hongmei, Huang Zhifang said, "In the end, you two had a father-in-law and son-in-law relationship, but you were foolish in the past and let Hongmei down, which is why Gao Zhankui has always hated you."

"Even if Hongmei didn't ask you for the money, you still have to lend it to her. Not only do you have to lend it, but you have to lend it generously."

At this point, Huang Zhifang hesitated for a moment before saying, "But, won't Xiulan have any objections?"

"Mother, I told Xiulan on the way back, and she had no objections and told me to make my own decision."

"It's good that you have no objections. Now that you've distanced yourself from those street thugs like Yu Ergou, don't go out and fool around anymore. Live a good life, raise Doudou with Xiulan, and if you're capable, have a few more big, healthy boys with Xiulan. Your mother is still healthy enough to help you take care of them."

"Mother, isn't this matter a little less urgent?"

Li Yunshan chuckled.

"You'll be twenty-six after the New Year, you're not young anymore. In the village, which man your age isn't a father of three or four children? The worst one has two kids. You'd better work harder."

Huang Zhifang urged impatiently.

"Alright, alright, Mom, just watch how I do. I'll try my best to make sure you can hold your grandson next year."

Li Yunshan nodded repeatedly, indicating that he would comply with his mother's urging, but his body language betrayed him. He picked up Dou Dou and ran away, faster than a rabbit.

But after leaving his elder brother's house, Li Yunshan still longed to have a few more big, healthy sons.

Because he only had one daughter, Dou Dou, in his previous life, and because he divorced Lin Xiulan, she wasn't close to him at all.

Now that he has been reborn, he must put having children on the agenda as soon as possible.

"Find an opportunity to discuss this matter with Xiulan."

Li Yunshan thought to himself with a smug smile.

Back home, Li Yunshan let Dou Dou play inside while he sat under the eaves, polishing the wild boar spear.

This thing is specifically designed to deal with wild boars, and it can easily handle two or three wolves as well.

But the prerequisite is that you have a stable mindset and don't panic when you see wolves.

As long as you stay calm and thrust your spear in forcefully, even a wild wolf will be left with a bloody hole.

After sharpening his wild boar spear, Li Yunshan remembered that he didn't have much money left after lending it to Gao Hongmei. He then thought about going up the mountain later to see if he could catch any prey.

"Dinner's ready."

By this time, Lin Xiulan had already prepared the meal.

Li Yunshan responded and leaned the wild boar spear against the corner of the wall.

During the meal, he said, "Xiulan, I plan to go for a walk in the mountains later."

"I just got back from the commune, can't I take a day off today?" Lin Xiulan frowned.

"I can't stay idle. Besides, I originally planned to buy a bicycle, but now I've lent all the money to Hongmei, and she probably won't be able to pay it back for a while. I don't feel at ease with no money in my pocket."

"Then be careful when you go into the mountains, don't be reckless," Lin Xiulan advised.

"I know, I'll be careful."

Li Yunshan took a bite of spicy cabbage and a sip of corn porridge.

After the meal, Li Yunshan let out a satisfied burp, then, carrying his newly bought Tiger Head brand hunting rifle and a wild boar spear, headed towards Heixiazi Gully.

As I passed by the village entrance, I saw a group of people gathered under the big pine tree, seemingly doing something amusing.

He leaned closer to listen and heard some shocking news.

This news came from Hongxing Forest Farm: a huge tiger has appeared there, injuring many people and killing some.

Because the forestry authorities blocked the news, the exact number of deaths is unknown, but it is true that some people were killed by tigers.

The forest farm offered an exorbitant reward for the tiger's capture.

Upon hearing the news, Li Yunshan felt his adrenaline surge.