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

Although Li Yunshan tried to downplay the bloodshed of his tiger-hunting story, Lin Xiulan, Li Yunshi, Huang Zhifang, and others knew that things were definitely not as easy as Li Yunshan made them out to be.

After all, it was a man-eating tiger, not a harmless roe deer.

He spoke of it so casually, but only those involved truly knew the danger.

After giving Li Yunshan a few more instructions, Huang Zhifang and the others left.

"Gurgle, gurgle!"

Li Yunshan was also hungry.

Lin Xiulan entered the main room from the kitchen, and her eyes met Li Yunshan's the moment she stepped inside.

Seeing that Lin Xiulan's eyes were still slightly red, Li Yunshan spoke first, "Xiulan, I...I made you worry."

"So you do know how to worry?" Lin Xiulan turned her head to the side, pouting aggrievedly.

However, thinking about the slap she had just given Li Yunshan, she felt a pang of heartache. So she couldn't help but turn back and gently stroke the side of Li Yunshan's face that she had just hit.

When Li Yunshan went out, he said he was going to hunt a big one. She thought he was going into the mountains to hunt wild boar again, so she wasn't worried.

Because Li Yunshan had fought wild wolves before.

In Lin Xiulan's mind, no matter how dangerous a wild boar is, it is not as dangerous as a wild wolf.

But who knew that before nightfall, while she was in the main room, she heard a burst of gongs and drums outside, followed by a cacophony of voices.

She thought something had happened, but before she could even leave the main room, a large group of people came in through the door.

The group of people were all talking at once, praising her and Li Yunshan, which completely stunned her.

She had no idea what had happened.

But it wasn't until Director Zhou spoke that she realized Li Yunshan's words about going to "hunt a big guy" when he left meant he was going into the mountains to hunt tigers.

Tigers are the king of beasts, how dare he do that?

Fortunately, seeing Li Yunshan return safely wearing a big red flower, she was able to relax a little.

Just now, as she listened to Li Yunshan's vivid description of his tiger-hunting adventure, Lin Xiulan felt a wave of fear wash over her.

She had finally hoped that Li Yunshan would change his ways and promise to live a good life with her, but instead he went off to risk his life. How could she be happy about that?

Although his intentions were good—he wanted to earn more money so she could live a better life and raise money for Gao Hongmei's surgery—she really didn't want Li Yunshan to risk his life like that.

There were many people in the house just now, and she had been holding back her emotions that were about to explode, but in the end she couldn't control herself and slapped Li Yunshan.

This slap wasn't out of hatred, but out of love.

As the saying goes, the deeper the love, the harsher the criticism.

If she didn't care about Li Yunshan, she wouldn't have slapped him.

"Xiulan, are you worried about me?"

Seeing Lin Xiulan's eyes glistening with tears, Li Yunshan felt a sudden tightness in his chest.

"Who cares about you? You'd better die together with that tiger, then the bonus, the bicycle, and your job at the forest farm will all be mine!"

Lin Xiulan glared at him, then choked back tears, saying, "You're just trying to be a hero. If anything really happens to you, I'll remarry with Dou Dou. Then Dou Dou will be calling another man 'Dad,' and you'll have nowhere to cry. You were lucky this time, you just barely managed to kill that tiger. Do you think your luck will always be on your side?"

"I've finally been hoping you'd do well in your studies, and I had a glimmer of hope in my heart, but do you have to keep creating these anxiety-inducing things to scare me?"

Lin Xiulan became more and more aggrieved as she spoke, and tears soon welled up in her eyes and fell.

Seeing this, Li Yunshan quickly pulled her into his arms.

What are you doing?!

Lin Xiulan tried desperately to break free from Li Yunshan's embrace, but Li Yunshan held her tighter and tighter without saying a word, as if he wanted to merge his body into Lin Xiulan's.

"Xiulan, don't worry, I didn't just get lucky to kill the tiger. I dared to go to the forest to hunt tigers because I was confident and had the ability to do so. I told you a few days ago that I want to be a good person from now on, to live a good life with you, to raise Doudou, and in the future we want to have two more big boys."

"For you, for DouDou, for this family, for our future, I will live well."

"But how can we make a living by just earning work points in the collective? I want to buy you and Dou Dou new clothes so that you and your daughter can live a better life. In the future, I also want to renovate the house and buy a three-wheeled watch and a radio. How can we do that without money?"

"I think I'll make money this time I go into the mountains to hunt tigers, won't I? I'll get a bicycle and a job at the forest farm."

"The tiger's meat, skin, bones, gall bladder... are worth a lot of money. If we sell them, our family won't be far from becoming a family with ten thousand yuan."

"Who cares about being a millionaire?"

Lin Xiulan stubbornly turned her face away, but listening to Li Yunshan's sweet words, she couldn't help but feel a few sweet thoughts welling up in her heart—what woman doesn't want her man to treat her well? But she was still being stubborn.

"Then what do you care about? Do you care about me?"

Seeing that Lin Xiulan's attitude had softened somewhat, Li Yunshan couldn't help but grin and playfully placed his hand on her buttocks.

"Get your paws off me."

"I won't let go until you tell me."

Li Yunshan persisted shamelessly, tightening his grip on Lin Xiulan's waist.

"Fine, fine, I like you, okay? Stop being so vain. Go wash your hands and eat. DouDou isn't asleep yet. Don't you care about your image?"

Lin Xiulan glared at him irritably, broke free from Li Yunshan's embrace, and prepared to go to the kitchen to bring in the prepared food.

"Xiulan, you mean that once Doudou is asleep tonight, we don't need to worry about making a scene, right?"

Li Yunshan followed Lin Xiulan around like a puppy.

"Aren't you ashamed?"

Lin Xiulan glared at him, but seeing Li Yunshan's pitiful look, her heart softened a little: "Stop this shameless act. We'll talk about it after Dou Dou falls asleep."

"Xiulan, you mean we can get intimate tonight, right?"

"Fool, haven't you realized it yet?"

"Yay, long live my wife..."

Li Yunshan hugged Lin Xiulan and kissed her on the face.

"No...no..."

Lin Xiulan immediately reacted like a startled fawn, trying to break free from Li Yunshan's embrace.

Li Yunshan chuckled and said, "Xiulan, what are you shy about? Let me hug you a little longer."

"Hug my ass! Aren't you hungry? I heard your stomach growling just now."

"I'm full just holding you, how could I be hungry?"

"You're so glib. Let go of me right now. You're not hungry, but DouDou and I are."

Lin Xiulan squirmed in Li Yunshan's arms.

"Then I'll feed you well tonight, hehe!"

……

The lights in the room were off, but Wang Xiaolian couldn't fall asleep no matter what she did, even though she was lying on the kang (a heated brick bed).

Thinking back to how, in the evening, the Hongxing Forest Farm would send Li Yunshan home in a car with gongs and drums, she still couldn't quite believe that her brother-in-law had become a tiger-fighting hero.

Of course, what Wang Xiaolian cared about was not Li Yunshan, but the rewards Hongxing Forest Farm gave him after he killed the tiger—money, a bicycle, and a job at the forest farm.

The least valuable item here is a bicycle, which is something that ordinary farmers can't earn in a year's worth of work points in the collective, let alone thousands of yuan or a job at the forest farm.

"Hey, honey, are you asleep?"

Unable to fall asleep, Wang Xiaolian nudged Li Yunshi beside her.

"What's wrong?" Li Yunshi was fast asleep when she touched him, and he woke up immediately, looking a little unhappy.

"Well...look at how capable our third brother is now. He killed that tiger for the forest farm, and they rewarded him with all these things. But look at our family; we're not doing very well these days. Shouldn't we ask our third brother to help us out?"

Li Yunshi was still half asleep when he heard Wang Xiaolian say this, and he immediately understood what she meant. He said coldly, "What you mean is, do you want a share of the third brother's money or his belongings?"

In the darkness, Wang Xiaolian couldn't tell that Li Yunshi's tone was off, nor could she see his expression. Hearing Li Yunshi's response, she continued, "Look, all these years, it's been my husband and I who have taken care of Mother. The third son hasn't done a single thing. Besides, he used to cause trouble all the time, and you were always the one cleaning up his messes."

"I won't go into the usual trivial matters."

"We don't need much. Just ask the third brother to give us 500 yuan, or give us that job at the forest farm."

"Hmph, you really dare to dream."

In the darkness, Li Yunshi sneered, "Third Brother just finished his studies. That money and job were earned by risking his life to hunt tigers in the mountains. And you, with just a few words, want to take a share of the money and job he risked his life for? What kind of sister-in-law are you?"

Wang Xiaolian's tone changed instantly: "Li Yunshi, what do you mean? Am I wrong? The third son has caused you no end of trouble over the years, and he's never been filial to his mother. It's only right that he gives us five hundred yuan, or gives you his job. But you say this to me. Have you considered my feelings? I'm saying this for your sake, for the sake of this family."

"Alright, alright, I'm too lazy to argue with you. Anyway, don't bring this up again. It's something the third brother earned through his own hard work, and how he spends it is his business. Don't go looking for trouble all the time."

After Li Yunshi finished speaking with great dissatisfaction, he turned over, his back to Wang Xiaolian, and soon began to snore.

In the darkness, listening to Li Yunshi's snoring, Wang Xiaolian gritted her teeth, turned over, and turned her back to Li Yunshi, feeling resentful.

She just couldn't understand it. She was only thinking of her family. Was it wrong to ask her third son to give up 500 yuan from her family? Or was it wrong to give up her job at the forest farm?

But Li Yunshi told her not to mention it again, which was like a dog biting Lü Dongbin, not recognizing a kind heart.

Hmph, you won't let me bring it up, but I'm going to go and mention it to the third brother anyway. What if it works out?