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

"Father, I'll stay here with you."

Seeing Gao Zhankui's wrinkled face, which was calmer than usual, Gao Hongmei's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that her father had sent them away because he was thinking of doing something foolish?

No one knows a father better than his daughter; Gao Hongmei knew exactly what kind of temper her father had.

The greater her father's prejudice against Li Yunshan, the deeper his resentment.

But now, her father is hospitalized with a broken bone and needs a lot of money for surgery. It was Li Yunshan who lent her such a large sum of money. Given her father's strong and stubborn personality, what must he be thinking at this moment?

She might feel that by spending Li Yunshan's money, she has received a favor from him, and her dignity will be trampled underfoot by Li Yunshan, just like when she divorced him.

Because stubborn people usually have a strong sense of self-esteem.

"Get out. I just want to be alone. I won't do anything to myself. I still want to see that bastard Li Yunshan suffer a terrible death."

Gao Zhankui's tone turned somber as he began to curse and swear.

Gao Hongmei and Su Lihua exchanged a glance, both sensing the deep resentment in his words.

If Gao Zhankui didn't resent Li Yunshan, he wouldn't have cursed Li Yunshan so much.

"Hongmei, let's go out first. We can just stay at the door and keep watch."

Su Lihua tugged at Gao Hongmei's sleeve.

Gao Hongmei hesitated for a moment before leaving the ward.

But they didn't go far. Although Gao Zhankui had said he wouldn't do anything foolish, they knew his temper. Just in case, after leaving the ward, they sat on the nearest bench.

After Gao Hongmei and Su Lihua left the ward, Gao Zhankui stared blankly at the ceiling, his thin face tense and his hands clenched tightly.

At that moment, many past scenes flashed through Gao Zhankui's mind.

From Gao Hongmei's wedding, to her running home crying and complaining that Li Yunshan was idle and irresponsible, to the day when Gao Hongmei ran back in heartbreaking tears, saying that Li Yunshan wanted a divorce...

Later, after his daughter divorced Li Yunshan, he harbored a lot of resentment. Every time he saw Li Yunshan in the village, he would pick up a carrying pole and chase that bastard away.

As he thought about it, Gao Zhankui couldn't help but shed two lines of hot tears.

Over the years, he has felt guilty because of Gao Hongmei and Li Yunshan's divorce.

If he had been more vetty to Gao Hongmei back then, and had disliked Li Yunshan's family for being poor, he wouldn't have agreed to the marriage so easily.

In addition, after Gao Hongmei's divorce, the gossip from the neighbors made him feel very uncomfortable and angry, which is why he has always disliked Li Yunshan.

However, he had just overheard his daughter Gao Hongmei and Su Lihua's conversation and learned that Li Yunshan had not only lent her money to pay for his surgery, but also worried that the surgery fee would not be enough, so he went to the mountains alone to hunt tigers, just to earn enough money for his surgery.

In the past, he would chase after Li Yunshan with a carrying pole every time he saw him. Unexpectedly, the boy did not hold a grudge and even risked his life to earn money to help him with his surgery.

This left Gao Zhankui momentarily stunned.

However, thinking about how his dignity was trampled underfoot by Li Yunshan after his daughter's divorce, and how Li Yunshan had wasted several years of his daughter's prime years, he felt he had to consider the consequences if he spent Li Yunshan's money this time...

Although it was a loan, his pride told him that even if he didn't have the surgery, he shouldn't accept Li Yunshan's charity.

His strong sense of self-esteem, coupled with years of resentment, caused him to lose his temper and utter those resolute words.

However, after a fierce internal struggle and a deep mental battle, he had no choice but to accept this reality.

In the heat of the moment, although he clamored that he would rather die than spend Li Yunshan's money, after calming down, he thought that his daughter Gao Hongmei had not yet found a home. Even a stubborn person like Gao Zhankui could not easily take life and death lightly.

……

"Xiulan, I'm back."

As darkness fell and night quietly descended, the dim yellow light shone through the door of the main room, casting a long shadow in the courtyard.

Just as Lin Xiulan brought the prepared food from the kitchen to the main room, Li Yunshan pushed his bicycle into the yard.

"I thought you were staying at the guesthouse in the county town and wouldn't be coming back tonight." Lin Xiulan brought the food inside first, then came out and took the things from Li Yunshan's bicycle handlebars: "What's in here? It smells pretty good."

"I was thinking that I've neglected you and Dou Dou all these years because you've never had any roast chicken, so I bought one so you could try it."

"If they taste good, we'll go to the county town later and buy two more to try."

Li Yunshan parked his bicycle and took the package off the back seat.

This afternoon, after getting the stamp removed from his bicycle, he went to the herbal medicine shop and sold all the tiger bones.

In the early 1980s, tiger bones were a rare and valuable medicinal material in the Chinese medicine market. Li Yunshan sold most of his tiger bones and earned nearly 900 yuan.

With the bonus from the Red Star Forest Farm, he once had nearly two thousand yuan in cash on him.

While at the hospital, because of a misunderstanding by Gao Hongmei, she returned the remaining three hundred yuan to him.

Later, the misunderstanding was cleared up, and he added another 400 yuan from the money he earned that day, plus the money Gao Hongmei had repaid him not long ago, to make up a total of 700 yuan, which he then lent to Gao Hongmei.

So far, Li Yunshan has nearly 1,500 yuan left.

"You should have just bought one roast chicken to try it out. You've gotten addicted to it? You've only just started earning some money, and you're already spending it so extravagantly. Is this how you manage a household?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiulan couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.

She also worried that Li Yunshan would become arrogant once he had money, and might repeat his mistakes, hanging out with Yu Ergou's gang, or reverting to his old ways of being idle and irresponsible.

"Xiulan, as long as you like roast chicken, we'll raise dozens more chickens in the future, and then we can make roast chicken every few days."

Li Yunshan chuckled and hugged Lin Xiulan's waist, resting his chin on her shoulder, his hands beginning to roam freely over her body.

"Oh dear, you haven't eaten dinner yet, and DouDou isn't asleep either. Quickly take your paws away."

Lin Xiulan squirmed in his arms, her face flushed with embarrassment.

"Hehe, I just couldn't help myself."

Li Yunshan awkwardly let go, inwardly cursing himself. He was already so old, how could he still act like a hot-blooded young man, so easily agitated?

"DouDou, come out and eat!"

Lin Xiulan called out into the house, and a moment later Dou Dou came running out on her short legs, bumping into Li Yunshan's arms: "Daddy, you went to the county town today, why are you so late coming back? Why aren't Auntie and Second Auntie back yet?"

"Daddy went to town on business today, that's why he's back so late. Is DouDou hungry?"

Li Yunshan held Dou Dou and gently pinched her chubby little face.

"DouDou isn't hungry yet, Daddy. You haven't answered me yet. Why aren't Auntie and Second Auntie back?"

DouDou shook her head and continued to ask.

"My aunt and second aunt will be taking care of Grandpa Gao at the county hospital. They will come back after Grandpa Gao's surgery."

"Really? Can I go to the county town to visit Grandpa Gao?"

DouDou looked at Li Yunshan and said seriously.

"sure."

Thinking that Lin Xiulan, Gao Hongmei, and Su Lihua were like sisters, and that Gao Zhankui treated Lin Xiulan well because Lin Xiulan and Gao Hongmei had the same experience, and even regarded Dou Dou as his own granddaughter, Li Yunshan thought for a moment and decided that since Lin Xiulan and Dou Dou both wanted to go to the county town, he had to send the mother and daughter there for both reason and duty.

Even if Gao Zhankui doesn't like him, he can just stay away and let Lin Xiulan and Dou Dou visit Gao Zhankui in the hospital.

"Oh, Father is the best to me."

DouDou cheered and kissed Li Yunshan on the cheek.

Li Yunshan put Dou Dou down, touched the spot where Dou Dou had just kissed him, and couldn't help but shed two lines of hot tears.

In his past life, because of his foolishness, he abused Lin Xiulan and Dou Dou. As a result, Dou Dou had never been so intimate with him since childhood. Even before he died, Dou Dou did not visit him in the hospital, leaving him with regret.

But now, he has only just turned over a new leaf, and Dou Dou has already made such intimate gestures towards him, which has made Li Yunshan even more determined to reform himself.

In this life, he must be a good husband and a good father, so that Lin Xiulan and Dou Dou can live a good life.

Why are you crying?

Lin Xiulan bent down and peeled off the oil paper wrapping the roast chicken. When she looked up, she saw tears streaming down Li Yunshan's face, and she was somewhat taken aback.

In her memory, she had never seen Li Yunshan shed tears before.

But ever since that day, when Li Yunshan forced himself on her, she seemed like a completely different person, and her eyes welled up with tears several times.

"Xiulan, Doudou... Doudou just kissed me, boohoo..."

Overwhelmed with emotion, Li Yunshan couldn't help but burst into tears.

Lin Xiulan was also stunned.

After a long while, she gently held Li Yunshan's head, letting him bury his face in her arms, and stroked his back without saying a word.

After a long while, Li Yunshan finally pulled his face away from Lin Xiulan's embrace, wiping away the hot tears in his eyes: "Xiulan, I couldn't control my emotions for a moment. Wasn't that embarrassing?"

"This is the first time I've ever seen you cry so hard."

Thinking of how Li Yunshan had choked up in her arms and cried like a child, Lin Xiulan couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.

"Pfft, it seems that's really true!"

Li Yunshan couldn't help but burst into laughter through his tears.

"Daddy is such a big man and he's still crying. He's not even as strong as DouDou. Shame on you."

DouDou made a face at Li Yunshan.

"hehe."

Despite being teased by his daughter, Li Yunshan smiled happily.

Just because DouDou kissed me on her own initiative, so what if I'm not strong? So what if I'm shy? It's nothing to be ashamed of.

But the important thing is that DouDou's kiss on his cheek made up for the regret he couldn't have in his previous life!