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

"Xiulan, go boil some water and scald the rooster's feathers first, then pluck them. I'll take care of the sable."

Li Yunshan handed the rooster that had been killed by the sable to Lin Xiulan, then carried the sable's corpse into the house to find a knife.

Sable fur is precious, so the knife used to skin it must be sharp, and the person skinning it must be experienced and calm.

Otherwise, damaging such a precious sable fur would be a huge loss.

"Okay, you go ahead and do your work, I'll go boil some water."

Lin Xiulan didn't dawdle. She quickly went into the kitchen, poured a bucket of water into the pot, and then put firewood into the stove.

Li Yunshan found a small knife, tested its sharpness but was not satisfied. He then found a whetstone and sharpened it for a while before finally getting it to a sharp point.

Then, he placed the sable on the stone table and began to carefully skin it.

Sable fur is not as easy to peel as deer fur. Deer fur is tough, while sable fur is soft, and the techniques required to peel it are completely different.

Although Li Yunshan had never skinned a sable before, he had seen others do so in his previous life. Coupled with his composure, his movements as he skinned the sable appeared very steady and capable.

After more than half an hour of effort, he finally managed to peel off the sable fur completely.

"Phew, I was so nervous."

After peeling it, Li Yunshan couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

"Yunshan, what should we do with this rooster? Should we salt it and keep it to eat later?"

At this moment, Lin Xiulan had finished cleaning the rooster. She came out of the kitchen and asked Li Yunshan.

"Save it for tomorrow. DouDou is growing a lot, and you've lost some weight."

As Li Yunshan spoke, his gaze naturally fell on Lin Xiulan.

Although it was cold and she was wearing winter clothes, Li Yunshan had met her honestly and knew exactly how much weight Lin Xiulan had gained.

Of course, in those days, most people ate simple meals and did a lot of farm work, so many women were quite thin.

Women with a voluptuous figure like Gao Hongmei are extremely rare.

Therefore, Li Yunshan fell in love with Gao Hongmei the moment he saw her.

Because women with fuller figures not only look healthier, but are also more fertile.

In times of scarcity, a plump and rounded figure signified strong physical fitness, a greater ability to resist hunger, and also indicated greater strength and the capacity to do more work.

Before fleeing the famine to Guapigou Village, Lin Xiulan hadn't had many good days at her parents' home. Later, when a famine struck her hometown, her parents sent her out to escape the famine in order to save food for her brothers. She went hungry all the way to Guapigou Village.

When Lin Xiulan married him, even though she was eight or nine months pregnant, she still had to work in the fields to earn work points, and when she returned home, she still had to do housework. Later, when Lin Xiulan gave birth to Dou Dou, she had to do farm work, housework, and take care of the child, which made things even harder.

What was he doing at that time?

He was idle and lazy, and because Lin Xiulan's child was a girl, he would verbally abuse her and even physically assault her.

Looking back now, I realize that I was not only inconsiderate of Lin Xiulan, but I also abused her. I was a beast.

So now he just wants to make up for Lin Xiulan, not only to keep her warm, but also to make sure she eats well.

"Shall we eat it tomorrow?"

Lin Xiulan was somewhat surprised.

She's been eating meat at home every day lately, and she's starting to feel a bit uncomfortable.

Although she knew that Li Yunshan had made a lot of money recently, she was always used to being frugal.

Moreover, we don't know when these hard times will end, so we should use our resources wisely. Even if we have some money in our pockets, we can't eat meat every day.

"Yes, we'll eat it tomorrow. Don't worry about not having meat. I'll go into the mountains again in a couple of days and hunt a wild boar or a deer. Then we'll have meat."

Li Yunshan patted his chest and said confidently.

This wasn't him boasting; with his night vision, thermal imaging, and keen senses, hunting in the mountains was much easier for him than for other hunters.

"Look at you, so capable. Anyone who didn't know better would think that deep mountain forest was yours."

Lin Xiulan rolled her eyes at him, but in the end she couldn't resist the temptation of eating meat. She put the cleaned rooster in the large vat under the eaves, covered it, and weighed it down with a brick.

Here, in this freezing cold region, the temperature is already close to zero. Putting this rooster in a large vat is like putting it in a natural refrigerator.

"Hehe, my wife is right, I was too proud."

Li Yunshan chuckled and ran into the house to take a look. It turned out that Dou Dou had climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed) and fallen asleep because they were all busy.

Seeing that Dou Dou was asleep, Li Yunshan came running out again and hugged Lin Xiulan tightly: "Wife, since I've been behaving so well lately, let's get intimate tonight."

"You're never thinking anything good, don't... don't touch me like that... um... um..."

Lin Xiulan suddenly felt short of breath.

……

The next day, when the sun was high in the sky, Li Yunshan woke up rubbing his aching back.

Although I feel a bit weak in the kidneys, I still have twenty pounds of tiger meat at home: "I'm going to stew two pounds of tiger meat tonight to replenish my energy!"

Li Yunshan thought to himself.

As for Lin Xiulan, she spent more than an hour learning positions with him last night, which exhausted her. She's still fast asleep.

Before Lin Xiulan woke up, Li Yunshan got up first.

Because we had agreed yesterday to take Lin Xiulan and Dou Dou to the county town to find Gao Hongmei and Su Lihua, and to visit Gao Zhankui while we were there.

However, just as he stepped out of the main room to go to the kitchen to make breakfast, he saw two furtive heads peeking out from behind a large tree stump in the distance.

Although they were far apart, Li Yunshan's eyesight was good. Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the people hiding behind the tree stump, sneaking around his house, were actually the street urchins Yu Ergou and Wang Laowu.

"What are Yu Ergou and Wang Laowu doing sneaking around near my house so early in the morning instead of sleeping in?"

Although Li Yunshan was puzzled, he pretended not to see it and walked towards the kitchen without making a sound.

However, as soon as he stepped into the kitchen, he suddenly realized why Yu Ergou and Wang Laowu had appeared near his house so early.

"Could Yu Ergou and Wang Laowu be targeting my family?"

To be precise, they were after his family's money.

After all, he had made a fortune during this period, selling wild boar meat, venison, wolf meat, wolf pelts, and receiving rewards for hunting tigers. He had earned quite a bit of money.

Although Li Yunshan never revealed the specific amount to anyone, not even Lin Xiulan, Yu Ergou and Wang Laowu were both bad seeds.

It's highly likely that they've set their sights on the money he's worked so hard to earn, and plan to sneak into his house when no one is home to steal it.

Moreover, there was another reason why Li Yunshan was so certain: he had beaten up Yu Ergou and Wang Laowu in order to distance himself from Yu Ergou.

Yu Ergou and Wang Laowu must hate him to the core; they must want to steal his money to get revenge on him.

"Damn it, I haven't even gone out of my way to provoke you, and you've already come knocking on my door."

Li Yunshan couldn't help but curse.

He's been quite busy lately and hasn't had time to write down all the dirt he knows about Yu Ergou and put it in the police station's complaint box.

But he never expected that the tiger had no intention of harming people, but people had the intention of harming the tiger.

"How should I deal with them?"

Li Yunshan was making breakfast while thinking to himself.

He quickly came up with a good idea.

"Xiulan, get up and have breakfast."

After preparing breakfast, Li Yunshan, feeling refreshed, went to wake Lin Xiulan up, and also woke up Dou Dou and dressed her.

"Xiulan, you go have breakfast first, I'm going to find my older brother."

After dressing Dou Dou, Li Yunshan said.

"Okay, go ahead. I'll wait for you at home, and then we'll go to the county town together."

"Okay, I'll be going now!"

Li Yunshan ate a few bites haphazardly and then left home to find Li Yunshi.

……

"Hey, Brother Gou, Li Yunshan has gone out."

Behind the large tree stump, Wang Laowu would occasionally peek towards Li Yunshan's house, and soon he saw Li Yunshan leave.

"What's the rush? Li Yunshan has left, but Lin Xiulan is still here. Let's keep watching. Once they're all gone, we'll sneak in and steal all the money that bastard Li Yunshan has made."

"Hehe, he'll definitely go crazy then."

Wang Laowu also had a wicked grin on his face.

"If we can find his hunting rifle, we'll steal it too. Then we can go hunting in the mountains. I don't believe someone as cowardly as him can catch a tiger. I can at least hunt a wild boar."

Yu Ergou spat out the dry twig he was holding in his mouth and spat a mouthful of phlegm to the side.

Although he also had a musket, a musket is nowhere near as good as a hunting rifle.

Besides, when Li Yunshan was brought back by the forestry station's truck the night before last, he saw the hunting rifle in Li Yunshan's hand in the crowd. It was brand new and probably quite valuable.

"Hehe, when the time comes, Brother Dog, you'll be unleashing your full power. Not only will you be able to hunt wild boars, but you might even be able to take down tigers."

Wang Laowu fawned over Yu Ergou.

"What's the use of flattering me? You'd better keep a close eye on things. We'll only make our move when no one's home at Li Yunshan's house."

Yu Ergou tucked his hands into his sleeves.

"Hey Dog Bro, what about you?"

"Nonsense, have you ever seen a boss who personally keeps watch over people?"

Yu Ergou kicked Wang Laowu in annoyance, then leaned against the tree stump and squinted.

He got up early in the morning and went to keep watch near Li Yunshan's house. He was so sleepy that he had to hurry up and take a nap.

"oh."

Wang Laowu rubbed his buttocks, looking aggrieved as he hid behind a large tree stump, glancing at Li Yunshan's house every now and then.