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

"Damn it, that kick was so hard, it hurt like hell!"

As Wang Laowu ran towards the village entrance, he couldn't help but grin, feeling resentment towards Yu Ergou.

"Damn it, Yu Ergou sent me away. Could it be that he's planning to pocket Li Yunshan's money for himself?"

Halfway to the village entrance, Wang Laowu couldn't help but become suspicious.

Although Yu Ergou swore that he was loyal and wouldn't take advantage of Wang Laowu's absence to keep everything for himself, Wang Laowu didn't trust him. You can't judge a book by its cover.

Although they didn't know exactly how much money Li Yunshan had, they estimated beforehand that it was certainly not a small amount.

Putting everything else aside, just the fact that Li Yunshan killed the tiger earned him a thousand yuan in reward money from the Hongxing Forest Farm alone, not even including the money he earned from hunting deer and wild boars before.

Even if Yu Ergou said he would split the profits 70/30 after the deal was done, he should still get a share.

Can Yu Ergou resist the temptation of such a large sum of money?

"Forget it, Yu Ergou can't see whether I followed Li Yunshan to the village entrance or not. I'll go back now. I can't let him keep all the money for himself."

Wang Laowu thought about it and then came up with an idea.

He turned around and headed towards Li Yunshan's house. He wasn't paying attention on the way and bumped into an old man.

"You little brat, you don't even watch where you're going. Be careful you don't fall into a hole and die!"

Seeing that Wang Laowu didn't even help the person he had knocked down, the old man struggled to his feet and started cursing at Wang Laowu's retreating figure.

On the other side, Li Yunshan braked his bicycle not far after leaving the village entrance.

"Xiulan, we're not going to the county town today."

"Why aren't we going to the county town? Didn't we agree to go today? Dou Dou was so excited to go to the county town, how could you go back on your word?"

Upon hearing that they wouldn't be going to the county town, Lin Xiulan frowned, somewhat disappointed.

"Daddy, why aren't we going to the county town today? DouDou wants to go to the county town to find Auntie and Second Auntie." DouDou looked at Li Yunshan expectantly.

"Don't cry, DouDou. Daddy just said we won't go today, but he'll definitely take you tomorrow."

Li Yunshan quickly comforted her, then patiently explained, "Xiulan, it's not that I don't want to take you to the county town, it's just that this morning, when I went to the kitchen to make breakfast, I saw Wang Laowu squatting near our house. I was a little worried that they might be eyeing our things."

"Targeting our things?" Lin Xiulan was initially puzzled, but she quickly understood Li Yunshan's meaning: "Wang Laowu wants to wait until we're not home, then sneak into our house and steal things, right?"

"Yes, although I keep all my money with me, the tiger skin, the deer skin, and the sable skin I skinned last night are all at home. Wang Laowu is definitely after our money, but if he can't find the money, he'll steal the skins too."

Li Yunshan nodded.

"What should we do? Maybe we should hurry back home before our house gets robbed."

Lin Xiulan was now in a hurry and didn't want to go to the county town anymore.

Compared to the tiger, deer, and sable furs at home, going to the county town seemed less important.

"Don't worry, I was already prepared."

Li Yunshan smiled slightly, and then roughly explained his plan to Lin Xiulan.

Hearing that Li Yunshan had already discussed it with Li Yunshi and even enlisted the help of Uncle Zhou and Brother Zhang, Lin Xiulan finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Then what should I do?"

"You take DouDou to Mother's, I'll go back and catch the thief with my older brother and the others."

Li Yunshan smiled.

"Okay, then be careful."

Lin Xiulan gave a few words of advice, then coaxed Dou Dou, "Dou Dou, your daddy has to go home to catch a thief, so let's not go to the county town today. How about we go play at Grandma's first?"

"Mom, if we go to the county town tomorrow, could you buy me a string of candied hawthorns?"

DouDou's big eyes sparkled.

"Of course! Not just one candied hawthorn skewer, but ten skewers, Daddy will buy them for you."

Li Yunshan couldn't help but laugh, thinking to himself that his daughter's wish was so small, but he hadn't been good to Dou Dou at all in his past life. He was truly a failure as a father.

"Father, you are so good to me."

After Dou Dou finished speaking, she obediently followed Lin Xiulan and took a shortcut to Li Yunshi's house to find Huang Zhifang.

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"Dog Bro, I'm back."

Soon, Wang Laowu returned to their hiding place behind the large tree stump.

Seeing that Yu Ergou hadn't made a move yet, Wang Laowu breathed a sigh of relief.

"How come it's so fast?"

Yu Ergou sensed something was wrong; it was impossible to get from here to the village entrance so quickly.

"I chased after him all the way and saw Li Yunshan leave the village with my own eyes, so I quickly ran back."

Wang Laowu quickly explained, then asked, "Brother Gou, shall we make our move?"

"Alright, let's get started."

To avoid any unforeseen complications, Yu Ergou finished speaking and led Wang Laowu out from behind the tree stump. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, they climbed over into Li Yunshan's yard.

"Fifth brother, unlock the door."

After climbing over into Li Yunshan's courtyard, the two quickly arrived at the front of the main room, only to find a large lock hanging on the door.

But Yu Ergou was not flustered at all. He gave instructions to Wang Laowu.

Wang Laowu carefully examined the padlock hanging on the gate, then took out a wire from his pocket, bent it into a specific shape with his fingers, and inserted it into the keyhole.

He made a few quick movements, and with a soft thud, the lock was opened by Wang Laowu.

"Fifth brother, if we can make this fortune today, you deserve the credit."

Yu Ergou patted Wang Laowu on the shoulder and couldn't help but say something.

This is also why he invited Wang Laowu to come and steal things from Li Yunshan's house. Wang Laowu's ancestors were habitual thieves. Although they had toned it down after the founding of the People's Republic of China, their thieving skills had not been lost and had all been learned by Wang Laowu.

In the past, when they went out to steal chickens and dogs, they were mostly able to do so thanks to Wang Laowu's lock-picking skills.

"Hehe, Brother Dog, just give us a little extra money later." Old Wang grinned.

"You'll get your share."

With that, the two of them went into Li Yunshan's house one after the other, and then closed the door from the inside.

"Fifth brother, you go look over there, I'll look over here. Let's see where Li Yunshan hid the money, and see if he has any valuable tiger skins or deer skins for sale. If we find any, let's pack them all up and take them with us. We can sell them and live a life of luxury for a while."

"Alright, Dog Bro, just you wait and see, I guarantee I'll complete the mission."

Wang Laowu patted his chest and guaranteed that if he found the money, he would hide it himself, and if Yu Ergou asked, he would insist that he hadn't found it, and all the money would be his.

If we find any tiger or deer pelts, we'll sell them and split the money with Yu Ergou.

Wang Laowu barged into a room and quickly began rummaging through drawers and cabinets.

Meanwhile, Yu Ergou suddenly smelled a scent, which seemed to be the smell of animal fur.

He looked up and saw a complete tiger skin and a deer skin hanging on the beam of another room in Li Yunshan's house. His eyes lit up immediately.

"Damn, this tiger skin is so big, how much is it worth? And this deer skin should fetch a good price too." Yu Ergou's eyes gleamed with greed, and he couldn't help but curse.

Next, he wanted to take down the tiger skin hanging on the roof beam, but the tiger skin was hung too high and there was no ladder in the house.

He went to the main room, brought over a chair, stood on it, but still couldn't reach it, so he went and brought over a stool and stacked it on top of him.

After stacking the stools, Yu Ergou eagerly stood on them and reached out to take down the tiger skin hanging there.

However, at that moment, the bottom chair leg suddenly broke with a "crack".

Yu Ergou was standing at the very top, swaying precariously, when he actually fell off.

Immediately afterwards, he let out a scream: "Ah! My leg!"

Meanwhile, Wang Laowu rummaged through drawers and cabinets in another room for a while and found more than thirty yuan.

There were two 10,000-yuan bills inside, and the rest were 1.5 yuan coins.

"Why is there so little?"

Looking at the money he found, Wang Laowu couldn't help but frown.

Before he could think it through, he heard a stool fall to the ground next door, and Yu Ergou scream.

Upon hearing this, he immediately ran to the next room.

Soon, he saw Yu Ergou fall to the ground, rolling around on the ground while clutching one leg.

"Hey Dog Bro, what's wrong with you?"

Wang Laowu quickly squatted down, trying to help Yu Ergou up.

"Fifth brother, don't move, my leg... I think I broke it!"

Yu Ergou grimaced in pain, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead even in the dead of winter.

"Oh no? You broke your leg? What are we going to do?"

Wang Laowu panicked. They came to Li Yunshan's house to steal things, but Yu Ergou broke his leg. Should they still steal the things?

"What can we do? Let me catch my breath, then you can carry me on your back."

Yu Ergou said, panting heavily.

"Then...doesn't that mean all our efforts have been in vain?"

"All that effort wasted, my foot! Why don't you just rip those two pieces of skin off the roof beam and carry me on your back then?"

Yu Ergou grimaced and cursed.

If he hadn't broken his leg, he would have kicked Wang Laowu in the butt long ago.

Wang Laowu then realized what was happening and quickly replaced the chair with a sturdy one. He then stacked the stools on top of it, stood on them himself, and took down the tiger and deer skins hanging on the roof beam.

After tying the two leather pieces together, Wang Laowu hung them around his neck, then squatted down, picked up Yu Ergou, and prepared to leave.

But just as they reached the door of the main room and were about to open it and slip away, the door was kicked open from the outside.

With a "bang," the door to the main room slammed into Wang Laowu, who cried out "Ouch!" and fell to the ground, clutching his forehead.

Yu Ergou, who was lying on his back, was in a bad situation. Wang Laowu used him as a cushion and pressed him down, which also pressed down on his broken leg.

"Ah! Hiss..." Yu Ergou let out another scream.

After he quickly pushed Wang Laowu away, he saw Li Yunshan standing at the door of the main room.

Behind him were his elder brother Li Yunshi, Zhou Wushu and Zhang Sange, hunters from the village, and several other villagers.

"Wang Laowu, you bastard, you dare to steal from my brother's house? I'll beat you to death, you son of a bitch!"

When Li Yunshi saw that Wang Laowu was still wearing the tiger skin that his brother had risked his life to obtain, he was immediately enraged and clenched his fist to hit Wang Laowu.