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

"Brother Yunshan, if you can't lend me a thousand, five hundred will do."

Wang Dayong was shameless; after all, he didn't have to spend any money to borrow, and if he couldn't borrow it, so be it, he wouldn't lose anything.

But what if Li Yunshan lends the money out of consideration for their kinship?

So, after a brief period of awkwardness, Wang Dayong settled for second best.

If I can't borrow a thousand, I can borrow five hundred, right?

If he can't even borrow 500, then 100, 80, 50... he doesn't care.

Anyway, he's just running errands and talking, so he doesn't lose anything.

Seeing Wang Dayong's persistent pestering, Li Yunshan frowned, thinking to himself, "Why is this guy like a leech?"

"Don't even think about it. My money doesn't grow on trees. You're asking for five hundred or a thousand right off the bat. Do you think I run a bank? It's true that my older brother married your sister, but we have no connection whatsoever. Don't try to get close to me with that family relationship. I'm not buying it."

If it were in his past life, given Li Yunshan's carefree and irresponsible personality, if he had a thousand yuan in his pocket and Wang Dayong dared to borrow money from him like this, he would have kicked Wang Dayong out long ago and wouldn't have bothered to talk to him at all.

It's only because he learned his lesson after his rebirth that he's being so polite to Wang Dayong.

But as soon as Li Yunshan said this, Wang Dayong's chubby face froze: "Li Yunshan, how dare you talk to me like that? I'm your sister-in-law's older brother, how can you talk to me like that?"

"Even if you're my sister-in-law's older brother, I'd still say the same thing to her if she asked me for such an outrageous amount."

Li Yunshan looked at Wang Dayong and said, "If you want to borrow money, go to the credit union."

Wang Dayong's chubby face twitched again. He had already tried going to the credit union, but the staff there completely ignored him when they saw that he didn't have a proper job.

After hesitating for a moment, Wang Dayong gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, if it's this hard to borrow money from you, then we shouldn't be relatives anymore."

"cut."

Li Yunshan gave a disdainful sneer, turned around and went into the house.

"Yunshan, who's that person outside? He looks familiar."

Lin Xiulan saw Li Yunshan return to the house and asked curiously.

"My sister-in-law's own brother came to me to borrow money, and he asked for a thousand right away."

"Huh? Borrow a thousand? Did you lend it to them?"

"How could I possibly lend it? Although he's related to me, he's my older brother's relative, not mine. He's shameless enough to try and claim kinship with me, but I can't be bothered with him. Besides, our money doesn't come from thin air. We need to save it to buy a shop in the county town later, and we'll rebuild our old house next spring."

"Aren't you afraid that if you say that, he'll tell your sister-in-law and offend her?"

Lin Xiulan's face showed worry.

Li Yunshan didn't care: "Wang Dayong and I aren't related, and I didn't marry his sister. If my sister-in-law has a problem with me because of this, there's nothing I can do. Let her have her problem. As long as my mother and brother don't have a problem with me, other people's opinions don't matter."

In his past life, he was a reckless and irresponsible person who caused his elder brother and mother a lot of worry. He also felt guilty towards Gao Hongmei, Su Lihua, and Lin Xiulan, and even more so towards Dou Dou.

Now, the only people Li Yunshan cares about are his older brother and mother, Gao Hongmei, Su Lihua, Lin Xiulan, and his daughter Dou Dou.

Li Yunshan didn't really care about the others.

I'm not lending you money. If you have a problem with that, so be it. I'll just live my own life.

But to everyone's surprise, Li Yunshan didn't care, but after Wang Dayong left his house, he felt increasingly uneasy.

As if by some strange twist of fate, he ended up at Li Yunshi's house.

"Damn it, I'll let my mother-in-law be the judge."

With these thoughts in mind, Wang Dayong stepped into Li Yunshi's house.

Inside the house, Li Yunshi was tinkering with his hunting rifle, applying gun oil and maintaining it, while Huang Zhifang and Wang Xiaolian were sewing shoe soles.

However, when sewing the shoe soles, Wang Xiaolian was not serious and was always distracted, as if she had something on her mind.

"Oh, everyone's here."

Wang Dayong walked in without saying a word, and seeing that his family was there, he forced a smile and greeted them.

"Big brother's here, please have a seat."

Seeing Wang Dayong come in, Li Yunshi quickly brought him a chair and poured him a glass of warm water. Then he instructed Wang Xiaolian, "Wife, go and cut two catties of wild boar meat for our family from Yunshan. Make some more snacks for lunch so my brother and I can have a good drink."

"Okay, sure."

Wang Xiaolian's face lit up with joy, and she immediately began planning to cut two catties of wild boar meat, grab a handful of dried wild mushrooms from the autumn harvest, make a pork stew with mushrooms, fry a few eggs, stir-fry some shredded potatoes with vinegar, and stew some radishes.

However, when Li Yunshi and Wang Dayong were chatting casually and the topic turned to what Wang Dayong had been up to lately came up, Wang Dayong started to complain.

"Oh, brother-in-law, to be honest, I recently found a way to start a transportation business with a friend. I'm planning to buy a used truck, but I'm a little short on cash, so I went to your brother to borrow some. But do you know what your brother Li Yunshan said?"

Wang Dayong paused, then echoed Li Yunshan's emphasis: "He said, 'Even if it were my own brother coming to borrow money, I would still keep clear accounts with even close brothers.' Look at what he's saying! If a brother becomes successful, shouldn't he help the older brother out? We're all relatives; everyone has their difficulties. What's wrong with lending a little money to help each other out?"

After listening to Wang Dayong's complaints, Li Yunshi remained silent for a moment. He was unaware that his brother-in-law had actually gone to his younger brother, Li Yunshan, to borrow money.

"What else did he say?"

"He didn't say much else..."

Wang Dayong said.

"Honey, look at him. This is your good brother. He won't give you his job at the forest farm, and he won't even share some of his money with you. My older brother just went to him to borrow money, and he's not refusing to pay it back, yet he said those hurtful things. Does he still consider you his older brother?"

"Now that he's rich, he'll keep clear accounts even between brothers. Doesn't he realize who's been cleaning up his messes all these years? Humph, what an ingrate!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Xiaolian recalled being rejected by Li Yunshan and couldn't help but add fuel to the fire.

Watching Wang Dayong and Wang Xiaolian accuse Li Yunshan one after the other, Huang Zhifang just sighed, but she didn't say anything.

Because she knew that Li Yunshi wouldn't let a few words from others ruin his relationship with his younger brother, Li Yunshan.

"Honey, why don't you talk to the third brother and ask him to give you his job at the forest farm, or lend some money to my eldest brother? It's not like he won't pay it back."

"Yes, brother-in-law, it's not like I'm not going to pay him back. We're all relatives, helping each other is only right."

Wang Xiaolian and Wang Dayong sang in unison.

Li Yunshi rubbed his temples. He knew Wang Dayong's character well; he was lazy, loved to eat, and avoided hard work. Otherwise, he wouldn't have developed such a plump and chubby physique.

Moreover, this person is a gambler.

Although he said he wanted to start a transportation business with his friends and borrow money from Lao San to buy a car, who knows if it's true?

Even if it were true, the third brother had no obligation to lend him money.

After all, Wang Dayong was his brother-in-law, his relative, not the third brother's brother-in-law or relative.

"Big brother, I can't make decisions about the third brother's things. If you really want to borrow money to start a transportation business, I can lend it to you, but I don't have much money on hand. I can only lend you two hundred at most, and I can't come up with any more than that."

"Moreover, you have to write an IOU. I'll lend you two hundred yuan, and you can pay it back within a year. I won't charge you any interest."

Li Yunshi considered it carefully before speaking slowly.

Wang Dayong and Wang Xiaolian's faces both froze.

Wang Dayong said, "Brother-in-law, I'm your brother-in-law, and my sister is your wife. Do I need to write an IOU to borrow money from you?"

"Even close brothers need to keep clear accounts. My money is hard-earned, penny by penny. It didn't come from thin air. If you borrow money from the credit union, you'll have to pay interest. I'm only willing to lend you money because of Xiaolian. If you think I'm being unreasonable, you can borrow from someone else."

Wang Dayong's expression darkened; Li Yunshi's tone of voice was exactly the same as Li Yunshan's.

"Honey, what do you mean by this? You don't trust my elder brother? Are you afraid he'll change his ways?"

Wang Xiaolian frowned, looking very angry.

"I'm just worried that my brother won't pay it back, so what?"

Li Yunshi raised an eyebrow, his gaze darkening.

He knew exactly what kind of person Wang Dayong was.

Wang Xiaolian knew what kind of person her brother was, and she had complained to him more than once that he was lazy and didn't have a girlfriend even though he was almost thirty.

Now, when Wang Dayong asked for money, Wang Xiaolian was willing to lend it, but not as much as he had asked for. He hadn't even asked for interest yet, which made Wang Xiaolian unhappy.

This left Li Yunshi somewhat disappointed.

"Honey, aren't you going to help my brother out?"

"Xiaolian, I know my brother's character. How many jobs has he done over the years? He couldn't last more than a few days before complaining and quitting. Do you think running a transport business is easy? You have to drive, move and unload goods. Can my brother handle it?"

"I can lend him the money, but I'm afraid he won't be able to pay it back, and then the money will be wasted. Why bother?"

Wang Dayong's chubby face flushed red, and he slammed his hand on the table, erupting in anger.

"Li Yunshi, you two brothers think you're so great just because you have a little money? You both look down on me, don't you? Fine, I won't lend you the money. I don't believe I, Wang Dayong, can't stand on my own two feet in the future."

"Everyone has their tough times. Once I'm rich and powerful, don't come knocking on my door."

Li Yunshi looked at him, his expression darkening.

But out of respect for Wang Xiaolian, he ultimately remained silent.

"Mom, look at your son, he's made my brother so angry."

Wang Xiaolian looked at Huang Zhifang.

"I'm old, I'll live one day at a time, I don't care about your young people's business. You can discuss things yourselves, just don't hurt our harmony. But, the eldest brother is right about one thing, nobody's money comes from thin air."

As Huang Zhifang spoke, she continued sewing the shoe soles without stopping.