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

When Li Yunshi returned home, Wang Xiaolian was still locked in her room.

Seeing this, Li Yunshi's gaze darkened, but he was too lazy to pay her any attention.

The next morning, Li Yunshan took Li Yunshi to Hongxing Forest Farm, where Director Zhou warmly received them.

"Oh, Brother Li, it just so happens that I was looking for you too. You've arrived just as I was hoping for! It's like the devil himself!"

As Director Zhou spoke, he invited them into his office.

After pouring a cup of hot tea, Director Zhou took a thick brown paper bag from his desk drawer and handed it to Li Yunshan: "Brother Li, this is the money from selling the tiger meat, a total of 1,538 yuan. Count it."

"So many?"

Li Yunshan was somewhat surprised; this was even more expensive than venison.

"Tiger meat is a rare delicacy, extremely rare. After I delivered the meat to the county town, the people there sent it to the provincial capital overnight... Hehe, you know, there are more wealthy people in the provincial capital than in our rural backyard. They crave all kinds of delicacies, and tiger meat is a rare delicacy. Everyone is scrambling for it, so it's normal for the price to be high."

"Finally, after deducting all sorts of miscellaneous expenses and some service fees, the money you end up with is all in this brown paper bag."

As Director Zhou spoke, he became more and more animated, and finally couldn't resist adding an explanation.

"I understand the miscellaneous expenses and the hard work fee. We can't let people work for free, Brother Zhou. I believe in you."

"By the way, the gun you left me last time has been repaired. I secretly got you a new barrel by someone in the county. But I only managed to get thirty-five rounds of ammunition, so don't think it's too few."

As Director Zhou spoke, he took out a Mosin-Nagant cigarette that Li Yunshan had left with him from the cabinet in his office.

The rifling on this gun's barrel was almost worn down. The bullets were fairly accurate within 100 meters, but their accuracy dropped beyond that.

If the distance is two or three hundred meters, the accuracy will be even worse.

Last time when Li Yunshan went into the mountains to hunt tigers, he fired from within 100 meters. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to be so accurate and hit the tiger's eye with one shot.

"That's enough, that's enough." Li Yunshan waved his hands repeatedly. When his father passed the Mosin-Nagant gun to him, there weren't many bullets left, only fifteen. Later, he used up nine bullets while hunting wild boars, deer, wolves, and tigers. Now he only has six bullets left.

Once those six bullets are fired, the gun is just a stick without ammunition.

Nowadays, gun control is becoming increasingly strict, and it's not easy to get bullets. Director Zhou took a risk and used his connections to get him thirty-five bullets. He was overjoyed and should be grateful.

With these thirty-five bullets, plus what he had left, he had more than forty. If he used them sparingly, they would last him a long time.

As for what happens after use...

Li Yunshan didn't have the mind to think that far ahead; he would take it one step at a time.

"By the way, Brother Zhou, there's one more thing I'd like to ask you."

"What's up?"

"Regarding the forest farm job, I plan to give it to my older brother. That shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Although his sister-in-law Wang Xiaolian had approached him, asking him to give up his job at the forest farm or to give his elder brother some money, he resolutely refused. However, he also said that it was a matter between him and his elder brother, meaning that Wang Xiaolian didn't need to ask him for help.

He genuinely wanted to give up his job at the forest farm to his older brother, Li Yunshi, since his brother had helped him a lot in the past, and had cleaned up his debts.

When everyone else thought he was a hopeless street urchin, only his older brother and mother still stood by him.

"You're going to give the job to your older brother?" Director Zhou was astonished.

Although the work at the forest farm is tough, the pay is high, and it's a state-owned enterprise, a guaranteed job. Many people with money in their pockets can't even buy a job at the forest farm. The reason the forest farm was able to offer a job during the tiger hunt was because a forest ranger had died under a tiger's claws.

The forest ranger had no children or family, which is why a job became available.

If that forest ranger had a wife, children, and elderly parents, then that job would definitely be reserved for his family members; he wouldn't have the right to offer it up as a reward for hunting tigers.

"Brother Zhou, don't laugh at me, but I used to be a pretty good-for-nothing. I was always idling around and doing nothing productive. When I was in debt, it was always my older brother who paid off my debts and cleaned up my messes."

"As a son, I have not fulfilled my responsibility to support my elderly mother; it has been my older brother who has taken care of her."

"Although I've come to my senses and learned my lesson, I don't like being constrained, so I probably won't be able to do the work at the forest farm. Coming here would probably just cause you trouble, Brother Zhou. My brother is different. He's honest, hardworking, and has excellent hunting skills. He'd be perfect for working at the forest farm as a ranger."

"Well... that's possible, but I still want to advise you to think it through before making a decision. Although the work in the forest farm is quite hard, it's still a secure job with guaranteed income regardless of the circumstances."

"To be honest, when I was demobilized and resettled, it took a lot of effort to get me a job at the forest farm. You'd better think it through before you say anything."

Director Zhou spoke frankly and sincerely.

"Brother Zhou, I've thought it through. I'm not suited for this job. My brother is honest and kind, so he would be a good fit."

Li Yunshan did not hesitate.

"Well... alright, since you put it that way, I'm reluctant to try to persuade you any further."

After hesitating for a moment, Director Zhou finally agreed to help Li Yunshi complete the onboarding procedures for Hongxing Forest Farm.

"Third brother, thank you."

After completing the onboarding procedures, Li Yunshi couldn't help but say something to Li Yunshan.

Although Li Yunshan said he was used to freedom and disliked constraints, which is why he gave up his job at the forest farm, Li Yunshi knew how much determination it took for his third brother to make such a decision.

Of course, great sacrifices were also made.

After all, it was a secure job, and the third brother gave it to him without hesitation.

This is nothing compared to how he used to pay off his third brother's debts.

Only at this moment did Li Yunshi truly understand that the third brother was a grateful person; if you gave him a meal, he would repay you tenfold or a hundredfold.

Having such a younger brother is a blessing for him.

"Brother, no need to thank me. It's only right for us brothers to support each other. I believe that Dad in heaven would be very pleased to see my transformation and the mutual support among us brothers."

Li Yunshan waved his hand, indicating that there was no need for thanks, because giving up his job to his elder brother Li Yunshi was entirely voluntary.

After handing over their jobs to Li Yunshi and completing the onboarding procedures, Li Yunshan and Li Yunshi bid farewell to Director Zhou and went home.

"Tsk tsk, third brother, your gun looks completely different now that you've changed the barrel. It looks much more impressive."

On the way home, Li Yunshi looked at the gun Li Yunshan was carrying and couldn't help but admire it.

After his father passed away, two guns were left in the family: one was the "Gong" brand hunting rifle that he used himself, and the other was the Mosin-Nagant that Li Yunshan carried on his back.

At that time, he saw that the rifling of the Mosin-Nagant barrel was almost worn down, and there were few bullets left. In addition, Li Yunshan was idle at that time and did not go hunting in the mountains, while he had to make a living by hunting to support his elderly mother. So he took the Gong brand hunting rifle and left the Mosin-Nagant to Li Yunshan.

Everyone thought that the third brother was a gambler and had already sold the gun for money, but unexpectedly he didn't sell the gun. Instead, he made a lot of money with the gun and even earned a secure job that many people envied.

"That's right. The old barrel was so worn down that the rifling was almost completely worn away. If the prey was too far away, the bullets would be inaccurate and would only scare the prey away. Now that we have a new barrel, the bullets are much more accurate. I'm confident I can hit the prey even from 200 or 300 meters away."

Li Yunshan beamed with joy when the topic of the new gun barrel came up.

"Hehe, really? To be honest, I've never seen you hunt before. When will we find a chance to go hunting in the mountains together?"

Li Yunshi didn't quite believe that Li Yunshan could hit his prey from two or three hundred meters away, so he couldn't help but laugh.

Just as he finished speaking, a dark shadow darted past in the distance.

Upon closer inspection, about two hundred meters away in the snow, there was a wild boar.

The wild boar saw the two of them, stood still for a moment, then turned and ran away.

"Brother, look, that wild boar is running. Do you think I can hit it?"

Li Yunshan pointed at the wild boar, then raised his gun and aimed.

"How is that possible? There's a distance of over two hundred meters between them."

Li Yunshi pursed his lips. He wasn't deliberately being pessimistic, but at such a distance, with the wild boar still moving, even with his hunting experience, it was absolutely impossible to hit it.

Of course, if you're lucky and have exceptionally good fortune, you might just stumble upon some incredible luck and even hunt a wild boar.

However, the probability of this is extremely small.

"I'll give it a try."

After Li Yunshan finished speaking, he aimed and pulled the trigger.

With a loud "bang," the gunshot echoed far and wide across the open snowfield, and the wild boar that was running across the snowfield fell to the ground, its hind hooves kicking a few times before it went completely still.

"Wow, third brother...you...you're really something!"

Being able to hit prey at a distance of about 100 meters is already considered a good shot; while being able to hit prey from more than 200 meters away indicates that the shot is already highly skilled.

But the third brother hit a running wild boar from 200 meters away, which is equivalent to hitting a moving target. This is simply a perfect shot.

So Li Yunshi was so surprised he couldn't close his mouth, and it took him a long time to finally manage to utter a single sentence.

"Hehe, big brother, do you believe me now?"

After showing off his gun skills in front of his elder brother, Li Yunshan smiled smugly.

Then, the two brothers ran toward the wild boar lying dead in the snow.

"This wild boar weighs about 160 or 170 pounds, and we can get about 100 pounds of wild boar meat."

Li Yunshi glanced at it and said.

"It's a bit small, but it's still over a hundred pounds of wild boar meat. Once we carry it home and gut it, it'll be enough to feed the family for a while."

As Li Yunshan spoke, he took out the dagger he carried with him and began to gut the wild boar.

He didn't take any of the pig's internal organs except for the pig's stomach.

"I'll carry it."

Li Yunshi said.

The third brother gave up his job to him, so it's no big deal for him to carry this wild boar, which weighs over 100 pounds, back with him.

"Okay, we'll split it in half then," Li Yunshan readily agreed.