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

"I'm going to work at the forest farm!"

Li Yunshi gave a nonchalant reply.

Ever since Wang Dayong failed to borrow money, Li Yunshi and Wang Xiaolian have been in a cold war.

After preparing the meal, Wang Xiaolian did not invite Li Yunshi to eat, and even though Li Yunshi was in the same room with Wang Xiaolian, they did not communicate at all.

The rift between the two stemmed from two reasons: first, Li Yunshan held a job at a forest farm, and second, Wang Dayong borrowed money from him.

Even though Li Yunshan had already given up his job at the forest farm to Li Yunshi, Li Yunshi never told Wang Xiaolian about it. He didn't even tell Wang Xiaolian when he bought a bicycle for commuting.

So, when Wang Xiaolian heard Li Yunshi's indifferent words, she thought she had misheard and was momentarily stunned.

What did Li Yunshi just say?

Is he going to work at the forest farm?

"Did the third brother give you his job at the forest farm?"

After a brief moment of surprise, Wang Xiaolian pressed for an answer.

"Um."

Li Yunshi remained indifferent.

But Wang Xiaolian instantly became happy, her smile spreading across her face: "If the third brother had been like this earlier, we wouldn't have had this falling out."

Li Yunshi glanced at her, his expression not good: "This has nothing to do with you."

Actually, what Li Yunshi meant was that the third brother, Li Yunshan, gave him his job, and it had nothing to do with Wang Xiaolian going to see Li Yunshan before.

Wang Xiaolian noticed it, but didn't really care.

Whether the third brother's willingness to give up his job is related to her or not is not important; what is important is that the job ended up in Li Yunshitou's hands.

Hongxing Forest Farm is a state-owned enterprise, and working for a state-owned enterprise is like having an iron rice bowl, which means guaranteed income regardless of drought or flood.

Furthermore, this job can be passed down from generation to generation, which is a consensus and ingrained belief among most people in this era.

"I'll go and prepare the things you'll need for work."

Feeling pleased, Wang Xiaolian offered Li Yunshi a way out by going inside first and helping him pack his things.

My cotton-padded coat, cotton socks... my cotton hat is a bit torn. Luckily, there's a market at the commune tomorrow, so I'll go check it out first thing tomorrow morning.

The news that Li Yunshan had given up his job at Hongxing Forestry Farm to Li Yunshi spread like wildfire throughout the entire Guapigou Village.

"Hey, have you heard? Li Yunshan gave up his forestry job, which he earned with his life, to his older brother, Li Yunshi."

"I heard about it last night. It seems that Wang Xiaolian had talked to Li Yunshan about this before. Li Yunshan is an honest man. It's probably because Wang Xiaolian talked to Li Yunshan that he was willing to give up his job at Hongxing Forestry Farm."

"Regardless of whether it's allowed or not, Li Yunshi is now working for a state-owned enterprise and will be receiving a salary and eating commercial grain. We can't be envious of that."

"I think Li Yunshan is a bit foolish. No, he's incredibly foolish. He just gave up this hard-earned, secure job like that. Wouldn't it have been better to keep it for himself?"

"Why do you care so much about what they do? It's just a mutual consent between the two brothers."

"When Li Yunshan used to mess around, he was irresponsible and a gambler. Li Yunshi had to clean up his messes several times. It was probably because Li Yunshi treated him well that Li Yunshan was willing to give up his job."

"Oh, I heard something else. Gao Hongmei's father apparently broke his leg and had to go to the county hospital for fracture surgery. I heard it cost several hundred yuan. Do you know who paid for it?"

Who is it?

"Li Yunshan, it was Li Yunshan who paid for it. I also heard that Li Yunshan went into the mountains to hunt tigers in order to raise money for Gao Zhankui's surgery."

"Wow, I didn't expect this. Li Yunshan is quite a loyal and righteous man."

"It seems that Li Yunshan has learned his lesson, and his father, if he is watching from heaven, can rest assured."

"..."

Because Li Yunshan handed over the work at Hongxing Forest Farm to Li Yunshi, he became the talk of the town among the villagers of Guapigou Village. Even the fact that Gao Zhankui had surgery and spent several hundred yuan on the procedure was brought up, which greatly improved Li Yunshan's reputation.

Some people say he's foolish, while others praise him for being loyal and affectionate.

But no matter what, Li Yunshan didn't care much.

Time flies, and several days have passed in the blink of an eye. The discussion about Li Yunshan in the village has finally decreased a lot.

In the past few days, Li Yunshan went into the mountains to hunt once, and didn't go anywhere else because the north wind picked up and heavy snow began to fall.

"It's so cold today. I wonder how my older sister and the others are doing in the county town."

In the evening, after dinner, Li Yunshan and Lin Xiulan were warming themselves by the fire in the main room. Thinking of Gao Hongmei and Su Lihua, Lin Xiulan couldn't help but say something.

"The county hospital has heating, so there's no need to worry about Hongmei and the others getting cold."

Li Yunshan said.

The heating at the county hospital is much better than the earthen pit heating they used in the countryside. Moreover, it's very convenient to buy whatever food and drink they want in the county town, unlike in the countryside where everything is inconvenient. Even if they wanted to buy a piece of pork, they had to go to the commune, which was six or seven miles away.

"DouDou is asleep, let's go to sleep too."

Li Yunshan looked at Lin Xiulan.

In this awful weather, while a fire can warm you up, nothing beats the comfort of lying on a kang (a heated brick bed) and sleeping.

Soon, the lights in Li Yunshan's house went out, and a low snoring sound soon filled the room.

……

At night, after nine o'clock, almost every household in the entire Guapigou Village turned off their lights.

The night was like a huge black cloth covering Guapigou Village. The north wind blew blood-red petals like goose feathers, scattering them on the ground and on the scattered houses. The whole village was immersed in the atmosphere of cold wind and falling snowflakes.

But this atmosphere didn't last long, as a chorus of barking dogs suddenly disturbed the villagers' sweet dreams.

"Which bastard is making the village dogs bark incessantly in the middle of the night?"

"I was having a wonderful dream when I was woken up."

Many villagers, whose sweet dreams had been disturbed, couldn't help but feel angry and grumble.

But then, a piercing scream quickly tore through the night sky.

"Ah! A bear...a blind bear has entered the village..."

On a winter night, although the wind howled and snowflakes fluttered, this piercing scream was extremely penetrating. In just a moment, many villagers knew that a bear had entered the village.

In the darkness, a huge black shadow rushed toward the courtyard from which the screams came.

With a loud crash, the simple wooden gate was knocked down by the dark figure, startling the villagers who had discovered the bear entering the village, who quickly hid in their homes.

"Woof woof woof!"

The big yellow dog in the yard barked and howled at the huge bear.

When the bear saw that such a tiny yellow dog dared to bark and howl at it, it roared in anger, raised its broad bear paw, and slapped the yellow dog down.

"Waaah..."

The big yellow dog was sent flying by the bear's paw, crashing into a stack of firewood under the eaves. It let out a painful whimper and then fell silent.

The villagers who had taken refuge inside the house trembled even more when they heard the big yellow dog making noise.

"Damn it, a bear... how did a bear get into the village..."

In the past, bears had entered Guapigou Village, but that happened more than ten years ago.

Moreover, the bear that year entered the village in broad daylight. It only wandered around from the east end of the village to the west end before returning to the mountains, unlike now, where it can directly barge into a house.

"Honey... what are we going to do... what are we going to do... what if that bear outside eats people...?"

The woman inside the house covered the mouth of her crying child and asked in a trembling voice.

"How would I know? Everyone... everyone stay quiet, or the bear might think no one's home has been abandoned."

"That's what the man inside said."

But no sooner had he finished speaking than the bear smashed open the door to the main room, followed by screams that echoed through the night.

The nearby villagers were all terrified by the screams, but none of them dared to grab a weapon and go to investigate.

Because in the dark, no one knows how big a bear is, so no one is willing to take the risk.

Only the village hunters, upon hearing the news of the bear entering the village, quickly put on thick cotton-padded coats, grabbed their hunting tools, and gathered towards the source of the screams.

Li Yunshan was awakened from his sleep by screams.

"What happened? It's so noisy."

Lin Xiulan was also awakened by the screams. She rubbed her eyes and mumbled something.

"I think I heard that a bear has entered the village. You stay home and watch over DouDou. Don't wander around. I'm going to take a look."

Li Yunshan said this while putting on his cotton-padded coat.

"Huh? A bear has entered the village? Yunshan, don't go there so late at night, it's dangerous."

Lin Xiulan was surprised and quickly grabbed Li Yunshan's hand to stop him from leaving.

"A bear has entered the village. I am the village hunter, and I have to go and see."

Without saying a word, Li Yunshan removed Lin Xiulan's hand and said, "Xiulan, don't worry, I'll be careful. I'll be right back."

After saying that, Li Yunshan put on his shoes, picked up the Mosin-Nagant rifle hanging on the wall, loaded it with bullets, and left home.

"Quick, quick, a bear has entered the village! Let's hurry over and take a look!"

"Damn it, what's a bear doing in the village on such a cold night?"

At the same time, torches and miners' lamps were lit from several directions in the village, converging on the source of the screams.

Soon, the village hunters arrived at the scene.

Among these people, Li Yunshan recognized two familiar faces: Uncle Zhou and Brother Zhang.

The others were also hunters from the village.

The weapons they carried varied: some had hunting rifles, some had bird guns, and others had bows and arrows and wild boar spears. Seven or eight men surrounded the courtyard, and everyone hesitated to move forward, but no one dared to rush in rashly.

"The bear isn't inside anymore."

At this moment, Li Yunshan had already used his thermal imaging ability to discover that there were no longer any living beings in the house that could generate heat. Obviously, the people in the house had either been killed or had disappeared somewhere.

"Li Yunshan, this is a matter of life and death, you can't joke about it."

An old hunter couldn't help but say.