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

Looking at Lin Xiulan's faded and patched clothes, Li Yunshan couldn't help but think of how Xiulan had to take care of the children, work in the fields to earn work points, and manage the household chores for the sake of the family, while he himself was idle and lazy all day long.

If I had been more sensible earlier and had cherished my woman, helped Xiulan with some housework, participated in collective labor in the fields, and earned more work points, Xiulan wouldn't have had to work so hard to support the family.

But at that time, he not only did not help Xiulan with housework or earn work points, but he also kept demanding things from Xiulan.

Xiulan wouldn't give him money, so he beat and abused her.

Looking back now, what kind of beastly things did he do back then!

At this thought, Li Yunshan really wanted to slap himself twice.

But Lin Xiulan was stunned for a moment.

What?

Li Yunshan said that after selling the pork, he would go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy two sets of floral fabric for her and Dou Dou to make clothes. Did I hear that wrong?

Looking back, it had been four years since she fled famine to this place, and she had only worn a new dress on her wedding day.

After the wedding, that new dress was treated like a treasure. After washing it clean, it was put away in a trunk, and she would only take it out to wear during festivals.

Later, Li Yunshan forcibly pried open the trunk containing that outfit, sold it for money, and gambled it all away.

The clothes she is wearing now were all given to her by Gao Hongmei and Su Lihua. When they were given to her, some of the clothes already had several patches on them. After wearing them for so many years, they are now covered with patches upon patches.

Lin Xiulan dreamed of having two new outfits, but Li Yunshan was idle all day, hanging out with his cronies. As a woman, she had to take care of the children, earn work points, and do housework. She simply didn't have the ability to buy herself a new outfit.

Let alone wearing new clothes, Lin Xiulan felt that God was blessing her by not adding new patches to her old clothes.

But now, Li Yunshan actually said he would go and buy floral fabric for her and Dou Dou to make new clothes. Lin Xiulan felt like she was dreaming.

In the past, Li Yunshan would gamble whenever he had a coin in his pocket. Why would he be so kind as to think of buying himself new clothes?

Seeing Lin Xiulan's suspicion, Li Yunshan quickly said, "Xiulan, I'm telling you the truth. If I'm lying to you, may I die a horrible death."

"How many times have you said things like that before? Every time you say something like that, you get money from me, and then you run off to gamble, eat, drink, and have fun with other people?"

Lin Xiulan wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and looked up at you: "I know you've always thought I came here as a refugee, that I couldn't have survived without you. When I married you, I didn't want you to be rich and powerful; I just wanted a home and to live a good life with you."

Lin Xiulan's resentful expression made Li Yunshan feel uncomfortable. Hearing her stubborn words, he also felt guilty and lowered his head in shame: "Xiulan, I was sorry for you before. I will be good to you from now on. I mean it."

"I'm cutting ties with those shady friends. From now on, I'll never gamble again or go out fooling around."

Li Yunshan reached out and grabbed Lin Xiulan's shoulders: "Xiulan, believe me, I can do it."

Lin Xiulan turned her head to the side, took a deep breath, and said, "Don't talk big so soon. Let's see when you can actually do it!"

Li Yunshan couldn't help but scratch his head.

No matter how much he talked, Lin Xiulan still didn't trust him, which was all because of the sins she had committed in the past.

He had made many mistakes in the past, abusing Lin Xiulan and deceiving her.

But the worst part is that he had actually considered selling his daughter before.

Everything he had done before was like thorns stuck in Lin Xiulan's heart.

These thorns can't all be pulled out at once; they have to be pulled out one by one so that Lin Xiulan can see his change. Only then will Lin Xiulan slowly forgive him and accept him.

Thinking of this, Li Yunshan cleared his throat: "Xiulan, watch how I perform. But about selling pork..."

Lin Xiulan glanced at Li Yunshan and said, "You're the head of the household, and you were the one who hunted the wild boar. You can handle the pork sales yourself, but there's one condition: you absolutely mustn't use the money from the pork sales to gamble again."

She was genuinely afraid that once Li Yunshan sold the wild boar meat and got the money, he would turn around and go gamble with his cronies.

Gambling is a bottomless pit; you can never fill it with any amount of money.

Li Yunshan said earnestly, "Xiulan, if you're worried, you'll be in charge of selling the pork tomorrow. You can keep all the money; I promise I won't touch a single penny."

After saying that, Li Yunshan took two buckets of hot water to take a bath.

Lin Xiulan watched his retreating figure, somewhat incredulous—he was being asked to sell pork? And he was even giving her the money? This was truly unprecedented.

……

The next day.

"Xiulan, let's go sell pork!"

Li Yunshan called out to the main room, then picked up two pieces of wild boar meat and set up a pork stall under the big pine tree at the village entrance.

He placed the two pieces of wild boar meat on the stone table under the big pine tree at the entrance of the village. Lin Xiulan also brought a chopping board from home and placed the star-marked iron scale next to the wild boar meat.

Finally, Li Yunshan placed the wild boar's head in the most conspicuous position on the stone table.

"Mother, why did Father bring wild boar meat here? To sell it?"

Three-year-old Dou Dou followed Lin Xiulan, glancing at the wild boar meat on the stone table with curiosity in her eyes.

"Yes, Daddy sells pork. After I finish selling the pork, Daddy will go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some floral fabric for DouDou, so your mother can make you new clothes, okay?"

Before Lin Xiulan could speak, Li Yunshan spoke first.

In his past life, he not only failed to live a good life with Lin Xiulan, but also failed to give Doudou even a little bit of fatherly love, which is why Doudou didn't get much education and got married early.

Now, he has been reborn. He wants to give all his fatherly love to Dou Dou, so that she can grow up safely and happily, and he will also support her schooling in the future.

"Father, is it true?"

"Of course it's true."

Li Yunshan nodded affirmatively.

"Oh! Oh! I'm going to have new clothes to wear!"

DouDou immediately burst into joyful laughter.

Seeing Dou Dou's cheerful appearance, Lin Xiulan's eyes also reddened slightly.

Not long after Li Yunshan set up his pork stall at the village entrance, an old man carrying a hoe to dig potatoes in the field, an old woman carrying freshly harvested cabbages from the field, and some other villagers gathered in twos and threes under the big pine tree at the village entrance.

"This is... Li Yunshan? Am I seeing things?"

An elderly woman with gray hair couldn't help but rub her blurry eyes a few more times when she saw Li Yunshan.

This good-for-nothing, who usually idles away his time, how come he's selling wild boar meat at the village entrance?

Also, where did he get this wild boar meat from?