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

"Lie down, I'll rub some medicated wine on it for you."

Lin Xiulan brought over a bottle of medicinal wine, had Li Yunshan lie face down on the pit, and then rolled up his clothes.

A little medicinal wine was poured out of the glass bottle, and the strong smell of alcohol mixed with the aroma of Chinese herbs filled the room.

"Bear with it, it will burn if you rub it for too long." Lin Xiulan flipped her palm over and placed it on the spot where Li Yunshan's waist hurt, rubbing the affected area back and forth while instructing him.

"hiss!"

Li Yunshan gritted his teeth and took a deep breath: "Mm."

"Mom, what did you put in Dad? It smells awful!"

DouDou watched as Lin Xiulan rubbed medicinal wine on Li Yunshan and couldn't help but cover her nose with her little hand.

"Mother is applying medicinal wine to Father's wound."

"Why is Father applying medicinal wine?"

"Father's back hurts, Mother is treating him so he can get better faster."

Faced with Dou Dou's doubts and questions, Lin Xiulan patiently explained.

As she spoke, she rubbed Li Yunshan's sore spot with her palm.

After the medicinal wine had been rubbed dry and absorbed into the skin, she poured some more medicinal wine onto the area where Li Yunshan's back hurt and continued rubbing.

After rubbing for a while, Li Yunshan felt the spot where he had been shivering become hot and warm.

The pain gradually lessened considerably under the stimulation of the medicinal wine.

"How are you feeling? Much better now?"

Seeing that Li Yunshan's previously furrowed brows and face had relaxed, Lin Xiulan asked with a slight smile.

"I feel much better, and it doesn't hurt as much as before." Li Yunshan turned over in the pit and felt much better.

"That's good. You can lie on the kang for a while longer. I'll go make dinner."

As Lin Xiulan spoke, she capped the glass bottle containing the medicinal wine: "Dou Dou, will you stay here and take care of Daddy?"

"Okay, Mom, don't worry, I will take good care of Dad." Dou Dou nodded earnestly.

"Okay, Mother believes you." Lin Xiulan patted Dou Dou's head and then left.

"Father, I'll take care of you now."

After Lin Xiulan left, Dou Dou sat next to Li Yunshan and said in a childish voice.

"Yes, Father believes you can take good care of me."

Looking at Dou Dou's serious demeanor, like a little adult, Li Yunshan couldn't help but think of his past life. When he was terminally ill, because he had previously disliked Dou Dou and had never given her a single bit of fatherly love, Dou Dou never visited him even on his deathbed.

But now, everything has changed.

He secretly vowed that he would make up for the lack of fatherly love that Dou Dou had in her previous life.

The next day, Li Yunshan didn't wake up until the sun was high in the sky.

Last night, before turning off the lights and going to sleep, Lin Xiulan rubbed the medicinal wine on him again. The medicine penetrated into his skin, and when he woke up in the morning, he felt that his lower back was not so painful anymore.

"You're up? How are you feeling? Much better, right?"

When he went outside to brush his teeth, Lin Xiulan saw that he could walk normally and asked with a smile.

"I feel much better. Your medicinal wine is amazing."

Li Yunshan tried bending over, and the angle he could bend down was much greater than after he twisted his ankle yesterday, almost the same as a normal bend.

It's just that when I bend over, my lower back hurts a little and I feel a bit uncomfortable.

This is all thanks to the bottle of medicinal wine that Lin Xiulan brewed.

"Of course! The recipe for this medicinal wine was passed down to me by my grandmother before she passed away. She didn't even pass it on to me... or my parents," Lin Xiulan said with a touch of pride.

Because she had only brewed this medicinal wine after marrying Li Yunshan, and now that it had helped Li Yunshan and relieved his back pain, Lin Xiulan felt a little proud.

However, when her parents were mentioned, Lin Xiulan's expression became unnatural.

Li Yunshan noticed this but didn't ask any further questions.

Because he knew. Lin Xiulan had come here as a refugee from famine.

Although her parents sent her out to escape famine, it was no different from being kicked out of the house.

This is a scar in Lin Xiulan's heart; once it's reopened, it will hurt terribly.

"Xiulan, what did you make this morning? I'm a little hungry."

Li Yunshan tried to distract her.

Sure enough, as soon as Lin Xiulan heard Li Yunshan say he was hungry, her thoughts were instantly pulled back from the bad memories: "Oh, you're hungry? I made some millet porridge and a basket of pork buns, made with the wild boar meat we had left at home."

Li Yunshan quickly brushed his teeth and washed his face. By the time he finished, Lin Xiulan had already brought the cooked millet porridge and meat buns to the table.

The millet porridge was thick and creamy, and the meat buns were plump and fragrant; just looking at them made my mouth water.

Li Yunshan picked up the bowl, took a sip of millet porridge, picked up a meat bun, took a bite, and felt extremely satisfied.

After eating and drinking his fill, Lin Xiulan rubbed the medicinal wine on him again, and Li Yunshan went back to lie down on the earthen pit.

It's freezing cold now, and many people are staying home to hibernate.

Li Yunshan rested at home for two days, and Lin Xiulan rubbed medicinal wine on him three times a day, morning, noon and night. Under Lin Xiulan's careful care, Li Yunshan's back healed quickly.

In between, Gao Hongmei also came to visit him once to see how Li Yunshan's back pain was getting better. Seeing that his back pain was almost gone, she was relieved.

On the night Li Yunshan recovered, the north wind became even colder due to the cold wave from Siberia, and heavy snow began to fall.

When I opened the main room door the next day after sleeping, I found that the snow in the yard was already half a meter high.

With such a depth of snow, the snow instantly reaches above the knees the moment you step into it. Under such conditions, it becomes difficult to even go out, let alone go hunting in the mountains.

Sure enough, as soon as the snow stopped at noon, Li Yunshan took a large iron shovel and began clearing the snow from his yard.

Even if we don't clear all the snow from the huge yard, we should at least clear a path out.

"The snow is so thick."

Lin Xiulan came out of the house and couldn't help but gasp when she saw the thick snow in the yard.

Although it snowed where she lived, the snow accumulation wasn't very thick.

She had been in Guapigou Village for four years, and this was the first time she had ever seen such heavy snow.

"Splash!"

Just as Lin Xiulan was looking at the snow in the yard, a large pile of snow fell from the roof.

Fortunately, Lin Xiulan was only standing under the eaves; if she had stepped out a little, she would have been hit by the falling snow.

Even so, the snow that suddenly fell from the roof startled not only Lin Xiulan but also Li Yunshan.

You know, Lin Xiulan is pregnant right now. If she gets hit by snow, something bad could happen...

Li Yunshan didn't even dare to think about it.

"Xiulan, please go inside."

"No, there's so much snow in the yard. How can you manage all that by yourself? Let me help you clear the snow from the yard."

"No, you don't need to clean it. You're pregnant now, and the doctor said you shouldn't overexert yourself in the first three months. Just focus on resting and taking care of your pregnancy."

Li Yunshan quickly replied.

Now, Lin Xiulan is pregnant, which is more important than anything else.

Moreover, his back is better now, so clearing the snow in the yard shouldn't be a problem.

"Then I'll sit here and watch you clear the snow."

Lin Xiulan couldn't dissuade him and had no choice but to listen to Li Yunshan.

Soon, she sat down under the eaves, and Li Yunshan picked up a shovel and began clearing the snow from the yard.

He swung his shovel, scooping up the snow and putting it into two wicker baskets.

Once the wicker basket was full, Li Yunshan took a carrying pole and scooped out the snow from the basket, dumping it outside the courtyard gate.

DouDou ran out of the house, saw the thick snow in the yard, clapped her hands happily, and then jumped from the eaves into the snow.

Li Yunshan didn't stop them. Nowadays, children are raised in a rough and unrefined way, unlike decades later when scientific feeding is all the rage. Although children are raised with great care, their immunity is far inferior to that of children today.

"Daddy, look, I made a snowball."

At this moment, Dou Dou held up a snowball she had made and shouted at Li Yunshan.

Li Yunshan was shoveling snow into his basket when he heard Dou Dou's shout. Just as he looked up, a snowball flew towards him and hit him on the forehead.

"DouDou, don't be silly! Daddy is clearing the snow. How can you throw snowballs at him?"

Seeing this, Lin Xiulan couldn't help but lecture her.

"Hey, Xiulan, it's okay. DouDou likes to throw things, just let her throw it over." Li Yunshan smiled, not taking it seriously, and then he also made a snowball and threw it at DouDou.

"Mom, Mom, look, Dad is throwing snowballs at me too! Tell him off!"

Unexpectedly, when he threw the snowball, DouDou went to Lin Xiulan to complain.

"Who told you to throw a snowball at your father first?" Lin Xiulan rolled her eyes; she wasn't going to bother with it anymore.

Seeing that Lin Xiulan ignored it, Dou Dou rolled another snowball and threw it at Li Yunshan.

Li Yunshan replied to her again.

Soon, DouDou's clear and melodious laughter, like the sound of silver bells, rang out in the courtyard.

After playing with snowballs for a while, Dou Dou got tired, so Li Yunshan built her a snowman and let her dress it up herself before continuing to shovel snow.

After working for half a day, Li Yunshan finally cleared one-third of the snow in the yard. He felt warm all over, and even his head was steaming. His clothes, which were the closest to his body, were soaked with sweat.

DouDou played outside for half a day, and her little face turned red from the cold.

"Dou Dou, come inside quickly." Lin Xiulan pulled Dou Dou into the house.

However, when it was lunchtime, DouDou looked like a wilted eggplant.

Normally, DouDou can eat half a bowl of rice by herself, but today there was stewed meat, her favorite dish, on the table, and she didn't have much of an appetite.

Seeing that Dou Dou's face was still flushed after she came into the house, Li Yunshan reached out and touched her forehead.

Upon touching it, he discovered that DouDou's forehead was burning hot.

"Xiulan, DouDou has a fever."

Li Yunshan looked at Lin Xiulan: "Do you have any mercury injections at home?"

Mercury needle, also known as a thermometer.

Lin Xiulan shook her head.