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

The next day, Li Yunshan took Dou Dou to visit his elder brother Li Yunshi's house. Actually, Huang Zhifang wanted to see his granddaughter.

Ever since Dou Dou had that high fever, Huang Zhifang has been heartbroken and talks about her good granddaughter Dou Dou every day.

It was freezing cold, and Li Yunshan didn't want Huang Zhifang to come to his house. Since he had some free time, he took Dou Dou to his older brother Li Yunshi's house.

However, as soon as he entered the door, he saw that not only his mother and second sister Li Yunmei were in the main room, but also a short, stout, and sturdy middle-aged woman.

Li Yunshan glanced at the middle-aged woman. He recognized her; her surname was Qin, and she was the village matchmaker.

He glanced at Matchmaker Qin, then at his second sister Li Yunmei, who was clutching the hem of her clothes, and thought to himself, "Matchmaker Qin is here to arrange a marriage for my second sister."

His mother, Huang Zhifang, was talking with the matchmaker, Qin, when Li Yunshan saw this, greeted her, and pulled up a chair to sit down.

Dou Dou rushed into Huang Zhifang's arms and called out "Grandma!" Huang Zhifang was so happy that she picked her up and let her sit on her lap.

Li Yunshan sat quietly to the side, listening to his mother and the matchmaker Qin talk.

Matchmaker Qin said that Matchmaker Huang from the next village said there was a young man in their village who was thirty years old this year. He was honest and kind, tall and strong, and had a good personality.

If Li Yunmei wanted to meet, she would help arrange a meeting time.

"Aunt Qin, I'm divorced. Although he's honest and kind, would he really be interested in a divorced woman like me?"

After Qin the matchmaker finished speaking, Li Yunmei, who had been silent until now, spoke up.

Before her divorce, Li Yunmei had suspected that her infertility was due to her own actions. However, after being abused by Zhou Xishun, she went to the commune health center for a checkup and discovered that her infertility was entirely due to Zhou Xishun. So even though she was divorced, she still longed to remarry and start a family.

However, she dared not look for someone else. She was afraid that she would not find a good one, and even more afraid of encountering someone like Zhou Xishun.

"Yunmei, your mother told me that the reason for what happened before wasn't your fault. Now that you're divorced, the past is behind you. We need to look forward. You're twenty-seven or twenty-eight this year. You should take advantage of your youth and find a man who cares for you so you can have two big, healthy sons in the future. Do you want to live alone for the rest of your life? That's unrealistic. Besides, life isn't complete without having children."

Li Yunmei was persuaded by the matchmaker Qin to fall in love.

Actually, what Matchmaker Qin said wasn't wrong. She's still young and healthy. If she finds another man, starts a family, and has two big, healthy sons, her life will be perfect.

Moreover, she couldn't stay at her parents' house forever. Although her mother loved her and didn't say anything, and her older brother also loved her and told her to stay without worry, she had been living at her parents' house for some time now since the divorce. Although her mother and older brother hadn't said anything, her sister-in-law had been making sarcastic remarks quite a bit.

She endured it all so that her mother and older brother wouldn't have to suffer.

"Yunmei, just say what's on your mind. If you want to see her, I'll support you. If you don't want to see her, I'll listen to you."

Huang Zhifang took Li Yunmei's hand and patted it gently.

"Yes, Yunmei, your mother is right. Whether you meet her or not is up to you. If you meet someone good, you can date her first." Matchmaker Qin also had a smile on her face.

"Aunt Qin, have you seen what the other person looks like?"

At this moment, Li Yunshan couldn't help but ask a question.

"This... I haven't met him yet, but Huang, the matchmaker from the next village, told me that he's tall and strong, and honest and kind, so I believe he can't be too bad."

Qin, the matchmaker, hesitated for a moment before telling the truth.

Li Yunshan didn't ask any more questions, but he didn't really believe what the matchmaker Qin had said.

The other person is tall and strong, so he must be a great worker; he is also honest and kind, which are all good qualities. How come he is still unmarried at the age of thirty?

"Yunmei, what are you really thinking? Just say something."

"Then... let's meet."

Li Yunmei hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Alright, I'll go to the next village and talk to Matchmaker Huang to arrange a time for you two to meet."

After Qin the matchmaker finished speaking with a beaming smile, she hurried away.

In the afternoon, Matchmaker Qin came again, saying that she had arranged to meet Matchmaker Huang from the next village the next day at the Guoqiang Restaurant in Xiangyang Commune. The man's side was accompanied by Matchmaker Huang, the man himself, and his mother.

"Third brother, why don't you accompany your second sister to the commune?"

After the matchmaker Qin left, Huang Zhifang said to Li Yunshan.

"Okay, Mother, I'll take care of it."

Li Yunshan thought about it and figured he didn't have anything else to do anyway, so he might as well go with his second sister and give her some advice.

If the other party is really as good as Qin the matchmaker said, then there's no problem. But if the other party is exaggerating, and there's something that my second sister can't say, then he should be the one to speak up.

The next day, after breakfast, Li Yunshan went to his elder brother's house to pick up his second sister, Li Yunmei. The two of them then walked through snow that was higher than their ankles to the commune.

On the way to the commune, Li Yunmei was a little nervous and apprehensive.

After an hour's journey, Li Yunshan and Li Yunmei finally arrived at Xiangyang Commune.

Today is market day in the commune. Even on such a cold day, there are still quite a lot of people coming to the market. The roadside is crowded with vendors selling pastries, mountain products, and meat.

It was cold, and it was market day, so there were many people slaughtering pigs and cattle to sell.

If we can't sell them all, we can take them home in this cold weather and leave them there. We're not worried that the meat will spoil or smell bad like it does in the summer.

Since it was a meeting with the man and business was important, Li Yunshan and Li Yunmei didn't have time to go to the market to buy things.

Soon, the two arrived at the Guoqiang Hotel, located west of Xiangyang Commune.

It's called a restaurant, but it's actually just a two-story building with two rooms. People live upstairs, and the restaurant is downstairs. There are a few tables inside, and the kitchen is in the back.

From a distance, there weren't many people in the restaurant. Apart from the proprietress who was dozing off at the front desk with her chin resting on her hand, there were only two middle-aged women and a man in his thirties.

When Li Yunshan saw the man from afar, he thought he was alright. Matchmaker Qin hadn't lied to him; the man was tall and handsome.

However, when they arrived at the Guoqiang Hotel, Li Yunshan realized that something was off about the man.

Because the man's eyes were glazed over, one eye was crooked, and a glistening trail of drool was dripping from the corner of his mouth.

"Quickly wipe your drool, it's filthy."

His mother gave him a light slap, which made him realize what was happening. He wiped his mouth with his sleeve and then gave a silly, dumbfounded smile.

"This must be Li Yunmei. Oh my, she's so pretty."

Matchmaker Huang looked Li Yunmei up and down, her eyes narrowing into slits when she smiled.

"His name is Huang Dazhu."

The matchmaker pointed at the man who was drooling again: "You've met Dazhu, he's tall and strong, and he's been honest and kind since he was a child. He listens to his mother and is a good family man."

As Huang the matchmaker introduced the situation, both Li Yunmei and Li Yunshan's lips twitched involuntarily.

Honest and kind? I think he's just plain stupid. No wonder people praise him for listening to his mother; his IQ is practically nonexistent.

As for daily life... with Huang Dazhu's foolish appearance, he probably doesn't do any physical labor and doesn't know the difference between grains. Whoever marries him will probably just have to serve him.

He glanced at Matchmaker Huang and Huang Dazhu's mother, thinking that the two of them definitely didn't have good intentions.

Before Li Yunshan could think further, Huang Dazhu's mother pulled Li Yunmei aside and began to question her.

They asked Li Yunmei how old she was, how many siblings she had, what they did for a living, and how much they earned—they asked more detailed questions than the police could when checking household registration.

Li Yunmei frowned when she heard the question, but out of respect for the matchmaker, she gave a few simple replies.

But Huang Dazhu's mother spoke up after hearing that.

"Yunmei, let me tell you the truth, with your divorced status, it will be extremely difficult for you to find a good family to marry into. You can forget about it."

"Only someone like Dazhu, with his qualifications, wouldn't mind that you're a divorcee."

"Look at our Dazhu, he's tall and handsome, and most importantly, he's honest and kind, and knows how to manage a household. If you can marry him, that would be your good fortune."

Li Yunmei glanced at Huang Dazhu, who had one eye crooked, drool dripping from the corner of his mouth, and looked like a fool, and felt a chill run down her spine for no reason.

Huang Dazhu seemed to notice that Li Yunmei was looking at him, so he grinned at her with a silly smile.

But when he smiled, even more drool dripped from the corner of his mouth.

Seeing Huang Dazhu drooling again, his mother immediately took out a rag stained with drool and wiped it dry for him.

"What good fortune? My second sister can't possibly accept that."

Li Yunshan chimed in, pointing at Huang Dazhu and saying, "Auntie, your son looks like a fool. He's always drooling. I doubt he can even take care of himself. What kind of life is he living? I think it's a miracle he's not a burden."

"I can probably guess what you're all up to. You want to see which girl is blind enough to marry this idiot so you can serve him like a slave, right? Do you really think everyone else is a fool?"

Huang Dazhu's mother's face instantly darkened. She glared at him and said, "Young man, what do you mean? You're not the one on the blind date, why are you looking down on our Dazhu?"

"Let me tell you, your sister is also divorced, and she's already twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old. Does she still want to marry a man from a good family? I advise you to stop dreaming. Only someone like Dazhu, with his qualifications, would be interested in her."

"This idiot has absolutely no qualifications. He can't read a single word, not even recognize the character for 'one' if a carrying pole falls over. You want to shove a green onion up his nose—are you trying to act like an elephant?"

After Li Yunshan finished speaking, he took Li Yunmei's hand and turned to leave.

Huang Dazhu's mother was cursing and swearing behind his back, so Huang the matchmaker quickly pulled her aside and persuaded her to help Huang Dazhu find another one.

Li Yunshan only let go of Li Yunmei's hand after they had walked quite a distance from the Guoqiang Hotel. When he saw that Li Yunmei's face was a little pale, he knew that Li Yunmei had been devastated.

She's a normal woman, but just because she's been divorced, a matchmaker introduced her to a mentally challenged man. Is this an insult that she's only fit to marry a mentally challenged man?