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

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and hang that little wild boar in front!"

Just as Gao Hongmei was lost in thought, Li Yunshan saw that she was in a daze. Although he didn't know what she was thinking, he still said something in an annoyed tone, and Gao Hongmei immediately came back to her senses.

When she saw that Li Yunshan's expression was not good, she quickly hung the little wild boar on the front of the carrying pole.

With the pole hanging like this, Li Yunshan immediately felt much more balanced, and the carrying pole stopped slipping off his shoulder.

"Li Yunshan, you're carrying such a heavy load on your shoulders. If you can't keep up, don't push yourself. Don't hurt yourself."

Gao Hongmei gave him instructions, her gaze towards Li Yunshan still somewhat complicated.

"Don't worry, I can handle it. If all else fails, I'll just find a place to dump the wild boar on the ground."

Li Yunshan held onto the carrying pole with one hand to maintain his balance, and patted his chest confidently with the other.

Speaking of which, it's been a while since he was reborn. He knows that his physical fitness, strength, and endurance have greatly improved compared to his previous life, but he doesn't know where the limit of this improvement lies.

I'll take this opportunity to hunt two wild boars and see how far and how long I can go.

"Just know your limits and don't try to be a hero."

Seeing that Li Yunshan was in high spirits, as if he had inexhaustible energy, Gao Hongmei didn't say anything more.

After giving her some instructions, she picked up Li Yunshan's gun and the wild boar spear, and then walked ahead to scout the way for him.

After all, the mountain road was covered in snow and could not be seen by the naked eye. Gao Hongmei was also afraid that Li Yunshan might trip over something or slip on the way back down the mountain with the wild boar, causing some kind of accident.

Seeing Gao Hongmei walking ahead of him, Li Yunshan didn't say much, picked up the wild boar, and started to follow.

"Li Yunshan, follow my footprints so you don't trip or fall into a hole."

"There's a hole here, it's probably quite deep, so don't step in it."

"And here, you have to step over it."

"..."

Gao Hongmei carried two guns and a wild boar spear, leading the way. If there were obstacles in the snow or places where it was easy to slip, she would give a reminder.

With Gao Hongmei leading the way and giving reminders, Li Yunshan was able to walk as if on flat ground even while carrying two wild boars on a snow-covered mountain path.

Halfway there, a plump wild rabbit suddenly darted out, startling Gao Hongmei.

"That scared me to death."

She patted her chest, still somewhat shaken.

Seeing that the hare hadn't run far after darting out, Gao Hongmei took down her hunting rifle: "You wait here, I'll go and shoot that hare."

As she spoke, she put two bullets into the barrel of the gun, picked up the gun, and ran towards the rabbit.

Li Yunshan estimated that the wild rabbit weighed at least five or six pounds. If they managed to catch it, it would be a rare delicacy.

A moment later, a gunshot rang out in the forest, followed by Gao Hongmei's happy laughter: "Li Yunshan, look, I shot a rabbit!"

Not far away, Gao Hongmei had already run over, picked up the dead rabbit, held it high in her hand, and proudly waved it a few times at Li Yunshan before running back with the rabbit.

"Hey, Li Yunshan, hunting in the mountains is so much fun! Remember to call me next time you go hunting."

Gao Hongmei couldn't help but say, her cheeks flushed with the joy of catching her prey, making her look incredibly alluring.

"Okay, I'll definitely invite you next time I go hunting in the mountains."

Li Yunshan readily agreed.

Then, the two continued down the mountain.

About half an hour later, they finally left the forest and turned onto the country dirt road back to the village.

"Mom, look! A wild boar! A wild boar!"

Just as Li Yunshan was carrying the wild boar and turned onto the country dirt road, a child being held in a woman's arms immediately patted the woman's shoulder and started shouting.

"Silly child, what wild boar... Oh my god, it really is a wild boar."

The woman initially didn't believe it, thinking the child was just being mischievous and joking with her.

But when she turned around, she saw two large wild boars.

Normally, if she encountered two large wild boars coming down the mountain, she would definitely run away as fast as she could.

Why? Because wild boars are ferocious beasts. Even if you don't provoke them, they will attack people on their own initiative.

Moreover, large wild boars are not only fierce, but also ruthless and menacing; any woman who sees one would tremble with fear.

But the two large wild boars she was seeing had already been gutted and were being carried by someone on a thick wooden stick, turning from the mountain path onto a country dirt road.

Because the two wild boars were so large that they obscured her view, she couldn't see who was carrying them. However, she did see a tall woman carrying two guns behind the person carrying the boars.

She recognized the tall woman; it was Gao Hongmei from their Guapigou Village.

"Gao Hongmei?"

The woman was stunned for a moment when she saw Gao Hongmei.

But when the person carrying the wild boars turned onto the country dirt road and got in the right direction, she realized that the person carrying the two gutted wild boars was actually Li Yunshan from their Guapigou Village.

Seeing Li Yunshan and Gao Hongmei walking together, the woman looked as if she had seen a ghost.

The affair between Li Yunshan and Gao Hongmei back then caused quite a stir in Guapigou Village.

After the divorce, Gao Zhankui would chase Li Yunshan away with a wooden stick every time he saw him, and Gao Hongmei would never give Li Yunshan a kind look either. How did these two people who used to be such enemies get together again?

"Gao Hongmei, did you hunt these wild boars in the mountains?"

When Li Yunshan and Gao Hongmei approached, the woman asked curiously.

"Oh, it's Sister Guihua. We hunted these two wild boars in the mountains."

Gao Hongmei responded with a hint of smugness in her words.

"Goodness gracious, this is incredible! These two wild boars must weigh several hundred pounds together."

Sister-in-law Guihua glanced at the two wild boars Li Yunshan was carrying on his shoulder and couldn't help but gasp in amazement.

What surprised Sister Guihua even more was that Li Yunshan carried these two wild boars on his shoulders, with one hand on the carrying pole to maintain his balance, and walked briskly without seeming to be struggling at all.

You should know that even during the busy farming season, when the strong laborers in the village are doing farm work, such as harvesting grain and carrying the grain to the village's drying ground to dry, they can usually only carry a little over 100 kilograms. After a while, they will feel very tired, and sometimes they will even bend over from the weight.

Of course, there are some strong men who can lift objects weighing three or four hundred pounds, but it's impossible for them to carry them.

But Li Yunshan carried two large wild boars, weighing at least three or four hundred pounds, yet he moved with ease.

Is this... is this still the Li Yunshan I remember, the one who was idle and didn't even do much farm work?

At this time, on the country dirt road back to the village, there were more than just Sister Guihua and her son. Although there weren't many people coming and going, there were still some.

Everyone was shocked to see Li Yunshan carrying two such heavy wild boars with such ease, but after a brief moment of shock, they couldn't help but feel envious and even jealous.

If we sold both of these big wild boars, how much money could we make?

"Li Yunshan, how much is your wild boar meat?"

Someone couldn't help but ask.

"Sell it today? The sun's almost setting, it's probably too late."

Li Yunshan said it casually, but in his heart, he had no intention of selling it in the village.

The entire Guapigou Village has only so many people, and not everyone likes to eat wild boar meat.

Furthermore, just a few days ago, someone in the village slaughtered a pig and sold it in the village, but after selling for half a day, there was still half a pig left.

It's only because the weather is cold now that people can bring half a pig home and store it there. They can then carry it to the commune to sell it the next day. Otherwise, the meat would have gone bad long ago.

Therefore, Li Yunshan felt that he wouldn't be able to sell many of his two wild boars in the village.

Tomorrow is market day in the commune, and people from all around will come to the commune to attend.

Li Yunshan remembered that the last time he went to the commune market, he saw someone selling wild boar meat by the roadside. The price was 80 cents a pound, which was 10 cents a pound more than the price in the village.

If he and Gao Hongmei had taken the two wild boars they hunted to the commune to sell, they could have made at least twenty or thirty yuan more.

Twenty or thirty yuan is a huge sum of money these days; it takes a lot of hard work to earn work points.

"Hey, Li Yunshan, why did you say that when people asked you if you sell wild boar meat?"

After parting ways with Sister-in-law Guihua, Gao Hongmei couldn't help but ask.

"Last time I went to the commune market, there were people selling wild boar meat there for 80 cents a pound. I used to sell wild boar meat at the village entrance, and I could only get 70 cents a pound."

"These two wild boars we hunted weigh at least 300 jin (150 kg). If we sold them in the village, we wouldn't be able to sell them all, and we would lose 1 mao (0.1 yuan) per jin."

"Don't underestimate the difference of earning one cent less per pound. Over three hundred pounds, we'll lose thirty or forty yuan. How long would it take you to earn thirty or forty yuan doing farm work for the village collective and earning work points?"

Li Yunshan explained as he carried the wild boar back to the village.

"Is wild boar meat really that expensive in the commune?"

Gao Hongmei was surprised.

She rarely went to the commune market, and even when she did, she couldn't bear to spend money to buy wild boar meat from vendors.

Since wild boar meat has little fat, it's better to buy pork from the supply and marketing cooperative, even though pork from the supply and marketing cooperative requires meat coupons and costs 90 cents per pound.

"If we get them to the county seat and sell them to private restaurants, the price will be even higher."

Li Yunshan said.

Why is it more expensive to sell to private restaurants?

"There are factories, businesses, and private shops in the county town. There are many people making money, so some people will go out to eat and eat some exotic things, such as delicacies from land and sea."

"Wild boar meat is a delicacy for city dwellers, and it sells for a higher price than it does in the village or the commune."

Li Yunshan patiently explained to Gao Hongmei.

"Then we'll transport it to the county town to sell tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Gao Hongmei's eyes lit up.