Reborn in the Great Northern Wilderness in 1982, I farmed and hunted to support my whole family.

As soon as Li Mu said this, the entire ward fell silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on him.

Grandpa Gao rolled his eyes, then immediately stood up with a smile and said, "Your aunt is much better. You can take this wild rabbit to the market and sell it later. She's all grown up now, she should know to save up for a wife."

"Uncle, that won't do. Money can be earned anytime, and no amount of money is as important as your health."

Seeing that Grandpa Gao had picked up the conversation, Li Mu quickly followed suit.

He brought the rabbit to the hospital today, one to keep for Grandma Gao to help her recover, and the other to sell.

Although there are fewer patients in hospitals now, those who can afford to stay in hospitals are all people who are not short of money.

So if we can open up the market in hospitals, we won't have to worry about selling any number of wild rabbits we hunt.

"Yes! Grandpa, please feed Grandma! Uncle Mu caught a lot of rabbits, so please eat as much as you like. I'll catch fish and sell them to pay Uncle Mu back later."

Tiger Head was a sensible child, although he didn't realize that Li Mu and Grandpa Gao had ulterior motives in their words.

But his sincere filial piety is even more touching.

"This child has such a sweet tongue. Old lady, you have a good grandson." The old woman who had just finished wailing now showed a big smile.

She looked like a sunflower, showing no trace of the sadness she had just displayed.

Upon hearing this, Grandma Gao smiled and replied, "Yes! This child takes after his father; they are both filial children."

These words were like an arrow, hitting the bullseye where the old lady had just relaxed a little.

This caused her son, who was already being yelled at like a quail, to roll his eyes at her again.

Upon seeing this, the middle-aged man quickly turned around and looked pitifully at Li Mu.

"Young man, look how many rabbits you've hunted, could you sell me one first?"

Li Mu pretended to hesitate for a moment, then glanced at the old lady next to the middle-aged man before waving his hand and saying, "What's this about selling? We're all staying in the same ward. What's wrong with giving you one for free, brother?"

As he spoke, Li Mu casually untied the woven bag beside him, took out a still lively rabbit, and handed it to the man.

He added, "Brother, be careful. These wild rabbits are fierce; don't let them bite your hand."

The middle-aged man nodded and was about to step forward to take the rabbit.

Unexpectedly, the old lady, who was still lying in the hospital bed, suddenly sat up and hit him on the back.

"What? You're really going to take their stuff for free? Pay up now."

Although the old lady was shrewish, she was a sensible person.

The middle-aged man didn't actually want to take things for free; he just wanted to take the items first and pay later.

Hearing his mother's words, he quickly took out ten yuan from his pocket and handed it to Li Mu.

"Young man, do you think ten yuan is enough?"

Li Mu quickly took the money, "That's enough! I'll bring some fish to my aunt tomorrow, and I'll bring you two too. No need to pay, it's fate that your mother and my aunt are in the same ward."

As he spoke, Li Mu stepped forward and handed the rabbit to the middle-aged man, then looked at the old lady on the sickbed.

"Auntie, please don't force my brother to pay. If he pays any more money, I won't sell this wild rabbit."

The old lady had initially felt a pang of regret because her son had given away ten yuan, but after hearing what Li Mu said, she felt no regret at all.

A single fish in the market costs at least three or four yuan.

Even if they're small, two of them can still be worth four yuan.

Then his son's ten yuan was well spent. Besides, the rabbit looks quite plump, and the fur can be plucked to make a pair of rabbit fur gloves for his granddaughter.

Good!

The old lady was calculating in her mind, but the smile on her face only grew stronger.

Li Mu handed over the rabbit, then turned around and gave a brief explanation to Grandpa Gao and Grandma Gao before leaving the ward.

He was carrying a snakeskin bag, intending to go directly to the hospital's small kitchen.

But to everyone's surprise, as they passed the hospital payment window, they saw a familiar face who was neither quite familiar nor completely unknown to them—Liu Mancang.

At that moment, he was embracing a pretty woman who looked slightly older than him, coaxing her gently with a playful smile.

"You are my darling, how could I bear to see you suffer?"

"Hmph! You're all talk. You can't bear to see me suffer, yet you sleep in my bed while you want to marry another woman."

Before she could finish speaking, tears streamed down her face like pearls from a broken string.

Even a man would feel sorry for her if he saw her like that.

Of course, Li Mu felt no pity whatsoever; instead, a fierce glint appeared in his eyes as he looked at the two of them.

That bastard Liu Mancang, he was having an affair with this woman while also getting engaged to Tao Yimei.

Li Mu carefully examined the woman beside Liu Mancang. A figure flashed through his mind, but he couldn't remember where he had seen this woman before.

But it doesn't matter. As long as we know the woman's name, we won't have to worry about not knowing her background.

Thinking this, Li Mu carefully followed after them, carrying the snakeskin bag.

But who would have thought that Liu Mancang was a vigilant person.

Li Mu hadn't taken two steps before he turned around with a fierce look in his eyes. "What are you doing following us, kid?"

"Brother, I think my sister-in-law seems to be pregnant. So I wanted to ask if she eats rabbit, it's very nutritious."

Li Mu smiled and started to speak, then casually handed over the snakeskin bag.

"Take it away, take it away, who wants your lousy rabbit? Don't you know that if a pregnant woman eats this rabbit, her child will have a cleft lip?"

Liu Mancang angrily raised his hand to shove it away.

The lab report he was holding happened to fall into Li Mu's eyes.

Liu Xiuxiu!

This name sounds strangely familiar!

Without thinking too much about it, Li Mu, having already achieved his goal, quickly stepped back and said, "I'm sorry, brother, I really don't know this."

After saying that, Li Mu hurriedly picked up the snakeskin bag and left.

His mind frantically searched through his past life's memories, hoping to find some information about Liu Xiuxiu.

After all, people live in neighboring villages, and in this day and age, with no TV or mobile phone, daily entertainment relies entirely on gossip and the chatter of wives about who is whose husband.

It wasn't until Li Mu delivered the rabbit to the small kitchen in the hospital cafeteria and saw the skinned, bloody rabbit that he suddenly remembered who Liu Xiuxiu was.

"Damn it! The female corpse from Xihe. Liu Xiuxiu, a famous and beautiful widow in Xihe Village, was strangled to death and her naked body was dumped in the Xihe River."

"This murderer was never found, not even before I died. Could he be Liu Mancang?!"

Li Mu muttered to himself, recalling the murderous look Liu Mancang had given him earlier.

Something's not right. This Liu Mancang is definitely not right.

Li Mu was feeling uneasy, but since he wasn't an inspector, even if he sensed something, he couldn't figure it out.

Just then, the cook from the small kitchen led someone toward Li Mu.

"Kid, you're the one who wants to sell rabbits?"

The newcomer's arrogant words instantly snapped Li Mu out of his reverie.

He looked up at the person who had come, and his heart skipped a beat.