Yu Dong frowned , and then she sighed loudly , the child was just a mer and yet the three of them reacted like the baby was missing an arm or leg , they scared her so much !
Shen Li and the others waited for Yu Dong 's fury to unleash especially Chen Mi who has eaten so many good things today , he was sure that Yu Dong will beat him until he spit out what he had eaten today - his wife went to hunt for the first time in her life because of him and the baby yet the baby turned out to be a mer .
He closed his eyes and gritted his teeth , waiting for the incoming slap but nothing happened . Surprised , he looked up and saw that Yu Dong actually looked relieved , not angry but relieved ! Why ?
" You two if the baby is a mer just say it ! You reacted so badly I thought- forget it " shaking her head Yu Dong walked a little closer to Shen Li who was carrying the child , and smiled . The child was skinny because he didn't get a enough food during the pregnancy but he was still lively , he wailed and moved his tiny limbs , his eyes were closed and he was wrinkly like a little monkey " I will go and bring the goat milk - or do you guys breast feed ?"
Just like that the awkward and tense situation broke and all the three mers blushed . They couldn't believe that Yu Dong actually asked such a question out loud to them . Seeing them blush , Yu Dong couldn't help but rub her nose uncomfortably , what was this why were they acting like she was a hooligan who teased the young girl ? She really had no idea about it , really swear to God !
" No we don't " finally Shen Li coughed in embarrassment and answered the question seeing that Yu Dong was really waiting for an answer .
Yu Dong frowned inwardly , what was this system can give birth but can't breast fed ? How inconvenient .
But she only kept her thoughts to herself and turned around , the baby was here and it naturally needed milk , so she couldn't wait any longer . She turned around to leave but then she paused , she calmly walked over to Chen Mi 's bed side and smiled . The little mer was looking at her like she was some weird monster who unnaturally turned an angel , and when she raised her hand , he flinched - So did Ye Liu and Shen Li. Ye Liu made a violent moment but Shen Li stopped him , Yu Dong was their wife , if she wanted to beat Chen Mi , there was nothing they could do .
Ye Liu turned his head away in bitterness , he hated this matriarchal society where they had no status , no equality !
Yu Dong knew they misunderstood but she didn't blame them , instead she gently placed her hand on Chen Mi 's head and said with a smile " you have done a great job , rest well and don't move around too much until you recover , alright ?"
This was the first time Chen Mi heard Yu Dong talking so gently to him , he was so surprised that he instinctively nodded , Yu Dong smiled then she patted Chen Mi 's head one more time then turned to leave .
Chen Mi was stunned and so was Shen Li and Ye Liu not only did Yu Dong didn't get angry she actually praised Chen Mi ? For giving birth to a mer ? She even went to bring milk for the child ? What was wrong today ? Did they stumble into some alternative reality ?
Short chap because author san has been writing 8000 words a day , and now my wrist hurts badly . Wish I could buy a laptop soon
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The villagers all knew that Yu Dong' s mer was going to give birth so when Yu Dong went to Wang shi to ask for goat milk no one was surprised .
When Yu Dong knocked one Wang Shi's door , the door was opened by Fu Wei who was in his forty's but just like other mer' s he looked much more young then Wang Shi who had gone to seed with age there was also the fact that Fu Wei was pampered by Wang shi to the utmost so he looked even better then the other mers of the village usually when Fu Wei saw Yu Dong he would always pull a along face but since today Wang shi she brought an ounce of pork belly and some good bones from Yu Dong 's house Fu Wei greeted her much more warmly " dong dong is some thing the matter ?" asked Fu Wei
" its Chen Mi , he has given birth and you know I don't have any goat at home currently so I came here to buy some " Yu Dong didn't want Fu Wei to think that she was here to free load here again so she emphasised on the word buy
Fu Wei's brows jumped and he looked at Yu Dong with a surprised gaze. Today Wang Shi returned home and told him that Yu Dong was little different than usual she was a-lot nicer and responsible . Wang shi told him that yu dong was not only polite but also sensible today , Fu Wei didn't believe him then he thought that Yu Dong was just trying to cajole Wang Shi because the latter paid for her debt but now that she actually suggested that she would buy the goat milk rather than borrow , Fu Wei started believing Wang Shi's words .
" wait here " he said before he went back inside - Yu Dong only had to wait for a while before Fu Wei returned with a bowl of milk and together with him came Wang shi who grinning ear to ear " Ah Dong Dong , Wei told me that Chen Mi gave birth to the baby , tell me is it a son?"
Since , Yu Dong came to buy milk from them , Wang shi thought that the baby must be a boy or else Yu Dong wouldn't have come here asking to buy goat milk instead she would have dumped the child and left for her tavern once again .
" No its a mer " said Yu Dong , she was a modern woman and she didn't differentiate much in gender - whether boy or girl it was all the same for her , so why does it matter if the child was a mer ?
Wang shi and Fu Wei exchanged a glance , immediately Wang shi patted Yu Dong on her shoulder " Its alright , you are still young - you can continue trying for a son , aren't there Shen Li and Ye Liu as well , you can try things with them "
Yu Dong 's lips twitched , try things with Shen Li and Ye Liu ? Shen Li was alright.? But Ye Liu , has Wang shi even saw how fierce he looks , if she dared to sleep with him - he might actually kick her out .
And that wasn't important ! She wasn't the Yu Dong of the past ! How can she just casually sleep with three unknown guys ( you remembered it quite soon )
" Sure " however Yu Dong didn't want to talk about this with Wang shi and Fu Wei , she took out ten cents from her pocket and was just going to hand it to Wang Shi when the latter stopped her "You are not paying me for this much milk , your mer just gave birth - go and cook some pig totters or something for him , don't waster money "
" I'm not wasting money " said Yu Dong pressing the money in Wang Shi 's hand " I can't always rely on you Aunt Wang and you have your own kids to look after , please do take the money or else I will buy the milk from somewhere else , I can't always take advantage of your kindness "
When Yu Dong said that she might buy the milk from somewhere else instead of taking it for free from her , Wang Shi took the money from her . Yu Dong thanked , Wang shi and walked away in the direction of her house.
Once she was gone Wang shi handed the ten cents to Fu Wei and said "See , I told you Dong Dong is sensible now , she will return the debt soon "
Fu Wei took the ten cents and rubbed it in his hand " it will be nice if this is not a temporary "
"Don't jinx it " said Wang shi poking Fu Wei in the forehead with the right amount of force " Dong Dong has a child to take care off , I'm sure she will change "
" Let's hope " said Fu Wei rubbing the spot where Wang shi poked him .
Yu Dong didn't know that Fu Wei was doubting her change as a temporary change , she returned home as fast as she could and then boiled the goat milk before cooling it down , she also instilled some of her spiritual energy in it , to nourish the baby's body .
Once the milk cooled down she took it to Chen Mi 's room where the baby was being cradled by Chen Mi who was now sitting up straight and cooing at him , when Yu Dong entered the room with the milk bowl , Chen Mi paused then greeted tentatively " you are back "
" I'm back " said Yu Dong then she placed the bowl of milk beside Chen Mi " you can feed the baby now , if you want to but remember to not overfeed him . " then she looked at Shen Li who was sitting at a stool beside Chen Mi and asked " where is Ye Liu ?"
" He is hanging the laundry " answered Shen Li , then pausing for a second he continued " you forgot to hang it up properly , he is doing it"
Ah , so that's what she forgot . Yu Dong nodded , then thought about something and asked " are you alright with eating braised pork and rice ? I will cook bone soup porridge for Chen Mi "
When Yu Dong said that she will cook again , Shen Li felt a bit uncomfortable , today they have been eating Yu Dong's cooking and completely forgot about cooking and this evening when Shen Li went to cook dinner , he saw nothing , he knew that Yu Dong must have hidden it away - Ye Liu had told him about Yu Tong "there is no need just give me the meat and I will cook it "
Yu Dong shook her head , the three mers were still malnourished and needed proper nutrition, she could only give them that nutrition when she was the one cooking - or else how will she add her spiritual energy in the food !
" its alright , you take care of Chen Mi and the baby " said Yu Dong " I will take care of the cooking "
Then leaving the stunned Shen Li and Chen Mi , she walked out of the room , but when she started cooking , she realised one thing that she forgot about goats and clothes ! Aiye.
It looks like she need to go hunting again .
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Yu Dong decided to prepare the bone broth porridge for Chen Mi and braised pork meat for Shen Mi and Ye Liu . So once she was sure that Ye Liu will not be coming soon in the kitchen , she took out the rice , shiitake mushroom scallions, fish sauce, sesame oil, and some fermented black beans , she skipped the hot peppers and chilli oil . The pork bone borth had been simmering for two hours thus Yu Dong only needed to skim its impurities and start preparing the bone broth porridge , she had also boiled the pork belly together with the bones thus once she was done with cooking the bone broth porridge , she started cooking the pork belly . She took an uneven wok and added some sugar and oil in it , then fried the pork until it was brown - then she added some water , cooking wine , Shaoxing and regular and dark soy sauce .
After forty five minutes of toiling in the kitchen , Yu Dong finally plated the dishes on the tray and walked back to Chen Mi 's room because she has timely hidden the things back in her inner world - Ye Liu who returned mid way while she was cooking wasn't suspicious , he just thought that Yu Dong brought so many things from the money that she earned today .
" eat " handing the bowl porridge to Chen Mi , Yu Dong said " I will be just outside , if you want anything call me , I will come back "
Yu Dong understood that her mers were not that close with her yet , if she ate together with them , they might be a bit restrained so she went outside to eat once she was done delivering food .
Chen Mi looked at the bowl of porridge and suddenly felt a bit emotional , for three years he had been with Yu Dong but never had she shown such kindness to him - she was so gentle and nice that Chen Mi was getting greedy he wished Yu Dong remained like this forever .
" What's wrong with her today ? " after a while Ye Liu asked the most trickiest question , the braised pork belly was just as good as anyone else , yet to Ye Liu who had eaten meat for first time felt like he was dreaming , not only was he not beaten or scolded when Chen Mi gave birth to a mer but they even got to eat meat ? Where was such a good thing ?
" Don't talk nonsense " even though Shen Li was confused as well but he didn't think that as husbands they should be talking about their wife behind her back " its - just don't talk about Yu Dong behind her back ,I know you are worried but as long as she doesn't harm us , what's the big deal ? "
Shen Li was a typical gentle mer to him a wife hitting his husband was not a big deal , as long as His wife doesn't go over the top , he doesn't mind living with her . Ye Liu rolled his eyes he knew that Shen Li will react like this , so he shut his mouth and began eating .
Yu Dong who was eating her dinner , could hear the three mers talking and sighed. The pork belly didn't taste as good as her mother's and the porridge was a bit more on the thicker side , Yu Dong liked it a bit runny but then again she wasn't a cook - once she was done eating she took out her pouch and counted the money , even though it was enough to buy two goats , it wasn't enough to buy clothes for the baby .
In the end Yu Dong went inside her room hoisted her bow and knife and walked out of the house but just when she was leaving the front gate , she realised that she hasn't told her mers that she was going to hunt and if she goes missing this late at night - with her track record the mers might believe that she actually ran away from the responsibilities after giving them a mouthful of good food !
So Yu Dong turned on her heels and went back inside the house knocked on Chen Mi's room and entered . Chen Mi too had finished eating and he was now feeding the baby mer who have gotten hungry after crying so much , Yu Dong smiled at the little baby sucking and puckering his lips as he drank the milk from the small exquisite bamboo spoon Chen Mi was holding .
Then she looked at Shen Li who was looking at her with a confused expression .
" I'm going to hunt " said Yu Dong patting her knife " the money is not enough to buy a goat for the baby and we need goat mill every day we can't always borrow it can we ? So I will be back in a while and there is also the matter of clothes "
Yu Dong gave Shen Li and the others a small explanation , then turned to the door but just as her hand reached to the latch , Shen Li jumped on his feet " wait , you - you are going to the forest this late at night ?"
Yu Dong frowned when she heard him question but she nodded , she knew he was worried about her safety so she smiled reassuringly " don't worry nothing will happen to me - and night is the time when many animals come out of their caves , if I want to hit a bumper hunt , I need to hunt at night "
Ye Liu frowned then placed his bowl and said " can you not go ? We can still make do without a goat "
Yu Dong shook her head " no can do , If I buy milk everyday for six months all my money will go into buying milk , why waste money when I can just take a little risk and buy a goat ? Don't worry I have gone with my mother to the forest a lot of time when I was young , I know the way , and I won't get hurt "
When Shen Li and others saw that Yu Dong was so firm they couldn't stop her , Yu Dong bid them goodbye when they stopped , stopping her patted the baby mer 's head and walked out .
Chen Mi who was clutching the baby struggled for a bit then covering the baby ears he shouted behind Yu Dong's back " Wife , take care "
" I will " Yu Dong who heard his shout at the front entrance replied then closed the door and asked her neighbourhood aunty to keep an eye on her house then finally left for the forest .
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The neighbourhood aunty saw Yu Dong going to the forest and felt a bit uncomfortable , the forest at the mountains was really dangerous at such a late hour yet Yu Dong had to leave the security of her house and go to hunt , really - the most irresponsible person are most responsible one's , once they get on the right track - looking at Yu Dong who was fearlessly going to the forest , the auntie in the neighbourhood couldn't help but bristle at her daughter who couldn't even get rid of the rice leeches from the paddies . How useless !
Yu Dong had no idea that because of her decision to hunt at night , a poor girl had to listen to an hour of lecture .
She was too busy releasing small amount of her spiritual energy to her surroundings warning the dangerous animals to not to come where she was standing , the forest was as dark as an inky soup boiled in a cauldron , with evanescence moonlight . However , Yu Dong who has dealt with Zombies that might pop out of anywhere and anytime , she wasn't worried because of just some darkness .
She fearlessly walked on the mountain trail where many villagers might pee in fear. As she walked a little deeper in the forest she started making small traps for animals like rabbits and goose , she was hoping that she might be able to catch a pair of gander and dame , and similar a pair of rabbits as well so as she could be able to raise a bunch of kits .
At least she didn't have to hunt everyday if she wanted to eat meat . So , Yu Dong raised her spiritual energy that rabbits and goose might like in the traps and hoped for the best once she was done laying five traps , she once again released a bit of energy to find a rare animal that might bring her a lot of money in one go - to her luck , she was able to lock on a tiger who was crouching behind a bushy bushes to hunt a deer .
Yu Dong thanked her luck and immediately climbed up a tree than using its branches like monkey bars , she hopped from one tree to another until she reached the spot where the deer and tiger was , if she was careful enough not to harm the pelt and the deer antlers , she might be able to sell it for good amount of money .
The tiger who was crouching behind the bushes to hunt had no idea that a thin sharp needle like root was crawling right under his belly , and that soon he will be the one getting hunted - just as it took a stance to leap , Yu Dong released her spiritual energy in the root and it pierced the heart of the tiger and deer like a sharp needle like blade , the least amount of damage and the most efficient result .
Yu Dong checked whether or not the tiger was dead with her spiritual energy and once she was sure that it was , she jumped down the tree ,muttered a quick " I'm sorry tiger san " as tigers were rare in her time and then skinned both the tiger and the deer , she knew that the villagers couldn't pay her a decent amount for the tiger pelt and meat so she didn't have to make show of her hunt again . Instead she put the tiger and the deer back in her inner world and went back down the trail she came from , on the way she picked up the pair of rabbits and goose that she caught and the extra rabbit that was caught in her other trap , checked their genders and once she was certain that they were exactly the gender she wanted , she placed them in her bucket and went down the mountain and entered the village .
The villagers saw that Yu Dong caught a pair of goose and fat chubby rabbits and licked their lips , how they wished they could buy it - but they knew that Yu Dong must have wanted to keep them or else she wouldn't have brought the pair alive as for the other rabbit , it was chubby but not enough to sell . So , they retreated back in their house muttering how lucky Yu Dong was to catch live rabbits and goose , everyone knew that goose were really ferocious if caught alive what the villagers didn't know that with Yu Dong 's spiritual energy even a tiger would become tame what was a little goose ?
When Yu Dong returned , Shen Li and Ye Liu were waiting for her , the moment they saw her return , they heaved a sigh of relief - Ye Liu looked at the rabbits and said " are you going to sell these ?"
Didn't she say that she was going to hunt something big to earn a lot of money .
Yu Dong placed the bucket with sleeping rabbits and goose and shook her head " No , we are going to raise them as long as they give birth to kits and lay eggs we Don't have to worry about food "
Ye Liu frowned then looked at the cute rabbits , looks like Yu Dong wasn't able to catch anything . Yu Dong understood his downcast expression and smiled " Don't worry , I hunted a tiger and deer just don't let the villagers know or it will cause trouble "
The Yu family shamelessly rushed to ask free boar meat from her , who knows if they found out that she hunted a tiger , her uncle might threaten to hang himself in front of her house if she doesn't give him the tiger pelt for free , Yu Dong knew how much her uncle doted on Yu Cheng , his precious rare gem like son .
" A tiger ?" Surprise illuminated Ye Liu 's face "
Where did you keep it ?"
" I hid it somewhere in the mountain ,don't worry the animals won't go there its a tiger - how many animal will dare to go where a bleeding tiger is kept ?" Said Yu Dong when she caught Shen Li 's exasperated and Ye Liu 's disappointed expression " I will wake up early in the morning and bring it down before the villagers wake up - so I will go and sleep , you two should sleep as well ."
With that Yu Dong bid the two good night and walked away to her room .
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The next day Yu Dong woke up before anyone else could , even though she was just going to keep up with the pretences , she would rather keep lying rather than be caught and burned . If someone in this world really found out that she was actually a different soul from another world and had something like inner world , who knows how these superstitious villagers might react to it .
Yu Dong who woke even before the village 's rooster thought that she was the only person awake in the village currently but when she walked out of her room , she saw that Shen Li was already awake and bustling around the kitchen , for a second she was surprised .
Shen Li who saw Yu Dong coming out of her room , nodded at her and smiled in a polite yet distant manner " you are awake ? I have cooked some porridge for you , you can eat before you leave "
" Ah En - thank you " Yu Dong could not come up with another thing to say , this was the first time that she was being taken care by someone in his life who wasn't her family . Her parents were researchers and they rarely returned home , so it the responsibilities to take care of her brothers fell on her - and with an apocalypse happening no one had the time to experience romance , every one were too busy surviving .
So , Yu Dong was pretty much a bachelor until she died , now that someone was taking care of her - she felt both happy yet awkward .
Shen Li paused when he heard Yu Dong say thank you , then without saying anything , he ladled some porridge in her bowl and placed it in front of her " I have packed some for Little Mai too , if you pass by shopkeepers Zhai shop remember to bring some porridge to him as well "
Yu Dong who was chewing the rice , suddenly choked and coughed - Startling Shen Li who was packing a portion of porridge for Yu Mai , he hurriedly gave Yu Dong a cup of water that she gratefully gulped .
" are you alright ?" Asked Shen Li looking at Yu Dong who was still coughing and spluttering , Yu Dong waved a hand indicating that she was fine but then immediately slapped her forehead , no wonder she had a feeling like she was forgetting something - she was forgetting Yu Mai , Yu Dong's younger brother who was a mer as well .
The previous Yu Dong didn't like this brother of hers , so she sent him away to work in a rundown diner as a dish cleaner . Because Mai was a young boy around ten and was a special child not many were willing to let him work but Yu Dong who didn't want to raise a special mer who could only eat and sleep and help with nothing , was adamant about selling her brother - in the end she sold Yu Mai to an old diner shop for four taels - really when Yu Dong thought that she couldn't hate and despise the original owner anymore , a new memory will pop out from somewhere and make her feel all shitty ! Selling her brother for four taels? Why didn't you just go and sold yourself ? Let's see how much your drug addicted ass was worth !
Last night Yu Dong had stopped reducing the damage to her brain and once again started on the damage to the body caused by the original owner , Yu Dong couldn't even bring herself to count how many body organs she treated last night , in fact it would be right to say that except her hands and legs every thing seemed to be either dying or deteriorating ! So of course such old memory from six months ago escaped her mind .
Yu Dong sighed really wishing that she could just chuck herself in the river - just when she thought she could repay , Wang shi 's money - she had another thing to deal with , and after contemplating she understood that bringing Yu Mai home was much more important than paying Wang shi right now .
" I will be off then " after such a heavy load on her head , Yu Dong was in no mood to eat anymore , she took some bite of the porridge , took the package from Shen Li and left the house . Leaving a very bewildered and shocked Shen Li who was looking at the bowl of uneaten porridge - he bit his lip and sucked in a breath , did he say something to upset Yu Dong ?
If Yu Dong knew that Shen Li was blaming himself for her foul mood she would have returned back and ate the entire porridge ! She was just person who couldn't bear a single grain of dust in her eyes , now that she knew that the original owner sold her special needs Brother to an old diner , she couldn't sit still anymore - she walked hurriedly and swiftly then observed her surroundings once she was certain that there was no one around she took out the tiger pelt , meat and bones including the deer antlers , pelt and meat as well , then with the original owner's memory walked off in the direction of the town .
Yu Dong wasn't used to a bustling town , in her memory , the town 's market was always filled with ire and fear but this town 's market was actually pretty crowded , thus it took Yu Dong a little time to find the medicine hall .
The helper in the medicine hall looked at Yu Dong's tattered and patched clothing and arrogantly asked " what are you doing here ? This shops doesn't sell medicine to beggars "
Yu Dong had never been treated this way , she immediately flared up. Looking at The helper 's face , she scoffed " I didn't know that your shop only sells medicines to emperors and princes , then why have you opened a shop in the middle of a town market where rich and poor all come to buy things !"
" You -" the helper didn't girl didn't think that a poor woman will be able to so affluently respond to her .
" what you ? A physician job is to treat patients whether young and old , or rich or poor ! To disdain someone just because of their background , since when physicians started to do such things !"
Yu Dong voice wasn't soft at all , the physician woman who was sitting in the back room heard , Yu Dong 's loud voice and came out to see what was happening - she saw that her helper was flushed in anger while the woman who was standing outside was glaring at her with fire rising out of her eyes .
" Little Lin what's wrong ?" Physician Zheng was a good natured woman , she took pride in her job, thus when a woman condemned her , she naturally couldn't stay silent .
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" Teacher this woman -"
" I will tell you what happened who knows how your helper will twist the story around " said Yu Dong with a confident aura that didn't matched her poor appearance "I came here to sell something but before I could even say a thing, your helper was already shooing me away like I was a street dog or cat , she even called me a beggar ! That's what happened "
Physician Zheng heard Yu Dong 's explanation and looked at Little Lin whose face was white , as paper . Physician Zheng sighed , this helper of her was sent by her aunt and she was related to her thus she was arrogant to live in the town and help around her medical hall " Little Lin how many times I have to tell you that we treat people the same way whether they are rich or poor , if you can't understand such a simple thing - then you can pack your bags and leave for your village , the next time I hear a complaint coming regarding you , Don't bother explaining !" Then without giving Little Lin a good glance , Physician Zheng turned to Yu Dong and said with an apologetic smile " I'm really sorry about her , she is too young and sometimes makes mistakes but I hope you can forgive her , please show me what you wanted to sell "
Yu Dong looked at Physician Zheng she had a good feeling about this woman but she was still upset that This woman was still protecting the helper maybe the helper was her relative of something , Yu Dong rolled her eyes and took out the deer antlers velvet and said " I was going to sell these antlers I hunted a deer just this morning but clearly I'm not welcome here , so I will just -"
Seeing the fresh deer antlers , Physician Zheng's eyes lit up and she hurriedly stopped Yu Dong " wait wait wait , I will buy it and as an apology I will pay eight taels how about it ?"
Yu Dong did a mental calculation then looked at the little helper " nine taels and an apology, I will sell if not I will sell it somewhere else , just so you know I'm a fine hunter and might come to sell it again"
Physician Zheng was tempted in the end she could only glare at Little Lin who bowed her head and muttered "I'm sorry , I won't look down on people again "
" there you go - you want nine taels right ? I am willing to pay but the next time you hunt a deer the antlers should be sold to my medical hall alone ".
Half an hour later with nine taels in hand , Yu Dong was standing in front of the diner where Yu Mai was sold .
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Another one ? another one you stupid boy ?" the second Yu Dong entered the old diner,she saw the manager and boss of the store growling at Yu Mai who was hiding behind the boss 's husband .
The mer was covering Yu Mai behind him and at the same time he was trying to calm his wife down " calm down , you knew he is a bit special when you brought him didn't you ? if you hurt him , it will be twice as much trouble for us "
The boss wife liked children as he only had a daughter who didn't care about her father at all , every day she would just leave home early in the morning and return back home late , The boss's husband wanted to spend some time with his daughter but the latter was to busy enjoying herself that she had no time to spend with her poor old father .
In the end , the boss wife took solitude in the company of the children that were sold to their diner , and among these children , the one he liked the most was Yu Mai who was special but cheerful . So , every time Yu Mai made a mistake , the boss 's husband tried his best to protect him .
" and a lot of good it did to me !" Snarled the boss lady still glaring at Yu Mai who cowered behind the boss lady 's husband " your sister said that she would come back and take you away , selling a pitiful story about how your parents were dead and she didn't want to worry about you getting starved , a fat load of bullshit if you ask me , she just never wanted to take care of you , that's what it is ! . I have waited for six months and I can't wait any more , no I'm selling you ! You might as well fetch me a good price as some old man's concubine rather than breaking my crockery every day !"
The boss lady didn't care what kind of impact her words might leave on Yu Mai , but Yu Dong who was standing on the entrance cared so she stepped forward and said with a polite yet cold smile "Boss lady , I did send my brother to you but I did tell you that I will return to get him back didn't I ? How can you renege on your promise like that ?"
The boss lady who was scolding Yu Mai choked on her words and turned around where she caught , Yu Dong's chilling gaze . Even though the boss lady was a well known shrew , she didn't know why she was momentarily left speechless when Yu Dong appeared , the truth was The boss lady never wanted to sell Yu Mai , she was just teaching a lesson to him for breaking a bowl while washing dishes . Yu Mai was a hard working child and he never complained about being given more work than he could take on , The boss lady even made Yu Mai run household errands for her , she even made him serve her daughter and used him as a family servant , selling Yu Mai was equivalent to losing a hard working slave and The boss lady was not willing - but she never thought that Yu Dong who abandoned her brother would really return to bring him back .
The boss lady was shocked but her husband was ecstatic , he smiled at Yu Dong " you are back to bring Mai ?"
Yu Dong naturally had a good impression of This old mer who was protecting Yu Mai behind him , she nodded and politely responded " En , I m finally settled down and can bring Mai with me "
' bring Mai with me ' these words acted like a shock repellent and the boss lady immediately woke from reverie , she sneered at Yu Dong and immediately pulled a long face " what do you mean bring him back ? Do you think that you can just bring him back because you want to ? I brought him for four taels , four silver taels from you , who is going to pay me back-"
" Obviously I will " said Yu Dong interrupting The boss lady 's diatribe " I will return back the four taels that I borrowed from you , will that be alright ?"
Yu Dong didn't want to show a good face to the boss lady who scolded Yu Mai so fiercely but she knew that if she made things difficult for the boss lady , the latter might refuse to sell Yu Mai back to her , the power wasn't in her hands so she was feeling a bit helpless about the situation from the looks of the boss lady of the diner wasn't an easy person .
Yu Dong 's suspicions were right , the second the Boss lady heard that Yu Dong was willing to pay four taels for Yu Mai , the stupid mer , the cogs of her brain turned " what about the crockery he broke eh ? In this past six months , he had naturally caused a havoc in my diner , breaking pots and plates as he wished - who is going to pay back for my loss ? I'm telling you I won't sell this boy to you for less than six taels ! Either you take six taels out or get out from here !"
Yu Dong immediately understood what the boss lady was trying to do , she was afraid that if she immediately agreed the boss lady might try to increase the price , so she put on a hesitant expression and looked at Yu Mai . The boss lady's husband too understood what his wife was doing , and seeing Yu Dong's hesitant expression his heart clenched , Yu Dong clearly didn't look like she was well off , four taels were already like a chunk of meat being cut from her body , and now asking for six taels " Wife why don't you-"
" Shut up !" Hissed the boss lady , she knew thar her husband pitied the stupid mer but she didn't have the time to pity him , her daughter was already at marriageable age , if she could get these six taels , maybe she will be able to buy a mer for her daughter " its not your place to speak ! Be a proper mer and go back inside , shamelessly standing here out in open when an unknown woman is standing right in front of you ! Go back inside " the boss lady's husband could only bow his head and pat Yu Mai 's little head , he was apologetic towards Yu Dong and Yu Mai but he can't do anything against his own wife , once her husband was gone , the woman looked back at Yu Dong " so ? Are you going to pay ? If you don't have the money just walk out - you are ruining my business "
There was not even a single customer in the run down diner but the boss lady still acted as if Yu Dong was disturbing her .
Yu Dong looked at the boss lady and glared at her , with teeth clenched , she finally agreed looking aggrieved " fine but you better write me a document and give me an evidence in case you come asking to bring Mai back "
The boss lady rolled her eyes and muttered " like I would go through that much song and dance for a stupid mer " but all the same she called her daughter and had her write two documents , Yu Dong and The boss lady pressed their ink smudged thumb on the paper and Yu Dong finally paid six taels to the boss lady .
Yu Dong looked at her again scrunched up purse and sighed , why was it that the wrongs the previous owner did were being paid by her ? She earned Nine taels and six were already used up but when she thought about how she could always earn back the money but there was only one Yu Mai, she finally eased the knot in her heart .
" Mai , lets go " holding out her hand in front of Yu Mai , Yu Dong asked him to come with her but instead of taking her hand , Yu Mai bit on his fore finger and licked his lips .
" you are back sister ?" He asked tentatively " you are back to bring me back ?"
Yu Mai was a simple boy , he was smart when he was young but then he suffered through a deadly fever while his mother was out hunting , their father tried to beg for money from the Yu family so that he could bring Mai to a physician but the Yu family was reluctant to waste money on a mer - if it was Yu Dong they might have taken the money out but for a mer .. in the end , Yu Mai survived but his brain was affected because of the fever .
And he became a child with special needs - his vocabulary was limited and he was really slow in understanding things .
" yes , I'm back to bring you away with me" Yu Dong felt like a horrible liar , the previous Yu Dong clearly sold Yu Mai for good but here she was trying to fool a simple child with her lies , making him believe that his sister was a good person from the start .
Yu Mai blinked his clear , grape like eyes and immediately puffed his chest then rushed towards the back kitchen door where many curious children who were envious of Yu Mai was skulking behind the door , pointing his finger at them he childishly spoke " you see I was right , my sister didn't sell me ! See she is back , I'm not an abandoned child !" He announced proudly , Yu Mai was proud but Yu Dong wished to bury herself in the ground , this child what else has he suffered through ?
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Yu Mai's boasting got him a number of envious and jealous glares , the children here all knew that their family members will never come back to bring them home again , all of them were resentful and angry yet they had no way to release their rage - when Yu Mai came to the shop , all of them soon realised that the boy was a big softie and completely stupid , they would sometimes use Yu Mai as their punching bag to feel happy about themselves . But now that stupid idiot upon whom they all looked down on was returning back home yet all them will have to stay in this old diner ! How unjust ! They were definitely more loveable and smart than Yu Mai , so why was it that this stupid mer was more lucky than them ?
" Alright go back inside what are you looking at ?" The boss lady saw that the children in her shops were resentfully watching Yu Mai who was standing proud as a peacock in front of them " and you - aren't you here to take your brother away ? Take him - take him now before he rubs off his stupidity off my other workers "
" Yes , Yes " Yu Dong didn't like the tone of the boss lady but she also didn't want to fight with an old woman she will ever going to see , so she took Yu Mai 's little hand and walked out of the diner , the resentful glares of the children still burning in her back .
Once Yu Mai was out of the diner , his demeanour took a complete one eighty degrees change , he happily looked around - steering Yu Dong from shop to shop " Uncle .. Uncle - she my sister came back , she will bring me back home !"
" Auntie see see , you said that I was a wild child and no one wanted me , see My sister brought me back !"
" Nice grandma , my sister came to bring me back home " through out the street , Yu Mai kept announcing to everyone who would listen to him , that his sister came back to bring him home , Yu Dong's face was flushed red but she didn't stop him , after all the original owner was in the wrong first , she might as well let Yu Mai let out his grievances and get her comeuppance .
" Oh you are Mai 's elder sister ?" Said the old woman who was selling vegetable . Her beady eyes swept up and down Yu Dong 's figure and she nodded slightly after making sure that Yu Dong was indeed not that well off " Mai told me about you , he said that you sold him because you had no money and your family kicked you out after your parents died , He was really sure that you will come back for him - its good that you came to get him , or else such a bright and happy child , I wouldn't have liked it if he got depressed like the others "
The other children in the diner was left behind with the same excuse , their parents told them the same thing , that they will come back to get them once everything was settled but days turned to months and months turned into years , yet no one from their home came back to bring them away . The old lady thought that Yu Dong was the same but the young girl definitely proved her wrong .
Yu Dong swallowed her embarrassment and guilt and smiled a little hesitantly " yes , Those time were really not good , I didn't want Mai to suffer with me , I do feel awfully guilty about what I did but I promise I will treat him better and make up for my six months absence "
Yu Dong ! You better pray that I Don't meet you in the underworld or I'm gonna kick your ass ! Cried Yu Dong in her head as she patted Yu Mai 's small head , the little guy had never been touched so affectionately by his sister , he immediately clutched his head and giggle foolishly . Yu Dong saw that the little boy was happy with just a little bit of her affection and felt even more awful about it , this - just what kind of person the original Yu Dong was , was physically abusing her husbands was not enough for her to collect more bad her karma that she had to be so hard on brother as well ?
Yu Dong thanked the old lady for her kindness towards Yu Mai and took the little boy with her . Now that she was poor once again , she took out the tiger meat and deer meat from her inner world , while Yu Mai was busy looking around the busy street , then led her brother to a classy looking restaurant .
The busgirl saw Yu Dong but compared to the girl in the medical hall , she nodded at her politely and said " how can I help you ?"
Yu Dong who was already liking this restaurant , smiled and said " I'm a hunter , I have hunted a tiger and deer this morning , I would like to sell the meat here , its still fresh "
Yu Dong showed the meat that was cleaned off blood and grime to the busgirl who nodded approvingly , then she smiled and said " I'm not in charge of buying meat , the chef lady is , please wait I will bring her "
The busgirl went to the back room which was most probably the kitchen , Yu Dong was left behind but she didn't felt awkward or anything , she kept standing on the entrance and waited for the busgirl , she knew her current standard and also understood that the busgirl was already showing her enough respect by not throwing her out of the restaurant , so she didn't feel bad about left standing at the counter .
Instead it was Yu Mai who stiffened and clutched on his sister's cloth , because he was slow in understanding things , he didn't get the gist of the conversation but only understood one word ' sell ' - was his sister going to sell him again ?
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Yu Dong felt that her sleeve was being held a little too tightly , it was as if the person who was holding on to her wrist actually wanted to permanently embed himself in her body , Yu Dong looked down and saw that Yu Mai was already looking at her , he was biting his finger - looking terrified , Yu Dong couldn't understand what happened to the cheery boy , he was fine just a moment ago what happened all of a sudden ?
Even though Yu Dong didn't know what exactly happened , she still gently patted his furry head " what's wrong ?" She asked with a smile looking at little Mai who seemed a bit too close to crying .
" sister - wuwu , are you going to sell me again ?" Asked Yu Mai , even though his clear and clean heart had not suffered a huge blow and got corrupted like the other kids , Yu Mai indeed was left with a rather big scar on his heart , though he acted like nothing much happened but Yu Mai didn't have a good time at the diner , there were times when he had to go hungry and when ever the boss lady's daughter got upset she would take out her anger at Yu Mai as she knew that Yu Mai was the only one who won't complain to her mother .
Yu Mai didn't want to go through that experience again , if his sister really sold him again then he will become a bad boy and run away !
At first Yu Dong didn't understand what he meant by this but then she remembered that Yu Mai was a special child and most probably he only understood the word ' sell ' that he heard just now and came on the conclusion that maybe she was trying to sell him again .
After all Yu Mai was just a seven years old boy and with her slow wits , it wasn't surprising that he actually misunderstood her , Yu Dong patted his cheek then showed him the meat in her basket " look , sister wants to sell this not Mai , sister is selling meat , do you understand now Mai ?"
Yu Mai looked at the meat in Yu Dong's basket and then looked at Yu Dong , his little head bursting with confusing thoughts - he didn't want to doubt his big sister but what if she really sells him " you - you are speaking the truth elder sister ?"
Yu Dong knew that the scar , the little guy suffered through was a big one so she patiently nodded and kept coaxing Yu Mai " that's right , if you think sister lied , then you can punish sister as you want "
Yu Mai thought about his sister's suggestion and nodded " sure , I will be a bad boy if you lie to me , Mai is really fierce when he becomes a bad boy " as if to demonstrate his fierceness , he growled in a way that resembled a baby kitten mewling - the little innocent Yu Mai didn't even think that if Yu Dong really sold him , even if he became a bad boy - Yu Dong won't be the one suffering .
But then again Yu Mai was a little softie with a big heart , even if Yu Dong really sold him - he might actually help her count the money that came from selling him .
" Are you the one who wants to sell tiger meat ?" a gruff voice broke the siblings conversation , Yu Dong stood up and looked back - a portly , and nice natured woman was walking towards her , she was so fat that Yu Dong couldn't even see her neck - that seemed to have hidden under her many chins .
" Yes , its me " Yu Dong was a firm believer of live and let live , even though she thought that being this fat wasn't good , she didn't speak her thoughts out loud , whatever the woman can live as she wants who was she to interfere in her life " I hunted this game just this morning , its still fresh , you can see for yourself "
The truth was Yu Dong had hunted this meat last night but nothing goes bad in her inner world , the meat was just as fresh as it was last night .
The woman chef took a look at the meat that Yu Dong had brought , because their restaurant was a big pricy many hunters came to sell their game - thus the woman who was checking the condition of the meat could tell from just one glance because of years of experience that the meat indeed belonged to tiger and deer .
Yu Dong 's meat was really fresh and because it was washed with water instilled with spiritual energy , it looked even more clean and juicy - the woman chef could definitely hear praises coming her way when she will use this meat to cook . The woman felt that she might have really hit a jackpot this morning to get such good meat delivered on their restaurant's doorstep " its great , I will pay you seven taels for the tiger meat and five taels for the deer one , will that be okay ? "
Yu Dong had no objections , she knew that this much money was indeed fair - after all no matter how dangerous hunting a tiger was , she was just selling the meat and nothing rare here , and she still had the tiger pelt with her , as long as everything goes right , she might be able to earn a bit more . So , she accepted the deal .
My wrist is swollen so the short chap.
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The lady chef paid Yu Dong twelve taels , gripping the twelve taels in hands Yu Dong finally felt a feeling of financial security , even though she had enough things stocked in her inner world to feed her three husbands including young Mai , having money was vastly different - now , with these taels Yu Dong felt her heart settle a little more at ease , if she wasn't wrong twelve taels were enough for a family to live peacefully as long as nothing goes wrong ,and once she added the taels that she earned from selling the deer antlers it will be fifteen taels - maybe she might be able to sell the deer and tiger pelt for even more money who knows ?
Yu Dong placed the taels in her inner world , she was afraid of meeting robbers - so she took precautions before something like this happened .
She was hoisting her basket and turning to leave with Yu Mai when the lady chef thought of something and stopped her " Hey ! If you hunted a tiger and deer you might also want to sell their pelt , don't you ?"
Yu Dong didn't know what the lady chef meant bu this but she still nodded her head .
" can I see them ? Don't misunderstand me - my boss - she is serving a lady from a good household , you see . And that lady has always been fascinated with things like fur and animal skin , if you don't mind it , I can ask someone to call my boss together with the lady , you might be able to sell your animal pelts for a bargain you might have not even imagined !" Even though the lady chef said it like she was doing a great favour to Yu Dong , her intentions were clear , she wanted to curry favour with her boss as well as with the lady who had a high status . The lady chef had an eye for things she could see that Yu Dong had a special trick to preserve the meat , even though the girl in front of her hunted the tiger this morning , it was already noon ! How can the meat preserve its juiciness and freshness till now ? But somehow it did - the lady chef had an inkling that maybe the pelts hunted by Yu Dong's might also be different from other tiger pelts hunted by other hunters .
Yu Dong hesitated but nodded after a through contemplation , she had arrived in this world for only three days or so , she didn't have much idea about this town or where to sell animal pelts either , she had to walk around for at least an hour before she found this restaurant to sell the game she hunted - who knows how long she will have to roam around before she could find a shop to see animal skin . If she was the only one roaming around it was fine but she has Yu Mai with her , the seven year old boy was already licking his lips because he was thirsty . Yu Dong brought the porridge with her but she didn't bring anything to drink - she couldn't help but inwardly kick herself for being so stupid , it was so hot and humid outside , water was a must !
She was fine because she had her spiritual energy but what about Young Mai ?
" Alright , Wait here " once the lady chef saw that Yu Dong was willing to show her some face , she immediately sent someone to inform her boss then she took Yu Dong and Yu Mai to the servants resting room and served them some warm water and mung bean cake " I would have given you some tea but I'm not allowed to use the ingredients in the restaurant as I want , the tea here is reserved for the important people "
The lady chef didn't mean any harm but Yu Dong still felt that her dignity was being questioned , really just a cup of tea and so much measures were taken regarding it ? If not for the lady chef's sincere expression , Yu Dong might have fought for her dignity ! What's so special about tea leaves ?? This aunty had drank so much tea in her past life that you can't even think about it !
" its alright " though Yu Dong felt a little stifled , she knew that currently she was in tattered clothing and was having a hard time meeting her family's needs - no matter how rich she was in the past , now that she had transmigrated here , she was the poor Yu Dong of this world .
Yu Mai was stuffing his mouth with mung bean cakes without even a slightest care , what was being said or that his sister just received a big blow because she couldn't afford to buy tea for him , instead he happily ate the cakes and drank warm water to quench his thirst , then beamed at the lady chef " Nice aunty , these cakes are really tasty !"
The lady chef had long seen Yu Mai and she knew that something was different about him but she said nothing and happily nodded , after all who doesn't like their skills being praised ?
" is that so ? Then you eat more "she said placing some more cakes in Yu Mai 's plate ,making Yu Dong feel a bit guilty .
" You don't have to - I can't take this much for free " Yu Dong naturally wouldn't stop Yu Mai from eating cakes so she could only take out a hundred cents and pay the lady chef who shook her head and refused to take the money .
" Its alright , these are leftovers anyway - they are not much popular and only a few customers order them , if someone like eating these cakes of mine , then I will of course be happy about it "
When Yu Dong opened her mouth to say that this wasn't a right thing to do , the gate of the servants resting area opened and a maid rushed in and whispered something in the lady chef's ear .
" let's go my boss will be seeing you now "said The lady chef then started walking out of the room , Yu Dong could only stood up abruptly and stuff as many cakes as she could in Yu Mai 's hand before taking him along with her , she knew the little boy had insecurities and couldn't be left alone .
Yu Mai didn't want to leave his sweet cakes but he saw that his sister was walking away so he didn't resist and followed her , without throwing a tantrum .
When Yu Dong reached the VIP guest lounge - she saw that two women were sitting alone in the entire lounge , one was dressed in a pals blue floating dress with a shrewd look in her eyes while the other despite the humid weather had a fur collared robe donned on her figure , Yu Dong realised that this must be the lady who was interested in buying the animal skins.
" You are here " said the lady with fur collar in a booming voice , her voice was loud and bold , her features were hardened and her face had a dangerous scar running down the right eye all the way to her eyebrow " He Shen here told me that she got a huntress who hunted a good quality fur to sell , show me if I liked it , I will reward you handsomely "
Yu Dong felt a little awkward but when the lady chef pushed her from behind , she clumsily made a salute to both of the ladies fully understanding that both of them were important figures . Then she took out the animal pelt from her basket and handed it to the lady bodyguard who was standing behind the lady with fur collar .
He Shen , the boss of the restaurant saw that though Yu Dong was acting clumsy , she knew how to act in front of nobility - her impression of Yu Dong improved slightly and her expression softened.
On the other hand the lady bodyguard who was clutching the pelt was awestruck because the fur was as soft as cloud , even softer than this high quality fox fur cloak , her master was wearing .
The lady with the fox fur cloak was waiting for her lady bodyguard to be done checking with the pelt but when she didn't receive it after two whole minutes , she couldn't help but turn her head over her shoulder and look at her bodyguard " what's the matter ? Is something wrong with the animal skin ?"
The bodyguard was startled when her lady asked this question all of a sudden , she blushed and placed the animal skin in front of her lady " no , its just too soft "
The lady in fur snorted, she had no expectations regarding this so called fur coming from a peasant huntress , after all how many fur and animal skin , she had seen in her career as a Marquess ? But the second her finger tips lightly skimmed over the fur - The fur was so soft - so fluffy that the Marquess couldn't even blink her eye and without even looking at Yu Dong she spoke again in her loud booming " sixty taels and you are selling this to me !"
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Yu Dong was shocked ,she indeed wanted to sell the tiger pelt for a good sum of money but she didn't expect that the first offer given to her will consist of sixty taels . What Yu Dong never considered that there were no fur processing industries in this era , the fur when new was soft and felt amazing to touch but with no dry cleaning - the furs bristles would soon become hard , compared to those fur that were washed and cleaned by hunters with washing grass and water , her fur that was washed with spiritual energy was much more soft and had an unnatural shine that no one could look away from it .
The Marquise was someone who loved collecting good quality fur , how can she let it go ? This shiny soft fur could be used to make a wonderful coat for her daughter who was patrolling the border of their country and the deer pelt could be used to make a jacket for her beloved husband - her precious often complains that the fur she brought was not as soft as it was in his country , hah ! With this she will show her precious that her country's hunting women were no different from his country's huntress !
" wait a second , you are buying both ?" The lady boss of the restaurant , Song Yixu who was hesitant regarding buying this fur from Yu Dong was shocked , she indeed trusted her friend , the marquis Qiao Sha 's judgement if her friend offered sixty taels to Yu Dong , then the fur should surely be of really good quality but what shocked her was that Qiao Sha actually leaped and took hold of the deer pelt as well , if she took both of them what was she going to take " Sha Sha ? Why don't you leave one for me , I can -"
" No " Qiao Sha could sacrifice her life for her friend if the situation calls for it but right now this was the matter of impressing her precious , if she let Song Yixu snatch this pelt from her , it was just a matter of time before Her precious throws a tantrum , she could already imagine it , the second she will enter her house with this tiger pelt , it wouldn't take long for her precious to hear the news from the servant , when that happen her precious husband will ask her to let him see what good fur she has brought , and the second he touches this fur - Qiao Sha shuddered while thinking , its highly possible that she will be kicked out of her room by her precious if she didn't bring one for her husband as well.
Song Yixu pursed her lips and glared at Qiao Sha then she curved her lips in a gentle smile and turned to look at Yu Dong who was shocked at the sight of Qiao Sha practically caressing the fur like one would do to their baby " Young girl , what's your name - I heard from Yu Xi that you brought really good quality meat earlier for selling to my restaurant , seeing the quality of your goods , I think we should co operate ? What do you say ?"
Yu Dong who was stunned by the one hundred twenty tael offer after adding both the pelt , was already rendered speechless but she still understood what it meant to get a cooperation with a big and rich lady boss , so she happily nodded and said " if madam doesn't mind , then I will bring all my fresh game here to your restaurant "
" including the pelts " added Song Yixu .
Yu Dong smiled at her childish actions and nodded promising" including the pelts"
It was only when Yu Dong agreed did Qiao Sha woke up from her daze and looked at Yu Dong and Song Yixu , briefly understanding the situation , she inflated like a hot air ballon " Yixu , you are actually trying to snatch those precious furs from right under my nose ! Is that it - that you don't want to remain friends with me ? "
" if you wanted to be friends with me you could have shared that deer pelt with me , you know how much my husband likes deer pelts , its going to be winter soon , I could have made a cloak for him !"
" you snooze you lose ! Who asked you to be so sloppy in claiming what you wanted !"
" let's leave them to it " said Yu Xi the lady chef "its their old habit , they might look like they are going to fight like little kids and a fight might really break out but they have been together ever since they were in their shorts , both of them are really good friends , don't worry " added Yu Xi when she saw Yu Dong and Yu Mai 's concerned expressions .
Yu Dong nodded and walked out with Yu Xi , feeling a bit confused and guilty maybe if she hunted another fox or rabbit , this fight have not occurred . But all her thoughts vanished when Yu Xi gave her pouch that included the one hundred and twenty taels for the fur skin " here , make sure to keep it safe , I won't be able to refund you if someone stole it " though Yu Xi sounded like she was cursing Yu Dong for having bad luck but in fact Yu Xi was a straightforward woman who had no such thing as filter in her mouth . Yu Dong understood it too , so she simply nodded , thanked Yu Xi for her hard work and left the restaurant , after she placed the pouch in her inner sleeves , that is to say her inner world .
Haha , steal ? They need to at least find something on her body before they could steal anything .
Clutching Yu Mai 's hands , Yu Dong then asked around for the place where they sold ox , horses and goats etc . The animal market was in the southern most part of the market and Yu Dong and Yu Mai who were on foot compared to those rich nobles who were coming in and out of the market on their carriages , were really thirsty again by the time they reached the market , in the end Yu Dong had to purchase a bamboo container with clean water . She instilled some of her spiritual energy in the water and gave it to Yu Mai who was licking his lips , compared to her who was an adult , Yu Mai needed water more in case he suffered from heat stroke .
Even though it wasn't summer now but the noon was really sultry and warm , it might not be enough to make an adult faint but a seven year old child was a different story . The animal market was bustling with activity and the air smelled of animal feces and dung , it was so nasty that Yu Mai had to cover his nose with his free hand , Yu Dong was fine though , she had been once surrounded by the smell of rotting flesh coming from zombies , twenty four seven , who cared about animal feces ?
" I'm selling this ox , look carefully sister its strong and sturdy , it can do a lot of farm work , I promise to give you a fair price "
" sister look at this mule only one year old , strong and beautiful , don't you want a handsome ride for yourself ?"
" no the mule is too young , I don't think it can actually endure my weigh "
" sister - sister then look at this one right here -"
Yu Dong thought that this bustling noises were really a novel experience for her , in her time no more than three people left to get supplies and even if they did , most of the time it included the roars of zombies and the shouts of the zombie control officers , when had she seen such a calm and peaceful sight .
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