Yu dong didn't say anything and Yu Liu didn't know what to say either he took the chicken soup and went back inside Chen Mi's room while Yu Dong went to her backyard and checked the soil condition of her vegetable patch just like everything in the Yu household this patch was in poor condition as well.
The mers might have tried to take care of it but they had no idea how to take care of a farming patch they have been used to enbroidering ,cooking and helping in the field but taking care of an inferior land from the scratch was something they didn't know at all there was no fertilisers added to the field and it was cracking even when it was brimming with water the mers have obviously tried to save it by adding extra water since they couldn't really afford fertilisers but an inferior piece of land needed a lot of fertilisers to become suitable for farming with just water there was no chance to save it .
Yu dong sighed and crouched down, she placed her palm against the soil patch and frowned , the previous Yu Dong was raised like a spoiled princess by her mother and father as she was their only daughter and maybe because she was the eldest granddaughter her grandparents loved her to core as well but that changed when her auntie 's mer gave birth to a son .
She shook her head , it didn't matter to her what history the previous Yu Dong had , what mattered to her was how she took the challenges in her life , yes she lost her parents , yes she was kicked out of the Yu family together with her mers but that didn't justified her alcoholism and lack of awareness towards her responsibilities .
Yu Dong pressed her palms against the soil and let her spiritual energy heal the damage done to the vegetable patch for so many years . She had no confidence in any other job except being a little farmer girl , she knew nothing about cooking and her dishes were close to mediocre not worth opening a restaurant , her best dishes were roasting a whole lamb and dishes that had sea food in it , where the hell she was going to get sea food in this village ? And even if she did where will she get the money to start a restaurant ?
She was no good in embroidery , had no idea about fashion as she was a tom boyish type of woman in her past life with hair shortened to her shoulder and no makeup sense . Her ready to go look comprised of sun screen and lip balm .
But farming , she was confident at with her spiritual energy she was certain that no matter what the plant was she will be able to grow it and no matter how inferior the land was she could turn it fertile .
Yu Dong continued channelling her energy in the ground , so that it shimmered with greenish hue and once she was certain that the soil was good enough she picked herself up and cleaned her hands wiping away the dirt .
She was just thinking about plowing the land when a loud bang resonated from the kitchen and Ye Liu 's shouting could be heard , Yu Dong was stunned she couldn't understand what made Ye Liu shout like that but maybe the baby was coming - The BABY WAS COMING , Yu Dong who had no idea about baby or labour rushed in but she was bound to be disappointed because there was no baby in incoming .
Ye Liu glared at the woman in front of him , while he was in the labour room he heard someone knock , he thought that someone came to buy pig tripe or blood and opened the door but the second he opened it , a woman brushed past him and started searching the utensils without asking his permission - Ye Liu hasn't seen this woman for at least six months and yet she was as shameless as ever actually rushing in to snatch the meat from their house after renouncing their family? Shameless!
" What do you think you are doing ? We are no longer family ! How dare you barge in here and snatch things from us ?" Demanded Ye Liu furiously , he was afraid that if the meat was stolen by this woman today , Yu Dong might never bring any hunt back home , she might even get angry at them - and there was also Chen Mi he needed all the nutrition he could get after giving birth how dare this shameless woman who threw them out try to take it away .
Yu Tong who was stopped by a mer immediately turned angry , she stopped her search and glared at Ye Liu " How dare a little mer like you dared to talk like this with his cousin in law ? Just six months and have you forgotten already that I'm your cousin in law ? So what if I want to take the meat ? Its my cousin who hunted it not you !" That's right this was Yu Tong , Yu Dong 's cousin sister . Just like Yu Dong she was pampered since birth , and she never placed mers in her eyes , so when she was stopped by Ye Liu she couldn't withstand it and lashed out - however even after lashing out her temper didn't ease so she picked up a cutlery bowl and threw at Ye Liu , thankfully , Ye Liu had fast reflexes and dodged .
But that only made Yu Tong even more angry , she puffed up her chest and picked up another bowl to throw at Ye Liu " You shameless hussy , you actually dared to dodge ? Have you forgotten that as mer you need to bow your head down to your wife and in laws ? How dare you talk back , how dare you act such towards me , let me teach you a good lesson !" With that she raised her hand to throw the bowl again at Ye Liu who closed his eyes and gritted his teeth , he knew this time he won't be able to protect himself .
However , just as Yu Tong was about to throw the bowl , someone gripped her wrist , angry and enraged Yu Tong turned her head and started cursing " who the fuck dares to - oh its you cousin " though Yu Tong was caught she wasn't afraid of Yu Dong this cousin of hers , Yu Dong always wanted to ride on her brother Yu Cheng 's coattail so Yu Tong knew that Yu Dong wouldn't get angry at her at all but this time she was wrong because her cousin Yu Dong was gone and replaced by the modern Yu Dong who never relied on anyone but herself.
" He can't talk to you like that but I can right ? " harshly wrenching out the bowl out of Yu Tong 's hand Yu Dong walked over to Ye Liu and examined him with her spiritual energy , once she was certain that apart from being extremely terrified , he was alright , Yu Dong sighed in relief , she could see that the little mer was fine but scared so she patted his head and said " its alright I'm here now "
This action of hers shocked both Yu Tong and Ye Liu , however Yu Ding didn't care about their shock instead she looked at Yu Tong in annoyance and asked " what are you doing here ?" As far as she remembers , The host and the Yu family renounced each other because her uncle and her cousins were worried that Yu Dong will add up as an additional baggage to them after the host's mother passed away . If she was right , Yu Tong was quite supportive of her father's decision back then .
" Cousin what do you mean why I am here ?" Yu Tong was a smart woman she could feel that something was different about Yu Dong whether it was her aura or maybe it was her first time seeing Yu Dong who wasn't drunk out of her mind " I'm your cousin , can't I come to see you ?"
" See me ? Why is it that you never came to see me when I needed you the most but now that I don't need you , you come rushing here ?" Said Yu Dong placing her butchering knife on the kitchen stand " speak what you want , don't try to muddle things up with me . I know you are here because you want something or else you wouldn't have come to see me , a cousin whom you have renounced "
Yu Tong blushed , she was really starting to miss the drunken Yu Dong , if she was still drunk as always , Yu Tong was certain that she might have took the meat and got away after hitting Ye Liu as well but now she has to suffer in silence with no chance to let out her anger and also be embarrassed by her cousin - however she really wanted to eat some meat , her brother's studies cost a lot and they hardly ever get the chance to eat meat especially ever since Yu Cheng started school at town " Cousin you know how studious Brother Cheng is , my father wants to cook something good for him , can you please give me half a kg of pork belly and hock ?"
Ye Liu 's brows jumped this was the best past of a boar , and half a kg for free , why don't you go ahead and just rob us !
However before he could say anything , Yu Dong nodded " alright "
Yu Tong felt smug while Ye Liu was bursting with exasperation he knew it for the sake of being close to Yu Cheng , Yu Dong will agree to whatever conditions Yu Tong put , Yu Tong thought so too , her smirk was full of smugness but before she could relish her victory , Yu Dong burst her bubble rather cruelly " That will be nine hundred cents , pay up "
Hearing Yu Dong mention the price , Yu Tong was stunned , pay ? What pay ? "Cousin what do you mean we are family-"
" we are no longer a family , if you are confused you can go and ask your father to bring out the renouncement letter he so desperately fought for just a day after my parents were buried and if I really did have any obligations left for you and your family , I fulfilled it when I left the house that my mother built with her own earning - don't try to pull that family card on me . From that day onwards we have no relationship , you want pork I will give you but you gotta pay "
Yu Tong spluttered " but nine hundred cents is too much "
Yu Dong snorted and picked up her knife slamming it on the kitchen counter tip first so it ended up embedding in it " Then you go ahead and buy it in the town lets see how much they sell you half a kg pork belly and hock for ? Why are you here ?"
Yu Tong blushed even more , pork belly and hock was just as pricy as lean meat - if she were to buy it in the town she might have to fork out at least one tael and five hundred cents .
" Cousin are you really not going to share some with us ? My brother is really carving some pork meat "however Yu Tong didn't want to give up , her mother's salary for a month was two tael and most of it was spent on Yu Cheng 's study the rest of the expenses were taken care of from the income that came from the fields .
" I am really not going to share anything with your family ever again " said Yu Dong with so much conviction that both Ye Liu and Yu Tong were shocked " I have a child and three mers to take care of , if I give up half a kg of pork belly that amounts to nine hundred cents , how will I afford their expenses , will you help me raise them ?" Asked Yu Dong raising her eyebrow .
Yu Tong who was embarrassed again and again couldn't take anymore , no matter how thick her skin was she was still just eighteen " fine then don't come asking for my brother's help when he becomes an official "
If this was the old Yu Dong she would have gotten anxious but not her , she calmly smiled and said "Of course I won't because I know your family will rather throw away your help in a pit then give it to me , just like your mother who was turned out as nothing but a white eyed wolf , my mother wanted to send me to the academy but your mother took that opportunity at that time she promised that she will take care of me - look how she took care of me , your care and help is just so precious that I don't dare to even think about it much less take it "
Yu Tong was rendered speechless despite being so furious , what Yu Dong said was right , she had no idea how to refute , in the end she could only grit her teeth and walk away but how could Yu Dong let her get away just like that ? She swiped her knife in front of Yu Tong so that it rested right in front of her throat "where do you think you are going ? What about the bowl that you broke ?"
Yu Tong was scared shitless when Yu Dong dared to swipe her knife at her , but she still spoke with false bravado " what about it ? Are you gonna make me pay ?"
" No , I won't but you might not know " smiling grimly Yu Dong looked at Yu Tong eerily " Karma bites everyone's ass who does wrong "
The people in the world and time period were really superstitious when Yu Dong said it like this , Yu Tong was really scared , she didn't dare linger at Yu Dong's house and ran away .
Once she was gone Yu Dong turned to Ye Liu and fiercely glared at him , the little mer immediately dropped his fake bravado and looked down " do you have any idea , what would have happened if I didn't come on time ? Instead of fighting with her you should have come to me ? Why didn't you ?"
Ye Liu didn't answer , how could he rely on Yu Dong who bullied him just as badly as Yu Tong ? Yu Dong knew how much her mers feared her but still she thought that instead of trying to do everything they might at least try to rely on her .
" You -" Whatever Yu Dong wanted to say was interrupted because from Chen Mi 's room , Shen Li shouted " Ye Liu , bring warm water and clean clothes , The baby is coming ! "
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