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 .
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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