" Shen Chi! Ye Liu! Chen Mi! Are you all dead or are you pretending to be dead? I have knocked on your door yet you dare to not open it ?" Qiu Bai was used to being overbearing and unreasonable in front of Yu Dong's husbands. No matter how he treated these three bastards neither Yu Dong nor her wife said a word , so he wasn't worried about causing trouble . In his eyes as long as he wanted to take advantage of Shen Chi and the others , they were still members of his family . However , if their family hit a jackpot then these three good for nothing including that niece of his need to stay as far as possible from his family . In short, only he was allowed to take advantage of Yu Dong 's family, not the other way round !
Chen Mi who was sitting in his room pursed his lips and stayed silent , he knew that no matter what reason Qiu Bai , this uncle in law had , it wasn't any good . After staying for a year in the Yu family he knew how selfish and self-centred this Qiu Bai was , if he really opened the door then who knows what Qiu Bai might do . Maybe he might even snatch these new quilts and mattresses that his wife brought to their house . The more he thought about it the more he realised that opening the door was equivalent to letting Qiu Bai take advantage of his family , so tightly pursed his lips and didn't utter a word .
Chen Mi could withstand the continuous pounding and shouting but little bun couldn't , the poor child has just fallen asleep and before he could start dreaming of his milky dreams , he was woken up by Qiu Bai 's continuous knocking and cursing . Little bun unhappily scrunched up his face and started to brawl , his sobs were so loud that the entire house shook . Anyone who heard his pitiful sobs would have felt their heart melt , those sobs were full of anger and anguish , and no one would have dared to harden their hearts and bully the little child anymore .
But who was Qiu Bai , he was even more shameless than the most shameless man alive on the earth. When he heard little bun cry he didn't even stop to think that the child was crying because of him and he shouldn't continue to shout curses in front of Yu Dong 's house but instead, he raised his voice and rightfully scolded Chen Mi " You lazy bum! I knew you were hiding inside . Come out and open this door , don't even think about hiding from your uncle in law . Open the door and come with me now !"
Chen Mi brought Little bun in his arms and started rocking him , however with Qiu Bai shouting at his house 's door there was no way his son would be able to sleep . So , he lightly hummed a tune to stop Little bun from crying before walking to the door , though he walked out of his room , he didn't open the door instead he lightly answered Qiu Bai " Uncle in law , I can't come with you . My wife and brothers aren't home and Xiao Bo is too small to be left alone . I cannot leave the house empty either , so please come back when my wife returns "
Qiu Bai who was standing outside was shocked , this was the first time he heard the timid Chen Mi answering back . But after his initial shock faded , his anger reached a new peak and he started kicking on Yu Dong 's door " you hussy , to think your wings would harden after leaving the house . What do you think that just because our families are separated I can no longer control you ? Don't forget that I am still your uncle in law and my wife is your aunt ! Unless you divorce Yu Dong , you will still be a member of my family ! So hurry up and open the door don't make me force you , you bitch!"
" Qiu Bai , you need to calm down " An Xia the village head of the village couldn't help but lightly scold Qiu Bai . Even if she wanted to build a good relationship with Qiu Bai and his family because of his son Yu Cheng , she still need to stop Qiu Bai in case he did something offensive " you will break the door -"
" So what if I break it huh ?" snapped Qiu Bai as he continued stomping on Yu Dong 's door , with each kick the force and ferociousness behind it would increase . The door was already so old and because of Qiu Bai 's ferocity it started creaking and cracking " even if I break it so what ?"
" You will have to pay for a new door " a cool voice answered him , startled Qiu Bai turned around . Only to see , a heroic-looking woman walking towards him -her long ponytail was fluttering in wind , her sharp willow like eyebrows were scrunched up in irritation while her full red lips were pouting because of anger . Her eyes were full of blame as she looked at him , Qiu Bai who had never seen such a beautiful woman was stunned , he couldn't even say a word and lost all his steam at once .
" You ?"
" What? Did uncle in law forget me after not seeing me for six months ? I don't blame you it's a long time indeed ." said Yu Dong as she walked closer to Qiu Bai , she casually looked at the footprints and cracks on her door and frowned . The door was already so ugly and frail , with Qiu Bai stomping on it , Yu Dong was certain that this door wouldn't be able to hold on for long - when she thought about it , her eyebrows scrunched in frustration , she already had so many expenses and now this!
" You - you are Yu..Y...Yu Dong ?" Qiu Bai stuttered , Yu Tong indeed told him that Yu Dong have changed but he didn't take her seriously , in his eyes even if Yu Dong changed it was only a one day fluke . With her alcoholism and chain-smoking habit , it was impossible for her to stay away from such pleasures but contrary to his expectations Yu Dong who should have gone back to her previous ways was no longer the same , she was standing tall and upright .
Her eyes were no longer unfocused and glazed , instead, they shone like millions of stars . Her complexion was rosy while her strong figure incited every mer that walked past her house .
Qiu Bai clenched his hands when he got a good look . Yu Dong resembled her mother but she still had some features that were similar to her father , and since both father and mother Yu were beautiful - Yu Dong was much more good looking compared to Yu Tong and Yu Cheng .
Previously , her looks were easy to ignore because of her hooligan like behaviour but now that she was sober and clear - it was impossible to ignore !
Qiu Bai wasn't the only one who was stunned even the village head, Xu Muan was stunned as well. Previously, Yu Dong lived a life full of debauchery, whenever she saw the latter either Yu Dong was drunk until her senses were completely muddled or she was teasing and flirting with the mers of the village. Xu Muan still couldn't forget how many complaints she got regarding Yu Dong harassing the mers of the village.
With her messy lifestyle and hooligan like behaviour, Yu Dong hardly ever cared about her looks. She never washed because bathing meant burning firewood, and collecting firewood was the responsibility of the woman of the house, such hard tasks if given to mers, it became the talk of the village. Of course, it wasn't like she didn't order Shen Li and Ye Liu to bring firewood from the forest she did if Chen Mi wasn't pregnant she would have sent him too.
But only a day went by after Ye Liu and Shen Li brought the firewood and she was condemned by the entire village until she couldn't lift her head. In the end, she relieved her anger by beating both Ye Liu and Shen Li, all the while cursing a begging Chen Mi to let his brothers off. But after that, she didn't ask her husbands to bring firewood but she was too lazy to chop some wood herself and she was scared to go to the forest so she completely stopped bathing and asked Ye Liu and the others to do the same.
It clearly said that if they wanted to bathe then they would have to wash themselves by fetching water from the well. She ordered Shen Li and the others to bathe with cold water but couldn't bear to do the same. In the end, she stopped cleaning herself and her appearance became messy and disgusting.
Anyone who saw her would think that she was a beggar from the town if not for her clean clothes. When had Xu Xuan seen Yu Dong looking so clean and fresh, where was her dirt covering her face? Where was her Matted hair?
This heroine looking woman was actually Yu Dong? How can this be?
" You are Yu Dong ?" Xu Xuan couldn't stop herself from asking, she had never seen Yu Dong looking so beautiful before and was shocked until the point of oblivion.
"Or else who can I be ?" asked Yu Dong though she knew why the village head was asking this question, she really didn't want to remember her past dark history and acted in a rather forceful manner so that the village head wouldn't continue asking.
Her plan worked, now that Yu Dong has a clean appearance, her features that greatly resembled her father could be put to better use. A single glance from those sharp phenoixe eyes was enough to make Xu Xuan shut up.
" It's good that you are here " after the initial shock passed, Qiu Bai was no longer as shocked as before. Though he was envious he knew there was nothing he could do, both his sister in law and her husband were good looking just as it was said that a child of a tiger couldn't be a pup, similarly a child to two good looking people couldn't be ugly until the child didn't belong to them.
" I am here to ask for your help, " said Qiu Bai brazenly, though Yu Dong's clean appearance shocked him. In his eyes, Yu Dong was a dog who couldn't change her spots, so what if she was responsible and was now living a normal life? She was still Yu Dong as long as this woman was Yu Dong, there was no chance of her fixing her wrong ways and getting rid of her bad habits" as you know that the harvesting season is coming, and our family really can't harvest all the grains that we sowed in the early spring. Your sister is busy looking for work in the town and your brother is busy with his studies, even your aunt is busy with her job. I can not harvest the wheat all by myself, so why don't you send your husbands to help me ?"
Qiu Bai thought that as long as he mentioned Yu Cheng just like Yu Tong, Yu Dong would agree. Of course, the Yu Dong he knew would have but this Yu Dong, sorry not possible.
Listening to Qiu Bai's suggestion Yu Dong had no reaction except thinking that this person was really shameless. If she wasn't wrong Qiu Bai was the one who hopped around like he had ants in his pants when the original host's parents died, he kept cursing and calling the original owner and her husbands as good for nothing and freeloaders completely forgetting that he was the one who was freeloading in reality. The magnificent house that the Yu family was living in belonged to Yu Dong's mother and was built with the original owner's mother's money.
Previously, Yu Dong didn't concern with the Yu family matter because she just wanted to live her life peacefully and had no reason to find trouble with the Yu family to bring justice to the original owner after all the original Yu Dong wasn't any good either. But if the Yu family came to find trouble with her then she wasn't easy to bully person either.
" help? You want our help to harvest your fields ?" asked Yu Dong with an expression that showed that she was thinking about Qiu Bai's request seriously.
Shen Li cast her a glance but didn't say anything, after staying together with Yu Dong for so long he knew that she wasn't a soft persimmon either. So he didn't say anything, Ye Liu was the same though he didn't trust Yu Dong as much as Shen Li, he knew that his wife was a changed person now. She was trying her best t treat them nicely and was working hard to gain their trust, with her actions it didn't look like she would agree to Qiu Bai's request. And if she did humph, he would never trust on her again! Even if meant to suffer.
" that's right, " said Qiu Bai with a voice that was filled with authority, as if Yu Dong and others were his servants and it was only right for them to agree with his requests "its not too much work, just ten mus of land nothing much "
' just ten mus? This man really can speak whatever he wants, five mus of the land took her entire morning and that was when she had her cheat trick, yet this man shamelessly added the word 'just ' before ten mus? Was he trying to kill her husbands ?'
" It's not impossible for us to help you "began Yu Dong and Qiu Bai's eyes lit up at once, seeing he knew that he could still control Yu Dong. This girl was always afraid of angering him, after all, he was Yu Cheng's beloved father if he got angry then she wouldn't get any advantage over Yu Cheng not that she will get an advantage even now but at least he was willing to coax her, it can be counted as giving in right? However, before his smile could even form properly he heard Yu Dong say " so should we discuss how much grains you are going to give us ?"
" grains? What grains? "Startled Qiu Bai blurted out
" you will have to give grains for the work we will do for you. I know your miser like nature and know that it's impossible for you to fork out money, that's why you will pay us by grains right ?" asked Yu Dong she was leaning on the hoe that she put down on the ground like it was a cane supporting her but despite her lazy attitude and soft tone, Qiu Bai felt a chilliness surrounding him that has nothing to do with the cold weather!
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