Bab 12: Need to hunt a bit more
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 .
Bab 13: Wife take care
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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