Bab 17: Sell him again?
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 ?
Bab 18: Jackpot
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.
Hadiah
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