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n” Miss Yu, are you going to bring us with you?” Mammy Lin was surprised upon hearing that Yu Dong was willing to bring them with her.

n“If not?” Yu Dong arched a brow and looked at the three mammies. ” You three put your lives on the line for us, what kind of master will I be if I let you go and leave you to fend for yourself? I might look like this but I am a softie inside. You know?”

nThe three mammies’ eyes blurred as they hurriedly thanked Yu Dong for her grace, the three of them were sturdy but they were also very old. Even their family didn’t want them, after all, what would they do with three old women who couldn’t marry or give birth to children? They were first hired by a big official family and were asked to drink medicine to cause infertility, though it was unfair, this was how things worked in the families of big officials after all they were hired to protect their husbands and sons, if they were to be perfect women, then there will be a lot of rumours floating around the mers of those big families.

nAfter they lost their ability to have kids, they more or less became nothing but a tool to earn money and when they were let go of their jobs after they grew old and weren’t as agile as before, their families shut their doors firmly on their faces. It was a good thing that Yu Dong was willing to hire them, this way they were able to earn a little sum of money. However, when they heard that there was going to be a big flood they thought that they will be fired after all, in such conditions, it was already difficult for Yu Dong to take care of her family how will she take care of them? But surprisingly, she didn’t fire either of them!

n” Miss Yu, I swear in the future if the opportunity calls for it, I will willingly give up my life for you,” said Mammy Guo who was pulling the ox car with her bare hands.

nListening to her words, Mammy An was both amused and angry. She lightly tutted and said in a soft yet admonishing voice, ” What are you talking about? Don’t say such words. We all are going to lead a long and peaceful life here in this small village.”

nOnly then did Mammy Guo realise that she might have spoken out of turn. With an apologetic expression, she turned to look at Yu Dong and said, ” Forgive me, Miss Yu!”

n“It’s all right,” replied Yu Dong as she tugged on the heavy barrels to her house, of course since her house was on the other hand of the village, she caused a lot of stir when the villagers saw that she was carrying so many barrels to her house. Yu Dong ignored them, it wasn’t that she was heartless, but she knew that with her fame, no one would be willing to listen to her, she might have gotten rich but in the hearts of the villagers, she was still the same Yu Dong who caused a lot of trouble in the village.

n” Miss Yu, will this be all right?” asked Mammy An when she saw that many villagers were pointing in their direction, some of them were even laughing as they stared at Yu Dong before pointing to the clear sky.

n” Let them laugh,” said Yu Dong without even sparing a glance at those villagers who were laughing at her, she will see who will have the last laugh pretty soon! They want to laugh at her? Then go ahead and laugh as much as you please, she will see how they will laugh when the flood finally strikes the village.

nWhen the mammies heard that Yu Dong didn’t want to pay attention to the villagers they too turned around and stopped paying attention to them, instead they all started to tug the ox carts as fast as they could. After all, the sound of the villagers’ laughter was really too annoying.

n” You are back?” Fang Chi opened the door as soon as he saw Yu Dong pulling the ox car through the window that was partially left open and pulled the door open allowing Yu Dong and the mammies to carry the barrels inside the house.

n” I am back,” said Yu Dong as she walked past Fang Chi while carrying a barrel inside the kitchen following her were the three mammies they all too looked as if they were tired just as much as Yu Dong but somehow they seemed to have summoned the last of their energy to bring this last thing inside the house.

nXiao Hua was lying on the couch when he saw that Yu Dong came back and hurriedly looked at the sharp red claws that were sticking out of the barrel and said, ” Isn’t this the new crab thing that you were going to introduce in the bar?”

n” Yup,” said Yu Dong as she placed the barrel down on the floor of the kitchen, before turning to look at Xiao Hua and Fang Chi. ” I suppose you two are done with packing?”

n” We are done,” Fang Chi nodded as he pointed to the small cloth bags and wooden trunks that were sitting next to the cabinet. ” We didn’t pack everything just what is necessary, I don’t think it will be wise to bring everything with us given we still have to come back…things will of course be a bit disturbed but as long as they were left intact, I think it will be fine.”

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