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nThe ocean has always been an object of terror for the villagers, even more so after the ocean flooded their village years ago, so of course, not many villagers went close to the ocean only a few village women who made their livelihood by catching fish were willing to go to the sea with a boat other than them everyone stayed away from the ocean especially Ah Cy when she was young, she took her younger brother to play at the ocean and nearly got drowned ever since then she has never ever taken a step closer to the ocean, what was more she was a farmer was there any need for her to get closer to the ocean?

nShe flushed realising that Aunt Wang was deliberately making things difficult for her. She pursed her lips and sullenly said, ” Of course, I didn’t but I heard from He Cheung that Yu Dong was simply trying to make things difficult for him and his family. You know how she is, always finding trouble with everyone she doesn’t like.”

nAh, Cy has been always jealous of Yu Dong, after all, she and Yu Dong were of the same age but somehow the latter seemed to have jumped through heaps and bounds and became someone, that she can never become. So, every time Ah Cy got the chance to condemn Yu Dong, she will definitely do it.

nAunt Wang didn’t like how Ah Cy was talking bad about Yu Dong behind her back but before she could retort a soft voice came floating toward them. ” Yu Dong doesn’t find trouble with anyone, it’s them who come looking for trouble with her, it’s not her fault that people keep pushing their cheeks in front of her to get slapped.”

nAs soon as the voice fell, Ah Cy and everyone else turned to look at the source of the voice and when they saw a thin woman dressed in a grey oversize shirt and pants. A hunting bow was hitched on her back and her expression was that of languidness as if she just didn’t retort Ah Cy.

n” Li Li! I knew it was you!” Ah Cy sneered as she harrumphed at the Li Li. ” I knew that no one other than you will be willing to suck up to Yu Dong like that.”

n” Is that so?” Li Li tilted her head to the side with a blank face. ” Then why did you turn to look at me?”

nAh Cy: “…..”

nEveryone else: “…..”

nAunt Wang: “…”

nAh Cy was stupefied into silence as she looked at Li Li, she wasn’t angry after all everyone knew that Li Li had some problems at the top of her head, she liked to say that she could hunt but no one saw her hunting and what was even more so, she lived alone in a small hut at the entrance of the village with no family members yet many people heard her talk to herself. She was simply crazy, why will she bother herself with a crazy woman?

nAunt Wang on the other hand had a good impression of Li Li after all the latter once brought a freshly caught wild chicken for her when she was sick. Seeing that she came to look for her, Aunt Wang naturally smiled and said, ” Li Li, did come here to look for me?”

nOnly then did Li Li turn her head to look at Aunt Wang while her eyes blinked in a rapid motion. ” I did …. I wanted to know if I can come with you. My house is at the low planes I am afraid that I will be taken away by the flood, I am after all alone…” she slowly raised her hand and showed the food rations that she had in her house as she added. ” I used all the money to buy this but I have nowhere to stay.”

nAunt Wang blinked along with Li Li, she didn’t want to burden Yu Dong but at the same time, she knew that Yu Dong wouldn’t leave Li Li alone either, after all, they were talking about a life here. Li Li might have a bit of craziness on her top floor, she was also a resident of the village, and helping was her duty, so Aunt Wang nodded and said, ” All right, you can come with me..but make sure to not run around like you always do… if you wander around and something happened to you then we won’t come to for you, got it.”

n” Got it,” said Li Li but there was a dazed look in her eyes making Aunt Wang wonder if she really heard her or not. Nonetheless, she still patted the empty space on her ox cart and said, ” Come on then… I will take you with me.”

nLi Li nodded and then took a seat on the ox cart, seeing that she has settled down properly Aunt Wang whipped the ox tied to her cart and took the cart away.

nThe village women who were left behind all looked at Aunt Wang who left them without answering their questions and looked at Ah Cy before saying, ” Are you sure that there will be no flood?”

nAh, Cy snorted at their words and rolled her eyes. ” Of course not, if there was a flood then it would have started to rain by now——”

nJust as she said that a loud thunderclap resounded in the sky and then big, fat droplets of rainwater started to drop down at their faces. The women all exchanged and looked at each other before Ah Cy cleared her throat and said, “It’s nothing but a little rain.”

nThe other women didn’t make any preparations either, so they all too nodded their heads. It would be better if this was nothing else but a bit of rain.

nP.S: Push me for being consistent by sending me gifts and powerstones!

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