Chapter 6 - I’m Not Crazy
Yu dong finished cleaning the pig tripe and waited for someone to buy the pig tripe but even after waiting for a while no one came thus she picked the bucket that was full of pig tripe and brought it back inside she was afraid that the tripe would go bad so she put it inside her spiritual world began cleaning the old hen.
Chen Mi was still in pain and the groaning and shouting inside the room once again resumed . Yu dong was anxious that something would go wrong so she instantly transferred some of her spiritual energy to Chen Mi to soothe his pain the groaning stopped after a while and Yu Dong sighted in relief even though she couldn’t do much now she still hoped that Chen Mi and the child would remain safe.
Once Chen Mi calmed down, Yu Dong started on the chicken soup and shredded chicken porridge.
The old hen that the women brought was cleaned and boiled into soup Yu dong knew that Chen Mi could not eat solid chicken while he was in labour so she used the boiled chicken to make shredded chicken porridge for her other two husbands and she also instilled some of her spiritual energy to calm Chen Mi ‘s nerves in the chicken soup but she didn’t dare to instill a lot in case it backfired and Chen Mi ‘s body couldnt withstand her spiritual energy .
Yu dong finished plating the chicken porridge and soup and brought it to Chen Mi’s room just like before the groaning stopped when she knocked on the door but this time it was Shen Li who opened the door unliked Ye Liu he didn’t glower at her instead he looked at her in a politely bewildered manner Yu dong hesistated and said ” here I cooked some porridge for you and Ye Liu and some chicken soup for Chen Mi , here take it”She thrusted the tray in Shen Li ‘s hands and walked away , she could sense that she wasn’t welcome in Chen Mi ‘s room right now and the Little mer was afraid of her as well , she was worried that if she went inside and the Little mer got terrified than even if she were to behead her head and have Chen Mi hang it on a plaque she would still not be able to bear the consequences .
Instead she took the dirty clothes from the backyard and went to the river where other mers were already washing and cleaning their houses laundry , when they saw Yu Dong with a laundry basket they were stunned , the village ‘s drunkard was here at the river washing her mers clothes ? Did the sun rise from the west today ?
Yu Dong could feel the mers gaze locked on her so she politely smiled at them but didn’t speak at all , she knew that her reputation wasn’t good and maybe lot of people especially mers who were really careful about their reputation like the girls in the an old era wouldn’t like to talk to her .
She took out the dirty clothes from the basket and used the washing paddle to start washing the clothes , because this was her first time using the paddle she wasn’t really good at it and nearly smashed her other hand under it which made quite a mer laugh at her , she smiled embarrassedly at them , then continued washing the clothes , thankfully she already added some washing powder in her basket before coming to the river or else others would have questioned her what she was using , she knew that the villagers knew about washing grass ‘s existence and wouldn’t question the rising foam .
But even though no one knew how Yu Dong ‘s clothes had so much foam on them , all the mers were surprised , they could only use the washing grass to clean their wives clothes while their clothes were washed with only water and nothing else but Yu Dong was actually using washing grass to wash her mers clothes ! They were really shocked !
They couldn’t even use the washing grass to wash their clothes on new year yet Yu Dong ‘s mers got the chance of wearing clean and washed clothes at such a normal day ! And if that wasn’t enough to make them jealous , Yu Dong herself was washing her mers clothes ! Aiye , how unfair ! Even if they took three births , their wives wouldn’t wash their clothes for them .
” Yu Dong ? What are you doing – Oh my you are washing your mers clothes ? Puchi “Wang shi too was punished to wash the clothes by her mer Fu Wei , the latter only took one glance at her guilty expression and then threw her out with the laundry basket declaring that if she didn’t wash it all clean , there was no need to come back home . Though Wang shi pampered her mer a lot , it was still embarrassing for her to come to the river and wash clothes with other mers – but now that Yu Dong was here , she wouldn’t feel embarrassed .
Yu Dong didn’t know that Wang shi was actually embarrassed about washing clothes with the other mers , nor did she know that there was anything shameful about it either , the mers at home were washing the previous Yu Dong’s laundry for years , so what if she washed theirs ?
“Yeah Chen Mi is still in labour and the child haven’t come out , Shen Li and Ye Liu are with him , nobody was free at home and we don’t have much clothes either – so I thought I should wash the laundry myself ”
Wang shi looked at Yu Dong ‘s earnest expression that said’ its what I should be doing ,’ and felt a bit embarrassed , she was taking washing clothes as punishment but look at Yu Dong the latter was washing clothes like this was her job ! Aiye , looks like her title as the most pampering wife would soon be taken away by Yu Dong .
” Dong Dong which washing grass are you using? There is so much foam ! ” exclaimed Wang shi when she too sat down and took out her family’s laundry , Yu Dong heard her question and paused then she made a random excuse ” I got it from the mountains , when I was trying to hunt , I walked in a little father and found it , if you want you can use the water in my bucket ”
Wang shi was happy she knew that Yu Dong didn’t bring the grass with her but she was still happy with using the foam water in Yu Dong ‘s bucket , after all her family finished their washing grass a few weeks ago and they were yet to find a new batch , this was why The women in the village called Wang shi stupid when she let her mer wash his clothes with washing grass , after all it was hard to find – but Wang shi didn’t like the thought of letting her mer wear his clothes which still smelled of sweat and damp cloth . Her mer worked so hard so why couldn’t he wash his clothes with washing grass and wear clean and fragrant clothes.
And now that she had Yu Dong with her changed perspective , she was certain that no one would say that she alone was crazy and stupid ! Now she has a partner !
Yu Dong : I’m not crazy !