What Old Madam Sun said was indeed the truth, once everyone in the village found out that Yu Dong had allowed Old Madam Hu's sons and their wives inside the village many villagers were upset, immediately a round of criticism started as they all turned up in front of the Mu house.
Yu Dong who was working in the small shed naturally heard the voices which were upset with her decision but she did not go out of the shed at once, she let the villagers' anger brew and then waited until someone knocked on the door of the shed sure enough after a few minutes later she heard Aunt Wang's voice from the outside,
" Little Dong, the villagers are here. They say that they want to talk to you," when Aunt Wang said those words she could not help but roll her eyes for a few times, she really could not believe that the people of her village were so stupid.
Clearly, they were being used by someone who wanted to stir trouble and yet they were willing to become that person's shield. And what was more, Yu Dong was the owner of the village now, no matter what she will not make a wrong decision, and what was more, the ones who were living in the shed were eating Yu Dong's food and they were staying away from the main village, what was there to make a fuss on?
" I understand," Yu Dong replied as she finished taking care of the spores of the lion's mane mushroom and then turned to look at the enoki ones, seeing that their spores and seedlings were growing well, she nodded to herself, but then the light in her eyes turned a bit dim when she turned her head and looked at the matsutake mushrooms which were proving harder than the rest to grow. But at least the spores were growing well and she could only hope that they will grow into another set of mushrooms soon.
Once she cleared up the things in the shed, she locked the room and then walked out of the Mu house as her gaze fell on the crowd of angry women and mers who were waiting for her. She already knew that this was going to happen when she accepted the Tan and the Xiao family which was why she was not even surprised as she shook her head and then climbed down the stairs and then headed towards the front yard where the villagers were standing.
As soon as she stepped inside the front yard, the villagers turned to look at her like a bunch of angry wolverines and then started crying.
" Miss Yu, you need to give us an explanation!"
" That's right, Miss Yu. You might be the owner but you cannot shun one person and support the other!"
" Why is it that Old Madam Hu's mer sons were accepted but ours can't even come back?"
As the voices of discontent rose, Second Aunt Yu who was watching the drama from afar sneered. These days things were not easy for her, the villagers all ostracised her and her father, they did not look at her without glancing at her with contempt and even though she had divorced Qiu Bai it did not stop others from reminding her that she was once married to a mer who was a criminal.
Second Aunt Yu was furious but she did not dare to say anything what was more, after Qiao Sha came to the village, her promotion which was right in her hands was snatched away! Instead, it was given to that fool who did not even know what and how to manage the mill but no matter how many times she tried to bring up the matter in front of the boss, the latter ignored her.
' It was all because of Yu Dong! She was the one who caused this to happen to me!' Second Aunt Yu could not help but think and as she thought about such things, she started to grow more and more dissatisfied with Yu Dong, her dissatisfaction grew and so did her hatred in the end, she could not watch Yu Dong having a good time either.
She had been keeping an eye on things to make sure that she will not miss anything which she could use against Yu Dong and fortunately, the heavens gave her a chance! Yu Dong, this foolish woman, she actually allowed someone from the Big Stone Village to stay in the village! How can she not make use of such an opportunity which presented itself in front of her?
She immediately spread the news after getting wind of the fact and watched as everyone turned to rush at Yu Dong.
" It will be better if they beat her to death or maybe skin her alive!" Second Aunt Yu snarled while her expression turned gloomy when she was young, she was often overshadowed by her sister who was skilled in hunting and was wittier than her. What was more she somehow managed to link up with a beautiful mer who was much more better looking than Qiu Bai—— to make matters worse, her mother often supported her second sister.
Maybe it was because Yu Dong's mother looked just like their mother or maybe it was because she was just as skilled as Old Madam Yu but she was the one who was doted on the most by Old Madam Yu and as for rest, they can only roll to the side.
Second Aunt Yu hated her sister and was the happiest when she saw that her second sister's daughter became nothing but a hooligan, back then her daddy told her that everything in the house belonged to her and she believed her.
Who would have thought that even after getting everything which was supposed to be her, she will still be haunted by the ghost of her second sister, she could not understand how her second sister who was dead left such a heavy impact on Yu Dong. If she was dead, then she should stay dead why was she coming alive in the shadow of Yu Dong?