Guide to raise my cutie husbands

"You what nonsense you are saying?" Second Madam Yu was stunned when she heard Yu Tong speak such a thing. She frowned and looked at her daughter before saying, "I am only doing this because I think that the mer is proper and upright. Where did Ah Cheng come from?"

"The dowry.." Yu Tong hiccuped as she pointed at Second Madam Yu and said, "You engaged me to that mer but I never saw a single betrothal gift! Do you want me to ask you what you did with those gifts?"

Her words caused everyone to turn and look at Second Madam Yu who stiffened and pursed her lips. She wanted to say something but had no idea where to even begin because those betrothal gifts were indeed not with her anymore!

"Come to think of it," Yu Dong turned her gaze sharply at Second Madam Yu who stiffened under her gaze. She felt like a sharp knife was pressing against her neck. "Though she is drunk, she brought up the right question. Though she got engaged we did not see even a single betrothal gift coming to our house, so where did it all go?"

Second Madam Yu bit her lip, she opened her mouth to say that she was the one to sell them away as the family was in dire circumstances but before she could do that, Yu Tong laughed out loud and then answered Yu Dong's question, "My dear brother must have taken away all those gifts to please the teachers and the high officials daughters right? This is not the first time…hic..

he did the same in the past!"

"Yu Tong! Do you even know what you are saying? If you say such a thing then the reputation of your brother——"Nôv(el)B\\jnn

However before she could say anything more, she saw Yu Tong's eyes turn red as she started to cry, "You only care about Yu Cheng, for his sake, you did not even let go of me and like a pig or cow you sold me away to the Murong family! Is a few betrothal gifts, that's all I am worth of?"

"Yu Tong, you——"

"Hanjing is the only one who has ever understood me," Yu Tong's eyes turned even redder as she remembered the time when she was fourteen. She was young and bold which was why she had ventured into the market and found a small job to earn money for herself. Discover exclusive tales on empire

As Yu Cheng's fees were high, Yu Tong did not have enough pocket money to enjoy her life while Yu Cheng who was born as a proper man was given chicken legs she was only allowed to eat wings and the back side of the chicken. Though she was still better than Yu Dong who did not even chicken soup after the death of her mother, Yu Tong still wanted to eat chicken legs.

Thus she had worked hard for a month and finally earned three hundred copper coins by picking up sacks in a shop and putting them on the side.

She had intended to use that money on herself but instead ——

Her father had found the money in her pockets when he was picking it up to wash it and he used that money to buy a roasted duck for Yu Cheng!

When Yu Tong found out she had fought with her father and mother neither of them thought they had done wrong. Instead, they told her——

'Cheng Cheng is a boy what is wrong with him eating more meat? In the town, proper males are given even more comfort. Your mother and I can't even give a fragment of it to Cheng Cheng.'

'It's just three hundred cents, if you are so inclined on having another roasted duck, then go and earn the sum of money again. You have earned it once, you can earn it again anyway. What's more the duty of a woman is to pamper those who were born as a man. Your brother is a man and not a mer, he deserved this treatment. You as his sister should pamper him and give into him a bit more.'

'Then what about the chicken and pork belly that he eats while I am left to eat his leftovers! Am I not giving in to him? That money was earned by me, I was the one who deserved to use it! Who gave you the right to use it without my permission and that too on Yu Cheng!' Yu Tong had quarreled back but no one understood her feelings.

It was not even about chicken, pig or duck. It was about how her parents were biased towards Yu Cheng to the point that they did not even see that they were exploiting her!

'You spoiled little brat!' Her mother pointed at her nose before slapping her harshly. The slap was harsh enough to make Yu Tong bleed. As she tasted blood in her mouth she heard her mother scold her again, 'Your brother is the miracle of our family. Do you even know how difficult it is for a man to be born? You should be glad that you have a man as your brother and not a freak.'

'I should be thankful for that?' Yu Tong looked at her parents who seemed serious. It was then she realized that her worth in the eyes of her parents was much lower than that of her brother who was born as a man.

'You are too much!' Yu Tong screamed at her parents before running out of the house. She had expected that her parents would eventually come to look for her but they did not as that night Yu Cheng came to the village and both of her parents were busy pampering him.

The only one who cared about her was her grandmother, who asked her mother to look for her. But her mother told her grandma that Yu Tong was no longer a child and there was no need for them to look for her.

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