I ONLY HAVE TRICKS TO DEFEAT MY ENEMIES

Chapter 6

I wake up in the middle of the night and start cultivating my internal energy based on this body’s memories. If the knowledge of the previous owner is right, this era takes a great pride in cultivators because a single cultivator can defeat 10 or more martial artists based on the degree of the accumulated strength of their internal energy. In my previous life, the organization started researching things like this but their work produced no result, maybe because of the pollution in the modern world that they cannot absorb the earth spirit energy. My mother taught me how to cultivate, probing that she did not have a simple background. My father took part in this too but they made the previous Bellona to swear not to say anything to anyone about it. I cultivate till I hear a movement in the nearby room. I also get up and wear my other robe. 

“Good morning.” Elder Brother greeted me and soon proceeded to wash up. Seeley dazedly followed him but as soon as he saw me he stopped and asked “Why did you get up so early? You should go back to sleep” 

I just hugged him and greeted him “Good Morning to you too, silly” He just laughed and leaned on me. 

“Both of you should wash first” Uncle Jiang spoke behind us and lightly laughed. Both of us washed up and proceeded to our training. We know that we cannot slack off so Uncle Jiang after setting up the fire to boil water followed us and began to supervise our training. Both of them have a series of training imparted by our father. As I began my training, they also confusedly look at me.

“I—I…Hay! I cannot tell you everything but some of it was taught by my mother and it is my own martial art training, later on, I can teach you” it was the training I learned in the organization but I also add some techniques that are frequently practiced by the old Bellona. We each had our own world while training. Later on, I also see Cree sleepily trained by Uncle Jiang. I mentally laugh, what a cute little thing!

After two hours of training, we changed out of our clothes. I sigh. We really need money right now because after we fled, we had changed our clothes into a commoner’s brocade that is coarse and rough. I only had two faded other robes and a few pieces of torn inner clothes. After changing, I go look through the leaf jelly that I had prepared yesterday, the water was now set into a jelly formed and can be eaten. Seeley starts to make the fire as I chop the ingredients needed. I made a note to myself to buy some seasoning.  

In the pot I preheat the left-over porridge and add some dried mushroom to it. Then on the stone stove, I wiped that earthen wok and put a little amount of oil and sauté some garlic and onion. Then I put some thin slices of ginger and dried chili. “Bal, don’t make the fire too big. The garlic can be easily burned. `` I add some salt, soy sauce, and a cup of water. 

“Eh? What is that?” Eldest Brother poke his head behind me

“Dage, can you continue to stir it? You just need to watch it until it simmers down?” I give him the wooden spatula and take 3 large pieces of cassava. After washing it, I start cutting it into thin slices.

“Meimei, it done” 

“Hmm, please help me pour it into a bowl” The sauce needed to be added later on to the leaf tofu. Afterward, I began frying the ripe red chili. I asked Eldest Brother to pound it into powder, the same way with the salt. As they do that, I asked Seeley to make the fire bigger this time so that when I fried the cassava it would be crisp and crunchy. 

The Elder Brother starts preparing the table. I preheat the chili sauce as I order Seeley to season the fried cassava with chili powder and salt. 

“Bal, isn't it a bit too much?” Seeley ask 

“I plan to give some to another neighbor” I already separated a small portion of jelly tofu and fried cassava into a plate.

“Eh? Why? Didn’t you say we should not bother with them?” Both of them look at me confusingly

“Hmm, Bellona is right” Uncle Jiang suddenly speaks while his eyes look at me with admiration. ‘It look likes Young Miss is decisive and intelligent’ Uncle Jiang thought

I did not bother to speak to them and called Cree

“Eh? Euno-wa-wait! Explain to us?” I hear Seeley speak as I go out. I’m sure Uncle Jiang will explain it to them so why to bother speaking HAHA.

*IN THE KITCHEN*

UNCLE JIANG POV

“Are you Uncle Jiang?” Although First Young Master only stood in silence, I can see confusion in his eyes too like the Second Young Master

“If you have give, if you lack seek” They were shaken. I know that both Young Masters is intelligent and only needed a little hint to unrivaled the thought behind it. What surprised me, is that the Young Miss had thought it through. 

“Hmm” the Elder Young Master nodded. “It is better to return the borrowed pot with a little something you last cooked on it. Previously that family of hunters in the neighborhood helped us greatly. They give some rations and even cheaply sell us some household materials.”

“Friendship alone cannot be without a gift; so as to support without friends. We are new to this village and eventually, we would be needing support in future times.” Both of them look at the door and smile.

Bellona came inside and sat down. None of us mention anything but I can see that both of the Young Master held the Young Miss in another level of admiration. Cree should be the down delivering the food—eh? Cree? Why? I wonder why the Youngest Young Master is the on—A scene flashed through me,

“Generosity consists not of the sum given, but the manner in which it is bestowed,” Master Feng once said. I can see the shadow of the extremely intelligent Master Feng in the little figure of the Young Miss. He is right, Young Miss is right. A child's innocence and enthusiasm cannot be disgusted by anyone. A small thing can be a great source of joy as if the one who presented treated it as a treasure. I throw another great admiration to the Young Miss. HAHA! The Heave is fair. I can see a great hope that we will soon find the House Master and stage a comeback.

Bellona doesn’t know that they made a great commotion on such a simple matter as she was just too lazy to go on her own and also, doesn’t want to mingle with other people.