My Extraordinary Wife

Chapter 1292 Homeless Again

A while later, he returned with several large lobsters. “This particular type of lobster is tender and nutritious. Our village is poor, and cannot compare to the city where there's an abundance of chicken, duck, and fish. You need nourishment so the child will grow up big and strong.”

Sienna was still trying to refuse when a woman from the village, who was in her thirties, happened to pass by the door and poked her head in. “Why are you refusing something that's being given for free, Sienna?” she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. “If it were me, I'd take it right away.”

“Mitchell makes a tough living fishing, Karen, and catching lobsters must have taken a lot of effort. It would be too much if I were to enjoy the fruits of his labor without giving anything in return,” said Sienna as she pulled out two hundred from her pocket. “Consider this as payment for your wares, Mitchell.”

Mitchell became agitated. “Payment? We villagers have been living by this river since we were children, and we've been eating these for as long as we can remember. It's become most common for us. Why should you pay for it?”

At that, he whipped around in anger and stormed away.

How humiliating!

“Hey—” Sienna was about to follow him, but he was tall and burly, and she, encumbered by her big belly, could not keep up.

“Really, it's just two lobsters. Why won't you just accept them?” Karen sneered, thinking that Sienna was being haughty. She rolled her eyes and, as if remembering something, exclaimed, “Oh, right. Have you heard? Our village is about to be demolished. They're asking us to move!”

sleeve, which she did not hesitate to share with Sienna. “How

was taken aback. “What do you

to develop. I wonder how much he's going to give us. If it's a paltry sum, it wouldn't be worth it. After all, we make our living by fishing. It's our livelihood. If we're just given a small amount of money, how are we supposed to

soon. What will

her heart clench slightly, but she had weathered many storms. “I'll look for someplace else when the time comes,” she said

her lips. Still putting on

she turned and

let out a sigh as she watched the two lobsters in the courtyard writhing on the ground. Their claws were tied, leaving them no other choice but to

the lobsters, planning to steam them after a

the door to

the bump gently. “Hey, baby. I'm sorry Mommy can't do any better than having to hide in this tiny village. Only in this way can we both be

a welling

Click!

ear cocked to listen. After straining for a while, she