Village Belle Chapter 101
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 101: Brother Su Zhi Always Made Sister Taozi Angry; He Didn’t Like It
Su Zhi, who was made to do all the work, didn’t dare to grumble despite feeling aggrieved. He staggered home with two school bags on his back. He started to complain as soon as he reached the door, "Mom, Sister bullied me and asked me to carry the school bags. She doesn’t carry any."
Lin Sanzhu was setting the table in the main hall. When she heard his words, she glared at him. "It’s not as if there are rocks in the bags. Your sister hurt her head. Will it kill you to carry the bags for a while?"
"You don’t do any work every day, and you can’t study well."
The teacher had called her to school three times. She almost wanted to stop Su Zhi from going to school.
Now, when the villagers saw her going to the school, they would ask if Su Zhi had done something wrong again.
She was so embarrassed.
Su Zhi sniffled and didn’t dare to speak anymore.
After a while, Lin Sanzhu saw Xie Yuntang, who was bald like Su Tao. She was stunned for a moment, then she reacted and called out, "Yuntang, come in and sit down."
Then she pretended to go to the kitchen, and pulled Su Tao with her. She asked in surprise, "Why is Yuntang's hair gone? Did you cut it?"
She felt that her daughter was capable of doing such a thing.
Su Tao, "..."
Was she so wicked?
She explained speechlessly, "He saw that I was bald, so he asked Auntie Xie to cut it."
"Huh? The Xie family agreed to let Yuntang cut his hair? What were they thinking?" Lin Sanzhu couldn't believe it.
Su Tao couldn't figure it out either. By right, the Xie family loved Xie Yuntang very much, so why would they allow him to cut his hair? "I don't know."
Lin Sanzhu remembered something and glared at her. "Yuntang's parents dropped by. Wretched girl, why did you hide it from me? I'm not an unreasonable person."
"Even if you said Yuntang pushed you on purpose, I wouldn’t believe it! Yuntang is such a good and obedient child."
Su Tao, "..."
She pursed her lips and whispered, "Are you really my biological mother?"
"Wretched girl, I said that because I'm your biological mother. Do you think I don't know you? I gave birth to you. As soon as you stick your butt out, I know whether you're going to poop or pee," Lin Sanzhu said as she washed her hands in a basin of water.
Su Tao, "..."
She stuck her butt out, bared her teeth and said, "Then Mom, what do you think I want to do now?"
Lin Sanzhu was rendered speechless. "..."
This wretched girl was getting wilder and wilder.
Seeing that Lin Sanzhu had raised her hand and was about to hit her, Su Tao ran out and sat next to Xie Yuntang.
She panted slightly. "Su Zhi, come here. What did the teacher teach today?"
Su Zhi had just pulled out the wooden bird toy made by Su Fu to play with, and when he heard this, he ran away.
Su Tao was immediately furious. He must have not paid attention again.
She shouted at the door, "Mom, Su Zhi went out to play!"
"That wretched rascal! He still went out to play when it’s about time for lunch! Su Zhi! Come back. I'll count to three. If you don't come back, I'll go after you with a stick," Lin Sanzhu walked from the kitchen to the gate of the yard, cursing.
Soon Su Zhi came back defeatedly, and was hit by Lin Sanzhu when he passed by the door.
Su Tao arched her eyebrow smugly and waved at Su Zhi. "Come here, or I'll ask Mom to beat you later."
Su Zhi wiped his tears in grievance. Sister was so annoying.
After asking about Su Zhi's studies, Su Tao's face contorted with anger. It was bad enough that he didn't remember, but he even talked nonsense.
A dog stood out among the chickens...
She couldn't stand it anymore and grabbed Su Zhi's ear. "If you don't let me see a dog standing out among the chickens today, I'll smack you hard."
"A dog stands out among the chickens? I think you’re the one who stands out among the chickens instead."
Su Zhi didn't know what he did wrong. He felt very wronged. "I often see dogs entering the chicken coop to steal chickens. Mom saw it too."
Su Tao, "..."
She gritted her teeth, and finally nudged Xie Yuntang. "Milksop, I'll leave him to you in the future."
Xie Yuntang glanced at Su Zhi. He didn't know why Taozi was good at studying, but Su Zhi was stupid.
He didn't like Brother Su Zhi. Brother Su Zhi always liked to make Sister Taozi angry.
He nodded obediently and said seriously, "Brother Su Zhi, it should be a crane standing out among the chickens, which means that a person's appearance or talent stands out among a group of people around him."
"Brother Yuntang, why can't a dog stand out among the chickens?" Su Zhi sniffled. He couldn't understand it. He felt that there was nothing wrong with a dog standing out among the chickens.
Dogs could indeed stand out among the chickens.
Xie Yuntang didn't know what to say. "..."
Su Tao couldn't bear it anymore. She took off her shoe and spanked Su Zhi on the butt. "Why? Because your brain was eaten by a dog! Are you the teacher? Huh? Why do you have so many whys?"
"Go and ask the teacher if you have the guts!"
Lin Sanzhu was afraid that the two siblings would knock over the food, so she dragged them aside and scolded like Su Tao did, "I shouldn't have spent money to send you to school. Look at what you’ve learned..."
Su Zhi cried.
After a few spanks, Su Tao put on her shoe and said fiercely, "You recite 'a crane standing out among the chickens' fifty times now!"
"A crane standing out among the chickens, a crane..." Su Zhi counted with his fingers. When his snot flowed into his mouth, he sucked it in directly.
Halfway through, Su Fu arrived with Mrs. Xie-Qin and Xie Qing. Su Tao hurriedly got up and brought them stools. "Uncle Xie, Auntie Xie."
The two nodded. Su Fu glanced at Su Zhi and noticed that he was crying. He touched Su Zhi’s head and asked with concern, "What's wrong?"
"Dad, Sister beat me... Boo hoo, Dad, I don't want to study." Su Zhi felt that he had a backer and cried while hugging Su Fu's leg.
This wretched kid was still crying when there were guests. Lin Sanzhu smiled at Xie Qing and Mrs. Xie-Qin, and then pulled Su Zhi into the kitchen to educate him with "love".
Soon the two came out again.
This was the second time that the Xie family came to eat. Su Fu and Lin Sanzhu felt a little more comfortable and spoke more casually.
The four adults were talking, while Su Tao concentrated on eating, occasionally serving Xie Yuntang some food.
Su Zhi looked at the side again and again, and he said weakly, "Sister, I want some too."
Su Tao shot him a warning look. He behaved himself and continued to eat quietly.
After Su Tao was full, she put down her chopsticks, and Xie Yuntang put down his chopsticks too.
Su Zhi was still eating.
Su Tao sat for a while, then remembered something. She subconsciously pulled Xie Yuntang out of the main hall, then went to the kitchen and rummaged in the stove.
She took out a sweet potato.
This was what Lin Sanzhu grew in the field. Just now she said she wanted to eat one, and Lin Sanzhu buried one in the stove despite her cursing.
Su Tao patted the ash on it, and grimaced because of the heat. However, this thing tasted better when it was hot.
She found two dry leaves, split the sweet potato in half, and gave the bigger one to Xie Yuntang. "Here, this tastes better than a baked potato."
Xie Yuntang didn't mind the dirty leaf at all, and took it carefully.
Seeing that he opened his mouth and was about to eat it, Su Tao hurriedly stopped him. "Don't. It's hot now. You'll get blisters in your mouth if you eat it."
After saying that, she leaned close and blew on it six or seven times. "Okay, you can eat it."
It must be said that she was treating Milksop better and better now.
Xie Yuntang's charming eyes slightly crinkled up in a beautiful arc.
Under her gaze, he took a big bite and opened his mouth because it was so hot. However, he couldn't bear to spit it out and swallowed it after it had cooled down a bit.
The food Sister Taozi gave him was really delicious.
