Village Belle Chapter 108
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 108: Sister Taozi Wasn’t Heavy, I Wanted To Carry Her
Lin Sanzhu’s eyes widened. This wretched girl wasn’t afraid of saying anything now!
How could a daughter talk to her mother like this?
“Wretched girl, are you crazy?” After saying that, she reached out and poked Su Tao’s head.
Luckily, Su Tao reacted quickly and dodged. "Mom, Mom, Mom... Just talk, don't hit me!"
She dodged while explaining, "If you weren't my mom, I wouldn't care about you. You can get beaten up by anyone you want."
Lin Sanzhu was speechless. This wretched girl’s words made her speechlessly angry. "Wretched girl, are you asking for a beating? Whose daughter talks like you? She'd have been thrown out long ago."
"Your daughter talks like that. Mom, don't be angry. You get old when you're angry, and when you get old, Dad won't like you."
Su Tao dodged a few times, and glanced at the sky. It was time to go to school. Then she thought of something and said, "I'm going to school now. Remember to make some more dishes later. And buy some eggs. Milk... Xie Yuntang eats two eggs every morning."
She had mentioned two instead of one because otherwise, given the way Lin Sanzhu was, she wouldn't cook any for her.
Eggs were so expensive, costing two coins each.
She'd tell Milksop later so that he wouldn’t expose her.
As for Su Zhi, he didn't have to eat any egg. It didn't matter to him what he ate.
"Two eggs?"
Lin Sanzhu smacked her lips when she heard this, but she didn't disbelieve it either. She was thinking that just the breakfast would cost four coins, and four coins were enough for their family to eat for a day.
The Xie family really had a good life.
But even if the Xie family didn't give her money, she wouldn't treat Xie Yuntang badly, let alone that they did. She nodded and asked anxiously, "What else does he eat?"
"He has stewed chicken or pork ribs every day." Su Tao didn't lie. The Xie family really ate like this, with many different dishes served.
Lin Sanzhu's eyes widened and her voice couldn't help but rise. "A chicken? My goodness, they sure pamper themselves with food."
One had to know that their family might not even be able to afford a chicken in half a year.
"Mom, don't be stingy. Auntie Xie gave you money. It’s enough to buy ten chickens a day, let alone one." Su Tao was afraid that she would be stingy and reduce her food. If that happened, she would be hungry again.
Lin Sanzhu raised her hand and hit her. "Okay. Wretched girl, I don’t need you to tell me what to do. Hurry up and go to school!"
……
The door smelled of stinky chicken poop, and Su Tao retched. She couldn’t stand walking on it. She turned around and glanced at the clean Milksop. With gritted teeth, she said, "Milksop, here, I'll carry you. Remember, you owe me another favor."
Of course, she had some ulterior motive for being nice to Milksop.
Xie Yuntang was already sensible enough to know that he couldn’t let Sister Taozi help him. Sister Taozi was a girl.
"Sister Taozi, no need. I'll walk on the side."
He paused, and said softly, "Sister Taozi, let me carry you. I have long legs."
Hearing this, Su Tao took a look at his legs, which were indeed much longer than hers. Her eyes crinkled up. "I shan't be polite then."
She climbed onto Xie Yuntang's back nimbly. Xie Yuntang's body swayed for a moment, but he quickly stabilized himself and said shyly, "Sister Taozi, wrap your arms around my neck tightly."
"Don't worry, I’ll do so. Just don't fall, otherwise you’ll be covered in chicken poop, ewww..." Su Tao quickly stopped talking because she would vomit if she said any further.
Seeing this, Lin Sanzhu ran over and snapped, "Wretched girl, what are you doing? Why are you letting Yuntang carry you? Yuntang, put her down quickly. She’s as heavy as a pig. Don't hurt your back."
Su Tao, who was as heavy as a pig, "..."
She wasn't heavy at all, she was just a little chubby.
When Lin Sanzhu was about to pull Su Tao, Xie Yuntang quickly turned around and said softly, "Auntie Su, Sister Taozi isn't heavy. I'm the one who offered to carry her."
"That won’t do. She should carry you instead. Wretched girl, get down here right now." Lin Sanzhu was blocked by Xie Yuntang and couldn't grab her.
Su Tao was afraid of being beaten, so she quickly patted Xie Yuntang's shoulder and whispered, "Milksop, put me down."
However, Xie Yuntang didn't let her go. Instead, he held her legs tightly and said, "Auntie Su, we're going to school. We're going to be late."
With that, he carried Su Tao to the side and inevitably stepped on a small amount of chicken poop.
Fortunately, I didn't let Sister Taozi walk by herself, otherwise it would have been very smelly.
Since they had left, Lin Sanzhu had no choice but to give up. She reminded Su Tao, "Wretched girl, take good care of Yuntang."
"Got it."
Su Tao patted Xie Yuntang on the back and said, "Alright, Milksop, you can put me down now."
Xie Yuntang put her down only after checking that there was no chicken poop on the ground. Su Tao was surprised that he wasn't panting at all. "Milksop, I didn't realize you’re quite strong."
Xie Yuntang's cheeks flushed slightly as he explained earnestly, "I'm a man, so I'm a little stronger than you."
"That's not necessarily true. Let's arm wrestle some other day."
Su Tao couldn't help but pinch his cheek. Then she shouted at Su Zhi, who was just leaving, "Su Zhi, hurry up!"
Su Zhi had been tiptoeing out the door, but the sound of his sister's voice startled him. His foot slipped, and he landed right on the chicken poop. He was stunned.
Su Tao was also stunned. "..."
Then she covered her eyes with her hands.
She couldn’t bear to look at the sight.
She hadn't meant to do that.
Su Zhi, who snapped out of his shock, opened his mouth and bawled, "Mom, I sat on chicken poop... boo hoo hoo..."
"Why didn’t you walk properly, you rascal? You’re so useless. Go change your clothes." Lin Sanzhu came out quickly to pull him up, glaring at him with disgust.
These two children never failed to cause her trouble. She must’ve owed them in her previous life.
If they kept dawdling, they would definitely be late. Su Tao shook Su Zhi off without feeling any guilt. "Mom, we're leaving first. We're going to be late." After saying that, she grabbed Milksop and ran off.
After they walked a distance, she raised her head and laughed. Su Zhi was such a fool!
She laughed her head off.
Looking at her completely genuine laugh, Xie Yuntang couldn't help laughing along. Even Sister Taozi’s laugh looked nicer than that of others.
His cousin always liked to cover her mouth when she laughed, and that didn’t look natural at all.
Moreover, she lost two teeth. Even if she was a fairy, her smile wouldn’t look nice.
……
Su Zhi was late after changing his pants. The teacher was teaching at the time and asked him the reason in a relatively gentle manner, "Why are you late?"
Most people would find an excuse to get away, but Su Zhi was honest and explained everything in detail, "My sister yelled at me when I was leaving, and I fell on chicken poop in my fright. My mother asked me to change my pants."
Immediately, all the children in the school burst out laughing. "Hahaha..."
The teacher glanced at Su Tao. Without making things difficult for Su Zhi, he said, "Go in. Class, be quiet. Let’s continue the lesson..."
During the break, some children came to make fun of Su Zhi. Zheng Duoyin was among them. He leaned against Su Zhi's desk and laughed wildly. "Su Zhi, haha, tell us how you fell onto the chicken poop! Hahaha..."
Su Zhi was so embarrassed that tears welled up in his eyes. Finally, he turned to look at Xie Yuntang, looking like he was about to cry. "Brother Yuntang, they bullied me."
Su Tao went to the restroom and wasn’t here at the moment.
