Village Belle Chapter 113
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 113: Sister Taozi Was Angry
Xie Yuntang related the story in an obedient manner, "Sister Taozi and I didn't want to play with sandbags anymore. Wei Dawa and the others wouldn't let us go and said they were going to bully Sister Taozi."
"I told them not to bully Sister Taozi. I said if they did, I’d have my parents take their land back."
"Mrs. Wei, who do your kids think they are? They wanted to stop people from leaving as they pleased? Since my daughter said she didn't want to play anymore, so be it. Wretched girl, if this happens again next time, just teach that person a lesson no matter who it is," Lin Sanzhu cursed with her hands on her hips.
Looking at Lin Sanzhu's furious face, Su Tao felt warmed and reached out to hold her hand. "I won't let them bully me. If anyone bullies me, I'll go to their house in the middle of the night to settle the score with them."
After being lectured by both mother and daughter, Wei Yan's mother was embarrassed, but because Xie Yuntang was there, she didn't dare to say anything harsh and kept apologizing.
What was so great about them? They were merely relying on the Xie family!
After a long while, Lin Sanzhu finally let Wei Yan’s mother go. She then pulled Su Tao into the house to question her, glaring at her, "Wretched girl, how useless! If they bullied you, just bite them hard. Seriously, you even got yourself bullied. I'm embarrassed for you."
"In two years, I'll give birth to a few more sons, and then we'll bully the Wei family." She got angry when she said this. How disappointing that she hadn’t conceived yet.
Su Tao disagreed with her words and quickly waved her hands. "Mom, please don't have any more children. Our family can't afford them."
"Of course we can afford four or five more. I can raise them all." Lin Sanzhu glared at her.
Su Tao, "..."
She said unhappily, "Born to starve or to be beaten?"
Lin Sanzhu was rendered speechless. "..."
Su Tao glanced outside, quickly closed the door, and explained in a low voice, "Those rascals of the Wei family bullied me because of Xie Yuntang. Wei Yan went to school. She offered Xie Yuntang cakes as soon as she came today. She probably wanted to snatch my job."
"I definitely won't let her get her wish. I yelled at her on the way home from school, so she complained when she got home."
Lin Sanzhu thought it was an ordinary conflict between children, but she didn't expect there was more to it than met the eye. "What? The Wei family wants to snatch your job? I knew these people had ulterior motives. They always come to ask about the wages the Xie family paid you for working for them."
"No, we can't let them snatch your job."
Having a good relationship with the Xie family would make life much better for their family.
Su Tao sat on the stool, her face full of approval. "Of course I can't let them snatch my job away, so I told Xie Yuntang not to play with them."
"Then we have to do a better job of coaxing Yuntang."
Lin Sanzhu sensed a bit of crisis, and said, "You should be gentle with Yuntang. If Yuntang gets angry, our family will have a hard time."
Su Tao knew this in her heart, and grinned. "I'm quite gentle with him. Mom, you need to talk less loudly though."
The loud-voiced Lin Sanzhu was rendered speechless again. "..."
But she felt that her daughter was right, so she whispered, "I'll speak softly."
The two talked for a while and then left the room. Lin Sanzhu looked at Xie Yuntang with an increasingly gentle expression. "Yuntang, what do you want to eat later? I’ll make it for you."
Xie Yuntang subconsciously looked at Su Tao, and said softly and obediently, "I’ll eat whatever Sister Taozi eats."
"Don't be shy. Eat whatever you want. Make yourself at home here."
Lin Sanzhu paused, then added, "I like you and treat you like my own son. Don't stand on ceremony. Just tell me whatever you want to eat."
Su Tao's lips twitched. Lin Sanzhu was truly shameless to say such a thing.
Her own son?
More like a guarantee for financial support.
Still, she really needed to be gentler; she couldn't let anyone snatch her job.
She couldn't go back for now, and better living conditions would make her life less miserable.
So, during afternoon study, she spoke more gently and didn't bully Milksop to do work.
During break, Su Tao put down her brush and looked beside her. "Milksop, do you want some water? I'll get you some."
Seeing Sister Taozi's big eyes blink, looking lively and playful, Xie Yuntang dodged a little uncomfortably, then said shyly, "Sister Taozi, what do you want to eat?"
Sister Taozi was really pretty.
He always couldn’t resist taking more glances of her.
This afternoon, Sister Taozi was a little weird, always helping him with things.
Su Tao was speechless. Why did Milksop always think all she cared about was food?
She couldn't help but pinch his face and explained seriously, "I'm not doing this for your food. I'm treating you well. Can't you tell?"
Xie Yuntang looked at her for a while and nodded. "I know you’re good to me, but you don't have to help me with this. Just accompany me."
Su Tao, "..."
She thought of something and suddenly leaned closer and said, "If others are good to you, will you treat them the same way?"
Xie Yuntang thought about it seriously and nodded. "If others are good to me, I’ll be good to them too."
He didn’t say anything wrong, but Su Tao was displeased. This meant that anyone could do her work. She objected to it outright, "No. Milksop, you have to be loyal. If you’re good to me, you can't be good to others."
"Just like I’m good to you, so I’m not good to Zheng Duoyin and the others. Do you see me taking them out to play? I only take you out to play."
"If you want to be good to others in the future, then I won't be good to you now. When your parents come back, I’ll tell them that I won't work at your house anymore." After saying that, she pretended to be angry. She tilted her head and ignored him.
She was "threatening" him like this because she was certain that Milksop cared about her.
Playing with boys was fine, but not with girls, not for now. He could only play with her.
When she got home, she wouldn't care who else tried to snatch the Xie family's job.
Seeing that she was angry, Xie Yuntang was stunned for a moment, then he went over to coax her anxiously, "Sister Taozi, don't be angry. I won't be good to others, really. Don't be angry, and don't stop working at my house."
"I like you at my house. Sister Taozi, talk to me. Don't be angry. I'll buy you something to eat, okay?"
Seeing that she still didn't say anything, he reached out and tugged at her sleeve. He said softly and aggrievedly, "Sister Taozi, I promise I’ll only be good to you and only you. If others are good to me, I’ll be good to them, but not as good as I am to you."
"Sister Taozi, don’t ignore me."
Su Tao got a satisfactory answer, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but lift. However, she turned her head away and pulled a long face again. "Raise your hand and promise me that you’ll only be good to Su Tao and listen to her in everything."
Without hesitation, Xie Yuntang raised his hand and swore seriously, "I’ll only be good to Su Tao and listen to her in everything."
After he finished speaking, he stared at Su Tao nervously, afraid that she would stop playing with him, and said again, "Sister Taozi, are you still angry?"
"Not anymore." Su Tao's face suddenly lit up with a smile, her eyes crinkled up like willow leaves.
Children were so easy to fool.
Xie Yuntang also smiled and called out softly, "Sister Taozi."
Sister Taozi was no longer angry with him. He didn't like Sister Taozi being angry with him. When she was angry, she would ignore him.
