Village Belle is Trying to Cause Trouble Again Chapter 11
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 11: Su Tao, You Can't Roll Up Your Pants
When Lin Sanzhu heard that, she had a strange expression on her face. She quickly glared at Su Tao and asked suspiciously, “Why would Yuntang hit you unless he was crazy?”
Xie Yuntang was well-known in the village as a well-behaved and sensible child. He was polite to everyone he saw. Even when he saw her, he called her Auntie Lin obediently.
She really liked that child. She wished that could be her own child.
Su Tao did not expect her mother to disbelieve her. She was a little “hurt”. “...”
When Lin Sanzhu saw that Su Tao was quiet, she probably guessed that this wretched girl must have provoked Xie Yuntang or something. It wasn’t that Lin Sanzhu did not feel sorry for Su Tao, but Su Tao had been acting crazy of late, always doing things out of tune.
Su Fu's foot was injured and Lin Sanzhu didn't have time to punish Su Tao. She said to Su Zhi, “Look after your sister. Don't let her go crazy all the time. If she goes crazy, just hit her with a stick!”
Crazy Su Tao, “...”
She wasn’t crazy.
That fool, Su Zhi, really went to get a stick and it seemed that he would really hit her. Su Tao, “...”
After Lin Sanzhu entered the room, Su Tao grabbed the stick from Su Zhi's hand and hit his arm with it, but she did not hit him hard.
Su Tao said fiercely, “I’m your older sister. If you dare beat me, I’ll beat you to death! Behave and listen to me from now on, and you won’t get beaten!”
Su Zhi was a fool asking to be beaten.
Su Zhi puckered his small mouth and his tears fell instantly. He felt aggrieved. “You beat me. I’m going to tell Mom...”
Su Tao rolled her eyes at him. “Go ahead. If you tell Mom, I’ll tell Grandma that you stole the egg.” As she spoke, she touched her head. It hurt a little, but it wasn't too painful.
She got hit by such a big rock, yet it didn't kill her.
Could it be that she was immortal?
Forget it, she'd better not try her luck. It would be terrible if she really died.
As soon as Su Zhi heard that Su Tao was going to tell Grandma, he panicked. Soon, he stopped crying and said earnestly, “Sis... Sis... Sister, I won't tell Mom.”
Su Tao threw the stick away. She couldn't stand to see his snot running out. “Go, go, go, wipe off the snot.”
After Su Tao finished saying that, Su Zhi wiped his nose with his sleeve. Su Tao twitched her eyebrows. She couldn't stand it anymore. She grabbed the tablecloth and wiped his nose for him, then said fiercely, “If you wipe your nose with your sleeve next time, I’ll beat you!”
After wiping his nose, she stuffed the tablecloth into his hand in disgust. “Go, take it and wash it clean.”
After Su Zhi went out, Su Tao went to Su Fu's room again. When she met Lin Sanzhu and Su Fu's gazes, she lowered her head a little guilty, “Dad, Mom.”
“Why didn't you go and rest? If you’re hungry, bear with it first. There’ll only be food later.” Although Lin Sanzhu's tone was strict, she was still worried about this wretched girl.
Su Tao shook her head, and then her gaze fell on Su Fu's foot. After a while, she stretched out her hand and lifted the quilt to have a look. As it was not treated, the back of his foot was stained red with blood, but there was no bleeding.
The injury was quite serious.
Darned system was crazy! It was bad enough that it wouldn’t let Su Tao die, but why must it mete out punishment too?
There was no benefit for her at all!
“Don't touch your dad's foot. If you have nothing to do, just sit here. I’ll go to the mountains to find some herbs.”
Lin Sanzhu was a little worried, but there was nothing she could do. Her mother-in-law and the others would not care about them.
Su Fu felt a little guilty. “I'm fine. I’ll be well after some rest.”
“How could you possibly be fine? You've lost so much blood. There's still me in this family, so don't worry about it.” Lin Sanzhu's eyes were a little red, but she held back her tears for fear that they would be worried.
Su Tao felt a little awful about it and blamed herself. “I’ll take good care of Dad.”
“Wretched girl, be good and look after your dad.” Lin Sanzhu walked out after saying that.
Not long after, Mrs. Su Qian began to yell, “Su Fu’s family! Come and prepare the meal! Are you waiting to be served?”
Su Fu struggled to get off the bed and Su Tao quickly held him down. She bit the bullet and said, “I'll go.”
She took a few deep breaths at the door and then entered the main house. Mrs. Su Qian saw her and immediately cursed, “You loser, go jump into the river if you want to die. Don't implicate the family!”
“If the Xie family pursues the matter, I’ll skin you alive. Just you wait.”
Su Tao pouted secretly, then got into the kitchen.
The kitchen was very simple with only two stoves.
Mrs. Su-Jin was washing the vegetables. When she saw Su Tao coming, she said, “Come and wash these!” After saying that, she shook her hands dry and stood beside Su Tao.
Su Tao, “...”
She wasn’t one to be trifled with.
She walked over, suddenly swayed, and then stepped on Mrs. Su-Jin’s foot.
Su Tao had used considerable strength. Mrs. Su-Jin immediately pushed her away in pain and said in a sharp voice, “Wretched girl, didn’t you watch where you were heading?”
Su Tao quickly backed away, lowered her head, and admitted her mistake. “Aunt, I-I... didn't do it on purpose. Are you okay?”
Mrs. Su-Jin wanted to hit Su Tao, but she didn't manage to. At this time, Mrs. Su-Qian walked in. “Why are you yelling again? Hurry up and cook!”
Mrs. Su-Jin didn't dare to say anything. She could only hold back her anger. She glared at Su Tao quickly and then limped to wash the pot.
Su Tao’s anger was slightly appeased. She lowered her head and started washing the vegetables.
……
Ever since Su Fu's foot was injured, the food had become worse day by day. Su Tao got scolded more and her workload increased each day.
Su Tao didn't get a chance to find Xie Yuntang to let him kill her. She was either working on the field or cutting ragweed in the mountains all day long.
Eating only one meal a day, she was so hungry that in desperation, she picked a honeysuckle and sucked its sweet liquid. She had learned this from Su Zhi.
At this moment, Su Zhi, who was not far away, shouted in the ditch, “Sister, I caught a fish!”
Su Tao's eyes lit up and she ran out quickly, only to see a fish that was no bigger than a small finger. “...”
If the fish were any smaller, she probably had to look at it with a magnifying glass.
Su Tao glared at Su Zhi, feeling a little irritable. “This fish isn’t even big enough to fill the gaps in my teeth.”
Su Zhi drew his neck back and said timidly, “I'll catch a few more.”
When Su Tao heard that, she took a closer look at the river ditch, and found that there were a lot of small fish. If she caught and fried them, it would be half a bowl of serving.
She became interested immediately and instructed, “Don't move. I'll get the dustpan.” After saying that, she ran out and soon came over with the dustpan.
Then she took off her shoes, rolled up her pants and went into the ditch. The small fish were scared away, but swam back after a while.
Su Tao bent down and waited, while Su Zhi stood next to her, not daring to say anything. Both their eyes were a little bright and they gulped subconsciously, imagining that there would be fish to eat later.
Xie Yuntang, who came from the school, saw the two of them from a distance. He stopped and quickly walked around them, heading for the shortcut over there.
It wasn’t an easy route to take and no one in the village would walk that way.
When Su Tao just remembered the dustpan, there was a "splash" sound. Something fell into the river and the fish swam away in fright.
Su Tao looked over angrily and saw a child struggling in the river. The river over there was a little deeper. She ran over quickly and picked the child up.
In the end, she realized it was Milksop whom she hadn't seen for several days. She immediately said angrily, “Are you here to jinx me?” She might have sounded brusque, but her actions were swift. She patted him on the back.
He couldn't die. She wouldn't be able to go home if he died.
Xie Yuntang choked on the water and coughed several times, but he was fine otherwise. After a while, he said softly with a pale face, “Thank you.”
What was the point of thanking her? If he really wanted to thank her, he should have killed her.
Seeing that he was all right, Su Tao began to scheme again in her mind. She rolled her eyes. “You must pay me a fish. I caught a big fish just now, but it escaped when I tried to save you!” She spread her arms wide to indicate the length of the fish.
There were people doing their laundry in this river all year round. How could there be any big fish? Even if there were, they would have been caught long ago.
Xie Yuntang was naïve and believed it. He nodded and said obediently, “I'll ask my mother to deliver it to you later.”
To think that Milksop agreed. It seemed that not only was he a pushover, but he was also simple-minded.
Su Tao's eyes lit up. Her mood immediately improved and her tone softened a bit. “That’s more like it. But don't ask your mother to deliver it to me. You put it next to the toilet.”
“You must do so secretly. If my grandma finds out, it doesn't count.”
Fearing that he would fall into the river again, she stretched out her hand to tug at him without even thinking, but he didn’t move. She immediately thought that he didn't want to give the fish, so she glared at him and said, “What are you doing? Are you trying to renege on your word?”
“Do you believe that I’ll push you into the river?”
Su Tao was totally acting like a madwoman.
Xie Yuntang's gaze fell on Su Tao’s rolled-up pants and her calves were exposed in sight. He immediately closed his eyes and stammered, “How could you... roll up your pants?”
Su Tao thought nothing of it. She tsked and said, “If I didn’t roll up my pants, did you expect me to take off my pants? I didn’t know you’re even a little hooligan!”
He wasn’t a hooligan. Xie Yuntang closed his eyes and hurriedly explained, “Women shouldn't roll up their pants.”
Su Tao did not want to listen to his nagging. She wanted to eat fish. Su Tao said angrily, “Alright, stop nagging. Go home and get the fish. If you don't, I’ll beat you!”
“You roll down your pants and I'll go.”
Xie Yuntang was an exceptionally well-behaved child. He stood still, refusing to leave.
Su Tao, “...”
She rolled her eyes and patted her pant legs twice. “Okay, it’s done.”
Xie Yuntang opened his eyes, and then closed them quickly again. His little face was blushing as red as a tomato. “You lied.”