Village Belle Chapter 141
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 141 Everything About Xie Yuntang Was Good, Except That His Family Was Too Well-Off
Lin Sanzhu was stunned on the spot, her mouth half open, not knowing how to respond for a moment. "..."
After a while, she reacted and glared at Su Tao. This wretched girl, it was fine that the two of them talked about it in private, but she even brought it up in front of Xie Yuntang.
"I... "
Xie Yuntang was also stunned for a moment, and opened his mouth to say something, but Lin Sanzhu raised her voice, as if trying to cover up what Su Tao had just said.
"Wretched girl! What did you say? Don’t use Yuntang as an excuse! Do you think Yuntang is as glib as you?"
Su Tao sat on the stool, swung her legs, and glanced at her sideways. "Who told you to keep talking about getting married."
"What are you going to do if you’re not married when you’re of age?"
"What can I do? Of course, I’ll stay at home and argue with you."
Lin Sanzhu choked and almost couldn’t breathe. She patted her chest hard.
Oh no, this wretched girl was going to drive her up the wall.
She decided to drop the topic and went to bring Xie Yuntang some gruel.
Su Tao winked smugly at Xie Yuntang and whispered, "See how clever I am? My mom always argues even when she can't win." She then winked again.
Xie Yuntang's eyes gradually crinkled up, his eyes gleaming softly, and he smiled. "Sister Taozi, don't argue with Auntie Su."
"My mom needs someone to argue with to be energetic. If I don't argue with her, she's completely listless."
Su Tao flicked a stray strand of hair and added, "This is so annoying. Being bald is much better."
Lin Sanzhu came in with the gruel and overheard that. She glared at Su Tao. "Try becoming bald, and I'll teach you a lesson!"
"None of the other girls in the village complained about it being annoying, only you did. Why didn't you choose to be born as a boy instead?"
"If I could choose, I’d definitely choose to be born as a boy." Su Tao grinned.
Lin Sanzhu was left speechless, and could only glare at Su Tao again before handing the gruel to Xie Yuntang. "Yuntang, is this enough? If not, I'll get some more."
"It's enough, thank you, Auntie Su," Xie Yuntang said sincerely.
"Don't mention it, you're too kind. Make yourself at home here." Lin Sanzhu looked at him with a loving mother's expression, finding him more and more pleasing.
Everything about him was good, except that his family was too well-off.
Otherwise, she could have tried to arrange a match between them.
Xie Yuntang smiled gently. "Okay."
"Mom, stop nagging. Let him eat in peace,"
Su Tao couldn't stand Lin Sanzhu's nagging. She could go on and on all day.
Lin Sanzhu shut up, walked over and pinched her. Su Tao cried out "Ouch!" and pouted, "Mom, just talk if you want. Why did you pinch me? When Dad comes back, I'll tell him about you."
"See if your dad helps you or me." Lin Sanzhu didn't actually use much force. She knew perfectly well that her wretched daughter was just putting on an act.
Su Tao said unapologetically, "Of course Dad will help me. Mom, do you agree with what I just told you?"
Before Lin Sanzhu could say anything, she quickly added, "It doesn't matter if you don't agree, I'm going to do it anyway."
Lin Sanzhu was speechless. "Where are you going to get the money to set up the school? You're always thinking about this and that. Who needs you to earn money? You're just a girl, you should just get married and stay home to have children."
"If you don't give me the money, I'll go ask Dad for it. He'll definitely give it to me."
Seeing that Lin Sanshu was about to say something, Su Tao covered her mouth and said, "Don't say anything more, or I'll sleep at Xie Yuntang's house tonight."
The room she slept in was always reserved for her by the Xie family. Last time, she even saw Xie Yuntang cleaning that room.
"Ugh... I'll break your legs." Lin Sanzhu moved her hand away and glared at her angrily.
She was aways going to stay at the Xie family's house. Did she even know how old she was?
Su Tao stretched out her leg, gesturing for her to hit her, and winked. "Even if I let you hit my leg, you wouldn't dare break it. If you break it, you'd have to pay for the medical treatment."
Lin Sanzhu, "..."
She couldn't outtalk this wretched girl.
Xie Yuntang watched Su Tao bickering with Lin Sanzhu and couldn't help but chuckle.
After the meal, he couldn't stay any longer. Looking at Su Tao beside him, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Sister Taozi, do you want to come over for dinner later? I'll ask my mom to prepare some good food."
Before Su Tao could speak, Lin Sanzhu chuckled and refused, "Yuntang, don't mind her. How can she always eat at your house?"
It wasn’t like those years anymore where her daughter used to eat at the Xie family's house every day. The Xie family were probably getting annoyed.
Su Tao had been in the carriage for most of the day and felt uncomfortable. She shook her head, "I'm not going. Please say hello to Aunt Xie and the others for me."
Hearing that she wasn't coming to his house for dinner, Xie Yuntang looked a little disappointed, but didn't say anything more. "Sister Taozi, Auntie Su, I'm leaving now."
"Walk slowly and watch where you're going."
Lin Sanzhu saw him to the door and watched him walk away. She returned to the main hall. Seeing Su Tao sleeping on a chair with her head tilted to the side, she muttered, "I thought she didn't know how tired she was, always running around outside."
"Mom, I just closed my eyes. It's not like I can't hear you, so stop grumbling."
Su Tao opened her eyes, winked at her, and said coquettishly, "Mom, I missed you so much."
Lin Sanzhu looked a little embarrassed. She missed her daughter terribly too. She felt listless, having no one to bicker with all day. But she stubbornly said, "I didn't miss you. I'm too busy. Go back to your room to sleep. Don't get in my way."
"You’re lying. You've been staring at me the moment I walked in. Of course you’d miss me. This is the money from selling peach blossoms, 784 coins in total. I want half a tael of silver."
Su Tao didn't believe her lie and took out her money pouch, leaving half a tael of silver in her hand.
Lin Sanzhu glared at her. "If you can't stay idle all day, go to the fields and pull weeds. Don't bother with this and that." She disagreed but didn't try to snatch the half tael of silver.
"I won't go. My hands will get scraped. I’m going to teach. It's so much easier."
Su Tao shook Lin Sanzhu’s arm. "Mom, you're the best."
She quickly added, "I'll only stop worrying about you and Dad once I've saved enough money. If I go back, I won't be able to take care of you ."
"Go back where? Isn't this your home? Wretched girl, you're spouting nonsense again. Do you think your father and I need you to take care of us?" Lin Sanzhu didn't push her away, but glared at her with a smile in her eyes.
"I'm your daughter. Of course I have to take care of you."
Su Tao looked at Lin Sanzhu’s sallow face and felt a strange pang of reluctance. Although Lin Sanzhu was often fierce, she had already fulfilled her responsibilities as a mother.
"Alright, wretched girl, stop whining. Whining won't work. See if your father will let you do it!" Lin Sanzhu's words were already an agreement. What could she do if he didn't agree? Her wretched daughter always found a way to get people to agree.
Su Tao's eyes lit up, and she gave Lin Sanzhu a quick kiss on the cheek. "Mom, you're so good. I'm going back to my room to sleep. If Su Zhi comes back, tell him not to bother me, or I'll beat him to death." After saying that, she ran back to her room.
Lin Sanzhu wiped her face and said with "disdain," "Your drool is disgusting."
