Village Belle is Trying to Cause Trouble Again Chapter 25
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 25: Su Zhi Had An Astute Nose
Xie Yuntang didn’t think too much about it. His eyes crinkled up. “Sister Taozi, you’re so kind. I don’t feel hot. You can go home.”
Sister Taozi was really nice. She even worried about him feeling hot at night.
Su Tao was speechless. "..."
Kind, my foot! This annoying Milksop didn’t get what she meant!
She grabbed the food in his hand, and glared at him, "Nerd! Wooden-headed!" After saying that, she ran back home.
Of course, she didn't go directly to the Su family's main house. Instead, she went back to her own room first, hid the pastries and candies, and then went to the main house.
Su Dagui and the others were eating when they saw her coming back. After a quick glance, no one called her to eat. They moved the chopsticks in their hands faster.
Giving her food would mean less food for them.
Su Zhi glanced at her helplessly and quickly continued to eat. Otherwise, there would be nothing to eat later.
Lin Sanzhu secretly gave her wretched daughter a look, telling her to scoop up some food herself, and scolded, "Wretched girl, why did you come back so late? Where did you go?"
Su Tao was actually full, but she couldn't let Mrs. Su-Qian and the others realize that. Otherwise, there would be no delicious food for her in the future. Hence, she silently went to get a bowl to scoop up some porridge.
But before she could do so, she was hit on the back of her hand. Mrs. Su-Qian said in a cursing voice, "Wretched girl, get out of here. You didn’t do any work." After saying that, she took the pot away and scooped up some porridge for Su Dagui and the others.
Su Tao, "..."
Wretched old woman, you were really wicked. When I grew up, you would get it from me!
She sniffed aggrievedly, "Grandma, I'm hungry. I haven't eaten all day."
No one else doubted that. After all, no one was willing to give others food for free.
"There’s swill in the kitchen! Eat that if you like!" Mrs. Su-Qian glared at her angrily.
When Su Fu and Lin Sanzhu heard that their daughter had not eaten all day, they stopped moving their chopsticks for a while. When Su Fu was about to speak, Lin Sanzhu tugged at him, signaling him not to say anything.
Her mother-in-law didn't like everything about their family. If he spoke up, she was afraid their whole family wouldn't have anything to eat.
Su Zhi looked at the porridge in the bowl, then quickly glanced at his sister. Then, he looked at the porridge in the bowl again, and said with some reluctance, "Sister, I’ll give you half."
Su Tao, "..."
Thanks, but no thanks.
Mrs. Su-Qian refused to let her eat, but she insisted on eating because she didn’t want to save food for the Su family. She picked a piece of green vegetables on the table at the risk of being beaten, and stuffed it into her mouth.
She acted like she hadn't eaten all day.
There wasn't much food, so Mrs. Su-Qian’s eyes widened and she slapped Su Tao on her back. "Wretched girl, were you a hungry ghost?"
Su Tao almost spit out the food, but thank goodness she held back. She swallowed the food and quickly picked up a second piece.
Before she could stuff it into her mouth this time, Mrs. Su-Qian stopped her. She grabbed her and threw her out of the house. "Wretched girl, if you want to eat, go and eat at the Xie family's house! You worthless loser, why didn't you die in the Xie family's house?"
Su Tao was kicked out to the yard. Looking at the closed door, she couldn't help but curse, "Wretched old woman, what a perverse woman!"
Fine, she wouldn't eat the food. She was full anyway.
Then, Su Tao went back to her room, washed herself up and went to bed. She had fallen asleep immediately for the past few days because she was exhausted from work. She had a relaxing day today, so she tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
Finally, she secretly found a candy and ate it. The sweet taste reminded her of Milksop.
Now that she could see Milksop every day, she had to find a way to make him hate her.
From what she had seen lately, no matter how she bullied him, he didn't get angry. He treated her better instead.
Thinking of this, she kicked her legs, feeling a little depressed. Milksop was so soft and spineless.
"Wretched girl, are you crazy? If you ruin the bed, I’ll beat you to death! Open the door quickly."
Lin Sanzhu's voice suddenly came from outside. Su Tao quickly swallowed the candy. She let out a few breaths before opening the door.
"Wretched girl, come back earlier next time! Of course there was no food for you when you dawdled. You might as well starve to death."
Lin Sanzhu said as she stuffed something into Su Tao’s hand, and then said, "If you kick the bed again, I'll beat you to death." After saying that, she hurried out.
Su Tao guessed she probably went to the main house to clean up.
Su Tao lowered her head to take a glance. It was a fried vegetable rice crust. She had eaten it secretly several times.
At this time, Su Zhi came in, looked at the vegetable rice crust in her hand, gulped and said timidly, "Sister, I want to eat it..."
Su Tao, "..."
She glared at him angrily before stuffing it into his hand. "Here, have it. I think you will either choke or eat to death in the future!"
Despite being scolded, Su Zhi wasn’t unhappy. He ate the rice crust happily instead.
Suddenly, he stopped eating and sniffed at Su Tao. Soon, he got close to Su Tao and sniffed again. His eyes widened and he raised his voice a notch, "Sister, have you eaten meat?"
What an astute nose he had!
Of course, Su Tao couldn't admit that. If it was divulged, that wretched old woman would definitely not let her go to the Xie family's house. She would definitely replace her.
She quibbled, "I didn't eat meat. Get out quickly. I'm going to bed."
"You did. I smelled meat on you. Sister, I want to eat meat. Sister..."
Su Tao was afraid that Su Zhi would attract the attention of Mrs. Su-Qian and the others. She covered Su Zhi's mouth with one hand, and hit him twice angrily with the other hand, "All you know is eat. Shut up. I'll get you some food."
Su Tao only let go of him after she saw him nod. And then, she handed a piece of pastry to him. "Don't tell the others!"
Su Zhi snatched it away, and then stuffed it into his mouth, as if he was afraid that someone would snatch it.
Su Tao, "..."
Soon, she saw him looking at her again. It was obvious that he wanted to eat more.
There were only two pastries in total, and Su Tao hadn't tasted it yet. She took out the other piece of pastry, stuffed it into her mouth under Su Zhi's gaze, chewed it a few times, and then swallowed it.
She shrugged, "There’s no more."
Su Zhi looked at her dumbfoundedly, and quickly opened his mouth, wanting to bawl. Su Tao slapped him on the mouth. "If you dare to cry, don't even think about eating more in the future!"
Su Zhi covered his face and cried softly, "Sister, why did you hit me..."
"If you cry again, I’ll beat you!"
"I won't cry anymore... Boo hoo..."
"I dare you to cry again?"
"Boo hoo... I won't cry anymore."
Just as his crying stopped, Mrs. Su-Qian's cursing voice was heard from the other side. "Su Fu’s wife, were you trying to vent your anger with my bowl? If you don't want to stay in this house, get out."
"Mom, I was wrong. I didn't do it on purpose. It slipped from my hand accidentally."
"It slipped from your hand accidentally? Are you too old or is your hand broken? If you don't buy me a new bowl tomorrow, you and your family will move out."
From the sound of it, Lin Sanzhu must have been beaten. Su Tao wrestled with her thoughts for a while, but still ran over to the other side.
Sure enough, Lin Sanzhu was being beaten.
Lin Sanzhu knelt on the ground and let Mrs. Su-Qian hit her with a stick repeatedly. Just the sight of it looked painful.
Su Fu knelt down next to her and pleaded, "Mom, please stop hitting Sanzhu. I will definitely buy a new bowl and bring it back tomorrow."
All her money had been spent on treating Su Fu’s foot these days, so Lin Sanzhu couldn't afford the money. Even if she had the money, she wouldn’t want to buy a new bowl.
She would rather get a beating.
She hurriedly said, "Mom, don't listen to him. We don't have any money and can't afford to buy a new bowl."
