Village Belle is Trying to Cause Trouble Again Chapter 40
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 40: Su Tao Retaliated Against Mrs. Su-Qian
The village chief wanted to say something else, but Su Fu answered, "Village chief, I’ll give the money as my last act of filial piety."
Hearing this, the village chief could not say anything else. "In that case, go ahead."
The separation was done quickly. After thumbprints were put down and the money was given, Su Tao and the others came out of the Su family's house, each carrying a small cloth bundle.
Under the gaze of everyone, they went to the mountain. Su Tao saw Xie Yuntang follow them. She raised her fist and said, "Go to school now."
She might say in her heart that she wasn’t grateful to him, but her words were a little softer than usual.
"It’s not time yet. Sister Taozi, is your bundle heavy? I'll help you carry it." Xie Yuntang stretched out his hand to help Su Tao. He had a serious look on his face, and he didn't have any intention of laughing at her at all.
Su Tao looked at him, opened her mouth, and let out a long sigh in her heart. Milksop made her feel maddeningly hopeless.
Why was he such a good boy?
She was almost turning into a villain instead!
"Yuntang, ignore her. Let her carry it." Lin Sanzhu's tone was quite polite and a little grateful.
The cave was halfway up the mountain. It was quite deep. It looked a bit scary in the daytime, but they had no choice but to stay here temporarily.
Su Fu had already decided that the children would live in the innermost area, which was safer. However, they didn't need to live in the innermost area now because they had to build the door to the cave first.
He said to Lin Sanzhu, "Dear, I'm going to chop some wood to make the door."
"Okay, be careful."
After he left, Lin Sanzhu looked at the dark entrance of the cave and sighed. She bucked up when she turned to face the children.
The separation was already final. There was no point in feeling indignant.
"Taozi, you go with Yuntang to the Xie family's house. Work hard and don't be lazy."
Su Tao nodded obediently. "Okay."
The path down the mountain was not easy to walk. Even Su Tao slipped several times, let alone Xie Yuntang. She reached out and grabbed him, "Don't come to look for me in the future."
"Why?"
Xie Yuntang was a little confused, and he said hurriedly, "Sister Taozi, don't you like me looking for you?" He felt a little disappointed as he finished his words.
"You don't know how to walk this path. If you fall, your face will definitely be disfigured."
Su Tao made a face to scare him, but he was not afraid at all. Instead, he shook his head and replied seriously, "I'll walk slowly. That won’t happen."
Su Tao, "..."
She couldn't help but stop walking. She turned around and looked straight at him, her eyebrows twitching. Then she said in a sincere tone, "Xie Yuntang, I'm really not Su Tao. I’m Jiang Shengsheng. I'm not crazy. I really am not."
"I bullied you just because I wanted you to kill me. I can only go home if you kill me."
"Although I know this is hard to understand, if you really want to help me, just kill me. I will definitely be grateful to you."
"I mean it. I swear I didn't lie to you. If I did, I'd be a puppy!"
Xie Yuntang looked at her with big eyes, and seemed very confused. He tried hard to understand her words.
He didn't speak for a while, and just when Su Tao thought he believed her, he suddenly said softly, "Then I'll call you Sister Shengsheng."
Sister Taozi liked the name Jiang Shengsheng.
Sister Shengsheng...
Sheng, my foot.
Su Tao almost couldn't breathe. In the end, she rolled her eyes at him and said fiercely, "Walk faster! Silly fool!"
It was useless trying to explain it. Milksop thought she was talking crazily.
"Okay." Seeing that she was angry again, Xie Yuntang didn’t dare to say anything else.
After walking down the mountain, they saw the Su family carrying hoes to work. Su Tao didn't hide this time. She grabbed the dirt on the ground and threw it at them violently. "Wretched old woman! You! Are! Sick!"
After saying that, she grabbed Xie Yuntang and ran away. She said, "Milksop, run!"
She wasn't afraid of others hearing her. She was "crazy" anyway, and anything she did when she was crazy was normal.
The wretched old woman couldn’t sell or beat her now.
When the Su family was hit, Mrs. Su-Qian reacted and ran after her angrily, cursing as she ran, "Wretched girl, what are you talking about? I’ll beat you to death!"
"Wretched old woman, wretched old woman, wretched old woman, you’re ugly and troublesome! I wish you could choke to death when you drink water or eat, or fall to your death while walking! I wish you a horrible death!" Su Tao didn't even look back and cursed with her mouth open.
People passing by heard her and came over to watch the ruckus one by one. "Su Tao has been driven crazy."
"A good child has gone crazy."
"It's the Su family’s fault for going overboard. They beat her all day long. Her face is forever injured."
After a while, Mrs. Su-Qian couldn't catch up. She was so angry that she couldn't even curse. "Wretched... girl, if I catch you, I’ll beat you to death! How infuriating!!"
Mrs. Su-Jin was stunned. That wretched girl Su Tao had gone crazy...
The two ran into the Xie family's house, and Su Tao heaved a sigh of relief. At the thought of Mrs. Su-Qian's angry face, she felt happy in her heart. Wretched old woman, this was just the beginning!
Meeting Milksop’s gaze, she threatened him, "You have to scold her with me in the future."
Xie Yuntang shook his head, somewhat seriously: "No, I can't scold an elder."
He quickly added, "But she’s unkind."
"She’s not an elder. Elders are called elders when they are nice to the younger generation. They aren’t elders when they aren’t nice to the younger generation."
Su Tao flicked his forehead and said, "Milksop, you’re really gullible and easy to bully."
......
The Xie family probably knew that the Su family had no money after they moved out, so they gave Su Tao one hundred silver coins that night, saying that it was her wage payment in advance.
Su Tao was overjoyed and thanked them several times. The way home was dark and scary.
After passing by the door of the Su family's house, she thought of something and walked back. She picked up a rock and threw it at the door of the Su family's house. With a "clang", a corner of the door chipped off.
She hurriedly ran off, and then she heard Mrs. Su-Qian's curse. "Which playful rascal was it? I'm cursing your whole family to die..."
Su Tao curled her lips. Anyway, you would die first. She patted the dust on her hands and accidentally turned around to see a figure standing in the attic of the Xie family’s house.
It was probably Milksop.
However, she wasn’t afraid. Milksop wouldn't say anything.
Just when she thought that, she heard a voice. "Taozi."
Su Tao was startled, then realized it was Su Fu's voice. "Dad?"
"It's me. I was a little late because I was building the door. Had I known, I would have come down earlier."
Su Fu explained hurriedly, then walked over and held her hand. He said, "I’ll pick you up in the future. There are wild boars on the mountain at night."
"Okay." Su Tao nodded obediently.
About fifteen minutes later, the two arrived at the cave. The wooden door had already been installed, but there was a gap, and the firelight inside showed through.
Su Fu knocked on the door and said happily, "Dear, we’re back."
Soon, the door was opened. After Lin Sanzhu let them in, she closed the door again. "You’re just in time. Dinner is ready."
Su Tao sniffed. There was a smell of meat. She tilted her head and saw half a roast chicken on the fire rack, and was a little surprised. "Where did the meat come from?"
"Your nose is like a dog's nose. Your father caught a pheasant in the mountain." Lin Sanzhu glared at her angrily.
The original plan was to keep and sell it, but Su Fu said he would let the children eat it.
The children had been frightened these days.
Author’s Note: From now on, the heroine would begin to develop her character and concentrate on conquering Milksop.
