Village Belle is Trying to Cause Trouble Again Chapter 44
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Proofed by The Buddha
Chapter 44: There Is Only One Sister Taozi
When she walked to the Xie family's house, the door was already open. Xie Yuntang was standing by the door holding a book, and waiting for her. He said in a friendly tone, "Sister Taozi."
Milksop was getting closer to her.
Su Tao raised her hand and flicked him on the forehead, but she didn’t use much force. "If a Sister Taozi really appears someday, you’ll be scared to death."
Xie Yuntang was used to her flicking his forehead. He touched his forehead and said innocently, "No, there is only one Sister Taozi."
Su Tao couldn’t be bothered to talk to him. Just as she was about to leave, she heard him say again, "Sister Taozi, I'm going to my grandmother's house later." He sounded a little reluctant near the end of his sentence.
Su Tao stopped in her tracks immediately. Her eyes widened slightly, and she raised her voice a little. "Are you leaving? What should I do?"
How would she go home after Milksop was gone?
At this moment, Mrs. Xie-Qin called out, "Yuntang, Taozi, it's time to eat."
After the two children sat down, she told Su Tao not to come for half a month. "Taozi, Yuntang’s grandma's birthday is around the corner. We'll be leaving for half a month and will leave shortly. You don't need to come these days. "
It turned out to be just half a month. Su Tao was scared to death. She thought they weren’t coming back.
Su Tao heaved a sigh of relief. Then, she quickly thought of something, and became depressed again. It meant that she wouldn't be able to eat her fill for half a month.
Could she go together with them...
She nodded obediently. "Brother Yuntang, come back soon. I'll wait for you at home."
"Okay, I'll be back soon, Sister Taozi. Wait for me to come back." Xie Yuntang obviously couldn't bear to leave her, but he had to go for his grandmother's birthday.
Looking at the childish behavior of the two children, Mrs. Xie-Qin smiled. She originally planned to take Taozi with them, but Yuntang said Sister Taozi wouldn't get used to it.
As it was the "last" hearty meal, Su Tao had a very full meal.
After the meal, she helped Xie Yuntang pack his clothes. "Which one are you going to take, the blue one or the green one? Forget it, just take them all. "
Suddenly thinking of something, she stopped and turned to look at the boy who was packing his books. "Milksop, come back soon. If you come back late, I’ll beat you! "
When she thought about her subsequent meals, she was already depressed.
Hearing this, Xie Yuntang thought it was because she couldn't bear to leave him, and nodded seriously. "I'll come back after my grandma's birthday. Grandma has a lot of delicious food. I'll bring it back for you."
He paused, thought again, and said softly, "Sister Taozi, you must miss me. I’ll miss you too."
Su Tao, "..."
She tied up the bundle. "I won't miss you."
She would soon eat her words.
Xie Yuntang was a little disappointed, but he didn't say anything.
Sister Taozi didn't miss him...
……
Seeing the Xie family's carriage depart, Su Tao suddenly felt empty and lost the courage to live in this hellish place.
Milksop was her life, and her hope for living.
As soon as Lin Sanzhu came down the mountain, she saw her daughter. "Why are you still here, wretched girl? Are you slacking off?"
Su Tao was afraid that Lin Sanzhu would hit her, so she quickly explained, "The Xie family has gone out and asked me to stay at home for half a month."
Hearing this, Lin Sanzhu nodded and said hurriedly, "Okay, we happen to be busy in the fields during this period, so come with me to pull the weeds. "
Pull the weeds...
Su Tao, "..."
There was no way to escape the inevitable.
She followed Lin Sanzhu resignedly.
The two acres of land rented from the Xie family were at the foot of the mountain. They had plowed an acre of land and sown the seeds in the past few days. Green sprouts had already sprouted.
At this moment, Su Fu was fetching water, and when he saw them, he wiped his sweat. "Why is Taozi here?"
"The Xie family has gone out."
Lin Sanzhu bent down and looked at the vegetable seedlings. They were growing well. She finally felt happy and said, "When the vegetables are harvested, we’ll dry them in the sun and store them."
They could only store them this year to fill their stomachs in the winter.
Su Tao regretted it soon after pulling the weeds for a while. She missed Milksop.
She really missed him.
Suddenly, her head hurt. She looked down. It was a ball of soil. She looked over. It was Su Jinbao, that rascal.
She bent down and threw the ball of soil back, but Su Jinbao ran away.
"..."
Just you wait.
Since Su Jinbao was here, that meant the Su family was also here. Sure enough, they were working on a few fields not far from them.
Lin Sanzhu was instinctively afraid of her mother-in-law, so she lowered her head and didn't dare to look. Su Fu didn't look either, and worked honestly.
Nothing happened all morning. Su Tao's hands turned green from pulling the weeds and she went to wash her hands by the river. She happened to meet Mrs. Su-Qian who was also washing her hands.
Mrs. Su-Qian still remembered their previous grudge and raised her hand to hit Su Tao. Su Tao was not stupid and ran away quickly. She didn’t forget to scold Mrs. Su-Qian. "Wretched old woman." After saying that, she grabbed a handful of soil and hit her with it.
Mrs. Su-Qian was hit right on the face, and couldn't open her eyes. She flew into a rage and screamed angrily, "Wretched girl, I'm going to beat you to death."
After Su Tao ran away, she saw Lin Sanzhu and Su Fu still standing there, waiting to be beaten. She quickly ran over and grabbed them. "Run."
They were so honest that they didn’t run when they could now.
Su Fu and Lin Sanzhu were not stupid. They ran away with their hoes. When they got up the mountain, Lin Sanzhu turned around and looked. Her mother-in-law didn’t catch up with them. She heaved a sigh of relief.
Then she pointed at Su Tao's head angrily. "Wretched girl, you were quite audacious."
But she didn't intend to scold Su Tao. She probably had long wanted to do that.
Su Tao said embarrassedly, "Who asked her to beat me?"
She turned to look at Su Fu, a little afraid that he’d be foolishly filial. She said softly like Milksop did, "Dad, you must help me. Grandma always beats me."
Now that their family had split and moved out, she wanted Su Fu and Lin Sanzhu to be of one mind with her so that they could fight against the old woman.
Su Fu touched her head and said, "I won’t let others bully you."
He was completely disappointed in his parents.
After getting the answer she wanted, Su Tao hugged his arm and said, "Dad, you’re so good."
"That’s enough. Stop whining to your dad. Go wash the wild vegetables now. After eating, we have to work in the afternoon."
When Lin Sanzhu opened the door, the two children, Su Zhi and Su Dou, were sleeping soundly in the cave.
Su Tao felt a little "indignant" and walked over to kick Su Zhi. However, he didn’t wake up. "..."
Su Dou woke up instead. He was grinning. Su Tao carried him and pinched his little face. The child's face was so soft.
However, Milksop's face was even softer. It was soft and nice to touch.
……
After eating, when they were about to continue doing farm work, Su Tao called out to Lin Sanzhu and Su Fu, "Mom, Dad, I have something to tell you."
"I want to get the children in the village to find cicada shells. They’ll get one candy for every one hundred cicada shells."
Although she wasn’t good at work, she was actually quite smart. If there were many children, they would find many cicada shells. A candy only cost a copper coin.
Children liked to eat candies the most.
Hearing this, Lin Sanzhu disagreed. Being stingy, she said, "Then we still have to buy them candies."
"Mom, which is more, a copper coin per candy, or over thirty copper coins per 1.1 pound of cicada shells?"
Su Tao reasoned with her.
Lin Sanzhu thought Su Tao had a point, but she was a little worried. After all, money would be spent. "No, no, I have to think about it."
"Dad, please persuade Mom."
Su Tao shook Su Fu's arm. Su Fu was a little put on the spot. He finally looked at Lin Sanzhu. "Dear, give Taozi five coins first. It’s okay even if it doesn't work. It's not much."
"I can buy a bowl with five coins," Lin Sanzhu gestured.
"Mom, you’re so beautiful. You’re as beautiful as Auntie Xie."
Su Tao praised Lin Sanzhu with a smile. Lin Sanzhu was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Su Fu, a little embarrassed. "I'm not as beautiful as Mrs. Xie."
"That's enough. I'll get the coins for you. Wretched girl, you're so shrewd now."