Village Belle is Trying to Cause Trouble Again Chapter 45
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Proofed by The Buddha
Chapter 45: Her Daughter Wasn’t That Crazy Now
Su Tao didn’t expect Su Fu and Lin Sanzhu to be quite soft-hearted. She seemed to have made a new discovery, and happily took the five coins from Lin Sanzhu.
She said sweetly, "Thank you, Dad and Mom. You’re the best parents in the world. I'm going down the mountain first and will go to the fields later." After saying that, she waved her hand and ran down the mountain.
When Lin Sanzhu saw that she almost tripped over a branch and fell, Lin Sanzhu hurriedly chased after her and shouted, "Wretched girl, slow down. There's no ghost chasing after you. Don't cry if your front teeth get knocked out."
The girl was gone in an instant.
Lin Sanzhu craned her neck to take a look, but there was no sight of Su Tao. Then she turned to Su Fu and said angrily, "Just spoil her. This wretched girl is so outrageous now. This morning, she even called me stupid."
Su Fu scratched his head good-naturedly, smiled and said, "Dear, it's okay. I'll weave a few more mats at night. After we moved out, Taozi's illness seems to have gotten better."
"She looks a little bit normal now. I wanted to take her to see a doctor, but she refused. She said she wasn’t ill."
Lin Sanzhu thought of something and added, "Today, we sold cicada shells for eighty-nine coins. Including the straw mats we’ve weaved over the past few days, we have over one hundred and thirty coins."
"I want to buy a bed for the children. That wretched girl complains about backache every day. It so happens that Madam Li's family wants to sell their bed for eighty coins. I think we can buy it for fifty coins. What do you think?"
Su Fu was busy farming in the fields, and had no time to make a bed. "Dear, you can take care of things at home. I’ll just take care of the work in the fields."
Lin Sanzhu couldn't help but smile. She looked at the two children in the cave, then stood on tiptoe to kiss him. She said shyly, "Fuzi, you’re so good."
She didn’t think much of the hardships she had endured all these years. Su Fu was good to her and willing to be on her side.
Su Fu blushed a little and grinned. "You’re my wife. I ought to treat you well."
"I’ll definitely let you live a good life."
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Meanwhile, Su Tao had gone down the mountain and ran to the Wu family’s house. The Wu family sold groceries in the village. Su Tao stood on tiptoe and craned her neck to look at the malt candies inside. "Auntie, how much does a malt candy cost?"
The plump woman doing embroidery glanced at her, a little surprised. "It’s one coin for a piece. Why? Taozi, do you want to buy it?"
Su Tao nodded. "Auntie, your candies are almost melting. Can you sell them to me cheaper?"
The weather was hot and candies melted easily.
The plump woman looked at her pitiable look and found her pitiful. "I'll make it an exception this time and sell you two candies for one coin."
Hearing this, Su Tao's eyes lit up. She immediately took out five coins and said, "Auntie, I want ten candies then. Here are five coins."
The plump woman was speechless for a moment. She wouldn’t make any profit if she sold ten candies for only five coins. She immediately shook her head. "That won't do. I’ll sell you six candies for five coins."
"Auntie, you just said it yourself. You’ll sell me two candies for one coin. You must keep your word. I won't bargain next time." Su Tao imitated Milksop's soft tone.
Unexpectedly, it really worked. The plump woman said softly, "Taozi, this really won’t do. I won’t be able to make any profit."
"Auntie, you’re the best. You’re the best auntie in the village." Su Tao flattered her.
The plump woman liked to be flattered. She hesitated for a while, and finally gave her ten candies. She whispered, "Just this time. Next time, it’ll be a coin each. Don’t tell others."
She suddenly thought of something and said again, "Where did you get the five coins from?"
"My mom gave them to me. Auntie, you can ask my mom."
Su Tao obediently took the ten candies. The wrappers were a little wet and sticky to the touch.
The plump woman was relieved when she heard that, but she was a little curious. "Taozi, your mother still has money to buy candies for you?"
"Auntie Xie paid me the wages, and my mom rewarded me." Su Tao didn't say the money was from selling the cicada shells they picked. Otherwise, the whole village would compete with her for business.
The plump woman believed it. She thought that Su Fu’s family was lucky to be favored by the Xie family.
It would be great if her daughter was chosen to work for them.
No, she had to ask them some other day to see if they still needed workers.
Su Tao didn't expect that someone would try to snatch her comfortable job in the Xie family from her. If she knew, she wouldn't have said anything even if she was beaten to death.
She picked up a few large leaves on the roadside to wrap the candies, and put them away. And then, she went to the empty dam in the village where most of the children hung out.
There were quite a few children aged seven or eight in the village. Their families weren’t cruel like the Su family, so they weren’t forced to work.
She didn't know any of the children, so she sought out the tallest child and said, "Do you want candy?" She let him take a look at the candy, then held the candy tightly near her chest.
How could a seven or eight-year-old child refuse to eat candy? Xu Ming’an's eyes lit up and he gulped. "I want to eat it."
"Then help me find cicada shells. You get one candy for every one hundred cicada shells."
When Su Tao saw that he was dubious, she thought for a while, then took a candy and gave it to him. "I can give you one first. If you find a hundred cicada shells, I’ll give you one. I trust you."
Xu Ming'an believed her after getting the candy. He was honest and simple. "Then we'll find cicada shells for you."
"Okay, let's settle the accounts here in the evening." When Su Tao saw the group of children had left, she felt a little happy that she could also make money.
When she returned to the fields, she found that Lin Sanzhu's cheeks were both red. She looked at the Su family not far away, feeling a little exasperated. "Mom, did you let her slap you again?"
Then she looked at Su Fu, and said, "Dad, why didn't you help Mom? Grandma will beat us all to death!"
She had a good father, but he was a bit too honest and simple.
"Wretched girl, how could you talk to your father this way? Go pull the weeds." Lin Sanzhu grabbed her and signaled her not to say that.
Su Fu felt a little guilty. "I..."
In the end, even if their family had split and moved out, he still didn't dare to do anything to the Su family and could only let them bully him.
This wouldn’t do. Wouldn’t this be the same as not having split and moved out?
After finally escaping from the sea of misery, were they going to jump into it again? Su Tao would never allow it. She wasn’t that stupid.
Seeing how cowardly the two of them looked, her head ached. She couldn’t let the wretched old woman off. Otherwise, she would have to pull the weeds and be beaten every day.
She was "crazy" anyway, and it was normal for her to be mean.
She looked around, ran to the edge and snapped a thick branch off a tree. Then, she ran to the Su family's fields. "Wretched old woman, your hands will itch if you don't hit anyone for a day, right?"
Su Fu and Lin Sanzhu were startled. Their expressions changed and they ran over quickly. Lin Sanzhu said in a sharp voice, "Wretched girl, what are you doing?"
Mrs. Su-Qian didn't take Su Tao seriously, but she was still angry. "You loser, you want to hit me with a branch? How outrageous!"
Su Tao wondered whether this wretched old woman had a wicked heart. She turned to look at Lin Sanzhu and the others, and said bravely, "Dad and Mom, if you don't help me, I’ll be beaten to death." After saying that, she hit Mrs. Su-Qian on the leg with the branch.
Mrs. Su-Qian didn't expect to be actually beaten, so she cried "ouch" and said in a sharp voice, "Wretched girl, are you crazy? I'm going to beat you to death now!"
Su Tao was still a little scared. After all, she was young. However, if they didn't beat Mrs. Su-Qian hard, that wretched old woman would think they were pushovers.
She hit Mrs. Su-Qian hard a few more times. Mrs. Su-Qian couldn't escape for a moment and got hit.
Su Dagui and the others reacted and quickly came over to pull Su Tao away. Su Tao ran away quickly, but was caught by Mrs. Su-Jin.
Since she was going to be beaten anyway, she didn’t show any mercy to Mrs. Su-Jin.
She raised her hand and grabbed Mrs. Su-Jin's hair, pulling it hard. Her legs were also busy kicking Mrs. Su-Jin.
Mrs. Su-Jin couldn't hold her back at all. "It hurts, it hurts! Dahe, hurry, help me hit her."
