Village Belle is Trying to Cause Trouble Again Chapter 49
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Proofed by The Buddha
Chapter 49: Milksop Was Good At Convincing Himself
Sister Taozi also missed him!
Xie Yuntang's eyes shone brightly. He nodded happily, and said softly, "Okay, I’ll play with you from now on."
The boy's eyes crinkled up into crescents when he smiled. Su Tao intuitively understood that he got the wrong idea again, but she couldn’t be bothered to explain. It was useless to explain.
Milksop was good at convincing himself.
She couldn’t convince him otherwise.
She looked up at the sky and asked in an obviously probing tone, "Have you eaten?"
She wanted food.
She craved to have food.
Xie Yuntang seemed to have noticed that. He shook his head obediently. "Not yet. Sister Taozi, you come home with me. I'll ask Mom to make meat pies."
Su Tao's eyes lit up, and she held his hand a little hastily. "Then let’s go."
Xie Yuntang looked at their clasped hands, and his cute little face blushed slightly, but he didn't say anything.
They walked together, one tall and one short, one in front and one behind.
"Sister Taozi, there are many people selling sugar people near my grandma's place. I'll take you with me next time, okay?"
"Then why didn't you buy one back for me?"
"I did, but it melted. I asked the vendor to make one that looked like you. It looked pretty, but it melted."
"Then bring me something else next time."
"Okay, I'll buy a lot of food for you next time. Sister Taozi, what did you do at home? I studied all day at my grandma's place."
Su Tao just wanted to eat and didn't want to listen to his ramblings. She stopped and stared at him with round eyes. Then she raised her hand and flicked his forehead. "I'll tie you to a tree if you blabber some more."
Xie Yuntang touched his forehead. Instead of being angry, he smiled and said obediently, "I’ll say no more."
……
Mrs. Xie-Qin was a little dizzy after sitting in the carriage for a long time. She was sitting in the hall to rest when she saw Xie Yuntang and Su Tao walk in. She couldn't help but smile. She turned to Xie Qing and said, "I told you Yuntang went to find Taozi, but you didn’t believe it."
"He had been talking about coming back to see Sister Taozi all day long."
Xie Qing smiled as well. Then, he beckoned to Su Tao, "Taozi, come and sit."
Su Tao obediently greeted, "Uncle Xie, Auntie Xie."
After saying that, she found a stool and sat down. Just as she was about to sit down, she remembered something. She smiled sweetly at Xie Yuntang and said, "Brother Yuntang, let's sit on the same stool."
She wanted to show that the two of them were close.
Mrs. Xie-Qin smiled, and then saw that it was getting late. "Yuntang, Taozi, what do you want to eat?"
Chicken drumsticks, dumplings, meat pies...
Su Tao gulped. She wanted to eat anything, as long as it was made by Mrs. Xie-Qin.
She said sensibly, "Auntie Xie, I'll help you start the fire."
"Mom, I want to eat pies. I want to eat many." Xie Yuntang didn’t mention that it was Su Tao who wanted to eat them.
Mrs. Xie-Qin guessed it in her heart and glanced at Su Tao. If the two children weren't still young, she would have thought their relationship wasn’t simple. She couldn't help but smile. "Okay. Taozi, you don't need to start the fire. Your Uncle Xie will do it."
With that, the two adults went to the kitchen.
Su Tao relaxed her stiff back and her feet swayed happily. She caught a glimpse of Xie Yuntang staring at her from the corner of her eye. "..."
At the thought of the dream she had before, she felt a little panicked.
She glared at him and pretended to be fierce. "Why are you looking at me? If you look at me again, I'll beat you!"
Xie Yuntang said seriously, "Sister Taozi, you've lost weight. Didn't you have anything to eat?"
Before Su Tao could say anything, he added, "If I go out next time, I’ll buy you a lot of food."
No one except herself realized that she had lost weight. Su Tao moved her lips. It would be a lie to say she was not touched, but it was a different case when this person was Milksop.
"It’s none of..." your business.
"Sister Taozi, I bought something for you."
Xie Yuntang suddenly remembered something and ran into the house. Then, he quickly took the things and ran out again.
"I don't know what clothes you like, so I asked my mom to pick them for you. They will definitely look good on you."
His soft tone was very serious, and he obviously meant it.
That really made Su Tao “disheartened.” She couldn't say what she wanted to say. She felt that she had gone overboard.
What wrong did Milksop do?
He was just the miserable male protagonist who was selected by the system, while she was the unlucky female protagonist.
No, she was cannon fodder.
No, no, no, she couldn't think that way. She wanted to go home.
She touched left and right, and finally found a sticky malt candy. "Fine, this is for you."
Then, she took the clothes "in a justified manner." She was poor now and had not worn new clothes for a long time.
She had long wanted to discard the tattered clothes she was wearing, but she had nothing to wear.
That thought made her want to cry.
She finally had new clothes.
Xie Yuntang looked at the sticky candy in his hand. Although he didn't like sticky candy, he was delighted that Sister Taozi gave it to him.
He carefully lowered his head and licked it. "Sister Taozi, it's so sweet."
How adorably tender.
Su Tao couldn't resist the urge. She stretched out her hand and pinched his face, and whispered, "Milksop, you really asked to be bullied."
Then she retracted her hand and said, "Since you’re so good to me, if anyone bullies you in the future, I’ll help you bully that person."
She suddenly thought that if the hard approach didn’t work with Milksop, then she would try the soft approach on him.
When the two of them became close and she talked nicely to Milksop, he would definitely believe her.
She could go home then.
There wouldn’t be any psychological burden, too.
Xie Yuntang looked at her with his good-looking eyes, a little surprised. Sister Taozi seemed to be less fierce to him. Maybe she was getting better.
At the thought of that, he nodded several times. "Thank you, Sister Taozi."
Su Tao touched his head with smiling eyes, and said with a smile, "Good boy."
This feeling felt good.
Xie Yuntang didn't like others touching his head, but it was Sister Taozi, so he didn't hate it.
Mrs. Xie-Qin probably also knew that Su Tao hadn't eaten well these days. She made a lot of pies and fried a lot of meat.
Su Tao grinned widely, but she still knew to pick up some food for Xie Yuntang. "Brother Yuntang, you eat."
After seeing Mrs. Xie-Qin and the others eating, she picked up a piece of meat and put it in her mouth.
Compared with wild vegetables, it was simply delicious.
She praised from the bottom of her heart, "Auntie Xie, it's so delicious."
"If it's delicious, eat more."
Mrs. Xie-Qin was quite satisfied with Su Tao. She obviously wanted to eat meat, but she still gave it to Yuntang first.
Su Tao smiled sweetly. Her eyes were naturally beautiful, and when she smiled, her eyes were lively and endearing.
"Sister Taozi, eat more." Xie Yuntang picked a few chopsticks of food and put them in her bowl seriously. And then, he picked up a meat pie.
Mrs. Xie-Qin and Xie Qing couldn't help but lower their heads and smile. Their son showed concern in a really honest way.
After dinner, Xie Qing called out to Su Tao, "Taozi, do you want to study? If you want to study, I'll let you go to school with Yuntang."
Taking care of Yuntang would definitely require her to be literate. It would also be more convenient in the future.
Su Tao's eyes lit up. Of course she would like to study. She might not be good at anything else, but she excelled at studying.
Although she didn’t know what use it would be now, it would be of some use eventually.
"I want to, but I don't have any money."
Xie Qing smiled. "You don't have to pay for it, I'll pay for it. You just have to take good care of Yuntang."
"Yuntang has no one to talk to in the school. It’ll be much better with you there."
"I’ll definitely take good care of Brother Yuntang and won't let anyone bully him," Su Tao promised obediently.
When Xie Qing heard that, he nodded with satisfaction. "Then you and Yuntang will go to school tomorrow. I’ll tell your parents about it, so don't worry."
