Village Belle is Trying to Cause Trouble Again Chapter 51
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 51: How Could My Daughter Be So Smart?
Su Tao was satisfied with Xie Yuntang’s answer. She raised her hand and touched his head. "That's more like it. Let's go. I'll take you to pick eggs from the bird's nest."
Xie Yuntang's eyes lit up, and he nodded quickly. The two of them left the attic happily, and then told Mrs. Xie-Qin.
Mrs. Xie-Qin didn't say anything when she heard that they were going to play, and even gave them cakes to eat on the way.
When Xie Yuntang saw that they were not going to the back mountain, Xie Yuntang stopped and asked softly, "Sister Taozi, are you going to call Zhou Sheng and the others?"
Su Tao was already a few steps away from him. She walked back to him after hearing his words, feeling puzzled. "Yes, the more, the merrier. What's wrong? Don't you like it?"
Xie Yuntang nodded seriously, and Su Tao didn't say anything else. If he didn't want to call the others, then so be it.
The way up the mountain was a bit difficult. Su Tao subconsciously held Xie Yuntang’s hand. "Watch the road. If you fall down, you will be disfigured, and then you will look ugly."
"Okay." Xie Yuntang's soft and cute face was a little flushed, and he followed her.
Sister Taozi's hands were callused. When he got home, he would ask Dad to buy some hand cream.
Su Tao looked around in the forest for a while before she saw a bird's nest on a pine tree. However, the lowest branch was a little high, so she couldn't climb up.
She looked around and finally fixed her gaze on Milksop’s delicate frame. She asked tentatively, "Milksop, can you hold me?"
Xie Yuntang nodded obediently, but he didn't know how to hold her and was a little shy.
When Su Tao saw him dawdling, she grabbed his hands and put them on her waist. She said, "Hold me firmly. If I fall later, you will get it from me."
Xie Yuntang did not lie. He carried Su Tao up and looked up at her. His soft voice was a little strained. "Sister Taozi, is this okay?"
Su Tao reached out, grabbed a branch, and took a breath. "It's okay." Then she hooked her leg around the tree. However, she slipped and stepped on Xie Yuntang's head.
She quickly retracted her leg. "Milksop, are you okay?"
This time she really didn't do it on purpose.
Xie Yuntang patted his head, not angry at all. "It's okay, Sister Taozi. Be careful."
Su Tao hadn’t climbed up in vain. There were four or five bird eggs in the bird's nest. After Su Tao took them, she got down from the tree and stuffed them into Xie Yuntang's hands. "Here you go."
Xie Yuntang looked at the bird eggs seriously. His eyes were as bright as small light bulbs. "Sister Taozi, are these for me?"
"They are for you."
Su Tao glanced at the other trees. There was one which was slightly shorter. She said, "Milksop, you go and get the eggs."
Before Xie Yuntang could react, she carried him up.
Xie Yuntang was startled, then lowered his head to look at the little girl's face. His cheeks flushed immediately. "Sister Taozi, I'm heavy."
"Hurry, climb up the tree. I can't hold you much longer." Su Tao waited for him to go up and took two deep breaths.
Milksop looked soft, but unexpectedly, he was quite heavy. She almost sprained her back.
The two of them arrived at the school a little while before class started. They were both out of breath. Zheng Duoyin reached out and gave Su Tao a piece of pancake. "Big Sister, this is for you."
Xie Yuntang didn't eat other people's food, so they usually didn't give any food to him. They were also afraid that he would get an upset stomach.
Su Tao stuffed it into her mouth without hesitation. "The pancake made by your mother is okay, but not as delicious as those from Milk... Yuntang's family."
"My mom only knows how to make delicious pancakes. Her other dishes are awful."
Zheng Duoyin gestured to her, and then said, "My mom burned the vegetables yesterday. She insisted that she fried them like that on purpose."
Xie Yuntang glanced at Su Tao and opened his book sullenly. Sister Tao was not his best friend now. She ate only pancakes from him in the past.
Su Tao didn't notice it at all. She studied hard and went home after dinner at the Xie family's house.
Mrs. Xie-Qin had noticed that her son was unhappy earlier. After washing up the dishes, she went to the attic. "Yuntang, what's wrong? Why are you unhappy?"
Xie Yuntang put down the brush, lowered his head and thought for a while, feeling a little aggrieved. "Mom, Sister Taozi isn’t best friends with me now. She is also good friends with Duoyin and the others."
When Mrs. Xie-Qin heard that, she didn’t laugh. She knew that her son had few friends. She sat next to him, thought seriously about it and replied to him, "Then you should play with Sister Taozi more. It must be because you were not at home the past few days."
"Didn't you say that they were picking cicada shells together? You can pick them with Sister Taozi in your free time."
"But I don't know how to find them. I always find less than Duoyin and the others," Xie Yuntang said glumly.
Mrs. Xie-Qin gently touched his head. "The amount isn’t important. What's important is your sincerity. As time passes, Sister Taozi will definitely see your sincerity."
Xie Yuntang nodded in understanding. "Mom, I understand."
"Well, Yuntang is really good. Did you have fun today?"
"Yes. Sister Taozi taught me to climb trees, and I found bird eggs."
……
Meanwhile, Su Tao originally wanted to go to bed when she returned home, but she saw Su Zhi playing with stones on the bed. She dragged him down and said fiercely, "Here, I will teach you to read."
All he did was play with stones all day!
If Su Zhi had a better future, their lives would definitely be better.
At the mention of studying, Su Zhi shook his head vigorously. He turned around and ran away, hiding behind Lin Sanzhu. He tried to resist. "I don't want to study, I don't want to study."
Su Tao didn't care whether he was willing or not. She ran to Lin Sanzhu and grabbed him, scaring him with her fist. "Sit still and listen. If you don’t study well, I'll throw you out to feed the wild boar!"
Lin Sanzhu thought that studying was a good thing, and immediately pointed at Su Zhi and scolded, "You rascal, listen to your sister and study hard!"
Su Zhi's tears were streaming down like beans. Su Tao couldn't stand it anymore. She raised her hand and slapped him on the head.
Su Zhi stopped crying and sat down obediently.
Su Tao taught him patiently from the simplest one. "The sky was black and the earth was yellow. The universe was vast and boundless."
Su Zhi might have "burned" his mouth. He opened his mouth for a long time but didn't say a word. Su Tao, "..."
She hit him again without any hesitation and repeated, "The sky was black and the earth was yellow. The universe was vast and boundless."
"The sky was black and the earth was yellow. The universe was vast and boundless," Su Zhi cried as he recited.
After Lin Sanzhu washed up the dishes, she turned her head to look at the siblings. When she saw her daughter’s serious look, for a moment, she felt that wasn’t her own daughter.
How could her daughter be so smart? Sometimes she couldn't even speak clearly.
Could it be that God couldn't stand it anymore and did something?
……
After Su Fu and his family moved out, their lives weren’t as bad as the Su family thought. On the contrary, the Su family’s lives weren’t that good. There was endless work to be done at home every day, which made Su Dagui unhappy.
Early in the morning, he scolded Mrs. Su-Qian, and after being scolded, Mrs. Su-Qian went to scold Su He’s family.
Su He wasn’t as honest as Su Fu. He felt upset after being scolded, so he went out directly without saying where he was going.
Only Mrs. Su-Jin was left to suffer the scolding. Mrs. Su-Jin cried after being scolded and hid in the house.
Her two children also cried.
For a while, it was chaotic in the Su family.
Su Tao stood at the door of the Xie family's house and her eyes met Mrs. Su-Qian's eyes. Su Tao immediately made a face and ran into the Xie family's house.
Mrs. Su-Qian was so angry that she ran to the door of the Xie family's house and cursed, "Wretched girl, come out here. I'll beat you to death."
Mrs. Xie-Qin frowned. She protected Su Tao, and then walked to the door. "Mrs. Su, if you do this again next time, I’ll tell Daqing to take your lands back."