Village Belle is Trying to Cause Trouble Again Chapter 58
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 58: Toying With Feelings
Lin Sanzhu naturally saw it. This was terrible. Su Tao actually hit the landlord's precious son.
She quickly came over and slapped Su Tao on the butt. "Wretched girl, are you asking for trouble? Yuntang, does it hurt? Taozi didn't mean it."
Su Tao grimaced in pain and rubbed her butt with her hands, but she knew she was in the wrong and didn't say anything.
She didn't do it on purpose.
Xie Yuntang quickly shook his head obediently and said, "Auntie Su, please don't hit Sister Taozi. She didn't mean to do it. I don't feel any pain."
Lin Sanzhu liked this child more and more. He was so sensible and much less troublesome than her own kids. Her kids never failed to cause her worry. "Yuntang, go sit by the fire. Wretched girl, go and pour Yuntang a bowl of hot water."
When Su Tao saw that Lin Sanzhu was about to hit her, Su Tao scurried away. Then, she took a clay bowl and poured some hot water. She glanced at the extra table in the house. "Did you buy a table?"
"Your father picked it up. We don’t have spare money to buy a table."
Lin Sanzhu felt a little worried when she said this. The weather was getting colder, but there was not even a decent quilt for the bed at home.
Even if they made a fire, they couldn't survive the cold winter. It was still fine for the adults, but she was afraid the children couldn't bear the cold.
The family had saved some money, but after buying the quilt, there wouldn't be much money left.
Upon hearing that, Su Tao handed the hot water to Xie Yuntang and her eyes fell on the frostbite on Lin Sanzhu's hands. Sigh, she still couldn't just ignore it.
The main reason was that Lin Sanzhu and the others were quite nice to her.
She took out a cloth bag from the corner of the cave, which was full of money she had saved from selling cicada shells.
There were more than two hundred coins.
She didn't use a single coin.
"You can use them to buy quilts and food."
Lin Sanzhu was stunned for a moment. She looked at Su Tao, but did not reach out to take the money. She cursed, "What use is this little money of yours? Keep it for yourself. If you dare to spend it recklessly, I’ll beat you to death."
As a mother, she was incompetent and couldn’t save enough dowry for her daughter.
She couldn’t let her daughter be like her, marrying into another family without a penny, and living a life of shame and suffering endless humiliation.
After so many days, Su Tao had come to understand Lin Sanzhu's personality. Although she had a sharp tongue, she had a soft heart. She insisted that Lin Sanzhu have the money and said jokingly, "Take it. The weather is getting colder. If you freeze to death, I'll be left alone and how lonely I will be." After saying that, she winked.
"Wretched girl! I'm going to beat you to death. You keep talking nonsense all day long. Your husband's family will beat you to death in the future."
Lin Sanzhu was so angry that she raised her finger and pointed at Su Tao’s forehead, but soon a smile appeared on her face.
Wretched girl! She was talking so disrespectfully now and didn’t look sick at all.
"I just don't have to get married." Su Tao grinned and then stuck out her tongue.
Even if she couldn't go back, she wouldn't get married. Getting married here was like jumping into a pit.
She would rather be a helper in the Xie family for the rest of her life.
No, no, no, she could definitely go back!
As soon as she finished speaking, she was hit on the forehead. Lin Sanzhu cursed, "If you don’t get married, are you going to be an old nun? Marry once you’re old enough. Your father and I can't afford to support you."
If a woman didn't get married when she reached a certain age, she would be criticized and wouldn't be able to hold her head up high anywhere.
Su Tao touched her forehead and didn't dare to say anything else. If she said anything else, she would definitely be beaten.
Xie Yuntang sat there obediently, listening to their words, and thinking that if Sister Taozi didn't want to get married in the future, he would support her.
He had money and could support her for the rest of her life.
When Su Tao saw that he was staring at her, she felt a little uncomfortable. She raised her hand and pinched his face. "What are you looking at? If you look again, you'll have to pay me."
Lin Sanzhu, “…”
This wretched girl knew no shame.
She endured it and said nothing. She would lecture her when Xie Yuntang wasn’t around.
Xie Yuntang touched his face habitually, and whispered innocently and seriously, "Sister Taozi, I’ll support you in the future. You can eat a lot of pancakes.”
When Su Tao heard him mention a lot of pancakes, "..."
Did Milksop think she was a glutton?
She found a cushion and sat next to him, baring her teeth, and threatening him, "I'll be your wife. Are you afraid?"
She didn’t know if Xie Yuntang was frightened or not, but he just sat there in a daze without saying anything.
Su Tao laughed wickedly twice, looking a little perverse. "Are you scared? Don't say such nonsense next time. Or, I’ll take it for real and pester you."
Then she stopped teasing him and crooked her finger at Su Zhi. "Come here!"
Su Zhi's head almost shrank to his neck. He sat there pitifully and sniffed. "Sister, don't hit me... It hurts."
"If you recite what I taught you, I won't hit you."
“Recite… I can’t recite it… boo hoo…”
Su Zhi couldn't remember a single word of what Su Tao taught him yesterday. Although it wasn't the first time, it was still very maddening.
Seeing Su Zhi crying, Su Tao endured it again and again, and finally let Milksop teach him.
Milksop was very patient. He taught Su Zhi a sentence four or five times, but Su Zhi still couldn't recite it. He didn't get annoyed at all. Instead, he taught more seriously.
Su Tao admired this aspect of him very much. Milksop was so good-tempered that there was probably no one in the world with a better temper than him.
She wondered who the wretched system was torturing.
What a pervert.
Darned pervert!
The cold wind outside made the bare tree branches creak, and the sky gradually darkened.
When it was almost time for dinner, Su Tao and Xie Yuntang went down the mountain.
Just as they passed the ridge of the field beside the foot of the mountain, a person jumped out from a yard, scaring the two of them and they quickly took a few steps back.
Xie Yuntang felt warm in his heart as he looked at his Sister Taozi who was protecting him. Sister Taozi was really good to him.
Hence, he had to be better to her.
He could marry Sister Taozi.
If Su Tao knew what he was thinking, she would definitely want to slap her own mouth.
She didn't want Milksop to marry her.
She wanted him to kill her!
Then a burly man ran out, grabbed the woman's hair, and started beating her, saying in a rough voice, "Don't assume that I don't know you and Zhang San were flirting with each other. Do you think I'm dead? I'm warning you, if you do this again next time, I'll strangle you to death!"
Soon the two returned to the yard and the wooden door closed with a "bang".
Intermittent sounds of beating and scolding could be heard from inside, "I’ll beat you to death... Bitch..."
"... I didn't ... I didn't..."
This family was the Yu family in the village. Like the Su family, they often beat and scolded their daughter-in-law, saying that she was cheating on her husband.
The daughter-in-law of the Yu family was indeed quite pretty.
Su Tao suddenly had a strange idea for going home.
She could cheat on Xie Yuntang.
She subconsciously glanced at Xie Yuntang. If Milksop’s wife cheated on him, would he beat her to death?
She quickly shook her head. She must not think that way. That would be a bad idea.
A very unethical and bad idea.
She couldn't toy with his feelings no matter what she did.
Well, if all else failed, she couldn’t be blamed on using it as a last resort.
She asked tentatively, "Milksop, will you beat your wife in the future?"
"I won't." Xie Yuntang decisively dispelled her thoughts and added, "Dad said that a wife is meant to be loved."
"What if she has someone outside?"
"What do you mean?"
“…”
Looking at Milksop’s cute little face, Su Tao swallowed the words "another man" that was about to come out of her mouth. She’d better not lead him astray.