Village Belle is Trying to Cause Trouble Again Chapter 64
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 64: Milksop Was A Good Family Husband
Su Tao ate too much in the kitchen and burped several times while sitting. She had no care for her image at all.
She wasn’t afraid at all that Milksop would despise her.
However, Xie Yuntang did not despise her indeed. Instead, he considerately rolled up his sleeves to wash the dishes.
He had learned to wash dishes.
Su Tao sat there contentedly, occasionally telling him what he did wrongly. "You need to wipe the bottom of the bowl. Yes, that's it."
"And on the side. Yes, yes, right there."
Milksop washed the dishes in an extremely professional manner. He had the potential to be a good family husband. His wife should give her a big red packet in the future.
After all, she taught him.
Su Tao felt a little smug at the thought.
……
The Yu family’s daughter-in-law was buried three days later. It was said that there wasn’t even a coffin. There was only a straw mat wrapped around her body.
Su Tao felt sad when she heard that. The woman didn't even have a coffin after death. Su Tao felt that this wretched place was definitely not the right place for her.
On the day of the burial, the teacher went from house to house to inform that school would resume the next day.
Su Tao had just finished embroidering Xie Yuntang's inner garment. She looked at it left and right and felt it was pretty good.
And she felt a sense of accomplishment.
She actually knew how to make clothes.
If her father saw this, he would probably wake up laughing.
"Brother Yuntang, this is for you."
Xie Yuntang had been watching her embroidering. He took the inner garment and looked very pleased with it. He felt from the bottom of his heart that it was a gift from Sister Taozi. "Thank you, Sister Taozi. It looks very beautiful."
There wasn't even a flower, so how could it be beautiful? However, Su Tao was pleased. It seemed that she wasn’t completely useless.
Mrs. Xie-Qin didn't check the garment. She went to her room and took out some silver, a hundred coins in total.
She said softly, "Taozi, come here. This is the payment for making the garment. I'll be much more relaxed with you making the clothes in the future."
Su Tao didn't expect to earn a hundred coins. She was a little surprised for a moment, and then her eyes lit up.
Of course, she didn't say much. She smiled sweetly and said gratefully, "Thank you, auntie."
"What are you thanking me for? You earned it all through your own hard work."
Mrs. Xie-Qin touched her head like an elder. Then, she saw her son still looking at the garment, and couldn't help but smile.
She added, "Taozi, if you have nothing to do, you can make more clothes for Yuntang. Ask Yuntang what he needs. If you don't know how to make it, I’ll teach you."
Of course, Su Tao nodded obediently when it came to making money. She was thinking about the deal in her mind.
She earned a hundred coins for one piece of garment. She would earn one silver tael for ten pieces of garments, five silver taels for fifty pieces, and ten silver taels for a hundred pieces.
By then, she could build a house.
However, she might only be able to make a hundred pieces of garments by the time she was old.
At that thought, her plan was back to square one.
Forget it, she would try to earn as much as she could.
She didn’t save the one hundred coins. After telling Mrs. Xie-Qin, she went to the village entrance to buy fifty coins worth of rice, which was ten kilograms.
This was last year's rice, otherwise it wouldn't be so cheap.
The conditions were limited. It wasn’t realistic to want to eat good rice. It was enough to just get through this winter.
Just as she was about to carry it on her shoulders, Xie Yuntang beside her lifted it up. She was surprised and said, "Forget it, let me do it. You aren’t strong enough."
"I can do it," Xie Yuntang said in a soft and serious tone.
Su Tao said nothing at his words. If he wanted to carry it, she would let him carry it. She would take over when he couldn't carry it.
The two of them went up the mountain one after the other.
Lin Sanzhu knew that Su Tao had bought rice, and was stunned for a moment. Then, she said angrily, "Wretched girl, who told you to buy rice? It's not like we have nothing to eat at home. We still have so many wild vegetables."
"If you keep eating those, your faces will turn green, and you'll become green-faced monsters."
After Su Tao finished speaking, she hid behind Xie Yuntang, and Xie Yuntang subconsciously moved forward to shield her.
He was afraid that Sister Taozi would get beaten again.
Lin Sanzhu, "..."
What was this wretched girl talking about all day long? Green-faced monsters? Su Tao was the green-faced monster instead.
She subconsciously raised her hand, but since the Xie family's precious son was here, she quickly put her hand down and glared at Su Tao. "What green-faced monsters? Every family has survived this way. You only know how to waste money. I told you to save it, but you spent it everywhere."
"Give it all to me in the future. I’ll help you save it as your dowry."
Su Tao didn't want a dowry. She wanted to go home. Milksop was too young now and couldn't understand right from wrong.
When he was one or two years older, he would probably listen to her.
When the time came, she would ask him to help her and then she would go home.
She took out the remaining fifty coins and gave them to Lin Sanzhu. She earnestly told Lin Sanzhu, "Don't save the money. Use it to stock up on more food."
"Don't save it. If the snow blocks the road, you won't be able to buy food."
She was really afraid that when she came back, the whole family would starve to death.
She didn't want to bury them.
When Lin Sanzhu saw the girl seriously worrying about their family affairs, she was subconsciously stunned for a moment, and then her eyes reddened. She choked up a little but pretended to be fierce and said, "Wretched girl, who asked you to meddle in the family affairs? Your father and I will take care of them."
"Don’t buy it next time. Just take good care of Yuntang."
Her daughter had a miserable life just like her. She had to worry about her family at such a young age.
Lin Sanzhu had no idea that her daughter had a much more fortunate life than her.
They led completely different kinds of days.
Su Tao didn't notice her strangeness yet, and stuffed the money into Lin Sanzhu’s hands. "Use it to buy food..."
When she suddenly saw the tears in Lin Sanzhu’s eyes, she was stunned. She touched her nose and leaned closer to whisper, "Why are you crying? Did Dad bully you? Did you have a fight?"
"Who's crying? I just got sand in my eyes. Wretched girl, don't waste money next time, or I'll break your arm."
Lin Sanzhu lifted her sleeve to wipe her tears, then quickly picked up the rice and put it in the jar. Then, she covered it with wild vegetables. In the end, she was still worried and covered the top with a basket.
Staring at Lin Sanzhu’s back, Su Tao realized belatedly that Lin Sanzhu might have cried because she bought rice, "..."
She didn't know what to say for a moment. Compared to this, she was more accustomed to Lin Sanzhu beating and scolding her.
She touched the tip of her nose, but eventually said nothing.
……
On the way down the mountain, Xie Yuntang looked at Su Tao who was silent beside him, and asked worriedly, "Sister Taozi, what's wrong with you?"
Su Tao snapped out of her daze and looked at him. Then, she shook her head. "It's nothing."
She paused for a moment and continued, "Milksop, if I disappear one day, will you miss me?"
Lin Sanzhu's reaction made her realize that she had feelings for this place.
She was probably masochistic.
When Xie Yuntang heard her say that she would disappear, he hurriedly shook his head, and said firmly in a soft voice, "Sister Taozi, you won’t disappear. I’ll watch over you."
He wanted to play with Sister Taozi for the rest of his life.
He would go wherever Sister Taozi went.
Su Tao looked at his childish expression of assurance and tried to hold back, but finally couldn't help laughing. "Hahaha..."
She reached out and pinched his face. "Milksop, you're such a fool!"
"It's mealtime. I won't wait for you." After saying that, she started running, with her pigtails moving up and down on both sides.
Xie Yuntang was stunned for a moment, and touched his pinched cheek. At this moment, it felt like something was beating in his chest. It was a little strange, but he was a little happy.
He chased after her and said softly, "Sister Taozi, wait for me."
