Village Belle is Trying to Cause Trouble Again Chapter 81
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 81: Auntie Su, Don't Hit Sister Taozi
Su Zhi pouted and said aggrievedly, "Sister ate it..."
"Why are you following your sister’s bad behavior? Why didn't you learn from your Brother Yuntang?"
Lin Sanzhu glanced at Xie Yuntang who was sitting obediently, and wished she could have given birth to such a child who wouldn’t cause her any worry.
"Brother Yuntang has meat to eat, but I don't," Su Zhi said aggrievedly.
Lin Sanzhu was rendered speechless. "..."
All her children were exasperating.
She carried the meat to the other side and said, "Stop chattering and help your sister sort the green onions."
After wiping her hands, Su Tao took the green onions and sat next to Xie Yuntang. She naturally handed him a small handful and asked casually, "Milksop, are you cold?"
Xie Yuntang shook his head. "I'm not cold."
He sorted the green onions slowly but carefully, just as gentle as himself.
After a while, Su Fu came back with a basket on his back. When he saw Xie Yuntang, he immediately greeted him warmly, "Yuntang, you're here."
"Uncle Su." Xie Yuntang nodded obediently.
Su Fu put down the basket and took out a pig's trotter from under the green vegetables. "Dear, since Yuntang is here, make stewed pig's trotter."
"Why did you buy a pig's trotter?" Lin Sanzhu felt the pinch because pig's trotters were much more expensive than meat.
Su Fu smiled honestly and explained, "The Li family slaughtered a pig, but the pig's trotter was unsold, so they sold it to me at a low price."
Hearing this, Lin Sanzhu said nothing more. She took the pig's trotter and started chopping it. With a "thud", the remnants on the chopping board splattered everywhere. Caught off guard, Xie Yuntang was hit by the meat scrap. "..."
Su Tao quickly reached out to wipe his face for him. "Mom, can’t you be gentler?"
"Why be gentle? If I couldn't cut it, then you can forget about eating it." Lin Sanzhu turned around and saw that it was Xie Yuntang who was hit, and quickly changed the direction of the chopping board.
Su Fu smiled honestly while watching his wife and daughter bicker. "Dear, let me do the chopping. You go do the rest."
"I’ve chosen the land and bought it for two taels of silver. When I come back in the evening, I’ll cut down some trees and then hire people to help build the house."
At the mention of buying land, Lin Sanzhu was happy and full of energy. "I have nothing to do during the day. I'll chop the trees. After I'm done, you can carry the trees back in the evening."
"Don't go. Your skin will peel if you do the chopping. My skin is thick. I’ll be fine." Su Fu’s heart truly ached for her.
"I'm not that delicate. I'll feel at ease if the house is built sooner."
Lin Sanzhu dreamt of having a yard of her own. She wouldn’t mind it even if it was shabby.
She had never had a home in her life. Unlike others, she couldn’t go back to her maiden family's home because her parents wouldn’t treat her well.
Her husband's family also looked down on her.
At this moment, Su Tao interrupted and said, "Just hire people to do it. It doesn’t cost much. Dad has to work, and Mom, you have to farm. It's too tiring."
"I don’t feel tired. I’m not inferior to a man. What's tiring about chopping trees? Only you are the pampered one." Lin Sanzhu glared at her, obviously trying to save a few pennies.
Su Tao, "..."
She glanced at Lin Sanzhu, and rubbed salt into her wound. "Then why did you still get beaten?"
Only then would they feel the pain.
Lin Sanzhu, "..."
She immediately cursed, "Wretched girl, how dare you talk like that? I must have spoiled you."
Seeing her coming, Xie Yuntang quickly protected Su Tao. "Auntie Su, don't hit Sister Taozi. She’s worried about you."
Although Sister Taozi's words were unpleasant, he knew that she cared about Uncle and Auntie Su.
With Xie Yuntang blocking her advance, Lin Sanzhu couldn't hit Su Tao. She snorted. "Yuntang is such a good boy. Wretched girl, learn from Yuntang."
Su Tao blinked while hiding behind Xie Yuntang and said, "Auntie Xie is so gentle. Why didn't you learn from her?" After saying that, she hid behind Xie Yuntang.
What a perfect shield.
Lin Sanzhu was rendered speechless. "..."
She stopped talking and went to cook.
At this time, Su Dou woke up. Probably because he wanted to go to the toilet, he opened his mouth and wailed. Su Tao immediately ran over to pick him up and squatted beside the hole to help him pee. "Shhhhh..."
She was so skilled at the movements that she felt a little depressed.
Sometimes she wondered whether her father would cry or be touched when he saw her like this.
Most likely, he would cry. He would worry even when she cut her finger.
She missed her father. She wanted to go home.
After Su Dou peed, Su Tao glanced at Xie Yuntang, who was squatting next to her and looking curious. The corners of her mouth twitched. "You want to carry him?"
When he nodded, she "threw" Su Dou to him and said, "Carry him horizontally."
It was Xie Yuntang’s first time holding a child and he was a little at a loss, worrying that he would hurt Su Dou.
"Hold him like this, yes."
Su Tao started to teach him, and seeing that he was holding the baby in the correct position, she couldn't help but tease him, "Hold the baby well so that you can hold your own baby in the future, Milksop."
Xie Yuntang blushed and said softly, "Sister Taozi, don't joke."
"I'm not joking. Won't you get married in the future?" Su Tao looked at him with a naughty smile, looking a little lewd.
Xie Yuntang was stunned, and after thinking about it seriously, he said shyly, "I’ll get married."
He knew that he would have to marry when he grew up, just like his father married his mother.
"Exactly." Su Tao pinched his face.
How soft.
After dinner, Su Fu discussed with Lin Sanzhu and decided to hire people.
The news that the Su family was going to build a house soon spread throughout the village, and everyone gathered around the Su family’s house foundation.
"Sanzhu, I heard that your family is going to build a house?" a woman in gray clothes asked curiously.
Lin Sanzhu replied while pulling the grass, "Yes, we borrowed money from Mr. Xie to build it. The cave on the mountain is too humid."
Hearing this, everyone responded "Oh", and the woman in gray clothes smiled. "No wonder you can build a house. The Xie family is really kind." Then she glanced at Xie Yuntang who was also pulling the grass.
She added, "Yuntang, come to my house for crispy pork."
"No, thanks."
Xie Yuntang dropped the grass in his hands and looked at his palms, which had several red scratches. Just as he was about to retract his hands, he was grabbed by a pair of hands.
Su Tao took a closer look, and was alarmed. She quickly said, "Stop pulling the grass. Your hands are sore."
Mrs. Xie-Qin and Xie Qing would ache for him when they saw this.
Xie Yuntang smiled and said softly, "Sister Taozi, I don’t feel painful."
Seeing that he was about to continue, Su Tao pulled him to the side to sit down. "Sit still and don't move. Otherwise, go home."
Xie Yuntang wanted to stay with her, so he sat down obediently. "Okay."
Su Tao pulled the grass near him and didn't slack off. She couldn’t be lazy. If she wanted to have a place to live, she had to be diligent.
A gossipy woman went to tell Mrs. Xie-Qin that Xie Yuntang was pulling the grass at the Su family's house. When Mrs. Xie-Qin heard it, she just smiled and didn't take it seriously.
The woman didn't know what to say anymore, so she left after chatting a while about family matters.
After a while, Mrs. Xie-Qin felt sorry for her son, so she went to the west of the village to check out. She saw the boy sitting on the edge of the ground at a glance.
He sat for a while, then followed the girl to pick up grass. Perhaps because he had never done this before, he was out of breath and his cheeks were flushed.
She didn't feel sad anymore. Instead, she was a little gratified.
Physician Wu said that Yuntang's condition had improved a lot and he would be fully recovered in a year or two.
