Village Belle is Trying to Cause Trouble Again Chapter 83
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 83: He Wouldn’t Give Brother Su Zhi Pancakes Again
Zhou Sheng met her eyes, hugged his head and ran away sensibly. "Big Sister, Yuntang, I'm leaving too."
Su Tao tsked softly, turned her head to look at Milksop next to her, and said seriously, "Don't learn from them, or you’ll be led astray."
With her around, Milksop would have no chance of dating early.
Puppy love almost never ended well.
Milksop was gullible, and if he was dumped, he would cry.
Xie Yuntang didn't quite understand what she was saying, but nodded obediently. He wouldn't talk to Zheng Duoyin and Zhou Sheng anymore.
The school was closer to Su Tao's house, so the two of them went around to Su Tao's house first. The wall of Su Tao's house was almost as high as the house to guard against Mrs. Su-Qian.
At this time, Lin Sanzhu was cooking in the kitchen. She was startled when she heard footsteps and thought her mother-in-law had barged in.
She turned around and saw that it was Su Tao and Xie Yuntang. She immediately heaved a sigh of relief and said in a loud voice, "Wretched girl, you walked without making any sound. I thought it was your grandma."
Then she looked at Xie Yuntang kindly, as if she was looking at her own son. "Yuntang, come in and sit down. The meal will be ready soon. Do you want to eat pancakes? I’ll make pancakes for you."
There were still two or three taels of silver left after building the house. Moreover, it was almost spring, so the family no longer ate wild vegetables.
They didn't eat much good food though.
However, this was already something they didn't even dare to think about in the past.
Su Tao didn't have such treatment. "Mom, I'll be thankful if you treat me half as well as you treat him. We won't be eating here. Auntie Xie has already prepared the food."
Lin Sanzhu glared at her. "If you were obedient like Yuntang, I’d worship you."
"If you were gentle, I wouldn't be so disobedient." Su Tao blinked as she said behind Xie Yuntang.
Lin Sanzhu was rendered speechless. "..."
Su Tao stopped teasing her. "Dad hasn't come back yet?"
"The Yu family is repairing their roof. Your father accepted the job while there was no work to do at the Xie family."
Lin Sanzhu said in the direction of the kitchen door again, "Su Zhi! Come out and eat. You sleep all day long like your brother. Your brother is young, but you aren’t. If you don't come out, your sister will beat you."
As soon as the words fell, Su Zhi ran out, looked at Su Tao, and said weakly, "Sister, I'm out."
He was most afraid of his sister, who was fierce.
"Did you memorize the text today?" Su Tao walked over and grabbed his sleeve, lest he run away.
Su Zhi wasn’t good at anything, except running away.
Su Zhi sniffled and lied tremblingly, "I memorized it... but I forgot it."
Su Tao was speechless. "..."
She raised her hand and hit him twice, saying exasperatedly, "You didn't memorize it, yet you're still lying! Su Zhi, if you lie again, I'll beat you."
This fool was simply hopeless. If the Su family relied on him in the future, they would starve to death.
She suddenly thought of something, looked at Lin Sanzhu, and said seriously, "Mom, let Su Zhi go to school with me!"
Studying was much more promising than farming. At least if there was no land to farm, one could still leave the village and find a job outside.
Before Lin Sanzhu said anything, Su Zhi began to protest. He struggled hard and refused, "I won't go, I won't go to school. I don't want to go..."
Studying required getting up every day and sitting in the school. He couldn’t go out to play, and would be beaten by the teacher.
"Behave yourself." Su Tao almost couldn’t grab hold of him, and slapped him on the shoulder.
Su Zhi became obedient. His eyes turned red, and tears as big as beans streamed down. He bawled, "I won't go..."
Lin Sanzhu of course disagreed. Studying required money. She glanced at the crying Su Zhi and said disdainfully, "We can’t afford to send him to school. He's not cut out for it. He’ll learn farming from your father in a few years."
Su Tao, "..."
She glanced at Su Zhi. Indeed, he didn't look like the studious type, but it would be good for him to learn more words.
She explained, "Mom, it only costs half a tael of silver for half a year. Also, he doesn't have to study all the time. It’s fine just to let him learn some words."
She paused and continued, "In the future, when people hear that he’s educated, they will be more willing to marry their daughter off to him. He’ll be able to choose a wife from a better family by then."
The last sentence was obviously to fool Lin Sanzhu. She was sure that Lin Sanzhu's wish was for her, Su Zhi and Su Dou to get married.
Although Lin Sanzhu was stingy, she wasn’t stingy when it came to her children. She thought about it and realized that her daughter’s words made sense. She glanced at Su Zhi and hesitated for a while. "I'll talk to your father about it."
"I won't go, Mom, I won't go... Boohoo... I don't want to study..."
Upon hearing that his mother agreed, Su Zhi burst into tears, then angrily stretched out his hand to push Su Tao. He said, "Sister, you’re so annoying! I hate you!"
Su Tao didn't expect him to have the guts to push her, and took a step back unexpectedly.
Before she could say anything, Xie Yuntang got angry. He said sternly, "Brother Su Zhi, how could you push your sister? Your sister is doing this for your own good. Studying is much better than farming."
He would never give Brother Su Zhi pancakes again because he pushed Sister Taozi.
Su Zhi listened to him and sat on the ground, throwing a tantrum. "I don't want to study. I don't want to go..."
Su Tao recovered herself and became furious. She pulled Xie Yuntang aside, pulled Su Zhi up from the ground and spanked him, cursing, "Wretched rascal, you deserve to be beaten. I’m asking you to study for your own good. If you don't study, you’ll starve!"
"You’re poor and unmotivated. You’ll starve in the future. Listen, you have to study even if you don't want to, otherwise I’ll beat you every day!"
Lin Sanzhu was stunned by her daughter’s aggressive look for a moment. And then, she saw Su Fu standing at the door. She hurried over. "Fuzi."
Su Fu looked at Su Tao who was beating Su Zhi and asked worriedly, "What's wrong? Did the two siblings quarrel again?"
"Taozi told Xiaozhi to go to school, but he refused to go. He pushed her, and the two started fighting."
Lin Sanzhu took the basket on his back, and said with concern, "Don’t worry about them. Wash your hands and eat. You still have to go to the Xie family’s house to work after the meal."
Then she called to the two siblings on the ground, and said, "Wretched girl, that’s enough. Stop beating him."
Su Tao was determined to make Su Zhi behave himself today. He hadn’t studied properly for even a day. She pulled his ear and said fiercely, “Don’t even think about eating!”
Su Zhi howled, "Mom... save me. Sister has gone crazy. Sister has gone crazy."
Before Lin Sanzhu could say anything, Su Tao said, "It’s no use calling Mom. Let me ask you. Are you going to school or not? Well? Are you going?”
"I’m going... Boo hoo hoo..."
"Are you going to study hard?"
"Yes... boo hoo..."
"That's more like it."
Su Tao let go of him angrily. He would only be obedient after being beaten. She clapped her hands and said to Lin Sanzhu, "Mom, let him go to school with me tomorrow. We’re leaving for lunch." With that, she pulled Xie Yuntang away.
Lin Sanzhu swallowed back the words that were about to come out of her mouth and muttered, "Wretched girl, I said I would discuss it, but she just made the decision directly. She might as well take charge of this family!"
