Village Belle is Trying to Cause Trouble Again Chapter 84
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 84 Let Su Zhi Go To School
"Let Xiaozhi go to school. Our daughter has Xiaozhi's welfare at heart. It’s much better to be literate than being a peasant like us."
Su Fu sighed, and then lamented, "A few days ago, I went to work in the town with the others. I heard that the accountant was paid one or two taels of silver a month."
Lin Sanzhu's eyes lit up at his words. "His salary is so high?"
"Yeah, higher than the salary of the shopkeeper." Su Fu nodded.
Lin Sanzhu was now happy. "Let him go to school then. Sister Wang's family is in need of a dishwasher. It’s ten coins each time. I’ll tell her that I want the job."
The Wang family was a village banquet host, and they often helped people to host banquets everywhere.
"Will you be tired? If you will, then don't go. I’ve found some work these days and can support the family," Su Fu said considerately.
Lin Sanzhu knew that he worked very hard. After finishing work for the Xie family, he worked for others. She could only share some of the housework with him. "I won’t be tired. It's just washing dishes."
Then she said fiercely to Su Zhi who was still wiping tears, "Go to school with your sister tomorrow. If you don't study hard, I’ll beat you to death!"
Su Zhi sniffled aggrievedly. Everyone bullied him. He was going to ignore them.
……
At the Xie family’s house.
Su Tao was enjoying the chicken when she suddenly heard Xie Qing say, "Yuntang, the imperial examinations are coming soon. We’ll go to the county town in a few days."
Hearing this, she looked at Milksop next to her. He happened to be picking a piece of chicken for her.
Sometimes she felt Milksop was her father.
He was so good to her that she found it a bit ridiculous.
Xie Yuntang nodded obediently. "Dad, I know."
"Relax, don't be nervous. You’re still young. I’m just letting you test the water." Xie Qing picked a chopstick of food for Mrs. Xie-Qin.
Xie Yuntang nodded. He thought of something and glanced at Su Tao. He asked a little expectantly, "Is Sister Taozi going?"
Xie Qing and Mrs. Xie-Qin smiled at his words. Xie Qing nodded and said, "We’ll go together. I'll take you on a boat trip after you finish the examinations."
Su Tao was delighted to know that they were going to the county town. There would be delicious food again.
Just after finishing the meal, she heard Mrs. Su-Qian's scolding and Su Jinbao and Su Laicai's crying.
Since Su Tao and her family moved out, the targets of the beatings had changed.
Su Tao felt a little sympathetic for the two unlucky children. Fortunately, Su Fu wasn’t the eldest son. Otherwise, if they lived with that old woman, they probably would be short-lived.
"Milksop, you go to sleep. I'll go home for a while."
Su Tao was now focused on Su Zhi. Even if he wasn’t talented, she would train him to be talented.
Seeing that she didn't ask him to go with her, Xie Yuntang pursed his lips and said softly, "Sister Taozi, I want to go with you."
"Why do you want to go? It's boring to sit there. You might as well take a good nap. Come on, go to sleep quickly. I'll come back to pick you up later."
Su Tao didn't know what he was thinking. She simply thought that staying in the Xie family’s house was much better than staying in the Su family’s house.
As soon as she left, Xie Yuntang drooped his eyebrows. He wanted to go with Sister Taozi.
He had been alone for many years and had become dependent on Su Tao.
……
Probably because he was beaten, Su Zhi behaved himself for a short time. He memorized whatever she taught him. However, he didn't have any talent.
He didn’t have any talent at all.
Milksop could basically remember what he had learned once, but Su Zhi was different. He couldn't remember anything unless he was taught seven or eight times.
Su Tao patiently taught him until her mouth was dry. Looking at the dim-witted Su Zhi, she felt a little frustrated.
She took her hat off to Su Zhi.
Seeing that the time was almost up, she put down the stick. She reached out to touch Su Zhi, and ordered, "Go get me a bowl of water!"
Although Su Zhi was upset with her, he didn't dare not go, and quickly brought a bowl of water for her. He said stiffly, "Here."
Su Tao couldn't care less about his temper. After drinking almost the whole bowl of water, her throat felt much better. "When you’re free, memorize the text. Memorize it day and night. If you can't recite it again when I test you in the future, you won't be allowed to eat anything."
Su Zhi's eyes were red with fear. He sniffled and started crying again. "You’re bullying me..."
"Yes, I’m bullying you. Stop crying like a girl."
Su Tao flicked his forehead in annoyance, then got up and went into the house to see Su Dou. He was sleeping, spitting bubbles from his little mouth.
He was so well-behaved.
She pinched his little face and muttered, "Su Dou, don’t learn from your silly brother. You must be smart."
Sigh, if she couldn’t find a support for the Su Tao's family, she wouldn’t be able to go home with peace of mind.
Forget it, since they were destined to meet, she would help them.
……
In school.
Su Tao saw Zhou Sheng's face was bruised, and gloated, "Oh, you got beaten?"
Zhou Sheng sniffled and said aggrievedly, "I was found reading the martial arts secret manual."
Su Tao, "..."
He deserved to be beaten!
She turned around. "Who told you to be disobedient and rummage around? Look at my Milksop. He doesn't do such things. He’s well-behaved."
"Big Sister, why do you call Yuntang Milksop?" Zheng Duoyin leaned over curiously.
Su Tao slapped him on the head, and when he shrank back, she looked at Xie Yuntang with a smile. Milksop had a cute little face. "He’s good-looking."
Xie Yuntang was a little shy, but still praised her softly, "Sister Taozi is also good-looking."
Zheng Duoyin pointed at himself and praised himself despite it not being the truth. "Big Sister, I’m also good-looking. Why don’t you give me a nickname?"
Su Tao turned her head to look at him. Although his skinny little face wasn’t ugly, he wasn’t good-looking either.
To think that he had the guts to say that he was good-looking.
She spoke. "Then you'll be called Skinny Monkey."
Zheng Duoyin, "..."
His mother often called him Skinny Monkey, which was definitely not a good thing.
Zhou Sheng laughed beside him. "Duoyin, you'll be called Skinny Monkey."
Xie Yuntang couldn't help laughing too, revealing his white teeth. What a boy with rosy lips and white teeth.
"Big Sister, I won't play with you anymore," Zheng Duoyin angrily said.
Su Tao raised her eyebrows at him. "So be it. Anyway, I have Milksop."
Zheng Duoyin, "..."
At this moment, the teacher came, and they sat down quickly. Xie Yuntang secretly looked at Su Tao out of the corner of his eye, feeling a little happy. Sister Taozi was so good to him.
Noticing his gaze, Su Tao reached out and hit his thigh. Listen attentively! Don't be distracted!
This afternoon, the teacher dismissed the class early, saying that he was going to his mother-in-law's house in town for dinner.
Zheng Duoyin invited Su Tao and Xie Yuntang to see the peach blossoms. There were wild peach trees in Xingtao Village, which bloomed all over the slope every year. However, they did not bear peaches.
Su Tao's name was perfunctorily given in this way.
(*Tao means peach in Chinese)
Since Su Tao was free, she followed along. On the way, Zheng Duoyin ran and shouted, "Milksop, Milksop."
"Duoyin, don't shout that, I don't like it." Xie Yuntang didn't like him shouting that, so he softly refused.
Su Tao glanced at him, then took a few steps forward and grabbed Zheng Duoyin, pulling him a few times. "I dare you to shout that again! Only I can shout that. You can't!"
Zheng Duoyin felt pain and immediately admitted his mistake. "Big Sister, I was wrong, I won't shout that again."
They played and played until they arrived at the peach forest. Su Tao looked at the peach blossoms in front of her, "What's so fun about this?" After saying that, she broke off a peach blossom and stuck it in Xie Yuntang's hair.
Well, he looked quite handsome.
