Village Belle is Trying to Cause Trouble Again Chapter 86
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 86: I Buy You Shoes, You Buy Me Food
Xie Yuntang’s soft voice sounded a little gentle in the dark night, and Su Tao's heart softened. She really liked his obedience. She pinched his sleeve to see if he had put on extra clothes.
They were quite thick, so he shouldn't be cold.
She reminded him, "Go back after picking for a while, okay? If you don't go back, I’ll be angry."
She wasn’t an unfeeling rock. After hanging out together for so long, she naturally had affection for him.
When Xie Yuntang heard that Sister Taozi would be angry, he nodded obediently. "Okay, I’ll go back after picking for a while."
It was a little misty at night, and the ground was a little wet. Xie Yuntang's usually clean short boots were stained with thick mud.
Su Tao asked him to scrape the mud on the grass a few times. "When I save up some money, I’ll buy you a pair of shoes. But I can only afford cheap cloth shoes. You won't find it a waste when they get dirty and damaged."
"Sister Taozi, I don't want them. I have shoes. You can save the money to buy delicious food." Xie Yuntang shook his head sensibly.
He didn’t dislike the cloth shoes bought by Sister Taozi, but Sister Taozi had no money. If she bought him cloth shoes, she would have nothing to eat.
He wanted her to eat more.
Hearing this, Su Tao tiptoed and rubbed his head as she said righteously, "You buy me delicious food, and I buy you cloth shoes. Won't that be fair?"
Xie Yuntang thought about it seriously and nodded. "Okay."
The night was particularly cold, and the wind blowing on his face stung a little. After fifteen to thirty minutes, Xie Qing and his wife took Xie Yuntang home.
After all, Xie Yuntang's health wasn’t good. It would be troublesome if he got sick.
Xie Yuntang knew that he couldn’t cause trouble to his parents and Sister Taozi, so he nodded sensibly. Then, he took off his thick coat, and said considerately, "Sister Taozi, put this on. I'm going home."
"You wear it. I have one."
Su Tao was indeed shivering with cold at this moment. Had she known earlier, she would have put on two more layers of clothes.
"I have clothes to wear when I get home."
Xie Yuntang stubbornly stuffed the coat into her hand, and asked expectantly, "Sister Taozi, will you still be going back? I'll wait for you."
Su Tao wanted to go back to the Xie family's house to sleep, but it was too late, and it wasn’t good to disturb them from sleep. "No, I'll sleep at home. You go back now. I'll pick you up to go to school tomorrow." After saying that, she waved at him, signaling him to leave quickly.
Xie Yuntang was a little disappointed, but still nodded obediently, and then followed Xie Qing and Mrs. Xie-Qin.
Xie Qing was afraid that Xie Yuntang would catch a cold, so he took off his clothes and gave them to him. Xie Yuntang shook his head. "Dad, I'm not cold, you wear it."
Xie Qing didn’t persist. Xie Yuntang was stubborn, and since he didn't want it, he wouldn't take it. "I’ll hold your hand."
"No, I can walk by myself."
Xie Yuntang looked at the road under his feet and walked forward step by step.
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After Su Tao picked almost a basket of peach blossoms, her hands were frozen. She sneezed several times and muttered softly, "It's so cold. It's spring and yet it's still so cold."
"Girl, go back. Just let your mother and I pick them." Su Fu heard her voice and came over with the basket.
Su Tao sniffled and said nonchalantly, "It's okay. I can still pick more. I'll go back later."
These were all worth money. If she picked more, her family would live better.
She was really traumatized by the hunger she suffered in the Su family. If it happened again, she might not want to live.
Thinking of this, she glanced down the mountain. She wondered if Milksop was asleep. She also wanted to get into bed and sleep.
But she wasn’t rich like Milksop.
Lin Sanzhu was also worried when she heard Su Tao’s sniffles. She said in a shrill voice, "Wretched girl, go back as we told you. Anyway, you don't pick much. If you catch a cold later, I’ll beat you to death!"
Su Tao was used to her not being able to say anything nice. "I'm fine. If I pick more, we can sell more." Then she went to another tree to pick more peach blossoms, thinking that picking like this wasn’t a good idea.
She had better ask the kids to pick the peach blossoms tomorrow. Although she had to pay them, she could still make a lot of money.
In the second half of the night, the weather got colder. Su Tao couldn't stand it anymore, so she quickly asked Su Fu and Lin Sanzhu to go home.
When she got home, her feet were frozen. Su Tao still felt numb after soaking in hot water. She grimaced and said, "Mom, my feet are numb."
Lin Sanzhu looked at Su Tao’s feet in the basin, which were already frozen stiff. She squatted down to wash and massage her feet, cursing softly, "I told you to come back earlier, but you didn't. Now, your feet are frozen. Are you pleased?"
"Wretched girl, you've learned to be stubborn despite your young age. This family won’t collapse without you."
Looking at Lin Sanzhu’s disheveled hair and sallow face, Su Tao felt warm in her heart. She quickly leaned over and kissed her, blinking. "Thank you, Mom."
Lin Sanzhu looked a little awkward. She raised her head and glared at Su Tao. "I told you not to kiss people randomly. Wretched girl, where did you learn this? Correct this habit now."
"You fiddle around all the time. Which girl is like you? If the Xie family knew you were like this, they wouldn’t want you."
"Have you treated Yuntang this way? If you dare to treat Yuntang this way, I’ll smack your mouth!"
Why did she mention Milksop? Su Tao, "..."
She blinked and looked like she wanted to kiss Xie Yuntang. "I want to kiss him, but he refuses to let me do so."
Milksop’s face was so soft and cute that everyone wanted to kiss him.
Lin Sanzhu was rendered speechless by her words. "..."
This flippant girl was simply asking for a beating.
Then she hit Su Tao’s instep quite hard, and raised her voice, "Wretched girl, do you want to be beaten? You’re a girl, you have to pay attention to your reputation. If your reputation is ruined, who will marry you? I can't afford to support you by then."
Su Tao felt pain and immediately behaved herself, not daring to say anything. If she dared to say anything more, Lin Sanzhu would probably beat her again.
The next morning, Su Tao dragged Su Zhi to the Xie family's house to pick up Milksop. Xie Yuntang was already waiting at the door. He was instinctively happy when he saw her. "Sister Taozi, come and eat."
Su Tao was fine with eating at the Xie family's house alone. After all, she was working for the Xie family.
But Su Zhi was with her, so she said reluctantly, "We’ve eaten. You go ahead."
Su Zhi, this fool, had ruined her breakfast. If he didn't get good grades in school, she would never forgive him.
Xie Yuntang didn't know what she was thinking. When he heard that she didn't want to eat, he said anxiously, "Sister Taozi, I asked my mother to make a lot of pancakes."
Sister Taozi must be tired from working at night, so he wanted to give her more pancakes.
Before Su Tao could say anything, the shameless Su Zhi spoke up. "Brother Yuntang, I want to eat pancakes." After he finished speaking, saliva drooled from the corner of his mouth.
"Dream on! Shut up."
Su Tao pulled his ear, then said to Xie Yuntang, "Go and eat. I'll wait for you here."
She paused, but still couldn't help but whisper, "Milksop, bring me some pancakes after you finish eating."
Sister Taozi obviously wanted to eat. Xie Yuntang glanced at Su Zhi and understood something. He reached out and pulled her hand. "Sister Taozi, both of you come in and eat. There are extras."
"Mom, I asked Sister Taozi and Brother Su Zhi to come in to eat."
Although he was young, he wasn’t stupid.
