Village Belle is Trying to Cause Trouble Again Chapter 22
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Proofed by The Buddha
Chapter 22: She Doesn’t Eat People; She Only Eats Pancakes
Xie Yuntang didn’t dare to say anything when he saw that she was sick again. He entered the school obediently, sat in the first row and glanced outside the door.
Su Tao hadn't left yet. When she saw that, she raised her fist at him and shouted, "Hurry, read your book!"
Xie Yuntang was startled, then turned around and read his book obediently, "Do not call your elders by their names directly. Do not flaunt your ability in front of your elders. When you meet your elders, you should bow..."
Su Tao was satisfied when she saw him sitting upright and reading. Then, she slowly strolled back to the Xie family's residence.
As soon as she left, Zhou Sheng and the others surrounded Xie Yuntang. Zhou Sheng looked scared. "Yuntang, why are you with Su Tao? My mom said she was crazy and would eat people."
"She just stepped on my insect and killed it." Zheng Duoyin agreed aggrievedly.
Xie Yuntang didn't like what they said about Su Tao. Su Tao was beaten crazy by her grandmother. His face looked very serious. "She doesn't eat people; she only eats pancakes."
Then he looked at Zheng Duoyin and said, " She stepped on your insect because you scared me."
"I don't like insects."
"Then I won't scare you next time."
Zheng Duoyin sniffed, probably because he was scared by Su Tao, and he said, "Can you tell Su Tao not to step on my insect next time? I'd been raising it for many days."
Xie Yuntang nodded. "Okay." After that, he started studying.
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In the Xie family’s residence.
When Su Tao came back, Mrs. Xie-Qin had already washed the dishes and was peeling peanuts.
She wanted to help peel them, but Mrs. Xie-Qin stopped her. "If your hands aren’t healed yet, don't peel the peanuts. I'll get some medicine and apply it on you again." After saying that, she put down the peanuts and went to get the medicine.
Soon, she entered the main room again and applied the medicine carefully on Su Tao’s fingers. After she was done, she saw that the girl's eyes were reddened, and her heart softened. "Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt, thank you, auntie."
Su Tao sniffed. She wasn't pretending. Finally, a normal person was nice to her.
It hadn’t been easy for her.
"Just say so if it hurts. It's okay."
Mrs. Xie-Qin touched her head and said, "You’re about the same age as Yuntang, so I’ll treat you like a daughter and love you."
Su Tao knew that she would only be loved like a daughter if she took good care of Milksop. If it were someone else, she would have agreed without hesitation.
But not Milksop. She depended on him to return home.
The two talked for a while, and Mrs. Xie-Qin probably saw that Su Tao was feeling awkward. Thus, she took her to Milksop’s room.
Su Tao realized the difference between her bed and his bed. Milksop’s bed was big, clean, and looked soft. Even two people could sleep in it... no, four or five children could sleep in it.
Thinking of her bed made of wooden boards and her quilt that was mended over and over again, Su Tao became envious.
Her own princess room was better than this.
Her desire to go home was getting stronger.
Mrs. Xie-Qin gently told her about Xie Yuntang's daily habits. "Yuntang likes to be clean, so his room should not be messy."
Seeing the girl nodding, she smiled and said, "You don't have to clean the room. Yuntang himself knows how to clean it. You just need to pay attention to this."
"He doesn't like others touching his things. If Yuntang doesn't ask you to take something, don't take it."
Su Tao felt that Milksop was really particular, but she nodded obediently and said, "I won't take his things without permission."
Milksop liked to be clean and didn't like others to touch his things.
She would do the opposite then!
After that, Mrs. Xie-Qin took her up to the attic. "The attic is his study. There are books in it. You can read and write with Yuntang. It’s good for a girl to learn to read."
Su Tao tsked at the room full of books. How much money did this cost? Last time, she heard someone say that she spent more than one tael on a book.
Was the Xie family extremely rich?
No wonder Milksop allowed her to snatch his pancakes. He could easily afford pancakes.
It seemed that it wasn’t feasible to turn Milksop into a villain by snatching his food.
"There’s a soft couch there. If you feel sleepy during the day, you can take a nap."
Mrs. Xie-Qin was afraid that Su Tao would feel reserved, so she added, "Make yourself at home. Yuntang is very easy to get along with."
He was simply too easy to get along with!
Su Tao felt that everything about Xie Yuntang was good, except for this. He had an amazingly good temper.
It was so amazingly good that she felt a little desperate.
She felt the despair of not being able to return home.
After the two talked for a while, Su Tao took a broom to sweep Xie Yuntang's room. There was nothing to sweep. The room was cleaner than her face.
After sweeping for a while, Mrs. Xie-Qin said that she would go out to talk to someone, and asked Su Tao to stay at home without any worries.
She wasn’t afraid that Su Tao would steal anything.
Su Tao wasn’t a fool either. Of course she wouldn’t steal anything. She looked at Milksop’s big soft bed. Failing to fight the urge, she finally lay down on it. The soft touch made her feel like she was home.
She didn't know when she fell asleep. When she woke up, she found that her saliva had accumulated on the quilt.
Her eyes widened. She quickly got up to wipe it off, but there was still a stain left. She quickly turned the quilt upside down, and finally left Xie Yuntang's room as if nothing had happened.
……
When it was almost noon, Su Tao "sensibly" went to pick up Xie Yuntang. When she arrived at the entrance of the school, the teacher was still teaching. Xie Yuntang's cute little face looked serious.
The other children were either picking their hands or shaking their heads, obviously feeling restless.
After a while, the teacher came out, glanced at Su Tao, and left quickly.
Xie Yuntang packed his school bag and was about to carry it when someone took it away. He looked over blankly, then his eyes lit up and he said softly, "Sister Taozi."
"Sister Taozi... my foot."
Su Tao raised her hand and tapped on his forehead in annoyance. She said, "I told you to call me big sister. Didn’t you get it?"
"Hurry up, come home with me. I'm starving to death."
It turned out that she was hungry. Xie Yuntang touched his forehead and said softly, "Are you hungry? Here you go." Then he gave her his half of the uneaten pancake.
Su Tao had already decided not to snatch his food. The more she snatched Milksop’s food, the more kindhearted he became. Fine, it was mainly because she wasn't very hungry that day.
"I don't want it. Hurry up and leave." After saying that, she left the school with his school bag.
Xie Yuntang scurried to catch up, looking at her with puzzled eyes and a faint worry. "Why don't you want to eat? Isn't it delicious?"
"I'll buy you rice krispies, okay?"
Su Tao would go crazy easily if she didn't eat.
Su Tao, "..."
She couldn't help but rub her eyebrows. Then, she stopped, and pinched his face with moderate strength. "Don't you get it? I don't want your food!"
"If you give me food again, I’ll beat you!"
Milksop, please don't be so kind to me. I couldn't bear it!!
And I didn’t want it either!
"Su Tao! Why did you hit Yuntang?" Zhou Sheng stood nearby, timidly seeking redress for Xie Yuntang.
Su Tao glared at him angrily, lying through her teeth. "I didn’t hit him. I touched him because I like him. Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand."
She couldn’t let these brats complain to the Xie family.
Zheng Duoyin shrank back and whispered, "I don't believe you. You were pinching Yuntang."
"I pinched him because he's good-looking. I don't pinch you guys because you're not good-looking." Su Tao stuck out her tongue at them in disgust.
Zheng Duoyin scolded her back, "You're not good-looking instead!"
"I'm not good-looking? Xie Yuntang, am I good-looking?"
Su Tao looked at Xie Yuntang warningly, signaling him to speak in her favor. Otherwise, she'd pinch his face again.
Xie Yuntang's face was flushed, and he didn't know whether it was because of the pinch or something else. He said in a soft voice, "You’re good-looking."
