CHAPTER 574: 432 FOOL MEETS MADMAN_2

Of course, Hu Xiulan now only dares to complain in front of her daughter; she also wouldn’t dare to speak about it outside. Even if she did, there would need to be someone willing to listen.

Everyone now sees them as celebrities in the village; every family wants to maintain a good relationship with hers, and no one is willing to listen to her complaints.

Su Xiaotao listened to her mother’s words, and for the first time, she did not show her usual naive smile. She silently sat down at the small table and began to eat.

Yes, it was all her own fault.

Hu Xiulan saw that her daughter’s mood was stable today, which she found somewhat surprising, "Did you understand what Mom said? What use is understanding now when they are opening factories and building new houses in the city, and are far more glorious than us by many times? Taozi, Mom no longer hopes that you will marry into a good family. I just hope that you won’t continue being insane. If you keep this up, it could affect your brother."

Su Xiaotao suddenly looked up, "Mom, you’ve only ever cared about my brother. Have you ever thought about me?"

Hu Xiulan stepped back upon hearing her words, "Taozi, you?"

"With all the bustle outside, it’s impossible not to remember. Mom, rest assured, I’ve gotten to this point today, and Su Xiaofeng’s contributions are not small."

"Taozi, don’t do anything foolish. Mom used to think she had it worse than you, but now her life is obviously much better than ours. We can’t possibly trouble her. Listen to Mom, if you get better, go out and find a job. If possible, find a husband outside so you won’t have to come back and be talked about all the time."

Waking up was good; at least the family wouldn’t have to worry about her food anymore.

"Mom, do you think anyone would want me with the way I am now?" Su Xiaotao looked at her skin, now afflicted with a severe skin disease. Who would want her if she went out to work?

She used to work at a hair salon where the men were utterly unhygienic. Over time, she contracted the disease from them.

There was no cure for the disease, but it wouldn’t kill her anytime soon either.

"Then what do you want to do?" Hu Xiulan frowned upon hearing her daughter’s words. Indeed, with Taozi’s severe skin disease, no one would want her for work, let alone marriage.

That meant she could only stay home and help with farming and fieldwork.

"Mom, what do you think of Su Peng?"

Hu Xiulan frowned, "What does he have to do with this?"

"Mom, what if everyone saw Su Peng and me together? What do you think would happen?"

Su Peng used to be a fool, and at some moments, his foolish acts were understandable.

After all, who could guarantee a fool wouldn’t make a foolish mistake again?

"Taozi, you...."

"Mom, I’ve finished eating. You can go out now. Besides, I’m owed this by Su Xiaofeng; having Su Peng marry me would be her compensation to me."

If it were in the past, she wouldn’t even consider Su Peng.

But now that Su Peng’s mind was clear and his family had money, she started to consider him.

"Taozi, your idea is good, but implementing it would be difficult. Moreover, with so many people around today, it’s not easy to trick Su Peng. If it fails, it would be very embarrassing for us."

While Hu Xiulan thought her daughter’s idea was not bad, she knew that today’s Su Peng was not the same as before and scheming against him would not be easy.

"Mom, just leave this to me. If it gets exposed, I can just play insane. Surely the Su Family would not hassle someone as mad as me." Not everyone outside knew she was insane; no one knew she had regained her senses.

If it gets exposed, she could always pretend to be mad.

Hu Xiulan thought about it and realized it made sense. A madwoman, after all, could even get away with murder without people being able to argue about it.

"What do you want Mom to do?"

"Mom, come here." Su Xiaotao beckoned Hu Xiulan and whispered a few words to her.

Then, Hu Xiulan left Taozi’s room with the bowl and took a hoe to go outside.

Although today was the day the Guaizi family was hosting a celebration, the two families had feuded fiercely, and the Guaizi family hadn’t invited her family to drink, nor did she plan on going.

In short, their family would handle their celebration, and she would do her work, without interfering with each other.

Around lunchtime, Xiaofeng looked around and didn’t see Su Peng: "Mom, where is my brother? When you guys toast in the front later, I’ll follow my brother and toast from behind, can we do a round like that?"