I’ll Butcher Pigs to Support You! 41 p1

Chapter 41 p1

Shen Xizhi was most reluctant to buy the snowy white dress. It was long enough to drag on the ground and would get dirty very easily. If it got dirty and couldn’t be washed clean, wouldn’t it be a waste of so much money?

But her wife wouldn’t listen to her and insisted on buying it!

Her small face was red with anger. She turned her body away, unwilling to pay her any mind. She refused to go in and try on the clothes, just using her angry expression to resist her wife.

These were not a big deal. Shen Xizhi was afraid of getting it dirty, but if it got dirty, she could just buy another one. It was rare for her to have earned some money, so of course she had to treat herself. Otherwise, what was the point of working so hard to earn money?

She just wanted to see her wife in this outfit.

Her own wife was like a fairy, but had been raised to be so drab by the original owner. She just wanted to dress her wife up nicely.

“Then I’ll take this one. I think it’s about my wife’s size, so it’s fine if she doesn’t try it on.”

The owner, seeing her choose so quickly and decisively, smiled so widely that her eyes disappeared.

“This one is one hundred and fifty wen.”

Song Yugui paused, then turned her head with a serious expression. “One hundred, or I don’t want it.”

Of course she was lying about not wanting it, but she also knew that there was room for bargaining in this shop. She couldn’t just throw money away.

Owner: …

She had thought she was very determined.

She couldn’t help but recall that this young couple had come before and had also bargained like this.

“This… one hundred wen will probably be a loss. How about one hundred and thirty wen?”

Who bargains by cutting down fifty wen at once?

Song Yugui was looking at other clothes. She suddenly pointed a finger. “How much is that light blue one?”

The owner glanced at it and said, “That one is one hundred wen. Does miss want to try it?”

“This one for one hundred and ten, that one for seventy. I’ll take both, is that okay?”

Owner: …

How can she be so good at bargaining at such a young age!

Her forehead was even starting to sweat. She lifted her sleeve to wipe it and, after a long moment of hesitation, said, “This one is one hundred and twenty wen, and this one is eighty wen.”

Song Yugui also pretended to be hesitant. After a while, she said helplessly, “Alright then, I’ll take these two. I’ll try this one on. You can pack up the white one.”

She held her wife every day and knew her measurements. She could tell at a glance that her wife could wear it. If she didn’t want to try it, she didn’t want to try it. Hmph, I’m buying it anyway.

Shen Xizhi seemed to be so angry she was about to explode. She pretended to ignore her, but when her wife went to try on the clothes, she still secretly looked up. It was a light blue cross-collared ruqun, with white fur at the collar. The top was light blue, and the bottom was a crescent white, embroidered with a few branches of pink plum blossoms. It was very beautiful.

With her wife’s looks, she would definitely be able to pull it off.

Shen Xizhi thought to herself.

After a while, Song Yugui came out from inside wearing the clothes. The new clothes really suited her, and they looked warm. Shen Xizhi went from secretly looking to staring blankly, unable to hide any of her emotions.

Song Yugui tidied her collar, walked closer, and waved a hand in front of her. “Is it beautiful?”

Shen Xizhi suddenly came to her senses.

Beautiful, of course it was beautiful.

The two words had just rolled around in her mouth when she suddenly remembered that she was still angry with her. So she silently swallowed them and replaced them with a feignedly cold, “It’s so-so.”

Song Yugui just pretended not to hear and stood up straight to feel it, nodding slightly. “Mmm, as long as it’s beautiful.”

Shen Xizhi: ?

Did you not hear me say it’s so-so?

One set of clothes was one hundred and twenty wen, the other eighty, for a total of two hundred wen. It wasn’t a very large number, and she could accept it, but Shen Xizhi couldn’t.

Her wife had only earned three hundred wen a month when she was working at the restaurant. Now she had spent two hundred wen in one trip, which was more than half of her former monthly salary. Shen Xizhi’s heart ached, and her rosy lips were pressed together, very unhappy.

Song Yugui even made her carry the bundle.

She ignored her, so the bundle was just hung on her shoulder.

Hmph, hmph, hmph.

They passed by a pastry shop, and Song Yugui subconsciously stopped the cart again, calling out, “Boss, two pea-flour cakes.”

Shen Xizhi: !!!

She had just been ignoring her, but now she couldn’t hold back. She quickly pulled at her sleeve and said in a low voice, “Don’t buy any. I’m not eating!”

“I’m buying.”

Shen Xizhi: …

Sob, sob, sob. My words are useless, QAQ.

Song Yugui didn’t buy much this time, also afraid that Shen Xizhi would jump up and hit her. She just bought two pea-flour cakes and two peach blossom crisps.

The other day, she had seen that Shen Xizhi had a particular fondness for these two. She had saved one of each to eat last, putting them on the table and looking at them for a long time before she could bear to eat them.

The pea-flour cakes were seven wen each, and the peach blossom crisps were eight. Her wife had good taste; the things she liked to eat were all expensive.

The pastries were wrapped in oiled paper and handed over. She stuffed them all into her wife’s arms. “Hold them to warm your hands. We can eat them when we get back.”

Shen Xizhi pouted unhappily but didn’t say anything.

She also knew that Song Yugui wanted to be good to her and didn’t want to wrong her.

How could a person’s front and back be so different, as if they were not the same person?

She had clearly hated her so much before, only treating the village belle well. But now… she was instead cold to the village belle and only good to her.

Can a person change so quickly? My wife seems to like me, but I’m not sure. There’s still a sense of unease in my heart.

Two versions of her appeared, fighting in front of her. One, covered in pink bubbles, held her hands in front of her chest in anticipation and said, Yugui-jiejie must like me. Otherwise, why would she care if I eat a lot, be afraid that I’m hungry, buy me clothes, and always bring me pastries? And she even holds me when we sleep at night? If this isn’t love, what is!

The other, covered in black qi, had a somewhat low and cold voice and said calmly, Of course she doesn’t like me. No one would sleep in the same bed with someone they like every day and not do anything. She just had a change of heart and wants to treat me as a wife. The one she really likes is still someone else. Do you think if Song Xinyu, whom she also likes, were to sleep in the same bed with her, she would still be as much of a gentleman as she is now?

Shen Xizhi’s face suddenly darkened. She lifted her hand and swiped fiercely, and the two little figures instantly disappeared. Song Yugui sensed the movement and turned her head in surprise. “What’s wrong?”

She can’t be taking the air for me and beating the air, can she?

Shen Xizhi looked at her silently but just shook her head, gripping the bundle tightly, her voice muffled, like a wronged little wife who couldn’t speak. “It’s nothing. Don’t mind me.”

“You’re my wife. If I don’t mind you, who do you want to mind you?” she asked.

Shen Xizhi glanced at her secretly, then shook her head again. “It’s nothing.”

Nothing, my ass. From her look, she’s clearly holding back a lot of grievances. Who is she trying to fool?

Although she didn’t know why she was wronged again.

Could it be because she had insisted on buying her clothes against her will?

Or was it because of the pastries?

Both were possible.

Song Yugui sighed in her heart. The villain’s frugal habits will probably be hard to change in a short time. But there’s no hurry. When our family’s situation improves in the future, she’ll understand. This kind of thing can’t be changed overnight. It has to be gradual.

On the way back to the village, she couldn’t coax her even if she wanted to. She could only push the cart back first, thinking along the way that it was also a bother to push the cart back and forth every day. When would she be able to buy a horse to pull the cart, and she could even get a carriage for Xizhi to sit in.

But horses were expensive in ancient times, so she could only think about it for now.

Song Yugui’s strength was also not what it used to be. She pushed the cart with one hand and held Shen Xizhi’s hand with the other, her fingers gently rubbing the back of her hand, silently coaxing her.

Shen Xizhi was gloomy, not in high spirits, but she didn’t resist. When her peripheral vision occasionally caught sight of that hand, she thought, If Song Xinyu were her wife, would she also treat her like this?

Just thinking about it made the young woman’s heart sink, a bottomless fall, and an unstoppable dark thought emerged.

No, absolutely not. You’re not allowed to like others, and you’re not allowed to be good to others. You can only be the best to me.

Shen Xizhi bit her lip and suddenly glared fiercely at Song Yugui from behind.

Song Yugui, pushing the cart, was flustered. So angry? But I bought everything for you, and you’re still angry with me. Where’s the justice?

She complained in her heart but held it in, not daring to say it out loud. If she made her angrier, she wouldn’t be able to handle it at all.

They pushed the cart over, just in time for lunch. Song Yugui didn’t dare to make any requests for lunch. Her little wife had been angry all the way. She would just eat whatever she made. If worst came to worst, then… then she wouldn’t eat at all.

She just hoped she could coax her. She didn’t want her to be angry for too long; being angry was bad for her health.

However, after they put the cart down, she saw Shen Xizhi go into the house. She was just standing in the courtyard, thinking about how to coax her, when her wife came out again, her eyes filled with a smile. “Wife must be tired. Go and wash up quickly. We can eat soon.”

Song Yugui: …

That one word, ‘wife’, made her skin crawl. What’s for dinner? A last meal?

“You… you really don’t like the clothes I bought you today?”

Song Yugui walked in with her wet hands, which she had just washed, and this was the first thing she said.

Shen Xizhi was stunned. She tilted her head, her expression pure and obedient. “No. Why does Wife ask that?”

Song Yugui took the cloth the other handed her to wipe her hands and lowered her head, a little troubled. “Then why were you unhappy?”

Shen Xizhi hadn’t expected her to be thinking about this too. After a moment of surprise, she smiled again. “I was angry just now, but I’m not angry anymore.”

She’s not angry anymore, not angry at all. /smile.

Song Yugui: …

She still felt that something was wrong.

Her suspicious gaze swept over her, and she muttered, “Really? But you’re not that magnanimous. I haven’t even coaxed you yet. You’re really not angry?”

Shen Xizhi had the right to suspect that Song Yugui was taking the opportunity to scold her.

The young woman was immediately dissatisfied. “When was I ever so petty? Where do I always need you to coax me? Don’t you slander me.”

She smiled. Not petty? Don’t need coaxing?

“Alright, alright. I’m slandering you, I’m slandering you. Our Xiaozhi’er is the most magnanimous, never gets angry with me. Even if she gets angry, she doesn’t need me to coax her, right?”

She didn’t want to make her angry again, so she just went along with what Shen Xizhi said, but the second half of the sentence always sounded strange.

If you’re angry, you need to be coaxed. It’s not that you don’t need to be coaxed!

Shen Xizhi puffed out her cheeks and ignored her.

She’s always deliberately provoking me, hmph.

“Come in and eat!”

Shen Xizhi said fiercely, then turned and went inside, leaving her with an angry back.

Song Yugui couldn’t help but burst out laughing.