I’ll Butcher Pigs to Support You! 84

Chapter 84

During the day, Shen Xizhi insisted on going to town with her wife. Her courage had grown after being pampered, and she was no longer just a one-sided recipient who only dared to accept without questioning. Now, she had to approve of how the family’s money was spent before she would dare to spend it.

“The vanishing cream is used up. I’ll take you to buy some more in a little while, alright?”

Her little wife sat on the side, not having to do anything, which made Song Yugui feel full of energy.

In the past, she had always woven bamboo baskets on the side to save money for renovating the house. But now that they were not so poor, and weaving bamboo baskets in winter was both cold and hard work, and didn’t earn much money, she had forbidden her from doing it, only letting her sit on the side and occasionally collect money.

Xizhi was disobedient in matters of love, but in such small matters, she was very obedient. When she was told not to weave, she didn’t. She just sat by the pork stall every day with a gentle smile, watching the customers come and go.

With one less butcher in town, the meat sold much faster. It was sold out just before noon. Song Yugui packed up her stall and, without pulling the cart, first took her wife to a shop that specialized in rouge and powder.

They hadn’t been there in a long time. Shen Xizhi had heard Yugui-jiejie mention it several times, and now that she wanted to come again, she didn’t stop her, just set a limit: she couldn’t spend more than one tael of silver.

Today, they had earned a tael and a half, so they had to have some left over.

Song Yugui agreed at once. Things were different now. She was no longer the person who had never seen good things after just earning some money.

When she had first come to ancient times, she had been so poor she had almost hit her head on the ground. There was nothing at home, not even vegetable seeds, which she had bought after she had earned some money. After living a poor life like that for a while, things had suddenly gotten better. In the village, they were considered a wealthy family. Naturally, she wanted to buy more things to make up for her initial self.

But now that she had made up for it, her mood had finally stabilized.

The two of them often came to this Juanyan Pavilion to buy things and were very familiar with it. They didn’t need anyone to guide them and went straight to the shelf where the vanishing cream was displayed. Today, her wife had given her a spending limit of one tael of silver, so she could spend a little more and directly bought four boxes.

It only cost two hundred wen. Seeing her pay and take the vanishing cream, Shen Xizhi subconsciously thought that they were done and were about to leave, but she was pulled back by her wife. “Don’t go yet. I still want to buy something.”

“What else?”

Shen Xizhi pressed her lips together.

She knew that Yugui-jiejie hadn’t changed her nature and still loved to spend money like this.

“I want to buy some hair oil. I smelled Miss Chu’s fragrant hair before and asked her what it was. She said it was a new hair oil she had gotten. Can we buy one too?”

This time, Shen Xizhi didn’t refuse. Seeing her wife’s expression, it was clear that she felt a sense of envy toward Miss Chu. How can my wife envy others? Buy it! We must buy it!

The two of them didn’t know where to buy hair oil and asked the waiter in the shop. The waiter took them over and even introduced them to the fragrance of each hair oil.

Shen Xizhi held her wife’s arm and looked around with curiosity. “What scent do you want?”

“Can we buy two? I want to use them alternately.”

“Mmm, of course we can.”

Her little wife said obediently. She didn’t want to see her wife look at others with envy.

Not at all.

Her wife deserved the best things in the world.

“I want one with an osmanthus scent and one with a peach blossom scent.”

She took them out for Shen Xizhi to smell. They were indeed fragrant, and they both liked them.

A can of hair oil actually cost twenty wen. In a short while, another forty wen were gone.

But if it could make her wife happy, she was also willing.

The two of them strolled around the street, bought some candied hawthorn and a sugar painting, and then walked home hand in hand.

Chi Xiangyue and Chu Wantang were already waiting in the courtyard to eat. The moment they saw them return, Chi Xiangyue immediately stood up and waved vigorously. “Yugui, Xizhi, you’re finally back! I’ve already fed your chickens.”

She had always loved to feed the chickens.

Song Yugui also waved back in response. Xizhi went to the kitchen to prepare lunch. Tonight, she planned to make shouzhuabing again. Chi Xiangyue had been pestering her to eat it recently, and if she wanted to eat it, Chu Wantang also wanted to eat it.

Shen Xizhi had promised to make it again today.

She was inside, kneading the dough, when she came out, wanting to find all the clothes that had piled up and wash them while there was still sun in the afternoon.

However, after rummaging through the house, she didn’t find a single dirty piece of clothing. Wait a minute? Where are my clothes?

Little Xizhi looked at her wife, who was fiddling with her hair oil at the dressing table, with a blank expression, her delicate, smoky brows slightly furrowed. “Yugui-jiejie, I think our house has been robbed.”

“Ah?”

Song Yugui was first puzzled, then greatly shocked.

“What, our house has been robbed?!”

No, no? I said we shouldn’t live in the village. The security is too poor! Today it’s a thief stealing things. Tomorrow, won’t they want my life?

She asked cautiously, “What was lost from the house?”

Shen Xizhi’s face was full of sorrow. “Clothes. A lot of clothes are gone. Look, I originally put them here, but now there’s not a single one.”

She pointed to the place where she put her dirty clothes.

Song Yugui looked and was silent for a moment.

This… uh…

She was guilty. “You’re not talking about those few dirty clothes that were waiting to be washed, are you?”

Shen Xizhi continued to worry. “Yes, they were all bought by my wife. They’re very expensive, and I haven’t even worn them a few times.”

They had been stolen after only being worn a few times. Her heart ached.

Song Yugui stood up straight and scratched the back of her head. “Well, Xiaozhi’er, don’t worry. I had someone else wash those clothes.”

Shen Xizhi was stunned. After she reacted, her anger instantly made her cheeks puff out, and she glared at her angrily. “Song Yugui! Then why didn’t you tell me!”

She… she actually spent money behind my back! Hmph.

“If I had told you, you wouldn’t have let me do it. So I could only do it secretly.”

She felt sorry for Xizhi having to wash clothes in such cold weather, and Xizhi also felt sorry that it was not easy to earn money. But she felt that no matter how hard it was to earn money, washing clothes only cost a few wen, not even as expensive as the sugar painting she had bought today.

Of course she had to take care of her own body.

“Aiya, Wife is really…”

Shen Xizhi wanted to scold her but couldn’t bring herself to, reluctant to scold her. In the end, she could only humph a couple of times, without any deterrence.

Hearing this, Song Yugui admitted her mistake in a warm voice. “Alright, alright. The money has already been spent. Don’t be angry with me. It’s also giving other people in the village a chance to earn some money, hmm?”

Her voice was extremely gentle. Shen Xizhi had never been willing to be angry with her in the first place. In a short while, she was coaxed and lay in her arms, nuzzling her neck and asking, “Then how much did you spend?”

“I gave them a lot of clothes, so it cost five wen.”

Five wen was much better than what she had had back then. If she could get five wen for washing clothes once, she would be very happy.

Washing clothes in winter was much harder than in summer. She really couldn’t bully people too much.

Shen Xizhi nodded and then lifted her neck to kiss her. “Alright, then you have to tell me next time you find someone to wash clothes. Otherwise, I’ll think our house has been robbed.”

She was so scared.

Song Yugui stroked her wife’s tender face and replied warmly, “Alright. As long as you don’t object, I’ll definitely tell you.”

After being clingy with her, Shen Xizhi obediently went to cook again.

She made several shouzhuabing, and the extra ones could be eaten for breakfast the next day.

It was convenient to buy them outside, but they were always the same few things, and she had long since gotten tired of them.

The sauce was still a sweet and sour tomato sauce, which was very popular.

After they had eaten, Chi Xiangyue lay lazily in the courtyard. Although the weather was cold, she was a martial artist and was not very afraid of the cold. On the contrary, feeling the cold wind could clear her mind a little.

After lying down for a while, Song Yugui came out to accompany them. Xizhi had been ordered to wear a cloak before she could go out to feel the wind and had gone to find one.

Seeing that she was not there, Chi Xiangyue coughed twice and went closer furtively. “I’ve recently gotten a new storybook. Do you want to take a look?”

Song Yugui: …

The female lead is so good. After becoming a lesbian, she plays even more wildly than I do.

She lowered her head but also said without hesitation, “I do!”

Chu Wantang glanced at the two of them faintly but didn’t speak. She even stopped Shen Xizhi, who had just come out of the house, and stood with her by the chicken coop, talking.

Song Yugui was amazed. “Does Miss Chu always indulge you like this?”

This made her unconvinced.

Chi Xiangyue stood up straight. “How can it be that she’s indulging me? It’s clearly me who’s doting on her! No matter what bad things she does, I can’t bear to hurt her!”

“What bad things has Miss Chu done?”

She asked again. This time, Chi Xiangyue shut her mouth and looked up at the sky like a chicken, just stuffing the storybook in her hand into Song Yugui’s hand and throwing out a “Don’t mind it,” not looking at her anymore.

Shen Xizhi came over from behind with a blank expression and asked softly, “Wife, what are you talking about? What did Miss Chi give you?”

Song Yugui nervously hid the book. “Ah, nothing. I’ll show it to you later.”

This is not suitable for looking at in the courtyard in broad daylight. We can slowly study it at night…