I’ll Butcher Pigs to Support You! 87 p1

Chapter 87 p1

Song Yugui returned home with a heavy hundred taels of silver, thinking about how to tell her wife about the strange experience of the day. But she ran into Xizhi halfway.

Shen Xizhi’s expression was a little anxious at first. It was only when she saw her that her eyes lit up, and she hurried to run toward her. “Wife!”

“Xizhi.”

Song Yugui replied and opened her arms. Shen Xizhi threw herself into her embrace.

She then reached out and held her.

“Why are you out?”

She asked warmly.

Shen Xizhi held her tightly, pouting, and said with a wronged expression, “Why are you only just getting back? I’ve already made dinner. I was so worried when you didn’t come back for a long time.”

The meat had been selling quickly recently. Her wife had clearly been coming back very early.

Song Yugui held her for a while, then let go, rubbing her wife’s small face and coaxing her, “Something happened on the road, so I came back late. We can talk about it when we get back.”

“Mmm.”

Shen Xizhi carefully leaned against her, and the two of them went back together.

The villagers passing by on the road couldn’t bear to look, but they still greeted them. “Yugui, are you taking your wife out to play?”

“Mmm, we’re just taking a walk.”

The villagers were used to the two of them being so clingy. Although they wanted to say something, they didn’t really say anything.

The young couple was at the age where they were young and clingy.

When the two of them returned home—

“What! Someone was fighting in town today and smashed your stall?!”

Seeing her wife’s pupils dilate, Song Yugui nodded helplessly. “I didn’t dodge. I was startled.”

Shen Xizhi was extremely nervous. She kept feeling her body, asking if she had been hurt by anyone. Then her two paws were restrained.

“Don’t touch me randomly. I’m fine, aren’t I? I haven’t finished speaking. That person fell on my cart and spat out blood, breaking my cart. Then someone reported it to the officials, and I went to the government office with them, along with Miss Chi and Miss Chu.”

Shen Xizhi’s pupils dilated for a second time. Went to the government office together?

She was just an ordinary country girl. Naturally, she didn’t think the government office was a good place.

Song Yugui explained warmly, “Don’t worry. Nothing happened. The county magistrate sentenced them to pay me money. A hundred taels.”

“How much?”

Shen Xizhi had been both anxious and heartbroken just now, her face full of “Wife, you’ve been wronged.” It wasn’t until she heard the latter part that her eyes widened again. How much?

“A hundred taels. The county magistrate said they broke my cart and that each of them had to pay me fifty taels.”

Shen Xizhi: !!!

Our cart, is it that valuable?

The two of them looked at each other, and they could both see this sentence in each other’s eyes.

Shen Xizhi couldn’t believe it, her two slender, arched brows furrowed. “Really? Fifty taels?”

This was fifty taels, just to compensate for a somewhat old and worn-out wooden cart?

“Yes, fifty taels.”

She confirmed again and took out a pouch from her robes. Both pouches were heavy. Shen Xizhi poured them out and exclaimed in amazement, “To think they could compensate so much.” It would have taken them at least two months to earn a hundred taels, and now they had gotten it for free.

“I’ll go and deposit this hundred taels in the bank tomorrow. I feel like we’ll be able to save enough money soon.”

“Mmm, mmm, okay~”

She also felt that it would be soon. Now the two of them had over six hundred taels, with only a little over half left. When the pigs at home were raised, they could sell the pork again, which would be another source of income.

For lunch, they had stir-fried mushrooms with meat and a bowl of mushroom soup.

The mushrooms had absorbed all the soup when they were stir-fried, and the soup was also very fresh and delicious when it was made. It was too delicious.

Seeing her eat so happily, a hint of a smile flashed in Shen Xizhi’s eyes. She gave her another piece of meat and said warmly, “This was picked by Miss Song on the mountain today.”

“She gave it to you?”

“Mmm.”

Ever since the two of them had had a huge argument because of Song Xinyu, and she had said she would never be jealous again, it seemed that she really wasn’t jealous anymore.

Now she would even take the initiative to bring up Miss Song to her.

Song Yugui smiled with relief. “Then we should thank Miss Song.”

“Mmm, I gave Miss Song some meat. She didn’t want it, but I still gave it to her.”

Auntie twenty wen was for cutting five baskets of pig feed a day, while Song Xinyu cut seven baskets a day, sometimes even eight. She also didn’t forget to give them some wild mushrooms she had picked. This meat was what Miss Song deserved.

“Mmm, you did well.”

Seeing her wife looking at her with an obedient and soft expression, Song Yugui couldn’t help but praise her. Then she saw her eyes become even brighter, clearly in a very good mood at this time.

In order to raise the pigs to be fatter and for the few piglets that were about to be born, although Song Yugui had paid someone to cut pig feed, and they had cut a lot, she herself would still occasionally go up the mountain to cut a few buckets for the pigs as an extra meal. This was something Shen Xizhi would naturally follow. Two buckets per person could give the pigs an extra meal for two days.

Life became more and more peaceful. In the blink of an eye, it was winter again. During this time, only one major event had happened. Chu Wantang and Chi Xiangyue had to follow Mr. Chi back to the capital to handle some matters, but according to them, they would be back after they were done. With two fewer people to get free meals from, life was a little quiet.

Every day, after Song Yugui had sold all the meat, she would carry the meat for the day back. After lunch, the two of them would lie in bed for a nap. When they woke up, they would make dinner, and after they ate, they would look at the stars and the moon, go for a walk, and then go to sleep again.

Quiet, too quiet. It was a little unaccustomed for a quiet person.

As the end of the year approached,

Song Yugui slaughtered a few of the sows at home that had already given birth. The piglets that could be sold were all sold, and with the slaughtered sows, there were only exactly fifteen pigs left at home. It didn’t look too crowded, because there were still small pigs inside. When the small pigs grew up, they would probably have difficulty even turning over.

By the time it was almost the New Year, they had almost saved enough money. The two of them were very happy. Miss Chi had not yet returned, so it was just the two of them this year. Song Yugui held her wife and sat her on her lap, her eyes filled with a smile. “We’ve saved enough money. After the festival, I’ll buy you a shop. If you buy it at full price, it doesn’t matter if you don’t make a profit. It’s our own storefront, so we don’t have to pay rent. There’s no pressure.”

“Mmm, mmm. Then can I get meat from you?”

“Isn’t it possible? Of course you have to get meat from me. That way, the cost will be lower. If it sells well, I’ll slaughter two pigs a day in the future, one for you and one for me.”

“Mmm, mmm!”

Thinking that she would be able to earn money with her wife in the future, Shen Xizhi was a little expectant, but at the same time, she couldn’t help but worry, saying in a small voice, “What if no one comes to eat? If it doesn’t sell…”

Then she would still be a little sad.

Song Yugui held her and coaxed her. “If no one eats, then I’ll go over and eat after I’m done selling. It’s alright. It’s good if someone eats. It doesn’t matter if no one eats. It’s just to find something for you to do.”

Hearing that she wasn’t really hoping that her shop would earn a lot of money, Shen Xizhi’s heart was immediately at ease. She replied obediently, “Mmm! If no one eats, we’ll just eat it ourselves.”

After the Spring Festival, besides returning to work, Song Yugui took Xizhi to look at shops. The shop they had taken a liking to last year had already been rented out. This year, they had no choice but to look at other shops. Fortunately, there was also a suitable one, just a little smaller. It could probably fit about six tables. Song Yugui planned to have rectangular tables custom-made like in modern times, with two rows, just right for three tables per row.

Because the place was not big, the price was also about two hundred taels cheaper than the one they had looked at before, and they could still have some money left over for renovation.

Song Yugui asked Xizhi if she liked it, and after getting a definite answer, she directly signed a contract and bought it.

They still hadn’t thought of a name for the shop. She had wanted to call it Jiangxi Small Stir-fry, but Xizhi had rejected it with a blank expression. It seemed that shop names in ancient times were more artistic.

Forget it. It’s not important. We can renovate first.

Song Yugui held her wife and told her her thoughts. “For the bowls and dishes, let’s buy three sets of white jade and three sets of plum green, okay?”

She liked plum green, but she saw that other shops seemed to have simple white jade styles.

Shen Xizhi had no objection to this and nodded slightly. She then said, “The tables will be made of rosewood? We’ll buy a set of tables and chairs. I’ll go and have them custom-made.”

“Mmm, I’ll listen to whatever you say.”

The two of them decided on how the shop would be decorated with one word after another.

Coincidentally, halfway through the renovation, Chi Xiangyue and Chu Wantang returned.

That day, after Song Yugui had taken her wife to town to sell meat and had returned, she saw two people in her courtyard.

Chi Xiangyue was chasing a chicken around the courtyard, while Chu Wantang sat on a chair, watching her run with a gentle expression.

Song Yugui’s tired mood from a long day of work immediately improved. She called out happily from a long way off, “Miss Chi, Miss Chu.”

Chi Xiangyue happened to be quick-witted and, with one hand, pressed down on the running chicken. Hearing the voice, she subconsciously looked up. Her hand loosened, and the chicken ran away again. She didn’t care. “Aiya, Yugui, Xizhi, you’re back?”

Song Yugui trotted over with her wife. “Mmm, we just got back. How long have you been here?”

“We just arrived too.”

“Then are you still leaving this time?”

“No, I’m not. It’s very nice here.”

Chi Xiangyue said with a smile.

She really liked it here. There was good food to eat, and it was quiet. There was nothing to disturb them, and life was good.

“Mmm, did Mr. Chi come back with you too? I have something I want to ask for his help with.”

“Ah, my dad didn’t come back. He’s staying in the capital. What is it? Is it very important? You can tell us. I don’t believe there’s anything my dad can do that I can’t!”

Chi Xiangyue put her hands on her hips, inexplicably showing a bit of defiance.

Song Yugui: …

This too?

She and Xizhi looked at each other, and they could both see the helplessness in each other’s eyes.

She said frankly, “I’ve rented a storefront, but I haven’t thought of a name for it yet, so I wanted to ask Mr. Chi to help us come up with a name and also write it for us.”

“Hah, what’s the big deal? Just this? Tangtang can also do this.”

Chi Xiangyue pulled at her little cousin beside her.

“My Tangtang has been well-read in the Four Books and Five Classics since she was young. Her literary talent is outstanding, and her words are eloquent. It’s the same if you ask her!”

The three of them all looked at Chu Wantang.

Chu Wantang, who had been inexplicably assigned a task: …

After a half-beat, she fiddled with her sleeve and asked, “You’ve already rented a storefront?”

“That’s right. I’ve already hired people to renovate it. It will be ready in a few days.”

She nodded. “Then have you thought of what kind of name you want?”

Song Yugui shook her head and scratched the back of her head. “I don’t know. Something a little more elegant, I suppose.”

She saw that others were like this.

Hearing this, Chu Wantang thought for a moment, not for too long, and then said, “The bridge crosses the water and trees, the autumn colors are already here. The red leans against the cloud peaks, the evening is just clearing. How about we call it Autumn Evening Pavilion?”

Song Yugui’s eyes lit up. “I think that’s good. It’s both elegant and pleasant to hear. Then may I trouble Miss Chu to write it for me?”

Of course Chu Wantang would not refuse. Chi Xiangyue was still bragging on the side. “My cousin’s handwriting is very good, much better than my dad’s. You shouldn’t have asked my dad. You should have asked my cousin.”

Being pinched on the arm by Chu Wantang, she said faintly, “You have no respect for your elders. Would you dare to say this in front of your father?”

Song Yugui was startled. She’s already calling him ‘daddy’?

“Hey, I’m saying you’re good, and you’re not happy.”

“Whether it’s good or not is not for you to decide with just one mouth.”

Chu Wantang had been taught by Chi Jingming since she was little and still had a great deal of respect for him.

Chi Xiangyue couldn’t argue with her, or she wouldn’t be able to sleep well at night, so she had to shut her mouth.