I’ll Butcher Pigs to Support You! 91

Chapter 91: My 100% Blackened, Broken Wife [3]

Song Yugui had aged in her past life, her legs and feet inconvenient, and she hadn’t sold pork in a long time, relying on her own pig farm and the many restaurants her wife had opened to earn money. Her body had long since lost the muscle memory of waking up early automatically. She had slept with Xizhi until noon before waking up.

Xizhi had caught a chill and had started coughing suddenly in the middle of the night. After coughing for a long time, she had patted her back, and only when she had stopped coughing in the latter half of the night had she managed to fall asleep, which was why she had gotten up late.

She had woken up early, nestled in the quilt, her eyes nervously looking at the high chest in front of her.

When Li Shuhe woke up, she had already been awake for a while, but she was held intimately in her arms, her movements restrained, and she couldn’t get up.

In a daze, Song Yugui still felt as if she were in her past life. She subconsciously lowered her head, and a good morning kiss had already been delivered.

The body in her arms was completely stiff.

But soon, she forced herself to relax again and smiled at Song Yugui with a timid and frail expression.

So alluring. She was almost so bewitched that she lost her senses and went over to hold her head and nibble on it.

Helplessly, Xizhi’s expression was submissive, but her eyes were still filled with a distant and wary look. She couldn’t scare her, so she could only fiercely rub the back of her head, her tone gentle and graceful. “Get up. I’m taking you to see a doctor in town today.”

Shen Xizhi covered her mouth to stifle a cough. Hearing these words, she was suddenly flustered. Take me to town? Why go…

A sense of retreat rose in her heart. The little baby suddenly cried out. She had already cried last night, waking the two of them up. Song Yugui had gotten up and had casually fed her some noodle soup and had put her back to sleep. Now she was crying again!

She was probably hungry again. She said, “I’ll go and cook some congee. You can look in the cabinet for clothes. Just take whichever one you want to wear.”

Shen Xizhi’s heart was filled with apprehension. Hearing this, she couldn’t even manage a smile and just tightly wrapped the thin quilt around her frail body.

By the time Song Yugui had difficultly come in to feed the child, she had reaped a wriggling little caterpillar.

She smiled and sat on the edge of the bed, holding the child in one arm, that arm still managing to hold a bowl, and then holding a spoon in her other hand to feed the child rice soup.

As she fed her, she asked the person who was almost buried in the quilt, “Do you want to lie in bed for a little longer? I’ve cooked some congee. I’ll fry two eggs for you in a little while. You can lie in for a little while and then get up to eat, okay?”

Her voice was so gentle, and, fry two eggs!

In the past, the most doted-on Shen Yaozu in her family could only eat one egg a day. But Li Shuhe said she was going to fry two for her, and they were fried. Wasn’t she afraid of wasting oil?

She was the one who was eating for free and had no right to say anything. She could only poke her head out from the quilt and nod weakly.

Then she heard her say, “After we eat, we’ll go to town. Remember to wear more.”

Shen Xizhi’s body stiffened. Her gaze didn’t dare to look at her face, just at the child in her arms, and she said gently, “If we go to town, there will be no one to take care of the child. I… I’ll stay here and take care of the child.”

What ‘see a doctor’? Who in this village would casually go to see a doctor? Seeing a doctor costs the most money. I just have a little cough. It’s not a big deal. I’ll be fine after I endure it for a while. She’s not thinking of selling me to a brothel, is she? The former Song Yugui had had this idea.

Shen Xizhi was filled with unease. Even her making her a meal became a conspiracy in her eyes.

Why is she giving me such good food for no reason? Is it because she wants to sell me, and she feels guilty, so she wants to make it up to me a little?

The more she thought about it, the more flustered and scared she became. Her pearly white teeth bit her thin lip tightly, and she heard that voice say from above, “I’ll ask the auntie next door to take Xiaobao for a little while.”

Her body became even more stiff.

She fell silent. Song Yugui sensed that something was wrong. After all, they had lived together for decades. She lowered her eyes and asked, “Are you letting your imagination run wild again?”

Shen Xizhi almost frantically buried herself in the quilt again, but in her heart, she was thinking, How can it be my imagination? You clearly mean it. Who in the village would go to the medical hall to see a doctor just for a couple of coughs? No one. How am I supposed to believe this?

Seeing her not speaking, she didn’t press her. Their time together was still long. Xizhi would trust her eventually. She just kept urging her to get up and eat breakfast. Shen Xizhi had no choice but to get up, take the clothes she had picked out for her, and was also wrapped in a very warm cloak.

The cloak was very, very warm, as if it were insulating her from the cold wind outside.

Such good clothes, and she’s giving them to me to wear… but she’s going to sell me.

For some reason, her heart stubbornly believed this. Perhaps it was because the last lesbian she had met had also had this idea, and she had a great prejudice against lesbians.

Shen Xizhi lowered her eyes to hide the expression in them. Seeing that these clothes suited her very well, her heart thought again, Is she trying to sell me for a good price?

Sister-in-law Shen saw smoke rising from her house and poked her head out from outside, wanting to call her out, but she didn’t dare to go in, afraid that she would see something she shouldn’t.

Xizhi’s brow had been filled with a faint sorrow ever since just now. Song Yugui asked several times what she was thinking, but the other didn’t say, just begged her if she could not go to town. After being denied, she just looked at another place with that dead look in her eyes, as if she didn’t want to talk to her anymore.

Even though they had lived together for a long time, the Xizhi of her past life was no longer as coy as she had been at first. Song Yugui racked her brains but still couldn’t figure out why she was unhappy.

She used to like going to town very much…

As she led her out to eat breakfast, she was seen by Sister-in-law Shen, who quickly called out, “Shuhe, Shuhe!”

Hearing her voice, Song Yugui didn’t stop. It wasn’t until Sister-in-law Shen rushed in and patted her that she reacted. Damn it! She’s calling me. I’m Li Shuhe.

She rubbed her forehead helplessly and turned around. “Why did you come, sister-in-law? I was just about to find you for something.”

Sister-in-law Shen looked at Shen Xizhi warily and went closer to ask in a small voice, “Did she do anything to you last night? You can’t let her cook!”

Song Yugui: …

You’re afraid I’ll be poisoned, right? I understand. I was also afraid of being poisoned back then. But I’m not afraid anymore. Xizhi is very smart. She knows that if she kills me, she won’t have a good ending either. She wants to live, and I want her to live. Our goals are the same!

Song Yugui directly ignored Sister-in-law Shen’s words and instead said, “Sister-in-law, can you help me take care of Xiaobao today? I want to take Xizhi to town.”

“Ah, take her to town? Why are you taking her to town?”

“She caught a cold yesterday. I’m taking her to see a doctor.”

Sister-in-law Shen: …

“I see she’s fine. She doesn’t look like she needs to see a doctor.”

“Mmm, but it’s better to be safe.”

“You young people just know how to waste money. Even if you’re not sick, if you go to the medical hall, they’ll still give you a few doses of medicine.”

Sister-in-law Shen said reproachfully but didn’t say much more, let alone refuse to help with the child. To be honest, leaving Xiaobao with her was quite worrying.

Hearing her aunt say that this was a waste of money, she suddenly had a guess about Xizhi’s strangeness today. Is it that she doesn’t believe that I’m taking her to town to see a doctor?

After sending off the well-fed baby, she went back to the kitchen to fry four eggs. The chickens at home had laid eggs while the original owner was sick, and she hadn’t had the strength to go and pick them up. Today, when she had gone to pick them up, there were more than a dozen.

But when she returned, she found that Shen Xizhi had already finished eating, a bowl of plain congee drunk clean, without any side dishes, just plain congee.

Isn’t your mouth bland?

Song Yugui was helpless. “Why did you eat so quickly? I just finished frying the eggs.”

She placed the plate with four orange-yellow fried eggs in front of Xizhi.

Shen Xizhi was stunned. She had seen her talking to someone just now and had thought that the fried eggs were just to coax her. She hadn’t expected there to really be fried eggs to eat. She had thought that she might be sold today and was depressed and sad, not wanting to let this person off so easily, so she had drunk the congee in one go in a fit of anger. If she hadn’t been full, she would have drunk Li Shuhe’s congee too.

The young woman lowered her eyes. For a moment, she really felt that the person in front of her was very gentle and kind to her. But if that was the case, why did she have to take her to town?

Perhaps if I beg her, she’ll soften?

Thinking this, Shen Xizhi bit her lip and put on a frail and willow-like posture, her beautiful, watery eyes looking at the clueless Song Yugui.

She suddenly reached out to pull her sleeve, but after just one pull, she timidly pulled it back, as if she didn’t dare to touch her.

She lowered her head and asked softly, “Can we not go to town?”

Song Yugui was just about to explain to her that the two of them were really just going to town to see a doctor and for her not to overthink it when she heard her speak first and wanted to probe her thoughts.

So she asked, “Why don’t you want to go?”

Shen Xizhi didn’t speak, her snowy white lips pressed together. After a long while, she suddenly turned her head to cover her mouth and let out a series of coughs.

Song Yugui was startled and quickly got up to pat her on the back to help her breathe, her brow furrowed tightly as she did so. “You’re already coughing like this, and you’re still saying you’re not going to town.”

Ancient times were not like modern times. A simple headache or fever could be fatal. She couldn’t be careless.

Shen Xizhi coughed until her face was like a peach blossom, and her originally pale lips were also stained with a hint of red, her eyes filled with a misty haze, as if she were about to cry.

The sight made one’s heart ache, and she couldn’t bear to scold her anymore, just saying with an unnegotiable tone, “You’re coming with me to see a doctor in town in a little while.”

She can’t even wait a single day. Look at what my wife has been coughed into!

The young woman’s five slender fingers were clenched tightly, her watery eyes wide, and she said with difficulty, “Do I have to go?”

Seeing her like this, Song Yugui’s heart couldn’t help but soften. She asked again in a coaxing tone, “Why don’t you want to go? Are you misunderstanding something? I’m really just taking you to see a doctor.”

Human nature was really hard for her to trust.

She couldn’t believe that someone would pay for a stranger’s medical treatment, and for a minor ailment like a cough.

She must be up to no good, and she’s trying to trick me. But I’ve already been brought to her home, and I can’t leave anymore…

Shen Xizhi had thought of killing her, but her reputation was so bad now that everyone knew she had tried to kill someone before, but had not succeeded. If Li Shuhe were to die for no reason, no one would not suspect her.

At that time, she would really have no escape from death.

Seeing Xizhi not speaking, like a mute gourd, Song Yugui was completely at a loss. She had no choice but to push the plate in front of her. “Eat the eggs. Just drinking congee is not nutritious. You have to eat more meat and eggs to get a little fatter.”

Although she had only just transmigrated for a day, she had already roughly drafted a wife-fattening plan. Meat and eggs had to be eaten every day!

Fatten me up? You’re still saying these nice things when you’re about to sell me.

Shen Xizhi was trapped in a dead end, her body so cold. She kept thinking that she was going to be sold, that she was the worst person besides Song Yugui and Song Xingchuan.

In the past, when she couldn’t eat it, she would just drool over it. The fragrant eggs were like wax in her mouth now, not delicious, not at all.

Song Yugui could tell at a glance that she was making some wild guesses again, but she wouldn’t say it. If she didn’t say it, who could explain?

Depressed.

My wife is good, but when she’s angry, she’s like a mute gourd. I can’t get a single word out of her. She was trying to please me last night, and now it’s like this? How outrageous.

She was angry in her heart but couldn’t bear to scold her. Even a slightly fierce tone made her heart ache. In the end, she could only sit on the side, fuming.

This life’s Xizhi was not like the last. She had suffered too many grievances, so she was always very wary of others. She could understand, could understand…

No, I understand my ass! I’m still very angry. Damn it, Song Xingchuan! It’s all your fault for turning my Xizhi into this! Damn it, original owner! You xxxxx!

The two of them walked down the small path away from the village. On the way, many people from Songjia Village and Shenjia Village saw them, all showing surprised expressions, some even pointing and talking.

Shen Xizhi was very uncomfortable. Thinking of how her last request not to go to town had been rejected, her heart was filled with apprehension, and she had already started to think about how to escape in a little while.

Even if she wanted to live, she absolutely could not fall into a brothel.

Shen Xizhi’s eyes, which she lifted, were very complicated, and finally, they all turned into a fierce look.

Song Yugui inexplicably felt a chill on the back of her neck.

She turned around and only saw her wife looking down at the road. She thought, It must be a mistake.

Then she lifted her hand and pulled her wife over, shielding her from the others’ gazes with her side, and glared back fiercely.

She had looked in the mirror this morning when she was washing her face. This face was very fierce!

Fierce and cold. With one glare, that group of people immediately didn’t dare to look at them anymore and could only whisper after the two of them had left, “Is this the butcher from Lijia Village? How come she’s with Shen Xizhi? That dress on Shen Xizhi also looks like hers.”

“Don’t you forget that Shen Xizhi was originally married to a woman. She must have seduced this Butcher Li…”

Shen Xizhi was now a notorious ruthless person in several villages. If it weren’t for the fact that the young lady from Songjia Village was unwilling to pursue the matter, she would have definitely been sent to the government. In the end, it was the village chief who had shown mercy and had only driven her out of the village.

Shen Xizhi was exceptionally sensitive to the stares of others. She bit her lip, feeling that those people must all be cursing her, loathing her.

“Is there still room in this oxcart?”

Song Yugui had no intention of making her wife walk. It was such a long way. She didn’t want her delicate wife to get tired.

But who knew that the other was an ungrateful person? He had originally said there was room, but the moment he saw her wife, he changed his tune. “Go, go, go! There’s no room! My cart doesn’t pull vicious people who harm others.”

He happened to be an old man from Songjia Village and had seen what had happened that day with his own eyes.

Song Yugui: …

Damn it! I’ll buy my own horse and carriage for my wife in the future!

Shen Xizhi looked up in alarm but didn’t say a single word in her defense and turned to leave.

Song Yugui immediately chased after her, following beside her and pulling Shen Xizhi, who was about to walk back to the village, back on the right track, while cursing, “Don’t mind him! He’s old and has lost his mind!”

Although in the eyes of others, Xizhi had indeed pushed someone off a cliff and had wanted to kill them, but after all, there was a difference between close and distant. Of course she felt more sorry for her wife.

Shen Xizhi’s footsteps paused.

It was the first time someone had spoken up for her like this, yet it was a lesbian.

She turned her head, not wanting to talk to her, but was held in her arms again, walking in front of everyone with a protective posture.

She didn’t seem to be afraid of gossip at all, not afraid of others saying she was walking with a murderer.

Shen Xizhi’s long, thick lashes trembled slightly. The thought of this person selling her to a brothel in her heart was a little shaken.

If she wanted to sell her, she was all alone and would be the easiest to deal with. She could just tie her up with a rope. Even if someone saw, they wouldn’t help her.

But she hadn’t. She had coaxed me with kind words, cooked for me, and I had even eaten two eggs this morning… and just now, she had wanted me to take the oxcart to town. This… is she really going to sell me?

Shen Xizhi was not sure. She turned her head again to look at Song Yugui.

As if sensing something, Song Yugui withdrew her glare at the passersby and asked in a warm voice, “What’s wrong? Are you not feeling well?”

She was so gentle.

Shen Xizhi hesitated and shook her head, then suddenly nodded. “If I’m not feeling well, can we go back?”

She lifted her large, watery, cool eyes, looking very expectant, silently pleading with her.

But Song Yugui mercilessly shattered her hopes. “If you’re not feeling well, then we have to go to town to see a doctor even more. Can you still walk? If you can’t, I’ll carry you.”

Although she was asking, she had already squatted down. After a few urges for her to get on her back, Shen Xizhi’s heart was both angry and unable to resist her urging, and she finally got on hatefully.

So the passersby were even more wide-eyed.

She didn’t mind and weighed her light wife on her back. “If there’s something wrong, just tell me.”

Her wife was lying on her shoulder. She could feel her sullenness, perhaps because she was afraid of being looked at with a strange gaze. But she couldn’t just give up eating because she might choke. She still had to overcome it. In the future, she would have to go to places with many people. She couldn’t stay at home for the rest of her life.

Although even if my wife stays at home for the rest of her life, I will still support her.

Thinking of something, Song Yugui smiled faintly.

Hearing her words, Shen Xizhi’s slender, pale fingers were about to reach out and poke her when she remembered that she had already been rejected several times. If she brought it up again and made her angry, it would be over if she just left her on the road.

She had nowhere to go, and the ending would probably be worse than death, just another way of falling into a brothel.

At least in a brothel, there was a room to shelter her from the wind and rain.

Shen Xizhi silently pulled her hand back, her heart still filled with apprehension. Is she really taking me to see a doctor? She’s not trying to fool me, is she?

She didn’t know if she should trust this person she had only known for a day. This distrust reached its peak when the other put her down in an alley and even told her to wait for her there.

Song Yugui was just about to go and buy her something sweet to eat, and then take her on a shortcut to the medical hall, when she felt her arm being held tightly.

Shen Xizhi was extremely scared and actually appeared very calm. Her eyes didn’t look at her, and her voice was faint. “Where are you going?”

Song Yugui was stunned and pointed. “I’m going to buy something up ahead.”

Seeing the other’s expression suddenly turn ugly, she vaguely guessed, Is it because she’s afraid of being left behind by me?

Zhizhi was sensitive and thoughtful. It was normal for her to think so.

Although she said it was normal, the pity in her eyes was about to overflow.

So she held Shen Xizhi’s wrist in return and said with certainty, “You can come with me.”

Shen Xizhi quickly followed, as if she were afraid she would go back on her word.

Song Yugui was certain. My goodness, she’s really afraid I’ll leave her. This kind of misunderstanding is not good.

As she led Shen Xizhi along, she said frankly, “Are you afraid that I’ll leave you alone outside, which is why you’ve been unwilling to come?”

She had guessed wrong, but Shen Xizhi had no need to tell her her real thoughts. Guessing right wouldn’t change anything, and guessing wrong would only make her angry. A person who was as good as her, who liked her appearance so much, if she was misunderstood like this, wouldn’t she also become estranged?

Shen Xizhi didn’t speak, as if she were tacitly agreeing.

Song Yugui smiled and coaxed her, “You idiot. I said I would raise you. How could I leave you behind? I will never leave you behind. I was just afraid that you would be tired from walking too much and wanted to come over and buy you something to eat myself.”

The original owner was very strong, but not to the point of being a god. On the way, Xizhi had seen her sweat and had obediently gotten down to walk by herself.

The affairs of the countryside were difficult to spread to the town, so the people here treated them as usual.

Song Yugui bought a candied hawthorn and also a little rabbit sugar painting. Shen Xizhi just glanced at it and then lowered her head. She was used to not coveting things in others’ hands.

It wasn’t until both items were brought before her. “Do you like sweets? Take them and eat.”

The Xizhi of her past life had loved to eat sweets. This time, it should be more or less the same.

Shen Xizhi was attracted by the red candied hawthorn and the brown sugar painting. She was stunned, as if she couldn’t quite believe it. “For me?”

She even pointed to herself, which was cute.

Song Yugui smiled a little happily and nodded slightly. “Mmm, didn’t I say it? I was going to buy you something to eat. Don’t worry, I won’t leave you behind.”

She reiterated.

Shen Xizhi dazedly took the candied hawthorn and was a little overwhelmed by her repeated gentleness.

She doesn’t seem to be lying. But… can a lesbian’s words be believed? Lesbians are the most untrustworthy. They’re sick and should all be taking medicine!

Song Yugui didn’t know what her wife was thinking. If she knew, she would definitely find a place with no one around and kiss her to death. In my past life, you were the one who wanted to be a lesbian with me first.

Shen Xizhi was in a daze all the way and didn’t even notice when the person holding her had stopped. She was still walking forward when she tripped on a step and fell forward, almost seeing blood. Fortunately, Song Yugui was quick-witted and pulled her into her arms.

But the candied hawthorn and the sugar painting were not so lucky. She had let go in her fright, and they had rolled on the ground, covered in dust, and were no longer edible.

Shen Xizhi looked over in a panic, then lowered her head and buried it in Song Yugui’s embrace, pretending to be dead.

I’ve wasted money. I must have made her angry. Will she hit me on the street? I… I’d better please her a little.

Song Yugui didn’t know what she was thinking, but from the way she suddenly gripped her fingers, she sensed her desire to please.

She was a little helpless and also filled with doting. Sure enough, Zhizhi is always so cute. Even secretly holding her hand is cute.

“Alright, it’s alright. I’ll go and buy you some more in a little while. Let’s go and see a doctor first, okay?”

She hadn’t even recovered from the other dotingly saying she would buy her more snacks when she heard her say ‘see a doctor’.

Hmm? A doctor?

Shen Xizhi looked up and saw that the plaque above was clearly “Suspended Pot to Save the World,” not some frivolous name like “Drunken Red Leaning Green.” Her eyes widened slightly, and she was extremely guilty. So… so she really came to the medical hall? She doesn’t have any major illness. Li Shuhe is actually willing to spend this money for her.

She remembered that when her mother was seriously ill, she had just endured it. Even when Shen Yaozu had caught a cold and had a cough, a minor ailment like this, he had never seen a doctor. It was her first time knowing that one could even go to the medical hall for such a minor illness.

The doctor on duty today happened to be free and had been looking at the two of them for a long time. She was a woman and was very sharp-eyed. The moment Shen Xizhi sat down, she asked, “You two are hugging each other. Are you a couple?”

!

Shen Xizhi lowered her head to hide the disgust in her eyes for this form of address, but she hadn’t expected the person behind her to agree without even thinking. “That’s right, that’s right! The doctor has good eyes.”

The doctor was very proud. “I see so many people every day. I can tell at a glance who is a lesbian and who is a homosexual. What’s wrong with this wife of yours?”

“Oh, oh, doctor. She caught a cold yesterday and was quite frozen. She was coughing all night…”

Li Shuhe’s voice faded away in her ear. Shen Xizhi was immersed in her own world. She thought, She actually sees me as her wife. If she’s my wife, she probably won’t abandon me easily. I don’t have to worry about being chased away by her all the time. I just have to serve her well, make her continue to like me, and I won’t be thrown away.

“Tsk, your wife was really quite frozen yesterday. How about this? I’ll prescribe a few doses of medicine for you. You can go back and brew it for her to drink every day, twice a day.”

“Alright, thank you for your trouble.”

This medical hall also served as a pharmacy. She conveniently bought the medicine. Hah, one tael of silver. Damn it! She only had a little over five taels in total!

It’s really a lifetime of hard work, and back to square one in a single day. I was originally thinking of resting for a few more days. Forget it. I’ll go back to work tomorrow. I can’t rest at all.

Hearing that this medicine was so expensive, Shen Xizhi was already on the verge of retreating. She turned her head to see that Li Shuhe also had a pained expression on her face and quickly lowered her eyes. “This is just a minor ailment of mine. It’s alright if I don’t buy medicine. As long as… as long as I endure it for a while, I’ll get better on my own.”

In order to survive, she had already made up her mind to please and seduce Li Shuhe, even though her heart was filled with disgust.

So, for this short sentence, she had still struck a pose, deliberately revealing a section of her beautiful, fragile, tender white neck.

She naturally knew what she looked like when she was most alluring.

The moment the words fell, the doctor came over, having no patients. As she walked, she said slowly, “A cold can be big or small. If you’re not careful, it’s not good if it injures your lungs.”

Song Yugui also meant this.

She saw Xizhi as her own wife and would occasionally not be too careful about the distance, frivolously reaching out to rub her wife’s neck. She gave the silver. “I’ll take it.”

Shen Xizhi was in a daze until she was led out of the medical hall and still hadn’t reacted.

Besides when she had been proposed to and had been given a betrothal gift, no one had ever spent so much money on her.

Song Xingchuan had said he liked her but had only helped her cut a few loads of firewood and had picked a couple of wild fruits.

Song Yugui, needless to say.

Only this person, from the moment she had seen her yesterday, had been so good to her as if she were crazy.

If it weren’t for her being a lesbian… she was afraid she would really fall for her.

After leaving the medical hall, Shen Xizhi received a new candied hawthorn and a sugar painting. She held them in one hand, and the other was held by Li Shuhe. They went into a clothing store just like that.

She had already spent a lot of money on medicine. Was she still going to buy me clothes?

Shen Xizhi looked up at her blankly and was met with an affectionate rub on the face. She quickly lowered her head to hide the strange feeling she couldn’t control.

Lesbians were all so frivolous. Song Yugui was, and so was Li Shuhe.