Chapter 106: If Line: Reborn Before Marrying Xizhi [5]
The two of them had spent their wedding night. Shen Xizhi was nestled in her wife’s embrace and actually slept until dawn before she got up.
She looked at the sky outside in a daze, then came to her senses and looked at the quiet sleeping face of the person beside her. She quickly got up.
By the time Song Yugui also woke up, a little thin smoke had already drifted into the room.
Her arms were empty and the quilt was cold. She got up in a daze, put on her clothes, and floated out like a ghost. She saw her wife starting a fire at the stove and immediately floated to her side, her expression a little pitiful. “Wifey.”
Shen Xizhi was stunned for a moment before she reacted that she was calling her. A blush appeared on her cheeks. “Song… Song Yugui…”
“Mmm~”
Song Yugui replied with a long, drawn-out sound and threw herself onto her wife, holding her tightly. “Why did you get up so early? The quilt was already cold when I woke up.”
“I… I’ve already gotten up late…”
She had to cook for her family. In the past, she had cooked for that group of people. Now she had to cook for her wife.
“What’s late? Where is it late? You should have gotten up with me.”
“Ah, then… then if you get up later, you’ll be hungry.”
She was used to getting up earlier than everyone else. By the time they got up, there would be hot breakfast to eat. Otherwise, she would be scolded. Here, do I not need to get up earlier than her?
“What’s there to it? If I’m hungry, I can just make something to eat. I have to get up early to go to town to sell meat later. You don’t have to get up. Just sleep well. I’ll buy breakfast in town myself.”
“Oh, oh.”
She nodded seriously.
“What’s for breakfast?”
Song Yugui heard a gurgling sound from the pot.
Shen Xizhi glanced at it and said softly, “We’re having congee. Can I boil two eggs for you?”
She had seen the eggs when she was looking for rice. There were many of them, much more than the eggs at her house.
They clearly didn’t raise any chickens at home. Were they bought?
“Fry them. I like fried eggs. I specially rendered a lot of oil before you married. You can use it as you please.”
She knew her wife’s frugal and timid nature very well.
Shen Xizhi glanced at the large jar beside her. She hadn’t known what was inside before and hadn’t dared to move it randomly. Now she had a guess. Only when she lifted the lid in front of her did she see that it was indeed a jar of lard, full and snowy white.
She had already started to see the wealth of a butcher. She obediently nodded. “Mmm, then I’ll fry two eggs for you.”
She had always just said ‘you’. Song Yugui thought of something again and opened her eyes unhappily. “You have to fry two for yourself too.”
Shen Xizhi was stunned. She had thought of Song Yugui but had not thought of herself.
Do I also have to fry two for myself? Can I also eat them?
Before Xizhi could speak, Song Yugui, who had seen through all her thoughts, looked at her seriously. “You have to eat too. Whatever I eat, you eat. With me, I definitely won’t let you be wronged.”
Shen Xizhi was so stunned by her words. Whatever she eats, I eat. Can I also live a life like a fairy?
Before she could come to her senses, her cheek was rubbed again. She heard her mutter, “There’s no meat.”
As if she didn’t like it very much.
For some reason, she felt that this person liked her a little fatter, a little chubbier.
She silently noted it in her heart and decided to eat more in the future.
If she was willing to give it to her to eat.
Song Yugui moved a small stool, held her face in her hands, and sat on the side, watching Xizhi cook for her.
Shen Xizhi had been working since she was little, and her hands and feet were very nimble. In a short while, the congee was ready, and four fragrant, fried eggs were also ready.
Song Yugui wouldn’t let her touch the congee bowl. The original owner’s hands were a little rough, unlike Xizhi’s, who, although she also worked, still looked tender all over. She was afraid she would get burned somewhere.
So the moment Shen Xizhi touched the edge of the bowl, she was ordered to let go. On the surface, she was meek and obedient, but in her heart, she was strangely sweet.
She didn’t actually feel that it was hot, but the feeling of being cared for was very good.
The two of them sat together and had congee. They didn’t have to go and sell pork today. Song Yugui just felt a little bored. In a short while, she was rolling around with her wife again. Xiaozhi’er was held by her slender waist, her chin lifted for a kiss. She was not used to it, and her body was so tense that her fingers unconsciously gripped a corner of her wife’s sleeve, dependently leaning against her embrace.
Being kissed until she couldn’t breathe, her small hand finally began to push her, her large eyes watery, extremely beautiful.
“One more kiss.”
She let go of the lips that had been kissed until they were a little red and swollen, and gently placed a kiss on her eyes, then turned to find the woman’s pale, tender, and slightly red ear, and held the soft flesh, grinding it one by one.
Shen Xizhi didn’t refuse, and she was too embarrassed to look at her. Her large, autumn-water-like eyes blinked lightly, and she lowered her gaze.
Song Yugui let herself kiss her fill before she let go. After that, she still had to take her out for a walk.
She had never been to Songjia Village and was not familiar with it. She was afraid that after the rest period was over and she had to go to town to sell meat, her wife would get lost in the village by herself.
That wouldn’t do.
“The Li family is next door to us. Auntie Li is a very nice person. You can chat with Auntie Li if you’re bored and have nothing to do.”
“Mmm, alright.”
“I’ve planted a small vegetable garden in the courtyard. When it grows, we can eat our own vegetables.”
Shen Xizhi’s eyes also showed a hint of anticipation for the future she was talking about.
The two of them walked around the village, and many people recognized Song Yugui’s wife, their mouths wide open in surprise. They hadn’t expected her to be so lucky as to marry such a beautiful wife.
Song Yugui was quite proud.
Shen Xizhi had the shyness of a newly married woman. She didn’t know any of these people and could only obediently call them whatever Song Yugui said.
“This is my cousin.”
“Hello, cousin.”
“Cousin.”
“Hello, cousin.”
The two people who were held and called out to had a slightly awkward expression. “Aiya, hello. You too.”
After they spoke, they immediately left.
It hadn’t been long since the dynasty had promulgated the law allowing lesbians and homosexuals to get married, and many people still couldn’t accept it.
But Song Yugui didn’t care if they accepted it or not. She just wanted to take Xizhi to get to know people.
As she walked, she would introduce people to Xizhi when she met them. A slender young woman walked toward them. She glanced at her, her expression extremely natural, and blurted out, “Xizhi, this is Miss Song Xinyu.”
Shen Xizhi was stunned. The ones she had introduced before were all relatives. But this Miss Song, she sounded so distant. Did she have to be introduced too?
She thought in her heart but didn’t say anything on the surface, just obediently calling out, “Hello, Miss Song.”
Who would have thought that the other would not be like the others, who, even if they were unnatural, would still reply.
The other actually glared at her.
Shen Xizhi was stunned.
Song Yugui frowned.
She was so stupid.
She had almost forgotten that in this life, from the beginning, Song Xinyu’s relationship with them was still not good. She looked down on her and thought she was still trying to harass her.
That glare just now was probably also for her.
Song Yugui silently hid her wife behind her and said warmly, “Miss Song, this is my wife, Shen Xizhi.”
Song Xinyu sneered. “Of course I know this is your wife. But what do you mean by bringing her in front of me? Are you still hoping I’ll be jealous?”
Song Xinyu was very annoyed with this little hooligan. She didn’t know when she had gone mad and had been pestering her all along.
So she lifted her eyes, crossed her arms, and looked very arrogant. “Miss Shen Xizhi, I don’t know what you were thinking to choose to marry Song Yugui, but I hope you can control her and not let her bother me anymore.”
Song Yugui’s expression stiffened, and she cursed inwardly, Damn it! I have to clear my name all over again!
She turned her head to look at her wife. Her wife was also stunned for a moment. Looking back at Song Xinyu, she had left her with a mess and had left with her chin held high.
Song Yugui: 6
“Wifey, it’s not like that! Don’t listen to her nonsense!”
Song Yugui quickly turned to her wife again, almost holding her and acting coquettishly.
Shen Xizhi blinked her eyes, thinking of the rumors she had heard in the past. She had originally thought that rumors were not true, but based on what the woman had said, it seemed that it was still true.
It’s true…
She lowered her head in dejection. Song Yugui’s heart was in her throat. She pressed her lips together and said warmly, “Do you believe her or me? I might have done some wrong things in the past, but now, I’ve turned over a new leaf!”
She said righteously, “I will only be good to you from now on, only pester you, and will never go and… and harass other women again.”
Shen Xizhi gritted her teeth. After a long while, her watery eyes looked at her and she couldn’t help but ask, “So, you really did harass a lot of women?”
“Well, not… not that many.”
She lowered her head guiltily.
Shen Xizhi pressed her lips together, turned around, and suddenly ignored her, walking away.
“Aiya.”
Song Yugui reached out but didn’t catch her and quickly chased after her.
Shen Xizhi’s steps were small, and she couldn’t outrun her. Soon, she was held by her arm and pulled into her embrace.
Song Yugui was panting slightly but suddenly burst out laughing, her chest vibrating. Shen Xizhi leaned against her embrace. Sensing her laughter, she was a little angry. She’s still laughing! All she knows is to laugh! Hmph.
“Don’t be angry. It’s all in the past. I’ve long since forgotten.”
She pressed her red lips against her wife’s ear. Just as she was about to coax her, a disdainful “tsk, tsk, tsk” came from her ear, from far to near.
The two of them both paused.
Song Yugui looked up and saw a villager pass by. Seeing them being so intimate in broad daylight, he couldn’t help but make a disdainful sound.
Song Yugui: …
Shen Xizhi frantically got out of her embrace, her whole body flushed pink with shyness.
She lowered her head and was about to go home. Song Yugui quickly followed and accompanied her. The two of them awkwardly went home together.
She had really been without a partner for too long and had gone crazy. But her wife was so fragrant. She didn’t want to be separated from her wife at all, QAQ.
Song Yugui had only walked a couple of steps when she reached out again to hold her wife’s small hand.
Shen Xizhi struggled a little at first but couldn’t get away, so she didn’t struggle anymore. She went back home with a blushing face, her posture coy, and squatted in the courtyard to pull weeds.
She was still wearing the old clothes she had brought from the Shen family today. When Song Yugui went home and opened the cabinet, she saw a pile of new clothes inside and only then remembered something, calling out to the person outside the door.
“Xizhi.”
The person outside the door immediately replied, “Aiya.”
Then she trotted in and stood obediently in front of her.
Just now, she had been bored and had been pulling weeds. When she ran in, she was already holding a broom in her hand, looking as if she were immediately ready to work.
Song Yugui was helpless. “Don’t be in such a hurry to sweep. I’ve bought you a few sets of clothes. You can try them on.”
These words suddenly entered Shen Xizhi’s ears, and her whole person was bewildered again, as if she hadn’t reacted. She first said “ah,” then cautiously pointed to herself. “Me? For me?”
“Why are you so surprised? You’re my only wife. Of course they’re for you.”
Shen Xizhi’s eyes lit up. That’s right. She’s my only wife. Of course they’re for me. Although she harasses women, she’s also very good to me. She buys me everything and is willing to let me eat a lot, a lot of meat. Then… then I won’t be angry with her.
Song Yugui stepped aside, and she could see several sets of bright clothes inside. Her gaze was even more surprised.
But surprised was surprised. When her reason returned, she thought again, Song Yugui suddenly showed me these. Is she trying to coax me, so that I won’t argue with her? I didn’t mean to argue with her in the first place. Arguing hurts feelings, and besides, I’m a little afraid to argue with this person. I’m afraid that she’ll be annoyed and will suddenly hit me, just like in the rumors.
But… if she said a couple of words to her, she probably wouldn’t get annoyed, right?
Shen Xizhi pouted her lips. While she liked those clothes, she still couldn’t help but say in a small voice, “Even if you give me clothes, you’re not allowed to be too close to other women, and you’re not allowed to harass them anymore. You already have a wife.”
At the last sentence, her voice softened, and she muttered with a bit of grievance.
Song Yugui knew she was concerned and was a little jealous, just like in her past life.
Although they hadn’t known each other for long now, and she hadn’t said it, her heart must have been keeping a record.
“Mmm, I know. Ever since I fell for you, I haven’t harassed any other women. Don’t worry. I won’t now, and I won’t in the future.”
She said she wouldn’t.
Shen Xizhi received her promise and was so happy her back straightened. “Mmm! You promised me!”
A slightly childish smile bloomed on her face.
Then she coyly pinched her own fingers and said in a small voice, “I’m going to change clothes. Are you going out or not?”
Hmm?
Her own wife. What’s there to go out for?
Song Yugui said without hesitation, “I’m not going out. I’m staying at home to watch you.”
Shen Xizhi’s cheeks turned even redder. After a moment’s hesitation, she didn’t say anything.
She told herself in her heart, We’re already a couple. What’s wrong with looking a couple of times?
Then she finally gathered her courage and gently took off the clothes on her body.
She was already pale, and the parts that were not exposed to the sun were even paler, so pale they were glowing, making one unable to look away.
Song Yugui’s hand rested on the woman’s shoulder, and she teased her lightly. “Is there any part of your body that I haven’t seen? What are you shy about?”
Shen Xizhi’s face was red, and she didn’t dare to move. But in her heart, she also secretly disagreed with this sentence. There are clearly many places she hasn’t looked at carefully. Last night was just in the water… just in the water, and it was covered. But for her to be truly exposed in front of her like this, she would be very embarrassed.
…
Song Yugui’s gaze moved down, and she suddenly said something shameful. It wasn’t enough to just look. Her hand was also unruly, her cool fingertips gently stroking her slender waist.
Shen Xizhi instantly gripped the fabric of her clothes, her body uncontrollably taking a few steps back. She bit her tongue to swallow the cry that was about to escape. Her eyes were filled with tears, and she said with a wronged expression, “You… don’t touch me. I want to wear my clothes properly. What if the size is not right? Can I return it?”
The clothes were bought by Song Yugui. They had not known each other for long. How could she know her size? What if the size was wrong? Wouldn’t it be a waste of money?
The young woman was very worried.
Song Yugui was single-mindedly looking at the embarrassing part and only shook her head after a half-beat. “It won’t be unsuitable. I knew your size with just one look.”
Ah, she knew with just one look?
Shen Xizhi looked down and didn’t speak. She thought to herself, It’s too amazing to recognize it with just one look. These clothes, could it be that they were originally prepared for someone else?
As she was letting her imagination run wild, she put on the clothes.
The woman’s figure was slender and light, and she could fit into any clothes.
But…
She looked at her somewhat flat chest, and her heart sank with dejection.
The size was wrong. The chest part was much too big.
Perhaps it wasn’t bought for me at first.
She was a thoughtful person by nature. Even if she told herself to believe her wife, she still couldn’t help but think of the woman she had seen today. Her figure was similar to mine, but her chest seemed to be… much fuller than mine. Could it be that these clothes were prepared for her, and since she didn’t want them, she gave them to me?
A hint of cold, sad feeling suddenly spread in her heart, and she couldn’t suppress it.
Song Yugui looked her up and down and naturally also noticed that the chest part was a little wrong.
Her eyes widened, even more shocked than Shen Xizhi.
Damn it! This life’s wife is young, still green and tender. This part has not yet been nurtured by my daily care. This, this… this was indeed something she had carelessly forgotten.
Song Yugui was guilty. “I’ll take it to town tomorrow and have someone alter it for you.”
If the size of this one was wrong, the others were probably all wrong.
“Oh.”
Xizhi didn’t look very happy. She sullenly took off her clothes.
Song Yugui understood. Anyone would be unhappy to find out they had new clothes to wear, only to have them taken away again.
She stroked her wife with pity.
“This time I didn’t see it correctly. Next time I’ll take you to buy them. I definitely won’t make a mistake again.”
Shen Xizhi’s cheeks were slightly puffed out, and she nodded lightly.
Song Yugui went up and held her in her arms with pity. “It’s just a set of clothes. You’ll have many new clothes to wear in the future. I’ll buy you many, okay?”
“Mmm.”
She agreed. Her heart was still thinking about Song Yugui’s relationship with that Song Xinyu, but she hadn’t expected to suddenly be touched by a hand, which rubbed her all over, with a full-on bullying stance.
Shen Xizhi’s pretty face was flushed, and her watery eyes widened. She quickly reached out to push her. “You… what are you doing? I haven’t even put on my clothes yet.”
“Mmm, I like you without clothes.”
…
What is she talking about!
How can she be so improper?
The young woman’s heart was already filled with things, but she was also swayed by her and didn’t have any.
She couldn’t stand steadily and fell softly into her arms, gritting her teeth in anger. “It’s still daytime!”
Her large, watery eyes were wide, and she was saying no on the surface, but her hands couldn’t help but hold her, holding her tighter and tighter.
…
After just a little while, Song Yugui’s one hand was holding her delicate bottom, and the other was nowhere to be found.
She buried her head in Song Yugui’s embrace, refusing to lower her head to look at the stained floor tiles.
If Song Yugui were to force her again, she could cry for her to see in an instant.
Can’t afford to provoke, really can’t afford to provoke.
“Alright, alright. I’ll go and boil some hot water. We can wash up, okay?”
Her voice was extremely gentle, but Shen Xizhi still felt wronged, her eyes red as she threw herself into her embrace. “You were a little rough just now.”
She complained in a small voice.
Song Yugui then admitted her mistake. “Mmm, I’m sorry. I’ll be careful next time. I won’t be so forceful anymore.”
“Mmm… and you can’t pinch me anymore.”
They had only done it twice, and she had pinched her twice. So sore!
Helpless face: “Wifey, that wasn’t pinching. I just squeezed it a couple of times. How did that become pinching?”
The person in her arms muttered, “Then I don’t care. I think it was pinching. You’re not allowed to do that anymore in the future.”
Perhaps because she had been very gentle in their two sexual encounters, even if she might have liked someone else, she was still very good to her, so her courage had grown a little, and she even dared to make a fuss.
Song Yugui just liked her like this, not her reserved and fearful appearance. “Alright, if you don’t like it, I won’t do it next time, okay? I’ll take it slow in the future, touch you gently, okay?”
Gently, gently touch…
Thinking of how she had soothed her yesterday, so gently, that… so comfortable. Shen Xizhi’s face was about to turn red again.
But this time, she didn’t refuse or act coy. She really liked to be touched gently.
The two of them agreed. She had coaxed her wife until she was happy again, and only then did she carry her to the bed and sit her down, using a new cloth to wipe her all over, including her soaked ankles and heels.
Shen Xizhi, on the contrary, was just asked to sit obediently and was a little at a loss.
Her small legs were sore and weak, and she couldn’t even move while being held in her arms.
After two days, she was finally a little used to being held by someone. She didn’t say anything, just felt that the emptiness was a little panicked.
After a while, she asked in a small voice, “Yugui, can I call you that?”
Song Yugui didn’t even look up and just replied, “Mmm, you can call me whatever you like.”
She could also call her ‘wife’.
It was a pity that Xizhi’s skin was never as thick as hers.
“Then Yugui, do you have any land at home?”
“Mmm? I have land, but it’s not planted. Why do you ask?”
“Oh, I can go and plant it.”
She offered on her own initiative.
Song Yugui: …
After all this time, she couldn’t stay idle and wanted to work.
But planting was hard work. Her wife’s cooking was delicious. It would be better to recruit a few apprentices for her like in her past life to teach her how to cook. It would be hard for the first few years, but after the shops were all opened later on, it wouldn’t be so hard anymore.
And she would also earn more, much better than planting.
So Song Yugui opened her mouth. “You don’t have to plant it. I’ll rent out the land later.”
Shen Xizhi: ?
Her face was bewildered. “Ah, rent… rent it out?”
Country folk only ever had not enough land to plant. How could she even think of renting it out?
“Mmm, I have to go to town usually and don’t have time to plant. I’m afraid you’ll be too tired if you do it alone.”
She was being cared for again without her knowledge.
Shen Xizhi pressed her lips together and turned her small face away a little, not looking at her, only then being able to say a complete sentence. “It’s alright. I’m not tired. Don’t rent it out to others. I’ll work very hard to plant the land. I won’t let your land be empty.”
Song Yugui couldn’t help but laugh. “Do you think I’m like your parents, who won’t let you eat if you don’t work?”
The person beside her didn’t speak anymore.
Her smooth shoulder was held by her and pulled into her embrace, and she rubbed her. “What are you thinking? You’re my wife, not a coolie.”
“But… but I can’t just do nothing at home.”
“Didn’t you just cook for me this morning?”
At her words, Shen Xizhi was choked. She thought, What’s so great about cooking? In the Shen family, cooking was considered a light job.
“Alright, I’ll give you all the money in the house later. You can manage the money. Will you feel a little more at ease then? In the future, it will only be you who doesn’t let me eat.”
Her words were again coaxing her.
Shen Xizhi hadn’t expected her to be willing to let her manage the money. Her eyes lit up, and she asked with apprehension, “C-can I?”
“Of course you can. You just have to give me a little pocket money every day to buy breakfast and presents for you.”
She gestured a little with her fingers.
Shen Xizhi bloomed with a smile and threw herself into her embrace, her fluffy little head, along with her two swaying white rabbits, nuzzling her affectionately.
Mmm, it’s still a little white rabbit now. It will only become a big white rabbit in the future.
