I’ll Butcher Pigs to Support You! 29p1

Chapter 29 p1

As they were eating, Auntie Li’s loud voice called out from outside, “Xizhi, Xizhi, are you there?”

Shen Xizhi put down her chopsticks but immediately looked at her wife, her eyes as if asking, Can I go out?

Song Yugui: …

She wasn’t that much of a tyrant.

“Aren’t they calling for you? Go and see. You can eat when you get back. It’s still early.”

Shen Xizhi nodded slightly and then hurried out, lifting her skirt.

She ran back in after just a few words and sat down to eat peacefully.

Seeing that she had no intention of speaking, Song Yugui asked casually, “Who was looking for you? What was it about?”

Shen Xizhi’s expression was calm. “Don’t worry, it wasn’t a man. It was Auntie Li.”

Song Yugui: Am I deaf? Did you have to tell me it wasn’t a man? What do you mean, I can rest assured? I wasn’t worried in the first place.

How strange.

She stared at Shen Xizhi strangely for a long time, until the other could no longer eat.

She pressed her lips together and looked up at her hesitantly.

As if asking, Was I wrong again?

Wrong. Song Yugui couldn’t possibly say that her little wife was wrong, so she had to pretend she hadn’t heard that sentence and continued to ask, “What did Auntie say to you?”

“She asked if I wanted to go to the market in town with her. I said you would take me, so she left.”

“Is it market day today?”

“Mmm.”

Shen Xizhi nodded slightly.

“Oh, then do you want to go for a walk in the morning and buy something to eat?”

The woman opposite her shook her head obediently, her long lashes lowered, her expression gentle. “No, Yugui-jiejie works so hard to earn money. A little bit of rice is enough for me.”

(“Jiejie” (姐姐) means “older sister,” commonly used between women who are friends or when a younger woman addresses an older woman she respects or is fond of. )

Song Yugui was stunned. Seeing her so restrained and obedient, pretending to be sensible, she suddenly felt anxious.

Why is she like this again?

Her tone became more serious. “How is a little bit of rice enough? You have no meat on your bones. You need to eat more. I’ll take care of earning money; you don’t have to worry about it. Just eat whatever you want. You’re my wife. How can I be so stingy with you?”

Shen Xizhi gripped her chopsticks and suddenly looked up, giving her a resentful glance, but she didn’t say anything. After lowering her head, her voice was muffled. “I’m not buying anything. I don’t want to eat.”

She is a very stingy person, hmph. She used to be stingy, and after being generous for two months, who knows if she’ll become stingy again one day!

This villain is so… hard to coax!

Song Yugui glared at her, but in the end, she could only think resentfully, Forget it. I’ll buy her some after work. Look at her, so reluctant to spend anything. She’s clearly afraid that I’ll be unhappy if she spends too much. But when have I ever been unhappy with her for spending too much money?

But Xizhi wouldn’t be like this for no reason. Thinking of the shock she had received yesterday, it was most likely the original owner’s fault.

Bullying her again.

Song Yugui threw all the bad things onto the original owner, finished her meal in a few bites, and sat there waiting for her wife to eat.

Seeing her waiting, Shen Xizhi couldn’t see her expression clearly in the dim light and didn’t know if she was impatient. Her hand, holding the chopsticks, tightened, and she suddenly became anxious. She quickly took a large mouthful of vegetables and stuffed it into her mouth, her cheeks puffing out.

Song Yugui noticed her haste and frowned. “Eat slowly. It’s still early. I’m not in a hurry. Don’t choke.”

Only after being told did Shen Xizhi’s speed gradually slow down. She ate for another quarter of an hour, finishing all the rice and vegetables without wasting a single bit.

The young woman stood up and took the initiative to walk over to Song Yugui. Suppressing her shyness, she reached out to take her hand.

Her voice was soft and low as she bowed her head. “Let’s go, Yugui-jiejie.”

Seeing her like this again, Song Yugui felt very awkward. As she held her five jade-like fingers firmly in her palm, she said gently, “Xizhi, you don’t have to be like this.”

Shen Xizhi was led out by her, her body almost leaning against her. But whenever someone passed by in the distance, she would nervously stand up straight.

She was very embarrassed. Even though she was embarrassed, she still pressed against her, even deliberately… rubbing her soft chest against her shoulder.

Wait, this is going too far.

Song Yugui suddenly spoke. “You don’t have to do this.”

The young woman beside her let out a questioning “hmm?” her tone filled with confusion. “What did I do?”

I’m just obediently following my wife to town! I haven’t done anything.

Her large, doe-like eyes shone with innocence.

She was still a little cute.

Her cherry-like lips were also rosy. In the morning sun, her whole person seemed to be glowing.

Song Yugui calmed herself down and pointed out faintly, “You don’t have to deliberately please me. Just be like you were before.”

The words “deliberately please” were said so bluntly that Shen Xizhi’s mind went blank for a moment, her red lips parting slightly, the tip of her tender red tongue peeking out. After she reacted, she was overcome with immense shame.

This wasn’t the first time she had tried to please Song Yugui. She had tried before, but what had Song Yugui said when she found out?

She had said, “Don’t think I’ll like you just because you’re trying to please me. You can’t even compare to a single finger of Xinyu’s.”

Thinking of herself when she had first married a woman, still full of hope, only to receive such an answer, Shen Xizhi couldn’t help but feel a chill run through her. So this time, now that she had noticed her secretly trying to please her, what would she say?

Seeing her panicked expression, like a delicate flower in a storm, Song Yugui’s heart softened. She took her hand and pulled her into her embrace, saying warmly, “You don’t have to be like this. I’ll still be good to you. Don’t go against your own will to please me, to do things you don’t want to do. Don’t you feel stifled?”

Her voice was soft and gentle, as if she could really be a little more casual with her, even a little more excessive…

A glimmer of light reappeared in Shen Xizhi’s eyes. Just as she was about to speak…

“Cousin.”

As they were having a heart-to-heart, someone called out to her from behind.

From the voice, she knew it was that unlikable male lead from the novel again, Song Xingchuan.

But he had at least cut firewood for her, so she didn’t show her true feelings.

She turned with a smile. “Cousin.”

The other smiled foolishly. “Are you going to town too, cousin?”

“Mmm, taking your sister-in-law with me.”

At these words, both of them were stunned. Song Xingchuan finally looked at this woman he had always been too embarrassed to call ‘sister-in-law’.

Her skin was as white as snow, and she looked soft and beautiful. He…

“Cousin, what are you staring at? Call her ‘sister-in-law’.”

Song Yugui smiled without smiling and subtly hid Shen Xizhi behind her.

Song Xingchuan clenched his fist and lowered his head. “Sister-in-law.”

Shen Xizhi looked at Song Yugui, a mixture of emotions pulling at her heart. After a long time, she finally replied, “Mmm.”

Just a single “Mmm,” and nothing more.

Song Yugui saw that Song Xingchuan’s expression was not right. She turned her head, and damn it, her wife’s expression was not right either. Standing between them, she felt like some kind of evil tyrant who was tearing apart a pair of lovers.

Damn, I’m getting angry at my own imagination.

“We have something to do, so we’ll be leaving now.”

Song Yugui’s face darkened. After she spoke, she was about to take her wife and leave, but who knew that Song Xingchuan would actually catch up to them. “Cousin, I’m also going to town today. Let’s go together. We can look after each other on the way.”

The novel described the male lead’s personality as simple and honest, so he often couldn’t read other people’s expressions.

Song Yugui: …

What kind of male lead is so clingy to a cannon fodder character? Can’t you grow up independently? Don’t you see that the villain’s soul is about to be stolen away by you?

Their heart-to-heart was not finished, and the male lead had arrived. After seeing the male lead, the villain was distracted, which made one suspicious.

Please don’t fall for the male lead. Such a delicate and lovely little flower will wither if she falls for the male lead.

She was very reluctant, and her grip on the woman’s hand tightened.

Shen Xizhi lowered her eyes calmly, thinking, Is she that concerned? But I… I’ve never even spoken to Song Xingchuan, never had a conversation with him. Even so, you still suspect me?

Her heart felt as if it were being squeezed and pricked with needles, a sharp pain. A gentle voice in her ear said, She explained to you before. She doesn’t suspect you; you misunderstood. But another voice was sharp, Nonsense! She does suspect you. Making Song Xingchuan call you ‘sister-in-law’ was to warn you. She thinks you’re unfaithful. That’s the kind of person you are in her heart. Don’t ever be good to her again!

“I’m taking the oxcart…”

“I was planning to take the oxcart too.”

He scratched the back of his head honestly. He was going to town today to sell something. He wasn’t feeling well, and his mother had insisted that he sell it today.

Song Yugui: …

The oxcart wasn’t hers, so of course she couldn’t control whether the male lead took it or not.

What she was thinking now was, as his cousin, should she pay the one wen for the male lead’s oxcart ride…

If it were modern times, with their relationship as cousins, she definitely wouldn’t be stingy. But this was ancient times, and she wasn’t familiar with the male lead, and she was… very poor.

She had to make every single wen count.

Before she could figure it out, the three of them arrived at the oxcart, and Song Xingchuan had already handed over the money. “Three of us.”

Oh, I don’t have to pay. How peaceful.

“How can we let cousin pay?”

“Xizhi and I will pay for ourselves.”

She didn’t want to pay for the male lead, but she also didn’t want the male lead to pay for Shen Xizhi.

She would take care of her own wife.

Song Yugui handed Song Xingchuan two wen. Song Xingchuan hesitated for a moment, then took it and scratched the back of his head again. “Oh, my mother told me to be generous when I see relatives.”

So foolish. What on earth did Xizhi see in him?

Song Yugui was puzzled. She turned her head, about to suspect Xizhi’s taste, when she met a pair of red, rabbit-like eyes.

Seeing her look over, she silently turned her head away and even released her hand.

Song Yugui was bewildered and frowned, guessing, She doesn’t want the male lead to see us being close? Seeing the male lead and thinking that she’s already married, she’s overcome with sadness?

Damn it!

Song Xingchuan didn’t know what was going on. The already cold day became even colder. A cold wind blew, and he couldn’t help but sneeze.

Then he saw his cousin in front of him, holding her sister-in-law, both of them shifting back a little.

Seeing Song Xingchuan look over, Song Yugui was a little embarrassed but still very direct. “Your sister-in-law is frail. If you’re sick, you should stay away from her. Don’t pass the sickness to her.”

“Oh.”

Song Xingchuan replied honestly and also moved to the side.

Shen Xizhi’s eyes moved slightly, only at this moment did a faint light appear in them.

After finally arriving in town, Song Yugui nimbly jumped off the cart first, then reached out to help Shen Xizhi.

Shen Xizhi’s eyes were still tinged with a faint pink. She placed her hand in hers and, with a little help, jumped off the cart, her slender body following obediently behind her.

Seeing her sullen and secretly crying, Song Yugui’s heart ached.

She had no energy for work.

“You’re really not going to tell me?”

She asked Shen Xizhi again why she had been so sad and had cried on the cart, if she was still worried that she would sell her.

Shen Xizhi’s thin lips were pressed into a straight line as she denied it without hesitation. “It’s nothing. I wasn’t crying.”

The young woman was very stubborn and refused to show any weakness.

Song Yugui was at a loss. She was about to go and clean the restaurant, so she could only coax her to wait for her in the private room. When she had a break, she would come in and talk to her for a while to cheer her up.

Shen Xizhi’s fingertips were pinched red. She lowered her head. “You should go and get busy. Don’t worry about me. What could possibly happen to me?”

The private room was now empty except for her. Master Wang’s wife’s belly was already too big for her to walk, so she was at home waiting to give birth.

Song Yugui was worried. In the middle of carrying trays, she would peek into the private room to see her wife. Seeing her sitting there properly, she would be relieved and continue with her work.

In one morning, she had gone to the private room no less than ten times. Everyone in the restaurant laughed at her for being unable to be away from her wife.

Song Yugui didn’t refute them, only asking Shen Cui to help her get some food and send it to the private room during her break. She said she was going out for a bit and would be back soon.

It was a small favor, and Shen Cui agreed without hesitation.