I’ll Butcher Pigs to Support You! 31p2

Chapter 31 p2

The auntie had already paid her inside, so she could just leave now. She had heard that they would also prepare a meal for the butcher, but she didn’t know these people, so to avoid revealing any flaws, she wouldn’t eat, she wouldn’t eat. She would just go home quickly.

When Shen Xizhi saw her come out, her eyes lit up. The cold expression she had when facing outsiders was gone, and she was no longer the one who didn’t like to talk to people. Her face quickly softened, and she walked over happily. “Yugui-jiejie.”

And she took out a handkerchief that was washed white but very clean from her robes and wiped the thin sweat from her forehead. “I’ll make you something delicious when we get back.”

Her little wife promised obediently and softly.

Song Yugui replied and said goodbye to the auntie of the house before taking her wife’s hand and leaving.

Her manner was very gentle and polite, which finally made many people believe that Song Yugui had really changed.

The auntie’s daughter-in-law had hidden back in the house as soon as Song Yugui came out. Now that she was leaving, she came out again to entertain the guests.

She smiled shyly, but her words were generous. “If you want to buy any meat, just tell me. This pig was raised at home, and it was fed a lot every day. It’s very delicious.”

Song Yugui vaguely heard these words and slowly walked up the small earthen slope, holding her wife’s hand.

“Yugui-jiejie, are you tired from butchering the pig?”

She looked over and saw a pair of clear, doe-like eyes.

“What’s there to be tired about? It’s just a little bloody.”

It was too bloody. The blood flowed out in one basin after another.

It was a good thing Shen Xizhi hadn’t gone in to watch with those men, otherwise she would have been so scared she wouldn’t have been able to sleep at night.

Shen Xizhi nodded and leaned against her wife’s embrace, saying coquettishly, “Oh, then thank you for your hard work, Yugui-jiejie. Let’s have stewed meat tonight. I’ll make it for you to replenish your strength.”

She had eleven wen left from before, plus the three hundred wen she had gotten after quitting her job, and the twenty wen she had earned today, for a total of three hundred and thirty-one wen. It seemed like a lot, but she suddenly remembered… she still hadn’t bought a winter quilt. Last night, Shen Xizhi’s hands and feet had been cold when she was lying in bed. It seemed that the money was still not enough.

“Let’s put the meat aside for now. Let’s eat the kidney first. I poked it, so it doesn’t look very good.”

Shen Xizhi had no objection to this and nodded. “Okay, then shall we have stir-fried kidney flowers or sliced kidney?”

The young woman obediently agreed and looked up to ask for her wife’s opinion.

As Song Yugui was thinking that they also had kidney flowers in ancient times, she said without thinking, “Let’s have stir-fried kidney flowers. We just happen to have oil.”

In the past, they would try to eat less oily dishes, as oil was also very expensive. But today, they had brought back a lot of fatty meat, which could render a lot of oil, so they could afford to be extravagant for once.

Shen Xizhi had no objection.

Her wife worked so hard, so of course she had to listen to her and make her eat comfortably.

“Alright, I’ll go and prepare the kidney then. You can rest at home.”

She felt sorry for her wife and always felt that her wife had done much more for the family than she had.

“Let’s boil some hot water first. I’m all smelly. I need to wash up.”

She was covered in pig’s blood, and the smell was very unpleasant. She wanted to wash up.

Shen Xizhi quickly nodded in agreement. “Mmm, mmm, okay~”

As they were about to open the fence at their gate, Auntie Li happened to be coming down from the mountain with a few bamboo shoots. Seeing them with so much pork, her eyes were a little surprised, then a little disappointed. “Why did you buy so much meat? Can you finish it? Don’t let it go bad. Young people just don’t know how to live. So wasteful.”

Country folk were always very careful with every penny. How could they stand such extravagance?

Song Yugui released her grip on the fence, met the gaze of the chicken in the courtyard, and turned her head with an innocent expression. “No, Auntie. This is my wage for helping someone slaughter a pig. And it’s winter now, so it should keep, right?”

When Auntie Li heard that she had gotten these from slaughtering a pig for someone, her eyes widened in shock, and her voice involuntarily rose a few notches. “What? They only gave you this much for slaughtering a pig for them? No money? Isn’t that bullying a child! Who, whose family? So rude! Tell me, and I’ll go and get justice for you! How outrageous!”

Seeing Auntie Li’s fury, Song Yugui was afraid that she would really go and quickly explained, “They gave me money, they gave me money. They gave me twenty wen.”

“Only twenty wen? I spent forty wen to have someone slaughter a pig at the beginning of this year! And they gave me five catties of meat. Isn’t this bullying you two children for not having any elders to help you?!”

Hearing her say this, Song Yugui finally had an idea of the market price. She looked up and smiled helplessly. “I haven’t helped anyone slaughter a pig in a long time, so my skills are not very good. It’s just a discounted price. It’s alright. When Auntie’s family has a pig to slaughter in the future, I’ll also give you a discounted price.”

Before she came, Shen Xizhi had always been looked after by Auntie. Now that their relationship was good, she was also grateful on Shen Xizhi’s behalf.

Hearing her say this, Auntie’s anger subsided a little, but she still waved her hand. “I don’t need any discounted price from you. I don’t bully children.”

“Here, I just dug up a few winter bamboo shoots on the mountain. You can take one home to eat.”

“How can we be so shameless?”

Song Yugui took her wife and took two steps back, scratching the back of her head awkwardly, and looked at Shen Xizhi, who was also shy and embarrassed.

Shen Xizhi held her wife’s hand and looked back at her with a troubled expression, clearly not knowing how to refuse.

They had already taken a lot of things from their neighbors and hadn’t given anything back. They had originally planned to give Auntie’s family some more when they slaughtered their pig at the end of the year, but now the other was giving them things again. It was only right to reciprocate, so they should also give some in advance.

Auntie Li was a straightforward person. After she spoke, she stuffed the winter bamboo shoots into Shen Xizhi’s arms, insisting that they eat them, and they couldn’t refuse.

Song Yugui had a flash of inspiration and took out the kidney she was planning to eat tonight and gave it to Auntie Li. Auntie Li also refused, waving her hand. “It’s rare for you to have some meat. Why give it to me? I’m just waiting for your family to slaughter a pig for the New Year. I’ll definitely buy a lot then.”

In order to wait for Song Yugui’s family’s pig, she hadn’t bought any when other families had slaughtered theirs.

Song Yugui had tried the butcher’s knife today and found it very easy to use. Her confidence had also increased a lot. After several attempts to refuse, she secretly decided to give Auntie Li some extra meat then.

Auntie Li also saw that the two girls were pitiful at home and wanted to help them out. After giving them the bamboo shoots, she went home with her basket.

Song Yugui was very helpless, but her eyes held a hint of a gentle smile. She pulled her wife’s hand. “Let’s go, let’s go home and boil some water.”

“Mmm, okay.”

Shen Xizhi’s eyes were filled with tears. She glanced at the woman and said in a small voice, “I’ll make you stir-fried winter bamboo shoots with pork tomorrow.”

She had it all planned out.

Song Yugui chuckled, her voice unconsciously tinged with a hint of doting as she replied, “Alright.”

“I’ll help you boil the water.”

“Mmm.”

Just one stir-fried kidney flower was not enough. The kidney was so small, it would be gone in two bites. Song Yugui didn’t stay idle either. While her wife was boiling the water, she broke off the leftover cabbage from last time and washed it. Tonight, she would also make a sour and spicy cabbage dish. They still had the dried chili peppers they had sun-dried before.

Sour and spicy, the taste was really good.

The thought made her unconsciously swallow her saliva.

Her requirements for food were not very high. As long as it wasn’t wild vegetables, all other vegetables were delicious.

There was a lot of firewood at home, so the fire was naturally very strong. The hot water was ready soon. Song Yugui added some cold water and washed herself thoroughly, washing away the smell of blood and a little sweat. After she came out, she shouldered her basket and went to cut pig feed again.

Shen Xizhi was at home making dinner.

First, she put the fatty meat into the pot, added some branches to the stove, and let it cook over a low fire. The oil was slowly rendered out.

By the time Song Yugui returned with a full basket of pig feed, the lard was already rendered.

She put out the fire and poured the oil into a small jar. Since it was cold now, it would solidify into snowy white lard by tomorrow.

With the leftover oil in the pot, she prepared to stir-fry the kidney flowers.

If kidney flowers were not cooked well, they could easily be fishy. Shen Xizhi carefully removed the inner part of the kidney and stir-fried it with a lot of ginger to get rid of the fishy smell completely, leaving only a rich fragrance. Song Yugui could smell the fragrant dishes from home while she was still feeding the pigs.

She quickly poured all the grass down and, without waiting for the pigs to start eating, ran home. When Shen Xizhi saw her come in, the corners of her lips unconsciously curved into a faint smile. “Yugui-jiejie, wash your hands first. It’ll be ready soon.”

“Mmm.”

Song Yugui replied and went to the courtyard to wash her hands. After washing her hands, she sat down at the table properly, waiting to eat. The fragrant kidney flowers had already been served. They were cooked with the sauce they had bought at the market a few days ago, and they looked rich and fragrant, very tempting.

The last dish was made sour and spicy, just as Song Yugui usually liked it. The sour smell hit her nose as soon as it was cooked. Song Yugui swallowed hard. Good, she’s making me so hungry.

“Alright, Yugui-jiejie has been tired all day. Hurry up and eat.”

Shen Xizhi put the stir-fried kidney flowers into her wife’s bowl, while she herself only took a chopstick of the garlic leaves that were used as a side dish.

Song Yugui couldn’t stand it and reached out to give her a piece of the beautifully cut kidney flower, placing it on the white rice, her face speechless. “It’s not like we’re living in those hard times anymore. You should eat some meat too.”

The young woman was really hard to raise. After raising her for two months, she had only gained a little bit of meat.

She had to continue to be fed well.

After being told, Shen Xizhi pressed her small lips together and replied, then picked up the kidney flower and stuffed it into her rosy lips, followed by a mouthful of rice soaked in sauce. Her snowy white cheeks were stuffed full, and she chewed quickly.

As Song Yugui was eating, she gave her two more pieces of kidney flower, but was quickly stopped by the young woman who was eating so fragrant. She moved her rice bowl to the side to prevent her from giving her any more food, her snowy white hand blocking Song Yugui’s chopsticks, her voice angry and pained. “No more, no more, Yugui-jiejie! You haven’t eaten much at all!”

A pig’s kidney was not very big to begin with, and when stir-fried, it was only enough for each of them to have a little bit of meat. It was impossible to say that they were full. It was enough for her to eat one piece. If she ate any more, what would her wife eat?

Seeing that she refused to eat, her beautiful, round, large eyes staring at her with a hint of resentment, Song Yugui opened her mouth and had to take a step back. “Then you have to at least eat one. Just one, okay?”

She spoke softly and gently. “If you don’t eat enough meat, you won’t be able to put on any weight.”

Song Yugui looked her over and sighed.

Shen Xizhi pressed her red lips together. “Does Yugui-jiejie like me to be a little chubbier?”

“Of course. Being so skinny like now, it’s not even comfortable to hold you.”

“Oh.”

She said I’m not comfortable to hold.

Shen Xizhi’s heart felt heavy, and it showed on her face. She put her bowl back and muttered softly, “Then you can give me one. Just one. You’re so tired every day; you should eat more.”

“How am I tired? You’re not any less tired than me.”

One of them was in charge of the inside, the other the outside. How could one be more tired than the other?

She didn’t answer, just lowered her head and ate quietly, the black silk of her hair blowing in the wind, looking gentle and serene.

Song Yugui was stunned for a moment, then quickly came to her senses and shoveled a large mouthful of white rice. So beautiful. Such a beautiful woman, and she actually likes the male lead? Bad taste!