I’ll Butcher Pigs to Support You! 36p1

Chapter 36 p1

With the experience of slaughtering a pig last time, this time Song Yugui’s cuts were precise, and she divided the pork very well.

Shen Xizhi, unable to sleep through the noise outside, quietly got up and boiled a pot of hot water in the front hall.

She was just about to go out and ask her wife if she needed it when she reached the door and saw several women huddled together, whispering. They were undoubtedly talking about whether Song Yugui had changed.

She thought with displeasure, Of course she’s changed. My wife only has eyes for me now.

Hmph.

“Auntie, would you like to come in and sit down?”

The two of them were in the middle of a heated discussion when Shen Xizhi suddenly spoke, startling them.

When they turned and saw it was Song Yugui’s wife, their faces became a little awkward. “Hehe, hehe, no need. We’ll just wait outside.”

Shen Xizhi smiled faintly and also waited by the side.

A pig was quickly divided into various parts, some still steaming. The pig’s blood was also collected in a large basin, all of which could be sold for money.

Seeing the blood splattered on her wife’s face, Shen Xizhi couldn’t help but push through the crowd and walk over, wiping her face with a handkerchief.

She then said to her softly, “The hot water is ready. Do you need it now?”

“Uh, leave it for now. I’ll wash up later. The pig’s hair has already been scalded.”

She had already boiled the water for removing the pig’s hair.

She couldn’t cook, but boiling water was as easy as flipping her hand.

“Oh, then why didn’t you call me?”

She heard the meaning in her words and was a little dissatisfied. Her watery eyes stared at her wife, her red lips pouting slightly, looking very delicate.

Song Yugui smiled helplessly. “Didn’t I want you to sleep a little longer?”

She was about to say something coquettishly when she felt several fervent gazes on them. Only then did she remember that the courtyard was surrounded by many people. Her small face instantly turned redder than the evening sky.

How could she be so flirtatious with her wife in front of so many people? Others would surely laugh at her!

The red on her cheeks gradually spread upwards, even to her two jade-like ears.

She could only lower her eyes in a fluster, her eyes darting around, not daring to look at her. “I… I’ll wait for you over here.”

“Mmm, you can collect the money over there.”

Seeing her shrinking her head, Song Yugui found her exceptionally cute. She wanted to reach out and touch her wife’s head, but her hands were dirty, so she decided against it. She would touch it after she had washed up.

Seeing the young woman’s shyness, and seeing Song Yugui’s gaze turn toward them, the others no longer stared at them curiously.

“Yugui-niece, how much are you selling this pork for? We’ve all been waiting. You can talk to your wife anytime. We still have to buy meat and go home to report.”

A sturdier middle-aged man called out with a smile.

The ancestors of Songjia Village were all one family, and their relationship was good. Now that they saw that Song Yugui was no longer doing anything foolish and was honestly slaughtering pigs and selling meat, their attitude toward her had improved.

It was just that some of the women still didn’t trust her and were unwilling to come over, afraid of being teased by her again.

Song Yugui smiled at the uncle and apologized, then raised her voice and shouted, “The pork in town is thirty-five wen a catty. The pork slaughtered by the villagers themselves is twenty-five wen a catty. So my family’s will be another five wen cheaper, selling for twenty wen a catty.”

This price was already considered very cheap in the village, just like hiring her to slaughter a pig was the cheapest and most affordable.

The people who came also felt that they had gotten a bargain. In their happiness, some of those who liked to meddle in other people’s business kept pulling at Song Yugui, urging her to live a good life and not to do those kinds of things anymore.

Song Yugui awkwardly repeated her words about having changed, then quickly urged everyone to buy pork.

Auntie Li had also come early in the morning. Song Yugui let her choose first. Seeing that she was buying the streaky pork, she deliberately left an extra piece on the side.

Auntie Li was very supportive and even exaggeratedly told the people around her how good her family’s meat was, how beautiful the lean meat and fat were, which made her quite embarrassed.

The other people had originally come to buy meat, and she had already reduced the price by a full five wen. There was no reason not to buy. Without Auntie Li’s prompting, they had already decided which part to buy.

“Give me a rib.”

“Me too, me too. I don’t want the spareribs. Can the chopped ribs be a little cheaper?”

Chopped ribs had a lot of bone and the meat was hard to chew, so they were naturally a little cheaper.

Song Yugui sold it to her for fifteen wen a catty, and she bought a catty.

Many people came, but some were just there to see if Song Yugui had really changed as the other villagers had said. They were just there to join in the fun. Their New Year’s goods had already been prepared, so they didn’t buy any.

Usually, when selling their own pigs in the village, there would always be a lot left over. After all, most of the villagers were poor and didn’t have much money, so they didn’t buy much, just to get a taste of meat. But today, all the unsold pork from Song Yugui’s family was bought by people from the restaurant in town.

The owner, Lanxiang, had said she would patronize her when she slaughtered a pig. When Shen Cui told her about it, she really did send someone from the back kitchen. They took away about a hundred catties. In the end, of the two hundred and twenty catties of pork, besides the forty catties of front leg, four catties of pork liver, two catties of spareribs, and four catties of streaky pork that Song Yugui had kept for herself, only half a basin of pig’s blood was left unsold. The rest was actually all sold out.

It was quite satisfying.

The crowd in the small courtyard gradually dispersed. Song Yugui tied up the streaky pork with a rope and handed it to Shen Xizhi.

“Auntie Li has taken good care of you. You can take this to her.”

Not to mention long ago, the taro they had eaten a while back was also from Auntie Li. They naturally had to return the favor.

Shen Xizhi obediently agreed and carried the pork to Auntie Li’s house.

Auntie naturally refused to accept a gift from a junior, but she couldn’t refuse. In the end, she had to take it.

She also gave Shen Xizhi some vegetables.

When Shen Xizhi returned, Song Yugui was taking a bath. She washed and put away the pork that had been left outside, then took some grain from the house to feed the chicken.

On closer inspection, the chicken was also almost old enough to lay eggs.

Many happy things added up, and Shen Xizhi was humming a tune as she walked.

A faint smile appeared on her face. After feeding the chicken, she took out several heavy bags and went back to the house to count the money.

When Song Yugui came out after her bath, she couldn’t see her little wife anywhere. When she walked into their bedroom, she saw her with the copper coins spread all over the bed, her small bottom sticking up as she counted.

“How much? Are you done counting?”

Hearing her wife’s voice, Shen Xizhi’s counting movements paused. The corners of her lips unconsciously turned up, and she stood up happily. “Yugui-jiejie.”

Then she opened her arms, her voice delicate and soft. “Hug~”

She loved to be hugged, and she was so pitifully charming. How could Song Yugui not agree? She quickly stepped forward and held her in her arms.

Shen Xizhi’s tender face nuzzled her neck. The familiar warm fragrance filled her nose, and her wandering heart settled down.

“Yugui-jiejie, you earned a lot of money today.”

“Mmm, how much?”

She asked along.

However, when the question was asked, the other suddenly got stuck, then exclaimed, “Ya!”

She pushed her a little, her delicate face wrinkled up, her round, dark, moist eyes filled with complaint. “It’s all your fault. I forgot where I was counting.”

Song Yugui: …

Alright, it really is my fault.

“Then you continue counting. I’ll go and get the sow mated?”

They had two sows in total. The sows in the village were all taken to the houses of people who had boars for mating. She had inquired about it a while back and had also agreed on a price with the other party, thirty wen for one mating. Today was a good day to take the sow over.

Shen Xizhi was preoccupied with counting the money and didn’t show any reluctance. She stuck her small bottom up again in front of the bed. “Alright, alright. Yugui-jiejie, you go ahead.”

The moment Song Yugui left, she began to count the copper coins again seriously.

So much money!

Shen Xizhi had never seen so many copper coins, and her wife was not on guard against her at all, even letting her count them alone. This trust made her even happier.

Song Yugui worked hard to get the sow on the road and to the pig farm of the person she had arranged with. She left the pig with the other party for a day, paid the money, and left.

At home, Shen Xizhi had already collected the copper coins into one bag after another, placed them on the table, and was obediently waiting for her wife to return.

The meat was stewing in the pot, its fragrance filling the air. It was the leftover pork from before.

The temperature in winter was very low. If the meat was left outside for a while, it would freeze into ice, so it could be stored for a longer time.

The moment Song Yugui entered the door, she smelled the fragrance of pork and almost fainted from it. She thought excitedly, My wife is so good, so beautiful and can cook.

It was the last half a catty of meat. It should be finished after today’s meal. Fortunately, they had slaughtered a pig and had new meat to eat.

“Done counting the money?”

Seeing the young woman sitting upright in the room, Song Yugui’s face, which had been stiff from the cold wind, unconsciously softened at the smell of the meat, and she asked warmly.

Shen Xizhi looked at her obediently, her eyes sparkling. Hearing this, she quickly nodded. “Mmm, mmm. All counted. Two thousand nine hundred and twenty wen in total.”

“So much?”

Song Yugui was a little surprised. No wonder every household in the ancient times raised pigs. The harvest was so great, but it was also quite hard to raise them.

“Mmm, sister’s price was cheap, so basically everything was sold.”

Two thousand nine hundred and twenty wen, plus the one hundred and seventy wen she had left in her pocket that she was reluctant to use, made a total of three thousand and ninety wen.

Butchering pigs is so profitable. Why didn’t that dead original owner do it? Now I have to start from scratch.

Shen Xizhi had used three old pouches to hold these copper coins, and they were all full, heavy in her hand.

Song Yugui hesitated for a moment, then sat down to discuss with her wife about selling pork in town after the New Year.

Hearing this, Shen Xizhi’s eyes lit up even more. She naturally had no objection. Selling pork was different from working in a restaurant. The latter was not convenient for bringing someone along every day, but selling pork was different. It was very common to bring a family member to help at the stall, right?

She could go too, right, right?

The young woman looked at Song Yugui shyly and nodded slightly. “Alright, you decide. I’ll listen to you in all household matters.”

So obedient.

She whipped the original owner again.

“But… the previous source of goods, can it still be used?”