Chapter 37 p2
After a short while, their dumplings were also cooked.
The dumplings were made by Shen Xizhi herself. Each one had a very round belly, and most importantly, not a single one had broken.
It was perfect.
Shen Xizhi brought over a full bowl of cooked dumplings. “You must be hungry. Hurry up and eat some. See how they taste.”
“Mmm.”
Song Yugui helped her carry it. Finding the edge of the bowl very hot, she frowned and instantly stood up. “You sit. I’ll get it.”
It was her oversight. She should have helped her carry it. It was so hot. How could her delicate little wife carry it? Her fingers would be burned red.
Shen Xizhi was commanded to sit down in a daze, her eyes blinking slightly. “What’s wrong?”
She still didn’t know.
Song Yugui shook her head helplessly, walked into the front hall, and was about to serve the dumplings when the spoon suddenly paused. Hmm?
Just this little?
She raised her voice to the inner room. “Did you cook too little? How come there are only seven dumplings?”
She ate twenty-five, a full bowl. This highlighted just how few seven were. It wasn’t even enough to cover the bottom of the pot.
Shen Xizhi poked her small head out from the inner room, her gaze gentle. “Seven is enough for me.”
She didn’t have to work hard, so her appetite was naturally smaller. Seven was enough.
“No. Only seven? Not even enough to fill the gaps between your teeth. No wonder you’re getting thinner and thinner.”
Song Yugui was dissatisfied. She frowned and served her seven dumplings.
Shen Xizhi’s large, dark, moist eyes were wide, and she was obedient and didn’t speak. Anyway, they were already cooked.
Her appetite was small to begin with. Although… seven was a little few, if she ate a few more, Yugui-jiejie wouldn’t have enough for breakfast tomorrow.
They rarely made dumplings. They didn’t have a good measure for the filling and had made too little. Yugui-jiejie had to eat twenty-five at a time, but they had only made sixty-three in total. If she ate seven this meal and six tomorrow morning, it would be just right.
Shen Xizhi’s thoughts were quite beautiful, but when the bowl was put down, Song Yugui began to scoop dumplings into her bowl.
The young woman was stunned for a moment and quickly stopped her. “Aiya, don’t give them to me! If you give them to me, you won’t have enough.”
“It’s alright, I have enough. It’s you. You only eat this much. You’ll starve to death before nightfall. I don’t want to be a widow.”
Shen Xizhi suddenly paused and glared at her wife reproachfully, pouting sullenly. “How can you say that word so casually?”
Death. The ancients were most taboo about it.
Song Yugui took the opportunity when she was no longer extending her small hand to stop her and quickly scooped several dumplings for her. By the time Shen Xizhi looked down, five had already gone in.
This time she was really anxious. “Alright, alright, no more, really no more! You…”
Twelve was probably enough for Shen Xizhi to eat.
Only then did Song Yugui stop and demand, “Make dinner early. I’m afraid you’ll be hungry.”
Shen Xizhi: …
She sat down and muttered softly, “I won’t be hungry. I’ll just be full.”
Twelve and she’s full?
This person’s stomach is really…
Song Yugui lowered her head to eat the dumplings. The skin tightly wrapped the meat filling, and with one bite, the juice flowed out, so fragrant that her tongue was about to fall off.
Shen Xizhi also lowered her head to eat, then felt that something was missing. She went to the front hall to get some vinegar, poured it into a small dish, and pushed it over. “Do you want to eat it with vinegar?”
“Alright.”
As she spoke, Song Yugui used a chopstick to skewer a dumpling, dipped it in the fragrant vinegar, and added a bit of flavor to the dumpling.
Today would probably be the happiest and most relaxing day for Song Yugui since she had come to ancient times. There was only one pig left at home, and the amount of pig feed they ate had been halved. Yesterday, she had already arranged for the pig feed for today. She just had to go and feed it later. There was really nothing to do.
Shen Xizhi saw her wife sunbathing in the courtyard, her eyes curving. She naturally wanted to take the opportunity to get close to her.
They were wives… It was only natural to be close.
As Song Yugui was sunbathing, a chair was placed beside her.
She glanced at it casually, then closed her eyes again. “You’re here to sunbathe too?”
In winter, she used to like to sit in her room with the air conditioner on and play with her phone. She had always heard people say that the winter sun was warm and that sunbathing in winter was very comfortable, but she had never taken the time to experience it.
Now that she had transmigrated to ancient times, she could finally experience it.
Her whole body was very comfortable, almost to the point where her pores were about to open.
Shen Xizhi nodded slightly, then realized that she wasn’t looking at her at all, just asking. So she replied with a wronged expression, “Mmm, I’ll accompany you.”
If she had other emotions, Song Yugui might not have been able to tell, but being wronged was different.
The young woman was often wronged, and every time it was both infuriating and endearing. She was most pitiful like this.
Song Yugui immediately opened her eyes and looked over.
She saw Shen Xizhi’s brow slightly furrowed, her eyes filled with resentment as she looked at her, her small mouth tightly pressed together, looking as if she had been bullied by her again.
Cute.
Song Yugui was already used to her getting angry for no reason and always found it cute. But she still had to coax her, or the little tantrum would turn into a big one.
She didn’t want to really anger her wife and be kicked out of bed at night.
“Are you unhappy, Zhier?”
Shen Xizhi shook her head. Their chairs were close, and she was sitting in her own chair, but she could still slowly rest her face on her wife’s shoulder.
Touching her made her feel much better.
As long as she was noticed.
If she was ignored, she would be unhappy.
If she didn’t care, she would also be unhappy.
The sky today was very blue, and the wind was very cold. Shen Xizhi seemed to have gotten a little cold and shrank into the woman’s embrace beside her.
Song Yugui casually pulled her into her arms.
The corners of Shen Xizhi’s lips curved up slightly, and she nuzzled her neck affectionately.
As the two of them were sitting there leisurely, the sound of voices came from outside the fence, from far to near.
A group of men and women were talking and laughing as they came up the slope.
There were only a few families on the small earthen slope. Song Yugui couldn’t help but pay a little attention.
They were clearly not the same family, more like… the unit leaders coming down for an inspection.
Who were they looking for?
Just as she was quietly thinking, they saw Song Yugui, and a middle-aged man waved his hand. “Xiaogui, sunbathing?”
Song Yugui didn’t recognize them. Fearing that she would reveal a flaw, her muscles tensed up uncontrollably.
Shen Xizhi sensed her wife’s tension and looked up from her embrace in a daze, only to be pressed back down again, her small face nuzzling her chest.
She hesitated and didn’t call out, just smiled at them.
The leading man stopped, his face strange as he looked at Song Yugui.
Song Yugui’s heart was in her throat.
She regretted it. Wouldn’t it have been better to take a nap in the room at this time? She had only rested for a few days. Why did she have to come out and sunbathe? She might have gotten into trouble. This group of people, they couldn’t be here to see her, could they?
Taking a deep breath, Song Yugui silently stood up. Before she could speak, she heard the older man in the lead speak in a low voice, “Yugui, a father and daughter will be moving into the village in a few days.”
Song Yugui was stunned. Hmm? Then what does that have to do with me?
Seeing her confusion, the other added with a heavier tone, “It’s a father and daughter!”
He emphasized the word ‘daughter’.
Song Yugui finally came to her senses, her face darkening.
The others also said, “That’s right. The other party gave a lot of money. The village chief remembers that there’s an empty house next to yours. It looks decent, and the other party wants to live in a less crowded, quieter place. This place is just right, so we came over to take a look in advance.”
Song Yugui had just finished cursing the original owner who had given her a bad name in her heart when she suddenly realized who was coming after hearing this.
The novel’s female lead, Chi Xiangyue.
She had also been a noble, but someone in her family had stood on the wrong side in the court, and so she was implicated. She had to follow her father to a remote small town in the countryside to take refuge.
But the female lead was highly adaptable and had a resolute and tenacious nature, so her suffering in the countryside was not described in much detail.
Song Yugui was a little envious, because she was in pain every day. Damn this novel, damn this ancient time. There’s nothing here. How is a person supposed to live?
She was lost in thought. Shen Xizhi couldn’t help but tug at the corner of her clothes. By the time she came to her senses, the several elders were already looking at her with cold faces in the cold wind.
The female lead living next door was not good news. Song Yugui could only manage a difficult smile. “The house here has been uninhabited for a long time and is close to the forest. It must be very difficult to clean. Are there no other places for the new villagers to live?”
She didn’t want to get involved in the love-hate relationship between the female lead and the male lead.
The leading man waved his hand. “They just like this kind of quiet place. That’s not the point. The point is, Yugui.”
Being called by her name again, Song Yugui’s heart skipped a beat. She thought, It can’t be that they want me to move out to make way for the female lead, can it? Unless the price is right, I will curse everyone.
She had made the worst-case scenario in her heart, but when the other spoke, it was still the same question as before. He frowned and asked very cautiously, “Yugui, you’ve changed for the better, right?”
Song Yugui: …
I haven’t pestered any woman for a long, long time!
Too irritating. Stop doubting her!