Chapter 40 p2
Hearing this voice, a bad memory flooded Song Yugui’s mind. The corner of her eye twitched, and she subconsciously said, “My wife and I are out for a walk to aid digestion. I’m not following you!”
She answered quickly and without hesitation. Song Xinyu was choked for a moment and stomped her foot in anger. “I didn’t say you were following me!”
Song Yugui frowned and looked over, looking her up and down. She hadn’t said it, but the meaning in her words was very clear.
She always said she was following her. She was tired of explaining.
Song Xinyu snorted. “I just came over to say hello when I saw you.”
Song Yugui said without hesitation, “Don’t say hello next time.”
Is our relationship suitable for saying hello? Don’t let Shen Xizhi misunderstand anything again, or we won’t have any peace.
Song Xinyu was so angry at her words. What kind of person is this? As if I really want to say hello to you.
Shen Xizhi had lowered her head the moment she heard Song Xinyu’s voice, her face a mask of gloom. Only after her wife had replied not so politely did the gloom fade a little.
She pressed her lips together and slowly told herself in her heart, I can’t be jealous anymore. My wife will get angry. I don’t want her to be angry…
The young woman unconsciously leaned a little closer to Song Yugui.
Chi Xiangyue’s eyes darted between the few of them, keenly sensing the smell of gossip. “Is there some story between you two? Can you tell me?”
She was very, very, very curious.
Song Yugui: …
Why does the female lead have to ask about everything!
Song Xinyu crossed her arms and snorted lightly but didn’t say anything.
Someone else slowly came up and called out “cousin.” Song Yugui suddenly realized that the female lead had been playing with the male lead just now.
That was also normal. After all, it was a fate ordained by the author.
“Cousin, you two continue to play. My sister-in-law and I will be going back first.”
She had no intention of getting involved in these matters. After saying that, Song Yugui took her wife and left.
Shen Xizhi had still been a little unhappy, her gaze toward the crowd carrying a hint of faint malice. But when her wife took her and left, her mood immediately improved.
Hmph, Yugui-jiejie doesn’t like any of them. She only likes me!
The young woman proudly lifted her head, as if she had won something.
After they had walked far away, Song Yugui stroked the back of her head. “This village is really small. We always run into them.”
Shen Xizhi nodded in agreement and obediently lay in Song Yugui’s embrace.
“We won’t walk this far in the future.”
“Mmm, next time I’ll take you to the main road.”
The main road was outside the village. There were fewer people from their village there, mostly people from other villages.
“Alright, I’ll listen to whatever you say.”
So obedient.
Song Yugui felt deeply and took Shen Xizhi home.
When they were undressing and getting into bed, she said warmly, “If you don’t like them, then you don’t have to talk to them in the future. After a while, they naturally won’t come to you anymore.”
Shen Xizhi’s undressing movements were quick and proficient. Soon, she was a clean, snowy white. She turned her head and hugged her wife’s waist, her voice muffled. “I don’t want people to say we’re rude.”
She was even starting to care about her reputation.
Song Yugui held her slender waist, which was so small she could wrap her hands around it, and squeezed it gently. She didn’t make it difficult for her. “Mmm, then you should stay with me more in the future. It’ll be fine when I’m around.”
“Alright.”
Shen Xizhi lowered her eyes and replied softly.
They got into bed together. The hand on the woman’s slender waist unconsciously slid down and held that soft, tender bottom.
The person in her arms trembled slightly but didn’t hide. Instead, she pressed her chest even closer to her, her round two mounds flattened.
Her watery eyes glanced at her, shy and timid, then she buried her whole face in her embrace, her warm breath spraying on her neck.
It was a very familiar position.
Song Yugui was already used to it. She had woken up early this morning and was now so sleepy she was about to die. She got into position, then held Shen Xizhi’s head and said, “Sleep!”
Shen Xizhi probably knew that she had to get up very, very early tomorrow. The moment she said ‘sleep’, she quickly closed her eyes and quietly brewed her sleepiness.
Fortunately, she had been so sad about being abandoned by her wife during the day that she had turned her grief into strength and had done a lot of work. Her body was already tired. She closed her eyes and fell asleep not long after.
They both got up very early the next day. It was still some distance from the countryside to the town, so she always had to get up earlier than the people in the town.
It was still dark. Song Yugui propped herself up on the bed and yawned. Shen Xizhi was busy preparing breakfast for her wife but was stopped by her. “Let’s just wash up and go. We can eat breakfast in town.”
“Oh, okay.”
Shen Xizhi was also sleepy, so sleepy she couldn’t even open her eyes. Hearing that she didn’t have to cook, she immediately leaned softly against her wife. She would listen to whatever she said.
Song Yugui pulled her to wash her face to wake her up. The moment the cold water splashed on her face, most of her sleepiness fled.
The countryside was quiet at this time; everyone was sleeping.
Song Yugui took the leftover pork from yesterday to sell in town. She hadn’t slaughtered a new pig. After all, she was a novice.
It was her first time selling pork. What if she slaughtered too much and couldn’t sell it? It was better to sell yesterday’s first and then take the next step after she had some income.
She didn’t want to be stuck with it and then have to move bricks to pay off her debt.
When they arrived, there were only a few stalls set up. Shen Xizhi was busy putting the meat on the cutting board, and soon the stall was set up.
The old woman who had been selling vegetables yesterday also slowly came over.
She and Song Yugui had set up their stalls for a day and had exchanged a few words. Seeing a beautiful young woman standing beside her, she couldn’t help but raise her eyebrows and ask, “Are you bringing your younger sister with you to set up your stall today?”
Song Yugui was stunned. Shen Xizhi silently turned her head to stare at her, as if also waiting for her answer.
What’s there to be unhappy about? It’s normal for people not to know their relationship.
“Auntie, you’re mistaken. I’ve told you before, I don’t have any siblings. This is my wife. She’s accompanying me to set up my stall today.”
“Ah, your wife.”
In their dynasty, marriage between two women was already legal, but heterosexual relationships were still more common, so when people saw two women together, their first thought would not be of a married couple.
An explanation was all that was needed.
After Song Yugui spoke, the other was just surprised for a moment, looked the two of them up and down, and then, as if having a sudden realization, didn’t say anything more.
Song Yugui called out to Shen Xizhi, “You wait here for me. I’m going to buy some steamed buns.”
“Wait, I’d better go. I don’t know how to sell pork.”
The girl’s expression was anxious. She didn’t dare to stay and watch the stall alone.
But Song Yugui was even more reluctant to let her go and buy breakfast alone. With Shen Xizhi’s stingy nature of always neglecting herself, she would probably only buy one for herself. That wouldn’t do. She was already as thin as a rib.
“I’ll be back soon. Don’t run around. Wait for me here.”
“Aiya…”
Shen Xizhi couldn’t stop her. Song Yugui disappeared in a flash.
She could only stomp her foot in anger and wait at the stall.
Fortunately, they had come out so early that even the breakfast stalls had only just opened. There weren’t many people, and Song Yugui was a fast walker. She was back soon.
She was holding a large oil-paper bag, and one could tell at a glance that it contained several large, white, plump steamed buns.
Shen Xizhi frowned. “Why did you buy so many again?”
“Hmph, what do you mean, ‘so many’? I only bought two for you. If you had gone to buy them yourself, you would have definitely only bought one.”
She only ate one egg. Buns were even more filling than eggs. Would she be willing to have two?
Song Yugui had already figured out her little wife’s personality.
Shen Xizhi opened her mouth, wanting to refute, but had nothing to say. The other was not wrong at all. That was just her nature.
In the end, she could only stomp her foot in anger, a powerless rage.
Song Yugui laughed at the sight. She was still very cute. She opened the oil-paper bag to let some of the hot steam out. “I bought you one meat and one vegetable. Which one do you want to eat first?”
“Why did you buy meat? I’m fine with two vegetable ones.”
Meat was three wen, while vegetable was only two.
“Of course you have to eat meat. You’re so thin you’re just a bag of bones, and you still don’t eat meat.”
She couldn’t let her get any thinner under her care.
Shen Xizhi had no way to deal with her. She glared at her coquettishly but didn’t say anything in the end. Her small, pale hand picked up a hot bun and ate it in small bites.
Song Yugui had bought three for herself and was also casually grabbing one to eat. Although Shen Xizhi was from the countryside, she always ate slowly and elegantly, very beautiful, unlike Song Yugui, who would take a large bite and finish a bun in three bites.
She quickly finished her three buns, while Shen Xizhi had only eaten half of her first one.
The first was a vegetable bun. The oil mixed with the fresh fragrance of the vegetables, and the taste was also very good.
The second was a meat one. She hesitated for a moment when she took it and asked in a small voice, “Are you full?”
Song Yugui knew that her old habit of not being willing to treat herself well was acting up again. She didn’t even turn her head. “I’m full. You eat.”
“Oh.”
The whole street, everyone was busy selling their own things, with occasional shouts and the sound of abacuses.
Because this meat was from yesterday, it naturally couldn’t be sold at the same price as fresh meat. So Song Yugui set the price at thirty wen, a full five wen lower than yesterday. More people came, and they surrounded the stall.
Perhaps because the price was cheaper, or perhaps because she had been here for two days and some people already recognized her, the eighty-plus catties of meat sold much faster than yesterday. It was sold out before noon. Song Yugui looked up and saw that it wasn’t even noon yet.
She had sold two thousand four hundred and thirty-three wen. Adding the remaining one thousand nine hundred and three wen she had on hand, she had a total of four thousand three hundred and thirty-six wen. This was a real profit.
Song Yugui put away the heavy pouch of money, her eyes sparkling. She put an arm around her wife’s waist. “Let’s go, I’ll buy you some clothes!”
Of course she had to be good to her wife after earning money. If she didn’t spend this money on her wife, she temporarily didn’t know how else to use it.
Shen Xizhi blushed when she was held, struggling slightly, feeling as if everyone around was looking at them.
In fact, they were. The people around were all secretly looking. Some, seeing them packing up their stall, asked with a smile, “Going back so early?”
“Mmm, we’re going back since we’ve sold out.”
She had sold her meat cheaply today, and even a few of the uncles and aunts selling vegetables around her had bought some. Their attitude toward them was not bad.
After hearing this, they chuckled. “It’s so cold today. It’s good to go back early.”
As they spoke, a look of envy unconsciously appeared on their faces.
Song Yugui couldn’t stay and attract any more hatred. She quickly packed up her things and took her wife away.
Shen Xizhi didn’t know how much money they had earned. Her small hand kept pulling at her wife’s sleeve, refusing in a small voice, “No, don’t buy any. I have enough clothes to wear. It’s not easy to earn a little money. Can’t you save it?”
She had lived too many days in the dark before and was terrified of that kind of life, thinking that she would be at ease if she saved a little more.
But… but her wife was a spendthrift. She used to be a spendthrift, and although she was much better now, she was still a little bit of a spendthrift!
“It’s alright, don’t be afraid. I earned a lot. I’ll buy you a few sets of clothes first, and then I’ll give you some pocket money when we get home. When you come to town in the future, you won’t have to accompany me to sell meat. You can go out and shop and see if there’s anything you like to buy.”
Hearing that Song Yugui was going to give her pocket money, Shen Xizhi blushed. The fingers that were held by her curled slightly. She thought, Forget it, forget it. At worst, I’ll just save the money she gives me for her.
“I just like to accompany you to sell pork.”
She didn’t like to go shopping alone. If she had to, they would go together.
Unable to win against her, Shen Xizhi was taken to a clothing store. Song Yugui immediately spotted the snowy white dress she had been reluctant to buy before.
