I’ll Butcher Pigs to Support You! 57 p2

Chapter 57 p2

Shen Xizhi was so shocked for a moment that her voice couldn’t help but rise a little. Chi Xiangyue quickly shushed her twice. “We’re talking about others behind their backs. Be quiet. Don’t let anyone hear.”

She quickly shrank her neck and asked in a small voice, “Miss Song… how could she have an engagement with him?”

She was even more guilty. So Miss Song was already engaged to someone else. And she had thought that Miss Song had feelings for her wife…

The guilt in her heart grew stronger.

Chi Xiangyue shook her head. “It’s said that it was arranged by the elders in her family. I also think that butcher is not worthy of her. I saw him once by chance, and he was, uh…”

She was silent for a moment, and the other two in the room guessed the answer from her silence.

Their expressions were all a little complicated. Song Yugui lowered her head and took a sip of tea. “And then? Why was it a crime of passion? Who killed him?”

“Ahem, ahem.”

Chi Xiangyue blushed. She had also never been married, and it was quite embarrassing to talk about such things. For once, she was a little coy. “I heard that the butcher used to frequent brothels, but he was always in debt. The prostitute was so tormented by him and couldn’t get a single coin. Today, she finally couldn’t take it anymore. Hearing that he was going to be in debt again, she… pulled out a hairpin in bed and stabbed him a few times. Who knew that she would stab him in the neck and he would die on the spot? When the officials brought the news over, I had just come back and overheard.”

Song Yugui and Shen Xizhi were both dumbfounded, their mouths opening and closing. After a long while, they finally found their voices. It was truly explosive. “Then isn’t this a fraudulent marriage? He clearly likes men. Why would he marry a woman?”

“Hmph, I also asked about that. It’s said that his family only has him as a son, and they couldn’t bear to let him be with a man, so his parents forced him to marry a wife.”

Song Yugui was silent for a while, looked at her wife, and still chose to side with Song Xinyu. “He deserved it! Who told him to commit a fraudulent marriage? Who told him not to pay? He brought this upon himself!”

Shen Xizhi didn’t eat her jealousy this time and nodded along with her wife, her small pink fist clenched. “That’s right, that’s right!”

Then she asked with concern, “Then since he’s dead, does Miss Song not have to marry him anymore?”

“Of course. Even the most beastly family wouldn’t make their daughter marry a memorial tablet, right?”

The most shameful part was over. Chi Xiangyue joked.

Shen Xizhi also couldn’t help but press her lips together and smile.

“I’ll go and prepare dinner. Wife can teach me.”

“Oh, then you can sit for a while.”

“Aiya, no. I’ll go and start the fire for you. It’s so boring to sit alone.”

Chi Xiangyue had initially found starting a fire choking, but after doing it a few times, she had become quite used to it and had rekindled her passion for working.

Shen Xizhi secretly glared at her with resentment. She was heartless and didn’t notice at all, but Song Yugui noticed and was a little confused. It wasn’t until she thought about Xizhi’s usually awkward way of thinking that she understood.

She thinks Miss Chi is in the way.

Tsk, always so petty.

Song Yugui’s heart seemed to be saying she was not good, but her expression couldn’t help but show a hint of doting helplessness. Shen Xizhi only glanced at her and couldn’t look away, her eyes always sparkling as she looked at her.

She was very obedient.

“You go and wet the tofu skin first. I’ll chop the meat.”

“Oh, okay.”

Shen Xizhi took out the tofu skin she had just bought today and took it to the courtyard to wet it with well water. The tofu skin became soft.

It wasn’t time to start the fire yet. Song Yugui didn’t let Chi Xiangyue stay idle either and pulled her over to chop meat with her. The two of them stood together, and the meat was chopped very quickly. Song Yugui was also very skilled, and the meat on her side was much finer than Chi Xiangyue’s.

While Xizhi hadn’t come in, Chi Xiangyue couldn’t hold back her curiosity and asked secretly, “Was it true or fake that you used to like Xinyu? How come I didn’t see it?”

She had been with the two of them for a while and had often brought Song Xinyu with her. She had only felt Song Yugui’s distance from Xinyu. What ‘like’? There was none at all.

Regarding the past, Song Yugui believed that she couldn’t just let it go with the wind! She still had to persevere in clearing her name!

She said without hesitation and firmly, “I was young and insensible before, and I may have done some wrong things. But now I have completely repented. Miss Chi, please don’t mention the past anymore. It’s not good for people to hear.”

She was afraid that the villagers would remember the former original owner again and then point and talk about her. That would be more uncomfortable than eating a fly.

Chi Xiangyue was not that insensible and quickly nodded. But her thoughts had completely gone astray. “Is it because if I mention the past, Xizhi will be angry?”

Song Yugui: …

Logically, that was not wrong.

But… “Don’t talk about Xizhi behind her back.”

Her words were full of protectiveness. Even if it wasn’t slander, she didn’t want to talk about her with others where Shen Xizhi couldn’t see.

Chi Xiangyue suddenly fell silent and looked at her teasingly.

“Alright, alright. I won’t say it. Otherwise, you’ll feel sorry for her.”

The moment the words fell, a small head poked out from the side warily. “Sorry for who?”

My wife is going to be, sorry! for! who!

Song Yugui: …

I knew it. It’s impossible not to be jealous.

She rubbed her brow helplessly. “No one. You can go and get two eggs.”

Shen Xizhi glared at her, refusing to leave, just guarding her side like a little wolf cub guarding its unique treasure, revealing its tender, sharp teeth, its face even a little fierce, but this fierceness was directed at Chi Xiangyue.

Chi Xiangyue, the innocent bystander, didn’t dare to hide it. Seeing Shen Xizhi so jealous that she was about to drown everyone, she quickly said, “Of course I’m sorry for you. Who else but you? I was just talking about you, and Yugui wouldn’t let me. That’s why I said she felt sorry for you.”

Shen Xizhi’s suspicious gaze swept over Chi Xiangyue back and forth. After a few times, she finally believed her words, her lips curving into a sweet smile. She held her wife’s arm and rested her head on it. “Wife, I’ve soaked the tofu skin!”

She was happy again. The words she had said about not letting her imagination run wild again were like a fart.

Song Yugui looked at her speechlessly. She smiled at her wife guiltily and hugged her in a fawning manner. Her appearance was quite cute.

Forget it. If I get angry with her, I’ll be the only one who gets hurt.

Thinking this, her voice silently softened. “You can go and get two eggs. We can wrap them in tofu skin later.”

“Oh, okay!”

Shen Xizhi took a small bowl and then an egg, and stood beside them to beat it. The three of them filled the not-so-large front hall.

The meat filling was also quickly chopped. Oil, salt, and sauce were added, and finally, it was mixed with some chopped green onions. This was the meat for the tofu skin-wrapped meat.

All you had to do was brush both sides of the tofu skin with egg wash, then wrap the meat in it and roll it into a long strip.

It was quite simple to make.

Shen Xizhi watched obediently and quickly learned. Her wrapping speed was fast, and the finished product was beautiful. It was clear at a glance that she was very talented at cooking.

Song Yugui was satisfied.

Then she said a few more words about the method, and Shen Xizhi also listened carefully.

One plate of tofu skin-wrapped meat was steamed on top of the rice, and another plate was slowly pan-fried in a pot with a little oil. The taste was different, but they both smelled very, very fragrant.

Chi Xiangyue’s puppy-dog eyes came out. She couldn’t help but say with envy, “I really want to send my cousin here to learn how to cook.”

Song Yugui: Is this thought of yours polite? Have you discussed it with your cousin?

The two dishes, with the same procedure but different methods, were soon ready. Shen Xizhi reached out to serve them but was hit by Song Yugui. “Don’t touch. Be careful, it’s hot.”

“Oh, okay.”

Song Yugui found two clean cloths and carried the plates into the room.

Chi Xiangyue followed her example and, after serving the dishes, went to serve the rice without stopping.

So hungry, so hungry.

She was clearly a young lady from a good family in the capital, but her eating posture…

Song Yugui couldn’t bear to watch.

As she ate and drank in large mouthfuls, she said with a muffled voice, “I think the pan-fried one is the best!”

Song Yugui: …

“If it’s delicious, you should eat more.”

She and Xizhi also tried a piece of the pan-fried tofu skin-wrapped meat, but they felt that the steamed one, having absorbed the soup, tasted better.

The pan-fried one was fried with lard and was a little too greasy.

Chi Xiangyue, with a plate of tofu skin-wrapped meat, ate three large bowls of rice, which made Song Yugui and Shen Xizhi stare at her in a daze.

After finishing the third bowl, she was about to go and get another when she was finally stopped by someone in a hurry. Shen Xizhi, who hadn’t expected her to be able to eat so much, had a sullen look on her small face. “You’re still not full? My wife only ate one bowl!”

She had cooked the rice according to the amount, not wanting to waste it. Her wife had two bowls, she had one, and Miss Chi had also eaten two bowls in the past. But today, she had eaten three bowls and it was still not enough!

If she ate any more, what would my wife eat?

Shen Xizhi was unwilling.

Chi Xiangyue scratched the back of her head awkwardly. “Well, I’m hungry. I moved a lot today, so my appetite is a little better. I fed all your pigs.”

In the past, when Chi Xiangyue wanted to come in and play, she would call for her to open the door. If they weren’t there, she wouldn’t come in. After they became familiar, she would just jump into the courtyard herself to feed the chicken and then wait for them to come back. Today, she had even… fed the pigs for them.

It’s truly my blessing to have a neighbor who loves to work so much.

For the sake of not having to run a long way to the mountains to cut pig feed today, Song Yugui pulled at Xizhi, who didn’t want to give her any. “Let her eat. A guest is a guest.”

Shen Xizhi: !

She glared at her wife with a resentful expression. “But you don’t have enough to eat.”

“It’s alright. We can have a small meal at night and eat something else.”

“What small meal? I want to eat too!”

The phrase ‘all you know is to eat’ should be given to the female lead.

She only loves to work and eat, which is very in line with her identity as a farming-novel female lead.

“I’ll get half a bowl and leave half for you.”

Song Yugui nodded without much concern and then said in a small voice after she had left, “Don’t bring her. We’ll eat secretly.”

Chi Xiangyue’s loud voice came from the front hall. “I can hear you! I want to eat! I’ll take care of your pig feed tomorrow too!”

This was truly an irresistible temptation.

Song Yugui immediately changed her tune. “Let’s bring her. She’s eaten so much now. She definitely won’t be able to eat at night.”

Shen Xizhi was just about to be dissatisfied when she was gently comforted by her wife.

“Then… then alright. Do you want to eat meat sauce noodles tonight?”

“You know how to make them?”

“Mmm, mmm. I tried it secretly later. I’m very good at it now!”

During that time, her wife had no time to come back for lunch, so she had tried to make the meat sauce noodles her wife had mentioned herself. But she could never get the sauce right, and it was very bad. She didn’t want to waste food, so she had eaten it all herself secretly. Finally, one day, she had made the perfect meat sauce!

She could make it very well, and it was very, very delicious to eat. Only then did she dare to present it to her wife, to avoid her being happy for nothing.

Seeing her wife’s slightly proud expression, Song Yugui immediately understood and began to praise her. “Wow, my Xizhi is so smart. You can even learn this. You’re simply the most beautiful and intelligent young woman in the village!”

Shen Xizhi blushed shyly. “N-not a young woman anymore.”

“You’re still a young woman even after you’ve married me. You’ll always be a young woman.”

Chi Xiangyue ran in with this very exclusive sweet atmosphere and strongly requested, “I want to eat two bowls!”

Shen Xizhi: …

“You can still eat?”

The two of them were shocked at the same time. Chi Xiangyue lifted her skirt and sat down peacefully. “Of course. It’s a piece of cake.”

Just two bowls of noodles. The ones Xizhi gives to Yugui, can they be bad? I have to eat them even if I can’t!

Two bowls of noodles were not that much. Shen Xizhi didn’t say anything.

She was very happy in her heart. Yesterday, her wife had been very angry and had given her a lesson. This morning, she had also been very angry and hadn’t let her go to town. When she had gone to town to find her, she was still angry and fierce with her. But after she had cried, she was not so angry anymore.

Thinking of her wife’s helpless expression at that time, her jade-like ears unconsciously turned red.

She knew how to coax her wife now.

She knew that her wife couldn’t bear to see her cry, except in bed.

In bed, her wife quite liked her to cry.

Thinking of embarrassing things, Shen Xizhi inexplicably twisted a couple of times, her small face turning yellow in a place where no one could see. Song Yugui served the last half a bowl of rice and, seeing her twisting back and forth, patted her on the back. “Eat properly. Don’t move around.”

“Oh.”

Xizhi replied and obediently buried her head in her food. She ate slowly and gracefully. Chi Xiangyue had already finished three and a half bowls, while she had only eaten half. Her movements were very beautiful. Although she didn’t eat much with each bite, for some reason, her cheeks were always puffed out. Song Yugui couldn’t help but poke her with her index finger, and the rice in the young woman’s mouth almost fell out.

She looked up with a blank expression. “Wife?”

Song Yugui coughed lightly, feeling that it was very immoral to disturb someone while they were eating. “It’s nothing. You can eat.”

Chi Xiangyue witnessed everything, her fingers itching.

Until two gazes fell on her at the same time. Song Yugui’s emotions were on the surface, her eyes wide, with a look of, You dare to poke my wife?

Shen Xizhi only glanced at her from the corner of her eye. Her eyes were still filled with an intimate gentleness, but it was inexplicably a warning.

Chi Xiangyue: Silently retracting her claws.