Chapter 61 p1
Today’s business wasn’t great. They had sold meat until noon and still had a little left. Thinking that they were having chicken today and beef tomorrow, and probably wouldn’t eat pork, they didn’t go back to avoid wasting it, but continued to sell in town.
With no customers, Song Yugui turned her head to talk to Shen Xizhi. “Are you tired? Bored? Want to go and buy some pearl hairpins?”
Although pearl hairpins were expensive, and it took a few hundred wen to get a good-looking one, and a casual purchase would wipe out half a day’s income, but when raising a wife, shouldn’t it be like this?!
My wife naturally has to be beautiful.
Determined.
Shen Xizhi was calculating how to renovate their house. She also knew her wife’s thoughts, wanting to build a green-brick-and-tile house, which would cost even more money. She just wanted to save more money. If it weren’t for her wife specifically ordering five steamed buns this morning, making it clear that she wouldn’t let her neglect herself, she would have been reluctant to buy even one more.
Now she even wanted her to go and buy pearl hairpins. What was there to buy? They had plenty at home.
The young woman turned her head and refused without hesitation, then said, “Wife, are you hungry? How about I go to the side and buy you a pancake?”
“Mmm, alright.”
She was indeed a little hungry. Song Yugui nodded, and Shen Xizhi lifted her skirt and went.
However, she went alone, but came back with two people!
Seeing Song Xingchuan standing beside her, Song Yugui’s eyes went wide.
Wait, hasn’t the male lead been out of sight for a long time? How did he appear again? And with my wife, how outrageous!
“Xizhi.”
Song Yugui’s voice unconsciously carried a hint of coldness.
Shen Xizhi was stunned and obediently walked over. “Yugui-jiejie, I bought you a meat pancake, and then I ran into our cousin.”
The steaming hot meat pancake was handed to Song Yugui. Seeing her own wife in contact with the male lead made her a little unhappy, but it wasn’t directed at her wife. So she still managed a smile and said gently, “Why did you only buy one? Didn’t you buy one for yourself?”
Shen Xizhi shook her head gently. “I’m not hungry.”
She hadn’t eaten much this morning. How could she not be hungry? It was clearly an excuse to save money.
Song Yugui first looked at Song Xingchuan, who was standing in front of the stall, a little nervous and at a loss. Her eyes narrowed slightly, with a hint of assessment. “Cousin, long time no see. How come you have time to come to town today?”
Hearing her speak, the other seemed to know how to open his mouth. He lowered his eyes and said, “My mother was sick for a while, so I’ve been taking care of her and haven’t been out much.”
Ah, so that’s how it is. That’s very normal. The male lead is a filial son.
She nodded a couple of times and also asked a few words of concern about his aunt’s health, then silently stopped taking the initiative, just looking at him. She didn’t speak, and Song Xingchuan also didn’t speak. Then there was an endless silence.
The two of them didn’t know how to talk to each other and just stood there quietly, the atmosphere exceptionally awkward.
Song Yugui was desperate in her heart. Wait, what’s wrong with the male lead? He’s still not leaving. Is there something? Or does he want to spend a little more time with my wife?
She cautiously looked at her wife from the corner of her eye. !
Her heart sank. My wife is actually looking at Song Xingchuan! What’s the meaning of this? The female lead has also arrived, so the plot is starting to take effect? But why doesn’t it start with the female lead? Why does it have to start with my wife!
She was extremely panicked in her heart, then she thought, That’s right. In the novel, it was Xizhi who liked the male lead first, and then the female lead appeared and stole him away. What! My wife is going to fall in love with Song Xingchuan? Ambulance, help me call an ambulance…
Song Yugui’s expression was flawless, but her mentality was on the verge of collapse, until Xizhi took the initiative to ask, “Do you want to buy meat?”
The young woman didn’t know anything and thought very simply. Her family sold meat, and Song Xingchuan had been standing here all this time. Wasn’t it to buy meat?
Since he wants to buy it, he should buy it quickly. If he buys it early, Yugui-jiejie and I can also go home early!
Being prompted by Shen Xizhi, Song Xingchuan finally remembered what he was here for and quickly said, “Yes, I want to buy meat. I’ll have to trouble you, cousin. Half a catty of ribs.”
So he’s here to buy meat. That scared me. I thought they had fallen in love at first sight. I really scared myself.
Song Yugui quickly cut half a catty of ribs and handed it over. Song Xingchuan silently took the ribs and left.
He was gone just like that. He had been standing there for so long just to buy meat. A false alarm.
Song Yugui couldn’t help but complain in her heart, If you want to buy meat, just say so. Who are you waiting for to be a mind reader? Really.
She angrily opened the meat pancake her wife had bought for her, took a bite, and her eyes lit up. The taste was not bad, and the meat was also thick. I’m going to buy one for Xizhi too! How can she accompany me to sell meat on an empty stomach?
Just as she had this thought and was about to ask where she had bought it so she could go and buy another one, she heard Xizhi’s curious voice and saw her little head poke out. “Wife, this pancake of yours smells so good!”
Song Yugui nodded vigorously. “That’s right, that’s right. It’s especially fragrant. Shall I go and buy one for you too?”
Having gotten used to her wife’s lack of romantic sense, although Shen Xizhi was a little sullen in her heart, she was not angry. She directly ignored the last sentence and looked up to ask warmly, “I want a bite too. Can I?”
Song Yugui’s mind didn’t turn for a moment. “Then I’ll go and buy it for you?”
However, Shen Xizhi didn’t wait for her to agree, stretched out her neck, and took a bite of the pancake she had eaten from.
The young woman was delicate, and the bite she took was also small. She probably hadn’t even tasted much of the meat.
Song Yugui subconsciously brought the pancake closer to her.
Shen Xizhi ate it from her hand in small bites, each bite so small that even a little rabbit would have eaten more.
But it was clear that the pancake tasted really good, and her large, round eyes also narrowed slightly.
She looked very happy and satisfied.
After eating a little over half, she pushed the pancake back. “You eat too. Don’t go hungry.”
They shared the pancake. It wasn’t big, but it cost eight wen. After eating it, it was just enough to line their stomachs.
“Still hungry? Want to buy another one?”
“No. I’ll cook you some noodles when we get back.”
That way, she could save a little money.
Cooking noodles was more convenient. If they could go back at noon, they would usually eat noodles. If only there was a refrigerator in ancient times, they could freeze a lot of dumplings and wontons at once, and then just cook them after they were done with their work every day. How great would that be?
“Alright.”
In the end, they only had a few pieces of chopped bone left unsold. If they couldn’t sell them, they would take them home and eat them themselves. Anyway, they weren’t picky.
When the two of them returned, Chi Xiangyue was at their gate, looking up at the sky, her expression exceptionally sad. She was holding a handful of snowy white rice in her hand, and a little yellow chicken would occasionally come over to peck at it, but they always came in twos and threes, not looking hungry. They were probably already full, and what they were eating was an extra meal.
“What’s wrong with you? Haven’t you eaten again?”
Although they hadn’t sold as late as yesterday, it was already well past lunchtime.
Chi Xiangyue was probably waiting for them to come back, so hungry she couldn’t stand it?
Hearing Song Yugui’s voice, Chi Xiangyue didn’t even glance at her and continued to look as if she had no will to live, her voice muffled with a sigh. “I haven’t eaten. I don’t want to.”
“Why?”
She asked as she opened the fence and pushed the cart in.
She hadn’t expected this to come from Chi Xiangyue’s mouth.
Hearing her ask, Chi Xiangyue instantly put on a pained expression, extremely sorrowful, and pointed to her mouth. “I have a sore! I woke up this morning, and my mouth hurt so much. When I was rinsing my mouth, the tears were about to come out from the pain!”
Chi Xiangyue was a martial artist, and her pain tolerance had always been quite good. If even she couldn’t stand it, it was clear how painful it was.
Song Yugui was helpless. “Then are you still eating tonight?”
Tonight?
Tonight Xizhi was going to cook.
That gaze instantly turned from sorrowful to fierce. She finally decided, “I’m eating! I’m eating!”
Having a sore is already hard enough. If I can’t even eat delicious food, what’s the point of living? I might as well be dead!
“Alright.”
Song Yugui tidied up the house, Shen Xizhi cooked lunch, and Chi Xiangyue was outside, resting her chin on her hand and feeding the chicken, unable to figure out why she had to suffer such a great calamity.
The person who loves to eat the most has lost the mouth to eat. Is there anything more painful than this?
In the house, Song Yugui was idle. Thinking of her wife’s wronged complaint this morning, she inexplicably felt a little restless. But Chi Xiangyue was outside. Aiya, what a nuisance.
Perhaps heaven had heard Song Yugui’s complaint. In a short while, Song Xinyu actually came.
She stood outside the fence and asked, “Xiangyue, are you still going to the mountains to dig for mushrooms today?”
Chi Xiangyue’s voice was muffled. “Alright, I’m free anyway.”
Song Yugui was all too familiar with this voice. She had also had canker sores before. When they hurt, it was like this. She couldn’t even open her mouth wide to speak and had to speak with a muffled voice.
After she left, Song Yugui poked her neck out to look at the courtyard, then silently closed the wooden door.
Shen Xizhi was confused. “What’s wrong, Yugui-jiejie? I can’t see like this!”
“Mmm, the light is too bright, it’s not good.”?
The light is too bright, it’s not good?
Why is that?
Shen Xizhi had never heard such a logic.
Until the tie at her waist was hooked by a finger and easily came loose, she suddenly understood her wife’s meaning. Her small face was as red and tender as if it had been rouged. She leaned against the table coyly and asked in a small voice, “You… you’re not hungry?”
They hadn’t eaten much at noon. Her wife usually ate so much. Was she really not hungry?
Song Yugui raised an eyebrow. “Not hungry. I’ll drink myself full later. Are you hungry?”
…
Wh-what ‘drink myself full’? What is she talking about? So embarrassing!
She didn’t have to think deeply to know what this ‘drink myself full’ was.
If it were just a kiss on that spot, it would be one thing. But she always had to suck on it very hard, as if she were very thirsty. She couldn’t stand that.
After a long while, the young woman lowered her head, stammered a couple of times, and spat out a “N-not hungry.”
Not hungry, anything is fine.
The black and white long skirt was taken off, revealing the woman’s delicate, snowy white, tender, and curvaceous body that had been pampered for a long time.
Her chest was full, and her bottom was also round and perky, with a very good shape.
Song Yugui didn’t dare to open her eyes, nor did she dare to look at herself. She leaned dependently against her wife’s embrace, her voice as faint as a mosquito’s buzz. “Is the door bolted?”
“Mmm, it’s bolted.”
After she spoke, she was about to get down to business. First, she lowered her head and kissed Shen Xizhi, then she held her hairless armpit and weighed her, her tone seeming to hold a hint of dissatisfaction. “How are you so light? You still need to eat more.”
Shen Xizhi was not convinced. “I’ve already gained weight, a lot. If I get any heavier, you definitely won’t like it.”
In this dynasty, both men and women valued slenderness. She didn’t believe that her wife really liked her to be chubby.
She must be lying to me. What if she doesn’t like me when I really get fat! I won’t even have time to cry then, hmph!
Shen Xizhi thought angrily.
Song Yugui was unaware that the young woman was slandering her in her heart and was extremely happy with her.
“Xiaozhi’er is so white, like a little snowman.”
She held her and went closer to kiss her tender lips.
Song Yugui was held by her with a blushing face and had no choice but to listen to whatever she said.