I’ll Butcher Pigs to Support You! 62

Chapter 62 

Song Yugui was convinced that that dead thing Song Xingchuan was trying to seduce her wife. She was so angry she even insisted that her wife believe it too.

Shen Xizhi’s expression was dazed and hesitant. “Could it be that Wife has misunderstood something?”

But Song Yugui followed up with, “Do you believe him or me?”

The young woman became obedient.

She obediently pressed against her wife’s side, her voice soft. “I believe you, Wife. Whatever you say, goes.”

“Hmph, you’re not allowed to talk to Song Xingchuan.”

“Mmm, mmm. I won’t talk to him. I only like my Yugui-jiejie.”

“If he seduces you, you’re not allowed to pay him any mind either!”

Shen Xizhi was surprised. She held Song Yugui tightly, leaning against her embrace, and said with dissatisfaction, “How could I pay him any mind!”

“I definitely like my wife the most. I won’t pay him any mind!”

“Good.”

Song Yugui thought her wife was cute and turned her head to kiss her on the forehead again.

“He brought us firewood, so I gave him the leftover ribs from today. We don’t want to owe him any favors. I don’t like him.”

“Mmm, alright. I don’t like him either.”

Her wife was so concerned about him, repeatedly saying she didn’t like him. After hearing it so many times, Shen Xizhi also grew to dislike him. She and Yugui-jiejie were a single entity.

That was how it should be.

“Do you want to rest some more? If you’re tired, I’ll make dinner today!”

Song Yugui sat up with great confidence. Shen Xizhi silently shook her head. “I’ll do it. I doubt Miss Chi would even eat what you make.”?

“You look down on me!”

Her wife was extremely indignant. Shen Xizhi covered her mouth with a smile, her eyes still looking very pure, as if she were being sincere. “No, everyone has their strengths. Cooking is just not Wife’s strong suit.”

Actually, she also loved to eat what her wife made, but it was better if she only made it for her.

“Hmph, then you do it, you do it.”

She seemed to still be a little unhappy, pouting her red lips. Shen Xizhi went closer and gave her a light peck on the lips. She was the one who had taken the initiative, yet her own face was so red it was about to burst.

She was very shy.

She said in a small voice, “You’ve worked hard all day. I can’t bear to let you eat something not delicious.”

Song Yugui: Although I should be very moved at this time, she said what I make is not delicious. Can you speak properly, can you speak properly? Can you give me some face!

Shen Xizhi also quickly realized that what she had said was wrong. Her beautiful eyes blinked, and she quickly changed her words. “What Wife makes is also very delicious. I just want Wife to eat a little better.”

Blinking her large, beautiful eyes, she looked at her wife obediently, hoping she would quickly forget her last sentence.

Song Yugui snorted twice but didn’t really take it to heart.

She quickly changed the subject with an eager expression. “What does Wife want to eat tonight? Stir-fried chicken, or chicken soup?”

“Let’s have stir-fried chicken. Something with a stronger flavor. We can have chicken soup at night and use the chicken soup to cook noodles tomorrow morning.”

“Alright.”

Although Song Yugui couldn’t cook, when it came to what to eat and how to eat it, she had a whole set of ideas.

Chi Xiangyue and Song Xinyu came back from the mountains with a full basket of mushrooms.

The moment they reached the gate, they sniffed vigorously and called out, “Xizhi, Yugui, I’m back! Are you cooking?”

Song Yugui was just starting the fire when she heard the voice and looked out. She saw Chi Xiangyue jump over the fence and come up to them.

“You’re cooking! I picked some mushrooms. Can I put them in?”

Shen Xizhi looked up and, seeing that there was something she wanted inside, nodded. “You can. Go and wash them. I’ll put a little in, and the rest can be used for soup at night.”

“Alright!”

Thinking of the delicious taste of the mushrooms, Chi Xiangyue happily ran out to wash them. After a while, she brought back the washed mushrooms. Shen Xizhi picked out a few dark brown ones, cut some of them and put them in, and put some in whole.

Song Yugui looked up. “Oh, they’re shiitake mushrooms.”

“Are these called shiitake mushrooms?” Shen Xizhi asked curiously as she stirred the pot.

“Mmm-hmm. What else do you call them?”

“We just call them mushrooms. But this one is really fragrant. The name Wife gave it is very fitting.”

“I wasn’t the one who gave it that name.”

Song Yugui smiled. Shen Xizhi didn’t press her on who had, not caring. She just mainly wanted to praise Yugui-jiejie.

The stir-fried chicken was quickly ready with a little bit of chili added, and the salty, fragrant smell instantly filled the small house.

Chi Xiangyue had just been talking and had pulled on her canker sore, so much so that tears were about to fall. Now, while covering her mouth, she stared at tonight’s dinner.

Besides the stir-fried chicken, there was also an egg drop soup to relieve the greasiness.

“Wife, hurry up and try it. Is it good? If it’s good, I’ll slaughter our chicken next time and make it for you again!”

Song Yugui: …

“Then… then there’s no need. The chicken can still live for another two years and lay eggs for another two years.”

Don’t we raise chickens to eat their eggs? Why do we have to kill it?

“Oh, alright.”

She actually looked a little regretful.

The stir-fried chicken was too fragrant. Song Yugui took a piece of chicken, and her eyes lit up the moment it entered her mouth. It was the first time she had had chicken since coming to ancient times. She just felt that it was fresh, fragrant, and tempting. Xizhi’s skills were really good.

“Delicious!”

Chi Xiangyue didn’t dare to open her mouth too wide and carefully licked it with the tip of her tongue. Then her eyes lit up, and she also said, “Delicious!”

But because her voice was too loud, she pulled on her wound again, which almost made her die of pain.

She ate each mouthful with great difficulty.

But even with such care, she would always accidentally hurt herself, and the pain would make her let out a sharp cry.

Shen Xizhi: …

Song Yugui, who was eating happily: …

There was no watermelon frost(1) or anything in ancient times. The female lead could only endure it on her own. Good luck!

“It hurts so much, and you can still eat?”

Chi Xiangyue’s eyes were filled with tears, her voice muffled. “I have to eat even if it hurts. It’s already very painful. If I don’t eat something delicious, what’s the point of living?”

She had a look of utter despair, which made the two of them laugh.

In the past, when Chi Xiangyue had eaten something delicious, she could have eaten at least three bowls of rice. But today, her mouth really couldn’t take the torment. She only ate one bowl and couldn’t eat anymore. It was too painful, and it affected her appetite, QAQ.

Her hand, putting down the rice bowl, was reluctant, her expression listless.

“You should eat something light for canker sores.”

Song Yugui glanced at her and said casually.

Chi Xiangyue waved her hand, indicating that she knew, but I won’t listen. What’s so good about light food? I’d rather die than eat light food.

She lay on the table for a while, then suddenly sat up.

Covering one side of her mouth,

she spoke in a soft and low voice for the first time. “By the way, I’ve arranged to go and chop firewood with someone tomorrow. I’ll bring the firewood I chop over to you then. Otherwise, it will all go to someone else.”

“Chop firewood? With Miss Song?”

Chi Xiangyue shook her head. “How can Xinyu chop firewood? It’s a man, also from your village. I saw him chopping firewood today and wanted to chop too, but my family doesn’t have a wood-chopping axe. He promised to bring me one tomorrow.”

Song Yugui had a bad feeling in her heart. “The person you’ve arranged with, it’s not Song Xingchuan, is it?”

Song Xingchuan had just brought firewood to her house today. If it was really him, Song Yugui would almost be unable to catch her breath.

Chi Xiangyue didn’t know that she disliked Song Xingchuan. Hearing this, her eyes lit up. “How did you know? Yes, yes, yes! It’s him! Didn’t he complain before that I was clumsy and a nuisance? Today he explained to me that his bad attitude at that time was because his mother was sick. I’m not that petty, so I forgave him. Seeing him chopping firewood with an axe all the way, it looked very interesting, so I arranged to go and chop firewood with him tomorrow.”

As if falling into an ice cave. That was about the feeling.

What! The female lead is going to be alone with the male lead?

Her expression became a little more grave.

She didn’t speak anymore.

Chi Xiangyue noticed that something was wrong and raised an eyebrow. “What’s wrong? Do you have a grudge against this person?”

“No grudge. Forget it, you can go.”

After thinking for a while, she suddenly relaxed and said faintly.

She also wanted to see the influence of the plot, whether it could really make the female lead fall for the male lead at this time.

…

In the capital, far away from the remote small town, in a courtyard, a woman was wearing a magnificent dress and jewelry. A crisp sound came from her as she walked, her tone calm with a hint of coldness. “Father is still unwilling to tell me my cousin’s specific whereabouts?”

That night, Shen Xizhi obediently lay down, holding her wife’s arm. Her beautiful eyes blinked, her small head resting on her chest.

The weather was gradually warming up. Song Yugui finally didn’t have to worry about her wife getting cold all the time and was always tucking her in.

She turned over and easily held her in her arms, her fingers restlessly touching her body. After a long afternoon of relief, Shen Xizhi had originally wanted to sleep well, but she… but she was always!

Always like this, QAQ.

The young woman’s face was flushed with an unusual red, her sandalwood mouth slightly open, and a faint, breathy sound came from her nose.

She was in great agony.

She had thought she would be thoroughly bullied again at night, but who knew that after a short while of rubbing, that hand had settled on her leg, resting there without moving. The comfortable aftertaste faded, and only then did Shen Xizhi realize that the feeling of pleasure was not coming in waves.

She looked down in a daze and saw her wife with her eyes closed, already preparing to sleep.

Little wife: ???

Is she human? She’s sleeping just like that?

Her cheeks were flushed, and she widened her eyes in the darkness.

After a long while, she couldn’t help but reach out and push Song Yugui angrily.

Song Yugui’s body was pushed back, and that hand also slid down to the edge of the bed.

Shen Xizhi let out a muffled grunt, her eyes welling with tears again.

The person who had been pushed away fiercely didn’t even open her eyes. She just silently came back, lay on Xizhi’s delicate chest, and muttered, “Don’t separate me from my wife.”

She wasn’t well-behaved when she was awake, and she wasn’t any better when she was asleep.

Shen Xizhi glared at her angrily, but she couldn’t glare for long. Her small face turned red again, with a sweet color.

She had been with her wife for so long. How could she not know what the word ‘wife’ meant?

Yugui-jiejie doesn’t want to be separated from me either. Not even in her dreams.

Then… then I’ll forgive her.

Really, every time, after she teases me, she just leaves me aside and ignores me. Bad person.

Shen Xizhi was being lain on by someone and found it difficult to even turn over. She also couldn’t bear to wake up her tired wife and could only close her eyes in this position, trying her best to coax herself to sleep.

She got up so early every day, so falling asleep was not difficult for her.

It was just that her heart was warm, as if there was a fire that had not been extinguished.

It’s all my wife’s fault for falling asleep so quickly.

As the young woman thought this, she couldn’t help but sink into a dream. The next day, before the sky was light, Song Yugui woke up. Her hand was wrapped in a very warm place, which she had stuffed in last night.

Xizhi hadn’t thrown her out in anger, nor had she kicked her out of bed. Xizhi was still soft-hearted.

She got up happily, went outside to get water to wash up, and also washed her hands. The place where she had been wrapped was completely wet.

Shen Xizhi was a light sleeper. Hearing the noise, she opened her eyes. Seeing that her wife was gone, she also quietly got up and sat on the bed, but her eyes were dazed, staring at a spot, clearly not fully awake.

When Song Yugui came in, she saw her little wife in this dazed state. She took a few quick steps, went over, and held her wife’s face.

Her hands had just been washed and were cool, which made her shiver, and most of her sleepiness fled. She glared at her wife.

“Let go! It’s so cold!”

She said unhappy words, but her hand didn’t come to stop her, nor did her head retreat to avoid her.

Hmph, hmph. Duplicitous. If I let go, I’m afraid the villain will be the one who’s really angry, and she’ll make a fuss again.

So, not only did that hand not leave, but it also squeezed Shen Xizhi’s soft, tender cheeks, squeezing her mouth into a pout.

Shen Xizhi: !

“You’re not allowed to bully me!”

Her words were muffled, and it was a wonder that Song Yugui could still understand her. She went closer and kissed her pouting lips, which could have hung an oil bottle, and even gently held them before she let go.

The young woman’s skin was tender, and with this pinch, a few red finger marks appeared on her snowy white face.

Song Yugui was just about to go and get her a bowl of chicken soup when she noticed and went back, kissing the red finger marks, and then nuzzling her face affectionately.

Shen Xizhi’s expression was resentful. “You just know how to provoke me.”

Every time it’s like this. She’s close to me, but she doesn’t care about what happens after. So bad.

“You’re beautiful. How about you wear that green one today?”

It was also spring. Naturally, she had to wear some light green and light cyan to match the season. It looked full of vitality and definitely not like she would die early.

“Oh.”

She covered her face with her hand, hiding the red marks her wife had left on it, and replied sullenly.

The body that had not been satisfied last night seemed to be a little uncomfortable.

It wasn’t until she got up that her face turned a little pale, and she couldn’t help but cry out, “Wife!”

Song Yugui had just started the fire when she ran over in a hurry. “What’s wrong, what’s wrong?”

The young woman bit her lip, and a blush slowly crept up her pale face. She had just called for her, but now she was pushing her out. “You… you go out for a little while.”

Song Yugui: …

Didn’t you just call me in? Now you’re telling me to go out? Dream on.

She frowned. “What’s wrong? You tell me first.”

“Aiya, it’s nothing. I called you by mistake. You go out quickly!”

“Hah, nothing’s wrong, and you’re calling so tragically? I thought there was a big mouse in our house.”

Shen Xizhi’s cheeks became even redder, as if they had been covered in a thin layer of rouge.

Her eyes also lowered guiltily, looking left and right, but she didn’t dare to look at her.

Song Yugui narrowed her eyes, even more puzzled. Xizhi had just called her very urgently, but now she was acting so calm. What could have made her have such a contrast after thinking it over?

Song Yugui silently calculated the time, glanced at her wife, and said calmly, “Are you on your period?”

Shen Xizhi: !!!

She looked shocked. No need to guess. It was definitely it.

Song Yugui was speechless. “What’s there not to say about this? Did you get it on the bed?”

During the days when she wasn’t on her period, Xizhi liked to sleep without clothes. But her period was not very accurate and didn’t come every month, so sometimes she was unprepared and would stain the bed.

“I’ll go and get you a menstrual belt. Don’t stand up. Just sit there and cover yourself with a quilt so you don’t catch a cold.”

“Oh.”

Shen Xizhi had originally wanted to chase Yugui-jiejie out and find a menstrual belt herself, but Yugui-jiejie wouldn’t let her move and was even afraid she would get cold.

She had never had such a good life before. In the dead of winter, even when she was on her period, her hands had to be in the cold river water to wash clothes.

It was only later that life had gradually gotten better.

At first, Yugui-jiejie didn’t like her and was very bad to her. She also hated Yugui-jiejie and wished… she would die. But later, Yugui-jiejie had changed for the better, buying her meat to eat, taking care of her, feeling sorry for her getting frostbite from washing clothes, not letting her do very hard work for others, giving her pocket money, buying her clothes and jewelry, dressing her up beautifully, and even helping her scold her parents who had bullied her.

The young woman didn’t say it, but her heart was happy.

Song Yugui was looking for a menstrual belt all over the house with her back to her. After a long time, she finally found a clean, unused one. When she turned around, Xizhi was smiling foolishly behind her, her smile like a flower.

Her expression was gentle as she walked over. “What’s wrong? What happy thing did you think of? Tell me.”

Shen Xizhi’s dark, moist eyes were filled with light. She tilted her head, not daring to look at her. “N-nothing. You can go out after you’ve found it. The soup will be dry in a little while.”

“It won’t. There’s not much firewood inside.”

That’s what she said, but she still left the menstrual belt and went out herself.

Shen Xizhi changed her menstrual belt in the room with a blushing face. By the time she came out after getting dressed, there were already two bowls of steaming hot chicken soup on the stove.

Each had a white, boiled egg soaking in the chicken soup.

“Come and have some soup to warm your stomach. Does your stomach hurt?”

Xizhi often caught a chill in her early years, and it was common for her to have stomach cramps during her period.

The young woman pressed her lips together and nodded. Her lower abdomen ached with a dull pain, not very severe. She knew it wasn’t time yet. It would be very painful by noon.

Song Yugui immediately showed concern. “Then why don’t you not go to town today? Otherwise, you’ll be even more tired and it will hurt more.”

And in town, she had to sell and cut meat. She would definitely not be able to take good care of Xizhi. It was better to lie down at home. At least she would be a little more comfortable lying down.

Hearing that she couldn’t go with her to sell meat, a hint of dejection appeared in Shen Xizhi’s eyes, but she didn’t throw a tantrum and insist on going.

She just nodded listlessly, her voice also a little low. “Oh.”

Her head was touched. Song Yugui coaxed her. “What do you want? I’ll bring it back for you when I get home, okay?”

Shen Xizhi also shook her head as usual and just said, “I don’t want anything…”

After thinking for a moment, she looked up again. “But can you come back early?”

They had always been together and were rarely separated. Now that Shen Xizhi was to be left behind, she was very unaccustomed to it.

“Mmm, I’ll sell out early and come back.”

“Remember to buy beef. Didn’t you want to eat beef?”

“Alright.”

“You’re at home alone. If you’re bored, you can go and talk to Miss Chi. She talks a lot. You can be with her…”

“It will give me a headache.”

Before she could finish, she was cut off.

Song Yugui: …

“It’s not that bad, right?”

The young woman looked at her with a resentful expression.

Hmph.

It is. Miss Chi can really talk.

Seeing this, Song Yugui was helpless and nodded. “Then you can just wait for me at home. I’ll come back early, and I’ll be back for lunch too.”

“Alright.”

Only then was Shen Xizhi a little happy.

Song Yugui didn’t delay any longer. She drank the not-so-hot chicken soup in two mouthfuls, ate a few pieces of chicken, and then the egg, and then pushed her cart out.

It was better to be early than to be on time. She happened to run into the Shiyue Pavilion purchasing ingredients and conveniently bought a few dozen catties of pork from her.

This immediately made her task for the day much easier, and she successfully sold all the meat before noon.

Under the envious gazes of her colleagues around her, she resolutely packed up her stall, locked up the only piece of half-fat, half-lean meat left, and then went to inquire where to buy beef. She conveniently bought two catties of beef, a handful of cilantro, a few small chili peppers, and a bag of cumin to take back.

She planned to make one catty of cumin beef and one catty of stir-fried beef.

She also specially picked out a pearl hairpin for Xizhi. The snowy white pearls on it were round and even, and they trembled on the silver branch, very beautiful.

The price was not ugly either. It cost Song Yugui six hundred wen. Hah, she had only earned a little over one thousand two hundred wen today, and half of her income was gone just like that!

But the pearl hairpin was really beautiful. If she didn’t buy it, her heart would itch. She always felt that her wife deserved such beautiful things.

Now she could only comfort herself. Spending money on my wife, can that be called wasting money? Hmph.

There was an even more beautiful dangling pearl hairpin inside, but it was a little expensive, actually costing two taels. She was just an ordinary commoner. Could she afford two taels?

What a joke! She wouldn’t even dare to hear the price if she said it!

Forget it. I’ll talk about it after I’ve saved up some money to renovate the house.

Song Yugui pushed her cart with the vegetables she had bought today and went home.

The color of the beef was different from that of the pork. On her way, she was asked by many people.

Beef was expensive. The villagers couldn’t even have it once a year.

If only I could let my own sons and daughters also learn a butchering skill.

It had only been so long, and the most dilapidated and poor family in the village had suddenly become well-off.

Song Yugui pushed the cart to the outside of the gate. Chi Xiangyue was not there, and her house was exceptionally quiet. She probably had Xizhi sleeping in the room, she thought. She opened the fence, but her ears caught the faint sound of water.

Looking over, she was immediately shocked and furious. “Shen Xizhi! What are you doing!”

When Shen Xizhi heard the sound of the cart wheels rolling over the yellow earth, she knew something was wrong. She was just about to quietly put down the wet bedsheet and pretend nothing had happened, and sneak back, but just the sound of putting down the bedsheet was heard by her!

Her wife instantly glared at her. She didn’t even dare to say a word. She stood up and put her small hands behind her back guiltily, pinching her fingers.

“I see this bedsheet somehow got into the water…”

Song Yugui was silent. She couldn’t help but ask her, “Is the word ‘idiot’ written on my face?”

Translator’s Notes

1 Watermelon frost is a traditional Chinese medicine used to treat canker sores and other mouth ulcers.