I’ll Butcher Pigs to Support You! 69p1

Chapter 69 p1

The next day, Song Yugui got up early to go to town to sell meat, and also woke up Xizhi. Xizhi had worked hard all night and was so sleepy she couldn’t even open her eyes. But she didn’t want to be left at home alone, so she still struggled to get up. The cold water on her cheeks stimulated her, and most of her sleepiness went away.

“Ugh, so cold.”

Song Yugui had deliberately washed her hands before coming in to touch her, but she hadn’t expected her to be so cold. She just shivered, then turned over and buried herself in the embrace of the person who had deliberately made her cold, looking obedient and soft.

So cute.

Song Yugui’s heart softened for a moment. She put her fingers behind her back to warm them up before she dared to take them out again. This time, when she touched her, she wouldn’t be cold.

After breakfast, Xizhi was getting dressed in the house while she was outside pulling out the cart. The cart, which she hadn’t seen all night, actually had a slightly ugly and rough basket on it.

Yesterday, when Chi Xiangyue’s little cousin had suddenly arrived, she had been so excited that she had thrown away her carefully woven bamboo basket and had gone to hold her cousin, not even remembering to take the basket in the end.

Song Yugui placed the bamboo basket on the little chicken’s nest at home. Chi Xiangyue loved to feed the chicken. When she came over and saw it, she would take it herself.

She thought to herself that her cousin had come from afar, so she had to take her around to see the sights, eat, and play.

That woman looked so delicate. She probably couldn’t go up the mountain. Perhaps they could meet in town today.

Thinking this, it wasn’t until noon, when she had sold all the meat, that she still hadn’t seen a single person. It wasn’t until she returned to the village that she saw that hardworking person in the fields.

Song Yugui: …

Shen Xizhi saw her stop and subconsciously followed her gaze, then: …

She was very surprised. “Why did Miss Chi go again? Didn’t she say she wasn’t going?”

It wasn’t just Chi Xiangyue. There was also a figure in the fields that was out of place with the countryside, dressed elegantly, with a refined temperament, as if a dividing line had been drawn between her and everyone else in the fields.

She stood at the edge of the fields, her gaze fixed on the working… male lead below.

Song Yugui inexplicably shivered, took her wife’s hand, and left. Chi Xiangyue looked up and didn’t even see her.

But after a short while, when she went out to get water, she saw Chi Xiangyue also hurrying back.

She was holding her delicate little cousin in her arms, her expression flustered, and her little cousin was leaning weakly against her chest.

Behind them was a simple and clumsy, somewhat helpless man, who was precisely Song Xingchuan.

He followed behind the two of them, anxious to explain himself. “I… I really didn’t touch her.”

Chi Xiangyue didn’t even see Song Yugui and was actually able to break through the plot and glare at Song Xingchuan.

“If you didn’t touch my cousin, how did she fall! Could it be that she fell on her own? I help you with your work every day, and I don’t even want your money. Is this how you repay me? My cousin is frail and weak. If she falls and has any problems, Song Xingchuan, I will never let you off!”

Her words were resolute, and Song Xingchuan’s slightly dark face turned a shade paler.

Chu Wantang pressed her pink and white lips together and leaned against her cousin with a wronged expression. Seeing this, she straightened her waist slightly, nuzzled her face against her cousin’s neck, and said in a small, pitiful voice, “Cousin, it hurts so much…”

At these words, Chi Xiangyue immediately forgot about Song Xingchuan. She held her cousin with pity and coaxed her, “It’s alright. We have medicine at home. It won’t hurt after you put it on.”

Her cousin’s slender, pale wrist wrapped around her cousin’s neck, and she nodded weakly. “Mmm, then let’s go back quickly.”

She didn’t want her cousin to talk to this country bumpkin anymore.

She’s completely crazy! How dare she make my cousin work! What does he think he is? In the past, in the capital, even the princes didn’t dare to casually order my cousin around!

The more Chu Wantang thought about it, the angrier she got, almost to the point of vomiting blood in her heart. She refused to let her cousin talk to him no matter what.

My cousin is so strange today. For no reason, she had to go and do farm work for a villager. This bastard must have used some kind of trick to get a hold of my cousin! She and her cousin had been together day and night and knew each other’s temperament best. She had already come. How could her cousin not accompany her and instead let her watch her plant the fields in the mountains? Impossible, absolutely impossible! This is not my cousin’s character. This man must have done something bad. Could it be that he has put a curse on my cousin?

It had to be said that the two of them were indeed cousins, both thinking of the same thing.

She hung on her cousin, her gaze passing through her neck and landing on the still-flustered Song Xingchuan behind her, with a warning and a chill. Song Xingchuan’s whole body stiffened.

He knew this woman. Yesterday, she had arrived in the village in a carriage that was said to be extremely expensive. It was only today that he had learned that she and Chi Xiangyue were cousins. She had a female guard by her side, a sword in her hand, her face always cold. If he looked at her for a little longer, she would block his view, and that sword-like gaze would sweep over, making one shiver, not like an ordinary person, but like someone who had been through a bloodbath.

He knew that he really couldn’t associate with Chi Xiangyue anymore.

Otherwise, he might bring about a fatal disaster.

After standing there for a long time, he finally turned and left.

Chi Xiangyue was active by nature and was always getting injured. There was a lot of medicine for wounds in the house, all of the best quality. She also couldn’t bear to use too bad a medicine on her cousin.

Her cousin had only spoken a few words with Song Xingchuan and had fallen, scraping her palm until it bled. It broke her heart.

“It’s my fault. If I had known, I wouldn’t have taken you to the fields today.”

Chu Wantang didn’t like this sentence. She leaned against her cousin’s embrace, her hand, which was stained with a little yellow mud, being wiped with a handkerchief, her voice faint. “My cousin should have said, ‘If I had known, I wouldn’t have gone to the fields to plant today.’ My cousin is also from a noble family. Why did she have to go to the fields to plant?”

At this, Chi Xiangyue was a little embarrassed. She scratched the back of her head and shook her head honestly. “I don’t know either. I just felt like it when I woke up.”

I wanted to go even when my cousin was here, and I even took my cousin with me, and I even let my cousin get hurt. I’m simply unforgivable!

She cursed herself a lot in her heart, and her movements as she wiped her cousin’s hand became even gentler.

But she hadn’t expected Chu Wantang to hear this, her eyes darkening to the extreme. Bastard! You really used black magic to control my cousin, hoping to climb up the social ladder? Hah, with me here, don’t even think of bullying my cousin again!

Chi Xiangyue was close to her cousin and was always willing to tell her cousin anything. Now, in her own home, she opened her mouth and, with a troubled expression, told her about how she had wanted to go and work for Song Xingchuan the moment she woke up these past few days, but would suddenly sober up and not want to work the moment she saw Yugui.

The more Chu Wantang listened, the more shocked she became. My cousin would naturally not lie to me. Then it must be that Song Xingchuan is strange. A mere person from a remote mountain village, how dare he covet my cousin? Hah.

As for what would make her sober up and regain her senses the moment she saw the woman next door, Chu Wantang didn’t take it to heart. She felt that this was because her cousin’s will was firm, and even when she was bewitched by black magic, she could occasionally regain her senses and not be moved. What did it have to do with the woman next door? My cousin is the best!

Shen Xizhi only hesitated for a moment over why Chi Xiangyue still had to do farm work, then stopped thinking about it. After all, it was someone else’s business and had nothing to do with her.

The young woman was at home, holding her wife’s arm, sitting in her embrace, being questioned.

“Didn’t I tell you to make a set of clothes for yourself too? How come I haven’t seen you start?”

It had been several days, and that spinning wheel and needle and thread had not been touched. Was she trying to get out of it?

Yes, that’s right. That’s what Shen Xizhi was thinking. Now that she was being pointed out by her wife and almost being confronted, her small face turned red again and again. Her slender, jade-like fingers rested on her wife’s shoulder, and she pushed her helplessly, her eyes watery. “You… who told you to make me make such a shameful style? I don’t dare to make it.”

Song Yugui said earnestly, “What’s there not to dare to do? We’re just looking at it at home. We’re not wearing it out for others to see. Just make it. Please, good Xizhi.”

She swayed Xizhi’s body, making her soft figure sway back and forth.

It looked as if she really wanted a set of clothes like that.

But, but…

Of course she wanted it. She was always improper, and she was the one wearing the clothes!

The young woman whimpered a couple of times but still refused to agree. She had clearly agreed before, but now she was going back on her word. Song Yugui was so angry she bit several dark marks on her neck.

In the evening, Chi Xiangyue appeared on time with her little cousin. After Chu Wantang had learned that the couple next door were a properly married lesbian couple who had signed a marriage contract, she no longer had any malice toward them and became friendly.

Her cousin had just arrived in the countryside, and it was all thanks to the two of them for their care. Today, she properly thanked them and paid her respects. Song Yugui had never met such a well-mannered person and was so bewildered for a moment that she didn’t even know how to return the courtesy. She just said, “No need to thank me.” Fortunately, the other didn’t say anything and instead turned her gaze to Shen Xizhi.

She was always perceptive and naturally noticed the red marks that the other was trying her best to hide but still couldn’t completely conceal. There were several of them.

She was shocked in her heart. Are they that intimate?

She had never dared to leave a mark on her cousin’s body. Only once, when her cousin was asleep and was not on guard against her, had she left one on her collarbone and had almost been discovered. She had tricked her cousin into thinking it was a mosquito bite to get away with it. So, after becoming a couple, they could live such a good life.

Chu Wantang was a little envious in her heart.

Shen Xizhi found it strange. Miss Chu had clearly disliked her before, and her gaze had always been assessing and angry. But today, there was a hint of envy.

She is also of a high status. What is there to be envious of me for?

But since the other had no malicious intent, she would not go out of her way to target her. It was not necessary to cause more trouble.

Song Yugui casually greeted, “You two can sit for a while. We’re having sweet and sour pork ribs tonight.”

Hearing this name, Chi Xiangyue’s eyes lit up again. She had been getting free meals for so long, so of course she had also had sweet and sour pork ribs. Just two words: delicious!

She excitedly held her cousin’s snowy white, slender fingers and said with emotion, “I’m in for a treat today!”

Cousin: …

Eat, eat, eat! All you know is to eat! Hmph! You’re not even as attentive to me as you are to good food.

Her little cousin was jealous in her heart but couldn’t say it out loud and could only sulk alone.

Seeing her cousin’s indifferent expression, she knew that the other had not taken her words to heart. It’s alright. Xizhi’s cooking will conquer everyone!

Besides having to stew the sweet and sour pork ribs for a little longer, there was nothing else to it. It wasn’t too much trouble to make.

Song Yugui started the fire, and Shen Xizhi was in charge of the cooking. Soon, the soup for the ribs was reduced and served.

The sour smell was so strong it made one want to sneeze.

Chu Wantang silently covered her nose, thinking, Will anyone like to eat this kind of dish? My cousin is used to eating delicacies. Will she like to eat this kind of dish?

Since there were four people dining now, they had made three dishes, but they were not big dishes. A stir-fried egg dish, a minced meat and tofu dish, and a sweet and sour pork rib dish. In Chi Xiangyue’s eyes, it was like the New Year.

“So fragrant.”

In Chu Wantang’s eyes: … I’ve never been so shabby.

“Try it.”

Thinking of what Shen Xizhi had said yesterday about Chu Wantang not liking her, she didn’t talk to her much.

It was just that she occasionally caught a glimpse and saw that Chu Wantang’s bowl was piled high.

It was her cousin who had given it to her.

And looking at her own wife, she was eating her rice with a little bit of soup in small bites, quiet and obedient.

This made her not very happy. Even a careless person like the female lead could notice the people close to her eating. She actually didn’t remember.

“Why aren’t you eating meat?”

Song Yugui gave her two pieces of sweet and sour pork ribs and also scooped up a spoonful of minced meat and tender tofu coated in a thick sauce.

“Are the sweet and sour pork ribs delicious, Tangtang?”

Chu Wantang didn’t want to speak, her heart heavy. This Miss Xizhi’s cooking was indeed delicious. No wonder her cousin was so happy she had forgotten to go home.

She puffed out her cheeks, not wanting to talk to her cousin, but also afraid that if she didn’t speak, it would seem like she didn’t like to eat, which would be rude. After all, her cousin had been getting free meals at their house for many days.

After a long hesitation, she finally thanked Shen Xizhi. “Thank you for your hospitality, Miss Xizhi and Miss Yugui.”

Shen Xizhi quickly said, “No need to thank us. It’s good that Miss Chu likes to eat.”

Everyone ate their fill this meal. Even her little cousin, who was usually so self-conscious and wanted to be beautiful and slender, ate until she was ninety percent full before she stopped.