I’ll Butcher Pigs to Support You! 70 p1

Chapter 70 p1

Chi Xiangyue was in a daze. She had tried to leave several times but was pulled back by her cousin, who wouldn’t let her go.

It wasn’t until she heard a familiar greeting that her ears perked up. “Miss Chi, Miss Chu.”

She turned her head abruptly. Upon seeing Song Yugui, she stood up straight, as if her face were glowing. She immediately made a firm promise to her cousin. “I’m not going! Of course I’m not going! I said I would take you to town today, so I’m definitely taking you to town! Let’s go now! Yugui, didn’t you and Xizhi go to sell meat today?”

“Mmm, we’re resting today.”

“Then let’s go to town together.”

She was afraid that if she and her cousin walked together, she would run off to plant the fields for Song Xingchuan again, the kind that not even ten oxen could pull back. Her cousin would definitely be furious. It was safer to take Yugui with them.

Song Yugui had originally planned to go to town to buy some vegetable seeds today. She thought for a moment and was about to agree when she glanced at the two of them and suddenly said with a bit of unease, “Will we be disturbing you if we go with you?”

Chi Xiangyue was bewildered. “Ah, disturbing us? The more the merrier! What’s there to disturb?”

She didn’t quite understand.

Song Yugui gave Chi Xiangyue a meaningful look. Seeing her cousin’s expression change slightly, she knew what was going on.

She’d gotten some gossip!

Fresh gossip!

She lowered her head and coughed, politely refusing. “You and Miss Chu haven’t seen each other in a long time. You can go and play by yourselves. Xizhi and I will be going to town a little later.”

Chi Xiangyue was dejected and also worried about her own strange ailment. “Ah, alright then.”

Her little cousin was unhappy and held her cousin’s arm. “What’s wrong? Is it not good to just play with me? Does my cousin not like Tangtang anymore?”

Her tone sounded a little wronged. How could Chi Xiangyue dare to admit it? She immediately denied it. “How could that be? It’s also very good to just play with Tangtang! I like to play with Tangtang the most! Don’t be sad. Then let’s go now. Are you hungry? I’ll take you to town for breakfast.”

Hearing her coax her with a string of words, she finally felt a little better. “Mmm, okay.”

Chu Wantang’s carriage was parked outside. The two of them took the carriage to town.

After they left, Shen Xizhi tidied up and came out, poking her head out. She gently held her wife from behind and whispered in her ear, “Yugui-jiejie, did you see anything when you were talking to Miss Chi and Miss Chu?”

“I did. Your guess from last night is probably true!”

Everyone has a pair of eyes for discovering affairs. She hadn’t noticed before, but now she could see that something was wrong with just one look!

Hmph, hmph. My wife really has sharp eyes.

“Just now, Miss Chi invited us to go to the street with them. I refused.”

“Mmm, of course you have to refuse. If we had agreed, Miss Chu would probably have been unhappy.”

She nuzzled her wife, and was turned around and held in her arms. “Mmm, let them play by themselves. We won’t care.”

The two of them fed the chicken at home, then went to cut pig feed together. Then Song Yugui sat down and watched her little wife embroider for a while, making the other’s originally pale little face turn bright red.

It wasn’t until after lunch that the two of them went to town to buy vegetable seeds.

Passing by the fields, Song Yugui subconsciously craned her neck to look inside. Not seeing the busy female lead, she was finally relieved.

The female lead hadn’t run off to work for someone.

Not bad, an improvement.

The two of them just went for a walk in town. After lunch, they came back. In the afternoon, Chi Xiangyue couldn’t sit still and wanted to go up the mountain to chop firewood. Chu Wantang, who was usually so clingy, actually didn’t go, just stood at the gate to tidy her clothes, telling her to come back early and be careful not to get scratched.

Chi Xiangyue nodded in agreement and ran up the mountain with her sickle in excitement.

The sword-wielding woman appeared beside her master like a ghost, not saying a word, and followed her master into the house.

Song Yugui happened to witness everything. She took a deep breath, her face full of envy. Damn it! Why didn’t you let me transmigrate into a martial arts family? This is so cool!

“Yugui-jiejie, are we going to sow the seeds in a little while?”

Just as she was feeling envious, her wife suddenly spoke. She turned to reply, “Mmm, I’ve saved a piece of land that’s closest to our house. It will be convenient to take care of it later if we plant there.”

The other lands had all been rented out to others to manage. The original owner was lazy, and the land at home had long been overgrown with weeds. If she had to do it, she would have to spend several days just pulling weeds. It was better to just take a little less money and let others do it.

“Alright.”

Shen Xizhi replied softly.

In another room with its door and windows tightly shut, there was only the crisp sound of fingertips tapping on a wooden table. A young woman lowered her head and took a sip of hot tea, asking, “Have you found anything? Is that Song Xingchuan strange?”

The guard shook her head, her brow furrowed. “This subordinate has not found any evil objects. From what I can see, Song Xingchuan also seems to be just an ordinary farmer, with nothing out of place.”

“Hah, an ordinary farmer can actually make my cousin so infatuated. Then he really deserves to die.”

Chu Wantang really wanted to kill him, but this place was not like the capital. There were too few people with the ability to kill. If she dared to make a move, her cousin would immediately notice that something was wrong. She could only plan for the long term.

“Go and bring him to see me.”

The little cousin who had been so gentle and endearing in front of Chi Xiangyue was now completely cold, without a trace of a smile on her face.

By the time Chi Xiangyue returned from chopping firewood, everything at home was back to normal.

Chu Wantang smiled and greeted her cousin.

“Are you tired, cousin? I just made some tea. Would you like a cup?”

The impending storm had nothing to do with her. She nodded vigorously. “Alright, alright. My cousin’s tea is also the best.”

Her little cousin was not shy. Her cousin’s praises, she had heard so many of them since she was little that she was used to it.

But her cousin had to always be like this, loving her, praising her. This kindness could absolutely not be given to others.

Otherwise, she would be angry.

A dark look flashed in Chu Wantang’s eyes. Thinking of Song Xingchuan’s submissive and cowardly appearance, not daring to disobey her, her mood finally improved a little. What a thing. How dare he make my cousin do rough work? The couple next door at least gives my cousin good food to eat. What can you do? You don’t give anything, just tricking my cousin into working for you for free? My cousin is simple and soft-hearted, easily deceived by treacherous people. I’m different.

In the other room, the young couple had just finished sowing the seeds and were now lying in the room, counting their money.

Shen Xizhi counted each silver tael and each silver note, not even sparing the copper coins.

Ever since they had mentioned the leaking roof this morning, both of them felt that earning money was an urgent matter.

After counting several times, Shen Xizhi took out a small box and put the money in it neatly.

This box had been a gift from Yugui-jiejie when she had bought her jewelry. It looked very exquisite, and she couldn’t bear to throw it away, always using it to store things.

“A total of seventeen taels and over three hundred wen. We’re still far from saving enough money.”

The young woman’s cheeks were puffed out, her chin resting on the table in distress.

“It will still be a long time before we can renovate the house. We need at least forty taels.”

With forty taels, they could start buying green bricks and tiles. After everything was ready, they could then hire workers to build it. They could save a little more in the meantime and, with fifty taels, they could build it very well.

The best house in the village now was the village chief’s, but it was said that it had only cost thirty taels.

“Wait until the pigs at home have been raised a little more. We can slaughter them and sell them, and we can still earn five or six taels. Don’t be anxious.”

Most of their daily income was now cost and had to be used to buy pork. But their own pigs were different. The money from selling them was all their own.

“Mmm.”

Thinking of their own fat and plump pigs, Shen Xizhi finally felt a little more energetic. She then pulled at her wife. “Let’s go, let’s go! Let’s go and cut some bamboo!”

She wanted to get some bamboo strips to weave baskets, to weave a few more to help the family earn some income.

“Alright.”

She was so sensible. If Song Yugui didn’t agree, she was afraid her heart would be dejected and she would overthink things, so she took an axe and went.

Most of the bamboo forests were wild and didn’t belong to anyone, so their family could also use them.

Song Yugui was on the side, chopping bamboo, while Shen Xizhi was on the side, digging for bamboo shoots.

The spring bamboo shoots were fresh and tender, and they hadn’t had bamboo shoots in a long time.

“How about we have stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots tonight?”

“Alright, I’ll listen to whatever you say.”

They still had some vegetables at home. They could also make a steamed egg with minced pork and stir-fry a plate of carrots, and tonight’s dinner would be ready.

Because there were many people, she had used a full three eggs for the steamed egg with minced pork.

She had thought that since they were raising their own chickens, the eggs they laid would be enough to eat, and they wouldn’t have to spend extra money to buy them. But the number of people eating was increasing…

One chicken was simply not enough!

The moment it was dinner time, Chi Xiangyue would appear on time. Today, not only did she come, but she also brought many vegetables, carrying them in her rough basket.

Although the bamboo basket was not beautifully woven, this was the first time she had woven something with her own hands. Not only did she like it very much, but her cousin also liked it very much.

Chu Wantang only took out the vegetables she had specially bought today and placed them on the table, but she had no intention of giving them the basket that was holding the vegetables.

She put it away like a treasure.

It had always been her who made pouches for her cousin and begged her to carry them. This was the first time she had received something made by her cousin with her own hands. Those people outside really had no taste. The bamboo basket my cousin made is so unique, and they actually don’t want it!

Thinking of her cousin complaining to her that she had sold bamboo baskets all day but no one was willing to buy them, her heart ached for her.

“Why did you buy so much meat?”

Shen Xizhi was busy in the front hall. After Song Yugui had started the fire, she went over to see the two guests, only to see a table full of dishes, most of which were meat.

In the past, Chi Xiangyue would also often buy vegetables and bring them to them, but she wouldn’t buy so much.

How could they finish all this?

“My cousin said you two work so hard every day. I should repay you a little, so I bought so much. If I hadn’t stopped her, she could have moved the whole stall. I told her we couldn’t finish it, we couldn’t finish it, but she just wouldn’t listen.”

Chi Xiangyue shrugged, looking at her little cousin with a helpless expression.

She was glared at by her little cousin.

Turning to Song Yugui, Chu Wantang’s tone became gentle again. “This is not much. It’s also a small token of my appreciation. Please accept it, Miss Yugui. Otherwise, I’ll be too embarrassed to come over and eat and drink for free again.”

Since she had said so, it would be bad not to accept it. She had no choice but to nod and accept, then lowered her head to look at the meat one by one.

“Is it all beef and lamb?”

“That’s right. There’s beef shank and diaolong. I remember you like to eat diaolong. The lamb is specially bought lamb, the most fresh and tender, and it also has a milky fragrance.”

As Chi Xiangyue spoke, she tried her best to control her saliva.

Song Yugui nodded slightly, thinking, Then let’s have hot pot tomorrow. The lamb can be sliced as thin as a cicada’s wing, boiled in the hot pot, and dipped in some chili oil. It’s the best. It’s a pity there’s no sesame paste at this time, or she could eat it even more fragrantly.

Although tonight’s dinner had few dishes, the taste was still not bad. They were clearly ordinary dishes, but in Shen Xizhi’s hands, they could be elevated by several grades.

Even Chu Wantang, who was used to eating good food, couldn’t help but exclaim, “It’s not much worse than Yunyu Pavilion.”

Yunyu Pavilion was the most outstanding restaurant in the capital.

Chi Xiangyue nodded vigorously. “I think so too. Is Xizhi really not opening a restaurant? What a pity.”

If she opened a restaurant, she could get free meals all the time.

Although she was also getting free meals every day now, she wasn’t that thick-skinned and would still feel embarrassed from time to time.

Shen Xizhi shook her head but didn’t say why.

Chu Wantang glanced around and guessed that it was probably because she was short of money. So she took the initiative to suggest, “If Miss Xizhi is interested in opening a restaurant, I happen to have a shop here that I can give to Miss Xizhi to use.”

The three of them were all shocked. Chi Xiangyue was completely bewildered. “You bought a shop here? Why? Are you planning to stay for a long time?”

She was planning to take her cousin to have a good time, and then send her back when her cousin got tired of it!

Her cousin was not good at using her brain. How could her thoughts escape her little cousin’s eyes? She was immediately glanced at faintly. “I’m naturally here to earn money.”

She had taken over her mother’s dowry early on and had a lot of money in her hands. If she wanted to be a little more willful in the future, money was indispensable.

“Oh, my cousin is so amazing!”

Being praised so sincerely by her cousin, although Chu Wantang was still angry that she wanted to send her away, the corners of her lips couldn’t help but lift, revealing a hint of a smile. Then she looked at Shen Xizhi. She was a generous person. If Shen Xizhi was preparing to open a restaurant, she could give her the newly acquired shop. Anyway, her cousin was also looking forward to her opening one, wasn’t she?

But the other shook her head again and still refused.

Chu Wantang was confused. “Why is that?”

Shen Xizhi subconsciously nuzzled into her wife’s embrace, her eyes filled with confusion. After a moment, she finally came up with a reason and said in a soft and low voice, “We still have other things to do at home and can’t take care of this for the time being. In the future, my wife will make plans for me.”

It’s enough for me to have Yugui-jiejie. Yugui-jiejie will help me think of a good plan. I don’t need to take things from others. And besides, our family hasn’t even saved enough money to renovate the house yet. How can we open a shop? Even if we don’t have to pay for the shop, the decoration and equipment inside will still cost a lot of money. How can we have so much money?

Since that was the case, Chu Wantang nodded slightly and didn’t say anything more.

For the next few days, Song Yugui went to town very diligently every day, and so did Shen Xizhi.

In the past, they would always save a few catties of meat to eat themselves. Now, they would save at most two catties, and the rest had to be sold. It was good to earn a few more wen.

Xizhi also wove baskets with bamboo strips every day. Although she earned very little, only two wen per basket, she could still earn enough money for vegetables in half a day.

Selling pork could earn about one tael a day. Even if it wasn’t selling well, it was still several hundred wen. After working hard for half a month, they had saved another fourteen taels, which, added to the previous amount, was over thirty taels.

Shen Xizhi counted the money and pushed her wife with a resentful expression. “I told you not to buy that pearl hairpin. You had to buy it. Otherwise, we could have had another two taels.”

She already had so many pieces of jewelry, yet her wife still loved to buy them for her. More than half of the family’s money was probably spent on her.

The young woman complained on one hand, but on the other, her heart couldn’t help but be filled with sweetness. My wife is so good to me, better and better.

Song Yugui didn’t mind being blamed by her wife. She reached out and held her, then went closer and kissed her. “I wanted to buy it for you. That hairpin suits you. You look extremely beautiful when you wear it, don’t you?”

Although Xizhi complained about her spending money lavishly, she secretly kept everything she bought as a treasure and would even take them out to wipe them from time to time, valuing them greatly.

Shen Xizhi’s cheeks turned slightly red. “It is beautiful, but… but you don’t have to buy it now. The ones you bought before are also very beautiful. I can’t even wear them all.”

“I just wanted to see you wear it right away. Will you wear it for me tonight?”

A two-tael pearl hairpin was by no means precious or magnificent, but it was elegant. The plum blossom glass was translucent, and it looked extremely beautiful when pinned in her hair.