I’ll Butcher Pigs to Support You! 73p1

Chapter 73 p1

On her way back from town, Song Yugui ran into two men walking by the side of the road, one carrying a hoe and the other dragging one. They looked somewhat familiar. After a moment, she remembered. Oh, the one reluctantly dragging his hoe behind was Shen Yaozu of the Shen family. Because he was extremely arrogant and narcissistic, he had left a deeper impression.

Wasn’t he of high status in the Shen family? Wasn’t he a scholar? Now he looked as if he had been wronged, which really made her feel good.

She was happy, but Shen Yaozu was so angry at this person who had disrespected him several times that he was about to die. But there was nothing he could do. He just hoped to quickly walk past, but he hadn’t expected his older brother to stop!

“Yugui-meimei.”(meimei – “little sister”)

She had married Shen Da’s younger sister. Shen Da didn’t know what to call her, so he also called her Yugui-meimei.

Song Yugui cursed her father in her heart. Wait, why are you calling me? Are we close?

She stopped, her expression toward him exceptionally hard to describe.

The other seemed to have also thought that the two of them were not familiar and took the initiative to say, “I’m Xizhi’s older brother.”

“I’ve said it before. Since Xizhi has married into my family, she has no more connection with the Shen family. You are not her older brother.”

Her only relative is me! Just! Me! One! Person!

Shen Da’s face couldn’t help but turn a little ugly, and he forced a smile. “We’re relatives, after all. Why do you have to be like this? Blood ties can’t be broken!”

To the delusions of shameless poor relatives, she only had three words: “You’re insane.”

After she spoke, she pulled her cart and left.

Shen Da stood where he was, clenching his fists, so angry he couldn’t stand it. Shen Yaozu was simply speechless. “What kind of relative are you trying to claim with her? She’s just a butcher. I’d be ashamed to have such a relative!”

“Hah, you’re ashamed of a butcher? Then what’s your status? What’s our status? Just a farmer. If it weren’t for supporting your studies, our family would at least have some spare money. I wouldn’t have to be so subservient to her, trying to repair our relationship. If it weren’t for you, even Xizhi wouldn’t have broken with us. The family has become like this all because of you!”

Shen Da was full of resentment and started arguing with Shen Yaozu at the village entrance.

Shen Yaozu had been pampered since he was young and had a big temper. How could he stand this grievance? He immediately retorted with a sneer, “Now you’re blaming it all on me? Didn’t you also want me to pass the imperial examinations and get some benefits from it? You were always nagging me about buying you a house and a concubine after I became an official. Are you some kind of good older brother who only thinks of his younger brother and asks for nothing in return! Now that the family has become like this, I think it’s because you’re useless. Even a woman like Song Yugui earns more than you!”

His words were nasty. Some busybodies had already gathered around, pretending to break up the fight but actually just watching the show. Shen Da was so ashamed he became angry and immediately hit Shen Yaozu.

How could Shen Yaozu take it? The two of them fought fiercely, and in the end, they were on the verge of splitting the family. But this had nothing to do with Song Yugui. She went home happily. All the pork was sold out today. When she had weighed it this morning, she had found that this pig, which had been well-fed, actually weighed three hundred and thirty catties. She had saved thirty catties for her wife to cook, and the rest had sold for over ten taels of silver.

Ten taels a day. Wasn’t she in a good mood?

At least she could supplement some of the family’s expenses so that they wouldn’t be too poor.

She thought to herself.

When she got home, the craftsmen hadn’t left yet. The house didn’t even have a basic shape, and the surrounding fence had been torn down. The other told her that a thousand bricks were probably not enough.

Although she had already expected this, when she really heard these words, Song Yugui’s heart still trembled. Raising a family costs a lot of money.

She replied helplessly and said she would go to town to buy some more bricks the next day.

Shen Xizhi had not been idle at home either. In the morning, she had asked Chi Xiangyue to watch the craftsmen for a while, while she herself had gone to cut a lot of pig feed to feed the pigs, had washed the clothes, and had also woven several bamboo baskets. Seeing her wife return, she told her to take them to town to sell tomorrow.

Of course Song Yugui had no objection. A mosquito, no matter how small, was still meat.

No matter how much the craftsmen ate, they couldn’t eat thirty catties of pork. There was still a lot left. Shen Xizhi put it away, saying that she would make them another meal tomorrow. Tonight, they would have noodles.

The house was being built until the sun was setting in the west. Only then did the craftsmen come to say goodbye, saying they would come back tomorrow. The one in the lead had a smile on his face. Although he had been tired all day, he was still in a good mood. He came over to talk to them. “This is the first time I’ve eaten so much meat while building a house for someone.”

Meat was expensive. If they had gone to someone else’s house to build a house in the past, even if the family provided meals, they would have been reluctant to let them, a few outsiders, eat meat. At most, they would have had some meat soup, or a piece or two of meat, which they would have had to fight for. She hadn’t expected that while working at this house, they would be allowed to eat their fill. When they were full, they had strength, and thinking that this family was good, they were especially diligent in building the house, measuring and repairing every part carefully.

“You’re helping my family build a house. Of course I can’t treat you badly.”

Song Yugui’s eyes were filled with a smile. She said goodbye to the group of craftsmen. At night, they had noodles cooked in the Chi family’s pot. Chi Xiangyue sat on the side, slurping her noodles and asking, “You really don’t need my help? I see your family’s scale, it must cost a lot of money.”

She also knew that her own project cost a lot of money and had a bit of a headache. “Mmm, it should be fine. If I really need it, I’ll ask myself.”

If it really came to that, there was nothing wrong with borrowing some money from the female lead. It wasn’t as if she didn’t have a stable job and couldn’t pay it back.

At most half a month, and she would be able to pay it back soon.

The next day, Song Yugui went to town to sell pork and earned another tael of silver and a hundred wen. Xizhi’s baskets also sold for over ten wen. Before she left, she had left eleven taels of silver at the place where she had bought the bricks and tiles, and had bought some ordinary bricks for the inside and some high-quality green bricks for the floor. Then she had hitched a ride on the other’s cart back to the village.

Auntie Li was talking to Xizhi at their gate, watching the craftsmen build their house, a smile on her face.

From a distance, she saw Song Yugui return and couldn’t help but smile and point. “Look, isn’t that your family’s pillar? She just finished selling meat and is hurrying back to find you.”

Seeing her wife, Shen Xizhi’s dark eyes lit up. But hearing these words, she bit her tender pink lip, her long lashes slightly lowered, inevitably a little shy and embarrassed. She still trotted over quickly to greet her.

The cart stopped at her gate. Song Yugui jumped down from it and held her wife in her arms.

Shen Xizhi’s small face was pink and red. She buried her head in her wife’s embrace. “Yugui-jiejie is finally back.”

“I shouldn’t be back too late, right? I didn’t even have lunch in town.”

Seeing the two of them so close, Auntie Li had a look of not being able to look at them from behind, which made them quite embarrassed.

Shen Xizhi was coy and unwilling to come out, but she was also too embarrassed to be so close to her wife in front of others. In the end, she blushed and became obedient, saying in a small voice, “Auntie is laughing at us.”

“Aiyo, how could I laugh at you? You two can be as close as you want. I’m going back now.”

Auntie Li was old and was too embarrassed to watch such a scene. She waved her hand and left, leaving behind the blushing Shen Xizhi.

“How did you sell today, Wife? Is all the meat sold out?”

“Mmm, I sold a tael of silver, but it was all used to sell the bricks. Aiya, we’re really being dragged down by this house.”

“It’s alright to be a little poor.”

Song Yugui knew that Xizhi wanted to live in a new house and wanted to erase the memories of the past, so she just replied and quietly lowered her head to kiss her.

Chi Xiangyue was just returning with two people. Seeing this scene with her own eyes, her eyes widened. They’re not even avoiding people now?

Chu Wantang’s eyes darkened.

Perhaps she could also be a little more direct? Perhaps she could also live a life like theirs. She didn’t want to envy others anymore. And she didn’t want to…

Her gaze swept coldly over the woman beside her.

Watching her cousin talking and laughing with others.

She was unwilling.

“Tsk, you two are so clingy again. I don’t even want to look. Hmph.”

“If you don’t want to look, then don’t.”

Song Yugui raised an eyebrow and chuckled lightly, not giving in, making it clear, I’m going to be clingy with my wife!

Chi Xiangyue snorted twice again, let go of the topic, and walked closer with her hands on her hips. “Tangtang has just gotten some fresh lamb. Shall we have dumplings tonight?”

Chu Wantang was generous and had been eating at their house for a while. It was clear that she really wanted to give them something. Since they wouldn’t accept money, she found all sorts of ways to get them some expensive, high-quality meat to improve their diet.

“I heard there will be crabs tomorrow. It’s not the season for crabs now. It took my cousin a lot of effort to get them.”

As she spoke, she was about to drool.

Song Yugui had never had crabs since coming to ancient times and also inexplicably swallowed her saliva.

Shen Xizhi, on the other hand, frowned slightly, tugged at her wife’s sleeve cautiously, and said with her lips pressed together, “But I don’t know how to cook crabs.”

This was her blind spot. She gestured. “I only know how to make those small crabs.”

Coated in flour and deep-fried in a pot.

So cute.

Song Yugui casually held her wife’s gesturing fingers. “Crabs are not difficult to cook. I’ll teach you. Xiaozhi’er is smart. You’ll learn after hearing it once. If worst comes to worst, steaming is also very delicious.”

“It’s alright. You can just teach me.”

Shen Xizhi obediently leaned against her embrace.

Making dumplings was much more troublesome than other things. They had started to prepare early on, and Song Xinyu was also busy with them.

Her family was looking for a new husband for her again. She didn’t know what kind of person it would be this time, nor did she know how long she would have days like this, where she could play and cook with her friends, so she didn’t dare to waste a single day.

The lamb was mixed with refreshing cabbage, smelling fragrant. With one bite, the soup flowed out, even more fragrant.

Even though the craftsmen were diligent, the house had been under construction for two months. The dozens of taels of silver they had earned in the two months had all been spent, and it was still not enough. They had borrowed another ten taels from Chi Xiangyue.

Song Yugui’s expression was grave. She finally felt that the materials she had bought were too good.

So expensive.

The ten taels of silver at the beginning was just a deposit for building the house. Later, because the construction period was extended, she gave another twenty taels. In total, this house had cost over a hundred taels. In a small village like this, it was simply unheard of. But fortunately, the house was built to their liking. Every brick and tile, every roof beam and crossbeam, was personally chosen by her, and Xizhi was also very satisfied.

At night, the two of them slept in the new house for the first time. The little wife was counting on her fingers what they needed to add to the house.

“We can buy a new bed. I want a dressing table, and new tables and chairs. I saw some I liked a couple of days ago. Can we buy the ones I like?”

She said coquettishly, leaning against her wife’s chest.

Song Yugui patted her perky, soft little bottom and replied warmly, “Of course. My house is your house. You also have a share. Of course we have to pick what you like.”

The tables, chairs, and bed didn’t matter to her. Of course it was whatever her wife liked.

“Mmm, mmm, okay. But we can buy these later. Let’s save up and pay back Miss Chi first.”

She didn’t like to owe people money. After having no choice but to borrow ten taels of silver from Chi Xiangyue, she had been thinking of paying it back as soon as possible every day.

Song Yugui replied with an “okay.” “Of course. I also think it’s better to pay back the money first. It’s just that I have to wrong you to live a hard life with me for a while longer. When we have some spare money at home, I’ll take you to buy some new clothes, okay?”