I’ll Butcher Pigs to Support You! 81p2

Chapter 81 p2

Chu Youning had also come with a handwritten letter from Lord Chu, but Lord Chu had not said anything good in it. He had cursed Chi Xiangyue for a whole page, listing dozens of her bad habits, and had ordered his daughter to set off for the capital immediately and not to suffer in this poor countryside anymore.

Chu Youning was actually here to take Chu Wantang back.

But all of Chu Wantang’s gentleness and consideration were given to her cousin. How could she listen to others?

After she finished reading, she tore up the letter. Her slender, jade-like fingers loosened, and the pieces of paper fell to the ground. Her red lips parted slightly, her tone extremely disdainful. “What kind of rubbish is this? It’s all nonsense.”

Chi Xiangyue had just been beside her cousin and had finished reading. Her expression was extremely guilty.

What her uncle had written was actually not wrong…

He had said that she had a bad temper and would often beat and scold others. Although it was mostly others who had provoked her first, she had indeed been very ruthless when she had hit people in the past. And the Chi family was now in decline, not as good as before, and might not be able to give Chu Wantang a better life.

Chu Wantang was born noble and had always looked down on people. If she were to be with Chi Xiangyue, wouldn’t her status be inexplicably lowered a notch?

Women had always married up more, especially in official circles. It was normal for Lord Chu not to want his only legitimate daughter to marry down.

What he said was also the truth.

Chi Xiangyue had only seen half of it before she had wilted. She even thought in her heart, Perhaps my cousin will also sober up after seeing what my uncle said?

However, the reality was that her cousin had not sobered up. Not only had she not sobered up, but she had also torn up the letter.

She was stunned.

After tearing up the letter, Chu Wantang saw her cousin looking at her. She threw herself into her cousin’s embrace with a coquettish expression and was too lazy to mention this messy, broken letter. She nuzzled her cousin’s neck and said softly, “Cousin~ I’ve had someone send some wedding dress patterns. Can you help me pick one?”

This… this progress is too fast!

Chi Xiangyue’s eyes widened. “Are we picking wedding dresses now?”

“Mmm, let’s pick a beautiful pattern first. When they send the fabric over, I’ll personally make two sets of wedding dresses. Don’t worry, I’ll make them quickly. They’ll be done by winter.”

Hearing that she was even going to personally make the clothes, she knew how much she cared about their marriage.

Chi Xiangyue’s heart couldn’t help but be moved a little, almost softening into a puddle. She pressed her thin lips together and nodded. “Alright… then I’ll marry you in winter.”

Yes, marry her. In this life, I am already so deeply entangled with my cousin. Besides marrying her, there is no other way.

And, my cousin is extremely dependent on me now. If I were to be even a little distant, she would be dejected and sad. If I were to persuade her of anything at this time…

Something would really happen.

She also couldn’t bear for her cousin to have an accident.

Chi Xiangyue’s fingers rested on her cousin’s waist, and she suddenly held her forcefully in front of her.

Her cousin didn’t speak, just looked at her with a pair of eyes that seemed to contain a thousand words.

And then she was held in her arms and kissed.

She kissed her very forcefully, her soft tongue always licking the seam of the woman’s lips.

Chu Wantang was instantly captivated, obediently leaning in her arms, her whole body trembling from being kissed.

Even if she couldn’t breathe, she didn’t want to let go. Her cousin had never been so proactive before.

She hadn’t deliberately seduced her cousin, and her cousin had kissed her on her own.

Thinking of this, her long, narrow phoenix eyes narrowed with pleasure.

Lord Chu was indeed far away in the capital, beyond his reach. The two of them’s wedding date was still set.

Because it was not good for the Chi family to return to the capital, they prepared to hold the wedding in the town.

Chi Jingming bought a spacious courtyard, which was just right to be used as their wedding room. Song Yugui and Shen Xizhi were also invited to attend.

They were Chi Xiangyue and Chu Wantang’s rare friends in this place, so of course they had to go.

These few days, the butcher on South Street had not come out to sell meat. It was said that he was seriously ill and would not live long. The people of South Street had no choice but to go to the other two streets to buy meat. Song Yugui’s business had improved a lot because of this. Every day, all the meat was sold out, not a single piece left. And since Chu Wantang had taken care of the ingredients to thank them for their cooking, they didn’t have to spend their own money on food, so they had saved a lot of silver.

Therefore, when the two of them got married, the young couple got together and calculated, and gave a red envelope of sixteen taels and six qian, which meant “double six, great fortune.”

It was almost half a month’s income. Her relationship with the female lead and the female lead’s little cousin was not bad now, but to really give more than a group of officials, young masters, and young ladies, she couldn’t do it. She could only give as much as she could.

Of course Chi Xiangyue was unwilling to take their money. She wasn’t even happy to receive red envelopes. She just thought that since it was a wedding, and with her cousin’s personality, this would probably be the only one in her life, she wanted to go through the motions. It didn’t matter how much they gave.

She thought of how this person had only spent a hundred taels to build a house, and had heard that she was also planning to open a shop, and was unwilling to let them be partners. Then how could she be short of money? She refused to take it no matter what.

Song Yugui didn’t care about her and just gave the red envelope to the old man who was sitting there collecting red envelopes and asked him to write it down.

It was a wedding, after all. Although Chi Xiangyue had at first been reluctant to be with Chu Wantang, she was quite happy now, and the corners of her mouth couldn’t be suppressed. Seeing the two of them insist on giving the money, she had no choice but to give up, her voice sweet. “Aiya, you two are really something.”

Today, she was rarely wearing a vibrant red, complicated wedding dress, with a thin layer of makeup on her face and a heavy phoenix crown on her head. Her movements were free and easy, with the air of a dashing hero.

“It’s almost time to go and get Miss Chu. Aren’t you going to prepare?”

“I’ve been ready for a long time.”

Chu Wantang’s wedding house was on the other side. It was one of the betrothal gifts Chi Jingming had bought. His wife had liked this child very much in the past and had often brought her to the mansion. He had also taught her for a few years and was very satisfied with her intelligence. He had practically watched her grow up. Now that she was going to marry his own daughter, she had also gone from being his niece to his second daughter. What his older daughter had, she naturally would not lack.

Therefore, Chi Jingming had bought two sets of houses, one under Chi Xiangyue’s name and one under Chu Wantang’s name. If the two of them were to argue one day, they could still split the family, and each would have a place to go.

Chi Jingming thought happily.

There were few women getting married, and the scene was also very rare. So a lot of onlookers had gathered outside the Chi mansion. Chi Xiangyue was covered in pearls and jade, and was also wearing a heavy, pure gold phoenix crown. She was riding on a tall horse, her posture extremely stable.

Song Yugui pulled her wife and followed behind the procession to watch the fun.

Chu Wantang was surrounded by many servants as she came out, a golden tassel curtain obscuring her beautiful, flower-like face.

Chi Xiangyue dismounted, her thin lips pressed together nervously, her fingers also clenched in her sleeves.

The person who only needed to stand by the sedan chair unconsciously went to the door. “Cousin…”

She was a little dazed. Although she was with her cousin every day, she had never seen her cousin wear a magnificent wedding dress, so radiant and bright. The golden tassel curtain on her face was half-concealing, even more eye-catching.

Chu Youning had recovered from the injuries on his face. He endured the reaction of wanting to run away the moment he saw Chi Xiangyue and stood on the side, waiting to carry Chu Wantang out of the pavilion.

However, Chu Wantang looked at Chi Xiangyue with watery eyes, her voice light and gentle. “Cousin, can you carry me into the sedan chair?”

Chi Xiangyue was stunned and even more nervous. “Ah, this… is this appropriate…”

It’s not very appropriate, right…

Her father-in-law had specially sent Chu Youning over to have her family send Chu Wantang off. But Tangtang was unwilling to let him.

Chi Xiangyue didn’t hesitate for long over an annoying outsider. She lowered her head and carried the fairy-like bride horizontally. A chorus of gasps and well-meaning laughter immediately rang out. Chu Youning was stunned on the spot, his face suddenly turning red. He just felt that he was extremely out of place here. But he didn’t dare to make a scene at the wedding and just stood there, watching as Chi Xiangyue carried Chu Wantang into the wedding sedan. Only then did he turn and leave in a huff.

The two of them had gone to the Chi mansion, but he still had to stay at the Chu mansion to help with the guests. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got!

The wedding procession went back, and Song Yugui and Shen Xizhi also went back.

The young woman’s face was filled with envy. “Miss Chu is so beautiful today!”

“You like it? If you like it, I can also have someone make you a wedding dress.”

She and Xizhi had never been married, only Xizhi and the original owner.

But with the original owner’s personality, it was definitely not a beautiful memory.

Shen Xizhi shook her head and leaned against her wife’s shoulder, being very clingy with her.

“No need, no need~ A wedding dress costs a lot of money. I’ve already married my wife. Everyone knows. Why buy another wedding dress? I just think it’s beautiful. I’ll just look at it a couple more times.”

Although she had only worn a red dress when she had married that bad wife back then, and she had never worn a wedding dress, she didn’t have any obsession with it.

These ceremonies were all dead. Only the people were alive, and the days to come were real.

“When I have money, I’ll definitely buy it for you.”

Although Shen Xizhi had no obsession, Song Yugui had some. She had never seen Xizhi wear a wedding dress.

“Aiya, why are you spending money again?”

The young woman’s small face was puffed out in dissatisfaction. Everything at home was a good thing that no other family in the village had. Her wife just knew how to waste money. A wedding dress was something you could only wear once, and it was so expensive. Why waste that money?

“I’m not buying it now. When we have a lot of money in the future, I’ll buy it again. I’ll definitely buy you the most, most beautiful wedding dress.”

A lot of money… that will have to wait until who knows when. Forget it. As long as it’s not right away.

They had only saved about two hundred taels. She had seen before that a good wedding dress could easily cost fifty taels of silver. The family’s money couldn’t be wasted.

“Mmm, it’s alright. I’m not in a hurry. Is Wife going to the wedding night revelry later?”

She changed the subject without a sound, lest her wife want to buy a wedding dress even more.

Song Yugui was not on guard against her wife and was easily distracted. She raised an eyebrow but shook her head. “Then I’m not going. I hate wedding night revelries the most.”

Isn’t a wedding night revelry the same as a modern-day hazing of the bridesmaids?

Dregs, dregs!

She couldn’t do such a thing. If others dared to do it, she was afraid she would be beaten up by Xizhi.

Hearing her say she wasn’t going, Shen Xizhi’s eyes curved. “Mmm, then we can just eat.”

The Chi family was holding a wedding, so of course the cooks they had hired were all famous. The taste of the dishes was very good.

Chi Xiangyue had originally wanted to have Xizhi cook, but Song Yugui felt that it was too tiring to cook for so many people. She didn’t want Xizhi to work so hard, so she had refused.

Chi Xiangyue also thought so. She wouldn’t be able to eat much on her wedding day. If Xizhi went, she would just be cooking for others, so she didn’t mention it again.

The two of them ate until their stomachs were round at the Chi family’s wedding banquet.

Auntie Li was also invited. She had only given a red envelope of a few dozen wen, but she hadn’t expected the food to be so sumptuous, with all kinds of delicacies, most of which were good things she had never seen before. On the way back, she kept feeling that her conscience was not at ease.

One moment she was thinking, If I had known, I wouldn’t have come. The next, If I had known, I would have given more money. She even secretly asked Shen Xizhi if the red envelope could be supplemented later.

Shen Xizhi: …

“Miss Chi is not a person who cares about that little bit of money. She must see Auntie as a very good elder, which is why she invited Auntie to the wedding banquet. She knows about Auntie’s family’s situation and wouldn’t want to ask for more red envelope money. You can rest assured.”

Auntie Li still had a wooden expression on her face, feeling that she had bullied the honest child too much. But at least she was no longer nagging about secretly throwing copper coins at the Chi family’s house.