Chapter 85 p2
Shen Xizhi was bullied so fiercely she didn’t even dare to tell her to stop. Her heart was only supported by one thought: Today, I’ll just go along with my wife.
So only whimpering cries could be heard.
Her crying voice was hoarse.
The two of them finally turned over and held each other on the bed.
At first, Shen Xizhi’s legs had been made soft by her, and she couldn’t even get down. It was she who had to hold her bottom with both hands and carry her down.
The young woman was wronged. The moment she came down from her face, she buried her head in her embrace, her already slender body curled into a ball.
Song Yugui hadn’t even had time to wipe the water from her face when she was forced to hold her.
She didn’t resist and held her wife with pity, rubbing the back of her head reassuringly.
Her wife’s whole body was trembling.
“Do you want some water? Shall I go and get you a glass of water?”
Song Yugui asked warmly.
Shen Xizhi gripped her clothes and shook her head vigorously. “N-no. I don’t want any yet. Just a hug.”
She still wanted to be held for a while to relieve the afterglow of pleasure that was making her tremble.
Song Yugui had had her fill today, and her slightly perverted psychology had also been satisfied. Naturally, she would listen to whatever Xizhi said.
When she said she wanted a hug, she just quietly held her, rubbing her back as she held her.
Comforting her.
After a long while, Shen Xizhi finally poked her exquisite small face out from her embrace. “I… I want some water now.”
Her voice was still a little hoarse, and with her slightly furrowed brow, small hands and feet, her appearance was gentle and graceful, like a Jiangnan woman in the misty rain.
“Mmm, I’ll go and get it for you.”
Today, not a single drop of Xizhi’s water had been wasted. The bedsheet was not wet. The two of them could go to sleep after a quick wash.
Song Yugui poured some tea for her and sat on the edge of the bed, feeding it to her one mouthful at a time. She only stopped after a whole cup.
That pair of dark eyes looked at her, wanting to speak but hesitating.
Song Yugui looked over and saw her quickly and flusteredly avert her gaze, as if trying to hide something.
She was immediately amused. “What are you doing? If you want to look, just look openly. Why be so sneaky?”
Being called out, Shen Xizhi immediately straightened her back, but her voice lacked a bit of confidence, her gaze flickering. “I… I wasn’t being sneaky.”
“I just wanted to ask you…”
She wanted to speak but hesitated, her beautiful eyes black and white, moist and bright.
“Hmm?”
Song Yugui was all ears.
“You… you were happy tonight, weren’t you?”
She had broken her own bottom line and had let Song Yugui fool around and bully her, but all she had asked for was for her to be happy.
Her heart was hit by something again, anyway, it was soft.
She smiled slowly, her expression as she held her extremely serious. “Mmm, I was very happy tonight. Thank you, Xiaozhi’er.”
Hearing that she was happy, Shen Xizhi herself was also happy. Her eyes curved, and the great stone in her heart was lifted. By the time Song Yugui went to boil hot water, she had already fallen asleep on the pillow.
When Song Yugui returned, she saw her wife without a quilt, holding one pillow and resting on another, sleeping like a little kitten.
She couldn’t help but tiptoe to the cabinet and take out a snowy white fox fur cloak, first covering her with it, lest she get cold.
After the hot water was boiled, she wet a cloth again and came back to wipe her clean.
Shen Xizhi was also very good when she was sleeping. She didn’t resist even when she sensed that she was being fiddled with. Perhaps because her whole body was filled with a familiar scent and a familiar temperature, she didn’t even open her eyes, almost sleeping soundly while holding the pillow, lying lazily and letting her lift her arms and legs, wiping her all over, inside and out.
After she was all clean, Song Yugui also got on the bed, held her wife and rolled a couple of times, then covered them with a soft quilt and went to sleep together.
The next day, she woke up automatically at the right time, but it was cold outside, and she didn’t want to get up.
It was warm in the quilt, and her wife was still there.
Xizhi’s delicate, soft chest was exceptionally warm.
After squeezing in here for a while, she was even more reluctant to get up.
Shen Xizhi vaguely felt someone moving on her. She opened her eyes a crack, her voice with the pain of waking up early and the hoarseness left over from a long night of moaning. Her bare, snowy white arms were draped around her neck as she acted coquettishly. “Let’s not do it tonight, okay? I want to go to sleep early. I’m so sleepy…”
They got up very, very early in the morning, and they often made a fuss late at night. It was very difficult to get up during the day, and they always felt sleepy.
Song Yugui also had this intention. “So sleepy. We’re definitely not doing it tonight. Let’s both rest for a while.”
Beauty is harmful, truly beauty is harmful.
“Mmm, then let’s lie down for a little longer and then get up.”
No matter how tired she was last night, no matter how tired her body was in the morning, the money that should be earned still had to be earned. Her wife had said that she had already started to look at storefronts for her. This was something that had to be looked at slowly. If there was a suitable one, they could discuss it with the other party and perhaps open it next summer or autumn.
Renting a shop required a lot of money. Although they had been saving hard for half a year, it was not much compared to renting a shop. Her wife had said that if there wasn’t enough money at that time, she would just slaughter a few pigs to sell, or she could rent first.
If she wanted to buy a shop outright, it would be much more expensive, and the pressure would be great for them. But if it was just renting, the money they had would be enough.
Her wife had said it was best to buy it directly, so that there would be no constraints and no worries. If she couldn’t afford it, she would rent.
The two of them got up with difficulty, tidied up, and put on the winter coats they had bought earlier.
This winter, they had also bought fewer clothes, single-mindedly wanting to save money.
So they just wore last year’s. But a new year, a new beginning, so they still had to have new clothes for the New Year.
In modern times, her parents would buy her and her new clothes every year. She had brought this habit with her.
It was the Spring Festival in a few days. After they had sold all the pork today, she took Xizhi to a new shop called Jinxiu Pavilion to look at clothes.
There were many styles of clothes inside, most of which were styles she had never seen in this small place.
They looked a little expensive.
Shen Xizhi was dazzled, but Song Yugui was a little happy. “Xizhi, come and try this one.”
She had her eye on a blue long skirt with an embroidered magnolia pattern and wide sleeves. The embroidery on it was exquisite, magnificent, and beautiful, but it was a little unsuitable for wearing while feeding pigs and chickens.
Thinking this, she just said it directly.
Song Yugui didn’t care at all. “You already have many sets of clothes suitable for feeding chickens and pigs. What’s wrong with buying one that’s not suitable?”
She thought it looked good and really wanted to buy it for her wife.
Seeing this, the waiter’s eyes darted around, and she quickly went up to them. “Miss has such good taste! This set of clothes is second only to the treasure of our shop! Look at this fabric. It’s made of Suzhou Song brocade. It’s not at all scratchy to wear, extremely comfortable. I bought a set for my sister at home, and she’s full of praise for it! Does miss want to buy a set for your younger sister too?”
Song Yugui was a little bewildered by the barrage of recommendations and only reacted after a long moment, her face speechless. If this person were in modern times, she would be a good material for live streaming.
“Thank you. This is my wife.”
Many people in town knew that Xizhi was her wife, but it was hard to guarantee that there weren’t some people from other streets who didn’t buy meat from her and therefore didn’t know their relationship.
Xiaozhi’er had puffed out her cheeks when she had heard the word ‘younger sister’. It was only after Song Yugui had explained that she was her wife that her expression improved a little, but she was still unhappy. She turned her head away and didn’t look at the two of them, just leaning coquettishly against her wife.
Song Yugui seemed to still be coaxing her. She stroked her cheek and smiled apologetically at the waiter.
The waiter’s mouth was so wide it could have fit an egg, but she had also seen great winds and waves before and quickly adjusted, quickly saying with a fawning expression, “So it’s madam. Then I have eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai. Does madam want to take a look at this skirt? It took several embroiderers two days to complete. It’s very good.”
Shen Xizhi’s gaze fell on the watery blue skirt. Hearing her wife say that it would definitely look good with the fox fur cloak at home, she couldn’t help but nod.
Indeed, just thinking about it was a good match.
But…
Shen Xizhi hadn’t yet decided to buy it when Song Yugui, seeing her nod, went to ask the waiter for the price. “How much is this one?”
“Miss has such impressive presence. This one is over two taels and a hundred wen. I’ll round it down for you and just charge you two taels.”
Rounding it down was actually rounding down a hundred wen, which was a tempting discount. But then again, two taels?
Song Yugui held the clothes as if she were holding a hot potato. She hadn’t even earned two taels today, and the two of them had never bought such expensive clothes.
Shen Xizhi was even more shocked and said repeatedly, “Put it down! I don’t want this dress!”
Shop assistant: …
Forcing a smile. “Miss, madam, you get what you pay for. You two can also see how good our clothes are. The embroiderer is from the capital, and her embroidery skills are excellent. I see that madam is also as beautiful as a flower and has a face that could launch a thousand ships. Wearing this to admire the snow in winter, tsk, tsk, tsk, what do you say, miss?”
Hey, the shop assistant really had some taste. My wife is beautiful.
It had been snowing on and off outside these past few days. When she woke up in the morning, it was a vast expanse of white snow.
If Xizhi were to wear this dress to build a snowman in the snow…
Song Yugui felt her heart stir again.
Although two taels of silver was expensive, it was not unaffordable. The Spring Festival only came once a year, so of course she had to dress a little better!
Isn’t it normal to buy clothes that cost more than a day’s wages?
Song Yugui quickly convinced herself and then heard her say, “If I buy it, can you give us something?”
Lin’an County was not a big place, after all. Two taels for a set of clothes was a very expensive price. It was okay to ask for something, right?
She had seen people bargain like this before. Either they would ask for a little less money, or they would ask the other to give them something for free.
Hearing this, the shop assistant was first stunned and subconsciously asked, “Give what?”
Song Yugui pointed to the embroidered shoes in the middle. “Can you give me a pair of shoes?”
The fabric used for shoes was much less than for clothes, and it wasn’t as much trouble. They were always sold for cheaper than skirts.
Seeing that she just wanted a pair of shoes, the waiter also breathed a sigh of relief and said she would go and talk to the owner, then ran off.
From the moment the waiter had praised her, she had known that her wife was going to spend money again. It was a good thing her wife had also wanted a pair of shoes, which had eased the heartache in her heart a little.
If you run out of money, you can just earn more. After all, the Spring Festival only comes once a year. Two taels is two taels. But I have a request.
Shen Xizhi held her wife’s wrist and said in a low voice, “You have to buy a set of clothes that costs no less than two taels later.”
Unlike her meticulous generosity toward her, Yugui-jiejie was much more stingy with herself, always buying her expensive and good things, while she herself wore cheap ones. This time, Shen Xizhi would not go along with it no matter what.
Song Yugui knew that her wife felt sorry for her. If she didn’t agree, she would be so angry she would eat half a bowl less rice in a little while. She only had this little bit of meat on her body.
“Mmm, I’ll buy some too. How can I wrong myself?”
She said with a smile to her wife.
Shen Xizhi pouted her rosy lips, not very happy. “You’re always wronging yourself. In the future, whatever amount of silver you buy clothes for me, you have to buy the same for yourself.”
“Is that really necessary?”
The moment Song Yugui said this with a bit of hesitation, Shen Xizhi glared at her, and she had no choice but to agree.
Her smile was helpless but very doting.
The shop assistant also happened to come back at this time, saying that the owner had agreed to give them a pair of embroidered shoes and letting them choose for themselves. Shen Xizhi chose a blue pair, the same color as the skirt, and the material also felt the same. That way, she wouldn’t have to buy an extra pair of shoes in a little while.