I’ll Butcher Pigs to Support You! 89

Chapter 89: My 100% Blackened, Broken Wife [1]

After laying bare her last secret, there were no more concealments between Song Yugui and her wife. They accompanied each other into old age, hardly ever having a serious fight, so harmonious that Chi Xiangyue couldn’t believe it, asking her every day how she did it, why she wasn’t scolded by Xizhi. Her cousin was always fierce with her, and although she was easy to coax, she had to coax her every day! Before they were together, her cousin had never been angry with her, her temperament the best it could be.

Song Yugui thought, My wife is gentle, kind, and cute. How could she scold me?

Until she lay on her deathbed, in her twilight years, she still thought so.

My wife is frail and pitiful. I have to go quickly so I can catch up with her. Without me by her side, she will definitely be bullied.

Song Yugui slowly closed her eyes. Before she left, she heard the rare sound of her friend crying by her ear. She was a little speechless. I’m going to find my wife. I’m so happy I could die. What are you crying about!

Her thoughts completely turned to dust. But the next moment, Song Yugui actually woke up again.

She was bewildered. Hmm?

Where’s my wife?

Did she leave so quickly?

Did… did I not catch up?

Song Yugui blinked her eyes. But then, the tender cry of a small baby suddenly sounded by her ear, startling her.

She looked over blankly and finally found a strange little baby on a small bed. She was even more bewildered. Wait, who is this? Did I transmigrate into a book again?

Song Yugui and her wife had lived a happy and peaceful life, playing and fooling around for a lifetime, still with the hearts of youths. Now she only felt flustered. Her first thought was, Damn it! Why is it just me who transmigrated? Where’s my wife? Give me back my wife!

She dazedly threw the wailing child aside and walked out with a dejected expression. It was already dusk outside. Song Yugui heard someone call out to her, “Shuhe, are you feeling better? You can even get out of bed today. You must be almost well.”

Li Shuhe looked over blankly and saw a young woman with her hair in a married woman’s bun. She said again, “I just heard your baby crying. I was about to go in and feed her some rice soup. If you’re feeling better, you should go and feed her. Don’t let the child go hungry. She’s eaten less these past few days while you’ve been sick.”

I’ve lost my wife, and now I have to nurse a child here? This is simply intolerable!

Her expression immediately soured. The other just thought she wasn’t well yet and said a few more words of concern.

Finally, Song Yugui gritted her teeth and stammered, “You… I… I seem to have forgotten a lot of things after I woke up. May I ask who you are…”

The other was stunned. She hadn’t expected such a thing to happen in the world. No wonder she had looked strange today. She quickly said, “Aiya, I’m your Sister-in-law Shen! How could you even forget me? This is terrible! Could it be that your brain has been burned out by the fever?”

Sister-in-law Shen? Who? I don’t know her.

She held her forehead, her head aching. Where am I now? I want my wife!

“Sister-in-law, then… what’s my name?”

Hearing her ask such a question, Sister-in-law Shen was completely dumbfounded.

She really suspected that her brain had been burned out.

“Li Shuhe. You’re the butcher of our Lijia Village. How could you even forget this?”

Okay, another butcher.

Lijia Village?

She vaguely remembered that when she had lived with Xizhi in Songjia Village, there had also been a Lijia Village.

But she didn’t think too much about it, just feeling that she no longer had her wife and had transmigrated to this broken place alone. She didn’t even know why she had transmigrated. Wouldn’t it have been better to just let her go down and accompany her wife?

Now, if she went down again, she didn’t even know if she would be in the same underworld as her wife. How desperate.

Her heart was like dead ashes. She was directed back by Sister-in-law Shen to feed the child, her mind still in a daze, not knowing what she should do.

After she had finished feeding a bowl of rice soup, the child finally quieted down. But then it became noisy outside again. She didn’t know what was going on. Song Yugui was already annoyed at not being able to find her wife, and now she was being disturbed.

A wave of anger rose in her. She stood up abruptly. Before she could go out, a group of people had already forced their way into her house.

Wait a minute? Is there such a thing as trespassing?

She glared at those people with a fierce look. The other was also startled to see her there, in disbelief, and they all took a step back. “You… you’re awake again?”

Song Yugui’s face was cold. “What do you mean?”

“The doctor we found before said you were terminally ill and told us to prepare a coffin for you. We thought…”

Oh, so the original owner is dead. I’m here specifically to clean up the mess.

The other’s expression seemed a little regretful. It seemed they had been hoping for her to die, so they were not good relatives. She said coldly, “Out.”

Those few people had originally just come to see if she was dead. If she were dead, it would be good to seize the family property. But as it turned out, she wasn’t dead. Not only was she not dead, but her expression seemed to have seen through their scheme.

The group of people didn’t say much guiltily, just told her to rest well and left.

“Mmm-hmm.”

As Song Yugui was still fiercely staring at the group’s backs, the little baby cooed softly by her ear.

If it were usually, seeing the child’s pale, tender, and defenseless appearance, she would have already gone over to bully the child. But today, she really had no mood and just sat in the room in a daze until Sister-in-law Shen next door came again. “Aiya, Shuhe, you haven’t had dinner yet, have you? I’ll bring you two bowls of vegetables in a little while. You can just have a bite. You poor thing. So young, and your parents are gone, leaving you with a little baby, and you yourself have just had a big illness. It breaks my heart.”

That woman was clearly on very good terms with the original owner, and her heartache at this time also seemed very sincere.

Song Yugui’s soul had almost left her body. She was single-mindedly thinking of her frail, pitiful wife who couldn’t take care of herself, and she paid no attention to the woman’s chattering beside her.

Until… “By the way, I’ve told you before about some things in Shenjia Village. Do you still remember?”

Shenjia Village, such a familiar name.

Song Yugui suddenly turned her head to Sister-in-law Shen.

Seeing that she had finally come back to her senses, the other breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, a little helpless. She still loves to hear about lively things.

“A big thing has happened while you’ve been sick.”

Song Yugui seemed to have sensed something, and her heart immediately became nervous. “Wh-what big thing?”

“Didn’t I tell you before? A family in our village married their daughter to a lesbian in Songjia Village!”

Song Yugui’s pupils dilated. Wife, my wife! This is a world with a wife! So good! I don’t have to be a lonely person anymore! Sob, sob, sob. Wife, I miss you so much.

She was about to cry. She wiped her tears and urged, “And then, and then? How is she now?”

She had to figure out where the plot was now before she could go and pick up her dear wife. Wifey, you’ve suffered!

Seeing Song Yugui so anxious, the other was also a little surprised and smiled. “You’re so eager to hear about other people’s gossip just after you’ve gotten a little better. You really are…”

“Alright, I’ll just tell you. A few days ago, that family went to ask their married daughter for money again. That daughter is also miserable. I heard that after she married the lesbian, the other treated her badly, beating and scolding her. Later, she died for no reason, leaving her all alone. A while back, her family went to ask for money again. Tsk, tsk, tsk. How pitiful.”

Sister-in-law Shen sighed.

Song Yugui’s fingers gripped her skirt tightly, her heart aching. In the past, when I was there, it was already difficult for Xizhi to deal with this kind of thing. This time I’m not here. She… I can’t think about it anymore. The more I think, the more my heart aches.

“And then? She… did no one help her?”

Song Yugui’s voice was dry as she asked with difficulty.

Sister-in-law Shen shook her head. “Aiya, how can anyone help her? Her reputation in Songjia Village is not very good. They all say she likes to use a frail appearance to seduce men. I don’t know if it’s true or not.”

“It’s fake! Of course it’s fake!”

Song Yugui’s eyes were red, and her voice was so loud it was almost a roar, very angry.

This startled Sister-in-law Shen. She quickly said, “Alright, alright. You’ve just gotten a little better from your illness. Don’t be angry. Do you know that Song family widow?”

…

Song Yugui’s emotions calmed down a little. She lowered her head and said dejectedly, “I don’t know her. But I don’t think she’s that kind of person. She looks so gentle and kind. She must be a very good woman.”

My wife is the best. I don’t accept any refutation.

The sister-in-law shook her head helplessly. “Then you must have been mistaken. I don’t know if she’s gentle or not, but she’s definitely not kind.”

This one certain sentence made Song Yugui’s heart skip a beat. “Wh-what do you mean?”

“That woman’s name is Shen Xizhi. I heard that yesterday, out of jealousy, she pushed another woman from the village off a cliff. Fortunately, that woman came back alive and exposed Shen Xizhi’s true nature. Otherwise, who knows how many people would have been harmed by her. In my opinion, the death of that lesbian in Songjia Village is also inseparable from Shen Xizhi. She’s pitiful, but she’s also truly ruthless and hateful.”

Song Yugui’s pupils dilated. What? What did you say? The plot has already developed to this point?

She stood up abruptly. Not only were her fingers trembling, but her voice was also filled with uncontrollable lingering fear. “Then she… where is she now?”

Sister-in-law Shen just felt that Song Yugui’s attitude was a little strange, but she didn’t think much of it and just said casually, “She was driven out of Songjia Village. I was just chatting with someone, and they said they saw her walking toward Shenjia Village, but I don’t know if she actually went to Shenjia Village or not.”

She thought to herself, Even if Shen Xizhi did this kind of thing, those few in Shenjia Village only care about their son and are obsessed with money. They probably wouldn’t even let her in the door.

Hearing this, Song Yugui’s ears were buzzing. She couldn’t wait any longer. Her legs moved faster than her brain, and she ran out at once.

Sister-in-law Shen shouted from behind her, “Aiya, where are you going? You’re not even going to take care of the child?”

What child? Song Yugui didn’t even care. She only had her wife in her heart.

Today’s news was simply a nightmare for her. She felt that she might as well be dead. But on second thought, if she died, this world’s Xizhi would have no one to protect her. No, no, I can’t die. It’s better to be alive.

The moment she stepped out of Lijia Village, everything felt very familiar to Song Yugui. She had walked this road home countless times, had walked with Xizhi countless times, and had seen every field and mountain flower here.

A sharp pain rose in her heart. It was still snowing, and she hadn’t even brought an umbrella. Someone seemed to be calling her from behind, but she had no time to care. Because in the novel, Xizhi had died on the first snowy night after being driven out of Songjia Village.

She had died, cold and hungry, her anger and grief overwhelming her. She had just died like that.

She had clearly tried her best to live. She had already been trying so hard to live, yet she still couldn’t resist the plot, couldn’t resist the harm of the treacherous male lead.

Song Yugui’s heart ached so much. She was clearly still sick, but she felt as if she were as strong as an ox now.

The kind that could kill the male lead with a single punch.

She ran all the way to Shenjia Village but didn’t see Xizhi. There was no one in the small corners either. Unable to bear it, she went to Shen Xizhi’s former home.

They were not good to Shen Xizhi and naturally didn’t care where she had gone. Seeing her come to ask, they were a little surprised but thought she was also one of those who were jealous of Shen Xizhi and had come to seek revenge. So they just said with a flat tone, “She came, but I wouldn’t dare to take in such a ruthless person. I’ve already chased her away.”

Song Yugui’s gaze toward the other was as if she were going to kill her.

This scared her into taking several steps back. She patted her chest and said, Why is this young girl so rude?

“Where did she go?”

She managed to ask with a suppressed temper, but her gaze was still terrifying. The other subconsciously pointed in a direction, and Song Yugui gave her a deep look before she turned and ran away.

She had been running all the way, afraid that she wouldn’t make it in time. Her heart was in her throat, her breathing heavy, and her ears were buzzing.

It was a vast expanse of white everywhere. Where was anyone? Where…

Song Yugui didn’t know how long she had been running. She had even run into the woods. She was just full of grief when she suddenly noticed a piece of black cloth moving, a very slight movement. But after moving just twice, it quickly stopped moving again.

Almost in tears, she stumbled over and saw a woman huddled in a pile of branches.

Her clothes were drab and patched, her face pale and haggard, her lips without a trace of color. She was just hiding there, hiding in the bare branches, which were even covered in white snow. How desperate she must have been.

Song Yugui’s heart was about to break. She quickly pulled her into her arms.

This movement startled Shen Xizhi, but she already had no strength. Her eyes opened slightly, then closed again weakly. She wanted to ask who this person was, but she had no strength. The cold seemed to have sealed her throat, and she couldn’t spit out a single word. She just felt her body being picked up, and then held in a slightly cool embrace.

But for her, it was already warm enough.

Who is it? Who would hold her, and so carefully? They all say she’s vicious. She should have disgusted everyone… Actually, things have already come to this point. It’s better if she’s dead. But… I’m so unwilling. Unwilling to have come to this world in vain, only to have received nothing but bitterness.

Her thoughts, wrapped in thick darkness, gradually sank to the bottom of her heart. She lost consciousness.

The original owner must have also been very strong. Song Yugui picked her up at once.

She had originally gathered a lot of strength to use, but when she picked her up, she was stunned for a moment. So light. She had gathered eighty percent of her strength but had only used thirty percent in the end.

As light as paper.

Song Yugui was about to cry.

Wifey, you’ve suffered. I’ll take you home now.

She held her and went all the way back to Lijia Village. On the way, she almost turned into Songjia Village because she didn’t remember where the original owner’s house was. After asking several people, she finally reached home smoothly. Her arms were sore from holding her, but she couldn’t bear to put her down, holding her in her arms like a treasure.

The moment she entered the house, Sister-in-law Shen was still there. She was helping to take care of the little baby on the bed. Hearing the noise, she turned her head and said, “You’ve just gotten better from your illness. What’s so urgent… who is this?”

Seeing her holding a woman in her arms, Sister-in-law Shen’s face turned pale. “You… you’ve brought back a girl from somewhere?”

Song Yugui lowered her eyes and said softly, “This is my wife.”

Sister-in-law Shen: ???

“You… you’re also a lesbian?”

She was shocked again.

“That’s not right. Even if you’re a lesbian, you have to find someone you like slowly. How did you suddenly bring her back?”

Sister-in-law Shen was very confused. She hadn’t heard Shuhe say she liked anyone.

Song Yugui managed a smile and walked up to her, stuffing Shen Xizhi into the quilt and wrapping her up properly.

The thick cotton quilt finally brought a bit of warmth to her, and her originally furrowed brow relaxed a little.

The sight made one’s heart melt.

Sister-in-law Shen craned her neck to look. Seeing the other’s delicate and fragile face, she was actually a beauty that was hard to come by. “Ya, which family’s girl is this? You just brought her back like this? Have you told her parents? Why does she look a little familiar?”

Sister-in-law Shen frowned.

Song Yugui had no intention of hiding it. Xizhi would be living at her house in the future and would have to interact with the people around her. They would find out who she was sooner or later.

“Sister-in-law, this is Xizhi. She has no family, so I’ve brought her home to take care of her.”

Her tone was quite gentle.

Sister-in-law Shen: My mind is a mess. Wait, let me sort this out.

Her expression was one of shock. “Who did you say this is?”

“Shen Xizhi. She will be my wife in the future. I’ll have to trouble you to look after her usually, sister-in-law.”

Sister-in-law Shen: …

She was so surprised that her voice couldn’t help but rise and become sharp. “That widow from Songjia Village?!”

The woman’s originally smoothed-out brow furrowed again.

Song Yugui quickly reached out and covered her ears, her tone a little complaining. “Please be quiet. Don’t wake her up.”

Sister-in-law Shen was dumbfounded. Is waking her up important? The problem is, she’s Shen Xizhi!

“Are you crazy? Even if you’re a lesbian and want to find a lesbian, you should find a good one. That Shen Xizhi, she’s a murderer! Don’t you want to live?”

Song Yugui turned her head to look at her, her fierce face trying its best to be gentle as she murmured, “She won’t kill me.”

She was very confident. Xizhi was a person who was so deprived of love. As long as others were a little good to her, she would rush over without a thought.

Like a moth to a flame, until death do them part.

She felt both sorry for her and pitied her, secretly touching her face.

Sister-in-law Shen sighed several times. She wanted to say something, but seeing her like this, she felt that it would be useless to say anything. In the end, she could only stare. “You… how can you be so disobedient? Your family only has you, a woman, and a little baby. What if she really wants to kill you… Aiya, forget it. Do as you please. You watch her yourself, but be careful not to let her touch Xiaobao.”

The child had lost her parents the moment she was born and hadn’t even been given a name. They all called her Xiaobao.

“She won’t hurt the child.”

She knew that Xizhi would only do that kind of thing when she was pushed to the brink. Who told everyone to bully her?

But if I protect her well, she won’t want to do bad things again. Xizhi is a very good and kind girl.

Sister-in-law Shen just felt that she had been bewitched by this woman and was now siding with her in every way. “I didn’t think you liked Shen Xizhi that much before…”

If she had liked her, couldn’t she have made a move when she had just become a widow? Why wait until now?

“Mmm, I suddenly started to like her.”

She said warmly.

Sister-in-law Shen: …

Perfunctory, too perfunctory.

But the next moment, she was chased away by her. “It’s getting late. Sister-in-law should go back and rest.”

She was still anxious to see what she had at home, if there was any money or anything. Xizhi was so frail. She had to spend a lot of money to replenish her strength.

And she secretly prayed in her heart, Please don’t be like my last life, an apocalyptic start.

Sister-in-law Shen had no choice but to go back first, but she didn’t forget to remind her several times to be careful. She thought to herself, I don’t understand. How did she end up with Shen Xizhi? Could it be that she likes a woman’s young and beautiful face? That’s right. Shen Xizhi’s appearance is one of a kind in a ten-li radius. Aiya, still young. Only looking at the face. She doesn’t even think. If she loses her life, what’s the use of having a face?

Sister-in-law Shen sighed and left with a worried expression.

Song Yugui had been missing Xizhi so much. While the room was filled with only a milk-fed baby who was trying to kick off her quilt, she lowered her head and kissed Shen Xizhi fiercely.

Her face was pale and soft, which made one unable to bear it.

It should be alright now. I’ve brought Xizhi home. I brought her home before it got dark. She won’t die.

Song Yugui tried her best to convince herself.

She reached out to feel the hand hidden in the quilt and, finding that it was already warm, she was finally relieved. She squeezed her hand again, then went to look at the self-entertaining milk-fed baby. Mmm, very good. She hasn’t been noisy and hasn’t died.

She had borrowed the original owner’s body, so of course she had to help the original owner take care of her younger sister. If she hadn’t transmigrated, she couldn’t even imagine what kind of hardship Xizhi would have had to endure.

So she still had to thank the original owner.

As Song Yugui thought this, she rummaged through the chests and cupboards, looking for money. Aiya, she had actually found some.

Sure enough, not everyone could be as content as the cannon fodder, living from hand to mouth.

Although Li Shuhe’s money was not much, it was still five or six taels in total. Five or six taels was very little to her in her previous life, but it was not so for her now.

Anyway, it wasn’t as if she hadn’t started from scratch before. At worst, she would just do it again.

Xizhi was very thin. She thought of when she had just transmigrated, and it was wild vegetable soup every day. The current Xizhi must be the same. She had to replenish her strength. After suffering so much, she should replenish her strength even more.

Song Yugui looked around her house. Besides a little bit of rice and flour, there wasn’t even any meat. There was a small vegetable garden outside, and she was also raising a few fat chickens, just like her family in her previous life. But she didn’t know how to kill a chicken.

There was no other way. She had no choice but to take the silver and knock on every door.

The villagers all seemed to know her. The more familiar ones called her Shuhe, while the unfamiliar ones just called her Butcher Li. The original owner was also a butcher. In that instant, Song Yugui knew who she had transmigrated into.

The butcher who used to be on South Street seemed to have died around this time in her last life. She had even gotten a lot of customers because of it.

Song Yugui had only just figured out the original owner’s identity when she spent a little more money to buy a piece of meat and then hurried home. There was a wife and a child at home to take care of. She wouldn’t be at ease if she stayed outside for a little longer.

When she returned home, Xizhi was still sleeping, her breathing steady. Looking at the dark circles under her eyes, she also knew that her wife had suffered. She couldn’t bear to disturb her again.

So she took out a little flour and planned to cook her a bowl of noodles.

And cut some meat into it.

She had learned how to cook during her time with Xizhi.

Originally, she could only cook it through. Now it also had a bit of flavor.

In order to avoid the noodles getting soggy, Song Yugui rolled out the noodles but didn’t cook them. Instead, she moved a small embroidered stool and sat by the bed, her hands reaching in to feel Shen Xizhi’s soft fingers, holding them in her palm, and then waited quietly.

She didn’t know what time Xizhi would wake up, but she knew that Xizhi was very tired and needed to rest. She couldn’t disturb her.

If it weren’t for the fact that it was late and the medical hall in town was already closed, she should have taken her to see a doctor at this time.

She was still not at ease. She would take her to town tomorrow.

Song Yugui thought to herself, rubbing Shen Xizhi’s soft, tender cheek. But she hadn’t expected the other to finally move her eyelids at this time.

It seemed she was about to wake up. Song Yugui was nervous. She almost jumped up.

She had never had any contact with a 100% blackened Xizhi before and didn’t know how to treat her to make her willingly stay by her side.

Therefore, her eyes were wide for a long while, and a rotten idea actually came to her mind…

Shen Xizhi’s lashes loosened, and she slowly opened her eyes. When she felt that she was wrapped in warmth, a hint of disbelief rose in her heart. Her lower back was pressed down not too lightly and not too heavily. She suddenly looked up and was shocked to find that she was not alone in the warm quilt.

And then, she saw a woman’s face she had never seen before.

Unlike the gentle beauty of ordinary women, she was… very fierce, as if she were cold and ruthless all year round, having dealt with slaughter.

Shen Xizhi even felt that she could smell the scent of blood on her.

The woman was too weak to retreat from her embrace and could only look at her with a bit of fear, her expression, in Song Yugui’s eyes, more pitiful than a kitten that had been abandoned on the street the moment it was born.

“You… who are you…”

In a half-dream, half-awake state, it turned out it was not a mistake. Someone had really picked her up and taken her away.

“I am… the one who will raise you in the future.”

Song Yugui had said this out of some strange impulse. After she said it, she was so embarrassed her scalp tingled. She didn’t know what she had been thinking just now. She had just gotten into the quilt, planning to have a forced love with her. Now she regretted it. She wasn’t some domineering president. Why was she doing this embarrassing thing?

Hearing this sentence, Shen Xizhi was completely stunned. Her dark eyes fell on the woman’s face, her trembling body feeling the warmth of her hand holding her.

Her body was still very weak. After looking for a while, she felt as if she were about to faint.

She thought, To be able to live is better than to just die like this, isn’t it?

But then another voice, full of ferocity and disgust, I hate lesbians. In this life, I hate lesbians the most.