The Peasant Wife: The Prime Minister's Beloved

"Sister, my brother and I can wash these dishes. Cooking is hard enough. How can I let you wash the dishes again? This is not right."

Xiao Yang said to Chen Xi seriously, his words full of understanding of fairness and respect.

Chen Xi couldn't help but feel a warm current in her heart. Xie Tianyi's education of the children was really beyond words. This thoughtfulness moved her so much that she almost melted into a pool of spring water.

"Okay, then I'll go back to my room first." Chen Xi responded with a smile and turned to leave the kitchen.

After Chen Xi left, the father and his two sons sat around the dining table, all drooling over the steaming pot of fragrant vegetable soup. The wafting fragrance seemed to have some kind of magic that was hard to resist.

Xiaoyang couldn't hold back any longer, so he stretched out his chopsticks, carefully picked up a piece of mushroom and put it into his mouth.

Wow, it was really strange. The same mushroom tasted particularly delicious today, as if every bite was worth savoring, and he couldn't bear to swallow it all in one gulp.

Xie Tianyi also picked up a piece of food with chopsticks with a complicated expression and chewed slowly.

Today's series of events made him feel confused, but no matter what, since Chen Xi was willing to marry him and take good care of his life, he would try his best and would never let her down.

At this moment, Chen Xi was unaware of Xie Tianyi's firm determination. She was walking hurriedly, following the clues provided by Old Lady Chen, to visit the next village.

It is said that her younger brother Chen Rong was sold here, but it is not clear to which family.

"Excuse me, has your village recently bought a new little boy around eleven years old?" Chen Xi asked politely, but was met with a cold reception.

The person being asked looked unhappy and replied perfunctorily: "I don't know what you are talking about. Ask somewhere else."

Obviously, as an outsider, Chen Xi is not welcome here.

Despite this, Chen Xi was not discouraged. She persisted in asking around in the village, looking for Chen Rong's trace from house to house.

Finally, a fierce quarrel caught her attention.

She quietly approached and looked through the crack in the window, only to see a boy about ten years old huddled in the corner, enduring a storm of beatings from sticks. The boy was Chen Rong.

Chen Rong gritted his teeth and endured the physical pain, but he refused to bow his head.

The scene before her made Chen Xi's eyes flash with coldness, and her anger erupted like a volcano. She wished she could cut the evil man who abused Chen Rong into pieces.

She rushed forward without hesitation, snatched the stick from the man's hand, and took advantage of his unpreparedness, aiming at his acupuncture points and counterattacking fiercely.

After a few blows, the man with a face full of flesh was wailing in pain, unable to resist at all.

"Sister?" Chen Nur raised his head in pain. In his blurred vision, he seemed to see a familiar figure, but he did not dare to confirm it.

The other people in the room rushed over upon hearing the noise, but were knocked down one by one by the furious Chen Xi. In just a few seconds, four or five people fell to the ground and could not get up.

"Who gave you the right to hit him?!" Chen Xi asked harshly, with an overwhelming momentum.

"We bought him with our own money. We have the final say on beating and scolding him. What does it have to do with you?"

Even though the man was being stepped on by Chen Xi, he still tried to argue.

Chen Xi snorted coldly and said in a loud voice: "I've taken the people back. You can go find the people who sold you and return the money. Remember, my brother and I severed our relationship with our family. It was handled by the government. It is recorded in our roster. If you dare to harm us, the government will punish you severely!"

It was not known whether it was the pain that made them lose their judgment, or whether Chen Xi's words were indeed intimidating, but these people actually believed it and watched Chen Xi and Chen Rong leave, until the two figures disappeared from the end of their sight, and then they woke up from their dream.

"Dad, that old lady Chen from Xianghe Village clearly sold the person to us! How did it get involved with the government now?" someone asked puzzled.

"I paid for her and got beaten up. Let's go and settle the score with her!"

The leading man was very angry and decided to go to Old Lady Chen to seek justice.

Chen Xi supported the injured Chen Rong and walked silently on the way home.

Chen Rong remained silent throughout the whole process. He knew that even if they returned to the Chen family, endless suffering would still be waiting for them, and his sister might even be beaten.

If he had known this, he would rather...

Chen Xi saw the doubts in his brother's heart, so he told him directly that the relationship had been severed and that he was already married. From then on, they had nothing to do with the Chen family anymore.

Chen Rong was extremely shocked, his eyes widened. He had thought his sister was just joking, but he never expected it to come true.

"Sister, do we really not have to go back to the Chen family?" He was so excited that his wound was moved, but he didn't care.

Compared with the humiliation I endured in the Chen family during those years, this little pain is nothing.

"That's right. We will go directly to my brother-in-law's house in a while. We must live a good life in the days to come. I promise that I will never let you suffer any grievances again."

Chen Xi gently stroked his head, his words full of comfort.

Chen Rong was so comforted by these words that the pain in his body seemed insignificant in an instant.

The two passed by a ditch, and Chen Xi's eyes were firmly attracted by the things in it.

There are dense swarms of crayfish lying there.

An idea suddenly occurred to her, and tonight's dish came to mind: spicy crayfish, which was mouth-watering just thinking about it.

"Chen Rong, wait for me a moment."

After that, she went down to the river to catch crayfish, but having no tools to hold them became a problem.

Chen Rong wondered why his sister was so keen on this pest.

The villagers have been unable to eradicate this kind of creature that can penetrate the ridges of the fields, so they usually don't dare to play near the ditch for fear of being pinched by it.

"Chen Rong, go find a bag that can hold the crayfish."

"Crayfish?" Chen Rong became more and more confused. Is this another name for pests?

Although puzzled, he quickly found what he needed.

Since they often go fishing with their friends, they all carry a net bag with them.

Chen Xi was very skilled and could catch several of them with one hand. Since no one was eating them, the crayfish were almost a disaster. Even after filling the net bag to the brim, she still felt unsatisfied.

"thump……"

Suddenly they heard a sound of someone falling into the water and a struggle and cry for help from the front. The two looked at each other, immediately realized that someone had fallen into the water, and ran over quickly.

Chen Xi and Chen Rong came to the river and saw a little girl waving her arms desperately in the water.

"Help!" She choked on water and tried her best to call for help.

Seeing this, Chen Xi threw away the crayfish in his hand without hesitation, took off his shoes and jumped into the water to save the man.

Relying on the swimming skills she learned in her previous life, she swam quickly towards the little girl.

Just when the little girl was about to lose consciousness, Chen Xi hugged her in time and tried his best to pull her to the shore.

Seeing this, Chen Rong hurried forward to help, and the two of them worked together to pull the little girl ashore.

The little girl had a pretty face, with crystal clear water droplets hanging on her eyelashes. Looking at her clothes, Chen Xi thought that she must not be the daughter of an ordinary family. But why did she fall into the water in such a remote place?

"Sister, is this little girl okay?" Chen Rong looked at the unconscious girl, her face full of worry.

With his many years of experience as a surgeon, Chen Xi immediately started first aid.