Ji Chen's face turned ashen with anger, his fists clenched so tightly he wanted nothing more than to step forward and beat the wicked young man to death.

Jiang Xue knew she couldn't continue fighting; she still needed to do business in the future, and she couldn't afford to offend people on the very first day.

She stepped forward and pulled Ji Chen away. "He's right. Why are you angry about this? I'll help you take care of the child. I'm not considering getting married for the time being."

Ji Chen realized that Jiang Xue had misunderstood his intentions, but his attempts to explain only made things worse. He was so frustrated that he went to sit on the stone bench opposite him.

Jiang Xue quickly went up to apologize to the young man. With her rich experience, she could tell from the way he looked at her that he was no good.

However, the proper courtesy should still be maintained: "I'm sorry, you helped us, and yet you still caused this trouble."

The honest and kind-hearted Li Guoqing quickly smoothed things over, saying, "This is my cousin, Li Guowei. He has a bit of a temper, but it's alright, it's alright."

After he finished speaking, he pulled Li Guowei away, saying, "We're leaving first. Ji Chen and I are best buddies, don't worry about this little thing."

After moving the sewing machine around, Jiang Xue looked around the small shop with satisfaction.

Jiang Xue originally wanted to set up a stall, but it just so happened that Li Guoqing's aunt had a small shop with a low rent of only forty yuan a year. She thought she would save up some money and buy a Phoenix brand bicycle. At worst, she would have to work hard every day, getting up early and running back and forth.

It's not bad to save money on rent for now.

Jiang Xue locked the door, and the three of them, holding Shao Heng and Shao Meng's hands, looked at Ji Chen, whose face was bruised and swollen, and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Seeing Ji Chen's face growing darker and darker, and realizing he wasn't someone who could joke around easily, Jiang Xue had no choice but to suppress her laughter.

"Let's go to the noodle shop for noodles, Auntie is treating today." Jiang Xue led the two children to the noodle shop, but saw Ji Chen sitting there motionless for a long time.

"Let's go, consider this payment for helping out today, let's keep things separate."

The two finished their noodles and returned home without exchanging a single word.

Before Jiang Xue could even sit down on the stool, the heart-wrenching cries from the doorway grew louder and louder.

Jiang Xue walked into the courtyard with a blank expression, and Ji Chen followed behind her with the same blank expression.

Wu Mazi's wife and children, as well as Wang the bamboo craftsman's wife and children, started crying loudly and earnestly when they saw Jiang Xue come out.

Jiang Xue felt a chill run down her spine.

Her nominal mother-in-law, Liu Aiyue, was also involved.

The way everyone was crying so miserably made you think someone had died in the courtyard.

"Go home and cry if you want to. It's bad luck to cry here." Jiang Xue's brows were almost knotted together. Tomorrow was the opening day of her first shop in this world.

The villagers were crying and slapping their thighs in front of her house. For Jiang Xue, who was quite particular about doing business, this was really an unlucky thing.

"You're making money through dishonest means, and nobody's allowed to say anything about it?"

"You heartless slut, you've got someone from the village locked up in jail."

"How good can a person be if she doesn't even want her parents?"

What Jiang Xue never expected was that Xie Chunmei had gotten involved.