Shi Dalang said hurriedly, "No, I don't look down on you. You are so beautiful, I was afraid you would dislike me, so I thought that once the matter was settled, you would follow me wholeheartedly."

Chen Jingxi sighed, "If I don't follow you, where else can I go? I'm a weak woman with no relatives or friends. Now this is my home. As long as you treat me well in the future, I won't go anywhere."

Shi Dalang happily grabbed Chen Jingxi's hand and said, "Wife, are you telling the truth?"

Chen Jingxi suppressed her nausea and said, "What good would it do me to lie to you? Besides, I can't go anywhere."

"That's fine. As long as you can follow me steadily, I will tell my mother about the wedding tomorrow."

Chen Jingxi nodded, "In that case, you can't touch me before we get married."

"This..." Shi Dalang looked at Chen Jingxi in a dilemma. No man could bear the thought of having such a beautiful girl by his side, but he could only look at her but not touch her.

Chen Jingxi said in a deep voice: "Why, do you think I'm a casual woman? If so, let's not have the wedding. It will save you money."

After saying this, she turned around and ignored Shi Dalang.

Seeing this, Shi Dalang coaxed, "Don't be angry, I promise, I won't touch you if you say so."

After hearing this, Chen Jingxi turned around and said with a smile: "That's right, I'm tired, you can go out."

"Okay, you take a rest." Shi Dalang walked out of the room, looking back every few steps.

Watching Shi Dalang walk out of the room, Chen Jingxi stretched out the hand that he had just grabbed and wiped it hard, cursing in her heart, "Chu Jinghuai, you dead man, come here quickly, someone is taking advantage of me."

"Da Lang, it's already dark, why are you still out?"

"Mom, I'll go back to sleep in that room after my wife and I finish our wedding."

"What? We still want to have a wedding? Why have a wedding? There's no wedding."

"Mom, why doesn't our son have to hold a wedding when he gets married?"

"That's the style of marrying a proper woman. We bought her. She has no dowry and no relatives. What's the point of having a wedding? It costs nothing!"

"I've already promised her, so the marriage has to happen, and it has to happen quickly."

"Where did the money come from? It cost five taels just to buy her. Where else can I get the money?"

"Mom, you still have some hidden in the cupboard."

"Oh, God! Why am I so unlucky? I bought such a wasteful thing and spent all my coffin money."

Chen Jingxi listened to these words and smiled.

A hidden courtyard somewhere on the outskirts of Beijing.

"You are too cruel. You sold Princess Su to a man like that. If Chu Jinghuai knew about it, how do you think he would deal with you?" A man whispered in the dim candlelight room.

A female voice in a black robe rang out, "So what? When he finds out his princess was bullied by a man like that, do you think he will continue to investigate the truth or just kill her?"

She understood men. No man would tolerate such a thing, and no man would investigate the matter extensively. The same was true for Chu Jinghuai, whom she knew. To him, women were nothing more than dispensable things.

"You should be careful recently. Chu Jinghuai is looking for people everywhere. If he finds out that you are in the capital, it will not be so easy for you to leave."

The black-robed woman sneered, "Don't worry about it. I've already finished my work. I'll be back to Jiangnan in a few days and won't cause you any trouble."

The next day, there was a lot of noise outside early in the morning.

Chen Jingxi didn't sleep well the whole night. She was afraid that Shi Dalang would regret barging in, so she didn't take off her clothes to sleep. She was sweating from the heat and now she was sticky all over. She wanted to find something to wipe herself off.

"Get up, Dalang's wife, get up and go to work. My Shi family married you to work and give birth to children, not to be a grandmother. Get up quickly and cook for your husband." The people outside shouted and banged on the door.

"Auntie Shi, I understand. I'll be right there." Chen Jingxi stretched his arms and legs, his strength almost restored.

The door opened, and Aunt Shi was still cursing: "I've never seen anyone so lazy as you. You're only just getting up now, the sun is already scorching your butt. Go cook!"

Chen Jingxi yawned, "Okay, Auntie."

Alas, when you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.

Chen Jingxi looked at the stove in front of her, which was simple and primitive. She tried to recall the ancient kitchen scenes she had seen on TV. She picked up some firewood and lit it under the stove.

However, the stove didn't seem to be cooperating.

After a while, Aunt Shi didn't hear any movement in the kitchen, so she came out. Seeing the thick smoke in the kitchen, she was immediately terrified and screamed: "Fire! Fire! Dalang's wife, what are you doing!"

"Ahem!" Chen Jingxi came out, covering her mouth. "What's wrong, Auntie?"

"You still ask me what's wrong and what I'm doing?"

"Cooking, it's almost ready, just wait and eat."

Aunt Shi slapped her thigh and yelled, "Why did I buy a jinx like you? What else can I do? Are you trying to burn down my kitchen?"

Chen Jingxi thought to herself that she did have this idea, but she hadn't succeeded yet.

At this time, Shi Dalang came back with a middle-aged woman.

"What's wrong, mother?"

Aunt Shi cried, "Look at the wife you are going to marry. She almost burned down our kitchen. We don't want this jinx anymore. Let's sell her to whoever wants to."

Shi Dalang was naturally unhappy. He was the second man in the village who was nearly 30 years old and still unmarried. He finally had a sweet girl, so how could he sell her off just because of such a small matter?

And everyone saw what his wife looked like yesterday. There was no one else like her in the surrounding area. He was finally proud of himself. Even if she burned down the kitchen, he would still marry her.

"Mom, it's okay. My wife can't cook. Why do you ask her to do this?"

"Oh, you unfilial son, you married a wife and forgot your mother."

Shi Dalang ignored my mother, took Chen Jingxi's hand, and asked, "Wife, are you okay?"

Chen Jingxi retracted his hand and said, "It's okay, it's just this rice..."

Shi Dalang said cheerfully, "Just ask Erya to cook it."

Erya, who was standing by, heard this and yelled, "I won't do it either."

"Why don't you keep this family?"

"Mom, look at my brother."

"Alright, you little bitch, why did you sleep in today? You almost let this jinx set the kitchen on fire. Go cook for me."

Erya stamped her feet, glared at Chen Jingxi, and then turned to go to the kitchen.

Chen Jingxi didn't take it seriously. She looked at the person Shi Dalang brought back and asked, "Dalang, who is this..."