After the Chen family finished packing up their stall, Liniang seemed somewhat dazed.
Shuangshuang called him several times, but he didn't respond.
"Sis, what's wrong with you?"
"Ah, it's nothing..."
"Did you not get enough rest yesterday? You look terrible."
"Mmm, it's okay."
He lowered his head to hide the panic in his eyes.
He hurried to clean up the stall, but accidentally broke a bowl.
Chen Xian looked over, somewhat puzzled.
"Li Niang, what's wrong with you?"
"Ah, my husband, it's alright, it's alright..."
Stumbling and staggering, he went to collect the stools from the Chen family, but accidentally tripped and staggered.
Chen Xian quietly asked Shuangshuang, "What's wrong with Liniang? Is she feeling unwell?"
Shuangshuang frowned and said, "No, just now, it seemed like someone buying food said something to her out of the blue, but I didn't hear it clearly... something about being at ease and having a good life?"
Chen Xian frowned, glanced at the diners around him, and saw a man's figure gradually walking away.
After a moment's thought...
On the way back, Chen Xian saw Li Niang hugging herself, her body shivering, her head resting on her knees, her head down and not saying a word.
In the evening, San Niu chattered excitedly at the dinner table about the funny things that happened in class that day.
Li Niang quietly looked at the warm and loving Chen family and smiled slightly.
After taking a shower, the Chen family members gradually began to rest...
In the darkness, the young woman tiptoed out of bed, carrying a package, and looked toward the room where Chen Xian was staying...
I'm sorry, Shuangshuang, my husband, and the children. My fate is too strange. In order not to disturb your lives, I'll be leaving now!
As soon as I pushed open the gate to the Chen family's courtyard, a calm voice came from inside: "Where are you planning to go?"
"ah?"
Li Niang looked at Chen Xian, who had appeared at some point and was standing at the door, her eyes slightly red and a little sore.
"My husband! I'm in so much pain!"
A sobbing sound slowly rose in the wind.
Chen Xian gently took the package from his hands and said softly, "Let's go for a walk together..."
Now?
"Um."
On a country dirt road, under the cover of darkness, a man and a woman walked quietly.
"If I'm not mistaken, it must have been the people from that restaurant who forced you away from me, right?"
"Ah, husband, how did you know?"
"It's not hard to guess. Manager Jiang came to me today and said that the braised pork at Zuixiangju is priced almost the same as our stall. I knew then that this place was specifically targeting us!"
"But the problem is, the Chen family has never offended him. There is never hatred without a cause in this world. Manager Yang also told me about the death of the restaurant owner's son. I then thought about how you were called a jinx in the village before. I wasn't sure at first, but after hearing Shuangshuang say that you behaved strangely today, and your expression last night, it all seemed odd!"
Li Niang gave a bitter smile.
"My husband, you are really smart."
"The restaurant manager said I'm a jinx. He warned me to get far away from here, or I'll bring bad luck to the Chen family! I... I really don't know what to do?"
Pain crouched on the grass, sobbing and crying.
Chen Xian walked up to her, helped her up, pressed her shoulders, and calmly said, "I have never believed in the so-called 'jinx' in this world, nor in any of the gods and ghosts! The Chen family doesn't burn incense or worship Buddha! We've never believed in fate! I only believe in myself! Now I'm asking you a question... Do you want to stay in the Chen family? Do you want to live with me?"
"Me!" The young woman was taken aback.
She pouted and bit her lip, saying firmly, "I want...I want to be with my whole family...I love the atmosphere at home...and I also love...my husband!"
Chen Xian gazed at her, pulled her into his arms, and said gently, "I understand!"
In this era, such near-nakedness undoubtedly exhausts all of a woman's courage.
Chen Xian: "I never lie to my own family, and I'm not good at sweet talk. The moment I saw you, I thought about marrying you. Luckily, all the men in the village were too stupid to notice you and overlooked you. As a womanizer, this was a huge windfall for me!"
"All this talk about 'cursing one's fate' is just a rumor to me. I don't believe in any of that stuff!"
"It struck a nerve with me; I couldn't refuse, and I didn't want to!"
"Did you understand?" He pinched the other person's cheek.
Li Niang was not calm to begin with. Her face was flushed, and she stammered as she opened her mouth. During this time, her relationship with Chen Xian had always been one of polite distance, neither particularly good nor bad.
There was always a barrier between them, but what they had most to offer was family affection.
But Chen Xian said those words under the cover of night, especially now that she was in her most vulnerable state of mind. There was no doubt that Li Niang didn't know what to say and just stared at him blankly.
My heart was surging with emotion.
She suddenly fell into Chen Xian's arms.
She started crying.
"But... I'm under so much pressure. I'm really afraid of bringing disaster to my husband. That steward even said that if I don't leave the Chen family, if I still show up in Daxing Town, he will crush our business!"
"Although my husband made some money in business recently, our children, Dazhu and Erzhu, still need to go to school. Studying and taking the imperial examinations will cost a lot of money. We can't just sit around and eat our savings. If we can't do business, what will we do in the future?"
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