Chapter 24 There's a Man on the Bed
The stone that had been weighing on Zhang's heart for a long time finally fell to the ground, and she immediately asked again in detail.
"Your father said that his uncle has a concubine. Does his family have a tradition of taking concubines? Have you been watching him these past few days? Is there any girl he likes around him? Also, has he ever mentioned that he wants to take a concubine in the future?
“No, no, no!”
Chen Qi denied it repeatedly, shaking her head like a rattle.
Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and then asked a key question.
"He probably didn't believe the nonsense on the street?"
Chen Qi knew that her mother was talking about the rumor about women being unlucky in marriage, but when it was suddenly mentioned, she was a little unsure.
"We haven't talked about this."
Zhang nodded. "He didn't say anything, which means he doesn't care. That's good."
Chen Qi felt a little nervous again, "Mom, those nonsense you said... shouldn't be true, right?"
Zhang tapped her daughter's forehead. "Silly girl, you never believed this before. How come you've become so stupid after getting married? I can come up with a bunch of nonsense like this in just one morning. If everyone believed it, wouldn't I be Guanyin Bodhisattva?"
Chen Qi looked at the Bodhisattva Guanyin enshrined on the high table, with her kind eyes, and felt that what her mother said made sense, and finally felt a little relieved.
The sister-in-law came over, handed the freshly washed fruit to Chen Qi, and said with a smile: "The three men outside are all drunk. You will definitely not be able to leave tonight."
Chen Qi leaned into her sister-in-law's arms and acted coquettishly: "Of course, I've already prepared to stay at home today. I wish they would get drunk earlier so that my brother and sister-in-law can't chase me away."
Her sister-in-law smiled and pushed her, asking her to quickly take her drunk man back to the room to rest.
Chen Qi obeyed immediately.
The couple naturally lived in Shen Qi's boudoir before she got married.
Everything in the house was the same as before she got married. It even looked tidier after her mother had carefully cleaned it after the wedding.
The bed in the room was still the one I had slept in since I was a child, and on it was the same bedding I had long been accustomed to sleeping. Hanging on the bed curtains were the star-shaped flowers I had woven with woolen yarn when I was a child.
Everything is just the way I like it.
Except, there was a man she liked in the bed.
Chen Qi's bed was too small, and as soon as Xie Yuduo lay down, his slender body took up most of the bed. She had to take out the pillow so that he could barely lie down despite being drunk.
After Chen Qi finished cleaning up, she sat on the edge of the bed and looked at him carefully.
His brows were slightly wrinkled, his cheeks were flushed, his lips and teeth were slightly parted, and his long eyelashes were trembling slightly because of his long, drunken breathing.
He was a very handsome man, and Shen Qi felt very satisfied.
When the sun was setting, Xie Yuduo slowly woke up from his drunkenness.
The bed was too small, and Chen Qi curled up in his arms, sleeping soundly, but she was just a little bit away from falling off the bed.
Xie Yuduo saw his wife's cute sleeping face and wanted to kiss her again.
Unfortunately, the space didn't allow it, so he curled up as much as possible, trying to move her closer.
As soon as he moved, Chen Qi woke up and asked drowsily, "Huh? Are you awake?"
Xie Yuduo nodded and motioned her to move closer to him, but she lost her balance and fell under the bed.
Fortunately, he was quick-witted and grabbed Chen Qi, using his long arms and legs to pull her back to the bed.
At this moment, Chen Qi suddenly woke up.
Xie Yuduo held her in his arms and said with a smile, "This bed is a little too small." He looked around and added, "But I like it very much."
He buried his nose in Shen Qi's slightly exposed collar and muttered, "Because it smells like you."
Chen Qi felt a little itchy because of him and laughed foolishly.
"Pfft, it's not small at all. I've slept in it since I was a kid, and it's always been spacious. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for growing too big."
Xie Yuduo didn't know what he was thinking about, and his muffled laughter became louder and louder.
Chen Qi was a little slow to react, and was so embarrassed that she wanted to hit him, but he grabbed her hand, turned her over and pressed her under him, and kissed her hard with a smell of alcohol.
"I've wanted to do this for a long time."
Chen Qi struggled hard below, but was afraid of being heard by her family, so she could only exert her strength secretly. Unexpectedly, such resistance only made the drunk Xie Yuduo more interested. His movements were smooth and unrestrained, and he became even more unscrupulous...
After both of them had exerted a lot of effort, they were both out of breath and lay down on the bed to rest.
Chen Qi touched her messy hair and now she had to comb it again.
After the sweat subsided, Chen Qi sat in front of the dressing table and asked him, "Why didn't you get drunk the last time you came to my house?"
Xie Yuduo stood by the bed and tightened his belt: "Which time?"
"The next time? The time when you gave the betrothal gift."
"Oh. I was preoccupied that time, so naturally I didn't want to drink more."
"Hey, what's on your mind?"
"Of course I am. I'm afraid that you will think my betrothal gift is too little and I'm not sincere enough, so you won't marry me."
Chen Qi chuckled and joked, "Well, I didn't think it was too little at the time. Now I realize, huh, it's so little. It really isn't sincere."
Xie Yuduo was ready, feeling happy and playful. He walked over, hugged his wife and spun around, causing her to let out a low exclamation.
"It's too late now! It's too late to regret. From now on, wherever you go, I will go there and will never leave your side."
Chen Qi hugged his neck skillfully and smiled again: "I should be the one to say this."
"You say it, I say it, it's all the same. After all, once two people are tied together, they're bound together for life."
"Then you better think about it carefully. Now that you're in my house, this is my territory. If you dare to disobey me, I'll kick you out!"
Xie Yuduo kissed her hard and pretended to frown.
"Madam has given an order, and I dare not disobey."
This made Chen Qi laugh for a long time again.
During dinner in the evening, my mother told the three of us not to drink anymore. Father Shen finally had the chance to sober up and ask about his uncle's family's livelihood.
Xie Yuduo told his father-in-law everything except the extra money he had earned.
"So, the herbal medicine shop's annual turnover is about three thousand taels of silver?"
"Well, there should be more."
"Then the net profit is about one thousand taels?"
"almost."
The Shen family's woolen yarn shop only made ten taels of silver a month at most. In a year, at most, it would only make a hundred or so taels. After deducting the family's food, clothing, and other expenses, there was not much left.
The profits from the Xie family's herbal medicine shop really shocked Shen's father.
He thought to himself that the Xie family was indeed a wealthy family. No wonder his son-in-law could afford such a luxurious new carriage. The neighbors were envious when they saw it.
Chen Qi was afraid that if her father asked more questions, Xie Yuduo would be exposed. She was very nervous and kept asking them to eat more.
Xie Yuduo looked at her across the table, guessed her secret thoughts, and couldn't help but laugh softly.
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