The Peasant Wife: The Prime Minister's Beloved

Chapter 155 Beware of the consequences

"Do you want to save her, or do you want to watch her leave like this? If you want to save her, don't hesitate!" Chen Xi ignored the aunt's obstruction and looked at the man with a firm gaze.

The man hesitated for a moment, finally broke free from his mother's restraints, bent down, and blew carefully at his wife on the ground.

"This, can this really work? Does the Tianyi family really have this ability?" The people around began to talk, half believing and half doubting.

"How do we know the result if we don't try?" someone agreed, but then someone else questioned, "Isn't it difficult? If a person is dead, how can he come back to life?"

The man continued to blow, while Chen Xi's hands never stopped, continuing to press the woman's sternum forcefully.

Suddenly, the woman made a slight "cough" sound from her throat, followed by a small pool of water being spit out.

"Wife, are you awake?" The man was surprised and delighted, looking at his wife on the ground in disbelief.

"I, what am I doing... Have I arrived in the underworld?" The woman's eyes were confused, and it was obvious that she had not yet fully recovered from the shock of being on the verge of life and death.

"He was really saved?!" Exclamations came one after another from the crowd.

"The Tianyi family is truly amazing. They can even bring back the dead." Praise and amazement were intertwined.

"That's right, ever since Tianyi's family separated from the Xie family, their lives have been getting better and better. Maybe it was really the Xie family that suppressed her luck in the past!" People's discussions became more and more bizarre, and even took on a bit of superstition.

In the crowd, Qin and her two daughters-in-law looked extremely ugly.

Seeing this, Chen Xi explained softly: "My fellow villagers are exaggerating. In fact, she didn't really leave. She just fell into a state of suspended animation. This gave me a glimmer of hope and brought her back from the brink of death."

She did not want to be called a miracle doctor or someone with supernatural powers. After all, in this era, anything unusual could bring about unexpected disasters.

"Wife, you didn't leave. It was the Tianyi family who snatched you back from the gates of hell." The man said to his wife excitedly.

"Okay, okay, stop crying. I tell you, even if you survive, you have to stay away from my son. I've provided you with food and drink for all these years, but you haven't even seen the shadow of a grandson." A mean-looking lady interrupted, looking like a typical wicked mother-in-law.

"Mom, she's already like this--" the man stammered, looking very embarrassed.

"What's wrong with that? Do you want our family to cover you?" The old lady's rebuke made the man silent and he dared not say a word.

The woman didn't even dare to utter a word, her eyes filled with despair and helplessness.

Chen Xi witnessed this scene, feeling mixed emotions and sighed secretly.

In this era, the fate of women seems to always be closely linked to the word "sorrow".

"Give me your hand, I'll take your pulse." Chen Xi said, with his fingers gently resting on his chin, as if thinking.

However, the results of the palpation surprised her. Apart from physical fatigue, the woman had no other obvious symptoms.

Then, the root of the problem may not lie with her...

Chen Xi's gaze fell directly on the man, and that sharp look made the man feel uneasy involuntarily.

"Jin, Tianyi family, why are you staring at me like that?" the man asked stutteringly, his face full of confusion and anxiety.

Chen Xi slowly stretched out his right hand, palm facing up, and said gently but firmly: "Stretch out your hand, I'll take your pulse."

There was a barely perceptible certainty in his eyes, as if he had foreseen something.

As expected, after a careful pulse diagnosis, Chen Xi knew that the root of the problem was indeed with the seemingly healthy man.

However, this truth was too sensitive to be spoken in front of everyone, so Chen Xi had to keep it deep in his heart.

"Take your wife back first, and we'll talk tomorrow if there's anything else."

There was some consideration and implicit reminder in his words. Upon hearing this, the man quickly picked up his unconscious wife, with a look of anxiety and relief.

Although the wicked mother-in-law was unwilling, she could only follow him while grumbling with dissatisfaction.

As the protagonists left, the onlookers gradually dispersed and returned to their daily busy lives.

"Half a tael of silver, half a tael of silver!" Chen Xi muttered softly, following closely behind Liu Fang, with a hint of teasing and ease in his tone.

Hearing the voice, Liu Fang turned her head curiously, with doubt in her eyes.

"What are you mumbling about?" she asked.

Chen Xi pretended to be surprised and responded: "What? It's just half a tael of silver that I accidentally picked up on the road a few days ago. It's really a windfall. It's great to think about it."

After hearing this, Liu Fang couldn't help but take a step back in fear, obviously shocked by Chen Xi's sudden "windfall".

Seeing this, Chen Xi smiled and slowly approached Liu Fang, saying with a warning: "Liu Fang, don't do anything behind my back, or you'll suffer the consequences!"

After saying this, he turned and walked towards the home of the drowned woman, leaving Liu Fang alone there with mixed feelings.

"Mom, please, don't let Aping divorce me. I really have no way to live." The woman knelt on the cold ground, her head banging as if she was pounding garlic, her voice full of despair and pleading.

The woman who was called "mother" had a cold face and said sternly: "If I don't divorce you, how can our family continue? It's all your fault that you can't even give birth to a boy!"

Chen Xi just stepped into the threshold and heard this sharp conversation clearly.

"Sister-in-law, the ground is cold, get up quickly." Chen Xi's voice was gentle and powerful, revealing concern.

The lady at the side saw that it was Chen Xi and immediately put on a warm face, "Tian Yi's family is here, please take a seat."

Obviously, because of the mushroom picking skills that Chen Xi had taught them before, their family had also benefited a lot, so they were naturally grateful and welcomed Chen Xi.

Chen Xi didn't say much, but walked straight to the kneeling woman and gently helped her up.

"Sister-in-law has just been rescued from the water. Her clothes are all wet. Go and change into clean clothes." His tone was firm. The woman realized that it was inappropriate to lose her composure in front of outsiders, so she responded and hurriedly left the room to change her clothes.

The man wanted to follow his wife, but was gently stopped by Chen Xi.

"Auntie, are you really going to let Aping divorce my sister-in-law just because we have no children?" Chen Xi's question was direct and sharp, leaving Auntie Guo speechless for a moment.

"Yes, the Tianyi family has no offspring for so many years. Does that mean our Guo family will have to stop having incense? How can I explain to our ancestors when I go to the underworld?" Aunt Guo had a worried look on her face as she expressed her inner pain.

"Auntie, you'd better not rush to make a decision. Divorcing your wife is not the solution to the problem."

Chen Xi's suggestion made Aunt Guo's face darken, as if she had heard something incredible. The anxiety and dissatisfaction in her heart were evident, and the hand that was originally tightly holding Chen Xi also quietly loosened.