The Peasant Wife: The Prime Minister's Beloved

Old Mrs. Chen pulled Chen Dabao's sleeve, and the boy deliberately hummed and pretended to look pitiful.

"Grandma, it was her. She hit me. You have to take charge of me. My butt hurts so much, woooo..." Chen Dabao's tears seemed to be able to burst out at any time. His acting skills were perfect.

"Chen Xi, you beat our child like this, you should at least pay some money as compensation, right? After all, the child still respectfully calls you sister." Zhou Xuemei's seemingly gentle tone concealed toughness.

"That's enough. Now that we've split up, stop talking about those hypocritical kinship ties!"

Chen Xi looked at Zhou Xuemei's hypocritical face, his heart burning with anger, but on the surface he remained calm, his mind was calculating.

"Chen Xi, you - oh, forget it, then you just compensate for my son's medical expenses. My son can't be bullied by you in vain." Zhou Xuemei said as she hugged Chen Dabao tightly. The mother and son seemed to have suffered great injustice.

"Beat him for nothing? I don't have the leisure to do that. If you can't discipline your child, is it wrong for me to teach him a little? He stole something from my son, and I just gave him a small lesson."

"You are an adult after all, why bother with a child?" Zhou Xuemei tried to use the stick of morality to pressure others.

Chen Xi sneered. She was already accustomed to this kind of moral kidnapping.

"When your son really gets into trouble someday, I'll see if the county magistrate will show mercy just because he's a child."

"Chen Xi, you are so cruel that you actually framed my well-behaved grandson." Old Mrs. Chen pretended to be heartbroken.

"Don't say that. I can't bear such a charge. I was just making an analogy. Besides, if your grandson was really obedient and sensible, how could he steal other people's belongings?" Chen Xi responded sharply, refusing to give in.

Old Mrs. Chen was so angry that her face turned blue, and she raised her hand to hit Chen Xi.

At this moment, the two children saw this, rushed forward swiftly, and gave Old Mrs. Chen a gentle push, causing her to lose balance and stagger to fall to the ground.

"Oh, grandma, how come you accidentally fell to the ground?" Xiaoyang asked with concern, his voice full of innocence.

"We were just afraid that you would hit your mother, so we pushed you gently." Xiaochen added, with a clever look in his eyes.

Chen Xi laughed secretly in his heart. He didn't expect that these two little guys were not only smart, but also knew how to make up a story.

"Are you trying to take this opportunity to wrongly accuse our two children?" Chen Xi said with a hint of sarcasm.

"You two little bastards, have you grown wings? I'll teach you a lesson!" Old Mrs. Chen struggled to get up.

"Grandma is trying to frame Xiaochen and me." Xiaoyang said pretending to be afraid.

"My brother and I really just pushed grandma gently. We didn't use much strength. Woo woo~" Xiao Chen pretended to cry, with tears welling up in his eyes. His acting was very realistic.

When the surrounding villagers saw this, they all blamed Old Lady Chen.

"Mrs. Chen, how much strength can two three-year-old children have? You'd better get up quickly," an elderly woman advised.

"Are you really going to wrongly accuse the child?" Another woman also joined the ranks of condemnation.

In the eyes of adults, children are always innocent. In addition, Xiaoyang and Xiaochen’s acting skills are good, so the women naturally stood on the side of the children.

Old Mrs. Chen fell quite hard. Seeing this, Zhou Xuemei had to step forward and help her mother-in-law up to prevent the situation from getting any worse.

"Go away, everyone. This is our family affair. Anyone who dares to meddle in our affairs will be punished by me." Old Mrs. Chen barely stood firm, pointed at the women around her with trembling fingers, and threatened viciously.

However, as they were all from the same village, no one was more noble than anyone else. Moreover, they had just received benefits from Chen Xi, so they naturally did not want to leave easily.

"What kind of family affairs are these? The family has already separated and lived separately." A woman said bluntly.

"That's right. Our child also told us about your granddaughter's matter. If he hadn't tried to snatch the two children's things first, how could he have been beaten?" another woman echoed.

"He deserves to be beaten. My son even said that Chen Dabao threw stones at them." Another voice joined in, and everyone spoke the same language, leaving Old Mrs. Chen speechless.

"Oh, my God, this world is so unfair. My grandson got beaten and no one stood by me to speak for me." Seeing that the situation was not good, Old Mrs. Chen simply sat down on the ground and started rolling around like a tantrum.

"What's the point of an old woman like me living?" Old Mrs. Chen's cries were mixed with reluctance and helplessness, and she tried to gain sympathy by using a self-torture tactic.

"Chen Xi, I'm warning you, if you don't pay for my grandson's medicine, I won't leave. I have to let everyone see how cruel you are."

Old Mrs. Chen's tone was full of provocation, and her sharp eyes made it clear that she was going to cause trouble.

Facing this scene, although Chen Xi felt extremely helpless, he remained calm on the surface.

"Aunts, it's getting late. You can go back first. I can handle this matter myself." She spoke softly, trying to calm the storm.

Upon hearing this, several women looked up at the sky, only to see that the last ray of sunset had already set and night was quietly falling. So they nodded and dispersed.

After everyone left, Chen Xi ignored the dissatisfied looks from Old Lady Chen, Zhou Xuemei, and Chen Dabao, and went straight to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

Ever since his family's financial situation improved a little, Chen Xi insisted on having meat at every meal so that his family could eat better.

On the dinner table, there is a large plate of cabbage and pork slices with tempting color and rich meat aroma. It is paired with fragrant rice porridge, and the rice aroma seems to arouse people's deepest appetite.

She also specially left a few small pieces of bread for the children at home, the golden crust had an attractive luster.

It was not yet completely dark, and the family set up tables and chairs in the yard and sat around to enjoy themselves.

In the courtyard, the aroma of meat and bread intertwined and drifted in the wind, attracting several nearby cats to quietly approach, hoping to get a piece of the pie.

"Mom, grandma, I'm so hungry, I want to eat too." Chen Dabao's voice was a little coquettish. He thought that as long as he called grandma and mother, he could easily get the bread from Chen Xi's house. However, until it got dark, his wish was still unfulfilled.

Old Mrs. Chen felt mixed emotions as she looked at the happy scene of Xie Tianyi's family.

She secretly hoped that perhaps someone would politely invite her to dine together, but as time passed, there was silence all around and no one spoke.

"Dabao, come, grandma will take you to eat."

Old Lady Chen's voice was loud. When Xiaoyang and Xiaochen heard it, they quickly gulped down the porridge in their bowls. The adults also quickly cleared away the dishes on the table. Only a few slices of cabbage and pork were left in Xie Tianyi's bowl, which the two children had specially picked for him.