bookcurios Chapter 173 Sworn Worship
Chapter 173 Sworn Worship
"My last name is Chen, my given name is Xi, and I'm nineteen this year." Chen Xi answered calmly, silently adding in her heart that she was already a mother of two children.
"You are one year younger than me and Brother Cheng. I am Xie Yu. You saved my mother and me. How about we become sworn sisters?" Xie Yu smiled like a flower.
"This... isn't quite appropriate. I've already received the money." Chen Xi gently shook the banknote in his hand, a hint of hesitation flashing across his brows. He thought to himself that it seemed a little impolite to receive money after becoming sworn brothers.
"Haha, it's just three thousand taels, nothing to mention. My wife wants to become sworn sisters with me, so I will naturally treat you as my own sister." Pei Cheng smiled heartily, his words full of open-mindedness.
Chen Xi's hesitation gradually dissipated in the face of such sincerity.
"This..." She did not agree immediately, her eyes moving between the three people, thinking.
Xie Yu and Pei Cheng did not seem to be in a hurry to achieve success; they waited patiently.
After an incense stick of time, under Xie Yu's expectant eyes, Chen Xi finally nodded slowly.
"Then I will call you Sister Xie from now on." Chen Xi smiled brightly, and that smile was pure and warm.
"Can I call you Xier?" Xie Yu asked with a smile, his voice full of anticipation.
"Of course." Chen Xi responded, with a smile that was a bit shy and a bit happy.
"Oh, by the way, sister and brother-in-law, since we are sisters, I cannot accept your money for nothing. Here are my treasured ginseng and ganoderma lucidum. You can use them to replenish your body."
Chen Xi took out two treasures from the medicine box he carried with him. They exuded a faint herbal fragrance and had a warm color.
"Xier, you should keep such a precious thing for yourself." Pei Cheng said considerately, and Xie Yu agreed.
"It's not worth mentioning. I'm a doctor myself and I often go to the mountains to look for medicinal herbs. These are not uncommon." Chen Xi downplayed it, cleverly concealing the truth.
In fact, these precious medicinal materials come from her mysterious space medicine field, which cannot be easily found in the mountains and forests outside.
Pei Cheng and Xie Yu were very smart. They naturally knew the value of the ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum. They carefully put away the ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum with treasure in their eyes.
"Brother-in-law, please take good care of my sister recently. Don't let her touch cold water, and avoid cold food. It's getting late, I should leave." Chen Xi reminded, his heart full of concern for Xie Yu.
"Xier, where do you live? I'll visit you when I have time." Pei Cheng asked.
"I live in Xianghe Village. I'll find time to come to the city to visit you guys." Chen Xi replied with a smile, already thinking about the next time they get together.
"Okay, I will live with my sister in the city for the next month. If you have anything, just come to the prefect's house to find me." Pei Cheng made careful arrangements.
Chen Xi agreed with a smile, and then set off on his journey home.
It was late at night and the moonlight was as bright as water. She hired a carriage and drove slowly towards home.
The outline of Xianghe Village looked quiet and peaceful in the night, with only her family's blue brick courtyard brightly lit.
As soon as the carriage entered the village, Chen Xi hurriedly paid the bill and got off, fearing that the sound of horse hooves would disturb the sweet dreams of the neighbors.
She pushed open the unlocked door lightly, and a childish voice came in the night breeze: "Dad, Mom is back!"
When Xiaoyang and Xiaochen heard the familiar voice, they immediately jumped out of bed with excitement on their faces.
Xie Tianyi had already gone out to greet Chen Xi. Seeing Chen Xi return safely, the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.
Seeing him coming out with a lamp, Chen Xi knew that the two children were still waiting for him, and he felt touched and apologetic.
"It's so late, why aren't you sleeping yet?" She said as she walked into the house, her tone containing a hint of blame, but more of love.
"The children miss you." Xie Tianyi explained gently, his eyes full of understanding and support for his wife.
"Okay, I'm back, go to sleep." Chen Xi looked at his two children tenderly, his eyes full of love.
"Did something happen in the restaurant?" Xie Tianyi asked with concern.
He knew that if there was nothing special, Chen Xi would not come back so late.
"The restaurant is fine, but on the way back I met a pregnant woman who was having difficulty giving birth, and I helped her. Coincidentally, that Sister Xie has the same last name as you." Chen Xi spoke softly, explaining the reason for coming back late, with a sense of wonderful fate in his tone.
"Sister Xie?" Xie Tianyi frowned slightly when he heard the words. He felt a little confused and at the same time became curious about this woman with the same surname whom he had never met.
"Yes, it was Sister Xie who had a difficult childbirth. She was carrying precious twins. Since natural childbirth is extremely difficult, I lent a hand at the critical moment and helped her give birth to two little lives safely. In order to express her gratitude, she proposed to recognize me as her sister."
Chen Xi spoke in a gentle tone as he narrated this past event.
Xie Tianyi listened quietly without saying much.
He knew very well that this was Chen Xi's private matter, and respecting others, especially Chen Xi's wishes, was his consistent principle.
"Mom, can you sleep with us?" Xiaochen begged in a childish voice, his big eyes full of anticipation.
In the Xie family, when Xie Tianyi was blind, sleeping in the same bed was still feasible, but now that his eyesight has been restored, Chen Xi naturally would not consider staying overnight.
She stroked Xiaochen's head and said gently, "Xiaochen, it will be very uncomfortable for four people to squeeze into one bed. No one will sleep well."
After hearing this, Xiaochen pouted her lips slightly. Although she was a little unwilling, she could only nod sensibly and gave up the idea.
At this time, Xiaoyang sat up from the bed and made a new suggestion: "Then let's sleep with mom. Can daddy sleep by himself?"
Chen Xi was slightly surprised when he heard this, "Huh?"
I thought to myself, didn’t I sleep soundly with Xie Tianyi before?
Why did you suddenly change your mind?
Xie Tianyi seemed to see through her thoughts and explained with a smile: "Let the children accompany you tonight. After all, such opportunities will become less and less as they grow up."
As he spoke, he personally picked up the two children and carefully brought them to Chen Xi's room.
"Wow, my quilt smells so good, I want to cover myself with my quilt!"
Xiao Chen excitedly crawled into Chen Xi's bed, and the quilt that Xie Tianyi handed over was thrown aside by him, looking a little innocent.
Seeing this, Chen Xi smiled helplessly and dotingly, and had no choice but to wrap herself in the children's quilt and gradually fell asleep.
That night, the story was only half told when the two little ones were so sleepy that their eyelids were fighting and they fell into a deep sleep.
Chen Xi gently tucked in the corners of the quilt for them, and secretly vowed in his heart that no matter how busy he was in the future, he should never come home late again.
Meanwhile, in the town’s clinic, Pei Chengzheng generously donated not only to pay for Xie Yu’s treatment, but also to provide additional funding to the clinic to help more people in need.
It was not until the next day, when he saw that Xie Yu's condition had improved significantly, that he felt relieved and took Xie Yu and the children away from the clinic.
"Yuer, your body is still very weak and it is not suitable for you to travel around. How about we rest in the county town for half a month?" Pei Cheng suggested with concern.