The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

Du Mingxian rolled her eyes and said, "Our family's situation... we don't need wheat flour. I'll just go to town this afternoon and buy some pastries."

"Alright, then this afternoon your second brother will drive the cart, and you and your second sister-in-law will go to town together." After saying that, Ling's mother got up and took thirty coins, handing them to Du Mingxian, "Take this to buy pastries this afternoon."

Du Mingxian took a step back. "Mother, no need. I have money on me."

“That’s yours. This money is your homecoming gift and should come from public funds.”

"Need not."

"Take it, we haven't separated yet."

Du Mingxian thought for a moment but still didn't take it. "Mother, my husband is still studying. If we really talk about it, my older brother and his family are the ones who are at a disadvantage."

Ling's mother shook her head, her face turning somewhat pale at the mention of this matter. "They won't suffer any loss; this is what they owe Silang."

Du Mingxian frowned.

“When I was pregnant with Silang, your eldest brother and the others went out to play. They ran into the mountains with the other children in the village and encountered wolves. At that time, Sanlang was still too small to run, but the other children ran away as soon as they saw the wolves.”

"Sanlang was too small, and Dalang grabbed Sanlang with one hand and Erlang with the other. They couldn't run away, and all of them fell to the ground."

"I don't know what happened to that wolf. It didn't rush to bite them when it saw them. The village children ran back and shouted in the village. At that time, the river embankment was being repaired, and the repair was urgent. Many of the men in the village went to work."

"When I heard the news, I panicked and rushed into the mountains without thinking of anything else. Some people from the village came up with me. When we arrived, we saw wolves circling around Dalang and the others."

“I am their mother, how could I watch them be eaten by wolves? I ran forward and knelt in front of the wolves, asking them to eat me and let the three of them go.”

"Perhaps the wolf understands human nature. When it saw that I was heavily pregnant, it turned and left. Fortunately, it was a false alarm, and everyone made it down the mountain safely. However, I was so frightened that I suffered from severe abdominal pain as soon as I got down the mountain."

"Seven out of seven live, eight don't. Silang was born that very night. He was born with congenital deficiencies and was as thin as a kitten. His cries were barely audible unless you listened carefully."

"I took good care of him and he grew up. Fortunately, he survived, but... his health has never been good."

"You don't need to feel guilty towards them; it's what they should do."

Du Mingxian nodded slightly. Some things are really hard to say. If Ling's mother hadn't gone while heavily pregnant, the wolf wouldn't have left. But after the wolf left, Ling's mother was so frightened that she went into premature labor, which resulted in Ling Silang being sickly from birth.

"Take this money."

Du Mingxian's mother handed it over again, and this time she didn't refuse and took it.

"Go out."

For lunch, since there was chicken, we stewed it all in one pot, and added a lot of vegetables. We ate a three-ingredient flatbread, which tasted a little better than the cornbread we had in the morning.

Ling Silang still wore white noodles, but his bowl contained more broth and chicken than the others.

Everyone was curious about how Du Mingxian managed to catch the chickens. Du Mingxian explained that she was lucky; she encountered several pheasants fighting, and the other two were knocked unconscious by the others, allowing her to pick them up.

Whether others believe it or not, that's her version of events.

After the meal, Ling Erlang drove the carriage, taking Zhou Shi and Du Mingxian to town.

Dahe Village is not far from the town; it takes an hour to walk there and half an hour by bus.

Upon arriving in town, Du Mingxian was pondering how to act alone when she heard Zhou say, "Fourth sister-in-law, are you alright by yourself? I'd like to go for a walk with your second brother."

"Sure, Second Sister-in-law, you and Second Brother go ahead. I'll be waiting for you at the town entrance in half an hour."

"Okay, be careful." After saying that, Zhou left happily.

Du Mingxian also rushed to the grain store, as seeds and similar items were only sold at grain stores.

After she went inside, she bought a small amount of various seeds. Because there were many kinds, she spent four hundred coins. As a native of the area, four hundred coins was quite expensive.

She put the seeds into her spatial storage before going to buy pastries.

She didn't need to buy anything too fancy for the Ye family, but she still wanted to buy some extra good food for her mother to keep secretly.

If she weren't worried about making things difficult for her mother, she wouldn't have wanted to buy anything for the Ye family at all.

She bought two packs of better pastries at the pastry shop for forty coins each, and then went out and bought the worst kind of pastries from a street stall for eight coins each.

She put the good pastries into her space, and carried the eight-coin pack in her hand.

She strolled around town but didn't buy anything else; she still had some daily necessities in her storage space for the time being.

They didn't wait long at the town entrance before Ye Erlang and his wife arrived, with Zhou Shi carrying some things in her arms.

When Zhou saw the packaging of the pastries in Du Mingxian's hand, she was somewhat surprised. "Fourth sister-in-law, you bought pastries like this for your homecoming? Aren't you afraid your family will say something?"

Du Mingxian wasn't embarrassed. "Every family has its own problems, and not all family members are good."

Zhou understood immediately. Thinking of the marriage exchange, she started gossiping, "Fourth sister-in-law, tell your sister-in-law what this marriage exchange is all about? Don't worry, I will definitely not tell anyone."

"It's not that I can't tell my sister-in-law, and I'm not afraid that she'll tell anyone. The main thing is that I'm afraid my mother will scold you if she finds out that my sister-in-law has told anyone."

Zhou trembled slightly at the thought of her mother-in-law. "Don't worry, I definitely won't tell anyone about this. My sister-in-law is just really curious."

Bored on the oxcart, Du Mingxian recounted the whole story.

Zhou was dumbfounded. "What's wrong with your cousin? Our Silang is a handsome and talented man, a scholar, and our family is prosperous. Just our father has five brothers born to the same father and mother, not counting the children."

"What a huge family! She chose a hunter, and a single one at that."

Du Mingxian listened without saying a word.

She couldn't very well tell her sister-in-law that Ye Mingwei was reborn and had a bad life in the Ling family in her previous life, so she was unwilling to marry into the family again in this life.

Zhou was a talkative woman and couldn't hold back any longer. "Fourth sister-in-law, is your cousin really a lucky woman? The rumors outside are so amazing, is she really that lucky?"

Du Mingxian thought for a moment and nodded, "I just remember when I was little... my family sold a ginseng, and she dug it up."

Actually, Ye Mingwei's nickname "Lucky Girl" wasn't given for nothing. When she was little, animals would sometimes bump into her door. As they grew up, it wasn't so exaggerated anymore, but Ye Mingwei's luck has always been very good.

Go out and find gold; go up the mountain and find ginseng.

Most importantly, she witnessed Ye Mingwei doing these things firsthand, seeing Ye Mingwei's good fortune right before her eyes.

He is truly the chosen one.

The Ye family was doing quite well. After the fame of the blessed girl spread, Ye Mingwei was treated better than the boys in the Ye family.

His unique position within the Ling family is comparable to that of the fourth son of the Ling family.

"My God, is it that amazing?" Zhou's mouth dropped open in shock. "I've never seen what ginseng looks like before. Have you ever seen it?"