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

"My mother said that it's bad for a woman's health to have children too early. If she has children later, her body will be stronger and the child will be healthier. It's good for both the mother and the child, so don't be angry about living separately."

Du Mingxian was quite surprised. Her mother-in-law's ideas were all good. Regardless of whether Ling Silang lived or died in the future, it was better for her that they didn't live together now.

"I'm not angry. I'll just do as Mother says."

Ling Silang took out a purse from his person and handed it over, saying, "This is some silver I've saved up. Take it and buy whatever you need in the future."

"No need, I have money, you keep it."

Ling Silang insisted, "This is money I earned from copying books, not from my family."

Du Mingxian glanced back at him; this man knew he was special at home.

Perhaps sensing the meaning behind Du Mingxian's glance, he chuckled and explained, "My parents have been looking for doctors for me all these years. The doctor who predicted I wouldn't live past twenty is an imperial physician from my ancestors, and his medical skills are excellent."

“If I don’t accept their kindness now, I might really die, and my parents might regret it forever. I might as well go along with their wishes.”

Du Mingxian understood.

It seems that Ling Shilang's idea is not wrong.

Seeing that she didn't move, Ling Silang forcibly stuffed the silver into her arms, saying, "Take it. I'll keep copying books and earn more silver, then I'll give it to you."

"Okay." Since the other party insisted on giving it to her, Du Mingxian didn't refuse anymore and accepted it directly. However, she still reminded them, "Your health is not good, so you can't overwork yourself. I'll take care of the money-making in the future. You like reading, so just focus on your studies."

Ling Silang nodded, not agreeing to Du Mingxian's request, and Du Mingxian didn't insist on getting to the bottom of it.

After talking all the way, the two got even closer when they arrived at Kaoshan Village.

Today is the day that the two married daughters of the Du family are returning to the village, and many people are waiting on the main road in the village early in the morning to watch the excitement.

The people of Lingjia Village are easy to fool, but everyone in Keshan Village knows that the Ling family is going to marry Du Mingwei, that lucky girl. But on the second day after the wedding, they found out that the two girls had married the wrong person.

There are all sorts of rumors surrounding this matter.

Anyone with eyes can see that the Du family deliberately arranged for their two daughters to marry the wrong people. After all, both of them were married off when they were fully conscious. The Wu family is closer, and the Ling family is farther away, so it's easy to tell them apart.

Some people say that it was Grandma Du who did it on purpose, because she couldn't bear to let her granddaughter marry far away, so she deliberately tricked the Ling family.

The villagers didn't know that the Ling family had come over that night because it was too late, and now they're all craning their necks to see what's going on.

When Du Mingxian entered the village, she was treated like a VIP and received a warm welcome from the villagers.

"Oh dear, Mingxian, how could you have married the wrong person, Mingwei? The Ling family is like a sedan chair, while the Wu family is like a cart. You two were both fully conscious when you got married. Could this have been done on purpose?"

"Don't talk nonsense. What do those two girls know? Old Madam Du must have made a mistake when she handed the groom over the wrong person."

"Maybe the Ling family has chosen Mingxian as their daughter."

Everyone was chatting animatedly, each offering their own opinion.

If it were the old Du Mingxian, she would definitely have panicked, but the current Du Mingxian was quite calm. "Auntie, aunts, no matter what happened, we are now married, and the matter is settled. Today is our homecoming day. Thank you all for welcoming us here."

Seeing that Du Mingxian didn't respond, someone simply looked at Ling Silang to the side and said, "Scholar Ling, your family married the wrong person. Don't you have any thoughts about that?"

Ling Silang said, "Mingxian is the one my family has decided on."

Du Mingxian suddenly felt that the name Mingxian sounded rather pleasant when he said it.

Knowing that these people were incredibly gossipy, Du Mingxian simply cracked her whip, urging the oxcart to continue moving forward, too lazy to pay any attention to them.

Once the oxcart was gone, the crowd had no way to continue asking questions. After watching the person leave, they gathered together again to gossip.

"Those who are far away have arrived, but those who are closer haven't arrived yet."

“What do you know? When I came here, Fu Nu from our village was washing clothes for those little brats from the Wu family. She used to do this kind of thing at her parents’ home.”

Yes, Du Mingxian has arrived, but Du Mingwei, who married into the same village, hasn't arrived yet; she's currently washing clothes with a resentful air.

On the day of her marriage, Wu Daniu was supposed to treat his brothers to a meal, but because of the arranged marriage and the seduction incident, he didn't treat them to a meal. So, he treated them to a meal yesterday.

Inviting someone to dinner means cooking, but Du Mingwei had never cooked before. In the Du family, she was always waited on hand and foot. Hearing that she had to cook, she felt extremely aggrieved.

"Husband, I can't cook. Du Mingxian always cooked at home." Du Mingwei said to Wu Daniu in a coquettish tone, leaning against him and looking very uncomfortable. "Besides, I'm not feeling well today."

Wu Daniu was quite excited, and seeing her like this, and looking at her delicate white hands, he couldn't bear to do it. "It's okay, if you don't want to do it, I'll ask Aunt Wang from next door to come and help us."

"Is it okay?"

“Okay, why not? We’ll just give Aunt Wang some benefits later.”

"Alright, I'll do whatever you say, my husband."

After Du Mingwei pleaded first, Wu Daniu invited Aunt Wang to come and cook. Aunt Wang brought her daughter with her when she came. While Aunt Wang cooked, her daughter, Wang Cui, chatted with Wu Daniu and the others for a few days.

Wang Cui is an only child in her family. She wants to find a man who will live with her in the family, who is two years older than Wu Erniu and one year younger than Du Mingwei.

The two families lived next to each other, and the children often played together. The younger children in the Wu family all liked Wang Cui very much.

"Du Mingxian has already joined the family, so why are you still asking my mother to come and cook? She used to do everything in the Du family. Does that mean she doesn't want to cook for you anymore now that she's married into the family?"

Wu Erniu and the others were filled with anger upon hearing this.

Wu Sanniu, being the most impatient, immediately complained, "Still cooking? My older brother cooked dinner yesterday. Besides, it wasn't Du Mingxian who married into the family, but that lucky girl Du Mingwei."

"What? Du Mingwei?" Wang Cui exclaimed in surprise. "How could it be her?"

"That's her. Last night, Du Mingwei's parents came looking for us. We saw my older brother take her out, and they came back together not long after."

Wu Xiaohua said softly, "My older brother carried it back."

Wang Cui was extremely shocked. "Du Mingwei can't do anything. Wasn't it said that Du Mingxian was the one who would marry Brother Da Niu?"

"Who knows what happened?" Wu Sanniu was very dissatisfied.

Wang Cui thought for a moment before saying, "No matter who comes in, since she's here, she's your sister-in-law. An elder sister-in-law is like a mother, so she should take care of your affairs. If she doesn't even cook, do you expect us to cook for her in the future?"

Wu Sanniu immediately declared, "I don't want to."