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

Uncle Ling and Aunt Ling argued at home for several days. Finally, under Uncle Ling's strong suppression, Aunt Ling finally agreed to confess.

Inside the main room, Uncle Ling and his wife, Father Ling, Mother Ling, Da Lang and his wife, as well as Si Lang and Du Mingxian, all sat together, their eyes fixed on Aunt Ling.

"Speak," Uncle Ling said in a deep voice.

Aunt Ling was still a little awkward, but when she met Uncle Ling's cold gaze, she could only cry and say, "That day, someone gave me money and asked me to find a way to get some wine from the workshop. I didn't agree at first, but the other party offered too much, so I... I was just temporarily bewitched."

“I thought I’d try stealing it once, but the workshop and warehouse had keys and there were guards at the door, so it was really hard to steal. I… I just happened to see Dalang’s wife and mother-in-law secretly taking Wang’s key.”

“I kept an eye on it. After Wang got the key, she immediately went to make a copy. I… I stole hers back. That same day, I managed to put some laxatives in the doorman's pocket. Everything went smoothly, and I quickly stole two jars.”

“I was very nervous at first, but I was happy that you didn’t notice. I planned this for several days before I stole the wine.”

Du Mingxian stared at Aunt Ling, "Who contacted you?"

"do not know."

"You are lying."

Aunt Ling's heart pounded. She looked at Du Mingxian nervously, "I didn't, I really don't know anyone. What kind of people could a village woman like you know?"

“First of all, if you really wanted to steal something, you wouldn’t use such a method. You are our third aunt. If you really needed a jar of wine, you wouldn’t need to go through all this trouble. My father also sent wine to my third uncle and the others. If they really needed just a little bit, you could give them the wine from your house.”

"Secondly, if you don't know them, they won't contact you. You are our third aunt, that's true, but we also have an eldest aunt, a fourth aunt, and a youngest aunt. You are not someone who has to come into contact with us."

"Finally, if the other party really just wants some wine and is willing to give you silver to steal by you alone as a woman, you can simply pay a few bandits or other people to put them in the care of an old gatekeeper at night, which would be quite easy. Then you can just go and empty the warehouse, wouldn't that be better?"

"The other party must have given you other tasks to complete in order to achieve this goal."

Du Mingxian's words left Aunt Ling feeling both fearful and helpless.

How did she know? How could she be so clever? She could have easily gotten away with an excuse before, but now she can't fool anyone even if she wanted to.

"So, Auntie, are you going to tell the truth?"

Aunt Ling closed her eyes, resigned to her fate, and said, "That person was introduced by Guo Dani. He's Guo Dani's nephew from her maternal family. It seems he's running errands for a wealthy family. I don't know anything else about him."

Du Mingxian was unaware of the relationships among the villagers, and she subconsciously looked at Ling's mother.

When Ling's mother heard the name, she frowned. Seeing that Du Mingxian didn't know, she explained, "Guo Dani is from the next village. She does business by sending maids to wealthy families, and she often goes to other villages to see if any families want to sell their daughters."

“If any family favors sons over daughters and treats their daughters badly, Guo Dani will tell them to sell their daughters to give them a way to survive and earn some money.”

"This person presents two extreme images to everyone. Some people are very friendly to Guo Dani, while others find her annoying."

Du Mingxian subconsciously thought of the Wang family. Who would go to the trouble of finding someone to smear her? Only someone connected to the Wang family would do such a thing, or someone who hates the Wang family, or someone who is an enemy of the Wang family.

Aside from someone connected to the Wang family, she couldn't imagine who else would have such thoughts.

"Does Third Aunt have any other clues?"

"That's all. I've said everything I need to say. That's all I know." Aunt Ling confessed truthfully. She had been hoping to get away with it, but as soon as Du Mingxian opened her mouth, she knew it was impossible.

Du Mingxian stopped talking. She left the rest to the Ling family to handle. She needed to figure out who was behind her and couldn't stand to see her doing well.

Guo Dani is a person with unpredictable whereabouts. She needs to travel to different villages every day in order to buy some young girls or boys of suitable age.

After learning about Guo Dani, Du Mingxian kept inquiring about her whereabouts and interrogating people in order to find out who was behind her.

For several days, Du Mingxian was unable to find the person. As for Aunt Ling, Ling's father said that Uncle Ling's family would compensate her with ten taels of silver, and the silver that Aunt Ling had been bribed with would also be considered as compensation.

We'll forgive Aunt Ling for what she did this time, but if she dares to do it again, we absolutely cannot let her off the hook.

Since they are brothers, and Father Ling has already spoken, this matter can only be handled this way. However, Aunt Ling must never repeat this mistake. If she does, it will not be easy to forgive her again.

These past few days, Du Mingwei, who came to frame Du Mingxian and bully her for causing her miscarriage, has also been feeling particularly bad.

Upon returning from the Ling family's house that day, Wu Daniu immediately questioned, "Why did you frame someone? What's going on with the child?"

"I don't know what happened to the child. It really happened in the Ling family. Husband, you have to believe me."

"Believe what? Believe that chicken blood can flow from your body?" Wu Daniu became angrier the more he thought about it, and the affection he used to have for Du Mingwei was gone from his eyes.

Du Mingwei was also heartbroken. It was her own child; how could she not love it? But she suddenly miscarried that day.

Suddenly she remembered that Widow Chen had fought with her mother. Could it be because she had tried to break up the fight that day?

Du Mingwei began to sob softly, "This child is yours, and he is mine too. My pain is no less than yours, but I lost my child, and I'm not sad? Is that all you think of me?"

"I love you. Otherwise, why would I have been willing to switch families with the Ling family and marry into this family? Don't you really care about me at all?"

Men can't resist a woman's soft and coquettish manner, especially since Du Mingwei is crying her eyes out. So, he softened a little and said, "Alright, stop crying. I'm just heartbroken for the child. He's the first child in the family."

"Of course I feel sorry for him. It must be because of the work I did before that I'm not feeling well and need to rest."

Wu Daniu didn't know what to say. Which woman in the village doesn't get pregnant and give birth? Why is Du Mingwei so delicate?

Moreover, she hasn't done much work since she got married, and the family doesn't own much land. Now, because she didn't work well, her health is failing, and she needs to rest. If word gets out, people will laugh at her.

"You should take good care of yourself first. This child is breaking my heart."

"Husband, we're still young. Once I've recovered, we can have as many children as you want, okay?"