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

Madam Zhou shook her head. "Mingxian, I know what you mean, but with our family's circumstances, we're lucky if we can just make ends meet. We're really not at that point to buy someone else."

"Mother, I've made some money in business. How about I buy you a servant?"

"No, really no need."

Xu Tingting suggested, "Auntie, if you don't want to buy servants, that's fine. I'll come into the kitchen to help out. I also need to rest."

"No way! How can a young girl like you come to the back kitchen like that? Don't you think about how your skin will become rough and how you'll ever find a husband?"

"Then Aunt will accept my cousin's suggestion to buy a servant."

When Madam Zhou was about to refuse, Du Mingxian spoke up directly, "Alright, that's settled then. I've decided to buy a servant and send him over. Mother, you don't need to refuse."

Da Zhou really wanted to refuse, but seeing Du Mingxian's unyielding expression, she said nothing more.

That afternoon, Du Mingxian went to the human trafficker to buy a person. As soon as she entered, she saw Wu Daniu talking to the trafficker.

The broker recognized Du Mingxian. Seeing her enter, he said something to Wu Daniu, then cheerfully walked to Du Mingxian's side, "Madam, how many people are you planning to buy today? Or perhaps you're also buying a house?"

"Buy people."

Before Ya Zi could speak, Wu Daniu stepped forward happily, "Mingxian, you came here because of me?"

"How dare you be so shameless? There are so many places in the county, why do I have to come here because of you? Besides, what does my coming here have to do with you?" Du Mingxian said coldly, feeling that Wu Daniu was particularly annoying.

Wu Daniu didn't believe it. He guessed that Du Mingxian was just too embarrassed to admit it. "I know you came because of me, I..."

"Stop, even if you're so narcissistic." Du Mingxian turned to look at the broker beside her. "You still have things to do here, I'll wait for you over there."

"Yes, yes, please wait a moment, Madam. I'll go take care of things and be right back."

The broker told Wu Daniu, "That's about the right price. If you don't think it's suitable, you can try other places."

Seeing that Du Mingxian was there, Wu Daniu was too embarrassed to continue bargaining. "Alright, that's settled then."

The broker gave Wu Daniu a purse, and after they exchanged documents, Wu Daniu left. Only then did the broker greet her with a broad smile, "What kind of things would you like to buy today, Madam?"

"Woman, if you're good at cooking, that's all I ask for."

"Are you bringing your family?"

"No need, just one woman."

The broker immediately made arrangements, and soon Du Mingxian met four women, all of whom were in their thirties and looked quite neat and tidy. She wondered how well they were at doing their jobs.

"Tell me about it."

After the four people finished introducing their products, Du Mingxian chose one of them and asked, "What's the price range for this one?"

The broker's eyes were a little strange. "This was delivered by the person you were just talking to. I charged ten taels for it. If you want it, it'll be twelve taels. Regular customers get a discount."

Du Mingxian didn't haggle. "Okay, this one is fine."

"to make."

The paperwork was quickly completed. Du Mingxian took the indenture and led her people out of the brokerage firm. Before she could leave, Wu Daniu blocked her way again.

"Mingxian, you really care about me. You even want to buy back the people I sold." Wu Daniu was so excited that he shouted out his true feelings.

Du Mingxian felt a pang of regret, wondering if it would be too late to send the servant back now.

"Step aside."

“Mingxian, I want to have a good talk with you. I’ve always had feelings for you. You know we’ve known each other for a long time. If it weren’t for Du Mingwei interfering in our relationship, you would definitely be my wife now.”

"Face reality." Du Mingxian felt that Wu Daniu was like a stubborn leech; she hadn't noticed it when she was with him in her previous life.

Wu Daniu shook his head. "I'm telling the truth. You care about me, otherwise you wouldn't be like this."

Du Mingxian, unable to bear it any longer, raised her hand and glared at Wu Daniu, saying, "I told you to get out of the way."

"Mingxian, don't blame me. I had no choice at the time. It was your family's idea. If you hadn't agreed to the marriage exchange, it definitely wouldn't have been possible."

Du Mingxian punched his other eye hard before leaving.

Wu Daniu felt dizzy and extremely uncomfortable, but then he thought that scolding was a sign of affection, and that Du Mingxian's anger towards him was because she cared.

Thinking of this, I feel much better.

She even muttered to herself, "She wants to buy back the people I sold, and she still says she doesn't love me."

Thinking of this, he suddenly froze. What if the servant he had just sold went around saying something inappropriate?

Du Mingxian was genuinely interested in Du Mingwei's gossip, "Why did his family sell you?"

"The woman in the house was pregnant before, but now she's lost the baby. She said the family was starving, so the man brought me here to sell me." The woman's face was calm, as if she wasn't talking about her own situation.

"Now that you're gone, won't Du Mingwei have to do all the housework herself?"

The woman did not answer, and Du Mingxian thought about it briefly before giving up.

After being beaten, Wu Dani rushed home. His eyes hurt, but his heart was warm. Du Mingxian had been thinking about him all along, and he was truly, truly happy.

The thought of marrying both sisters in the future fills him with excitement.

Today, the servant was taken away to be sold, and Du Mingwei did the work herself. After only a short while, she felt completely exhausted and simply went inside to lie down. But the more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt.

She was pampered at home from a young age. Other girls in the village had to do all sorts of chores: feeding chickens and pigs, working in the fields, cutting grass, gathering firewood, washing clothes, cooking—she had to do everything she could.

But after marrying into the family, the very task of washing clothes and cooking was enough to drive her crazy. She really didn't know how to do anything and didn't want to. She longed to go home.

As she cried, Wu Daniu's voice came from outside.

“Your sister-in-law’s clothes that she didn’t finish washing, you can wash them yourselves.”

Wu Sanniu refused, saying, "We used to be able to wash ourselves, but now that we have a sister-in-law, why should we still have to wash ourselves? It's said that the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. We have an eldest sister-in-law, but if we still have to do it ourselves, it would be better if we didn't have a sister-in-law at all."

Wu Daniu, who always favored his younger siblings, immediately agreed upon hearing this, saying, "Okay, okay, I'll call your sister-in-law to get up and wash."

Wu Sanniu muttered, "That's more like it," and then left.

Du Mingwei felt extremely upset. The younger members of the Wu family treated her like a servant, showing her no respect whatsoever as their sister-in-law.

At this moment, Wu Daniu pushed the door open and came in.

Du Mingwei was still sobbing softly. Wu Daniu heard the noise and felt sorry for her. "What's wrong? Is the work outside too tiring?"

"Mmm." Du Mingwei's face was covered in tears, feeling extremely wronged. After seeing Wu Daniu, that feeling of being wronged reached its peak, and she cried even more.