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

"Brother Da Niu." Wang Cui looked at Wu Da Niu with a pitiful and aggrieved expression, her eyes pleading for help.

Wu Daniu raised his hand and slapped Du Mingwei, "Stop talking nonsense here. Even if there is something between Xiao Cui and me, it is none of your business to say it here."

Du Mingwei was trembling with rage, as if she had gone mad. "I don't agree to you being with her! I don't agree!" After saying that, she ran away, not home, but to the Du family's house.

Wang Cui stepped forward and cautiously tugged at Wu Daniu's sleeve, "Brother Daniu, what should we do? Du Mingwei seems really angry. I...I...didn't mean to."

"Don't worry, I won't bother with her. If she makes a scene again, I'll just divorce her and marry you directly. Wouldn't that be better?" After saying this, Wu Daniu realized that this was indeed feasible.

Du Mingwei doesn't do any work, so he has to find others to do it. If he marries Wang Cui, he won't have to worry about these things. Aunt Wang will come over to do the work, and he won't have to worry about anything at home.

The Wang family only has one daughter. As long as Wang Cui and I are on good terms, there's no need to worry about Aunt Wang betraying us.

Wang Cui was overjoyed. "Brother Da Niu really agreed? Will any of our future children take my surname?"

Wu Daniu hesitated, somewhat displeased, but said nothing more, only vaguely agreeing, "Yes."

"Brother Da Niu".

Wang Cui wanted to say something, but Wu Daniu didn't want to. "Let's go. It won't look good if things get out of hand. We still have to live in this village."

After the matter in Nandi City was settled, Du Mingxian immediately wanted to return with Ling Silang. However, when she went out to find a carriage, the Wang family sent someone over to say that they would send someone to take the two of them back.

Du Mingxian could only accept the Wang family's kind offer.

On their return journey, they rode in one carriage, while the Wang family prepared two carriages of gifts as a token of their gratitude.

Firstly, it was because Du Mingxian took care of Wang Qi, and secondly, it was because Ling Silang gave the Wang family the idea of ​​annexing the Sun family's assets, which made the Wang family very wealthy this time.

To express their gratitude, the Wang family gave a cartload of gifts and two thousand taels of silver as a token of appreciation.

The carriage was exceptionally comfortable, spacious, and luxurious, clearly reflecting the difference in social class. Du Mingxian deeply felt that the Ling family was still not up to par and could not withstand any storms.

With the Wang family escorting them, they didn't suffer any hardship along the way and arrived in the county very easily, first going to see Doctor Lin.

Dr. Lin had a prior agreement with Du Mingxian, and he was especially enthusiastic when he saw her, as if she were a god of wealth.

"Please come in, please come in."

Doctor Lin led the man directly to a guest room in the backyard, saying, "Si Lang doesn't look well, let me take his pulse."

"I came to see you because I wanted to take your pulse."

Ling Silang walked over and sat down. After taking his pulse, Doctor Lin frowned deeply. "The situation is not good."

"Is it the same pulse as before?"

"Yes."

Du Mingxian originally wanted to ask more details, but considering that Ling Silang was there, she didn't.

Dr. Lin didn't go into details: "I'll prescribe some medicine. Go home and rest well. Don't overwork yourself. Come back in a few days to get more medicine."

"it is good."

"By the way, that little girl you sent over was quite quick to learn, so my senior brother took her as his disciple and took her away."

Du Mingxian thought of Zhao Di's happiness for her, "That's good news."

"Yes, that girl is quick to learn and hardworking, overall she's quite good."

After getting the medicine, they didn't stay in the county and went straight home.

After arriving home, Wang Qi and the others were at the clan school, Ling's father was at the workshop, and Ling's mother and Granny Zhao were at home.

After putting things away, the Wang family left. Not long after, Wang Qi returned with Chen Ming (the second son of Widow Chen), talking to Chen Ming as they walked.

"From now on, you should follow me closely. Your master will not treat you unfairly. Your master's family is wealthy, and I will give you some money when I return home."

Chen Ming nodded repeatedly without saying anything. He didn't take his master's offer of money to heart at all, nor did he care about his master naming him...

Fortunately, any name sounds better than Er Gou.

Du Mingxian watched the two enter and went straight back to her room. She wanted to say a few words to Wang Qi, but since she had already met the Wang family, she ultimately said nothing.

After Ling Silang returned and reported that he was safe to his mother, he went back to his room to lie down, while Du Mingxian stayed in Ling's mother's room.

Ling's mother knew something was wrong as soon as she saw Du Mingxian's expression. "What's wrong?"

“Mother, my husband is not in good health. The doctor said that he should not be stressed. If that doesn’t work, could you please persuade him to stop studying? Studying requires mental effort.”

Ling's mother knew about this beforehand. "No, everyone needs to have something to do. Si Lang's health isn't good, so he definitely can't work. If he doesn't study either, he'll be idle all the time. Without a spiritual pillar, he'll be even more listless."

Du Mingxian suddenly realized that there was this other layer of relationship.

No wonder, no wonder the Ling family wasn't very wealthy, and it wasn't essential for them to study, yet they still insisted on sending Ling Silang to school.

Is this what they call a zero-sum game?

Of all things, reading can bring him spiritual joy, but it can also be mentally taxing and cause his health to deteriorate.

"If that's the case, then let's read it."

Next, Du Mingxian plans to focus all her attention on Ling Silang and help him recover. The spiritual water is now like an addictive poison to Ling Silang.

He can't stop eating. As long as he keeps eating, he can barely maintain his health for a short time. But if he dares to stop, Ling Silang's body will immediately return to its original state.

The next day, Du Mingxian received a message from Widow Chen that Du Mingwei had returned home and that Wang Cui was having an affair with Wu Daniu and was not allowing Aunt Wang to help with the chores.

Xu Yulan felt sorry for her daughter and insisted on cooking for her. Widow Chen interfered, causing Old Lady Du to scold Xu Yulan severely. Even so, Xu Yulan still went to the Wu family.

They said they were going to teach Du Mingwei how to do housework.

He goes there very early in the morning and comes back very late at night, essentially serving as Wu's long-term caretaker.

Du Mingxian found the message hilarious and replied to Widow Chen to continue stirring things up.

The workshop was on track and the New Year was just around the corner. Du Mingxian cooked for Ling Silang every day. At first, she cooked for Ling Silang alone, but eventually she cooked for everyone in the family.

After Fang Daru left last time, he never came back. There were only four people in the Ling family at home: Wang Qi, Lin Hu, and Chen Ming.

With fifteen days left until the Chinese New Year, Lin Hu proposed to leave.

"I am much better now, and I will definitely repay your life-saving grace, but I must leave now."

Lin Hu was initially wary of Du Mingxian, but the longer he stayed at the Ling family's house, the more he realized that Du Mingxian was simply trying to save him and had no other intentions, which made him even more grateful.

"Meeting you is fate, there's no need for further words. If you want to leave, I'll prepare some things for you, do you need a horse?"

"If there were horses, that would be even better."