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

"If stealing isn't a serious problem, then what is?" Ling Dalang didn't know what to say.

The Queen Mother sneered, "Let me tell you, your family had nothing back then, and my daughter married into the family. Now that you have a little money, you complain about my daughter taking things. She is still your Ling family wife. What's wrong with her taking some of her own things? You still find fault with this and that."

"A cartload of stuff, and you didn't even say hello, is this what you call taking it?" Ling Dalang roared, his face turning ashen with rage. He stepped forward and knelt directly in front of his father and mother. "Father, Mother, your son has thought it through. I'd rather not live like this anymore."

Ling's mother disagreed, but looking at her eldest son, she couldn't bring herself to refuse. "You should think it over yourself. As long as you've thought it through, I have no objections. But you two are both so grown up now, so you should consider the children's opinions and ask them for theirs."

“I will tell them the truth. If they want to stay, they can stay; if they don’t want to stay, I won’t stop them.”

Ling's father's mouth moved, somewhat reluctant, "No matter what, Wang Shi and you have been together for many years. If possible, you should continue to live together."

"Father, I know, but if this kind of thing happens once, it will happen again. I can't stand it." Ling Dalang looked determined.

The Ling family remained silent. After a long silence, Madam Wang finally spoke up and asked, "Do you really want to divorce me?"

"Yes, you didn't consider me, your husband, when you took things from home. You didn't treat me like family."

"Okay, I agree, but I have a share of these things in the house, so you have to give me some money."

"Okay, what's yours is yours, but what's not yours, you can't take with you."

"Okay, but I don't want to be divorced, I want a settlement."

"can."

As if they were arguing, the two immediately came up with a plan.

Instead of trying to dissuade her, Wang's mother was so happy that her face turned red, and she was even a little impatient. "Calculate it, calculate it clearly. I'll go home and get your brother right now. With him here, the Ling family won't dare to give less. This matter is fine."

A hint of disappointment flashed in Wang's eyes. "Mother, no need. I've lived in this family for many years, and I know the situation here. I also know how much I'll get."

"But with you here, brother, you..."

"Mom, I'm not a child, I'm an adult, there's no problem."

Seeing that Wang Shi had no intention of bringing her son over, Wang's mother was somewhat dissatisfied, but she didn't say anything. In the end, she could only compromise, "Alright then, you'd better think carefully. Your mother is right here, and the Ling family won't dare to do anything to you."

Wang remained silent.

Ling's mother was somewhat upset, "Why don't you reconsider? This is really..."

"Mother, your son has thought it through, so there's no need for anyone to persuade him anymore." Ling Dalang has always been a filial son and has never talked back to his elders, let alone interrupted them. This is the first time he has ever done so.

Seeing her son like this, Ling's mother didn't say another word, but just sighed softly, "Then find the children later."

"Mother, let me discuss this with Dalang before calling the children back."

"it is good."

The Queen Mother urged from the side, "Hurry up and calculate, I'm telling you, you can't cheat us out of the money."

Madam Wang gave her mother a deep look, then looked at Ling Dalang, "Let's begin calculating."

"it is good."

The group sat down together and started calculating. Wang herself began to report, "When we built the workshop, we took silver from my second brother. We haven't paid back the silver yet. Now, let's take stock of the goods in the workshop, convert them into silver, and see how much I can get."

“Okay, I’ll go with you to calculate it,” Ling Dalang said.

Wang nodded gently and followed Ling Dalang toward the workshop. Wang's mother immediately followed, saying, "I'll go with you."

"Mother, please don't go. Fourth sister-in-law, could you please come with my mother to pack my clothes? I'll take them with me later."

"Okay," Du Mingxian replied.

After Ling Dalang and his wife left, everyone else stayed in the courtyard. Du Mingxian went inside with Wang Mu to tidy up, and Xiao Zhoushi and Liushi also came to help. Ling Sanlang also went to find some of the children from the eldest son's family.

Since the family built a clan school, all the children in the Ling family have been studying there.

Du Mingxian went in and watched Wang's mother tidy up, but she soon noticed that... the clothes placed outside were all Wang's usual clothes, and there were also new ones, but Ling's mother had made new clothes for all of her daughters-in-law during the New Year, and there were no clothes for her eldest sister-in-law here.

If they were in the courtyard, she wouldn't be able to tell if it was real or fake. But now she was certain that her sister-in-law had prepared in advance, and perhaps it was just an act.

There were quite a few clothes to pack. Every time Wang Mu saw a slightly newer piece of clothing, she would hold it up to herself. Du Mingxian felt uncomfortable watching this. Having a mother like that must be very depressing.

Not long after, the two returned, looking extremely unwell. Ling Dalang gave the silver to Wang Shi, which amounted to only fifteen taels.

When the Queen Mother saw the silver, her eyes lit up at first, but when she saw that there was only a little bit, her face immediately fell. "You little brat, are you trying to bully my Wang family? Are you trying to give a beggar this little bit of silver?"

"Who gave so much to a beggar? Tell me, and I'll wait at their door. I'm willing to be that beggar." Since they were both getting a divorce, Ling Dalang had even less of a friendly attitude towards his mother-in-law. If it weren't for her, his life wouldn't have turned out this way.

Wang's mother was embarrassed by this rebuke and became very angry. She pointed at Ling Dalang's nose and cursed, "You ungrateful wretch! You said such nice things when you married my daughter, but now that we're not even divorced, you talk to your elder like this."

"It is our tragedy to have an elder like you. You only have eyes for your son. Your daughters are just objects to be sold. You say you feel sorry for them, but you just want to squeeze every last drop of profit out of them."

"If it weren't for the Wang family, would the child's mother have been able to steal things from the house? Would we have ended up getting a divorce?"

"Now that your daughter has divorced me, you must be happiest. In the future, can you remarry your daughter and ask for even more money?"

Ling Dalang's words were like tearing off the last veil of shame from the Queen Mother's face. She was utterly ashamed, but she was used to it and even felt that Ling Dalang was a particularly despicable person. "Now that you have money, you abandon your wife and insult your elders. You will not have a good end either."

"I don't know if I'll have a good ending, but your Wang family will never rise again."

The Queen Mother was furious and raised her hand to hit Ling Dalang, but was stopped by Wang Shi standing to the side. "Mother, let's pack up and leave."

"You've definitely been cheated out of this little bit of silver. How could such a large workshop only earn such a small amount?" The Queen Mother was unwilling to leave.