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

"Everyone's watching. You can't change anything by yelling at me. Besides, what kind of relationship do we have? We're sisters."

The phrase "sisters" seems to cover up everything.

"Don't say we're just sisters. Even if I were your mother, you can't talk about my own children like that. I think we should just let bygones be bygones regarding my younger sister and your son."

The woman immediately became anxious upon hearing this, "You can't do this! I was just joking. We've already agreed on things, how can you just let it go? My son really likes your daughter."

"So that means you don't like it. This isn't about forming a marriage alliance with me, it's about making an enemy of me." Mother Ling said sternly. "Go away, and don't come to my house again."

The woman was trying to use moral blackmail, but Du Mingxian sneered, "You'd better leave, or you'll upset my mother."

The main thing is to get rid of people. No matter how thick-skinned you are, you can't stay any longer. The woman could only leave angrily, muttering filth as she went.

Du Mingxian felt sorry for Ling's mother as she saw her chest heaving with anger. "Mother, don't lower yourself to the level of this kind of person. I was thinking of dealing with this matter slowly. I will resolve my younger sister's matter as soon as possible."

Ling's mother sighed deeply, "We've been sisters for so many years, I never expected her to say such a thing, and I never imagined she was this kind of person."

Du Mingxian didn't respond. People always change, and circumstances change too.

“Mingxian, you’ve been married for almost a year now. I think you should move in with Silang.”

Du Mingxian: "..." I never expected that my younger sister's marriage would be related to her and Ling Silang.

“You two are husband and wife, and Silang’s health has improved a lot. It would be more convenient for you two to live together and take care of each other. Living separately is not a solution.”

Regardless of her thoughts, all she could do at that moment was nod and say, "Okay."

"Not good." Ling Silang came out of the house with a calm expression. "You go back to your room first. I need to talk to Mother for a bit."

"it is good."

The two watched as Du Mingxian entered the house, and Ling Silang helped his mother back to her room before he spoke, "Mother, this matter is really not urgent, and you shouldn't pressure Mingxian."

"Son, tell your mother the truth, do you not like her?"

Ling Silang shook his head, "It's what I told you before, Mother. I cherish her, so I don't want her to suffer. I know you're doing this for our own good."

"If...if our son is still alive when he's twenty, shall we live together?"

Ling's mother's heart skipped a beat, and she felt a sharp pain in her heart, like being pricked by a needle. "Okay, okay, whatever you say."

My son is nineteen this year, and he has one more year to live.

One year left.

My son seems to be in much better health now, but I don't know if he can pull through this.

"Mother, please don't mention it in front of Mingxian anymore."

"Okay, don't worry, Mother will never mention it again."

Du Mingxian went to the county in the afternoon, stayed there for one night, called Wang Fu and Xu Dazhuang, dressed them up simply, and took them to stake out the area.

The man who wanted to marry Ling Xiaomei was always out and about, and Du Mingxian managed to catch him without much trouble.

Wang Fu and Xu Dazhuang stepped forward and started fighting without saying a word.

Du Mingxian had already hit him once. In fact, the man was quite badly injured, but he ran away today... entirely because there was a widow in the next village who was his lover.

That was someone he cherished dearly. The two of them had agreed to go to the county today. If he didn't show up, the widow might come to their house and cause trouble.

This is why he insisted on running out of the house despite his injuries.

After Wang Fu finished hitting the man, he woke him up, grabbed a knife, and said, "You dare to covet my woman, those ugly sons of yours?"

He gently slapped the man's face with the cold knife. "Remember this, Ling Xiaomei is my woman. If your family dares to make a move on her again, I'll kill you first, and then deal with your little bastards."

The icy touch, the fear of impending death, and the amplified pain throughout his body caused the man to break out in a cold sweat. He then wet himself in fear, still nodding and muttering, "Sigh, sigh."

Wang Fu understood; the man was right.

But they came here to cause trouble, so he kicked the man in the chest again, saying, "Remember what I said, don't you dare think about it again."

After the matter was settled, Du Mingxian parted ways with Wang Fu and the others, greeting everyone she met as she entered the room.

"Si Lang's wife, hurry home and see! Your family has received some distinguished guests again. Three carriages, how impressive!"

As Du Mingxian responded, she wondered who it could be.

The prefect certainly wouldn't do that; it must be the king's father who has arrived.

It really was her father who came, bringing two managers and two experienced accountants with him.

Du Mingxian's eyes crinkled with joy when she saw the four of them. "Thank you, Uncle."

Mr. Wang waved his hand, "This is nothing, no need to thank me. I came here to discuss the family reunion banquet."

"Then we need to prepare, it might take until the day after tomorrow."

"No rush. Such an important matter naturally requires us to choose an auspicious day."

After settling things over with Wang's father and arranging for the manager and accountant to stay at the workshop, Du Mingxian remembered that she hadn't told her family about the matter of recognizing godparents.

The first thing she did upon returning home was go into Ling Silang's room.

"Is it done?"

"It's done. If it doesn't work, just beat it up again."

Ling Silang smiled.

"Because of Wang Qi, Uncle Wang said he wanted to adopt me as his goddaughter when we were in Nandi City, and I agreed at the time. Now he has come to hold a banquet to recognize our kinship."

"When I came back that day, I was busy with the marriage proposal for my younger sister, and I forgot to tell my family."

“It’s alright, I’ll tell Mom in a bit, and she’ll tell Dad. But you probably forgot about the county, right? You need to talk to your mother-in-law about this.”

Du Mingxian nodded, "We need to go shopping for the banquet tomorrow. I'll tell Mother about it then."

“It’s a good thing to acknowledge the Wang family. Now that my elder brother and his family are doing business, they will have someone to guide them and will avoid many detours.”

"Yes, that's what I think too. Besides, everyone needs talented people. After I talked to Uncle Wang, he sent someone over, which shows he was sincere."

Ling Silang was very happy about this; it was good that there was another person to dote on his wife.

The next day, Du Mingxian went to the county to make purchases. She went with Xiao Zhoushi and Liushi, but Wangshi did not come.

Xiao Zhou and Liu were responsible for buying things according to the list, while Du Mingxian went directly to Da Zhou.

When they went to the shop, they didn't see anyone. They asked and found out that Old Mrs. Xu hadn't been feeling well last night, and Mrs. Zhou was worried, so she hadn't come to the shop and had stayed home to take care of her mother.

Du Mingxian hurried to the house and went inside. She saw the servants who were serving Old Madam Xu brewing medicine in the courtyard, but there was no one else.

The servants saw her and hurriedly greeted her, "Miss Cousin."