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

"It's alright, Mother."

Wang, acting like an elder sister-in-law, looked at Du Mingxian and said, "Have you not eaten yet? I left some rice for you in the pot."

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

A bowl of wontons in the county wasn't enough to fill me up.

Ling's mother waved her hand, "Alright, go to sleep, everyone. Fourth son's wife, go to the kitchen for dinner and take this oil lamp with you."

"it is good."

As Du Mingxian was about to leave, Ling's mother remembered and said, "Today, the fourth son went to Fang Daru's house in the county. He won't be back for a few days."

"Oh."

Could she tell Ling's mother that the two of them had actually met in the county?

However... since Ling Silang is at Fang Daru's house, why is he eating at a street stall outside?

After a quick meal under the lamplight in the kitchen, she went back to her room to wash up.

After a long day of activity, she glanced at the time and saw it was only a little past nine. Not feeling sleepy, she went into her spatial dimension to practice her skills; her body needed some serious training.

The next day, Du Mingxian didn't need to worry about Ling Silang's affairs, and she wasn't even assigned to cook, so she had some free time.

When Wang had free time, she would mend clothes for her children or stay indoors. Liu, on the other hand, would do some simple embroidery work in the house, and once she had saved up enough, she could sell it in town for some money.

In his spare time, Zhou would go to the village to chat with people, acting as an informant for the village.

Life at the Ling family wasn't as busy as she had imagined; at least the women weren't busy, but the men were quite busy.

Ling's father went to work in the fields early in the morning, while Ling Dalang and his brothers would go to town to find work. Sometimes they would carry bags, and sometimes they would help people build houses. In any case, they would earn some income.

Du Mingxian thought she had to find some work to do, but she couldn't do business, which was a real worry.

She spent the morning online, but in the afternoon she couldn't resist going into the mountains. She caught three pheasants and two rabbits and brought them home in a basket.

Everyone was very happy to see the prey she brought back.

"Put them all away, we'll sell them tomorrow," said Ling's mother.

The children's faces showed obvious disappointment.

Du Mingxian also wanted to eat meat, but since her mother-in-law said so, it wasn't appropriate for her to be the one to speak up, so she simply kept quiet.

Zhou was a foodie, so she could only resist. "Mother, Fourth Sister-in-law worked hard to hunt this. How about we cook it as a pheasant?"

"You just ate meat yesterday, do you still want more?"

Because of the snake incident, Ling's mother agreed to kill the chicken, and the chicken was killed yesterday. Du Mingxian also ate the chicken last night.

After being rebuked by Ling's mother, Zhou dared not say anything more. Being able to look but not eat was truly distressing.

Ling's mother called Du Mingxian into her room, "I know you have some abilities, but the mountains are dangerous after all, so you must be careful in everything you do."

"Don't worry, Mother, I will protect myself."

Seeing that Du Mingxian didn't quite understand her meaning, Ling's mother simply said, "Go to the mountains less often in the future; it's dangerous."

Du Mingxian: "..." Then what is she supposed to do at home? She can't do business either.

Du Mingxian was unhappy and listless when she came out of Ling's house. Zhou Shi came over and said, "Fourth sister-in-law, you are really amazing. When will you go into the mountains again? Take your sister-in-law with you."

“My mother wouldn’t let me go into the mountains, saying it was dangerous.”

Zhou's face stiffened. "It is indeed dangerous, but Fourth Sister-in-law, you were able to kill such a big snake. As long as you don't go deep into the mountains, there shouldn't be any major problems."

"My mother won't let me go."

Du Mingxian felt that all her happiness had vanished.

When Zhou saw her like this, she followed her into the small house and deliberately lowered her voice, saying, "Take me into the mountains. After you hunt, we can secretly roast and eat the game in the mountains. We'll come back after we've eaten. We won't bring anything home, so Mother won't know what we've been doing."

Du Mingxian had considered eating secretly, since she had her own space and could eat whatever she wanted, but she thought Ling's mother was quite nice.

From the moment she entered the house and revealed everything about the Du family, Ling's mother went to the Du family and did not bring up what she had said, but instead questioned her, thus clearing her name completely, proving that this mother-in-law was quite good.

"Is that alright? Mother will definitely be angry if she finds out."

"What's there to be afraid of? As long as we're safe, even if Mother finds out, she'll turn a blind eye."

Before Du Mingxian could speak, Zhou Shi had already begun to dream, "My eldest sister-in-law usually makes some knotted nets to sell, and my third sister-in-law can embroider handkerchiefs. Only I can't do anything. Now that you're here, my fourth sister-in-law, let's go into the mountains together, hunt some game, and sell it together. How about that? It would be a source of income for both of our families."

Seeing Zhou's bright eyes, Du Mingxian mercilessly exposed her, "Second sister-in-law, you can't even kill a chicken. Your abacus beads are hitting my face."

Zhou smiled sheepishly, without the slightest embarrassment, "This is just because we're poor. Besides, we're all family, so don't mind it."

"Second sister-in-law, I don't know much about scholars. Our family can't do business because my husband is studying, so we don't have any income. How can we afford to support a scholar?"

“Our family owns a lot of land,” Zhou explained regarding the Ling family’s situation.

Before Grandpa Ling passed away, the family divided the land. Ling's father's branch received a total of fifty acres of land, all of which were top-quality farmland. This shows how advantageous it is to have a father who is in charge of managing the household; at least they have some family property.

Fifty acres of land is not something an ordinary family can have. Besides, the Ling brothers all go out to find work; none of them are particularly lazy.

"If Silang's health improves, our family can still support a scholar." Speaking of Ling Silang's health, Zhou Shi glanced at Du Mingxian with some embarrassment. Seeing that Du Mingxian was in a daze, she felt relieved.

Du Mingxian thought, "We can't be poor like this forever, can we?" She asked, "Second sister-in-law, does that mean our family can never do business?"

"It's not unheard of. In our family situation, as long as we split up, the other branches of the family can do business without affecting Silang's studies. It's just that we didn't split up while our parents were alive."

Du Mingxian's eyes lit up. Yes, some laws can be exploited.

"That's a good idea."

"What, do you have connections in the business world?"

"No, it's just that I want to see if I can make more money."

Zhou dreamed of making money, but apart from liking to eat and having a good palate, she didn't have any other good qualities. "If it really made money, that would be a wonderful thing."

Du Mingxian did not respond.

Over the next few days, Du Mingxian began to think about what kind of business to start. After further investigating the living conditions of the people, she decided to start a food business.

Every night she would experiment in her online space, as she planned to make fermented soybean paste.

Selling sauce is the most convenient business. You can cooperate with others or sell it yourself. You don't need to hire a cook. If it sells well, you can even start a whole workshop.

Several days passed, and Du Mingxian's fermented soybean paste was still not ready when the day arrived for Ling Silang's return.

That morning, right after breakfast, Ling's mother instructed, "Second son, go and fetch Fourth Brother back."

"Good girl."

Du Mingxian felt incredibly guilty, remembering that she had seen Ling Silang in the county last time. "Mother, should I go instead?"