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

With Ling Silang speaking on his behalf, Ling's father and mother believed him and respected his decision, allowing him and Du Mingxian to go. Then, the family began preparing things.

After Du Mingxian and Ling Erlang went to the county together today, Ling Erlang went to deliver the goods, while she went to her own shop.

The shop was in a great location, but right now... it was incredibly deserted. Chen Yu sat alone to one side, his brows furrowed.

As he felt the darkness before his eyes, he happily opened his mouth and said, "Welcome, esteemed guest... Master."

Du Mingxian didn't miss the disappointment in Chen Yu's eyes. "What's wrong? You don't welcome me, your employer?"

"No, no, it's just..." Chen Yu didn't know how to explain to Du Mingxian.

Du Mingxian glanced at the shop and knew what was wrong. "Are the items not selling?"

"Yes, some girls do come to our shop, but as soon as they hear the prices, they say we're ripping them off and leave."

"Oh, thank goodness we didn't sell them. I'll give you a new price list. Sell according to this, and don't worry if you can't sell them." Du Mingxian said, handing over the paper she had brought.

When Chen Yu looked at the price, compared to the previous price, this one... had more than doubled.

“Well… Master, even with our previous pricing, no one came to buy. Now that the price has increased so much, I’m afraid even fewer people will be willing to buy.”

"If you don't want to buy it, then don't. Don't worry, these good things will be snapped up one day." Du Mingxian wasn't worried at all.

Chen Yu felt guilty. He was paid by his employer, but he hadn't sold a single item. Now, his employer was even paying him back.

"By the way, I'll be away for a while, but someone will bring your wages over later."

"Master, I..."

Du Mingxian noticed Chen Yu's awkwardness. "Don't worry, it's not your fault if you can't sell anything. Just keep an eye on the shop. Gold will always shine."

"Yes."

Even though the goods hadn't sold, Du Mingxian still gave Chen Yu some more stock before leaving.

She entrusted the task of delivering wages to Chen Yu to Madam Zhou, and also gave Madam Zhou a sum of money.

Madam Zhou declined, saying, "Son-in-law, passing the imperial examination is a big deal. You can use the money when you go to the capital."

She went there yesterday and saw clearly the gifts the Ling family received and the people who came up to curry favor with their son-in-law.

"Mother, don't worry, we have enough money. You should send this money to the manager under my name. If there's anything, have my cousin write to me."

"This..." Madam Zhou stared at Du Mingxian for a long time before asking, "I secretly asked your maternal grandmother yesterday. You two are living in the same room now. Have a child as soon as possible. There are many temptations in the capital. You can only rely on a child to protect yourself."

"Si Lang is outstanding. After he goes to the capital, I estimate that many people will be interested in him. I'm just afraid they will try to seduce him with women."

Du Mingxian was stunned. Wasn't Madam Zhou always busy?

"Mother, how did you know all this?"

Da Zhou was a little embarrassed. "My son-in-law is successful, so I went out and inquired around. Now I know people in the county, and I heard it from them."

Du Mingxian comforted Madam Zhou, "Mother, don't worry, everything will be alright."

If Ling Silang dares to take another woman, she'll leave. She'll never fight with other women all day long over a man.

Da Zhou nodded perfunctorily, but how could she not be worried?

Du Mingxian stopped trying to persuade her; that was just Da Zhou's nature. "Mother, how's your shop doing lately?"

"good."

“When I leave, Grandma might come back. Then we can buy a new servant. If Mother doesn’t understand something, she can ask Grandma. After all, the opinions of the elderly are mostly based on their experience.”

"okay, I get it."

When Du Mingxian returned home, Ling Silang told her about their trip to the capital alone. This was something she had anticipated, which was why she had made the arrangements in advance.

“Okay.” She didn’t stand on ceremony. Anyway, it would be convenient for this man to go to the capital with her since he knew her secret. She also wanted to see this era.

Once things settled down at home, Ling Silang went out every day, while Du Mingxian was kept by Ling's mother, who prepared food for them every day. Their clothes were all made by Ling's mother and Liu Shi.

I've prepared clothes for all four seasons.

While the Ling family was busy preparing, Du Mingwei from the Wu family only then heard about Ling Silang's situation.

She's been very busy lately and rarely home. Dahe Village kicked Ling Zheng's family out. Luckily, they were peddlers and knew the general situation of the nearby villages, and they also had some acquaintances.

They quickly settled down in the neighboring village and moved in.

Ling Zheng's injuries were very serious, and he was still unable to get out of bed. However, Ling Zheng wanted to see her and had Ling Yuan relay the message twice, so she had no choice but to go see him.

Ling Zheng was very excited to see her. She didn't want to meet him, but Ling Zheng gave her money.

He also told her, "I haven't been able to visit you lately, so keep the money safe and buy yourself something you like. Don't deprive yourself."

A person who was bedridden and unable to take care of himself was comforting himself. Du Mingwei had a rare moment of conscience and, instead of leaving after taking the money, began to take care of Ling Zheng.

Ling Zheng's family has been very busy lately. The house they are currently living in is borrowed, and the land they bought for their homestead is located further away, so everyone gets up early to go there to help out and doesn't return until evening.

Only Ling Yuan would come back to check on Ling Zheng, take care of him briefly, and then leave.

Ling Yuan knew about Ling Zheng and Du Mingwei's affair, so she only stayed at Ling Zheng's house for a short while before leaving. Du Mingwei stayed at Ling Zheng's house and took care of him from morning till night.

After Ling Zheng's family left, Du Mingwei went into the courtyard and waited until they returned home that evening.

Because of taking care of Zhou Dao, the little silver that Ling Zheng had secretly kept on him was almost entirely taken away by Du Mingwei, leaving him with very little.

Du Mingwei's habit of leaving early and returning late made the Wu siblings very unhappy. For the first two days, Du Mingwei gave them some money and told them to find their own food.

For the next few days, there was nothing, not even food, and they had no intention of taking care of anything.

As soon as she entered the door, Wu Erniu blocked her way and questioned her directly, "You've been going out in the morning and coming back at night lately. You didn't do something to betray my brother, did you?"

"How could that be? That's not true. Don't overthink it," Du Mingwei quickly denied.

"Then tell me what you've been doing these past two days? You haven't cooked for us, nor have you done any housework. You've been gone for so long, what have you been doing?" Wu Sanniu was also quite angry.

Wu Sihua curled her lips, looking particularly disdainful. "Big brother shouldn't have arranged the marriage in the first place. What 'lucky girl'? I think she's a jinx. The real lucky girl is Du Mingxian."

"What did you say?" Du Mingwei's voice turned cold as she asked Wu Sihua.