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

Dr. Lin understood instantly. "I understand, I understand. There's nothing between us, but I'm doing you a favor by offering you the apprenticeship. Just find another excuse later."

"Okay." Du Mingxian liked this kind of straightforward person.

They agreed that Dr. Lin would go out and write a prescription for the old lady, and have the apprentice prepare the medicine. "Take this medicine home and drink it for ten days. Come back for a follow-up visit after ten days."

"Ok."

After the group left the pharmacy, Du Mingxian gave the middle-aged man ten taels of silver, saying, "Buy some pots, pans, and other things." Then she gave the man the address and went ahead with the young girl, pushing the old lady back.

Upon entering the house, Du Mingxian made an excuse to take out some rice, flour, and vegetables from her spatial storage. "These are what I bought a while ago. They'll be enough for you to eat for a few days. You can cook for yourselves and then clean up the house."

The young girl had already arranged for the old lady to stay in the servants' quarters, and immediately replied, "Yes, Madam."

Du Mingxian didn't give any special instructions. The girl started packing and waited for Ling Silang to return.

Not long after Ling Silang returned, the middle-aged man also returned, carrying a lot of things.

The old lady was quite ill and was lying down at the moment, so Du Mingxian and Ling Silang went directly to the old lady's room before they started talking.

“I bought you not entirely to make you servants. While you are serving as servants, you will also become my maternal relatives.” Du Mingxian briefly explained Zhou’s situation, and then said to the man, “From now on, you will be my maternal grandmother, uncle, and cousin. You will be one family.”

The group was both apprehensive and relieved.

“My mother’s situation is a bit complicated. I’ll come over tomorrow to tell you the details. You can pack your things today.” After saying that, she looked at the little girl and asked, “Do you know how to sew?”

"Will do."

"Then I'll buy you a set of ready-made clothes first, and the rest of the fabric. You can sew your own clothes and bedding. I'll have the fabric shop deliver them in a bit."

"Yes."

The old lady seemed confused and disoriented, so Du Mingxian didn't say anything more and left with Ling Silang.

After leaving, Du Mingxian went to the cloth shop and bought some cloth and cotton. After having the finished clothes delivered, she went to have dinner with Ling Silang.

The two didn't eat by the roadside today; Du Mingxian wanted to go to a restaurant, so Ling Silang accompanied her.

Du Mingxian chose a corner seat in the hall and ordered a roast chicken, a braised dish (a mixed vegetable stew), and two bowls of rice.

Ling Silang handed her the house deed, saying, "Keep it."

Du Mingxian was quite surprised to see her name on the document, but she didn't say anything and quietly put it away in her space.

"Talk to them about it tomorrow, and then we can try to go to Kaoshan Village."

"Ah."

When the food was served, Du Mingxian took a couple of bites. The roast chicken was alright, but the braised dishes were really bad. However, in order not to waste food, Ling Silang ate a little, and she ate the rest.

She went in hungry, and when she came out... there was no wall to lean on, so Ling Silang helped her out.

Compared to Ling Silang's sickly appearance, she seemed to be seriously ill. After all, why would someone who looked sickly be supported by another person if she wasn't seriously ill?

The two patients attracted a lot of attention as they walked down the street.

Du Mingxian blushed repeatedly, and finally gave up, saying, "I can't walk anymore."

"I'll go find a car."

Du Mingxian wanted to say yes, but seeing that Ling Silang's face was also very pale, she couldn't bear it in the end. "Let's go together, I need to digest my food."

Originally, Du Mingxian wanted to openly arrange a carriage, but she didn't have time to do so, so she simply went home with Ling Silang, and the two of them found a carriage on their way back.

Inside the carriage, Du Mingxian thought of the 16,000 taels in her spatial storage. She didn't want to mention it, but thinking of Ling Silang's keen insight, she said, "I have some silver here. Father gave me 500 taels today. Let's go back and return it to him."

"No, keep it. It's family rule that 80% must be handed over, and the remaining 20% ​​is ours."

Du Mingxian wanted to say that she had it and didn't actually need it, but then she thought that if some things were done without following the rules from the beginning, it might nurture the ambitions of some people, making it even harder for the family to turn back.

"Okay, then keep it."

Seeing that she smiled, Ling Silang gave her all the remaining silver he had on him, saying, "Take it."

"No need, I have some." Du Mingxian took out several silver notes from her spatial storage, each worth one hundred taels.

"Take these; they should be yours too."

Seeing his insistence, Du Mingxian reached out and took it. Ling Silang reminded her, "When we get back, if Ruo Niang offers you some money, just take it."

"it is good."

“There are many people in the family and many children. Although we don’t spend a lot of money, you can buy some things for the children if you want.”

Du Mingxian always felt that Ling Silang was teaching her how to be a person, teaching an old monster who had lived two lifetimes how to be a person. It was really strange. "Okay, is there anything else I should pay attention to?"

"That's all. You're coming over tomorrow, I'll come with you."

"No need, you should rest at home for a day. You must be feeling quite tired today."

Ling Silang wanted to say something, but Du Mingxian said, "Take good care of yourself. If you overwork yourself, Mother will be angry, and that will definitely implicate me."

Ling Silang did not insist any further. The two arrived home, and Du Mingxian paid the carriage fare before they entered the house.

The house smells of meat today.

Ling's mother was sitting in the courtyard. When she saw the two of them come in, she couldn't suppress her smile. "You two didn't know you should have come back sooner. We had a good lunch at home today."

"Mom, we eat well even when we're out."

Oh, that roast chicken tastes good. I can bring some home next time.

Ling's mother then asked, "Can you two still eat? The family specially saved some for you."

"I'm not hungry, Mother," Du Mingxian wanted to say. She had just felt a bit better on the way here and wasn't very full, so she didn't want to eat anything more.

Ling Silang's face was even paler. "Mother, I want to go inside and lie down for a while."

Ling's mother hurriedly told Ling Silang to lie down.

That evening, the whole family was gathered together, except for the children.

Ling's mother said, "You all know about what happened when your father and the others went to town today. The ginseng that the fourth son's wife brought home sold for eight thousand taels of silver. According to our family rules, she should get twenty percent of that. Do you have any objections?"

Ling Dalang spoke first, "No, Mother, these are what my fourth sister-in-law deserves."

Wang didn't say anything. Now that the family has money and the children can go to school, it's all thanks to her fourth brother and sister-in-law.

The second wife had no objection, and the third wife had no objection either, because... Liu Shi came, but Ling Sanlang did not come because of his leg injury.

None of the families objected, and Madam Ling gave Du Mingxian 1,600 taels of silver, saying, "You should keep this silver; it's rightfully yours."

Du Mingxian put it away, and then she glanced at her sisters-in-law. She noticed that none of them looked jealous, which put her at ease.

Although she's not afraid of trouble, she's afraid of being bothered.

"Many children from our family go to school. Now that we have money, your father and I are thinking of adding another carriage to the family. This will make it more comfortable for Silang and the children to go to school."

Men's love for cars is in their nature.

Ling Erlang immediately said happily, "Mother, I'm good at choosing horses. Can I come with me to buy one tomorrow?"