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

Du Mingxian chuckled, "No one in the family should say anything right now." She had just sold the ginseng she dug, but it definitely wouldn't work if she waited too long.

When they got home, Ling's mother asked about the situation, and Du Mingxian told her everything. Ling's mother was relieved to see that everything was alright.

That evening, Du Mingxian was thinking about how to take the food out of the space. The next morning, she saw Ling's mother packing beans.

"Mother, what are these beans?"

"The autumn harvest is in a couple of days, so I'm going to the village to make some tofu first, so it'll be ready to eat during the harvest."

Du Mingxian thought for a moment and asked, "Do you have a lot of beans at home?"

"That's all. We'll make half a bag this time, and save the other half for the New Year."

Du Mingxian glanced at the pitifully small amount of beans and said, "I know a kind of sauce. Why don't we try making it today and have everyone try it?"

“Okay, just scoop out as much as you need.” Now, Ling’s mother would never refuse Du Mingxian’s requests.

Du Mingxian was very happy. She scooped up a little bit, then secretly took some out of her spatial storage before going to the kitchen to find Zhou Shi, as it was her second sister-in-law Zhou Shi who was cooking today.

After their last argument, Ling's mother suggested that Du Mingxian should only cook for Ling Silang, and no one objected.

Just then, Du Mingxian came into the kitchen to get something, and Zhou Shi thought she was going to cook for Ling Silang. "Fourth sister-in-law, why don't you go first?"

There are only two pots at home.

Du Mingxian waved her hand, "Second sister-in-law, I know a dish. I'll soak the beans first, and after we finish cooking, we can try making it together and see if it tastes good."

“Sure.” Zhou was most interested in food.

After the meal, Du Mingxian and Zhou were busy in the kitchen. Since there weren't many beans, they finished cooking quickly, but they still needed to marinate for a while to absorb the flavors.

Looking at the small jar that had been wrapped up, Zhou said, "Fourth sister-in-law, I can already smell the fragrance. If we can eat this, it will definitely taste delicious."

"It'll be ready in a couple of days, then we can use it to cook."

“Okay.” Zhou looked at Du Mingxian with shining eyes. “Fourth sister-in-law, do you have anything to do today? If not, let’s go into the mountains. We haven’t had meat for several days.”

She used to go months without getting to eat meat, but now she gets to eat meat quite often, yet she still craves it.

Du Mingxian chuckled, "Okay, let's go together, but you still have work to do today."

"It's okay. The important things are done. I'll go cut grass this afternoon. I'm sure I can finish it."

"Alright, let's go into the mountains then."

As the two entered the mountains, Zhou chatted with Du Mingxian about village matters, which Du Mingxian listened to with great interest.

Once inside the mountains, Du Mingxian suddenly thought of Ling Yougen's two daughters. "By the way, have you found those two children?"

"No, the clan chief later gathered everyone to go to the mountains to look for it, but they couldn't find it. It's very likely that it was eaten by wild animals in the mountains."

Du Mingxian felt quite heartbroken. In this era, a girl's life is sometimes less important than a pig's.

"Let's go, let's walk a little further."

As Zhou walked, she happily called out, "Fourth sister-in-law, it seems like every time I go into the mountains with you, there are so many pheasants and rabbits. Last time, your second brother and I went into the mountains, and we didn't see anything."

Du Mingxian thought that Zhou was saying this to make her happy, so she didn't take it seriously.

Actually... what Zhou said was true. Wild game could make money, how could she not be tempted? So she dragged Ling Erlang into the mountains to search, but they found nothing.

I always felt that my fourth sister-in-law was lucky.

They quickly caught three pheasants and two rabbits.

Zhou's mouth watered a little. Thinking that her mother had gone to grind soybeans today, she said, "Fourth sister-in-law, let's go back. Mother isn't home today. I'll go back first and cook these in the pot. If Mother sees them when she comes back, there's nothing she can do, otherwise she won't let us eat them."

"I'm going to have a good meat meal today."

Du Mingxian laughed when she saw how hungry she looked. "Second sister-in-law, why don't you go back first? I want to see if there's anything in the mountains that can be used for seasoning."

"Okay, then I'll go back and cook."

Du Mingxian escorted Zhou Shi down the mountain for a while, and only after watching Zhou Shi leave did she walk into the mountains herself.

Firstly, she genuinely wanted to find seasoning ingredients; secondly, she wanted to see if there were any seeds in the mountains that she could put into her space; and thirdly, she wanted to catch some live creatures to put into her space so she could just take them out whenever she wanted to eat them.

As they walked further in, they collected two wild goats, eight pheasants, ten wild rabbits, and a considerable number of plants into their space.

She had unknowingly wandered a little too far in. Just as she was thinking that it was about time to go back for dinner, she saw some trampled grass. It was clear that someone had been there. Looking at the marks, it had only been trampled for a short while.

With doubt in her heart, she began to follow the footprints, and sure enough, after a short while, she saw a small cave, from which came the sound of voices.

"Sis, let's really not go back, I'm still a little scared."

“Go back if you want, I won’t go back, but you can’t tell your family that I’m here.”

"Sister, if you don't go back, I don't want to go back either."

“We’ll stay here and live in the mountains for now. Everyone says there are wild beasts in the mountains, but we haven’t encountered any in the last two days. We must be lucky. As long as we are careful, we’ll be fine.”

"But, sister, how long are we supposed to hide?"

"When Mother gets pregnant with my younger brother, or... when we grow up and can support ourselves, we won't be afraid anymore."

Du Mingxian truly admired this little girl's courage; she was really brave.

In ancient times, the mountains were undeveloped and remained pristine. Even if someone went into the mountains, they would only stay in the surrounding areas and wouldn't venture deep into the mountains. Moreover, even if they did venture deep into the mountains, they would only dare to go in with companions.

She dared to come in because she had been trained in the forest in her previous life, and she could guarantee her safety. Now, with the support of the space, her condition had returned to its peak in her previous life, so she had nothing to fear.

But where did these two thin, frail little girls get the luck to dare to hide here like this?

Now that she had encountered this situation, Du Mingxian couldn't ignore it. Her last shred of conscience wouldn't allow her to leave. She coughed lightly, startling the two girls, with the younger one shrinking into the older one's arms.

The two girls were terrified. Du Mingxian thought for a moment and said, "Zhaodi and Pandi, come out."

A hint of despair flashed in Zhao Di's eyes. She had considered the possibility of being discovered, but she had been clinging to a sliver of hope. Now that she had been discovered, she had no choice but to take her sister out.

Pandi was more timid than Zhaodi, and clung tightly to Zhaodi, but the light in her eyes could not be hidden.

The two were clearly taken aback when they came out and saw that it was Du Mingxian.

The two girls were children who grew up in the village and were familiar with everyone there. Du Mingxian, on the other hand, was the newlywed daughter-in-law of the Ling family. The girls had only met the new daughter-in-law once before they heard that she had dug up ginseng, and her family forced them to go up the mountain.

"you……"

“Your family is looking for you.” Du Mingxian stared at Zhao Di and Pan Di.