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

Pandi's eyes lit up, clearly wanting to go back, but Zhaodi was lifeless and remained silent for a while before saying to Du Mingxian, "Please take my sister back."

Pandi panicked as soon as she heard this, "Sister, let's go back together. What will you do if I go back alone?"

"Don't worry about me, just go back and take care of yourself." Zhao Di's eyes were filled with despair.

Pandi shook her head. "No, no, sister. Let's go back together. I definitely won't survive at home without your protection."

Zhao Di wavered, but in the end she firmly shook her head, "I'm not going back." Going back would only mean death, so she might as well stay in the mountains and live as long as she could.

Pandi burst into tears upon seeing this, saying, "Sister, if you don't go back, I won't go back either. I want to stay with you."

Seeing the two of them like this, Du Mingxian thought for a moment and, using the basket as cover, took out an oil paper package from her space and handed it to them. "This is some food. You two children should be careful in the mountains. I will find a chance to come up the mountain to see you."

She forcefully stuffed the things into Zhao Di's arms. When Pan Di saw this, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly said to Du Mingxian, "Auntie, could you dig up another ginseng for us? Our family asked us to dig up ginseng. As long as we find ginseng, we can go back home."

Du Mingxian frowned slightly, observing the two children without making a sound.

Pandi's eyes held pleading and longing, while Zhaodi's eyes were clearer.

Zhao Di spoke up, "Pan Di, don't talk nonsense." Then she looked at Du Mingxian and said, "Auntie, thank you for your things."

Pandi burst into tears, "Sister, as long as we have ginseng, we can go back. Once we're back, we won't have to live in fear in the mountains anymore."

"I won't go back."

Pandi wanted to say something, but Zhaodi stared at her seriously and said, "If you want to go back, go back with your aunt now. I won't stop you."

"I..." Pandi was still hesitating when Du Mingxian turned and left.

She rushed home just in time for dinner. Everyone was overjoyed to see so much meat, except for Ling's mother.

Ling's mother wasn't unhappy, but she felt that her second son's wife was too generous. She insisted on eating everything that was offered to her, without leaving any for herself.

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the meal and was completely stuffed.

After all, it was all meat, and Da Bao and the others found it incredibly satisfying.

Although Ling's mother felt sorry for her children, she didn't say anything when she saw them like this.

After the meal, Du Mingxian quietly went to Ling Silang's room.

Ling Silang knew that Du Mingxian wouldn't come into his room unless there was something wrong, so he put down the book he was reading and looked at her. "What's wrong?"

"I met Ling Yougen's two girls in the mountains today. They are living in a cave now."

Ling Silang frowned after hearing this, "I'll go with you to find Mother."

Du Mingxian reached out to help Ling Silang up, and Ling Silang did not refuse, but said, "Your cooking is very good. I feel much better recently."

"That's good." Du Mingxian didn't explain.

The two went to Ling's mother's room, where Ling's father was also present. Seeing the young couple arrive, the two were filled with doubt.

Seeing that there was no one at the door or in the courtyard, Ling Silang whispered, "Mother, my wife found two of Brother Yougen's children when she went into the mountains."

Mr. Ling's hand paused, and Mrs. Ling was shocked. "Still alive?"

Du Mingxian said, "The two of them found a small cave to hide in. If I hadn't seen the traces of someone walking there today, we probably wouldn't have found them."

The cave was small and quite remote, which is probably why the villagers couldn't find it after going into the mountains to search for it.

Another point is that when people went into the mountains to look for them, they would shout as they walked, and since these two were deliberately hiding, it's normal that they weren't found.

Ling's mother sighed deeply, "What a tragedy, the child definitely doesn't want to come back."

Du Mingxian thought for a moment and said, "The older one doesn't want to come back, but the younger one seems to want to."

Mrs. Ling didn't know what to say. She turned to Mr. Ling and said, "What should we do? It would have been better if we hadn't known where these two children were. Now that we know, I can't bear not to do something. But if we bring them back and send them back to the Ling family, it would be like pushing them into a fire pit."

Ling's father remained silent, and everyone sat quietly.

Ling Silang suddenly spoke up, “Mother, there must be a reason why they’re not coming back. How about… my wife and I go into the mountains and ask them properly before deciding how to help them?”

Ling's mother shook her head, "No, you're not healthy enough for that. I'll go. Mingxian and I will go up the mountain tomorrow." Looking at the sky, she added, "How about we go now?"

Du Mingxian shook her head. "Tomorrow." It's quite far and difficult to travel. We might not even get to the top of the mountain before it gets dark.

She can protect herself when it gets dark, but she can't do that with Ling's mother.

"Okay, then tomorrow."

Ling's father said, "Go into the mountains tomorrow and ask the two children what they think. Now that you know where they are, you can't just leave them alone. It's dangerous in the mountains. I don't know how the two children have spent these past few days there."

Du Mingxian did not respond.

Ling's mother waved her hand, "Alright, you two go back to your room. Don't tell the family about this. Mingxian and I will go into the mountains tomorrow."

After the two left, Ling's father asked, "Why don't we let Dalang and Erlang come along? I'm not too comfortable with you two women going into the mountains."

"We can't afford to complicate things. There's a lot of work to do in the fields these days, and if Da Lang and Er Lang don't go, it will attract attention. Besides, I think Ming Xian is quite capable, so there shouldn't be any problems."

"Alright, be careful in everything you do."

"it is good."

“These two children can survive in the mountains if they don’t come back, but if they come back…”

Neither of the elderly couple spoke again.

The next day, when they went up the mountain, Ling's mother was worried, so she secretly took the sickle from home and put it in her basket.

Zhou was free today, and seeing her mother-in-law and fourth sister-in-law about to go out, she immediately wanted to go with them. "Mother, I want to go with you." She wanted to eat the meat from yesterday again.

Ling's mother turned around and glared at her, "You just ate meat yesterday, and you want to eat it again today?"

Zhou smiled awkwardly, "Mother, who wouldn't want to eat meat?"

Ling's mother was so angry with her daughter-in-law that she didn't know what to say. "Mingxian and I are going into the mountains, so you don't need to go."

Zhou wanted to say something, but felt Du Mingxian gently tug at her clothes from behind, so she could only give up and not go with them.

Du Mingxian and Ling's mother went into the mountains secretly, but everyone in the village was watching the Ling family's situation recently. Seeing the two of them go into the mountains, many people started to have their own ideas.

Soon, rumors spread like wildfire that the new daughter-in-law of the Ling family had found ginseng again and was now taking her mother-in-law to dig for it.

Soon a large number of people poured into the mountains.

When Ling's father heard the news, he was worried for his wife and fourth daughter-in-law.

Du Mingxian walked quickly, and although Ling's mother did less work now, her physical condition was still good, so she didn't walk slowly either. When they were almost in the deep mountains, Ling's mother was surprised to find that they had been walking for a long time, and the surroundings looked gloomy.