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

"So much silver..."

"Shut up. So what if there's so much silver? That's from the ginseng that my fourth sister-in-law dug up. Besides, in ordinary families, who gets a hundred taels when dividing their property? Go out and ask around."

Before Wang could say anything more, Ling's father spoke up, "Second Brother, Third Brother, what are you thinking?"

“I think my elder brother is right. If our parents insist on separating the family property and building us a separate house, it would be fine if we didn’t get any money,” Ling Erlang said.

Ling Sanlang said, "I have a problem with this. I don't care about the money, but if our parents build us a house, they must build one for us too. It's not fair that the sons live in nice houses while our parents live in less nice ones."

Ling Dalang said, "This old house is alright. After the courtyard is built, my parents will live in the better one, and I'll live in this one."

Ling's parents also considered this issue. They thought that if the children really disagreed, then they would demolish and rebuild.

“Then build four houses, each with a separate room, and demolish this courtyard.”

Ling's mother also spoke up, "What we agreed on before remains unchanged, as for the money..."

“Mother, we should either not separate the family or we should. If we do separate, one hundred taels will be enough for each of our households. The house is new, and we don’t need to take care of the children’s schooling. The grain will still be distributed per person. With that one hundred taels, I will never be poor in my life,” Ling Dalang said.

Ling Erlang also spoke up, "Big brother is right, it would be best not to divide the silver."

"I also feel that I don't need money."

Du Mingxian looked at the Ling family members and was surprised that they were not tempted by such a large sum of money. It was clear that the education given by Ling's father and mother was successful.

The elderly couple of the Ling family exchanged a glance, and finally, the father of the Ling family spoke up, "Alright, it will be as you say, one hundred taels for each house. The rest of the matter is settled. The busy farming season is coming soon. After that, we will build the house first, and then we will invite the village chief and the clan chief to come and witness the division of the family property."

The matter of dividing the family property was basically settled. Among the daughters-in-law, only Wang was somewhat dissatisfied; the others had no objections.

The next day, they went back to their parents' homes. Wang's parents' home was farther away, so they used a horse-drawn carriage. Zhou's parents' home was closer, so they used an oxcart. Originally, Zhou was supposed to cook today, but because Zhou was going back to her parents' home, she switched with Liu.

When Du Mingxian was brewing medicine for Ling Silang, she remembered that Liu Shi had not returned to her parents' home. She was quite curious, but did not ask.

Liu seemed to understand, and whether she wanted to confide in someone or something else, she spoke up to Du Mingxian herself, saying, "I have severed ties with my family."

Du Mingxian was quite surprised, but she laughed first, "My parents are divorced, and I probably won't go back to the Du family."

"Fortunately, your mother loves you."

Du Mingxian nodded slightly. No one else in the Du family could do it, but her mother truly loved her.

Liu said, "My parents disliked me because I was a girl since I was a child. I grew up in my aunt's house. My aunt was widowed when she was young and was the only daughter in her family."

“My parents didn’t want to raise me. They would nag me all day and not feed me. My aunt felt sorry for me, so she took me to her house to raise me. My cousin and I are only two months apart.”

“My aunt is very good at embroidery. I was very happy at my aunt’s house. When I was ten years old, my parents saw that I was too old to work and wanted to take me back home, but my aunt did not agree.”

“My parents wouldn’t give up. They would go over and make trouble every few days. There’s always trouble around a widow’s house. My parents are my aunt’s family. It’s very difficult for my aunt to face the situation because her family is making such a fuss.”

“When I was eleven, I chose to go home with my parents so that my aunt could have a better life and not be disturbed by her family.”

“But I…I was wrong. When I went home, my parents didn’t give up to tormenting my aunt. Because I could embroider and earn money, they went to my aunt and asked for money, for all the money I had earned from embroidery over the years.”

"My aunt, unable to bear the harassment any longer, gave them a sum of money. They got a taste of the benefits and became even more brazen."

“At home, they used my aunt to threaten me, so I had no choice but to obey. I kept embroidering for them to sell, and then they would secretly go to my aunt behind my back.”

“My aunt’s in-laws were driven to their deaths by my parents around that time. What’s worse, they even hired thugs to cause trouble at their home, causing my aunt to lose her innocence and commit suicide.”

“My cousin is kind-hearted. After suffering such a huge blow, she went crazy and eventually ran away and never came back.”

"When I found out about these things and went to collect my aunt's body, her body was already rotting. I searched for my cousin for a long time but couldn't find her. I don't know if she is alive or dead."

“I met my husband around that time. After he learned about what happened to me, he searched for me for a long time, but he couldn’t find my cousin.”

"Later I severed ties with them, so I have no maternal family."

Du Mingxian could sense that although her third sister-in-law spoke lightly, her eyes were full of sadness. Her aunt's death had been a great blow to her, as had her missing cousin.

"Third sister-in-law, let's work hard together. When we have money in the future, your third brother can take you out to see the world. If we're lucky, we might even find your cousin."

As if she had grasped something, Liu asked, "Are you serious? Is there still a chance my cousin is alive?"

"As long as we haven't seen a body, that's the best news. It means there's a high chance of survival, isn't it?"

"Yes, yes, you're right. I'll save up the money carefully." Liu was very grateful. "Thank you, fourth sister-in-law."

"We're all family, Third Sister-in-law, you don't need to be so polite."

When Zhou returned from her parents' home that afternoon, she brought back two large bags of beans. "I'll do whatever my fourth sister-in-law wants to do."

"Second sister-in-law, are you planning to make all these beans and send them back to your parents' home?"

"No, no, this isn't about splitting up the family. I was thinking that since we're splitting up, we can do business. So we can try selling these first."

"Second sister-in-law has good taste."

"Then let's get started."

The two washed the beans and then soaked them. Only then did Zhou remember a problem: "We don't grow many chili peppers at home, and I'm afraid other families don't grow many either. I wonder if the non-spicy sauce will taste good."

“I can figure out a way to get some chili peppers. My uncle told me that there are places that specialize in growing them. I can ask my uncle to go and buy some.”

"That's good news."

That very night, Du Mingxian frantically planted chili peppers in her online space.

A few days later, the busy farming season finally arrived.

Everyone in the family, young and old, had to work in the fields, except for Ling Silang and Du Mingxian.

Du Mingxian wanted to go, but her family unanimously agreed that she was a good cook and didn't need to go. All the other chores at home were given to her, and she would also need to cook and deliver the food to the fields.

Ling Silang, on the other hand, was unable to go to the fields because of his poor health; it was too hot outside, and everyone was worried that his body wouldn't be able to handle it.

Du Mingxian went to the mountains to harvest grass and brought out a lot of grass from her spatial storage. She could harvest a lot directly using her mental energy. She had been farming in her spatial storage for the past few days and felt that her mental energy had increased a lot.