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

Ling Silang overheard their conversation from inside the house. "You really want to go? You can say you can't do without my care, and you don't have to go."

I'll stay here with him and endure the hardships.

He felt distressed.

"We should go. Now that we're living here, we can't be out of place. We have to go and see it."

Seeing the distress in his eyes, Du Mingxian waved her hand and said, "Alright, you don't need to worry about me. I'll take care of myself. Go and see if you can do it, and if you can't, I'll leave."

"Alright then, just be careful. If you get tired, come back. You don't need to go through that ordeal," Ling Silang reminded him.

Du Mingxian nodded emphatically, "Don't worry, I'll be careful."

After a while, they heard Aunt Xu calling Liu Ya and Du Mingxian to leave from the courtyard. Du Mingxian then went out of the house and left with the two of them.

When Liu Ya saw Du Mingxian come out, she didn't show any emotion. Instead, she said to Du Mingxian, "It's fine there. Don't worry, they treat us very well."

"it is good."

"And the wages are high too. It costs eighty coins to make a garment."

Du Mingxian was surprised, "So tall?"

"Yes, it's because they're good at it that they need an experienced person to guide a newcomer. They wouldn't accept just anyone. It's only because we live in the same courtyard and I saw that you two were living a rather ordinary life that I thought of bringing you over to see them."

"I wouldn't take just anyone to such a good job as I introduced you to," Aunt Xu said, tilting her head back with obvious pride.

Du Mingxian nodded slightly, outwardly showing understanding, but inwardly she was quite surprised.

Prices in the capital are higher than in other places, and even labor costs are higher, but only slightly higher, not outrageously so.

A strong laborer in a remote area, doing dirty and tiring manual labor, earns only twenty coins a day.

For slightly larger cities, the maximum price is thirty or thirty-five coins.

The pay in the capital was higher than in other places, reaching fifty coins a day, but it was a truly dirty and tiring job.

Some women who are skilled at sewing can make one and a half, or even two, sets of clothes in a day without any problem, and they are paid eighty coins for just one set of clothes.

It sounded somewhat unreal to her; it didn't feel real.

She didn't say much along the way, only occasionally echoing Aunt Xu's words. Liu Ya also fawned over Aunt Xu, truly grateful to Aunt Xu for introducing her to work.

The place where they worked wasn't far from where they lived, but... the road was winding and remote.

After wandering around for ages, I finally arrived at an alley with only one house. When I got to the door, Aunt Xu went up and knocked.

An old man opened the door and let Aunt Xu in when he saw her. But when he saw the unfamiliar face of Du Mingxian, he reached out to stop her, asking, "Is this the person you brought?"

This question was asked of Aunt Xu.

Aunt Xu hurriedly turned around and introduced, "Yes, yes, this is what I brought today. They are also in financial difficulty. Their husband came to the capital, and the two of them didn't have much money. I just thought they were pitiful people and wanted to help them if I could."

The old man looked at him with sympathy and glanced at him before letting him in. "Let him in, but you'll have to take him inside so the person in charge can take a look first."

"Don't worry, don't worry, I forgot because I was in such a hurry. I'll take her inside to find the person in charge right away."

Du Mingxian followed Aunt Xu inside. As they walked in, Aunt Xu explained, "This house is huge, with five courtyards in total. The outer two courtyards are where we work, and we can't go anywhere else."

"I'll take you to the third courtyard now. The person in charge usually rests there. We can't go there unless we have something to do, but we can go there if we need to."

"Okay." Du Mingxian pretended to know nothing and followed behind Aunt Xu obediently.