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

"Sister-in-law, we want to eat meat. Has brother gone to the county again? Why don't you go hunting for us in the mountains?"

"Huh? I don't know anything about hunting." Du Mingwei resisted; going into the mountains was no joke.

Wu Sihua questioned, "Don't you want to? When you were at your parents' home, you would go into the mountains to get things for your family and even dug up ginseng. Why don't you dare to do anything when you come to our home? Are you doing this on purpose?"

"No, I..." Du Mingwei didn't know how to explain. She was indeed a lucky woman, but there were some things that were beyond her control. Moreover... she had noticed before that she only had particularly good luck when she was with Du Mingxian.

She had tried going into the mountains alone before, but she didn't have much luck.

But would she dare to say such a thing?

If she dared to tell her family, her good days at her parents' home would be over, so she couldn't say anything.

"Sister-in-law, I want to eat meat. I don't care what you do. You have to ask my older brother to help you with this. If he can't go into the mountains, then there won't be any meat to eat. You'll have to find a way." Wu Sihua was so hungry for meat that she was almost oblivious to everything else.

Du Mingwei was in a dilemma, but Wu Sanniu said, "Sister-in-law, I'll go into the mountains with you."

Wu Sihua added, "When my older brother comes back and finds out that you went into the mountains because you care about us, he will definitely be very happy."

Du Mingwei knew that Wu Daniu had always wanted her to have a good relationship with her younger siblings. After hesitating, she could only nod. Maybe she was still lucky. Besides, Wu Sanniu was with her too.

"Okay, let's go together."

Du Mingwei had been to the mountains before, but she never dared to venture deep into them.

Wu Sanniu wanted to go deep into the mountains, but Wu Daniu always prevented him from doing so. Therefore, Wu Sanniu longed for the deep mountains. Now that he had Du Mingwei, this lucky girl, by his side, Wu Sanniu felt that he could give it a try.

The two walked further and further in, but didn't encounter a single pheasant along the way. Du Mingwei was hesitant to go any further. "San Niu, let's go back. It's dangerous in the deep mountains."

"Sister-in-law, aren't you a lucky woman? Lucky women are blessed; perhaps we'll encounter something good?"

"This..." Du Mingwei didn't know what to say. Before she could even refuse, Wu Sanniu stared at her pitifully, making her afraid to say no.

The two walked a little further in, and then they encountered... a snake, a poisonous one.

Du Mingwei's face turned deathly pale, and she froze on the spot, too afraid to move. Wu Sanniu was also too frightened to move, his whole body trembling, as the snake slowly approached the two of them.

After the Ling family had dinner at the Xu family's house, Ling Silang felt much better and wanted to go back with them. However, he didn't say so beforehand and instead called Du Mingxian to his room to ask her about it.

"Have you finished taking care of your business in the county?"

"It's all done. How are you feeling? Are you going back?"

"I want to go back."

"Then I'll go back with my parents today, but I still need to buy some beans."

Ling Silang knew Du Mingxian wanted to start a business, "Should we have your second brother collect [the goods] in the village after we get back?"

"I'll buy some grain at the grain shop first; I'm in a bit of a hurry." She still had some in her storage space, so she would buy a small amount at the grain shop and then take some more from her storage space; that would be about right.

After the meal, while everyone was chatting, Du Mingxian went out to the street to buy beans.

After buying the beans, I ran into Wu Daniu outside the grain shop.

Seeing how excited she was, Wu Daniu rushed over and called out, "Mingxian!"

Du Mingxian took a step back. "Is something the matter?"

"I came here specifically to see you."

Du Mingxian stared at Wu Daniu. Compared to that life, Wu Daniu was very naive now, and his thoughts were all exposed on his face. "Did you help my father find out where my mother is now?"

“The Du family asked me for help, and I was worried that your mother would be scammed, so I stepped in to help.”

"Ah."

Wu Daniu looked at Du Mingxian anxiously, "I didn't tell your father about this when I got back. It was Du Mingwei who questioned me when I got back. I wasn't on guard and told her about it, and she went to tell your father."

Du Mingxian didn't want to pay any attention to Wu Daniu, but she could still give him a warning: "If you dare to help them do anything again, don't blame me for retaliating."

“Mingxian.” Wu Daniu stared at her with deep affection.

Du Mingxian felt like she was about to vomit up her lunch. "Wu Daniu, stop looking at me with such disgusting eyes."

“Mingxian, I know you resent me. It was my fault for not being firm in my stance back then, which led you to marry into the Ling family and suffer. Don’t worry, I will work hard. After Ling Silang dies, I will bring you back and give you a proper status.”

Du Mingxian couldn't hold back and kicked Wu Daniu. Wu Daniu, perhaps prepared, quickly stepped back to avoid her kick. "I'm telling the truth."

"He's fine, stop daydreaming."

"Alright, I won't mention Ling Silang's matter. I just want to explain to you that the marriage exchange was not my wish. You know that our family is the only one in the village. Your family had already brought it up at the time, and I had no choice but to agree."

Du Mingxian was too lazy to listen to him and walked away.

Having spent her whole life with Wu Daniu, she knew what kind of person he was. Now that he had come to her door, he probably had something big on his mind.

Either he knew the Ling family had money from selling ginseng, or Wu Daniu didn't think much of the work Du Mingwei did for the Wu family, which is why he thought of her again.

Men have a natural tendency to covet what they can't have.

When Wu Daniu saw that the man was about to leave, he tried to stop him, but Du Mingxian kicked him hard when he was off guard, and warned him in a cold voice, "If you hang around in front of me again, I'll break your legs."

Wu Daniu stood there, stunned. He had never imagined that Du Mingxian would act this way. She clearly had someone else in her heart. No, she must be too angry to do this.

Correct.

That's because I'm too angry.

She was originally supposed to marry him, but in the end she was forced to marry that sickly man.

I'm afraid even a sickly man in bed won't be able to satisfy her.

The angrier you get, the more you hate.

Thinking of this, Wu Daniu smiled, watching Du Mingxian's departing figure, his eyes filled with a determined light, and he was already imagining the days of having two women on his left and right.

Du Mingxian carried the beans back home, her mind filled with thoughts of her past life.

After Wu Daniu married her, he would go into the mountains every day. She did all the housework. Since there were several children in the Wu family, they would cook the game they hunted and sell a lot of it to exchange for food.

After all, the Wu family were hunters who owned no land and needed to buy food.

Wu Daniu's life improved later, and the turning point in his life came this winter when he saved someone on the mountain. That person became Wu Daniu's benefactor.

The man was a fourth-rank general. When he was escorting goods, he encountered bandits, who scattered them and stole the goods.

The general was seriously wounded and fled all the way to the mountains behind Kaoshan Village, where he happened to meet Wu Daniu, who was hunting.