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

After everyone finished moving the relatively small amount of stuff, they were told to have dinner, and they were all quite happy.

The first day was a meal for family, and the second day was another meal, since it was a move to a new house. This time, many people were invited, almost the entire Ling family came.

However, this meal was paid for by Ling's father, who set up the pots and pans outside and laid out the tableware there.

There were many people, this was a big event, and the Ling family lived in a large brick and tile house, which was unique in the house, making the other brothers of the Ling family envious.

With many people and a lot of work, the feast was prepared very quickly.

The pig was bought by Ling's mother, who forbade Du Mingxian from entering the mountains. The whole pig was used, with some meat kept and the rest offered to the guests.

Everyone took their seats, and dishes were served one after another. There were at least ten dishes on each table, and each table usually seated ten people. If there were children, there might be as many as thirteen or fourteen people.

The dishes on the large plates were incredibly generous, and everyone couldn't resist picking up their chopsticks as soon as they were served.

Several dishes were stir-fried with sauce made by Du Mingxian, and they received unanimous praise.

The atmosphere was lively and festive, with everyone exchanging congratulations and auspicious words. However, amidst this atmosphere, discordant voices could be heard.

"Oh dear, moving to a new house is such a big event, and our in-laws didn't even inform us. Isn't that too much to ask?"

Du Mingxian was serving dishes when she heard that familiar voice and turned around to see... the entire Du family had come out, including Wu Daniu and several of the younger members of the Wu family.

Wu Daniu pushed Old Lady Du, Old Man Du, Du Youliang, and Du Youtian in pushcarts, while the others walked on their own.

She placed the dishes on the table and hurried forward, asking, "Why are you here?"

"What's wrong? Can't we come? Aren't you still a daughter of the Ling family? It's such a big event for you to move into your new house, of course we have to come and congratulate you." Old Mrs. Du was very dissatisfied.

She recently made various inquiries and found out that Du Mingxian, that good-for-nothing, had lied to her and even said that the Ling family treated her badly.

She had found out that Du Mingxian hunted for the Ling family and obtained a lot of wild boar meat, and the Ling family treated this money-losing girl very well.

How could she swallow this insult?

Before Du Mingxian could speak, Ling Silang stepped forward and shielded her behind him. Ling's mother stepped forward with a smile, "It was our negligence. Let me set up a table for you in the courtyard."

"If you don't need to, then stay with everyone else," Old Mrs. Du said, unwilling to comply.

Before Ling's mother could even speak after taking two steps forward, Wang Shi rushed over and beamed at Old Madam Du, praising, "Grandma, you've come from afar as a guest, how can we neglect you? Come into the courtyard to shelter from the wind, and you'll have a good meal. Besides, our courtyard is paved with marble, it's smooth, please come in and take a look, isn't it wonderful?"

Old Mrs. Du was persuaded by Mrs. Wang to go inside. Mrs. Ling chuckled, turned to look at Du Mingxian, and noticed that she looked unwell. She comforted her, "It's alright, it's just a meal. We can deal with anything after they leave."

Du Mingxian had to suppress her anger; there were many people around, and she couldn't let it affect Ling Silang.

Ling Silang met Wu Daniu's gaze calmly. This man had been staring at him ever since he arrived. What was he doing? Had he regretted the arranged marriage?

Wu Daniu disliked Ling Silang's sickly appearance, so he tried to scare the scholar with his eyes, but... the other man calmly returned his gaze, seemingly unafraid of him at all.

Wu Daniu stepped forward and smiled brightly at Du Mingxian, "Mingxian, Grandma told me to come over at the last minute, and I didn't have time to buy a gift. Please accept this as a token of my appreciation."

Du Mingxian frowned; Wu Daniu held one tael of silver in his hand.

Although Wu Daniu had money, he was very stingy because he had younger siblings to support. So he always calculated carefully, and if he could take out even a tael of silver, he probably had something to hide.

"No need," Du Mingxian said indifferently.

Wu Daniu looked troubled. "You...you're still blaming me for agreeing to the marriage exchange?"

Du Mingxian felt a pang of anxiety, realizing that Wu Daniu was really courting death by saying these things to make Ling Silang misunderstand.

"No problem, I'll accept this gift. Thank you, brother-in-law," Ling Silang said, taking the silver from Wu Daniu's hand.

Wu Daniu hadn't expected Ling Silang to make a move. He hadn't been holding onto the silver tightly, and before he knew it, it was in Ling Silang's hands. He was very dissatisfied. "This is for my sister Mingxian."

"We are husband and wife, thank you, brother-in-law." Ling Silang smiled slightly, glanced around, and asked, "Why didn't my cousin come with us? Everyone in the family is here, why is my cousin the only one missing?"

A hint of unease flashed across Wu Daniu's face. "She wasn't feeling well, so she didn't come."

“Then you must take good care of my cousin, brother-in-law. She’s only been married a short time, how come she’s already feeling unwell?” Ling Silang said, then added as if to take credit, “Unlike me, I take good care of Mingxian. Although she usually takes care of me more, thankfully she hasn’t been feeling unwell.”

Wu Daniu was furious, but he didn't know what to say in response. He just felt that Ling Silang was so annoying that he wanted to kill him.

Du Mingxian keenly sensed that Wu Daniu seemed to have murderous intentions towards Ling Silang, and her gaze darkened.

"Brother-in-law, what's wrong? Are you angry because I didn't take good care of you? Please come in."

Ling Silang seemed oblivious to Wu Daniu's predicament and continued to calmly invite people inside.

Wu Daniu went in, going with the flow.

When the Du family entered the courtyard, the villagers had already started their feast. Ling's father went in to greet them and then went out to greet the others. Ling Silang stayed in the courtyard with the Du family.

The only women from the Du family who came with them today were Old Mrs. Du and Xu Yulan.

Upon entering the courtyard, Old Lady Du was constantly pestered by Wang Shi, while Xu Yulan looked around, her expression growing increasingly grim.

Du Mingxian stepped forward, "Aunt, why didn't my cousin come?"

Xu Yulan could not hide the jealousy in Du Mingxian's eyes. "I'm not feeling well."

"Oh? Are you alright? I just heard my brother-in-law say at the door that my cousin wasn't feeling well. She used to be very healthy when she was at home, so why is she feeling unwell now?"

Du Mingxian seemed to remember something and deliberately lowered her voice to ask, "Is there something unclean about the Wu family that caused my cousin to be bewitched? Didn't Wu's parents die a long time ago?"

The implication is that Wu Daniu is unlucky in marriage.

Xu Yulan, deeply concerned for her daughter, immediately realized what was going on. She was somewhat incredulous. "Do you know something?"

"I...I don't know anything," Du Mingxian hurriedly explained, looking guilty.

Xu Yulan grabbed Du Mingxian's arm and shook it, "Tell me, do you know something?" Her behavior attracted the attention of everyone in the courtyard.

Ling Silang stepped forward and said, "Auntie, please let go."

Although he was a scholar, when he was angry, his face turned frosty and he looked quite frightening. Xu Yulan hurriedly let go of his hand.

Ling Silang pulled the person away a little before asking with concern, "How are you? Are you hurt anywhere?"

“This… auntie, this is the Ling family, not your Du family. Isn’t it inappropriate for you to come all this way to bully the Ling family?” Wang’s tone was cold, even condescending.