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

As time went on, the man's illness worsened, so a doctor was called in to adjust the prescription.

After much back and forth, and with the old woman's tireless care and concern, the man died.

The man's family had no money. She was bought into the family as a child bride. It was her deceased father-in-law's idea. He said that when his son got older, this child bride could both be a wife to have children and serve the man.

The abacus beads are easy to use, but things don't always go that way.

After the man died, his parents-in-law also passed away one after another. Without their son, the elderly bury their young, and the family fell apart.

At ten years old, she was a feisty girl. With nowhere to go, she wanted to stay in the village, but the others disagreed and wanted to eat her offspring.

Finally, she sold her family's land at a low price to a wealthy landlord, so she could still get some money. With the money, she started doing some work in the city.

The work was too tiring, so she started thinking about other businesses, such as... kidnapping children, kidnapping girls her age, and selling them to brothels.

This made the business much simpler. Before long, the woman bought a house and servants.

But if you do this kind of thing too often, you're bound to get caught. The woman was discovered when she was twenty, and the authorities wanted to arrest her, but she escaped with her money.

With money to pave the way, she met a scholar.

She liked the scholar and planned to live a good life with him, but the scholar cheated her out of all her money and ran away, and even reported her to the authorities.

The authorities arrested her and took her to prison. She wanted to get out, so she sold her body and seduced the jailer. After escaping, she begged her way out and went further and further away.

He did all sorts of jobs, but when he couldn't take it anymore, he sold himself.

By then, she was getting old and didn't have any decent jobs, so she could only do menial work, going from house to house, and was eventually sold to Sun Xiangxiang's household.

He's not very good at his job, but he's good with words and acting skills, and he has a pretty good relationship with people in the household.

Well... there was an easy job that required serving others, even a rough-and-ready old woman, so she was assigned here.

When Du Mingxian woke up, he was sitting at the table, propping his head up with one hand, nodding off.

She wanted to speak, but she had no strength and couldn't move. After trying for a while, she realized that she really couldn't move, so she stopped trying and lay quietly.

Just as I was thinking about things and wondering where I was, the old woman woke up.

When the old woman woke up, she instinctively glanced at Du Mingxian and found that she was awake. She sat up in surprise and said, "You...you're awake."

Du Mingxian blinked but didn't say anything.

The old woman thought Du Mingxian didn't want to talk, and was immediately displeased. "You're just a concubine. I was sent by the master. Your man is in our mistress's bed right now."

The old woman's eyes were full of malice as she spoke, and her tone was gloating, hoping that Du Mingxian would cry her heart out.

As a result... Du Mingxian was stunned.

What concubine?

Whose concubine did she become, and what kind of concubine?

What master, what mistress's bed.

She couldn't understand a single word.

"Water." Her voice was extremely hoarse as she strained to hear that one word.

The old woman didn't make things difficult for her. She turned around to pour water and then came over to feed her little by little. Her movements weren't gentle, and some of the water ended up in Du Mingxian's nose.

She coughed so hard that she couldn't move, and it was during this cough that Du Mingxian realized she still couldn't move and could only keep coughing.

The old woman felt uneasy. She wasn't sure of this person's identity yet, and she couldn't let anything happen to her. She hurriedly stepped forward and half-lifted Du Mingxian, letting her lean against her, while muttering something to herself.

"Don't get excited. I've never done any serving work before. I was just too nervous and that's why you choked."

Du Mingxian was much better after sitting up, but she couldn't move and all her weight depended on her mother-in-law.

The old woman fed her some water, and she felt a little better.

As she lay back down, the old woman was about to say something when she heard someone outside call out, "Old Woman Wang, dinner's ready!"

"Coming right away."

Granny Wang ignored Du Mingxian and turned to leave, not even covering her with a blanket, leaving her lying there unattended.

Not knowing where she was, Du Mingxian didn't dare to move around. She couldn't enter the space, nor could she get some spiritual water to drink; the water came out in her hand, not to her mouth.

About half an hour later, Granny Wang returned. She had clearly just eaten, and her complexion looked better.

"You're still awake? Do you want to see your man?"

Du Mingxian couldn't speak, so she didn't say anything. She just stared at the old woman, hoping that the old woman would say something so that she could figure out where she was.

"Your man has been in the madam's room these past two days. You're already in this state, so just take good care of yourself. Your man is very skilled in bed, and the madam likes him very much. It's only because the madam is kind-hearted that she allowed your man to bring you into the manor. Otherwise, you would have died countless times by now."

Du Mingxian was even more confused, not knowing what was going on.

Seeing that Du Mingxian didn't respond, the old woman lost interest in talking and simply sat down to the side and started to doze off.

After a while, another old woman came. She seemed to have a good relationship with Granny Wang. The two of them sat in the room, drinking tea and gossiping about the gossip in the mansion.

Many of these are matters concerning the wife's side.

Du Mingxian guessed something from these words.

The mistress of this old woman, Wang Po, was a woman who kept many men, including her husband, and she was his concubine.

This puzzled her.

But one thing is certain: this man is not Ling Silang.

Soon it got dark, and the old woman went to eat again without asking Du Mingxian a single question, as if she didn't exist.

After the old woman returned from her meal, she sat by candlelight for a while, but she was so bored that she started talking to Du Mingxian.

After talking for a while and getting no response, he simply removed the small table from the tatami mat next to him, lay down on it, and prepared to sleep.

Du Mingxian was hungry, really hungry, but hearing the old woman's commotion, she was even more speechless. Is this how you serve someone?

She didn't shout or make a fuss, but waited quietly until the old woman blew out the lamp and fell asleep with even breathing. Only then did she slip into the space.

But... she still couldn't move inside the space. She could go anywhere she wanted, but even raising her hand was difficult.

With no other option, she had to leave the space. Exhausted, she drifted off to sleep.

When she woke up at dawn, the old woman was nowhere to be found, and she was all alone in the room.

I couldn't even shout; I lay there like I was dead.

She didn't know how much time had passed when she felt dizzy and lightheaded, and thought she was about to starve to death, when she heard a noise at the door.

Granny Wang's voice was tinged with flattery, "Mr. Niu, the person has woken up."

Niu Bao was surprised. "Awake? When did you wake up?"

Granny Wang was about to mention yesterday, but considering that she hadn't delivered the message, she changed her words, "I woke up for a little while this morning, and I was just thinking of going to inform you. I should be asleep again by now."

Niu Bao responded softly, stepped inside, and saw that Du Mingxian was indeed asleep. He really liked that face.

Reaching out to touch Du Mingxian's face, the smooth texture stirred a flutter in Niu Bao's heart.

Granny Wang stood to the side and breathed a sigh of relief when she realized the person was still unconscious.