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

Madam Zhou shook her head. "My little sister is gentle and too shy. Because of this, I had to put a lot of thought into finding her a husband. I found someone with an honest and kind family, just in case she was bullied."

Upon hearing this, Du Mingxian's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly thought of some important events from her past life.

"Second sister-in-law, I've never heard of my younger sister's situation before. Could you tell me about it?"

"What do you want to know?"

"It's about my sister's in-laws."

Zhou knew the details clearly, so she explained it to her in detail: "My younger sister's husband's family had only one son in the first generation, and her father-in-law's generation also had only one son. However, her mother-in-law was very fertile and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. My younger sister's in-laws are also still alive and well, so they are considered to have lived long lives."

"Where does your younger sister's husband rank?"

"Eldest sister, my two younger sisters are older, and I also have two younger brothers who are still young."

"So, his family has nine members?"

"Including my younger sister, there are ten people."

Du Mingxian grew increasingly alarmed as she listened, "Which village did my little sister marry into?"

"It takes an hour to get there by oxcart from our house."

Why did you marry someone from so far away?

"Actually, it's not that far. Some of the women who married into our village live even further away. It took us a long time to find out which family it was."

As Du Mingxian worked, she pondered and asked, "What did Mother see in that family when she found a husband for my younger sister?"

Zhou stepped forward and muttered under her breath, "She's attracted to her mother-in-law because she's useless and a pushover."

"what?"

"My younger sister's father-in-law is an only son. His family is quite wealthy, and he's very spoiled. Her mother-in-law is a complete doormat at home, but she's also a formidable person."

“I heard that her father-in-law would hit people, and her mother-in-law would also bully her mother-in-law, but her mother-in-law was always submissive, very gentle and soft-hearted.”

"Mother was afraid that if she found a domineering mother-in-law, her little sister would be bullied. She thought that if she found someone like this, at least her little sister wouldn't be tormented by her mother-in-law. Whether a woman lives well after marrying into her husband's family depends 70% on her mother-in-law."

Du Mingxian felt a little short of breath. "What's the name of your sister's husband's village? What's his surname?"

"Daliusun, Qian family."

Du Mingxian felt her mind go blank for a moment. A family massacre had occurred, with ten people killed and none of them survived.

It was my younger sister, she did it.

In that life, Wu Daniu joined the army. Her family had some influence, and she later became a centurion, a chiliarch, and a general. One thing in particular left a deep impression on her.

After Wu Daniu made meritorious contributions, his life got better and better. In the end, Wu Daniu became a fourth-rank general and stayed in the capital to work. His whole family went to the capital.

However, the following year, Wu Daniu felt he needed to go home to properly pay respects to his ancestors, so he made a grand return to his hometown. After arriving in the county, he stayed overnight due to time constraints.

That very night, a major event occurred in the county.

In Daliu Village, the Qian family, a total of ten members, were murdered. The incident caused a great stir at the time. The county magistrate, fearing that there might be other criminals in the county, asked Wu Daniu for help.

Finally, they worked together to investigate and discovered that the murderer was the eldest daughter-in-law of the Qian family, and the children were not spared either. The murderer then hanged herself.

Fearing that a woman's actions would cause panic among the people, the county magistrate simply attributed the crime to a江湖人 (jianghu person, someone from the martial arts world), concluding it was a revenge killing.

Once word gets out that a woman committed murder, it will surely be imitated, so the case was hastily closed.

Wu Daniu, who was involved in the matter, was very clear about it and had also told her about it.

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Qian family committed murder because she had suffered inhuman torture for many years.

After two years of childlessness following her marriage into the Qian family, she began to endure the torment from her family and the beatings and scoldings from her husband. She was exhausted every day, like a beast of burden. Eventually, the Qian family faced financial difficulties, and the second son of the Qian family took a fancy to a girl from another family, but the other party demanded a high dowry.

The Qian family couldn't come up with the money, and the second son made a huge fuss. In the end, the Qian family did something that shocked everyone: they made their eldest daughter-in-law entertain guests at home.

The eldest daughter-in-law not only had to receive guests at home, but also had to do all the housework.

He used the money he earned to get his second son a wife.

Judging by the timeline, the two elders of the Qian family had already passed away by then. I heard there was a five-year-old child at the time, who was probably the child of the second son of the Qian family.

When Wu Daniu found out the truth, she felt that the Qian family was inhuman. As a woman, she felt that the eldest daughter-in-law of the Qian family had lived a life of too much suffering, so she spent money to buy her a simple coffin and asked someone to give her a proper burial.

I never expected it to be... Ling Xiaomei.

"Fourth sister-in-law, fourth sister-in-law..."

"Huh? What's wrong, Second Sister-in-law?" Du Mingxian snapped out of her daze and looked at her embarrassedly.

Zhou asked in confusion, "What are you thinking about? You're so engrossed in your thoughts. I called you several times but you didn't respond."

Du Mingxian dismissed the tragic story of Ling Xiaomei's life from her mind and shook her head at Zhou Shi, "It's nothing."

"Aren't you interested in your younger sister's affairs? When she goes back to her parents' home, you can talk to her and you'll know everything."

"Okay, when did you get married, little sister?"

"Last December."

It's not even December yet, and my younger sister has only been married into the Qian family for less than a year. Thank goodness.

"Second sister-in-law, let's not talk about my younger sister anymore. Since Mother asked my eldest brother to go and see her, let's just wait for news."

"it is good."

"Second sister-in-law, would you like to start this business?"

"Me? Me?" Zhou was extremely shocked, but she quickly realized that her fourth brother wanted to take the imperial examination, so she couldn't do this business. "Then I'll do it nominally, and you can be the boss behind the scenes?"

That was the plan when we split up the family property.

Du Mingxian had already thought it through: "My second sister-in-law and I will split the profits 50/50. I can provide the prescriptions and suggestions, but other matters will still need to be handled by my second sister-in-law. However, my second sister-in-law also knows that my husband is going to pursue an official career, so there are some things that can only be known by family members."

"Don't worry, Second Sister-in-law knows. But you've given too much. How about we invite Eldest Sister-in-law and Third Sister-in-law to come along? We're all family. If you give it all to me, it might cause resentment among others."

Du Mingxian shook her head, "We should discuss it, but this sauce business will only be given to Second Sister-in-law."

There are plenty of businesses and ways to make money. It's not a good thing for everyone to be tied together; you can't put all your eggs in one basket.

The key point is... she has no business experience either.

In her previous life with Wu Daniu, she had no business experience. Wu Sanniu was older and he handled most of the family business, while she only had to manage certain things.

"Is this good?"

"When Mother comes back, I'll discuss it with her and see what we can do about it. Then we'll talk about it again."

"Okay." Zhou was so happy she didn't know what to say. She wanted to express her gratitude, but that seemed too shallow. She wanted to do something, but that seemed too eager. In the end, she did nothing and said nothing, just worked silently.

After Zhou finished her work, she went home. At noon, Du Mingxian prepared lunch, but she didn't see Ling's mother return. Somewhat surprised, she went out to look for her.