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

Chapter 576 The Village in a Shell

Du Mingxian remained calm, but she couldn't stand being pointed at and insulted like that. "Since you're unwilling to raise it, I'll go find Aunt Bai."

After saying that, she turned and left. Her third aunt called after her, cursing and shouting, but Du Mingxian ignored her and kept walking.

"Stop right there! I'm calling you, didn't you hear me at all?"

Du Mingxian ignored her. If this kind of person's problems aren't cured once and for all, won't she have to live like this every day in the future?

She had walked almost a hundred meters when her aunt saw that she was serious and quickly ran up to her, stopping her directly. "Where are you going? Go home right now."

“You complain that I don’t work, but you also say that I can’t go without food. Of course I’m going to go and ask Aunt Bai. Doesn’t she care about the baby in my belly? If I don’t get enough to eat, or if I have any problems while working, who will be responsible?”

Auntie San looked embarrassed and upset, barely managing to hold back her anger. "Alright, alright, I won't say anything to you anymore. Do whatever you want."

“I won’t do any work. Everything is up to me. You can’t scold me anymore.”

"Fine, fine, fine." Third Aunt was really angry. If she wasn't afraid that her father-in-law would find out about this and come back to scold her for not being able to do anything, she wouldn't have paid any attention to this bitch.

Seeing that things had calmed down, Du Mingxian stopped making a fuss and went home with her third aunt.

Once inside the courtyard, Auntie San indeed stopped scolding, which surprised Da Hua, who had been watching the commotion. As Auntie San went inside, she deliberately moved closer to Du Mingxian.

"What did you just say? Why didn't my mother say anything when she came back?"

Ever since I married into this family, she's been in charge of everything, big and small, and they keep everything from me. It's only because the food at home is good that she's run away long ago.

“I was brought back from outside. Your mother was probably afraid that I would cause trouble and make things difficult for everyone, so she compromised.”

Da Hua nodded in agreement, "My mother seems formidable, but that's because the men in the family aren't around. If my grandfather were in the village, my mother would be quiet every day, pretending to be incredibly kind."

"Is she afraid of your grandfather?"

“It’s normal for a daughter-in-law to be afraid of her father-in-law.”

Seeing that Da Hua knew nothing, Du Mingxian didn't intend to say anything more to her. "Your mother is fine. She didn't make you do any work even though you were pregnant."

Da Hua shook her head. "No, when I gave birth to Daya, I did all kinds of work. There was a doctor in the village who was very accurate at taking pulses. This time, it was a son. My mother valued this pregnancy, so she didn't let me do any work and just kept me healthy."

"Can this still happen?"

A doctor who can accurately determine a woman's gender by taking her pulse must be incredibly skilled. Could he be a descendant of a royal physician from a previous dynasty?

"Why not? If you want to know whether you're having a boy or a girl, wait until my mother is in a good mood, then you can talk to her and ask her to take you to see that doctor. You'll find out by taking a sip."

Du Mingxian shook her head, "I don't mind, it's fine with either a boy or a girl."

"That's different. Boys are meant to carry on the family line, while girls are somewhat lacking in that aspect."

Du Mingxian didn't answer. There's no point in arguing with people who have different ideas; it's a waste of breath.

Thinking about sharing a room with Daya that night, she immediately changed the subject, "Your belly is quite big, looks like you're about to give birth."

"Not yet, it's only been six months, there are still several months to go."

Upon hearing this, Du Mingxian discovered that this person's birth date was the same month as hers.

"Then it's inconvenient for you to get up at night, and there's no one to bring you a drink of water."

"That's right. My husband isn't here, and sometimes I get leg cramps at night. I can't even ask someone to massage them; I just have to bear it myself."

“Isn’t Da Ya doing great? I had a leg cramp last night, and she even massaged it for me. It felt really good.”

"Really?" Big Flower's eyes lit up.

"What's the big deal? She's your eldest daughter. Don't you think that if you get up at night, she can at least bring you some water?"

"Yes, yes." Da Hua clearly took this to heart. "I'll let her sleep with me tonight."

"That's good too. Even though she's a girl, she's still your own flesh and blood."

Da Hua nodded gently, lost in her own thoughts.

Da Ya goes out to work four times a day: once before breakfast, once after breakfast, once after lunch, and once after dinner.

They really don't treat girls like human beings.

Du Mingxian made it clear that she wouldn't do any work, and her third aunt could only watch helplessly, unable to say a word.

When Daya was about to go out to work in the evening, Dahua stopped her and said, "You don't need to go to work after dinner from now on. Prepare some water for me, I want to take a shower."

Daya was surprised, thinking she had misheard, and stared blankly at Dahua.

Da Hua rolled her eyes at her, "Are you stupid? I said I want to take a shower, so hurry up and prepare some water."

My third aunt saw it, but pretended not to, and went straight back to her room.

After Da Ya finished washing Da Hua's feet, Da Hua told Da Ya, "Bring that bed from your storage room over, and you can sleep in my room from now on."

"Really?" Da Ya has always slept alone since she can remember, and this is the first time her mother has paid attention to her.

"Okay, you'll stay in that corner. If your father comes back, you can move out. If he doesn't come back, you can stay there."

"it is good."

Although she moved into her mother's house, she was still in a corner, but Daya was very happy.

Du Mingxian watched as Daya happily moved her things away, and she was also in a very good mood. She was not afraid of being discovered if anyone was there when she went to sleep in the space at night.

That night, she slept well in the virtual space and woke up late the next day.

When she got up... the Qi family had already finished eating breakfast. She looked in her bowl, but there was nothing there.

Seeing her like this, her aunt's eyes were filled with schadenfreude, and she said in a serious tone, "Let me tell you, our family's meals are always served on time. If you don't come to eat on time, there will be no food left, and you'll just have to put up with it."

Du Mingxian didn't make a fuss. She went straight back to the storage room, closed the door, and slipped into the space.

She had eaten breakfast in her room before going out, so she wasn't hungry now.

What worries her now is that this place seems to be the stronghold of the remnants of the previous dynasty, but it also seems to be a place where logistics personnel live. Even if she leads troops to arrest everyone here, she may not be able to get any information out of them.

I need to find out more about this in the next couple of days.

In the afternoon, she wanted to go out for a stroll, but knowing she couldn't go alone, she took Da Hua with her.

Before they left, the third aunt called out from the doorway, "Dahua, if anyone asks when we get out, just say that Xiao Du is your distant cousin who had nowhere else to go and came here specifically to find you."

"it is good."

The two walked out, and there weren't many people in the village. Du Mingxian was quite curious. "Dahua, your village looks like it has a lot of houses, but it's usually quiet and there don't seem to be many people."

"Yes, many people have gone out to work, leaving only the elderly and children at home."