noffsinger Chapter 596 A Person Who Doesn't Play by the Rules
Chapter 596 A Person Who Doesn't Play by the Rules
Du Mingxian paused in her steps. "What's going on?"
"The Guo family's two children are in jail, and they visit them every day. The money is flowing into the jail like water, and the Guo family is heartbroken. Madam Cheng has seen this many times and wants to take advantage of her little relationship with you to come directly to your door for help."
"I don't know if it was pressure from the Guo family, but one day she actually came to our mansion to ask for an audience, saying that she would not leave until she saw Madam. When the adults dealt with it, they didn't give Madam Cheng any face."
“Your words are very sharp. Madam Cheng has already made you sick. If the Cheng family can’t control Madam, he doesn’t mind not having the Cheng family.”
"The news spread very quickly, and the next day Madam Cheng was divorced and sent back to the Guo family. Now Madam Cheng lives in the Guo family, which is now in dire straits because both of her sons were exiled."
“Master Cheng went even further. On the third day after divorcing Madam Cheng, he simply promoted one of his concubines to the position of legal wife.”
Du Mingxian heard Xiang Yang's voice in her ear, and her eyes had already been searching for Xia Yu. Sure enough, she saw Xia Yu in the alley, and she quickened her pace.
"How are you? Did you cry?"
Xia Yu shook his head, "Young Master is very well-behaved. When I brought him out, he opened his eyes and looked at me, but he quickly closed his eyes and went to sleep."
"It's good." Du Mingxian took the child, and only when she held the child in her arms did she feel her heart finally settle down.
I finally understand what mothers feel. They don't trust anyone else to take care of the baby, and they only feel at ease when they take care of the baby themselves.
It's still because the environment is unsafe. If she were in Lingjia Village now, she probably wouldn't be so nervous.
As the couple carried the child back, they made a detour to the fabric shop and bought a lot of fabric. Now that the child was openly allowed to walk, they needed to prepare clothes and other necessities.
She has some things in her space, but some of them haven't been officially disclosed, so it's not very convenient to take them out.
They bought a lot of fabric, so the fabric shop delivered it to them, and the two of them took the child home.
Back at the manor, some people saw that Du Mingxian was holding a child in her arms, and they were all very curious. Xiangyang, who was by her side, started to play his role at this time.
"Madam, are you really planning to raise them yourself?"
"Since I found it, it must be fate. I'll keep it."
"Young master is truly blessed."
"Yes, young master is blessed."
Within an hour, everyone in the county knew that the county magistrate's wife had recovered from her illness and gone out for a stroll. As a result, she picked up a child and took him home. The county magistrate's wife planned to register the child under her own name and raise him herself.
While Ling Silang was still working at the front, people came up to him and talked about the matter. They were all very worried, so Ling Silang simply went back and stopped working.
I miss my son.
His steps were light and quick as he walked back, and the thought of his child's face filled him with joy.
Back in the room, the little one was nursing. Ling Silang went up to him, and Xiang Yang and Xia Yu politely withdrew.
"Should we arrange for a wet nurse?"
Du Mingxian shook her head, her face full of maternal love, "I'm afraid that won't work. I've already told you how to get a replacement child. This child is very clever; he won't drink other people's milk."
“Then… we’ll buy some live animals to put in our space. When we come back from outside, we’ll buy goats that have just given birth. We’ll have the people below heat up the milk and bring it over. You can put it in your space to feed the live animals. Our son will still drink your milk.”
"Okay, that's perfect."
Ling Silang was a man of action; the very next day, he prepared the animals and secretly took Du Mingxian to collect them. The goat was also brought back to the mansion.
Ever since they learned that the county magistrate had bought people, those aristocratic families who missed out on the opportunity were filled with regret, as they had lost a chance to arrange their own personnel.
After waiting for more than half a year, a child was suddenly found in the county magistrate's office. This child would definitely need a wet nurse. As soon as they heard the news, they rushed to find someone and bribed a wet nurse who met the requirements.
They were hoping that the county magistrate's office would take their people in as soon as possible.
But... they still didn't play by the rules, and the next day they simply bought a goat.
Is raising children really that casual?
Forget it, he's just an adopted son; the county magistrate's family probably won't care much about him.
Those powerful families felt that the county magistrate's wife was extremely cunning. When she first arrived, everyone thought she was going to buy people, and each of the brokers had their own people prepared for her.
As it turned out... instead of buying people, they directly had the family members of the yamen runners do the work, and even when they held a banquet, they hired people at the last minute, which was really speechless.
Just when everyone was finally able to relax and thought she wouldn't buy anyone and would instead ask the family members of the yamen runners for help, they realized...
She went to buy people.
Finally, another opportunity came, and everyone was ready to have a wet nurse.
She only bought goats.
This county magistrate's wife is either foolish or too shrewd.
The news spread extremely quickly, and by the third day, Du Mingxian had heard all sorts of comments about her.
It made her feel both amused and entertained.
The baby is past the legal age, and her postpartum period should be over soon, but... Ling Silang is adamant that it won't work and insists that she have to have a double postpartum period. Du Mingxian can't even leave the courtyard for the next two days.
That day, Du Mingxian felt a pang of heartache looking at the child. When Ling Silang returned, he noticed something was wrong with her expression and quickly went up to ask, "What's wrong?"
"I... just feel sorry for the child. He was outside when I gave birth to him, and he was always in the space, following me around. There was no third-day celebration or full-month celebration."
“We don’t have any of the holidays that other children should have.”
She didn't care about these rituals before, but... but now it's different. She cares about them now, she wants her child to have them, and she feels indebted to her.
Ling Silang felt extremely distressed. "Once we've finished dealing with all this, we'll fake our deaths and escape to go home."
Du Mingxian suddenly looked up, "Fake death to escape?"
"Yes, this is what I agreed upon with the Crown Prince. I faked my death to escape, and we went straight home. Then I will take the imperial examination again in my own name."
"Okay, okay, okay." Du Mingxian thought of the people and things in the capital. "If you get the top score in the next imperial examination, those people might think it's a ghost story."
"Let them think it's a ghost story. As long as we're doing well, we'll send our families to the capital before the next exam."
"Okay, we've bought the yard too, there'll be enough room for everyone."
Upon hearing this, Ling Silang hurriedly asked, "Didn't you write a letter to Lord Wen?"
"No, I've been too busy. I haven't even written to my mother. You could say that after arriving in the prefectural city and joining the Tian family, I haven't contacted anyone."
"I gave Mother a brief reply, but you need to reply to Lord Wen yourself. Lord Wen has come directly to me several times on official business, and his words are sharp, so he must be unhappy."