"Let me introduce myself first, my name is Zhong Xiaoxiao, I'm fifteen years old this year, and I'm delighted to become family with everyone."
Xiaoxiao spoke seriously, causing everyone at the dinner table to exchange glances, having never seen Xiaoxiao before. Everyone listened quietly, not daring to interrupt.
"The five hundred glances in my past life, exchanged for a mere brush past in this life, how much fate must we have to become a family!"
"I know that by marrying in, you don't all agree, but when Yang Ming returns, we will have a proper discussion. Regardless of whether we have the fate of a husband and wife, you will be my family for this lifetime. Today, I want to declare here, no matter what my reputation was before, from today onwards, I will strive to be a good person, and I ask everyone here to hold me accountable!" After she finished speaking, she bowed deeply.
Xiaoxiao's speech touched everyone deeply. After all, the family was tender-hearted and their affection for Xiaoxiao had grown over the few days they spent together!
"Child, don't say any more, since you've married into our family, you're our daughter-in-law. It's our third son who has wronged you. When he returns, I'll have words with him," old Mr. Yang said with a sigh!
"Father, I'm fine. I was just disrespectful in front of the elders, I'm glad you don't blame me!"
"Good child, no blame, no blame. Now, everyone, let's eat!"
The family ate in silence and after cleaning up, returned to their respective rooms.
In the room of the second eldest of the Yang Family
"Wife, the things our younger sister-in-law said today, they were all so poetic! I hardly understood!" Yang Gang, the second eldest in the Yang Family, said.
"Let me tell you, our younger sister-in-law is quite literate. You don't know, the day before yesterday when we went to town, at the bookstore, she didn't have enough Silver for the books. They cost twelve taels, but she managed to get them for five. Guess how she did it!"
"How did she manage that? I couldn't guess; you know I'm slow!"
"Just by writing a few big characters offhand, the shopkeeper deducted seven taels of Silver, real Silver! How long would we have to work to earn that! I don't know what she wrote, but it must have been excellent!"
"Really? Is it that incredible?"
"Truly, she's just better than us in all respects, just like how we only know how to farm. I think she and our third brother are quite a match. But she indeed spends a lot. Just that one day, she bought fabric and ordered furniture, and got a whole bunch of useless stuff, you just see! It might be a bit difficult for her to change all at once!"
After breakfast, Xiaoxiao went back to her room. She had been a bit serious just now, but she had to declare her resolve; she couldn't not be serious. In the modern world, her mother had pampered her into a simple, cutesy, coquettish young woman of eighteen in heart, only serious when handling real matters. After all, at thirty years old, one must act the part when handling business, or how would one survive in society? Luckily, she had crossed into a fifteen-year-old girl. She felt her original personality still fitted in quite well, yet she had no idea that such a personality was quite unconventional in the ancient times!
In the northern winter, the villagers also entered a period of hibernation, only resuming farming in the spring. The men either went out to work or hunted in the mountains, while the women stayed at home to do needlework, embroidering to supplement the family income, and the Yang Family was no exception. It was early winter now; the heavy snow had not yet arrived. The men had gone to the mountains, leaving the grandmother, the three daughters-in-law, and the three small children at home!
Armed with the fabric she bought, Xiaoxiao called her sisters-in-law to the main house!
"Mother, let's work together. It's more fun to chat while we're all here!"