Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

[Spoiler Alert: This world features the original male supporting character's rebirth. Although he pursues Yin Yin, he is not Yin Yin's romantic partner!]

"Qiaoyun, I think you should think about this carefully. When your husband comes back, you should talk to him about it properly."

"That boy from the Mu family is the most handsome in our village, and he's also very good at studying. He's already received praise from his teacher at such a young age."

"If your Yinyin gets engaged to him, the good fortune is yet to come!"

Li Yinyin woke up in bed and heard these few words. Before her mind could process them, she immediately refused, "Mu Xianyun? No, no, I don't like him!"

“This child,” the aunt said sternly, “marriage is a matter of parents’ wishes and matchmakers’ words. Since you have no parents, you should listen to your brother and sister-in-law. There is no reason for a girl to interfere on her own.”

Li Yinyin was suddenly lectured by a stranger, and she threw a tantrum: "Who are you, coming to my house to lecture me? Who gave you the guts!"

Upon hearing this, the aunt quickly looked at Yu Qiaoyun, hoping she would say a few words in her defense.

Little did anyone know that Yu Qiaoyun's face had already darkened when she mentioned Li Yinyin: "My sister has her own brother and I to teach her. Who do you think you are?"

Seeing Yu Qiaoyun's dark face, the auntie assumed it was because she was unhappy with Li Yinyin interrupting and was smiling. However, she didn't expect that the dark face was directed at her: "You, you, you dare to talk to me like that!"

Yu Qiaoyun scoffed: "I respect your age and call you 'Auntie,' but you really think you're some kind of ancestor?"

The aunt felt insulted and stood up angrily: "Fine, fine, let's see who among the matchmakers in the surrounding villages will dare to arrange a marriage for your family in the future."

“Fine, I won’t say,” Li Yinyin said, having already tidied herself up. She sat down next to Yu Qiaoyun, her face full of disdain. “Do you think I don’t know? The Mu family just wants my brother because he’s rich and wants my family to support his education.”

"When the time comes, even if the person confesses and passes the imperial examination, they will still be descendants of the Mu family. Who will my Li family be? We don't even know if they will recognize us."

"If the Mu family is truly sincere, they should send their people over to become my live-in sons-in-law. Then I can think about it for a while longer."

Seeing the aunt's mouth agape, as if her worldview had been shocked, Yu Qiaoyun smiled and praised, "Yinyin is right. We won't do business that we know will lose money. But as for marrying into the family, we can consider it."

"Guards, get this rude guest who's been throwing her weight around in my house out of here, and never let her come back again."

The aunt was still in a daze when the burly maidservant who came in quickly subdued her and threw her out the door.

Seeing that the person was gone, Li Yinyin felt relieved and obediently snuggled up to her sister-in-law: "Sister-in-law, what hairstyle should I wear today?"

Yu Qiaoyun put her arm around her, but asked first, "Yinyin, didn't you used to like Mu Xianyun a lot? Why did you reject him today?"

Li Yinyin didn't want to talk about the future, so she brought up her brother: "It's because Mu Xianyun is more handsome than everyone else. But when my brother came home last time, he said that there are many men outside who are more handsome than Mu Xianyun, so I... I don't like Mu Xianyun."

"Moreover, while Mu Xianyun was calling me 'Sister Yinyin, Sister Yinyin,' he was also flirting with the hunter's daughter, Xijiangyue."

"My brother said, we can't keep a man like that!"

Yu Qiaoyun's eyes turned cold, but she still gently comforted her sister: "Your brother is right. You must never be with this kind of man. If you meet him, you should run far away from him."

"But Yinyin, you know about Mu Xianyun and Xi Jiangyue, why didn't you tell me or your brother? How can your brother and I not teach him a lesson for having someone he likes but still trying to string you along?

“I don’t like him,” Li Yinyin thought for a moment and said, “Besides, if he hadn’t said it to Xi Jiangyue, how would I have known that his family planned to use our family and then discard them?”

Seeing that Yu Qiaoyun's aura was getting colder, she quickly comforted her, "Sister-in-law, don't be angry. I'm just hoping that the two of them will get together."

Li Yinyin winked playfully: "Don't they like each other? I wonder how long Mu Xianyun can keep up his studies without our family's support, and whether Xi Jiangyue will even be able to enter the family."

"These are all our neighbors from the same village. Aren't they more interesting than what's being performed on a stage?"

"What a mischievous girl," Yu Qiaoyun said, seeing that she had a plan in mind. She finally put the matter aside, took out a red string, and tied two double buns with her. "Alright, go play now."

Li Yinyin touched her hair and negotiated with her: "Sister-in-law, I'll go pick some flowers and make a flower crown for me, okay? The double buns don't look good."

“You look clean and fresh, and it makes you look lively and energetic. What’s wrong with that?” Yu Qiaoyun couldn’t resist her coaxing and had no choice but to agree. “Then take a few more people with you, and don’t go into the mountains.”

“Okay,” Li Yinyin said as she left the house, and then ordered two maids to accompany her.

The Li family is registered in Shangshui Village and owns an old house there, right next to the Mu family's house; they are true neighbors.

In recent years, Li Chengming, the elder brother of the Li family, went out to do business and had good fortune. He saved up money and bought mountains, forests and fields, became a local gentry, and built a new three-courtyard mansion on the edge of the village. He also bought servants and attendants to take care of him, and suddenly became a newly rich family.

The villagers looked down on him for being a merchant, but envied his wealth, and often gossiped about him behind his back.

But Li Chengming led several young men out to earn money, including the village chief's son, so no one in the village dared to truly offend the Li family, and they greeted each other with smiles.

Just like now, when they see Li Yinyin dressed up and going out with someone, everyone is happy to greet her, "Where are you going to play, Yin'er? Don't go too far!"

Li Yinyin appreciated the kindness and greeted everyone with a smile before saying, "I'm going to pick flowers. My sister-in-law promised to make me a flower crown!"

"Your sister-in-law is very skillful, she'll definitely make it beautiful. Yin'er is also very pretty, she'll look even more beautiful wearing the flower crown! When we choose the Flower Goddess during the Flower Festival, Yin'er, you're sure to be chosen!"

These words drew a chorus of agreement.

"Then we'll show everyone that the girls from our Shangshui Village are unmatched by anyone else!"

Faced with these teasing remarks, Li Yinyin blushed: "It'll be many years before I'm old enough to be chosen as the Flower Goddess."

"I'm going to pick more flowers, so I'll be going now, uncles and aunts!"

Seeing her run off like a rabbit, all the elders who had watched her grow up laughed.

Li Yinyin ran a few steps and soon reached the foot of the mountain. She looked at the blooming flowers and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fearing the presence of snakes, a servant woman tapped and knocked on the grass with a twig for a while before allowing her to pick the flowers herself.

It was the season when all the flowers were in full bloom, and Li Yinyin picked enough usable flowers before heading home.

But as soon as she turned around, she was met with a figure dressed in a scholar's robe, with a gentle and refined appearance.

"Little sister Yinyin, I have something to tell you."