Reborn as a devoted sister-in-law, she leads the entire village to prosperity.

Yu Banxia chuckled, and Xiaobai chimed in, "Master, these few may be a bit simple-minded, but they are loyal and righteous. Why don't we recruit them?"

"Don't you happen to be short-handed too?" Xiaobai suggested.

"Want to learn swordsmanship?" Yu Banxia asked with a smile, sizing up the group.

Erniu and the others nodded with shining eyes, while Yu Banxia smiled and said, "It's not impossible, but I've been quite busy lately."

“If you are not afraid of hardship or fatigue, come back to the village with me and work for a while. If you do well, I will teach you.”

"Okay, you said it." After discussing it with the others, Erniu nodded in agreement.

Yu Banxia replied, "I never lie."

"Then we'll go back and tell our families where you live, and we'll come find you tomorrow." Erniu patted his chest, looking like a chivalrous knight.

Yu Mangui rolled his eyes in annoyance, then announced his home: "Yu Tongsheng's home in Anping Village."

“Okay, we’ll definitely be there tomorrow.” Erniu nodded and then stood aside.

Yu Mangui rode past them on his donkey cart. Yu Banxia heard the cheers behind her and couldn't help but laugh: "You chuunibyou kids have a lot of fun."

"What do you mean?" Yu Mangui asked, puzzled.

Yu Banxia laughed and said, "They are all teenagers of sixteen or seventeen. Kids of this age are rebellious, absurd, and disobedient. They always do strange things. Oh, just like I was before."

"People below call rebellious kids like us 'chuunibyou' (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur), that's roughly what they mean!"

Yu Mangui thought for a moment. When he was sixteen or seventeen, he had also dreamed of becoming a knight-errant, going out to be a traveler, and doing chivalrous deeds.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but laugh out loud: "It seems that my older brother was also a bit of a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur) once."

"Ah? Tell me..." Yu Banxia tugged at her older brother's sleeve with a gossipy expression. Yu Mangui looked at her affectionately and told her his previous thoughts.

Yu Banxia didn't find anything wrong with what she heard. Instead, she smiled and asked, "Does Brother still dream of being a wandering knight?"

"Hey, I don't even know how to fight, what kind of knight-errant am I? I'm not good at studying either, my family can't afford to support me, and I'm a father of three now. I just want you all to live a good life, that would make me happy."

“Then, brother, you can learn business from me from now on. It’s not appropriate for a woman like me to always be in the public eye, and sometimes I’m looked down upon when I’m negotiating with people.”

"Big brother, let me tell you a little secret. I want everyone to become rich so I can stay at home, eat and drink, and have everyone support me."

Yu Mangui pinched her cheek and said indulgently, "You can lie down at home and eat and drink now, and your big brother will work hard too."

“That won’t work for now. I can’t just start and then quit. Everyone will be disappointed.” Yu Banxia shook her head, and Yu Mangui thought about it and agreed.

He looked ahead and said earnestly, "Since my sister thinks so highly of me, then I will learn from you from now on so that you can get rid of your skills as soon as possible."

"Okay, big brother is so kind." Yu Banxia lay down on the cart and closed her eyes.

These kinds of days are quite nice, busy and peaceful, with the whole family enjoying warmth and happiness.

"Grandpa and Grandma, Mom and Dad, elders of the family, this time, Xiaxia has family members who love me again. Thank you for your blessings." Yu Banxia was filled with gratitude.

A breeze blew by, gently brushing her cheek, as if someone were stroking her face.

Yu Banxia opened her eyes. It was still a sunny day with a clear blue sky, and nothing else.

Is it an illusion?

Xiaobai didn't give any warning, so it must really be a misperception.

She closed her eyes again and fell asleep without realizing it. When she opened her eyes again, she was already home.

"I'm home." She stretched, and Yu Mangui smiled and said, "Just arrived."

"It's almost lunchtime, I'll go check on Third Grandpa first." With that, she ran off like a gust of wind.

Fan Cuilan came out, about to say something, but she had already disappeared from sight. She shook her head indulgently and went back to the kitchen.

Wu Zhuxiang laughed and joked, "Our little sister runs really fast, like a mischievous monkey, she disappears in the blink of an eye."

"If she hears this, it'll be terrible; the roof will be blown off!" Yu Banyue quickly made a shushing gesture.

Everyone laughed again. Fan Cuilan wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "This girl has a strong temper and passes by quickly. It's alright, but you really can't say these things to her face. She's almost a grown woman."

“Oh right, Mother, my little sister’s birthday is the ninth day of the sixth month, right?” Wu Zhuxiang suddenly remembered that her sister-in-law was about to come of age, and she needed to save up money to buy her a hairpin.

Although her sister-in-law is now the adopted daughter of the Qian family, the matriarch of the Qian family will certainly not mistreat her; after all, it is a token of her sister-in-law's goodwill.

Yu Banyue quickly said, "I'm going to make a new outfit for my little sister, so don't try to take it from me."

“Then I’ll make two pairs of embroidered shoes for my little sister. Good things come in pairs,” Yu Bantao said.

Fan Cuilan smiled and said, "I've already thought it through. I won't bully anyone. Back then, Tao'er and Yue'er each had a silver hairpin and a pair of silver bracelets."

“Mother, now that my younger sister has a godparent, this is too shabby. Let’s make her a pure gold one instead.”

Yu Bantao suggested that it should be made of pure gold, and the others quickly agreed.

Fan Cuilan thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "That's not fair to you."

“Hey, Mother, my little sister is the youngest in the family. She’s been working so hard for the family. All she gets is a pair of gold bracelets and a gold hairpin. As her older sister and sister-in-law, would we really hold such a grudge against you and my little sister over such a small thing?”

Yu Bantao insisted, and Fan Cuilan looked at her daughter-in-law and second daughter, seeing that they were both nodding.

Fan Cuilan thought for a moment before nodding, "Alright, then let's make it pure gold for Xia Yatou."

"That's right!" the three said in unison.

Yu Banxia was unaware that her family had already begun to worry about her coming-of-age ceremony.

She ran to the open space of the ancestral hall, and Yu Baishun happened to see her running there. He laughed and said, "I was just talking about this girl, and here she is."

"Xiaxia, come quickly, the money has all been collected."

“There are 39 households in our village. The smallest amount received was five taels, and the largest was fifty taels. Your master, Doctor Zhao, also sent money, but he said he wouldn’t take a share. He was just about to ask you how to handle it.”

His family received fifty taels, while the others received twenty, thirty, or forty taels. Only one family received forty taels, and that was an old acquaintance, Yu Meihua's family.

Yu Banxia was somewhat surprised after reading it.

Then she saw that her master had also taken one hundred taels. Zhao Boxian also came over and said, "Xiaxia, your master really doesn't want a share of the profits. You can have my share."

Yu Banxia glanced at her master, then nodded and thanked him sweetly. She then looked at everyone and said, "My master and I each took one hundred taels, and I also provided ideas, so I think everyone will have no objection to me taking half?"

"no!"