After being reborn as a man, the woman improved her family's fortunes through education.

Li Haisheng first led his brothers and sisters to the newly purchased house, which was a small three-courtyard house.

Li Haisheng and Jiang Xiyue originally had better options, but that place was only a two-courtyard house, and even though it was larger in area, it was not as good in terms of layout.

Considering that his two older brothers and one younger brother would each have to live in one courtyard, and his two younger sisters would also have to live in one courtyard, he and Jiang Xiyue would live in one courtyard, so in the end he still bought this small three-courtyard house.

The last courtyard has two side courtyards, which can be used to house Jiang Xiyue's personal dowry. The first courtyard has a row of back rooms, which can be used to house the gatekeeper's family.

Li Haisheng's brothers lived in the outer courtyard, his two sisters lived in the smallest courtyard in the middle, and the young couple lived in the back courtyard, which was just enough to accommodate them.

Although it's not very spacious, it's good that everyone is separated like this so that they don't disturb each other, and it's very convenient to meet up when you only need to walk a few steps.

If you want to eat together, gather in the front hall; if you don't want to eat together, eat in your own courtyard.

Li Haisheng helped his brothers settle in the front yard and then helped his two younger sisters move their things.

The two sisters used to sleep in the same room and bed, and it's a little hard to get used to being separated now.

Although the courtyard for two people doesn't have many rooms, at least each of them can have their own private room.

The two sisters lived on opposite sides of each other, using the two rooms facing each other as their bedrooms.

The middle room served as a living room where the two sisters could chat, talk, and do needlework together.

"Fifth Sister, do we really have to live separately?"

The sixth sister, Li Qiuyue, had lived with her fifth sister, Li Chunhua, since childhood. Now that she had her own room, she was happy but also a little uneasy.

"What? Are you scared to sleep alone?"

Li Chunhua is already a young woman, and will be of marriageable age in two years. Li Qiuyue is only eleven years old and is still a child.

"Well, it's not that I'm scared, it's just that I'm not used to being alone all of a sudden, and there's no one to keep me company when I get up at night..."

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"So that's what you're afraid of~ That's easy, just knock on my door."

Besides...look at that, what is it?

Li Chunhua pointed to a corner of the room, behind which were two buckets, one large and one small, as well as a washbasin stand and the like.

"This is... a chamber pot?"

Li Chunhua nodded. They were already the sisters of the top scholar, and now they lived in such a nice house belonging to their brother and sister-in-law. Why would they need to go outside to relieve themselves in the dark?

My sister is so silly, she thinks this is a small earthen kiln or thatched hut in the village?

"Yeah, if you really can't hold it in at night, just use a chamber pot. I heard there are people in the city who specialize in collecting night soil!"

"These city people are so particular! But if they take it all, we won't have any to use! Our land needs fertilizer too! How can we let outsiders have all this fertilizer for nothing?!"

Li Chunhua was speechless. How come her younger sister's brain wasn't as sharp as it was back in the village after she came to Beijing?

Fertilizer land?! Do they even own land in the capital? Even if they do, would the top scholar's sister need to fertilize it? Would she even need to?

Even if you don't care about your brother's feelings, you should at least consider your sister-in-law's feelings!

Your sister-in-law's whole family are officials, and she is a legitimate daughter of an official. As her own sister-in-law, how could you possibly expect to shovel manure to fertilize the fields?

Are you out of your mind? What will people say about your sister-in-law now? They might say she mistreats her sister-in-law!

"Sixth Sister, are you serious? Take another look and see where we are?"

"Where is this? This is Third Brother and Third Sister-in-law's house. What's wrong, Fifth Sister?"

"...Yes, you know that's good. This is indeed my third brother and sister-in-law's house, and most importantly, this is the capital city!"

You need to re-evaluate your identity. Although we are not related to Third Brother by blood, for more than ten years, our older brothers have raised us as their own sisters, so they are our own brothers.

We may not be smart, and we may not be as good as daughters of officials who can compose poems and speak eloquently, but at least we shouldn't embarrass our brother and sister-in-law.

Also, don't cause trouble for your brother and sister-in-law. You know, it was your sister-in-law's idea for us to go to Beijing. How many sisters-in-law in the world are as good as her?

"Fifth Sister, I know what you mean. Of course I know that my sister-in-law is a good person. We can't be like Afang and the others in the village!"

Ah Fang and Ah Li's sister-in-law is such a good sister-in-law, she treats them so well, and she even makes them beautiful hair accessories!

"Hmph! Those two don't know how lucky they are, always picking fights with Sister-in-law Qiuyue! And they even try to frame their mother first!"

Li Chunhua was furious. Sister Qiuyue was very kind to outsiders like them, but good people just don't have good luck and have to deal with two vicious sisters-in-law!

Unlike those two, these sisters had to pamper their sister-in-law along with their third brother!

The two sisters huddled together and chatted for a while before returning to their respective rooms. Even if they weren't used to it at first, they would get used to it over time. Their third brother was about to marry his wife, and they had to help out.

Before his siblings arrived in Beijing, Li Haisheng had already prepared all the necessary items for their wedding, thanks in large part to Madam Xue in the capital.

Under the guise of gaining experience, Madam Xue helped with everything, and finally managed to prepare everything in an orderly manner without the help of an elder.

It was unrealistic to expect Master Ouyang Zheng to help with the arrangements. It wasn't that Ouyang Zheng didn't want to get involved, but preparing for a junior's wedding was beyond his comprehension.

Ouyang Zheng had been living alone on the mountain for nearly twenty years, and had long forgotten the formalities and rituals of the mortal world.

However, as the master, he contributed money rather than effort, preparing many rare and precious items for his eldest disciple, which had already been included in the original betrothal gifts.

Several carefully trained homing pigeons were also delivered early on.

When Li Haisheng saw his junior brother's carrier pigeons, he assumed that his master, Ouyang Zheng, must have prepared even more for his junior brother. However, he was wrong.

Ouyang Zheng gave him two pairs of carrier pigeons, but only gave one pair to Jiang Xiaoqi.

It wasn't that he was biased; it was just that Jiang Xiaoqi had already learned how to train carrier pigeons on the mountain, and taking in a pair was simply because he didn't want to go against his master's good intentions.

In fact, most of the carrier pigeons he uses now were trained by himself, and he has sent quite a few to Lin Feng. The two of them have been communicating through these carrier pigeons for the past few years.

The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is an auspicious day for weddings.

When Xijiao was welcomed into the house, it was nearly dusk; this was a true "wedding ceremony."

Li Haisheng wiped the sweat from his forehead with his bright red wedding robe. It was really tough; his junior brother and that scoundrel Xue Xu had teamed up to keep him out of the Jiang family's gate.

If I hadn't done my homework beforehand, prepared a lot of poems to urge you to get ready, and studied late into the night, I would have been tortured to death by the two of them.

My junior brother already possesses talent no less than that of the top scholar, and Xue Xu is the third-ranked scholar in this imperial examination. I'm all alone and helpless; I'm really struggling to cope!

Hmph! Just wait! If we can't do anything to our own brother-in-law, can't we at least do something to this future brother-in-law of our third sister?

When Xue Xu marries his sister-in-law, Miss Jiang, next year, it will be the time for Li Haisheng to get his revenge!