After transmigrating into the book, I helped my mother reconcile with her divorced husband.

Before he finished speaking, a middle-aged man emerged, leaning against the wall.

"Is my wife complaining about me again?"

"If she disliked you, why did she have four children with you?" The sister-in-law rolled her eyes at her husband, walked over, and let him put his arm around her shoulder: "Where's the mistress? Why isn't she with you?"

"What could possibly happen in our own home?" The husband smiled gently, reaching out to touch the child his wife was holding in her arms. "Is this the child Manager Xie was talking about? He's so small, he seems even smaller than when Xiao Si was born."

"That's right." The older sister-in-law looked at the baby in her arms with heartache. "Our fourth child was born at full term, but this baby is only eight months old. There's an old saying that goes, 'Seven months old means life, eight months means death.' Pshaw, what kind of talk is that? This child is lucky; he'll definitely live, and he'll live a healthy life."

My sister-in-law's house is a two-courtyard house. The courtyard is not big, there is not much clutter, and it is very clean.

“My husband suffers from an eye disease and cannot see, so there are no extra things in the yard.” The sister-in-law pointed to the front yard and said that she, her husband and four children lived in the front yard.

The eldest and second eldest were boys, and they shared a room in the east wing. The third and fourth eldest were girls; the third lived in the west wing, while the fourth, being younger, sometimes stayed with them and sometimes with her grandparents.

My parents-in-law live in the backyard, as does my sister-in-law who is visiting home.

The woman she was paired with in a marriage exchange was her husband's second sister.

The older sister-in-law worked quickly and soon cleaned the child thoroughly. To make the child comfortable, she even took out a new swaddle blanket and several new, unworn baby clothes from the closet.

“These are for my sister-in-law. Let this child use them for now. When I have time, I’ll make some for her child. Her mother-in-law has prepared plenty of things, so one or two more won’t make a difference.” The sister-in-law explained as she tidied up the things. “This child is hungry again and is looking for something to eat. You all sit here, I’ll take her to my sister-in-law.”

Lu Zhiyuan was worried, so she followed.

The backyard was laid out the same as the front yard, except for the addition of a grapevine and some flowers and trees. My sister-in-law's younger sister, who had just finished her postpartum confinement, was resting in her room with her baby at her parents' home. My sister-in-law told me that the baby's birth mother had passed away, assuming it was due to complications during childbirth, and she wept with heartache. She herself had also come close to death and knew the agonizing process involved.

Her child was only a month older than this poor child, and she held her as if she were her own child.

After the child fell asleep, I carried her back to the front yard.

The elder sister-in-law's husband was speaking with the Crown Prince, his words brimming with the elegance and refinement of a scholar. The elder sister-in-law stood at the door, holding her sleeping child, her eyes filled with admiration as she looked at her husband. She told Lu Zhiyuan that her husband's surname was Dong, that he was originally a scholar, and that he had passed the imperial examination at the age of thirteen, making him the most promising candidate in Ganzhou City to become the top scholar.

Unexpected events can happen at any time. When he was fifteen, he fell ill and lost his sight after recovering. A prodigy suddenly going blind—who could bear that? He was depressed for a long time, locking himself in a sealed room and refusing to see anyone, until six months later when he finally managed to open the door.

He wasn't weak; he just didn't know what he could do now that he was blind.

He's blind and can no longer study. His family still has some business, and he learned to use an abacus in his younger days, but he can't see the account books and doesn't know if the person keeping the books has been cheating him.

"With our parents alive, the person in charge wouldn't dare to disobey us, but what if they're not here?" The elder sister-in-law's husband said calmly, "Our parents will grow old, and my sister will get married. I'm blind, and not only can I not help them, I'll become a burden to them. To be honest, before I married my wife, I had thought about dying."

Outside the door, the elder sister-in-law's hand trembled slightly; clearly, she had never heard such words before.

No one knows a child better than their parents, and his thoughts could not be hidden from them.

His parents had other plans.

"Brother Dong, are you referring to the marriage?"

The eldest sister-in-law's husband nodded, somewhat embarrassed: "My parents want to find me a suitable marriage. By suitable, I mean someone who can read and write, can read account books, doesn't mind that I'm blind, and is willing to have children with me and accompany me through this trivial and troublesome second half of my life."

"Brother Dong is very good, there's no need to talk about yourself like that."

The eldest sister-in-law's husband gently shook his head: "From sixteen or seventeen to twenty-seven or twenty-eight, my parents found countless girls for me. Either the girls didn't like me, or they didn't meet my parents' requirements, until that day when they saw Ya'er on the street."

My sister-in-law's maiden name is Chen Youya, and her nickname is Ya'er.

Country girls often choose their names arbitrarily, and they don't usually sound very nice.

“My parents are farmers. In their eyes, it’s a good thing for things to sprout. Sprouting means that the thing is alive. If it’s alive, it can grow up, grow up and bear fruit, and bear fruit to fill our stomachs. My brother’s name is Chen Youshi, which is the 'shi' in fruit. My name is Chen Youya.”

The eldest sister-in-law blushed and explained, "I also think my name doesn't sound good, but it's what my parents hoped for us siblings. In their eyes, it's a hopeful and auspicious name."

“It is indeed very good,” Lu Zhiyuan said. “It’s something people will remember for a lifetime.”

"Sister, you have such a sweet tongue. No wonder your husband likes you."

"Brother Dong also likes Sister-in-law very much."

“He doesn’t like me, it’s my in-laws who do.” The sister-in-law carried the child in one arm and led Lu Zhiyuan into the house with the other. “My in-laws think I have a strong personality and can manage the household. They think I can read a few words and help my husband read the accounts. Also, I learned some martial arts from my brother for a few days, so I can protect my husband from being bullied by others when it matters.”

"My wife has protected me very well." Hearing his sister-in-law's voice, Brother Dong's eyes were full of tenderness.

"That's because you're good-looking." The sister-in-law placed the child on the small bed beside her. "To be honest, I fell in love with my husband at first sight. On our wedding night, the moment I saw him, I felt like I had gotten a great deal. Such a wonderful person, if he weren't blind, how could I have gotten the chance? He's even more honest than my brother. He said that the arranged marriage wasn't his wish, that he wouldn't make things difficult for me, and that he could write a letter of divorce anytime I wanted to leave."

Brother Dong blushed: "I was just afraid you'd regret it."

"I'll regret not marrying you and making you divorce me." The eldest sister-in-law spoke bluntly: "I finally found a handsome husband, how could I let him write me a letter of divorce? How could I let him divorce me? I'll just go all the way and make it a fait accompli."

Just as Lu Zhiyuan was about to praise her sister-in-law for being fierce, she saw Brother Dong wave his hands repeatedly: "It wasn't that cook. On our wedding night, nothing happened between us. She got drunk and made a scene all night."

The elder sister-in-law blushed slightly: "I was young and didn't understand! The stories in those novels weren't that detailed. They just said that on their wedding night, the couple blew out the lamp. I always thought that blowing out the lamp, taking off their clothes, and lying together meant they were a real couple."

Who knew I'd have to do that kind of thing?

Brother Dong quickly covered his sister-in-law's mouth: "Why do you say such things out loud? It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate."

The older sister-in-law pried his hands off and said coquettishly, "What's wrong with that? They're a married couple, and a newlywed couple who dare to hold hands and walk around in the street. What do you and I understand that they don't?"

It wasn't anything particularly outrageous, yet it made Lu Zhiyuan blush. Looking at the Crown Prince, his ears were so red they looked like they were about to bleed.