What Xiao's father said made everyone at the dinner table unable to help but show expressions of schadenfreude and amusement.

The reason is simple: their eldest brother is an outstanding individual, and for many years, many people have regarded him as a role model.

When we were in school, my eldest brother was one of the smartest people. Later, when the world was in chaos, he joined the army.

He had no connections there, yet he still managed to carve out his own path through hard work.

Despite being such an exceptional individual, he insisted on adhering to feudal doctrines and married a rigid, old-fashioned woman.

Even though the Xiao family is a large clan, the young people are not incorrigible.

They are exposed to new ideas every day, gain a deeper understanding of the changes in the world, and yearn for freedom even more.

Compared to arranged marriages in the past, young people today place more emphasis on emotional communication.

However, the eldest brother of their family could not escape the constraints of the old rules and insisted on marrying a woman who was not a good match for him in any way.

Such a woman, who wouldn't even be qualified to sit at the table normally, is the wife of the most outstanding son in their family.

The old man wanted his sister-in-law to prepare well, but how well?

She now appears timid and rigid, her honesty tinged with an inexplicable, tiresome rusticity.

To be honest, a woman like that isn't very attractive on the street. She doesn't wear Western clothes, doesn't speak English, and isn't even literate. The older brother really got the short end of the stick.

Under the watchful eyes of others, Jiang Tian respectfully said to her father-in-law, "Don't worry, I will prepare well."

"Okay, that's good."

Mr. Xiao had never had much to say about his daughter-in-law.

Once you've married them, they're family. Even if they're not respectable, it's good that they can have children.

After replying to Xiao's father, Jiang Tian unexpectedly sat down on a stool on the left side of the table.

Everyone looked on in surprise.

Putting everything else aside, Jiang Tian has always maintained a very humble attitude since marrying into the family.

After all, she knew she was useless and had no chance of marrying into the family except for the title.

Having finally escaped this misery, one should naturally humble oneself and stay at their house.

Jiang Tian's attempts to please them were actually quite clumsy, and her clumsiness even revealed a hint of foolishness.

Yet this woman possessed extraordinary culinary skills, and with just her skillful hands, her family unknowingly accepted her.

Food is the most important thing for people; who doesn't want to eat something good?

The one thing people can't escape is three meals a day.

Jiang Tian's excellent cooking skills made her family more tolerant of her shortcomings, but despite their tolerance, they still did not treat her as an equal.

The eldest brother never even touched the woman who married him out of marriage, and didn't even come back for the wedding, so there was truly no hope for him.

Many of the younger generation think that this woman might be kicked out by the older brother at any time.

Moreover, Jiang Tian herself couldn't stand up straight; she always bowed her head when she saw anyone, and her back couldn't be straightened.

Talking to someone like that is exhausting—Jiang Tian speaks so softly that you can't hear what she's saying at all.

On this seemingly ordinary morning, Jiang Tian sat in a seat that wasn't hers, oblivious to everyone around her, and ate her food with her head down, not glancing at anyone.

Jiang Tian has always maintained a very humble attitude.

Her family didn't have a good impression of her to begin with, and seeing that she put herself in the position of a servant, no one said anything, but instead enjoyed the benefits brought by her cooking skills.

Jiang Tian usually doesn't sit at the table; it's unheard of for a servant to eat with the master of the house.

No one pointed this out from the beginning, and they allowed their eldest sister-in-law to work as a maid to serve them.

The commotion caused by Jiang Tian's sudden sitting down was self-evident; several people held their chopsticks, remaining motionless for a long time.

Even the patriarch of the family, Mr. Xiao, remained silent for a long time after seeing Jiang Tian sitting there.

They all knew the truth: when Jiang Tian married into the family, she was the eldest daughter-in-law. The second daughter-in-law had a place to sit, and the third daughter-in-law also had a place to sit. Why was their eldest daughter-in-law left standing aside, serving tea and water to others, without even having the right to sit at the table?

If no one mentions it, they can pretend they don't know anything.

But Jiang Tian had already sat down, so they couldn't pull her up.

The family that Jiang Tian married into, the Xiao family, was actually very large.

Xiao Chenglin is the eldest son; he has two younger brothers and a younger sister.

His two younger brothers didn't share his ambitions and had no intention of going out to make a living. With the protection of their ancestors, they were content to live a good life.

As for their sister-in-law, she's currently attending a modern school.

Why was she able to attend a modern school?

This brings us to the flexible feudal mechanism of the patriarch in the family.

Mr. Xiao believed that his daughter-in-law should abide by the family precepts, be a good wife and mother, and be honest and obedient.

As for the daughter, she still needs to receive more education.

Nowadays, many families prefer daughters-in-law who are educated, can speak English, and are good at math.

If his daughter can't do anything, she won't be competitive when she goes out to find a partner.

In doing so, it would actually hold the family back.

It would be better to send the child to school; it might bring extraordinary returns.

So Jiang Tian's sister-in-law has always been studying away from home.

Having been influenced by the culture, she also dressed in the most fashionable way, with a stylish suit and curly hair. This sister-in-law looked beautiful with bright eyes and white teeth.

No one in the family said anything about the matter that Xiao's father had decided.

Once he agrees, then the matter is a done deal.

Now that Miss Xiao has been in school for a few years, she looks a million times better than the fragile and dull Jiang Tian.

In this family, Jiang Tian was undoubtedly at the bottom of the social hierarchy.

My family didn't think anything was wrong.

Of course she married into the family, but she had no powerful backing and no value of her own, so how could she be respected?

Actually, no one initially thought much of Jiang Tian.

After her father remarried, they had another child, and the daughter was quite pretty.

It's just a pity that his daughter of marriageable age was seen dancing and kissing someone at a dance hall by the Xiao family.

In their eyes, this was utterly outrageous.

They wouldn't dare have a daughter like that.

With that, one competitor was eliminated, and Jiang Tian was the one who would marry into the family.

In fact, Jiang Tian was the chosen marriage partner from the beginning, and the marriage contract was signed by both of their families and their names.

But nobody wants someone who is completely useless, which is why the idea of ​​replacing them comes up.

Unfortunately, the Jiang family's daughter was so indecent that they couldn't change her even if they wanted to.

It seems that whether we change it or not, this is how it is.

Anyway, Xiao Chenglin wouldn't accept it.