"Eh? By the way, brother hasn't come back yet?" Li Sisi looked at the sky outside the window which was gradually darkening.
The orange sunset glow in the sky gradually faded away, and the crescent moon slowly rose into the sky.
Li Sisi puffed her cheeks in anger, "He's too much. He's not home every day and leaves you alone in the mansion. How can he have any sense of responsibility as a husband?"
Li Nian lowered his dim eyes when he heard her words, and forced a smile on his lips: "After all, he is the male protagonist, so the difficulty of the strategy must be higher. It's okay, we still have more than two months, there is no rush."
"That's right." Li Sisi's eyes turned and she suddenly thought of something important.
"Niannian, since we're going to be on the run, we have to prepare the money. Let's take advantage of the time now and quickly exchange the dowry for banknotes so that we don't have to carry a heavy dowry with us on the run."
Li Nian nodded: "We need to prepare in advance, otherwise pawning everything at once will definitely arouse suspicion."
"Then let's go tomorrow? It's a good time to go shopping. We've been staying at home lately and it's so boring."
Li Sisi has always been an impatient person who can't stay still. If she hadn't been concerned about the fact that she had just traveled through time a few days ago, she would have run out to experience the ancient customs.
Li Nian naturally knew her temper and responded, "Okay, tomorrow morning, after paying our respects to mother-in-law, we'll go together."
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This was not a good thing in ancient times. People had to respect their elders and visit them every morning and evening. They could not be lazy in etiquette at all.
I have to get up early every morning to pay my respects to my mother-in-law. I was not used to it at first, but after a few days of getting used to it and my biological clock forming, it was not so difficult to accept.
There are no concubines in the Xiao family.
Xiao Yunyu was born to Lord Xiao's first wife. After his first wife passed away, he married the current Mrs. Xiao as his second wife.
Xiao Yunyu is the eldest son born to the original wife, and Mrs. Xiao has a son and a daughter.
Xiao Yunchen is Mrs. Xiao’s eldest son. He also has a fourteen-year-old sister named Xiao Yunya.
As the only daughter of the Xiao family, Xiao Yunya has always been spoiled and pampered in the mansion.
In the past, Xiao Yunya had to go to school early in the morning, so when Li Nian and Li Sisi came to pay their respects to their mother-in-law, they happened to miss her and didn't meet her.
Unexpectedly, I ran into him in the backyard corridor today.
"I heard that the two sisters-in-law have a very good relationship and they always meet up every morning and evening. I didn't believe it at first, but I didn't expect it to be true."
She rolled her eyes at Li Nian with a hint of disdain, then looked at Li Sisi and said, "Sister-in-law, you're always hanging out with that vixen. Aren't you afraid of losing your status?"
Xiao Yunya looked back and forth between the two of them, without showing any respect at all.
Li Sisi pulled Li Nian behind her and said with a cold face: "Sister Yun Ya, what you said is wrong. She is now your sister-in-law and a member of the Xiao family. If you say anything bad about her, others will remember it on the head of the entire Xiao family. So I advise you to be more careful with your words in the future!"
"I don't have a sister-in-law like her," Xiao Yunya snorted coldly, "If she hadn't used those despicable means, how could my eldest brother have married her?"
Li Sisi sneered, "Nian Nian is more than qualified for your big brother who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun all day long. But you're not going to school and are here to block your two sisters-in-law. I think you shouldn't go to school at all. No matter how much you study, it will all be in vain in the end."
"You dare to scold me?" Xiao Yunya was used to being praised and had never suffered such an injustice. She immediately rushed over and wanted to slap Li Sisi in the face.
Li Nian had been prepared for this move and quickly pulled Li Sisi aside.
Xiao Yunya's fan missed and she lost her balance and almost fell down.
"You still dare to hide?" Xiao Yunya glared at the two of them and shouted angrily, "You're so arrogant just after marrying in. I must teach you two a lesson on behalf of my two brothers for not knowing the rules."
Li Nian said coldly, "We're already married, so we're not afraid. But Sister Yunya is still a young woman. If you get a reputation for not getting along with your sister-in-law, and the elders of the man you like hear about it, it won't be good for you."
Xiao Yunya's raised hand stopped in mid-air. After hesitating for a moment, she clenched her fist and reluctantly put it down.
He snorted coldly, "Hmph, if all the sisters-in-law in the world were like you, Yun Qiuwu, forcing their husbands to be afraid to go home, then even if I was disrespectful, what would be wrong with that?"
"You..." Li Sisi was annoyed and was about to retort, but Li Nian pulled her back and shook her head at her.
Li Nian said calmly, without any trace of anger on his face, "Well, Yun Ya said this when she was out, so it's a good opportunity for the people in the capital to understand the upbringing rules for the children of the Xiao family. I heard that the mistress of the Qi family will also attend the Summer Garden Party in a few days. I think she will be selecting a suitable partner for the young general of the Qi family."
She curled her lips and said, "I wonder if the mistress of the Qi family would be interested in a girl who doesn't get along with her two sisters-in-law?"
Xiao Yunya was stunned for a moment, as if she was surprised that she knew what she was thinking. "You, if you dare to go out and say something nonsense, I will tear your mouth apart!"
Li Nian's tone remained calm: "That depends on whether you provoke us or not."
"Hmph, who has the time to mess with you!" After saying that, Xiao Yunwan left angrily with her two maids.
Li Sisi tilted her head and asked in confusion, "Niannian, how do you know she likes the young general of the Qi family?"
Li Nian looked at her helplessly: "Have you really read that book?"
Li Sisi stuck out her tongue and said awkwardly, "I was watching it while skipping."
Li Nian: ...No wonder this girl doesn’t know many of the settings and plots in the books.
Li Sisi hugged her arm and acted coquettishly: "Oh, it's mainly because I don't like the hero of this book! You know I prefer to read industrial sugar-coated novels, where the hero is well-behaved, obedient, handsome, strong and pitiful."
"This book is completely dominated by a female protagonist, and the male protagonist is like a wild dog. He doesn't listen to the female protagonist at all. I'm really pissed off when I bring the female protagonist into the picture!"
Li Nian thought of Xiao Yunyu's character in the book. To be honest, although she liked his character very much, the relationship between the hero and heroine in this book came too suddenly. They were unwilling to give in to each other in the previous second, and the next second the hero suddenly became jealous and fell in love with the heroine.
The point is, shouldn't one give in when in love? He doesn't! He still acts so high and mighty.
At that time, she just thought that the author wanted to create a rebellious and unruly character for the male protagonist, but!
Now that she has transmigrated into the book and is interacting with someone like Xiao Yunyu, she discovers that the male protagonist is just bad-tempered!
Why on earth did she like his personality before?!
"Let's go, let's go and pay our respects. If we delay, we'll be punished by copying 'Women's Virtues' and 'Women's Precepts'."
Li Sisi recalled the last time he was punished to copy for sleeping in late, and quickly pulled Li Nian to his side: "Right, right, right, let's go."
As he walked, he muttered, "Actually, copying books isn't a big deal. The main thing is writing with a brush, and copying those PUA quotes about women in the book is so infuriating!"
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