[Classic Literature Crossover] An Unconventional Lady

[A combination of classic novels: Sense and Sensibility + Emma + Pride and Prejudice] Ye Shujin transmigrates and discovers that she has become Margaret Dashwood, a minor character in Sense and Sensibility. After her father dies, the late squire's will leaves the entire Norland estate to her half-brother John, who lives elsewhere. He then goes back on his word. The girls have only a thousand pounds each for dowries, and are about to be driven from their home. Having taken over Margaret's body, Ye Shujin decides: She will make John honor the promise he made her father before his death! She will protect her family and help them live better lives! * In the early nineteenth century, tradition and social prejudice left women without the ability or right to support themselves through work. With their meager dowries, the Dashwood sisters' marriages are Mrs. Dashwood's greatest worry. The eldest, Elinor, is quiet and gentle, but level-headed and reserved; The second, Marianne, is passionate and lively, but often swept away by her emotions; And the youngest, Margaret, has become an astonishing cook and an eccentric dreamer ever since she was rescued from drowning... Faced with the culinary wasteland of the British Empire, Margaret says: I just want to open a private restaurant and support myself! Mrs. Dashwood is even more troubled. How can a gentleman's daughter go into business to make money? This "unconventional lady" leaves the young gentlemen keeping their distance. * After George Knightley suffers a serious illness, he wakes with a lasting loss of taste. For his own safety, he can only keep the secret buried. Everyone says he is kind and courteous, but old-fashioned in his daily life, with every meal and drink measured out with precision and dullness. No wonder he is nearly thirty and no lady has managed to enter his "estate." Just as he has resigned himself to never again tasting the rich variety of food, a lively little daisy tumbles into his life. The novel delicacies she makes with her own hands awaken his dulled sense of taste. Sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy all become vivid again. Margaret is a brilliant star, lighting up his dark night sky. *Important*: Do not bring other authors' headcanons into my story!!! 1. Couple: Margaret Dashwood x George Knightley+ [Exceptional cook and unconventional lady + x + refined gentleman with a dulled sense of taste] 2. Knightley is sixteen years older than Margaret. You can enjoy the story even if you haven't read the original. I'll write it as an original work. 3. Partly slice-of-life farming, not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy, and not angsty. I hope you enjoy reading it. Please leave friendly comments. 4. This should be my last derivative work based on a Western classic. I love this kind of story deeply, but I really have nothing more to write in this genre (covers face). I've written Pride and Prejudice twice; interested readers can check my author page. I'll keep learning and strive to bring you even better stories~ I'm drafting a new original story, which will be my next release. Feel free to add it to your reading list: After a Pixiu Clings to Me, I Strike It Rich [Entertainment Industry] Si Wu becomes a sensation across the internet after a fleeting appearance in the film The Trail. Agents of every size and stripe swarm her, and she chooses Su Rang, her childhood sweetheart. Yet over the next few years, all she can get are roles as vicious supporting actresses. The rising star becomes a nobody in the industry. In her fifth year, Si Wu wins the female lead in a low-budget film through her acting skills and by working for no pay. She thinks she's finally about to shake off her bad luck and reach the peak of her life. When she wraps early and goes to surprise her boyfriend, she unexpectedly discovers-- She should have become famous long ago. Her boyfriend of seven years, Su Rang, has been two-timing her from the very start, giving the opportunities that should have been hers to Feng Tiantian, a colleague at his company. Feng Tiantian became an overnight sensation and the nation's little sister, while Si Wu... Furious, Si Wu is about to get out of the car and confront them when a jade Pixiu falls from the sky and hits her on the head, knocking her unconscious. When Si Wu wakes up, she finds herself standing in the same place, five years in the past. * Pixiu bring wealth and turn misfortune into good fortune. But a disturbance in the forces of cause and effect sends one tumbling into a rift in time and space. The last thing it expects is to arrive in this world and kill a beautiful, unlucky woman. A Pixiu must not shed blood, much less take a life. With the last of its power, it forcibly brings Si Wu back to life in the past. Too weak to do anything else, the Pixiu attaches itself to her and slowly cultivates its powers. The Pixiu cultivates a human form, takes the name Pi Xiu, and becomes her agent. Together, they take on the world (no) and rake in the cash (yes). Ever since the Pixiu clung to Si Wu, her good luck has been unstoppable. She gets rich overnight! As an extra, a major director gives her a shocking push that sets the internet abuzz. √ Signing with a company, a battle among S-tier agents to represent her. √ Appearing on a laid-back variety show, she gets the image of a walking treasure chest. √ Starring in a web series, her superb acting wins countless fans. √ Walking the red carpet, her powerful influence rescues a failing brand. √ Making a movie, a low-budget production becomes a hit. √ Investing, she earns a reputation as a business genius. √ When the once-in-a-thousand-years rift opens again, Pi Xiu looks at Si Wu, shining beneath the spotlights, and hesitates: -Maybe staying in this world wouldn't be so bad? Couple: Unlucky actress who only wants to act x auspicious beast Pixiu agent who has dollar signs in his eyes Theme: Women standing on their own feet