The Trashy Wife Turns Over a New Leaf

An Li was beautiful and graceful. In her previous life, though she had married into the Ye family, she chose to seek a better match elsewhere, abandoning her husband and leaving. But while eloping with another man, she accidentally fell off a cliff. Only a wisp of her soul remained, drifting beside her corpse as she waited for someone to bury her. On a day of torrential rain, An Li saw a man bitten nearly to death by wild dogs as he tried to protect her body. For the first time, a different feeling stirred in her heart. When she was reborn, she returned to the time when she had just become a wife of the Ye family. The Ye family's doors were tightly shut. When the slender man saw An Li return, his eyes gradually reddened. Everyone said the Ye family's new bride was flirtatious and wasteful, had no idea how expensive food and firewood were, and had never once treated the Ye family kindly. With one hand feeding the chickens and the other holding a child, An Li froze at their words. Then she decided to show them through her actions that the Ye family's new bride really was a "good wife." Little scene: Ever since An Li came back, she hadn't stopped moving. One moment she was tying Ye Xiaomei's hair, the next she was sewing clothes for Ye Xiaodi, then she was off cleaning the courtyard and making dinner. The three members of the Ye family exchanged uncertain looks. Ye Xiaomei timidly tugged at her sleeve, her big eyes full of fear. "Sister-in-law, we really don't have any money left." Ye Xiaodi hesitated, picking at the little flower-embroidered patch on his clothes. Gritting his teeth, he took out the two copper coins he'd saved. "Thank you for sewing clothes for me and my sister, Sister-in-law." An Li: I'm actually a good sister-in-law. The man's eyes were deep as he looked at her without a word. Then he sighed. "I'll go get you some more silver." An Li: Basically, I really just want to be a good wife, but being a good wife is so hard. Ye Mixin had thought An Li had changed her mind and come back to him. Then one day, he heard her huddled in a corner, muttering as she washed dishes, "Even if my husband can't perform, I'll stay by his side. Even if he's poor, I still love him." Ye Mixin: ...?! When I glimpsed a ray of light in your darkest hour, I found the courage to climb to the summit with you. One-on-one romance, both leads sexually inexperienced. Reader's guide: 1. A little domestic slice-of-life, with pretend farming, pretend imperial exams, and pretend court politics (more or less, there's a little bit of everything). 2. This is a fictional setting. Don't scrutinize it too closely. 3. The heroine really, truly did not cheat!!! (In everyone's eyes, she eloped.) Theme: Even in adversity, find the courage to climb to the summit.