A Cannon-Fodder Aunt's Guide to Raising Kids

Ying Baozhen binds herself to a learning System and becomes the vicious sister-in-law of the heroine in a rebirth novel.

System: "Use learning to reform the reborn heroine. Develop her abilities in multiple areas and help her become a worthy protagonist."

But by the time Ying Baozhen arrives, the heroine has already been reborn, and Ying Baozhen is in the middle of egging her mother on to throw the heroine out.

Ying Baozhen is close to tears. Why make a vicious cannon-fodder character win over a heroine who's already been reborn?

With no other choice, Ying Baozhen diligently supports the family and tries to raise the children.

What if her sister-in-law's family comes to take her back and marry her off again? Throw them out at once and never let them return.

What if the heroine doesn't believe she means well? Give her food, clothes, and an education, and teach her practical skills.

She also makes the heroine a strict study plan: the Four Books and Five Classics, along with the Six Arts of the Nobleman.

Watching the heroine rise early and stay up late to study, with no interest in turning evil, Ying Baozhen sighs with satisfaction. Caring for a child's physical and mental well-being is important.

The heroine devotes herself to learning, and their lives improve day by day. But Wei Qiao, the scoundrel who keeps showing up to mooch food and freeload, is impossible to get rid of. He shamelessly sticks around to chop wood, fetch water, and help out.

Since he has a handsome face and listens when she gives him orders, Ying Baozhen puts up with him.

Little does she know that Wei Qiao is ambitious. He joins the army and ends up becoming her elder brother's superior, with a bright future ahead of him.

Ying Baozhen does the math. Now he should be able to pay back the debt he ran up at the restaurant.

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One day, Wei Qiao bathes, burns incense, and solemnly proposes to Ying Baozhen.

Before he can finish reciting the flowery proposal written by the old scholar he bribed and threatened, Ying Baozhen asks suspiciously, "You're not trying to dodge your debt, are you?"

"What do I owe you?"

Ying Baozhen gives him a sidelong look. "Ten jars of fine wine, several months of unpaid meals, and the tables, chairs, bowls, and chopsticks you broke. Five hundred taels in total."

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Fu Yuluan is beautiful and graceful, spoiled and uninhibited. She's the most beautiful woman in the capital, and everyone expects her to marry the crown prince.

But she has a dream in which, after marrying the crown prince, she is treated with nothing but coldness, brings disgrace upon the Duke's household, and is ultimately discarded like a worn-out shoe. In the end, she is given a cup of poison and dies in the Eastern Palace.

Fu Yuluan wakes with a start. To avoid the fate in her dream, she decides to get away from the crown prince and find a husband for herself.

She looks over the sons of the capital's noble families and settles on the new top graduate and the Grand Tutor's son. She wants a proper, upright husband, someone who can shoulder great responsibility.

There aren't many suitable young men, but the first one she rules out is the young marquis of the Loyal and Righteous Marquis's household.

There's no other reason. Fu Yuluan and this playboy, Xiang Li Jing, can't stand the sight of each other. She is convinced he's a useless wastrel who will never amount to anything, and he always goes out of his way to oppose her. Xiang Li Jing prides himself on being a carefree playboy, but Fu Yuluan manages to rile him up every time.

They keep to their separate ways and refuse to have anything to do with each other.

Then an accident leaves Fu Yuluan and Xiang Li Jing alone together for a night, ruining both their reputations. The Empress Dowager decides to play matchmaker and decrees that they marry.

When the news spreads, the noble ladies argue against the match, while the young marquis loses his temper. Both sides resist the marriage.

Fu Yuluan cries before the Empress Dowager, her tears falling like pearls. "Aunt, how can you bear to make Yuluan marry that scoundrel?"

Xiang Li Jing stubbornly faces the old marquis's cane. "You could beat me to death today, and I still wouldn't marry her!"

But the imperial decree cannot be disobeyed. The two are married despite neither having feelings for the other, and must pretend to be a devoted couple, treating each other with affection.

Their days are a constant mix of mutual support and utter chaos.

At first, Xiang Li Jing only wants Fu Yuluan to sit at home like a pretty ornament. Later, he finds himself instinctively stepping in front of her, sheltering her from every storm and keeping her safe and happy.

Fu Yuluan, too, comes to think that her wastrel husband has finally got his act together. Seeing him protect her is truly moving.

She clears her throat. "Husband, I was mistaken about you. No one could compare to you."

Xiang Li Jing takes her hand tenderly. "And you, my dear wife, are the gentlest woman in my heart."

A spoiled noblewoman x a playboy young marquis

Theme: Perseverance