I Became the Pitiful Little One in a Courtyard House in a Period Novel

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A gambling-addict dad, a sick mom, a younger brother in school, and a life in pieces.

When Xie Xiaoai transmigrated, the original owner's gambling-addict father had vanished, and her sick mother had died. All that remained at home were sixteen-year-old her, her seven-year-old brother, two bare-walled rooms, and a job coveted by every relative under the sun.

Her own uncle had secretly registered her with the Educated Youth Office. Her aunt had found an "adoptive family" for her younger brother. Her cousin was waiting to take over the job, another cousin hoped to claim the house, and people in the courtyard were sharpening their knives, ready to take advantage of the chaos.

The siblings were both timid by nature, and no one cared what they wanted.

Until one day.

Cluck, cluck, cluck! A sharp scream split the dawn. The chicken Zhang Dalian kept beneath the Xie family's window had been butchered with a single stroke!

In the faint morning light, the Xie family's little pushover, who was usually so timid she could barely speak above a whisper, clutched the dying, blood-spattered chicken and said fiercely, "The chicken or your life. Pick one."

At first, everyone thought: Good heavens, has someone in the Xie family gone mad?

Later, everyone thought: Good heavens, are you trying to get yourself killed? How dare you mess with that one from the Xie family?

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