The Little Household

A mother-in-law who loves to make a scene, a scheming concubine, a husband whose loyalties are unclear, and twin younger in-laws who cause trouble every day.

How could anyone marry into a family like that?

Yet after all the twists and turns, she married into it all the same.

Faced with this whole family of impossible elders and a host of wealthy relatives, she was determined to be a good daughter-in-law, wife, and sister-in-law. She had the heart for it, but was always just a little short on strength.

Her mother: “Your husband's family may be powerful, but you can't let them push you around just because you're their daughter-in-law.”

Her mother-in-law: “A daughter-in-law, this isn't how the lady of the Li household behaves!”

Jin Xiuyu: “Then please, both of you, teach me.”

Being a daughter-in-law is no easy task. Her mother and mother-in-law both take her in hand. You say you're right, she says she's right, and the daughter-in-law is the one caught in the middle.

There's no need for political scheming in a small household, just a little cunning and a few tricks.

Life is actually pretty simple.