Qin Bogang had wanted to pull rank as the older brother in front of his younger brother, but he was shot down first by his wife, then by his daughter. He was left speechless, his face flushing with embarrassment. After all, he didn’t dare get angry at his wife and daughter.

Seeing her husband had stopped running his mouth, Sun Li’s expression softened. She patted Su Yun’s hand and said, "Xiao Yun, you cook and do chores all day, so your hands are always in water, but your skin is still so nice."

Su Yun said, "Your skin is nice too, Sister-in-law."

Sun Li shook her head. "Mine might look fine in the summer, but in the winter, my skin cracks easily from the cold water. Oh, that’s right! I heard there’s a really good hand cream from North City. When you guys are there, could you help me buy some this winter?"

"Of course."

While the two sisters-in-law were chatting enthusiastically, Qin Jiao was giving her cousin, Qin Xiaolan, a pile of her old high school notes and some workbooks she thought were good.

She also gave her some sweet strawberries, which Qin Jiao said she’d bought from a man with a pushcart she’d run into outside.

Munching on the sweet strawberries and hugging the pile of notes and workbooks, Qin Xiaolan said, "I’m starting high school soon. Cousin, when it’s my turn to apply for university, I’ll get into the same one as you!"

Qin Jiao smiled. "Sure. By then I’ll be a senior, so we can be schoolmates for a year." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Qin Bogang saw that everyone was getting along splendidly and could only let out a quiet sigh, saying nothing more.

After a hearty meal and with their arms full of gifts, Qin Bogang’s family of three finally left Qin Jiao’s home.

Qin Zhonghui sat in the living room and sighed. "My brother... he doesn’t have a bad bone in his body, but sometimes... ugh..."

Su Yun said, "Let me tell you, it’s a good thing his wife is so sharp and manages the family’s money. Otherwise, he’d be sending money back to his parents all the time."

"And his parents would just turn around and give the money to the third brother and his wife. In the end, your prideful big brother would be the one supporting all five of them!"

Qin Zhonghui put himself in his brother’s shoes for a moment, then said with a serious expression, "Honey, from now on, you’ll manage our family’s money. I’ll even send you to night school to study accounting or something."

Su Yun smiled. "And what if you need money?"

"I’ll ask you for it. If you say yes, I’ll spend it. If you say no, I won’t."

"Doesn’t that make you a henpecked husband?"

Seeing her parents gazing into each other’s eyes, Qin Jiao tactfully led her little sister Xiao Shi upstairs. Once they were in their room, Xiao Shi asked curiously, "Sis, what’s a ’henpecked husband’?"

"It means the woman of the house is the one who calls the shots."

"Oh, I see! Sis, when we have our own families someday, we have to be the ones who call the shots, too!"

Qin Jiao stared at her ten-year-old sister in shock. ’This kid is still so young, and she’s already thinking about marriage?’

She asked tentatively, "Xiao Shi, did you hear someone at school talking about getting married?"

"The kids at school talk about it all the time. You know, who likes who, who’s going to get married someday, stuff like that. But everyone’s too scared to let the teachers hear them. Oh, and two boys have already told me they want to marry me."

Qin Jiao’s heart pounded in her chest. She quickly asked, "And what did you say?"

"I turned them down, of course! I told them I’m going to be a very rich person someday, and getting married would only slow down my money-making speed. I don’t want to marry anyone!"

Qin Jiao: "..."

Looking at her little sister’s innocent face as she spoke such world-shaking words, Qin Jiao wondered, ’Could my rebirth have caused a butterfly effect? Has Xiao Shi transformed from the tragic woman she was in my past life into a future powerhouse in this one?’