White Apricot Blossoms by the Village

'''When Qu Qingjiang’s father was bedridden, his uncles and cousins brought their own sons and grandsons to his doorstep, urging him to choose one as his heir. Pointing at Zhao Changxia standing outside the crowd, Qu’s father declared, “I want him to be my Qu family’s live-in son-in-law.” The uncles said Zhao Changxia was an outsider. The cousins said Zhao Changxia was a servant. Zhao Changxia thought to herself, *I’m a woman.* Qu Qingjiang said, “None of what you said matters to me.” Zhao Changxia thought she was referring to status—until she realized Qu Qingjiang didn’t care about gender either. —— After transmigrating, Zhao Changxia found herself without a househol...