Reborn in the 1980S, the Old Lady Goes Wild and Causes a Ruckus

[Abandoning Son and Daughter + Farming in the 1980s + Growing Vegetables, Raising Chickens, and Foraging by the Sea + Fighting the Worst Sort + Building Wealth] Everyone believes in raising sons to support them in old age, but not every elderly person has someone to care for them. As the saying goes, “There are no dutiful children at a sickbed for long.” The old woman Jiang Yumei dies a miserable death in her later years, then is reborn in 1980, on the day her husband dies. She finally understands. The second half of life has never been about your children. It’s about a healthy body and money in the bank. She leaves her son and daughter behind and puts her relatives, friends, and neighbors in their place. She’s capable and completely unhinged, fiery, shameless, and a menace to everyone for miles around. When she’s busy, she grows vegetables, raises chickens, forages by the sea, and takes on the worst sort. In her free time, she plays mahjong and dances in the square with the other retirees. She becomes the kind of person everyone envies. Whenever the villagers see her, they say: “You sure are lucky. Your kids are off your hands, and your old man died young.”