[Period setting + The 1980s + reborn + satisfying revenge + a touch of ensemble cast + family squabbles]
On Li Hongxia's fiftieth birthday, her four sons and one daughter all took the day off. The five siblings chipped in to take her into town for a birthday meal.
But before the dishes had even arrived, they all started complaining about how hard their lives were.
The moment they opened their mouths, Li Hongxia knew all five ungrateful children had been reborn.
In her previous life, not long after her birthday, she inherited an estate from her mother's family.
A pair of fine jade bangles, a handful of gold melon seeds, and a passbook with 16,000 yuan in it.
Not long after she received the inheritance, her five children came to her one by one with sob stories.
She worried about them and wanted them to have good lives.
So she split what she had into five shares and gave them everything.
After that, her eldest bought a shop and built a thriving business.
Her second son expanded his fishponds from one to four and never had to worry about food or clothing.
Her third used her money to launch a successful business and became a tycoon.
Her fourth bought a house, married, and had a child, becoming the model husband everyone envied.
Her fifth returned from studying abroad and became an executive at a major company.
Every one of her children became successful, but every one of them was ungrateful.
They made their fortunes with the money Li Hongxia gave them, then abandoned her when she fell ill and let her die in agony.
Now she was reborn, and so were they.
Did those ungrateful brats think they could get money from her again in this life?
Ha!
She was going to use the money to secure her own future, eat well, and live in luxury, just to make those ungrateful brats jealous!
How about government-sponsored study abroad? It may cost so much money, but the pace is a bit slow.