Reborn in the 1980S: The Old Lady Got Rich and Became Her Family's Lucky Charm

In her previous life, Zhou Guifen closed her eyes in a nursing home with a life full of misery behind her: her husband had died young of liver cancer, and her son had been killed in a car accident. When she opened her eyes again, she was back at thirty-seven years old. Her husband, Ma Jianguo, was still a violent drunk at Hongxing Steelworks. Her son, Ma Xiaojun, was sneaking around changing the answers on his electronic watch to cheat, and even buying food in their apartment block meant scrimping on ration coupons. This time, clutching her reborn memories, she acted without hesitation: **Save her husband**: She uses a diagnosis of cirrhosis to force him to quit drinking, gives him the *Tao Te Ching* to study and teaches him tai chi, then invents an “anger-monitoring belt” to rein in his temper. **Guide her son**: She channels his talent for taking things apart into technology. The rat-chewed circuitry inspires temperature-regulating fabric, and a vocational-school student grows into an expert in eco-friendly fibers. **Build a business**: From a Shenzhen street stall to smart dresses at the Canton Fair, she takes the fashion world by storm with an inheritor of Miao embroidery and a PhD educated overseas at her side. Her Nishang brand stands firm against a foreign takeover! **Amid the tides of the times, she keeps one hand on her family:** Her hot-tempered husband becomes the household's logistics manager, and father and son team up to develop coconut-shell fibers. Her rebellious son earns an international patent. His words, “Mom, I got into night college,” bring her to tears. **With her other hand, she takes on the business world:** Her resale business in polyester fabric is hit by a harsh crackdown from the industry and commerce authorities? Auntie Wang comes to the rescue and turns things around! On the eve of Hong Kong's handover, a “breathable qipao” dazzles the world! **From leek pies in a cramped apartment block to the ringing of the Nasdaq bell** She weaves her regrets into brocade. The family bonds she missed in her previous life are secured with a smart belt in this one; the disappearing traditions of intangible cultural heritage are brought back to life through technology. When the bells ring in the new millennium, her husband clasps her hand on a Swiss awards podium. “This time, I'll stay by your side to the very end.”