The Fiery Wife of the Fifties: Making My Fortune by Clapping Back in the Courtyard

In her previous life, Shen Xibai was a socially anxious woman who took her own life after being cyberbullied. When she opened her eyes, she had become “Matchmaker Shen,” a newly widowed woman in a Beijing courtyard in 1958! Her husband had died in battle, her parents-in-law were both gone, and all she had left was three dilapidated rooms, three gaunt children, and a timid younger sister-in-law. Jia Zhangshi eyed her covetously, while Yi Zhonghai used “moral coercion” to unfairly distribute grain, leaving her on the brink of starvation. Just when all seemed lost, she bound herself to the “Dare to Think, Dare to Speak” System. As long as she spoke up bravely, stood up for justice, and influenced others, she could earn essential supplies! On a stormy night, when Jia Zhangshi came to steal her grain again, Shen Xibai, pushed to the brink of death, flew into a rage. Her words cut like knives, exposing Jia Zhangshi’s greed. She won her first battle and enough grain to survive! Armed with her sharp tongue and the System’s cheat powers, she went from a bullied young widow to a fighter in the neighborhood women’s federation. Inside the courtyard, she outsmarted Banggeng after he stole a chicken; outside it, she bravely exposed a leader’s harassment and spoke up for countless women who had suffered abuse. When the “beasts” who had once tormented her joined forces to frame her, Shen Xibai unleashed her full firepower and laid bare their ugly behavior at a neighborhood meeting! At last, standing on the stage to receive the award for “Outstanding Woman Representative of Beijing,” she looked at her well-fed children, her confident sister-in-law, and the sisters gathered around her, and smiled. Once timid and submissive, Shen Xibai now spoke with conviction. She had not only turned the whole courtyard upside down, but used her “fiery” tongue to argue her way into a beautiful life of her own!