[Period setting + hunting in the mountains and butchering pigs + doting on the sisters-in-law in every way + family life + personal prosperity + patriotic soldier]
After his wife dies unexpectedly, Zhang Xiangdong, who married into her family, is driven out of the house.
As a result, his five younger sisters-in-law are left to be exploited by their uncle's family!
In the bloom of youth, they endure endless torment.
One is married off to an abusive man and drinks pesticide to kill herself. Another is raised into a mindless workhorse who knows nothing but labor. Yet another becomes the lowest kind of rural baby-making machine.
Years later, when Zhang Xiangdong finally finds the youngest sister-in-law, who had once been so attached to him, all he gets in return is her unending hatred.
"You're not my brother-in-law. I'll hate you for the rest of my life."
Zhang Xiangdong hates himself too, for trusting those beasts back then.
Reborn into a second life, he once again faces the choice of whether to leave.
He decisively chooses to stay!
He'll care for his late wife's five little sisters, still crying for food.
A veteran of the battlefield, he's not afraid of killing. With those skills, he becomes a renowned pig butcher throughout the surrounding villages!
He slaughters wild boars, trains wolves, tames tigers, captures black bears seven times,
digs up ginseng, explores ancient tombs, and searches natural caves hundreds of meters underground.
Zhang Xiangdong was born for the mountains and forests. Here, he is the true king.
With the resources he gathers himself, he builds a fortune, spoils his sisters-in-law rotten, enjoys the happiness of family life, and makes up for the regrets of his past life!
Zhengyi is mostly a ruthless and heartless scholar who slaughters his ancestors.
A very good novel, better than Xiaoqiao Laoshu's