Reborn on her wedding day, Xu Nanqiao looks at her shrewish mother-in-law, Zhou Zhaodi, who is standing there with her hands on her hips and yelling, and her weak, useless husband, and smiles.
In her previous life, she was a pushover, completely under her mother-in-law’s thumb. She rose before dawn and worked until dark, serving the whole family, only to die of exhaustion before she even turned thirty. As she lay dying, she heard her mother-in-law tell someone, “Good riddance. Now we’ll save a mouthful of food.”
Reborn once more, Xu Nanqiao will never again be a doormat for others to walk all over!
Her shrewish mother-in-law wants her to bow her head? Sorry, my head’s too hard to bow!
She wants Xu to take on all the family’s farm work? Dream on. Whoever wants to do it can do it!
Her husband dares to side with his mother and bully her? She dumps him on the spot!
The villagers all say Xu Nanqiao has gone crazy. She could have lived a quiet, comfortable life, but instead she insists on going against her in-laws.
Zhou Zhaodi stomps around calling her unfilial, while Li Jianjun regrets it so much he could kick himself.
Xu Nanqiao doesn’t care. Using her memories from her previous life, she seizes the opportunities brought by reform and opening up, setting up a stall, opening a shop, and raising livestock until she builds a thriving life for herself.
What she never expected was that the cold-faced military officer she once talked back to would keep showing up at her door.
“Comrade Xu, do you need a helper? I’m strong, I can carry things and fight, and I can keep the troublemakers away.”
Xu Nanqiao raises an eyebrow. “Keep who away?”
The officer’s gaze sweeps over her former mother-in-law and ex-husband, huddled in the corner. “Anyone who tries to bully you.”
