(Feel-good power fantasy + no golden finger + family life + rural life + ensemble cast of ordinary people + reborn in another era)
Granny Li spent her whole life raising four children. She worked tirelessly, found wives for her sons, built them new houses, and raised her grandchildren. She emptied her savings to send her eldest son to Xinjiang, then worked herself to the bone building a new house for her second son. Yet as soon as it was finished, her son and daughter-in-law drove her into a cave dwelling they had dug in the fields. The old couple worked hard there, raising their grandchildren. And now, in their old age, even their pension money was being eyed.
Her husband was finally brought into the family home only when he was on his deathbed. She herself never set foot in the home she had worked so hard to build. When she opened her eyes, Granny Li was back at the age of forty-three. She and her husband were still the family’s able-bodied workers, and everyone still depended on them, at home and out. Having seen her children’s ingratitude and suffered more than enough, Granny Li no longer had a mother’s love for them, only love for herself.
Her ungrateful son wants to marry a wicked daughter-in-law? She’ll kick them both out and let them starve. Her eldest son wants to scam her for money to go into business? She’d sooner believe a sow could climb a tree. This time, nobody is getting their hands on her money.
Once you have money, there’ll be plenty of people lining up to support you in your old age.
Want the old man’s job? No chance. Give it to you today, and tomorrow you’ll forget everything I did for you and turn against me. In her past life, she gave her all, working and paying for everything, only for every child to turn out unfilial. This time, she does as she pleases and keeps a firm grip on her money. Now every one of her children is treading carefully, straining to win her favor…
You all have the surname Li in both places?