The Factory's Belle Returns to 1988

Wang Yaoyao died destitute in 2025. Throughout her life, her worthless husband and vicious sister-in-law drained her of everything she had, and her only daughter even died because they couldn’t afford treatment. On her deathbed, she unexpectedly returns reborn to 1988 and resolves to change her fate. After returning, she decisively divorces her worthless husband and looks for opportunities amid the gaps in policy, using her memories of the future and her own wisdom to begin her comeback. She secretly buys a neighbor’s unused old courtyard house, which later becomes a prime property in the city center. She sets up a stall at the night market and designs hair clips with an aesthetic far ahead of their time, drawing girls into long lines to buy them. She even persuades a factory director to bring in modern looms, using a “tear-and-rip” reform plan to breathe new life into the workshop. Along the way, she falls for a man who seems like a factory layabout but is actually a wonderful partner.