Reborn in the 1980s: After Cutting Ties, I Raise My Adopted Son to Become a Tycoon

After Li Chunlian was abandoned by her youngest son, Wang Mingshu, in a cowshed, where she froze and starved to death, she was reborn and returned to the moment Wang Mingshu framed her adopted son, Wang Mingyang, for stealing money from the kiln. It was the beginning of every tragedy. Now clear-eyed, Li Chunlian is determined to set things right. She will make her cruel biological children pay, support her hardworking and dutiful adopted son Wang Mingyang, and lead the kiln and the villagers on the road to prosperity.

She first slaps Wang Mingshu in front of everyone to defend Wang Mingyang, then announces that Wang Mingyang will manage the kiln’s funds. When her biological children covet the family property, Li Chunlian strikes back without mercy, drives them all out, and humiliates them with her words. She arranges a match between Wang Mingyang and Yin Tao, who loved him in her previous life but was taken away by Wang Mingshu, while setting up a “suitable” marriage for Wang Mingshu. When Wang Mingshu causes a scene at the wedding banquet and insults Li Chunlian and Wang Mingyang, she beats her biological son with a bamboo switch, publicly disowns him, and places all her hopes for the kiln in Wang Mingyang.

Li Chunlian brings out the “gold mine” from her memories of the kiln’s future: a notebook of technological upgrades and innovations. She appoints Wang Mingyang head manager of the Red Star Kiln. When the kiln runs short of funds during its expansion, her foresight leads her to buy unsold water pumps at a low price and sell them at a profit, raising the kiln’s first major sum of money. She then leads the kiln in forming a company, registering a brand, and solving technical problems. With compassion and innovative policies, she wins people over and helps the kiln rise to success against the odds.