[Period setting + reborn + foil character + career + raising children]
Lin Shu is reborn and only then discovers that she is the foil to the heroine in a period novel. In the book, her sister-in-law is hardworking and virtuous, respectful to her in-laws and kind to her younger sister-in-law. She keeps the household in perfect order and is a role model for the whole village. Lin Shu, meanwhile, is notorious for being lazy and greedy. In the end, her husband divorces her, and she lives a miserable life.
In her previous life, she foolishly believed it all and tried to work herself to the bone like her sister-in-law, only to exhaust herself to death.
Given another life, Lin Shu won't put up with it! You're hardworking? Fine, keep at it! She's choosing to take it easy!
When her sister-in-law rushes to do all the chores, Lin Shu sleeps.
When her sister-in-law works herself to the bone for the whole family, Lin Shu figures out how to make money.
Everyone says her military husband will eventually dump his lazy wife, but to their surprise, the lazier Lin Shu gets, the richer her life becomes, and her husband spoils her rotten! Meanwhile, the much-praised sister-in-law is drained of all her worth by her husband's family and ends up divorced.