In their previous life, they had worked like oxen and died full of resentment. When they opened their eyes again, Chen Jianguo and his wife Lin Xiujuan had both been reborn from 2023 into a crumbling earthen bed in 1983.
Faced with biased parents-in-law, freeloading older siblings, and five gaunt children, the two made a vow in their drafty kitchen: this time, she would be a sharp-tongued queen, and he would be a man of action who charged in without hesitation!
An unexpected shared space activated, and its spiritual spring strengthened them while its supplies gave them a head start. From then on, everything changed
Her in-laws demanded their grain? Lin Xiujuan smiled and handed over coarse grain mixed with sand. “Mother, this is the very picture of filial devotion. Have a taste.”
Her older siblings tried to shirk their work? Chen Jianguo began giving the whole village “labor reports,” embarrassing them so badly they went out of their way to avoid him.
In the battle to split the family, the couple teamed up to put on a show, outsmarted the troublemakers, and successfully moved with the kids into a dilapidated house at the edge of the village.
Starting out by selling brown sugar steamed cakes on the black market, they seized the opportunities of the times and grew a little workshop into a food factory. Their lives flourished.
Each of the five children had their own talents: the eldest loved farm machinery, the second excelled at embroidery, the third dreamed of joining the army, the fourth became a cunning little strategist, and the youngest was everyone’s ray of sunshine.
The troublemakers grew jealous and struck back with fake illnesses, stolen know-how, rumors, and a fraudulent marriage… But the couple countered every move, beating them until they questioned their own existence.
Once the family had built a house and put up the factory sign, with each child making a success of their life, Chen Jianguo put his arm around Lin Xiujuan and looked at their family portrait. “This life was worth it.”
Reborn together, the couple stands as one. They hilariously outwit the troublemakers, raise their kids, make a fortune, and build a warm new life together!
