The moment Lin Xiao opened her eyes, she had become the most wicked stepmother of the 1970s.
The original owner of the body was lazy and selfish. She beat and scolded the children and stole grain from her in-laws, making herself despised by everyone in the village. Her husband was at the front, fighting for his life, and she’d been left with three children who were so hungry they were skin and bones: the eldest boy hated her like a wolf cub, the second child, a girl, was too frightened to speak, and the youngest was so hungry he could barely walk.
The roof leaked, the pot was cracked, and the rice jar was empty.
Lin Xiao was about to curse when a mechanical voice sounded in her mind: [Ding! Modern Farming and Breeding System successfully bound. Beginner task: Help all three children gain five jin within one month.]
From then on, the villagers noticed that the lazy woman seemed like a completely different person:
She went up the mountain to dig for wild greens, yet out-of-season vegetables sprouted in her yard.
She was so poor she could barely scrape by, yet her children got to eat milk candy and fine white flour.
She didn’t say much to anyone, yet somehow managed to raise the most difficult rabbits into a fortune-making business.
The three children went from hating her to relying on her, and from gaunt and bony to plump and rosy-cheeked. Just as life was getting better and better, news arrived in the village: the man who was supposed to have died in battle had distinguished himself and was coming home!
Gu Beicheng stood at the gate of his home, gazing at the bright, spotless house, the lively children, and the “strange” woman in an apron, her eyes and brows gentle. He fell into deep thought:
How had his wife become so beautiful and capable?
Later, the winds of reform and opening-up reached the little mountain village. Lin Xiao led the whole village in livestock farming and greenhouse cultivation, becoming a renowned local leader in helping people get rich.
And the man who had once hated her most held her in his arms every night and whispered:
“Wife, I’m sticking with you for the rest of my life.”
