Back to Day One of 1980: I Split My Uncle's Head Open

(Feel-good story, everyone’s favorite, building wealth, military marriage, love that grows over time, college entrance exams, everyday family life) After an accident, Yun Qiao returns to the 1980s. In her previous life, she was a pushover: her relatives sold her off, bullies took advantage of her, and in the end she even dragged down the Zhou siblings who had protected her. Given a second chance, Yun Qiao understands one thing: you can’t be a doormat. When her awful relatives stir up trouble, she gives them a couple of solid punches. When a scoundrel picks a fight, she brings out the shovel. She puts the shameless in their place and tears into the troublemakers. Her motto is simple: she won’t indulge anyone. Making money is what matters. Drawing on what she learned in her previous life and riding the wave of reform, Yun Qiao starts selling trendy new clothes and soon becomes the village’s first ten-thousand-yuan household. To give the Zhou siblings her full support, she decides to sacrifice herself and marry their eldest brother, Zhou Jiacheng. Apparently he’s a battalion commander, stationed at the border year-round. He doesn’t come home, spend money, or get in the way: perfect. She never expects to accidentally become the Zhou family’s darling. Zhou Jiacheng is sitting with his unit, but trouble is coming from home. His usually sensible younger siblings write to say their grandmother is gravely ill, and he needs to hurry home and get married to bring her good fortune. His grandmother, who has always doted on him, threatens to force his hand: “If you don’t come back, I’ll starve myself and hang myself.” The battalion commander, who gives orders and expects them to be followed, grips a stack of letters from home and gets a massive headache. He files for leave and gets his request approved. He wants to see for himself what kind of wild-haired girl has turned his home upside down. But as soon as he gets back, he finds his fiancée in name only, holding a shovel in one hand and shielding his younger siblings with the other as she fights off thugs in the street... Well, she’s wilder than the soldiers under his command. Later, when his comrades ask how things are going, Zhou Jiacheng gives it to them straight: “I might not have gotten a wife. I might have invited an ancestor into my home.” But, well, it turns out he’s pretty happy about it.