The Period, The 1980s, a touch of ensemble storytelling, no System, no pocket dimension, family life, and building wealth.
Xu Hongmei is reborn on the day of her husband's funeral. Seething with rage, she smashes up the mourning hall.
Her husband isn't dead at all. He faked his death so he could climb the social ladder.
In her previous life, the year the college entrance exams were reinstated, Xu Hongmei unexpectedly became pregnant and couldn't take the exams. But with her help tutoring him, her husband, Li Jianhua, got into college.
Li Jianhua promised to bring his wife and child to the capital after graduation. Xu Hongmei waited for four years, only to hear that he had died in an accident.
Xu Hongmei never remarried. She spent her whole life a widow, caring for her parents-in-law until their deaths, keeping her second brother-in-law's restaurant afloat, finding a wife for her third brother-in-law, and paying for her sister-in-law to attend an expensive vocational college! She gave everything to the Li family and worked herself to the bone, only to learn when she was gravely ill and near death that Li Jianhua was never dead!
He'd faked his death just to trick her, his old workhorse, into staying with the Li family and serving them like a beast of burden!
In this life, Xu Hongmei smashes the mourning hall, heads to the capital to confront her scumbag husband, takes the compensation money, and returns home on her own terms.
She opens shops and factories, helps the countryside build a thriving farming and livestock economy, and grows her business bigger and bigger. From then on, Xu Hongmei reaches the pinnacle of success.
At last, she lives the life she always wanted, and gives her real family a good life, too.
Good, good, good reviews
Looks good, has a good storyline, and is interesting
Some plots are not detailed and the chapters are a bit short, but overall it's still readable!