Reborn in the 1970s: After Taking It Easy, I Refuse to Be the Family's Scapegoat Big Sister

[Reborn] [Literary Fiction] [Not a Power Fantasy] [Family Life] [Building a Fortune] [Mutual Devotion] [Happy Ending]

The story of a woman who gets a second chance at life and fights to change her fate.

In her previous life, Zhao Keqin had been a workhorse for her family from the moment she was born. Her father used to say, “Keqin, Keqin. It means you should work hard all your life and never be lazy.”

Her father arranged for her to marry a man she didn’t love, taking the bride price to build a house and find a wife for her eldest younger brother. She even used her savings to fund her youngest younger brother’s business. Her three younger sisters suffered just as she did. To them, girls were nothing but fuel.

They became leeches for their brothers, constantly giving them money and labor.

This time, she’s going to live for herself. She’ll never again be the family’s hapless eldest daughter.

She’ll pretend to slack off and be sick in public, while secretly working hard to make money. Only a fool would pass up a chance to earn! She’ll learn to read and study medicine. She won’t be illiterate this time around!

She’ll protect her mother and stop her from working herself to death so young. And she’ll help her sisters, who have suffered under the idea that boys matter more than girls.

Keqin and her sisters weren’t the only ones to suffer in that era. Their story reflects the lives of countless women. Sadly, most of them never got a second chance.

As she starts over, she grows through one setback after another and even meets a man who is devoted to her.

This novel is written in a realistic style, not as a straightforward power fantasy. Please go easy on it, readers.