[1970s Setting + Military Marriage + Ensemble Feel-Good Story + Horrible In-Laws + Characters Turned Upside Down + Everyone’s Darling + Lighthearted Comedy + Everyday Family Life]
In the 1970s military compound, the He family was famous as a “wolf’s den.” The fierce, overbearing mother-in-law could shake the whole street with a slap on the table; the stingy second sister-in-law would split even a single grain of rice in two; the silent, stern father-in-law radiated an unwelcoming gloom; the hot-tempered eldest sister-in-law could argue hard enough to rip the roof off the neighboring compound. And as for her officer husband, cold as ice? The only thing he said on their wedding day was, “Fold your own blankets.”
Tang Xiaoju stepped through the He family gates on trembling legs, ready to spend 365 days locked in a battle of wits. She sharpened her knives and braced herself.
But... how did everything go so completely off script?
The fierce mother-in-law secretly stewed chicken soup for her in the middle of the night. When she got caught, she flew into a rage: “Who told you to look? You’re so skinny, you’ll bring shame on the He family!”
The stingy second sister-in-law stuffed a whole bag of eggs into her hands, then said, “Don’t get the wrong idea. My chickens laid too many, and I had nowhere to put them!”
The stern father-in-law silently polished off all the pickles she’d made just to annoy him, then said without changing expression, “...Not bad.”
The eldest sister-in-law dragged anyone who gossiped about her to their own doorstep and snapped, “She’s my sister-in-law. Who gave you the right to talk about her?!”
And that icy husband? He left a bedside lamp on and tucked her in after she fell asleep, then acted completely indifferent the next day. “I didn’t turn on the light.”
Tang Xiaoju: “...”
Where was the wolf’s den? Where were the horrible in-laws? What happened to all your supposed personalities?!
