At the age of eighty-one, Zhou Lanying realized before she died that the person she owed the most in her life was herself.
She had top grades in elementary school, but dropped out early; she was diligent and capable, but never had a job of her own; she loved her son, took care of her husband, and supported the family, but she neglected her best little daughter.
When she opened her eyes again, she returned to 1962 and became the new daughter-in-law who had just married into the Gu family.
Her husband Gu Changhe went to the Xinjiang oil fields, and she stayed alone in the compound in the countryside of Jiaodong. Outsiders laughed at her because she had no father to support her, her engagement was broken off by the Xu family, and she married into a rich peasant family with a bad background. She would have a hard life in the future.
The Gu family tested her, her natal relatives bullied her, and the scumbag guy who broke off the engagement was waiting to see her regret.
But in this life, Zhou Lanying couldn't bear it anymore.
Xiao Yugan tested her? She argued her case in public.
The second uncle's family is robbing food? She took the ledger and counted until they were blue in the face.
Does the production team think women's wages are low? She relies on her ability to earn her reputation.
The Xu family wants to see a joke? She turned around and sold a jar of pickles to the supply and marketing cooperative.
From the countryside of Jiaodong to the oil fields of Xinjiang, from the loess of Changqing to the oil fields of Shengli, she picked up her textbooks, ran pickles, protected her family, taught her children well, and found out the truth about her father's violent death step by step.
In her previous life, she was just the wife of the Gu family and the mother of their children.
In this life, she wants everyone to remember her name - Zhou Lanying.
Reader comments
It feels like I have returned to my father's generation, and I feel like I am living in such a home.
It feels like I have returned to my father's generation, and I feel like I am living in such a home.