In her past life, Ai Chunlan drank a bowl of pesticide in one go. She didn't die, but was paralyzed for thirty whole years.
As she closed her eyes, she heard the scumbag holding his new lover and saying, “She's finally dead. What a curse.”
When she opened her eyes again, the bottle of pesticide was still in her hand. This time, she didn't drink it.
She smashed the bottle, shoved her mother-in-law to the ground, and beat her until her face was bruised and swollen.
Then she shouted for the whole village to hear: “Look closely. I am divorcing him, no matter what! Anyone who stays with him can rot!”
The whole village laughed at her.
A divorced woman kicked out with four kids in tow would surely starve to death.
But she went straight back to her father, who had been branded a rightist, and joined him in hunting, foraging in the hills, and raising chickens.
When her scumbag husband and mother-in-law tried to sell her daughter for money, she made him lose his job and flee in disgrace.
The year restrictions eased, she was the first in the village to put up a sign announcing her private business.
The supply and marketing cooperative director pointed at her and called her a profiteer. She pulled out her freshly issued business license and smiled. “What’s the matter? Jealous?”
Everyone thought she'd have a hard life, but she and her children eat stewed meat at home every single day!
