The Fierce Mom of the 1980s: Four Rugged Men Take Turns Spoiling Her

Synopsis:

[Period Setting] [Strong Female Lead] [Adorable Kids] [Raising Children] [Building a Fortune] [Face-Slapping] [Protective] [Punishing Scoundrels] [Medical Skills] [Sweet Romance]

With heavy snow blocking the mountain roads, three children huddled in a drafty mud hut. The youngest girl, Xiaohua, had a fever that wouldn't break, while her mother-in-law, Li Cuihua, blocked the doorway and demanded payment. "If you can't save her, sell her. That'll cover the grain money!"

Everyone thought Lu Manman, the "wicked stepmother," would just accept her fate. Instead, she picked up a silver needle and inserted it into one of Xiaohua's acupoints. "Even the King of Hell has to ask my permission before he takes someone."

After three needles, Xiaohua opened her eyes, while Lu Manman collapsed beside the kang from exhaustion. When she woke, the villagers had already gathered outside to watch, and the bully Zhao Dabao was kicking in the door and shouting, "You're just a widow. How dare you resist me?"

Lu Manman raised her hand and jabbed him with a needle. Zhao Dabao dropped to his knees and begged for mercy on the spot.

She gathered herbs in the mountains and made frostbite ointment, trading a jar of medicine for white flour and cured pork. She treated chronic illnesses and built a workshop, giving hot meals to the children who had once looked down on her and making the whole village green with envy.

Huo Xiao, a demobilized company commander, repeatedly shielded her from the snow and wind, but warned her with a cold expression, "Lu Manman, don't think you can get away with anything just because you know a few medical tricks."

She leaned toward him anyway, smiling with a wild sweetness. "Commander Huo, you come to my house every night. Are you keeping an eye on me, or can you just not bear to leave me alone?"

When she led the three kids into the provincial capital, Qian Fugui tried to steal her secret recipe, while the Shen family from the capital wanted to take the children away. Lu Manman used a handful of silver needles to topple all their schemes.

Amid the wind and snow, Huo Xiao pulled her into his arms, his palm clenched around a secret letter that had been sealed away for years. The truth about her late husband's death in the line of duty, along with the capital's conspiracy behind the children's parentage, finally came to light.