"Redemption Through Rebirth + Hardcore Mountain Hunting + Cunning, Satisfying Fiction + Rural Life in a Bygone Era + Loving Dad Who Spoils His Wife"
Lin Yao (the youngest of the Lin brothers)
**In his past life**: a well-meaning pushover with a weak personality, henpecked by his wife. His uncle's family leeched off him, the village bully tormented him, and in the end his wife died miserably from an illness they couldn't afford to treat. His daughter was secretly sold by his uncle. He lived a lonely life, became a billionaire in his old age, then jumped into a river, consumed by regret.
**His personality in this life**: fiercely protective, cunning and ruthless, and never willing to take a loss. He smiles and says, "Sure, sure," but behind the scenes he'll dig a pit and bury his enemies without blinking. He's tender to the core with his wife and child, but deals lethal blows to his enemies, using wild boars, traps, or the rules of the times to kill or cripple them, and never taking the blame for a murder himself.
Bai Zhi: In her past life, she pitied the male lead's misfortune and resented him for not standing up for himself. In this life, he spoils her until she's the most envied wife in the village.
Daughter: Tuotuo (full name Lin Nianzhi), four and a half years old, with two little pigtails sticking up. She's a little glutton who trails after her dad all day, drooling.
Lin Yao opens his eyes and finds himself back in 1980. His wife is about to feed him the last half-bowl of cornmeal gruel in the house, while his uncle has brought people into the courtyard to cause trouble and steal their iron pot. The male lead explodes on the spot, smashing the water jar with a shoulder pole to make an example of them. He sneers, "Uncle, give back everything you took from me, with interest." Then he turns and heads into the mountains to find a way to make a living.
