Raising a Child in the 1980s: The Hired Hand I Picked Up Is a Capital-City Big Shot

Lin Xiaoxiao, an overworked corporate drone, transmigrates into the 1980s as a pretty young widow with a child, unlucky enough to supposedly bring death to her husband.

From the start, she faces a vicious mother-in-law who wants to sell her to an old bachelor in exchange for a bride price.

Lin Xiaoxiao leaps up and flips the table. Giving up is out of the question. If reasoning doesn't work, then she'll take everyone down on equal terms!

She plans to quietly make a fortune with her shrewd, money-loving little one, using her modern business sense. But then the little one brings home a wild man from the back hills: eight-pack abs, broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and covered in injuries.

Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes light up. Free labor like this is too good to pass up!

"Mom, this uncle eats a lot," the little one sighs.

"That's fine. If he doesn't finish the work, we'll cut his food rations!"

Later, the richest man in the country returns to the village, blocking the road with luxury cars. The free laborer she'd once ordered around to wash diapers turns out to be Huo Tingxiao, the decisive head of the Huo family who holds the capital's elite in the palm of his hand.

The man advances step by step and pins her against an earthen wall. His deep voice makes her ears burn.

"Honey, I can't work off what I owe you for saving my life in this lifetime, so I'll have to give you myself and the entire Huo Group."