[Reborn in a Bygone Era + Fighting Back Against Domestic Abuse + Divorce and Making Money + The Whole Family's Redemption]
Chen Guiying endured forty-two years of abuse at the hands of Zhang Baotian.
From the first slap on their wedding night to the day he shoved her down the stairs in a drunken rage when she was sixty, she cared for the elderly and raised the children, putting up with it her whole life. As she lay dying, her children were still outside the door arguing over who would pay the medical bills.
When she opened her eyes again, it was 1983, the third night of her newlywed life. Her husband's hand was coming toward her face for the second time.
This time, she didn't dodge. She grabbed the fire poker by the stove and struck him down with one blow.
"Zhang Baotian, I'm divorcing you, no matter what. I'm done serving your Zhang family."
Her vicious mother-in-law throws a tantrum? She reveals her wounds in front of everyone and confronts her. Her abusive husband breaks in to drag her away? She brandishes a knife, takes control of the situation, and reports him to the police so he'll land in jail. With the Women's Federation backing her and the police filing a case, she turns around and sets up a braised-meat stall, earning one yuan and two mao on the very first day.
In this life, she lives for no one but herself. She'll get back everything she's owed, with interest.
