Xu Chun was just an ordinary corporate drone. Then, in a single day, she transmigrated and became a background character in a novel set in the 1960s: a rural old woman whose husband had died.
The old woman lived in the countryside, but hers was a blended family. The moment Xu Chun woke up, she was faced with seven sons and four daughters. The eldest and second sons weren't hers; the third and fourth weren't Old Man Jiang's. The rest were their biological children, and there was also an adopted daughter her former husband had brought home from who knew where.
The old man had died young, leaving the whole family in Old Madam Xu's hands. She was a nasty old woman, and naturally, her family members were just as awful.
What's more, this background character was a hodgepodge of several novels set in the same era: the biased grandmother whose rebirth let her turn her life around, the wicked mother-in-law who oppressed her daughter-in-law from the educated youth, and the contrast to the lucky, blessed darling girl...
There was no choice. To survive, Xu Chun had to play the part of a nasty old woman and whip the whole family into shape.
Still, she hadn't come here for nothing. At least she'd been bound to a System that randomly dropped golden fingers from novels set in this era. It was a bit of a dud and always let her down at crucial moments, but it still counted as a golden finger, didn't it?
Then, to the astonishment of the Niutouling Brigade, the Jiang family, who were always causing trouble, suddenly stopped fighting. Somehow, they even started eating meat! And one of them got a job in the city!
And wasn't the Jiang family's youngest supposed to marry into a wife's family?
Wiping the grease from his lips, Jiang Xiaoshi said coolly, “Who said I was marrying into a wife's family? Life's so good at home. Why would I go out of my way to let someone trample on me?”
As if. With meat to eat as long as he stuck with his mother, he wasn't stupid...
Xu Chun: I'm grateful to Old Madam Xu for laying the groundwork. The children who weren't hers were completely under her thumb, and she'd even managed to fool the ones who were.
Affection points? That just takes a meal with meat, doesn't it?
And reforming this awful family? That's a piece of cake!
Theme: Even ordinary people can be remarkably wise
