The Happy Life of the Family Compound [The 1980s]

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Tian Weiwei transmigrates into the body of one of five children in a family, the one who was sent away as a little girl.

The good news is that the original owner was brought home before she transmigrated. She even finished teacher's college and was assigned a job.

The bad news is that she nearly got strangled to death by a thug as soon as she arrived.

Luckily, she's the kind of person who gets even right away. She knocks the thug out with a brick and sends him to the police station.

But it turns out the original owner also has a "boyfriend." Her adoptive mother tells her to put up with him for the sake of a good job.

Fortunately, this "boyfriend" is a clueless scumbag. He's entangled with her cousin, so she kicks him to the curb.

Just as she starts to enjoy a peaceful life, her grandmother shows up at their home to boss them around. The old woman favors the eldest uncle and thinks boys are more important than girls.

Her adoptive mother may always complain that she's a troublemaker, but when people spread rumors about her, she's the first to step in and demand justice.

Her timid, weak adoptive father remembers what his children like and dares to talk back to the old woman who looks down on their family.

Tian Weiwei stands in front of the family like a mother hen shielding her chicks.

Before she can say a word, her mother, Song Huijuan, pushes her aside. "You old hag, I've put up with you long enough!"

Later, Song Huijuan becomes a well-known force to be reckoned with in the family compound.

Later still, the mothers in the compound raise their children bit by bit, each in her own way, through an era of shortages.

Tian Weiwei watches and experiences it all, gradually understanding just how much of life's bitterness and sweetness, joy and sorrow, her mother's words had encompassed: "You'll understand when you grow up."

Blurb two:

Shen Yi left the military and had no idea what to do next, until one night he met a brave, fearless young woman carrying a brick.

Tian Weiwei later asked Shen Yi, "What did you see in me?"

Shen Yi glanced down at her not-at-all-innocent hand on his waist. "I'm hungry for whatever I see. I'm easy to keep."

Blurb entered on May 6, 2026.

Theme: Wherever and whenever you find yourself, live life with optimism and joy