The blurb is as follows:
In her previous life, Lu Minghui died outside the operating room. Her second older sister didn't even show her face.
Her older brother said he needed to borrow money for a few days to tide him over. A few days turned into years. Her husband died suddenly while struggling to pay off the debt, and not one person from her family came to claim even his ashes.
Her mother said she would leave her daughter with her older brother and sister-in-law for a few days. A few days turned into years. In the end, her daughter fell down the stairs, and her brother and sister-in-law thought the medical bills were too expensive and signed a form refusing further treatment.
When she breathed her last, her eyes remained open.
She floated in midair, watching her sixteen-year-old son drop out of school and head south to find work, watching her thirteen-year-old daughter never wake again.
Then she woke up.
The fifth day of the second lunar month, 2000.
Her daughter was kicking her legs on the bed, her husband was still alive, and she had six thousand yuan in savings.
There was still time to change everything.
Her second older sister wanted to take her daughter in? Keep your hands off.
Her older brother dared ask to borrow money? One word: Get lost.
Her mother scolded her for being heartless? She could scold all she wanted.
In this life, she would live by one rule:
No one was taking a single cent from her pocket, and no one was laying a finger on her children.
She would start from the bottom with her husband, putting down roots one step at a time: first in the county town, then in the city, and then so far above the people who'd trampled her in her previous life that they couldn't even reach her family's front door.
In this life, Lu Minghui owed no one anything.
She would collect every last debt herself, with interest.
Bonus scene 1
Lu Minghui looked coldly at her second older sister. “So you're the one who stirred up trouble between us, aren't you?”
Her sister looked wary, then changed the subject. “I only did it for Mom's sake.”
“Just answer me. Was it you?” Lu Minghui refused to let it go.
Her older brother delivered the final blow from the sidelines. “So what if she did? Was she wrong?”
“I'm glad you said that. Now I can relax.”
With that, Lu Minghui rushed forward and slapped her second older sister.
“I've put up with you long enough! I don't feel like putting up with you anymore!”
Bonus scene 2
Years later, Lu Minghui was interviewed as an outstanding business leader.
“Ms. Lu, as I understand it, you've worked your way up from the very bottom to where you are today. Would you share the secret to your success?”
At that time, Lu Minghui had the calm composure that came with the passage of time and success. She replied, “My secret is to love yourself before you love others. Only by working on yourself can you have a positive influence on more people. The combined effect of that kind of positive cycle is often greater than the sum of its parts.”
As she said this, Lu Minghui looked toward Fang Lihua, who was applauding her below the stage, and added, “Of course, having a good partner matters too. For example, my husband, Mr. Fang Lihua.”
The couple exchanged a smile, understanding each other without a word.
Theme: Love yourself before you love others
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Why learn Chinese? After learning Chinese, you can think of it this way: every word is like a pearl, a brilliant chapter, a dragon's chapter or a phoenix's letter, a line drawn with algae, the words travel far, and the wonderful pen is like a flower; the brush strokes are beautiful, the paper falls like clouds and smoke; the pen falls in the wind and rain, and the poem becomes weeping ghosts and gods. If I don't study Chinese, when I see the teacher's novels, I can only sigh: Oh my god, they are so good!
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Don't blame me for my lack of vocabulary. I was completely immersed in the text and had no time to think of modifiers.
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Why learn Chinese? After learning Chinese, you can think of it this way: every word is like a pearl, a brilliant chapter, a dragon's chapter or a phoenix's letter, a line drawn with algae, the words travel far, and the wonderful pen is like a flower; the brush strokes are beautiful, the paper falls like clouds and smoke; the pen falls in the wind and rain, and the poem becomes weeping ghosts and gods. If I don't study Chinese, when I see the teacher's novels, I can only sigh: Oh my god, they are so good!
Why learn Chinese? After learning Chinese, you can think of it this way: every word is like a pearl, a brilliant chapter, a dragon's chapter or a phoenix's letter, a line drawn with algae, the words travel far, and the wonderful pen is like a flower; the brush strokes are beautiful, the paper falls like clouds and smoke; the pen falls in the wind and rain, and the poem becomes weeping ghosts and gods. If I don't study Chinese, when I see the teacher's novels, I can only sigh: Oh my god, they are so good!
We are starting to talk about the characteristics of light in physical optics. The physics teacher said that light is an electromagnetic wave with extremely high frequency. He also said that light is a particle because it has particle characteristics. What exactly is light? It turns out that just thinking about my wife's update took all my energy!
The article is so beautiful! Don't blame me for my lack of vocabulary. I was completely immersed in the text and had no time to think of modifiers.
I was deceived by the fruit seller in the afternoon. He said his fruit was so delicious that it was addictive. I took a bite and found that the teacher's writing was not addictive at all!
[Empty bowl][Empty bowl][Empty bowl] Here I come to a prestigious school collaboration [Crying] Wait until I gain weight before watching
Seedling check-in record, today is the tenth day of valid comments, finally the check-in is completed, wait for the flowers to bloom [Come on] [Come on] [Come on]
Seedling check-in record, today is the ninth day of valid comments, the rest of the tasks have been met, keep up the good work! ! ! [Come on] [Come on] [Come on]
Today is the eighth day of valid comments. It's scary to think about it. The house they live in was built by Weili Group. [Pick your brain][pick your brain][pick your brain]
Seedling check-in record, today is the seventh day of valid comments, the remaining comment days are three days, the countdown is three. Come on [fireworks][fireworks][fireworks]