Back to the Sixties: Leading the Whole Family to Prosperity

[Main Story Blurb]

Liu Yun is gentle, beautiful, hardworking, and capable, the dream girl of every young man.

But her family is poor, her father died young, and her mother is overbearing. As a result, Liu Yun is timid and afraid to speak up against others.

And so, after she falls ill at seventeen, her life quietly begins to spiral toward tragedy.

First, her siblings die young. Then she endures a miserable marriage. After her husband and son die in accidents one after another,

Liu Yun can no longer bear it. She suffers a mental breakdown and falls into the water.

As she lies dying, only one thought fills her mind:

If she gets the chance to live again, she will do everything in her power to prevent tragedy from befalling her loved ones,

so they can live safe and healthy lives, and enjoy happiness.

Who could have known that when Liu Yun opens her eyes again, she will find herself back in 1966, at seventeen, bedridden with a serious illness,

while her loving aunt is about to unknowingly lay the groundwork for a tragedy in her life.

Liu Yun summons all her strength to stop her aunt, preventing the tragedy and saving an innocent life.

That first success fills her with confidence. Again and again, she helps her family avoid disaster,

and becomes decisive, strong, brave, and self-assured,

a far cry from the timid and helpless person she was in her previous life.

Thanks to her efforts, life keeps getting better, and she finds herself receiving one unexpected surprise after another,

things she never could have dreamed of in her previous life.

From then on, her life takes off, changing beyond recognition.

She embarks on a path completely different from the one she took before,

and life grows smoother and happier for her and her family!

P.S. A cozy farming story, full of everyday family life, with the occasional comeuppance for the worst sorts.

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My upcoming farming story, The Eldest Legitimate Daughter's Guide to Making a Fortune, is now open for advance follows. Please add it to your reading list! Blurb below:

Jiang Xuelin unexpectedly travels back to ancient times and becomes the noble eldest legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yanping's household.

But before she can enjoy her wealth and status, she is murdered by her half-sister and stepmother.

Thank goodness she gets the chance to start over. This time, all those ancient people who made her lose face as a modern person can go straight to hell!

But why has she been reborn into the same dynasty as a poor, pitiful nobody?

Her father is dead, her mother is foolish, her little sister is still an infant, and they have no food, no warm clothes, and a house as bare as can be.

Fine, fine. The young lady of a marquis's household has become a country girl.

Foolish mother, frail little sister, don't be afraid. Your girl is here!

The mountain behind the village will be our granary, and the medicinal herbs growing everywhere will be our wealth.

Jiang Xuelin hoists a bamboo basket onto her back, gathers herbs, hunts, clears land, and plants crops. Little by little, their lives begin to improve.

Once she has saved enough money, Jiang Xuelin moves to the county town with her family and opens a small restaurant.

Pork with fermented bean sauce! Fish with agastache! Cumin-crusted cartilage! Tangerine-peel chicken! Crystal-clear braised pork knuckle! Pork tripe stew in a clay pot! Spicy crispy intestines! Crab roe tofu pudding! ...

Their delicious aromas fill the streets, making it impossible for anyone to walk past.

Before long, business is booming, expanding from the county town to the prefectural city and then the capital.

As her reputation spreads far and wide, wealthy and powerful families offer her generous sums every day to cook in their homes.

Even her stepsister and stepmother, who once tried to kill her, come knocking: Chef Jiang, we're holding a banquet tomorrow. Could we ask you to come to our residence and cook for us personally?

Jiang Xuelin: You want me to wield a cleaver? Sure. Since you've come to me to settle the score from my previous life, I won't hold back...

Theme: Work hard and create a happy life.