Zhizhi discovered a secret.
Her mother, Shen Zhu, seemed to have been reborn!
In 1982, ten-year-old Zhizhi was the Lin family's only child. If at least six years passed after the first child, a girl, the family could pay a fee to have another. Lin Changmin and Shen Zhu both had secure jobs, so one of them would have to resign if they wanted another child.
Her mother-in-law said, "Once Zhizhi gets married, she won't be part of the Lin family anymore. You raise sons to support you in old age. Xiao Zhu, I'm only saying this for your own good."
Her father-in-law said, "If you're worried that Changmin will struggle to support the family alone after you quit, we'll take Zhizhi back to the countryside. We'll handle her schooling. She's bound to get married someday, so having a son now is what matters most."
Having been deceived once before, Shen Zhu grabbed a broom without hesitation and chased the old couple out.
This time around...
Divorce. They had to get divorced!
1. A dual-female-lead story. Shen Zhu is reborn, Zhizhi transmigrates into a book, and mother and daughter join forces to build wealth.
2. Zhizhi is sweet on the outside but cunning within, and she cares deeply about her image. She absolutely won't let herself break character!
3. A fictional period setting. Please don't get too hung up on historical details. Constructive feedback is welcome, but the author is very sensitive.
Please add the upcoming novel, City-Bound Couple in the Eighties, to your collection~
Blurb:
He Jiaojiao was reborn thirty years in the past.
In the 1980s, a large number of people had already made a fortune by catching the wave of private business ventures. He Jiaojiao looked at her family's poverty and bare walls, then at her aunt, who was scolding and hitting her younger siblings.
"You three freeloaders eat and drink at my place every day. Your sister won't get married. Does she think she can live off me for the rest of her life?!"
She pushed open the door and told her aunt, "I'll get married."
Han Hengyi was twenty-eight, eight years older than He Jiaojiao. He had just returned from the army, honorably discharged after being wounded in action. Under military policy, he was entitled to compensation and could have been given a good job, but he refused all of it and gave everything to the family of a fallen comrade, even handing over the job.
All that remained of his family was his father, who had divorced and remarried to start another family. In the eyes of outsiders, Han Hengyi was so poor he couldn't even afford a pot to clang. No one dared marry their daughter into his family.
He Jiaojiao took the place of her aunt's daughter and married into the Han family, to the boy she'd been promised to as a child.
Theme: Women should build their own fortunes and stand on their own feet