Back to 1979: Starting a Business and Becoming the Boss

A businesswoman who grew resiliently through the muck

Tao Baiyun was reborn, and had unexpectedly gained a strange set of memories.

In her previous life, Grandma Tao favored boys over girls, Tao Jianguo loved money more than anything, and Yang Chunhong was timid and meek... She was the eldest child in the family, but for some reason had earned a terrible reputation in the village. Tao Jianguo sold her to the village idiot, who beat her to death.

Given another life, she refused to put up with it anymore. Anyone who bullied her would get it right back, and she had no intention of marrying that idiot.

But then Bai Sinian, a young intellectual sent to the countryside who had barely figured in her previous life, ran up to her and said, "Marry me. I'll take you away from here."

So she married him and went to the city.

It was just as the tide of reform and opening up was sweeping through the country. With her sharp mind and superb cooking skills, she made her mark...

And so, one day:

An auntie from the neighborhood: "Xiaoyun, I've got two pieces of meat here. What do you think you could make with them? One plate for your family, one for mine."

A little kid: "Pretty Auntie, do you have any more of that tasty stuff from last time? I'll trade you this for some."

A: "Your business is the best in this alley. The other shops are all empty."

B: "Oh no, Boss Tao, someone's here to wreck the place!"

Tao Baiyun: "Wreck theirs right back."

Reader's Guide:

1. Set in the late 1970s, in an alternate world.

2. Everyday life with a family of three, plus the heroine building a business from scratch.

3. A slow, steady pace.

4. The male lead is Bai Sinian.

5. They marry first, then fall in love.

6. The heroine does not have children.

Theme: Let the flowers that were once stifled bloom.