[I couldn't keep writing after changing the setup, so I've already unlocked the chapters. You can read my other book, "Climbing the Ladder in the Eighties".]
(Contains: entrepreneurship, raising children, widow fiction, a reborn villainess, and fraternal twins)
The night in 1983 when news arrived that her husband had died in an accident, Gu Meiling had a dream.
In the dream, she was the cannon-fodder ex-wife in a period novel. Her husband left to do business and never came back, leaving her a widow. To raise their children, she went a thousand miles away to find work, only to be cheated and swindled. Her ending was tragic, and her two children either went mad or died.
But her husband hadn't died at all. He became a wealthy business tycoon, yet wanted neither her nor their two children. Instead, he got together with her cousin, Gu Meijuan.
After waiting faithfully for her husband for so many years, Gu Meiling became a laughingstock.
After waking up, Gu Meiling couldn't understand it: Why go out to work? She had compensation money in hand. Why not set up a stall and raise the kids? Wasn't that a perfectly nice life? Once she made some money, she'd date three, no, eight pretty young men, just to spite her ex-husband and her cousin!
When people heard that Gu Meiling was going into business, they laughed at her.
When Meiling made money with her stall, they fell silent.
When Meiling closed her stall and opened a shop, they regretted it.
When Meiling returned to the village with a brick phone in one hand, her two children in the other, and a car, they were green with envy!
Lu Xian had an accident while out doing business. He survived, but lost his memory.
At last, he regained it and remembered the sweet young wife at home who loved him dearly. But on his way home, he received a message: "Brother Lu, your wife's become a CEO. She's got a whole line of suitors trailing after her, and she wants to divorce you."
Lu Xian: ??? What did I do wrong?
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One moment, Gu Meijuan was cursing her cousin Meiling for being so lucky and having a husband who catered to her every whim. The next, she'd transmigrated into the book she'd written. She was thrilled!
According to the plot, she'd soon be able to steal Meiling's husband and torment her children. She was practically bursting with joy.
But could someone explain why things weren't going the way she'd written them?
"Climbing the Ladder in the Seventies"
In 1978, when educated youth returned en masse from the countryside, rural girl Ding Minjun followed her educated-youth boyfriend back to Beijing, gritted her teeth, and married into a courtyard house.
Everyone said she was a sparrow who'd married into a wealthy family. But her mother-in-law's cold looks, her sister-in-law's contempt, and the humiliation of her husband's old flame showing up at the door wore down even the toughest little sparrow until she was barely alive.
Lying in a hospital bed, Ding Minjun blamed no one. She only regretted being so blind back then.
When she woke up again, she was on the train back to the countryside. Her husband from her previous life took her hand and urged her to get pregnant before marriage, forcing her family to let her marry him.
Ding Minjun gave him a hard slap and decided to make something of herself.
A country girl might not know much, but she had a valuable skill.
She set up a little stall in Beijing and sold the food of her home in Yunnan and Guizhou.
Rice noodle rolls, glutinous rice cakes, steamed rice with sweet osmanthus, sour fish soup, fish with chili bean sauce, potato cakes...
When people heard Ding Minjun wanted to start a business, they laughed at the country girl for getting above herself, saying she'd soon come crawling back to marry into a rich family.
Who knew she'd really manage to establish herself in Beijing?
In the first year, she paid off her debts and saved some money.
In the second year, she closed her stall and opened a small shop. Business was booming.
In the third year, she bought a restaurant. With a brick phone in one hand and car keys in the other, she became a famous businesswoman far and wide.
When her former mother-in-law's family learned she was making money, they hurried over to propose a match.
But they saw Ding Minjun take her boyfriend's hand and say with a smile, "Sorry, I'm already seeing someone. I'll invite you to the wedding another time."
Her former husband nearly popped his eyes out and blurted, "Uncle?"
Theme: Your fate is in your own hands. Only hard work can earn you rewards
It's eleven o'clock and there's no update yet, liar
Ah west, there are too many annoying cannon fodders.
My heart is broken waiting for Mommy to come back in July
Mrs? Why is there no update?
I can't remember, who is this thing?
Keep writing, I will support you!
Update it, update it, update it soon??????
What about the plot later when he comes back from a secret mission? I still like this. After changing it, when he comes back, they will both be businessmen, right?
Just have a casual relationship with Tian Xiao'e. There is no need to have a close friendship. The heroine can just teach her the tricks of doing business. There is no need to stay there all the time to help others sell things.
When will the heroine move to the city? There are too many people in the village, and it is inconvenient for her to take her two children to the city every time to sell things.
90 Fisher Girl Gourmet Food Rushes to the Sea to Make a Fortune
Exposing Yaozu After He Was Admitted to Peking University [90]
The Boss's Vicious Ex-Wife Wakes Up
Auntie, I Specialize in Picking up Leaks from Time-Travelers [60]
After Marrying High, I Was Reborn [80]
The Young Widow’s Culinary Rise at the Imperial College
The Nourishing Days of Being an Abandoned Wife
Sixty-Year-Old Chef's Daily Food Routine in Shanju
The ’90S Nanny Builds a Food Empire
Gossiping Days of a Courtyard Wife [The Sixties]
The Lazybones' Road to Prosperity in the Seventies
Marrying a Live-In Son-in-Law on the 1970S Frontier
It's eleven o'clock and there's no update yet, liar
Ah west, there are too many annoying cannon fodders.
My heart is broken waiting for Mommy to come back in July
Mrs? Why is there no update?
I can't remember, who is this thing?
Keep writing, I will support you!
Update it, update it, update it soon??????
What about the plot later when he comes back from a secret mission? I still like this. After changing it, when he comes back, they will both be businessmen, right?
Just have a casual relationship with Tian Xiao'e. There is no need to have a close friendship. The heroine can just teach her the tricks of doing business. There is no need to stay there all the time to help others sell things.
When will the heroine move to the city? There are too many people in the village, and it is inconvenient for her to take her two children to the city every time to sell things.