When Zhao Xingyue graduated from university, her father signed them up for a luxury tour group. Then their plane had an accident. When they opened their eyes again, they had transmigrated to the Zhao family in Hongqiao Village in the 1970s.
Her father was the long-lost son of Grandma Zhao. Her mother was a daughter-in-law Grandma Zhao disapproved of, and she was the granddaughter Grandma Zhao disliked most.
The family of three had been used to a comfortable life. Now they slept in a drafty earthen house, drank thin cornmeal porridge, and gnawed on steamed buns made of coarse grain. During busy farming seasons, Grandma Zhao even sent them to the fields to earn work points...
At long last, the college entrance exam was reinstated and the country opened up to reform. The family of three rolled up their sleeves, ready to start a business, get rich, and boost the economy.
At the Zhao family's home in Hongqiao Village, Grandma Zhao, who favored boys over girls, suddenly had a biological granddaughter. She was skinny as a stick, wouldn't work, only ate, and even talked back. Grandma Zhao wanted to hit her, scold her, or give her away. She couldn't stand the girl. Yet her younger son's family treated their daughter like the apple of their eye.
Later, the little granddaughter talked her into selling eggs, then chicks, and then starting a business. She even suggested they go in together on a shop and split the profits twenty-eighty. Grandma Zhao put in money and labor, working like an old ox. When it came time to split the profits, she nearly keeled over.
"Grandma, we split it twenty-eighty. You get twenty, I get eighty!"
"And why is that?"
"I came up with the money-making idea, the shop is mine, and the supply is mine. The little bit of money you invested only gets you this much..."
Grandma Zhao: "I'm your grandma!"
Zhao Xingyue: "Grandma, even brothers keep the books straight!"
Theme: Build a fortune and help develop the country!
