The 1980S: Raising Kids with My Tough Parents

In the interstellar age, Ming Qiu piloted mechas and was nicknamed Brother Qiu. Then she woke up in the 1980s as the mother of two four-year-old boys. The original owner was a schemer who was always hoping to use her pretty face to marry a rich man. She paid no attention to the children, who were so hungry they gnawed on tree bark, and spent her days in front of the mirror drawing her brows and putting on lipstick. Her husband was even worse: a lazy, irresponsible deadbeat who wouldn't lift a finger, not caring whether the kids lived or died. Ming Qiu's brow twitched. She grabbed a brick, stormed into the bedroom, and pressed it against her useless husband's neck. In a cold voice, she hissed, "Get out there and earn money, or I'll break you!" - Lu Heng piloted fighter jets in the twenty-first century. After a day of training, he was fast asleep when someone suddenly hauled him up. His body reacted on instinct, and the two of them traded punches until every blow landed. The cabinets in the room were knocked over. The two children clung fearfully to the doorway, trying to stop them in their soft little voices. "Daddy, Mommy, don't fight." They stopped and looked at the children in unison. "Who are you?" The children burst into tears. Ming Qiu and Lu Heng hurried to comfort them, each holding one. Once they had calmed down, they exchanged a look and demanded sharply, "Where did you come from?!" - Later, Big Brother and Little Brother's lives got better and better. They had new clothes to wear and meat to eat, and grew plump and rosy-cheeked. The village adults teased them. "How come your family has meat at every meal?" Big Brother replied in a babyish voice, "Because Mommy and Daddy are always fighting." A village woman exclaimed, "Fighting? Aren't they very much in love?" Little Brother said, "We don't know either. Anyway, after they fight, Mommy's clothes are all rumpled and her face turns red, and then Daddy makes us meat to eat!" The village woman: ??? [Loosely fictionalized setting, don't nitpick. A slow-burn romance about raising kids.] Theme: Hard work brings rewards