My Mother-in-Law Is a Hong Kong Landlady [The 1970s]

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In this story, Ye Shanshan is sold off by her stepmother in exchange for a hefty bride price.

The man's father is the director of the state-owned cotton mill, and his family is well-off. But the man is disabled in both legs and mentally impaired.

Ye Shanshan escapes through a window in the middle of the night, only to be kidnapped on the way and die a miserable death in a mountain village.

After her death, she spent several years cultivating in another world and mastered the arts of the occult. But as she was ascending to immortality, she was struck down and sent back.

This time, she won't run. She'll find herself a powerful backer, live better than anyone, and drive all the scheming scum who targeted her to their graves!

She has an aunt living far away in Hong Kong, who once sent her a telegram saying she wanted to introduce her to a landlady's son as a potential bride.

The landlady's son is sickly and doesn't have long to live. They need to find him a wife and have a child to inherit the family business before he dies.

But this sickly man has met countless potential brides and hasn't taken a liking to any of them. His landlady mother is beside herself with worry.

After thinking it over, Ye Shanshan sends her aunt a telegram: "I'll marry him."

After the wedding, Ye Shanshan has a clear goal: have a child and join her mother-in-law in protecting their thick stack of property deeds!

As it happens, Hong Kong's wealthy tycoons have great faith in the occult. She can help them drive away evil influences and avert disaster, showing off her skills to the full.

As for the man who's about to kick the bucket, she just hopes he'll hold on until the baby is born.

Her mother-in-law admires her resourcefulness and nerve, and soon opens her heart to her. Before long, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law form a formidable duo in Hong Kong's business world, leaving their rivals in a sorry state.

Later, Ye Shanshan discovers that her husband is not only alive and well, but regularly turns the tide at the most critical moments.

Well, would you look at that! He recovered long ago. He was just pretending to be sick to throw off the second and third branches of the family, who were coveting his inheritance.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law quietly welcome a formidable new member to their team,

though this new powerhouse occasionally suffers a "relapse," keeping their rivals completely fooled.

Later still, Ye Shanshan holds her darling child in her arms, with her husband and mother-in-law at her side, and becomes one of Hong Kong's most dazzling legends.

P.S. The author isn't good at speaking Cantonese, and it doesn't come naturally. It also makes the writing awkward, so the main text will be in Mandarin. Please understand.

[Double rebirth, both protagonists have had no previous partners]

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Yao Zhizhi brings along a gossip-loving System and transmigrates into one of the "Five Golden Flowers and One Treasure" family's five daughters.

Her parents want to find several long-term blood banks for their precious son, so they ask their relatives in the city to introduce three young men.

One is a factory director who is divorced and has a child. One is a widowed official with a child. The four sisters can't agree on which to choose.

Yao Zhizhi says, "Fine, I'll pick the sickly man who's about to die. At least he's never been married, and I won't have to be a stepmother. Besides, how can a sickly man be a blood bank? The man's about to die, and he's broke!"

A sickly man is great. Sickly men mean less trouble.

Her mother-in-law even promises her that whether or not they have a child, if she can make the sickly man happy through the last few years of his life, then once he kicks the bucket, she'll find Yao Zhizhi a reliable man to remarry.

Yao Zhizhi doesn't really care whether she remarries. Just having an urban household registration is already a great deal.

And she can spend her free time gossiping and watching the drama with her mother-in-law, a neighborhood police officer. Life is lively and fulfilling.

Later, they have a child, and the sickly man still hasn't kicked the bucket.

He also acts like a fortune-teller, accurately guessing who the culprit is every time.

Yao Zhizhi finds herself hoping more and more that he'll live to a ripe old age. Their child can't grow up without a father.

One day, she returns with her mother-in-law after helping mediate a dispute, and finds a crowd of strangers outside their home.

Yao Zhizhi is inexplicably excited. "Is there new gossip?"

The man says, "...Honey, they're your biological parents."

Yao Zhizhi: "???"

Theme: Follow your heart