Back to the '70s to Raise the Kids

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In her previous life, everyone envied Su Yu for her good fortune. Her husband was successful, her in-laws lived far away and couldn't interfere, and while other people were still worrying about having children, Su Yu was already ahead of the pack.

Her family had not only the two sons and one daughter she raised herself, but also the three orphans of her husband's fallen comrades. With children and grandchildren all around her, many people called her the luckiest woman in the compound.

Su Yu thought they could keep their so-called good fortune!

There were so many children in the family, and they were all rambunctious boys.

Other families measured their meals by the bowl, but hers measured them by the pound. A whole vat of grain would be gone in less than three days.

The boys were mischievous, climbing trees to raid nests and diving into the water to catch fish. The clothes they took off after bathing piled up like a mountain.

Su Yu would sit alone on a little stool and wash from sunrise to sunset.

Just when she finally got the children all off to school and thought she could catch her breath...

One would get into a fight today, another would cause trouble tomorrow. Every time she went to the teachers' office, their faces were longer than a donkey's.

Su Yu would bow and scrape, apologizing from one end of the office to the other...

One day, Su Yu was reborn twenty years in the past. Her youngest daughter had yet to be born, and her husband had just brought his three fallen comrades' orphans home.

Looking at the five little hellions in front of her, all clamoring to be fed, it was too late to get a divorce. Su Yu decided to try a different approach to raising them.

*

When Zhao Shinian came home from battle, he found that everything had changed.

The eldest was massaging Su Yu's back, the second had just brought over a bowl of noodles, the third was busy cleaning the house, the fourth sat on a little stool washing clothes for the whole family, and the fifth was telling stories to Su Yu's belly...

Zhao Shinian had just washed his hands and was about to sit down to eat.

The eldest said, "Dad, you haven't done any work yet! Mom said only children who work get to eat."

Zhao Shinian said, "You already did all the work. I haven't..."

The fourth stood up and brought out a pile of clothes. "Dad, my little sister will be born soon, but her clothes haven't been washed and hung out to dry."

Zhao Shinian looked at his wife beseechingly.

Su Yu said, "If you don't want to wash them, that's fine. Tomorrow I'll find someone who does want to wash them and likes doing chores!"

Zhao Shinian: "!!!"

In the end, Commander Zhao gave in.

The burly man carried a little stool over and sat beside the fourth child.

Zhao Shinian said, "Son, move over a little. Dad's running out of room."

Well, he was his own father, after all. The fourth child reluctantly scooted his little bottom over twice.

Su Yu sat inside, holding her belly and laughing to herself.

The children needed discipline, but the man who never lifted a finger at home needed it even more!

[August 20, 2022]

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Title: The Pitiful Girl Tears Up Her Tragic 1990s Novel Script

Synopsis: Qin Qing is sixteen. After her parents divorced and remarried, she became a burden they passed back and forth between them.

Her mother plans to settle abroad with her new husband, Danny, while her father has a wife and daughter of his own. Who would take Qin Qing in has become a difficult problem.

According to the story, afraid of being alone, Qin Qing weighs her options and stubbornly insists on moving in with her father.

She thinks that if she can just keep her head down until adulthood, everything will be fine.

But she doesn't know that her nightmare begins the moment she moves in...

The woman surnamed Su is all smiles on the outside, but cruel at heart. She dismisses the household help early on, forcing Qin Qing to do all the dirty, exhausting chores, and beats and scolds her at the slightest provocation.

Once, Qin Qing accidentally knocked over one of Qin Yue's crystal ornaments. The woman surnamed Su slapped her so hard that Qin Qing was left with ringing ears.

Kneeling in the snow to pick up beans, doing laundry in ice water, getting up before dawn to make breakfast for the whole family... In just two short years, Qin Qing endured every hardship.

At last, after reaching adulthood, Qin Qing can take no more and escapes her miserable life. But a man chosen by Qin Yue tricks her into giving him her body and her heart. Utterly despairing, she finally slits her wrists and ends her life...

Qin Qing opens her eyes and finds herself back at a pivotal turning point in the story.

Qin's mother can't bring herself to look at her daughter. "Danny and I have decided to settle abroad. It's not that we don't want you, we just really can't take you with us."

Qin's father avoids her gaze, his voice guilty. "You can come live with me if you insist, but your Aunt Su is a light sleeper. You can't stay up too late at night."

Qin's father lowers his eyes, afraid his daughter will throw a hysterical fit, resist with all her might, and stubbornly insist on going with him.

But Qin Qing hears her parents out, her expression unmoved, and nods gently. "Give me the house Grandma left behind and pay my living expenses in one lump sum..."

Qin Qing's parents never expected her to agree so readily. As soon as the paperwork was done, they hurried away as if pursued by dogs.

Qin Qing stands where she is, watching them leave, her gaze deep and cold as ice.

*

Qin Yue has known from a young age that her father has a legitimate daughter only a year older than her.

She hates Qin Qing to the core and has decided that even if Qin Qing does manage to move in, she and her mother will join forces to kick her out as soon as possible.

But Qin Qing doesn't even set foot in their home, and yet their family circumstances suddenly take a turn for the worse.

Her maternal grandfather goes bankrupt, her father is reported to the authorities, and her mother is caught up in a honey trap...

Qin Qing is nowhere to be seen, yet her influence is everywhere.

When Qin Yue hears that even the dreamboat she cherishes has grown close to Qin Qing, she can no longer sit still. She rushes to his house and confronts him.

"Qin Qing is a bad person. Don't believe her!"

Song Cheng frowns at her, but before he can speak...

A godlike, handsome man approaches hand in hand with a woman.

The woman's black curls frame a slender figure, and her arms are as white as snow.

Qin Yue would recognize that beautiful face even reduced to ashes!

It's Qin Qing! It really is Qin Qing!

Song Cheng pushes her away and narrows his eyes in warning. "You're not talking about my uncle's beloved, are you? The whole Song family depends on my uncle. If you..."

"No, I didn't. I wouldn't dare."

Qin Yue lowers her head, her nails digging deep into her palm as she wishes she could crawl into a hole in the ground.

It turns out that everything she fought tooth and nail to claim was something Qin Qing had never wanted.

[August 2, 2023]

Theme: A change in perspective can lead to a wonderful life.