The Hardworking Mother-in-Law and Her Laid-Back Daughter-in-Law [The 1980s]

Zhou Meizhen considered herself one of the luckiest people in the village. Both her and her husband's parents were alive and in good health, she and her husband got along well, and he always did as she said. They had three sons and two daughters. Her eldest son had just brought home his new bride, and soon there would be another baby in the family. But on the bride's first day in the house, Zhou Meizhen heard her voice even though the young woman hadn't opened her mouth: [I'm married now. All I have to do is make sure my husband doesn't get swindled by his fellow villagers, and he can avoid prison. Once the village gets demolished, I can lie flat and live comfortably for the rest of my life!]

Zhou Meizhen: ???

After that, she would occasionally hear the thoughts of this daughter-in-law, who might just be a celestial being.

[Oh, my second brother-in-law is dating someone. How do I tell him he's just one of the fish in her pond, and the green glow over his head is blinding?]

Zhou Meizhen: !!!

After recovering from her shock, she immediately looked into it and discovered that her eldest daughter-in-law was right.

[My third sister-in-law is so unlucky. Just because she's pretty, a kidnapper has set his sights on her. Kidnappers deserve to die. How do I let everyone know he's a kidnapper?]

Zhou Meizhen got up with a dark expression and went to find a brick. A kidnapper?! Pah! That's the birthday elder hanging himself, asking to die!

[My fourth sister-in-law has had such terrible luck. Someone has set his sights on her because she gets such good grades. Knowing he can't win a swan, that toad wants to stage a fall into the water and play the hero, forcing her to marry him.]

Zhou Meizhen glared furiously. Which toad was it? She'd tear his hide off!

[My fifth brother-in-law... Sigh, he really is clever and capable, but what a pity. He was born into a poor family and has his whole family holding him back. The heroine isn't for him. He can only be a supporting male character, and in the end, the male lead's pettiness will drive him to bankruptcy.]

Zhou Meizhen couldn't take it anymore. She rolled up her sleeves and got to work.

She also remembered something she'd heard earlier: [In this era, even a pig can take off if it catches the wind. Don't be fooled by how modest someone's street stall looks. They make plenty of money!]

Her eldest daughter-in-law wanted to lie flat?

No problem. Zhou Meizhen was only thirty-five, in the prime of her life. She'd work hard and earn her grandchild a good background. Her eldest daughter-in-law could lie flat in peace. The bits of inside information she dropped from time to time were more than enough. Zhou Meizhen had been a model worker before, and hard work and striving were the last things she feared!

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Tang Jiajia never expected to transmigrate into a book set in the 1980s. Once she'd figured out where she was, the first thing she did was find a good family to marry into.

This little fishing village had only recently become a Special Economic Zone. No one knew how it would amaze the world in the future. All she had to do was wait for her dividends and rental income.

Only after marrying in did she discover that her husband was the older brother of the male supporting character in the book. The man who would eventually make a name for himself in business was currently just a little boy in elementary school, and none of his family's tragedies had happened yet.

Was her life of lying flat going to be ruined just like that?

She'd only reluctantly started to turn over when, for some reason, the supporting male character's family began to diverge completely from the book. The once down-and-out underdog had become a rich second-generation heir, and her mother-in-law was holding her hand and calling her the family's little lucky star!

Reader's guide:

Parallel world, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law perspectives, everyday family life, building wealth, becoming a self-made entrepreneur

Theme: A wonderful life is right before you