The Nasty Mother-in-Law of the Seventies Just Wants to Lie Flat

·Coming Soon: After the Eccentric Old Lady in the Compound Sees the Comments·

- Synopsis -

After dying in the apocalypse, Xu Guizhi transmigrates into a rural period novel with two heroines, becoming the villainous, wicked mother-in-law.

The two heroines in the novel are her elder son's wife and her younger son's wife.

In the original story, after years of being a daughter-in-law, the original owner finally becomes a mother-in-law and decides to throw her weight around with both daughters-in-law.

What she doesn't know is that neither of them is an ordinary person.

Her elder daughter-in-law was once a head cook in a prince's household in ancient times, but accidentally transmigrated to the 1970s.

As one of the heroines, she not only has maxed-out cooking skills, but, more importantly, her luck is maxed out too. Whenever she goes out, she either finds a treasure or meets someone influential. She's so lucky it's as if the heavens are personally chasing after their own darling daughter to feed her.

Her younger daughter-in-law seems like an unremarkable educated youth, but is actually a career-obsessed overachiever from the modern era.

As another heroine, she had no trouble managing a publicly traded company with tens of thousands of employees in modern times, so naturally she thrives in the 1970s as well.

Both daughters-in-law are exceptionally capable women. The original owner, as their mother-in-law, naturally has no chance of treating them like soft persimmons she can squeeze.

Even though every time she tries to cause trouble, she only ends up shooting herself in the foot, the original owner never gives up.

In the original story, she not only stirs up trouble at home at every opportunity, but also goes around the village badmouthing her daughters-in-law. In the end, the whole village mocks her because she and her daughters-in-law can't get along.

After transmigrating into the book, Xu Guizhi is speechless. "With two daughters-in-law I can lean on, wouldn't it be great to just lie flat?!"

Just after the two daughters-in-law marry into the family, Xu Guizhi's fake friend deliberately tries to stir up trouble: "Men forget their mothers as soon as they marry! Xu Guizhi, you have to show those two daughters-in-law who's boss, or they'll walk all over you!"

Xu Guizhi: "Exactly! Exactly! I'll go home right now and arrange for the family to split up, then send them all off on their own!"

The fake friend: "??!"

What's going on? That's not what she meant!

Besides, since when could a new bride move in and immediately get to split off and live on her own?

After Xu Guizhi's elder daughter-in-law gets a job at a state-run restaurant, the village layabout turns green with envy: "There are all kinds of people coming and going at that state-run restaurant. How can a woman take a job that puts her on display? Xu Guizhi, I suggest you hurry up and drag your elder daughter-in-law back home. Don't let her embarrass herself out there!"

"You shameless, ungrateful scoundrel! You're a grown man with two working hands, yet you can't even support yourself. You rely entirely on your mother going out and working in the fields to feed you! If you think women shouldn't go out, then why don't you tell your own mother to stay home and enjoy her retirement?"

The layabout, who lived entirely off his mother, was left speechless by Xu Guizhi's scolding.

When the college entrance exams are reinstated, Xu Guizhi's younger daughter-in-law, an educated youth, gets into one of the country's top universities. A male educated youth from the village who failed the exams secretly urges Xu Guizhi to tear up her younger daughter-in-law's admission letter, claiming that would stop her from leaving.

Xu Guizhi: "What? You don't know my younger daughter-in-law is taking the whole family to study in the capital? She's already bought a house there. She says it's a courtyard residence! You're from the capital. Tell me, are the courtyard residences there as big as our yard? I'm a little worried it won't be spacious enough, and we won't be able to grow vegetables or raise chickens."

Hearing Xu Guizhi's humblebrag, the male educated youth who failed the exams is so furious he faints on the spot.

Before getting married, Shi Yingying and Lin Xue are both worried they won't get along with their mother-in-law. After all, people always say mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law are natural enemies.

But after getting married, Shi Yingying and Lin Shuang are delighted to discover that being affectionate with their mother-in-law is actually so much fun!

-Coming Soon: After the Eccentric Old Lady in the Compound Sees the Comments. Please add it to your collection.-

Meng Meilan is a notorious eccentric old lady in the steel mill compound. She's hot-tempered and always insists on having things her way.

She and Jiao, the old lady who lives across the hall, are sworn enemies. They get into arguments every few days, and people in the compound even joke that they're "inseparable as Meng and Jiao."

So when Meng Meilan hears her daughter say she wants to marry Jiao's son, she is so furious she faints on the spot.

While Meng Meilan is unconscious, people in the compound gossip about the situation:

"I'll bet this marriage is going to fall apart. Meng Meilan was arguing with Old Lady Jiao just this morning. Those two families are as incompatible as fire and water!"

"Sigh, once Meng Meilan wakes up, I bet she'll break up her daughter and Old Lady Jiao's son!"

The young couple listens to the gossip around the compound, looking at each other with nervous, anxious expressions.

But to everyone's surprise, after waking up, Meng Meilan agrees to her daughter's marriage to Old Lady Jiao's son.

Old Lady Jiao: "Meng Meilan, you're being awfully nice. You're not plotting something, are you?"

Meng Meilan: "What do you know? Why would I hurt my own daughter? But you, if you dare mistreat my daughter after she marries into your family, you'll have me to answer to!"

Old Lady Jiao: "..."

With Meng Meilan's fiery temper, Old Lady Jiao wouldn't dare mistreat her daughter even if she had ten times the courage!

[Weird, how did the story go off track? Wasn't Meng Meilan supposed to force her daughter and Old Lady Jiao's son apart?]

[I don't get it either. I remember her daughter was so heartbroken that she chose to go to the countryside as an educated youth, and eventually died of an illness out there.]

Seeing the confusion in the comments, Meng Meilan gives a disgruntled snort to herself.

She's her daughter's real mother, not some evil stepmother!

Now that she knows what the future holds, how could she stand by and watch her daughter die of an illness in the countryside?

*

Li Jingxin is ecstatic when she discovers that she has transmigrated into a period novel.

She remembers that the son of Old Lady Jiao, her next-door neighbor, will become a billionaire in the future, and that he will never marry, all because of Meng Meilan's daughter, who dies young.

To take Meng Meilan's daughter's place and become the billionaire's beloved, Li Jingxin deliberately reveals their romance to Meng Meilan, hoping to use her as a weapon.

After that, Li Jingxin eagerly waits to hear that Meng Meilan's daughter has gone to the countryside, so she can take advantage of the situation and pursue the billionaire.

But the "terrible news" she eventually receives is that the Meng and Jiao families have become in-laws.

Li Jingxin loses it: Why did the perfectly good plot turn out like this?!!!

Meanwhile, Meng Meilan, who has been quietly taking all the credit, is using spoilers from the comments to lead several aunties from the compound in chasing down a human trafficking gang that has come into their neighborhood.

Seeing the traffickers beaten until their faces are bruised and swollen and they can barely walk, the commenters exclaim:

[So, you can mess with anyone except an auntie. An auntie's fighting skills are no joke.]

[Wow, it's not even been a month and Meng Meilan is about to get her second commendation for bravery?]

[Haha, watching Meng Meilan and the aunties beat up the traffickers is so satisfying!]

Later, everyone in the capital knows that the steel mill compound has a crime-fighting nemesis with "eyes that see all."

Just one look from her, and neither robbers nor spies can hide from her!

A newspaper reporter comes to interview Meng Meilan, wanting to know how an ordinary old lady manages to solve one strange case after another.

Meng Meilan: "It's mainly because my eyesight is good. I can see things other people can't."

The reporter immediately understands: "I see! You mean your powers of observation are better than most people's?"

Comments: [Old Lady Meng's powers of observation really are extraordinary.]

[Sigh, it's a shame the old lady doesn't want to accept the police station's invitation. Otherwise, she could definitely become the number one detective.]

Meng Meilan: "..." What detective? This old lady relies entirely on spoilers from your comments!

·The heroine has supernatural abilities from her previous life, with both strength and mental powers

·The synopsis and story premise have been screenshotted: 2022.4.23. Details in the synopsis may be adjusted as inspiration strikes

·There are villains of all genders and ages. Please don't make baseless accusations

·No baseless plagiarism accusations. If you have evidence, report it directly to Jinjiang

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