The Ancient Martial Arts Master in the ’60S

Idealized version: According to Hu Lin’s rules, the things she can’t stand are noise, disobedience, stupidity, and anything that offends her eyes. When she wakes up one day, her awful, outlandish family keeps doing everything she hates. The veins at her temples bulge with fury, and her fists clench like stone. The tiger’s only quiet because it hasn’t roared yet! Watch her kick her wicked grandmother, punch her timid father, teach her horrible family a lesson, and help her downtrodden mother come into her own. Her seemingly useless mother turns her life around, while Hu Lin becomes an industrial powerhouse, a business magnate, and an investor who never loses... As for Zhou Huaijing, to be continued... Realistic version: A badass master of ancient martial arts is forced to take a beating from reality in a tiny rural village. She has to keep her temper in check, her mother holds her back, her father could turn against her at any moment, and her family is dirt poor. Even a top dog like her can’t help feeling helpless. She sighs through her tears. She’s never had to deal with rookies this hopeless, not once in her life. To build a better life, she has to start from scratch: put her family in order, earn money, and become prosperous, one step at a time. She’ll also reinvent herself along the way. One bitterly cold winter, a striking young man arrives in the village. She takes one look at him and decides he’d make a good sparring partner. He says his name is Zhou Huaijing. P.S. No golden finger, a light ensemble cast, a realistic writing style, and a focus on making the plot logical. The story doesn’t race along at 200 kilometers an hour. Instead, it keeps jumping between fast and slow. A big stew of plot, everyday life, and romance. There isn’t much romance, so proceed with caution!