The 1980s: The Wicked Daughter-in-Law Is Spoiled by the Wildest, Roughest Man

Liu Pei opened her eyes and found herself in the body of the laziest wife in town, in a northern brick-kiln town in the early 1980s.

Her husband, Dajiang, did grueling labor at the brick kiln. Her younger brother-in-law was still in high school, and her sickly parents-in-law depended on her for everything.

But the original owner was greedy and lazy, and the family was so poor they couldn't even put a pot on the stove. Whenever anyone in town mentioned the Dajiang family, they shook their heads and sighed.

If she wasn't allowed to laze around, then she'd do the opposite.

She picked the wild mint running rampant in the courtyard and boiled it into a cooling balm, which the brick kiln workers eagerly snapped up.

She took the pickled vegetables her mother-in-law had been making for twenty years, set the jars out at the market, and sold out in no time.

Her father-in-law scolded her for behaving disgracefully, but her younger brother-in-law was the first to stand up for her.

Her husband, Dajiang, had never taken an interest in what she did. That changed when he saw her squatting at the market, counting money with a grin that showed all eight of her front teeth. For the first time, a light shone in the silent man's eyes.

But success attracts envy. The widow Liu in town coveted her recipes, the supply-and-marketing cooperative director had his eye on her business, and her own family came around looking for handouts.

Liu Pei crossed her legs, munched on sunflower seeds, and called the Dajiang family's first-ever family meeting.

Her mother-in-law didn't scold her. Instead, she brought her a bowl of sweetened water.

While everyone in town was still waiting to laugh at her, Liu Pei was already leading her family, step by step, down the road to riches.

How could a lazy wife who refused to lift a finger make her whole family rich, and what kind of stir would she cause next? Just wait and see!