Daily Life in Hong Kong of the Fifties
OnGoing
During a trip, Chang Weizhen stumbled upon a "Cosmic Bag" and brought a death sentence upon herself.
After dying and coming back to life, she found herself as a wealthy young widow in 1948 Shanghai. The original owner of this body had died in childbirth, and Chang Weizhen crossed over just in time to deliver the baby in her place.
Her husband was dead, and her husband's eldest brother's family watched her with hungry eyes, not only planning to swallow up the widow's inheritance but also intending to use her and her newborn child as a distraction to divert attention while they drained every last bit of value from the family. The eldest sister-in-law, harboring a grudge, plotted to kill her before she could leave; the second sister-in-law, unable to bear children, planned to take advantage of the chaos to kill the mother and steal the child; the third branch schemed to have one less share of the money; the fifth branch set their sights on the fortune, playing the mantis stalking the cicada; and the seventh branch stirred up trouble, hoping for nothing more than the death of mother and child...
On her in-laws' side, not a single person was reliable. Her own family wasn't either.
A gambling-addicted father, a son-worshipping mother, a vicious brother, a sinister sister-in-law, a selfish younger brother, and her own weak-willed self.
Chang Weizhen: This messed-up life needs no explanation!
On the very first day after giving birth, she had to survive a barrage of schemes.
A weak postpartum woman barely out of labor, dragging along a premature, fragile little burden — wolves at the front, tigers at the back, and half a pack of rabid dogs on the road desperate to tear off a piece of her. This situation was enough to make anyone's vision go black, again and again.
Luckily, the very Cosmos Bag that had killed her in her past life had crossed over with her.
Chang Weizhen clutched the little pouch, looked at her frail baby, gritted her teeth, stomped her foot — and ran!
But before running, she'd take everything she could, because how else would a widow and orphan survive?
After countless hardships, Chang Weizhen finally made it to Hong Kong with her child. Life in the city wasn't easy in those years, but at least there were no wolves and tigers lurking nearby ready to bite. Chang Weizhen threw herself into building her own little life.
Even in the depths of adversity, you have to love life — keep pushing, keep working, keep fighting.
Reading Guide:
1: This is a satisfying heroine story — the female lead always comes first.
2: The early part involves escaping and hiding, but the heroine isn't made to suffer for suffering's sake.
3: The later part is an everyday struggle-and-growth story, featuring the heroine's entrepreneurial efforts as well as family dramas and the nitty-gritty of daily life.
After dying and coming back to life, she found herself as a wealthy young widow in 1948 Shanghai. The original owner of this body had died in childbirth, and Chang Weizhen crossed over just in time to deliver the baby in her place.
Her husband was dead, and her husband's eldest brother's family watched her with hungry eyes, not only planning to swallow up the widow's inheritance but also intending to use her and her newborn child as a distraction to divert attention while they drained every last bit of value from the family. The eldest sister-in-law, harboring a grudge, plotted to kill her before she could leave; the second sister-in-law, unable to bear children, planned to take advantage of the chaos to kill the mother and steal the child; the third branch schemed to have one less share of the money; the fifth branch set their sights on the fortune, playing the mantis stalking the cicada; and the seventh branch stirred up trouble, hoping for nothing more than the death of mother and child...
On her in-laws' side, not a single person was reliable. Her own family wasn't either.
A gambling-addicted father, a son-worshipping mother, a vicious brother, a sinister sister-in-law, a selfish younger brother, and her own weak-willed self.
Chang Weizhen: This messed-up life needs no explanation!
On the very first day after giving birth, she had to survive a barrage of schemes.
A weak postpartum woman barely out of labor, dragging along a premature, fragile little burden — wolves at the front, tigers at the back, and half a pack of rabid dogs on the road desperate to tear off a piece of her. This situation was enough to make anyone's vision go black, again and again.
Luckily, the very Cosmos Bag that had killed her in her past life had crossed over with her.
Chang Weizhen clutched the little pouch, looked at her frail baby, gritted her teeth, stomped her foot — and ran!
But before running, she'd take everything she could, because how else would a widow and orphan survive?
After countless hardships, Chang Weizhen finally made it to Hong Kong with her child. Life in the city wasn't easy in those years, but at least there were no wolves and tigers lurking nearby ready to bite. Chang Weizhen threw herself into building her own little life.
Even in the depths of adversity, you have to love life — keep pushing, keep working, keep fighting.
Reading Guide:
1: This is a satisfying heroine story — the female lead always comes first.
2: The early part involves escaping and hiding, but the heroine isn't made to suffer for suffering's sake.
3: The later part is an everyday struggle-and-growth story, featuring the heroine's entrepreneurial efforts as well as family dramas and the nitty-gritty of daily life.
All 1 Chapters