Tong Huaqiong transmigrated to ancient times into the body of the malicious widow Tong Dajiao and witnessed the execution scene where the malicious widow and her children were wiped out. She returned to the year Tong Dajiao had just become a widow.

At the age of forty, she was already a grandmother, embodying the roles of both a wicked stepmother and mother-in-law. Naturally, the children she raised were bad bamboo shoots.

The only slight comfort she felt was that, as a widow, she didn't have to serve an old husband.

In this transmigration story, she lacked all the golden fingers like systems or noble birth.

She didn't even have the chance to rise through marriage. Who could a widow marry? Especially with a bunch of burdens.

She could only rely on herself and her bunch of bad bamboos at home.

Revitalize the family reputation, correct the children's behavior.

Treat stepchildren, daughters-in-law, and granddaughters kindly, dismiss the plan of her youngest son to sell his granddaughter to a wealthy family in exchange for tuition fees, force the youngest son to strive through education on his own, use a stick to awaken the second son from being lazy and spoiled to becoming the family's backbone, and rid the youngest daughter of laziness, greed, and love-brain.

Reclaim wasteland and plant crops using modern scientific knowledge, turning saline-alkali land into fertile fields, leading the whole family towards a moderately prosperous life; start a business from street vending, selling steamed buns, pastries, marinated dishes, raising pigs, beekeeping... gradually expanding their commercial territory.

She hoped her sister-in-law would give her a dowry, but her sister-in-law didn't acknowledge it at all.


Mrs. Jia gave Gu Honglian some advice, saying, "Sister, this is our family's situation; no use complaining. Everyone's money is for the men to spend, and since Rui Nian is a Gu Family descendant, he has the right to spend the family's money."


"Crying in front of us won't get you a dowry, but there is someone who might help."


Gu Honglian stopped crying and asked, "Who?"


Old Madam Gu looked at Mrs. Jia with eyes full of hope.


Mrs. Wei sneered, thinking her mother-in-law was full of nonsense.


Mrs. Jia said, "Your sister-in-law's newly married beloved daughter-in-law."


Gu Honglian frowned and said, "She only gave me a golden hairpin; am I to hope she'll give me a dowry? She's my sister-in-law's daughter-in-law; naturally, they're in sync, and if my sister-in-law disagrees, she certainly won't give it to me."


Chapter 695 - Chapter 695: Refusing to Respond Means It's Already Yours