Travel Back to the 70s: Divorcing with Bestie and Mother-in-Law

Travel Back to the 70s: Divorcing with Bestie and Mother-in-Law Plot:

Modern office workers Lin Xiaoman and Su Xiaotang accidentally travel back to the 1970s, becoming a military wife abused by her husband and an educated youth forced to abort by her mother-in-law, respectively. They initially think their mothers-in-law are the last straw breaking them, only to find that Zhou Guilan (Lin's mother-in-law) endured two decades of oppression after her husband's death before daring to stand up to her son's violence; Li Shulan (Su's mother-in-law) was beaten by her in-laws for years for not having a son, so she turned her anger on her daughter-in-law. When modern independent thinking shatters the "marriage chains" of the 70s, the besties decide to rebel—they not only want to divorce for themselves but also help their mothers-in-law "break free" from old notions: Zhou Guilan puts on a work uniform and operates a sewing machine for the first time, Li Shulan writes her own name for the first time, and the three women stand by the wheat field holding divorce certificates. The wind carries not the insults of "immoral women," but the laughter of them living for themselves for the first time.

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